FQ Country Christmas #6.5 AGCC theme Reminder Notice on 21 March 2024

Howdy! FarmQuest Country Christmas #6.5

March 21 is almost the midway point for the 6th competition at FQCCCB!

#6 started March 7 and will end April 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:

DT member = Mary: vintage tags and pocket format

[AGCC elements: snowman, pine tree, old truck with pine tree]

3 tags out of the pocket:

and

Owner/DT = Becca:  card format

[AGCC elements: snowman, snowflakes, birds/feeder]

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

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

LINK=

https://farmquestcountrychrismaschallenges.blogspot.com/2024/03/fq-country-christmas-6-anything-goes.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 #6 Anything Goes Country Christmas Winter wishes theme on 7 March 2024

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

This is the 6th 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.

#6 = March 7- April 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 #6 is:

DT member Nana Connie=

[AGCC elements: snowy hill scene, birds, snowmen, falling snow]

AND

DT/owner Becca =

[AGCC elements: pine trees, snow dots, exterior house image]

and

[AGCC elements: pine trees, snowflake, foxes]

AND

DT Mary S=

(coming soon)

AND

DT Deanne=

[AGCC elements: icy pond, snowy exterior home/village scene, snowflake accent]

Thanks so much FQCCCB design team for the variety of winter Christmas outdoor scenes!

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

questbybecca@gmail.com

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the FarmQuest challenge blogs are:

a. FarmQuest; themes on farm or country topics; 14th and 28th of each month

b. FarmQuest General Store; anything farm and/or country goes; March 7-April 5 is the new competition

c. FarmQuest HomeStyle Kitchen; anything food goes (kitchen, pantry, produce market included); March 2-March 31 is the current competition

d. FarmQuest Country Christmas; anything goes country Christmas (exterior holiday decorations and/or snowy winter scenes/nature); March 7-April 5 is the new competition

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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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FQCCCB #5 Bragging Rights Announcement

 Grand Champion Card Entry and the Best 3 Wintery Winners Announcement

for FarmQuest Country Christmas Challenge Blog's #5 competition

February 7-March 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 8 entries submitted for our #5 competition!!! Woo-hoo! YEE-HAW!!

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 Four (4) artisans will receive bragging rights for FQCCCB's #5 competition! 

1 artisan picked for Grand Champion Card Winner (all #5 entries were card formats).

Our Grand Champion Card Category Winner is Aimeslee!!!

 #7 submission by Aimeslee:

What a fun festive Christmas card made by Aimeslee! There are 4 little delightful snowy outdoor scenes with Santa Claus!

Spectacular!!

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and

Sharing the (at large) Best 3 Wintery Winners badge for FQCCCB's #5 competition:

Best 3 Wintery Winners artisans with their country Christmas charmers are: Lorraine L, Margreet, and Granmargaret!!!

KUDOS!!!!

#4 by Lorraine L= 

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#5 by Margreet = 

and

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#6 by Granmargaret = 

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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 #5 a success! #5 had 8 entries. #4 had 10 submissions. #3 had 17 submissions. #2 had 20 entries! #1 had 19 projects (when we started in October 2023!) 

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FQCCCB #6 will launch at 12 am central time/Chicago on Thursday, March 7, 2024 and the mailbox will close on April 5, 2024.

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Continuing our quest for farm country snowy Christmas all year long,

FQCCCB 

Deanne, Nana Connie, Mary, and Becca

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support the other FarmQuest challenges:

FarmQuest #47 = February 28-March 13, 2024 (themed farm country topics; #47 is things found in a country field)

and

FarmQuest General Store #14= March 7-April 5, 2024 (anything farm and/or country goes)

and 

FarmQuest HomeStyle Kitchen #3 = March 2-31, 2024 (anything food goes)