FQ Country Christmas #5.5 Reminder Posting Notice on 21 February 2024

Howdy! FarmQuest Country Christmas #5.5

February 21 is almost the midway point for the 5th competition at FQCCCB!

#5 started February 7 and will end March 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: 

mini tags set

AGCC elements: pine needles, flower, berries, pinecones, holiday wreath on house and little pine tree

Make sure to use this link to go back to the main posting to see what was created by our Guest Designer  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.

#5 started February 7, 2023 and will end March 5, 2024.

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https://farmquestcountrychrismaschallenges.blogspot.com/2024/02/fq-country-christmas-5-starts-7.html

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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

  

FQ Country Christmas #5 starts 7 February 2024

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

This is the 5th challenge blog focused on farm and/or country topics with this specifically to Christmas and winter/snow/ice season outdoor decorations and snowy weather nature 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.

#5 = February 7-March 5, 2024

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. 

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The FQCCCB Design Team for Competition #5 is:

DT Deanne=

AGCC elements: covered bridge, fencing/railing, snow, woods, holiday wreath and star

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DT Nana Connie=

AGCC elements: little elf, candle, fireflies, rocks, butterfly, leaves

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DT/owner Becca=

AGCC elements: trees, snowflakes & dots, stars, snowman, penguins

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 second project = tree themed gift tag

AGCC elements: trees, birds, snow/snowflakes

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DT  Mary =

AGCC elements: tag and card use different napkins for wintery images= snowmen, cardinals, snow

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So sorry for those viewing after Feb 17....

I'll try to re-create the bottom portion of the post

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Participants: please link 1-5 wintery outdoor/exterior/rural Christmas snowy or holiday decoration type cards, gift tags, gift card/money holders, package toppers to FQCCCB #5 between February 7-March 5, 2024.

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FQ Country Christmas #4 Bragging Rights Announcement on 5 February 2024

 Grand Champion Card Entry and the Best 3 Wintery Winners Announcement

for FarmQuest Country Christmas Challenge Blog's #4 competition

January 7-February 5, 2024

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 10 entries submitted by 7 artists for our #4 competition!!! Woo-hoo! YEE-HAW!!

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

1 artisan picked for Grand Champion Card Winner (all #4 entries were card formats).

Our Grand Champion Card Category Winner is Claudia!!!

 #10 submission by Claudia:

snowman globe/aperture plus his buddy to the side; fencing, trees, birds, snowflakes, etc. with a plaid background

Spectacular!!

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and

Sharing the (at large) Best 3 Wintery Winners badge for FQCCCB's #4 competition:

Best 3 Wintery Winners artisans with their country Christmas charmers are: Lorraine L, Leslie T, and Katrina B!!!

KUDOS!!!!

#4 by Lorraine L= holiday decorated car surrounded by deer, trees, stars, and snowflakes

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#7 by Leslie T = manger scene has a distant town country scene as part of the tri-fold

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#8 by Katrina B = pinecones and pine needles, etc. nature surrounding the candle

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These were all excellent card entries!

We are grateful for our followers, readers, and most especially the participants! All of the entries have been fabulous country wintery scene cards! Thanks for making round #4 a success! (#4 had 10 submissions (coming after January 1). #3 had 17 submissions. #2 had 20 entries! #1 had 19 projects (when we started in October 2023!) 

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FQCCCB #5 will launch at 12 am central time/Chicago on Wednesday, February 7, 2024 and the mailbox will close on March 5, 2024.

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Continuing our quest for farm country creativity all year long,

FQCCCB 

Deanne, Nana Connie, Mary, and Becca