HQCB #44 Poinsettia Day with heart and or love theme starts 14 Dec 2023 PLUS a DT Call

Heartfelt Greetings to HQCB #44 Theme Main Post

Heart's Quest Challenge Blog

#44 theme is in honor of  Poinsettia Day on Dec 12 occasion and Christmas on Dec 25.

Theme #44 Part A: have elements/sentiment that are Poinsettia 

PLUS 

Theme #44 Part B: include heart word or shape or a love word

December 14-27, 2023 with start and end times of 12am CT/Chicago or 6am UK for 2 time references.

Each participant can enter 3 themed projects per competition. 

Bragging rights are possible.

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Check the blog's sidebar for social media links for DT member Willa Jean and owner/DT Becca.

#44 Poinsettia Day Christmas with heart/love theme DT inspiration projects:

DT member Willa Jean=

[#44 required elements: for poinsettia= stamped poinsettia ; for heart/love = 3 hearts in different sizes]

and

Owner/DT member Becca=

[#44 required elements: poinsettia die-cut; plus red glitter heart foam sticker 

Super!!! These are very creative!

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Readers and participants: use this Inlinkz tool address link to access for submitting your blog linked photos (or Instagram). Deadline is 12am CT/Chicago time on December 27, 2023.

LINK=

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/436919cce76d4906ac87cadf9a595160

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Heartfelt wishes, 

HQCB Design Team-- Willa Jean and Becca

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******DT Call******

We are still needing 2 or more talented artisans to join our design team. If interested or have questions about the duty details, message Becca at

heartsquestbybecca@gmail.com

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SNEAK PEEK at the theme restructuring starting in January 14, 2024:

  

HQCB Theme #23 REMINDER that challenge ends 13 February 2023

 Heartfelt Greetings to Heart's Quest Challenge Blog!

Theme #23 Romantic Valentines with heart/love 

started January 28, 2023. 

It ends at 12:30am on February 13, 2023. 

Theme #23 requirements are these elements:

a. romantic Valentines = occasion; need at least 1 image/element (examples: lips, XOXO for hugs and kisses, Cupid, bow and arrow, image of couple kissing or holding hands, and so on)

AND

b. heart/love; need at least 1 image or word element; heart shape(s) or either word of heart or love (beloved, loving, loved, loves, amore, coeur, heartfelt, heartwarming, etc.)

additional design inspiration:

from owner Becca S

[theme #23 requirements= romantic Valentines elements are the colors, text print on the journaling card, the XOXO die-cuts; and the heart/love elements are 1 pink heart shape, 1 love in text die-cut, and then 4 'love' words in the journaling phrases]

Now it's your turn to do a stash quest and discover what you have to make a Romantic Valentines project. Each participant can enter 3 new themed projects. Check the blog sidebar for acceptable formats! We accept more than cards. 

LINK to the main launch post from January 28th=

https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/hqcb-theme-23-is-about-heartslove-and.html

The Inlinkz tool address for submitting your project's photo blog link can be found on the January 28th main launch posting. 

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With happy hearts,

owner Becca S

and the HQCB design team =Willa Jean and Diane

HQCB Reminder Love Theme #8 with love and an animal ends 27 October 2022

 Heartfelt Greetings! This reminder posting will be very different. 

Use the link to take you to my personal blog for HQCB and FQCB inspiration projects where I link to other challenge blogs and Facebook groups. 

I've created a Scripture Writing journal TN layout that combines the current themes for HQCB and FQCB along with meeting the themes/requirements for several other challenges.

LINK=

https://heartquestforloveandcountrycreativity.blogspot.com/2022/10/combining-current-hqcb-and-fqcb-themes.html

Enjoy!

and a bonus project! = I managed to get a birthday card made for my great nephew!

This slimline card is about 8.5" wide and 4.25" deep. I tried to mix autumn colors and icons along with the 2 HQCB Love Theme requirements (2 uses of 'love' and 4 animals). 

 

Be sure to enter your submissions before 12:30am October 27, 2022. 

Use this link to take you to the October 14th main launch posting that will have the Inlinkz tool address for submitting:

https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/10/hqcb-love-theme-8-with-love-and-animal.html

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With a happy heart and exhausted mind after working several hours on the layout and another 2 hours on the birthday card,

HQCB and FQCB owner Becca S

HQCB Love Theme #4 to show love with stars starting 14 June 2022

 With heartfelt greetings to my HQCB followers, FB fans, and participants!

HQCB Love Theme #4= show love with star(s

Show love AND star(s) on your project.

June 14-June 27, 2022

Competition start and end times are on each date at: 12:30am CST/Chicago or 6:30am UK.

For project inspiration=

Surprise! The very blessed talented artisan Karen Letchworth is HQCB Guest Designer for Love Theme #4!!!

My name is Karen Letchworth of My Cup Runneth Over.  I'm a retired wife, mom, and grandma who spends the majority of her spare time in the craft room.  I was excited when Becca invited me to be a Guest Designer here at Heart's Quest Challenge Blog because I know the hard work it takes to start and run a challenge blog.  I want to see Heart's Quest Challenge Blog grow so that everyone can share their creations here.  The theme of LOVE is always inspiring, so we hope you'll be inspired to gather up your supplies and play along with us.

Our cup is running over with blessings with Karen's guest designing!

GD Karen's wonderful interpretation of the theme project=

Karen's cards are always cheerful and encouraging! This Love Star card is adorably sweet and endearing and will certainly bring brightness into someone's life. Thanks, Karen!

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Inspiration Project #1 by HQCB owner, Becca S:

Just a bit wider of the most common slimline sized cards I placed a star stencil on white cardstock and stamped with red and blue ink pads then the panel was edged with more red ink. The USA flag's stars were cut from hot dog paper holders found at Dollar Tree!!! YES!! Can you believe that?! The mid-blue tone cardstock is the base 4" x 6". My 2nd card further down the posting uses the large size Love Stars freebie image------->

Two freebie images I created several weeks after selecting this theme which you may download and save in 2 sizes:

"Love Stars Fill the Sky" 

I hope you love these as much as I do.

Inspiration project #2 uses the larger Love Stars freebie image=

 

Participation submissions: please use the Inlinkz address tool provided below. Remember competition ends on June 27, 2022 at 12:30am CST/Chicago time zone or 6:30am UK. Each crafter may submit up to 3 new themed projects per challenge! See the sidebar rules section for the acceptable project formats you may do.

LINK-up here:

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/7cbfe7d0d1764f3b9c680e5744a02bcc

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With heartfelt gratitude, Becca S, owner of HQCB and FQCB

also

FQCB's Appreciation Cards Challenge page option (with a Thanksgiving sentiment provided plus a harvest topic requirement)

HQCB Reminder Post for Love Theme #3 Show Love for a Male Relative or Friend

 Heart's Quest Love Theme #3 Reminder Post

This competition period started May 14, 2022 and will end at 12:30am CST/Chicago on May 27th, 2022. 

Acceptable project formats include: cards/ATCs, bookmarks/tags, journals/TN spreads, and/or scrapbook layouts. The 2 requirements for Love Theme #3 are:

*include the word 'love' or a form of it like loves, loved, loving (or another language equivalent such as amore, Coeur,...) AND

*image of a male (any age; clipart/digital image, stamp image, photo, etc.)

That's it. You pick the project format, layout, colors, supplies, and more. With high school and college graduations, USA's Father's Day in June, weddings, birthdays, etc. all of us should have a special guy to be honored. 

Go on a supply quest in your stash and see what you can put together. 

For the reminder post inspiration project, I used a clipart image from Clipart Library website printed as black and white on soft yellow paper to which I added some orange and magenta/fuchsia marker highlights. "With Love" and a repeated banner stamp were added to a panel of inks blended on white cardstock along with a heart traced and cut from an old patterned paper. Also an old border sticker fits perfectly with these bright cheerful colors. Soft yellow and kraft cardstocks layers complete the flat card.

A Grandpa walking with his grandson card=

Love ya inspiration card #2= such a charming fellow----->

 Some of my treasure finds for card #2 are: The dark reddish brown stripe is a very old The Paper Studio print. It was cut and stenciled using a old Pebbles Stencil set that's about 12 years old. The jolly guy black and white image is from Clipart Library website. Ink blending/dabbing and smooshing with a makeup sponge was applied to white cardstock for the top background layer. 

Now it's your turn to search your craft supplies and create some paper-crafting love for a special guy. Use the Inlinkz tool address to submit your project(s). Acceptable formats are mentioned in the rules located on this blog's sidebar. There are a wide range. They don't have to be cards. You could do a scrapbook layout, a bookmark, an ATC, etc. 

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Use this original Love Theme #3 posting link to take you back to the older post that has the link-up tool (Inlinkz). =

https://heartsquestchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/05/hqcb-love-theme-3-to-show-love-for-male.html

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With heartfelt appreciation,

Becca S

owner of HQCB and FQCB

 

HQCB Valentines Day Cards Theme #1 Top 1 Announcement

HQCB's page option Valentines Day Cards Challenge Theme #1 has ended.

Theme #1 was to use heart/love AND a doily. 

 My efforts to get a Valentine's Day Cards challenge as a page option brought in 1 entry!

I'm giving thanks for this 1. Drum roll......

Steffi H

gets bragging rights and the opportunity to copy and paste this badge for her efforts. She has this awesome lacy doily heart punch that made her card have wonderful hearts! Super idea for this theme #1!

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Challenge Theme #2 will return on May 28 to June 13, 2022.

With heartfelt gratitude,

Becca S, owner of HQCB and FQCB (FarmQuest)

HQCB has Love Theme Challenge #3 starting May 14, 2022.

FQCB has Theme #4 AND its new page option Thanksgiving Harvest Appreciation Cards challenge also starting May 14, 2022.

These challenges will all end on May 27, 2022.

HQCB 14 April 2022 Love Theme #2 with showing heart/love for female friend or relate

 HQCB is about showing 'heart love' on your paper-crafted or hybrid creations.

Love Theme #2 is about showing love for a female friend or relative.

Thursday, April 14, 2022 to Wednesday, April 27, 2022

starting and ending times are same= 12:30 am Central Time/Chicago or 6:30 am UK 

Love Theme #2 Recipe:

(1) have a heart shape or word or the word love; the word(s) can be a tense or form or language equivalent (Coeur, amore, luv, loving, loved, loves, heartfelt, etc.)--in the future with Love Theme #3 you will just have to have the word 'love' with the chosen theme topic/item.

(2) show an image of a female face or figure, young or old

(3) you determine everything else; acceptable formats are: cards/ATCs, bookmarks/tags, journals/TN spreads, and/or scrapbook layouts. 

Hopefully this will draw a larger number of craft artisans to become participants at HQCB. 

Two inspiration projects already made for this competition that have hearts and the word heart in the sentiment instead of love. I will have that changed in the reminder post and in Love Theme #3 May 14th.

2nd scan with a 2nd base layer=

1st scan without a 2nd base layer= Do you like the bit of pink margin added in the top photo?

Both of these were made with mint green cardstock base (about 4.50" wide x 5.75" high), Webster Pages' "A New Day" Worldview cardstock background (about 4.25" wide x 5.25" high), Illustrated Faith's gal stamps, and Raisin Boat's globe with sentiment and happy birthday stamps. Pen + Gear for the planner stickers. Pink cardstock final base layer just added 1/4" on each side but I think it helps to visually have just a bit more margin all the way around. What do you think?

 

2nd scan with a 2nd base layer on version #2=

1st scan without a 2nd base layer on version #2 =

Your turn now to go on that quest! What do you have in your supplies that could work? Do your searching! A girl on a swing? A mom pushing a stroller or baby buggy? A gal holding her coffee or cell phone? Notice the globe image with hearts encircling it at the equator! I definitely fell in love with this stamp! Even the sentiment message states 'miles apart but connected by heart'--another heart worthy addition to my supplies over a year ago when Sum More Fun was closing down.

There are 13 days to participate: April 14-27, 2022. Use the Inlinkz address shown next to enter your project for bragging rights:

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/4ae0e369dd2b4a228919d17a7ee1959c

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With a grateful heart for your reading, support, and participation of HQCB,

Becca S

Check out HQCB's sister blog, FarmQuest Challenge Blog that launched on March 28, 2022. Its 2nd theme competition starts April 14, 2022. There is a link for FQCB on this blog's sidebar. 

See you later!