Thursday, December 21, 2023

FQ Country Christmas #3.5 Midway Reminder Post 21 Dec 2023

 Howdy! FarmQuest Country Christmas #3.5

December 21 is almost the midway point for the 3rd competition at FQCCCB!

#3 started December 7 and will end January 5, 2024.

Theme will always be AGCC:

Anything Goes Country Christmas

*snowy/icy winter landscape scenes

*snowy/icy winter elements

*Christmas decorated outdoor buildings and elements

*country = rural, outdoors

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Extra wintery country Christmas inspiration:

Owner/DT = Becca:

card format


AGCC elements: 'winter', snowy dots, stars, nature (tree and deer)


Make sure to use this link to go back to the main posting to see what was created by our Guest Designer Lori  and the Design Team (Deanne, Nana Connie, Mary and I).

Formats are: cards, gift tags, gift card/money holders, and/or package toppers (think of jam jars, cocoa mix jars, cookie tins, candy bags, etc.)

Each participant can enter 5 times during the offset month-long competition.
#3 started December 7, 2023 and will end January 5, 2024.

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Continuing our quest for farm country creativity during the winter holidays,
FQCCCB
Design Team members: Deanne, Nana Connie, Mary S, and owner Becca
and
#3 main launch post guest designer: Lori Barrett Stroup 


Thursday, December 7, 2023

FQ Country Christmas #3 AGCC theme starts 7 December 2023

Howdy! Welcome to the country farm family of challenge blogs called FarmQuest!

This is the 3rd challenge blog focused on farm and/or country topics with this specifically to Christmas and winter/snow/ice season outdoor decorations and landscape scenes. 

FarmQuest Country Christmas Challenge Blog

Competitions are always AGCC:

Anything Goes Country Christmas (and again by country, I mean rural/outdoors).

Competitions start and end at 12am CT/Chicago time. Competitions start on the 7th of a month and end on the following 5th.

Accepted formats are: cards, gift card holders, tags, and/or package toppers like those for treat bags. Think of this as paper-crafting items to give-away at holiday time. 

Keep your occasions/sentiments to expressions like warm wishes, cozy, winter wishes, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and others that fit for December and January like Boxing Day, St. Lucia Day, St. Nicholas Day, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa.... 

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The FQCCCB Design Team for Competition #3 is:

Guest Designer Lori Barrett-Stroup=

https://loriannie670.blogspot.com/2023/12/farmquest-country-christmas-challenge.html


[#3 choice of format: card
AGCC elements: barn decorated with wreath and lights; snowy pine trees]

I love Lori's barn scene! The doodled outlining is a fun touch and makes me think of fence wire. Some shiplap styled white barn siding behind the barn scene is another great farmhouse touch. Too cute!


AND

DT member Becca:


[#3 AGCC options: card format; wintery northern lights sky background, snowflakes, bear, holly, and wintery sentiments]


AND

DT member Nana Connie:


[#3 AGCC options: card format; pine tree branches with a pinecone]

Can't you smell the pine?!!! Nana Connie watercolor painted this image from Eureka Stamps! Farm-tastic! Outdoors glory! She went for giving it a classy look rather than rustic. Awesome! 


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DT member Deanne:


[AGCC format: card; elements lakeside home with snow;

Deanne's added chunky glitter to the roofline for some snowy glitz!] 

Deanne's enhanced a book illustration at the windows and along the roof edges! Don't you want to have this lakeside home?!!! The ducks flying overhead also helps reinforce the country setting. Outside the home is looks cold but the fireplace and the lights glowing in the window makes it look cozy and inviting!


and

DT member Mary S:

*coming soon*

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Wow!!! Aren't these full of wintery countryside charm?!?!!! They are all frame-worthy to become holiday wall or surface decoration items!

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If you're interested in joining the Design Team or to do periodic guest designing, then email me, the owner, Becca S =

questbybecca@gmail.com

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LINK-Up for #3

Re-read this post and check the blog sidebar before submitting for the first time. I hope you like the concept combinations and will come back often to participate!




Wednesday, December 6, 2023

FarmQuest Country Christmas Competition #2 Bragging Rights Announcement

 Grand Champion Card Entry and the Best 3 Wintery Winners Announcement

for FarmQuest Country Christmas Challenge Blog's #2 competition

November 7-December 5, 2023

Anything Goes Country Christmas or "AGCC" with 4 accepted format categories of cards, gift tags, gift card/money holders, and package toppers.

Summary:

We had 20 entries submitted by 11 artists for our second competition!!! Woo-hoo! There were 19 entries submitted by 12 artisans for our very first competition!!! YEE-HAW!!

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 Four (4) artisans will receive bragging rights for FQCCCB's #2 competition! 

1 artisan picked for Grand Champion Card.

Our Grand Champion Card Category Winner is Chrissy B!!!




The Grand Champion Card Category Entry Winner #13 submission by Chrissy:



and

Sharing the (at large) Best 3 Wintery Winners badge for FQCCCB's #2 competition:


Best 3 Wintery Winners entry numbers and artisans are:

#9 by Ellie, #16 by MaryAnn Scrapbooking and #17 by Pauline C!!!

KUDOS!!!!

#9 by Ellie=


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#16 by Maryann Scrapbooking=


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#17 by Pauline C=


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We encourage readers to try the different format categories and promote this blog's uniqueness within the Christmas challenge blogs that are available online! There were no gift tags, gift card/money holders or package toppers entered for Competition #1. 

All entries were cards. 

We are grateful for our followers, readers, and most especially the participants! All of the entries have been fabulous country wintery scenes! Thanks for making round #2 a success! (#2 had 20 entries! #1 had 19 projects!) DT member Deanne assisted me for the bragging rights selections. Thanks, Deanne!

FQCCCB #3 will launch at 12 am central time/Chicago on Thursday, December 7, 2023 and the mailbox will close on January 5, 2024.

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Continuing our quest for farm country creativity during the winter holidays,

FQCCCB 

Deanne, Nana Connie, Mary, and Becca





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