FQGS #18.5 Reminder Notice of AFCG theme and image sponsor QKRS on 21 July 2024

  Thanks for coming out to the country and stopping at the general store! 

Howdy!  Come In. Take a Look Around. 

FarmQuest General Store challenge blog

What: FQGS #18.5 Reminder Post

When: Midway Point is July 21 and #18 ends on August 5, 2024 at 12am CT/Chicago. 

Theme: anything farm or country goes topics; country can be backyard, rural, woods, forest, desert, mountains, creek, river, pond, lake, swamp, farmhouse kitchen, orchard, winery, etc.

Formats: cards, ATCs, tags, bookmarks, calendars and planners, journal pages or spreads, TN pages or spreads, larger scrapbook layouts

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DT inspiration=

using "Hen Laying" by QKRS (Becca)

and

using "Happy Dog" by QKRS (Becca)

and

using "Good Boy" by QKRS (Becca)

These are July's three images by QKR Stampede available to a random-picked participant in #18. 

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LINK to #18 main launch posting for July 7, 2024

https://farmquestgeneralstorechallenge.blogspot.com/2024/07/fqgs-18-theme-of-afcg-competition-plus.html

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FarmQuest General Store is accepting your deliveries until early on  August  5, 2024!!!

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DT Call

if interested in creating once per month anything farm/country/rural/outdoors topic projects and/or use 2024 partnership using QKR Stampede digital images,

please email your interest to owner/DT Becca Sadler =

questbybecca@gmail.com

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See you soon at the country store when you bring your deliveries (project submissions)!!

FarmQuest General Store Challenge Blog

Design Team members: Nana Connie, LeeAnn M, Bec Ann, and Becca S (owner)

 

FQGS #18 Theme of AFCG Competition plus #17 Bragging Rights shared on 7 July 2024

Welcome to the country store of crafting called 

FarmQuest General Store challenge blog!!!

July 7- August 5, 2024 is competition #18. 

Theme is always Anything Farm and/or Country Goes. 

Topics can range from ranch/farm/farmhouse to desert to swamp to forest/woods to pond, etc. Activities can vary from fishing, camping, picnicking, taking a hayride, picking out a pumpkin and thousands more! You can do any season of the year at any time. Formats are scrapbook layouts, TNs/journals/planners, tags, bookmarks, ATCs, and cards.

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Scroll down towards the end of the post to see the #17 bragging rights Top Shelf Winner Picks (3), and a random-picked Winner for the June's QKRS digital images that were featured!!!

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NEW in 2024 for FQGS in the FarmQuest family of challenge blogs=

A random participant winner will receive the 3 monthly featured images from QKR Stampede. 

Note: Stamp On It currently has QKR Stampede and several other stamp/digital image lines/companies for sale. Here is that company website with the announcement:

https://stamponit.net/pages/about-our-brands

And the QKR Stampede blog site to look at the archives with last posting on June 15, 2023:

https://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/2023/06/qkr-stampede-challenge-467.html

FQGS DT member Nana Connie is coordinating this and has worked with them for many years.

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  QKR Stampede has allowed the DT to use 3 images per month.

July's selections featured by FQGS Design Team are: 

DT member Bec Ann = card

using "Good Boy" digital image from QKRS

[FQGS #18 AF/CG elements: plaid (ribbon),hound dog, outdoor farm scene]

and

DT member LeeAnn = card

using  "Hen Laying" digital image from QKRS

{FQGS #18 AF/CG elements: chicken wire, wood crate + straw + hen}

and

DT member NanaConnie  = card

using "Happy Dog" digital image from QKRS

{FQGS #18 AF/CG elements: plaid, farm dog}

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and

with an anything farm and/or country goes sample:

DT/owner Becca = bookmark

 

 {AF/CG elements: flowers/plants, butterflies, exterior brick wall}

A great mix of farm and country outdoor scenes!

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PLUS

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BRAGGING RIGHTS Announcement for #17 from June 7-July 5, 2024

 I'm loving the variety and glad our FQGS participants are embracing the broadness of rural topics we want to see! Thank you to all the wonderfully talented artisans who took time to create and deliver projects to the store!

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Congratulations to these 3 Top Shelf Picks: !!!

In order of entry:

#2 by Granmargaret = country picnic! 

and

#10 by Pam D  = farmgirl, cows, and tractors! 

and

#20 by Bonnie Lynn  = sunflowers! 

These are great backyard, farm and meadow themed projects! Farm-tastic!

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 It was a very difficult time of decision-making selecting only 3 entries. Thanks for making it tough for me/Becca.

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RANDOM-picked winner of the 3 featured QKR Stampede digital images for June 2024:

from #22 submissions is:

#8  was the number selected by my SIL April via phone call at 12:50pm central time! Woo-hoo! #8 is for AIMESLEE!!!

Congratulations! please email DT member NanaConnie to make arrangements to receive the 3 featured QKR Stampede images!!!

qkrstampedenc@gmail.com

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Ya'll come back now ya hear! 

FarmQuest General Store Challenge Blog

FQGSCB design team members: NanaConnie, Bec Ann, LeeAnn, and Becca S (owner)

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Participants:

*Reminder to note:  participating in #18 competition will make you eligible for the random selection for the 3 featured digital images seen in this main post for FQGS #18. 

*Now it's time for our readers/customers to turn into vendors and deliver your goods to the general store by 12:00am CST August 5, 2024.

*Use the Inlinkz tool address to help you make those deliveries.

LINK=

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/b9528e55522a42f78a123bff9b49df6a

 So long. Farewell. Come back soon to the country store!

FQGS #17.5 AFCG theme REMINDER notice on 21 June 2024

Thanks for coming out to the country and stopping at the general store! Howdy! 

 Come In. Take a Look Around. 

FarmQuest General Store challenge blog

What: FQGS #17.5 Reminder Post

When: Midway Point is June 21 and #17 ends on July 5, 2024 at 12am CT/Chicago. 

Theme: anything farm or country goes topics; country can be backyard, rural, woods, forest, desert, mountains, creek, river, pond, lake, swamp, farmhouse kitchen, orchard, winery, etc.

Formats: cards, ATCs, tags, bookmarks, calendars and planners, journal pages or spreads, TN pages or spreads, larger scrapbook layouts

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DT inspiration=

using the QKRS digital image "Rabbit Handyman"

(another of the 3 available QKRS images for 1 random-picked entry) 

DT member Bec Ann:

AND

using the QKRS digital image "Couch Potato"

 (another of the 3 available QKRS images going to 1 random-picked participant)

DT/owner Becca S:

Country living topics with charm and whimsical fun!

Cute ideas with countryside or farmhouse interior elements!

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LINK to #17 main launch posting for June 7, 2024

https://farmquestgeneralstorechallenge.blogspot.com/2024/06/fqgs-17-main-post-for-afcg-theme-plus.html

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FarmQuest General Store is accepting your deliveries until early on July 5, 2024!!!

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WELCOME to our 2 new Design Team members!!!

LeeAnn McKinney and Rebecca Feltner (Bec Ann)

Both are amazing artisans and love creating rural outdoor masterpieces! 

WELCOME! 

*****************

DT Call

if interested in creating once per month anything farm/country/rural/outdoors topic projects and/or use 2024 partnership using QKR Stampede digital images,

please email your interest to owner/DT Becca Sadler =

questbybecca@gmail.com

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*NOTE: we can use team members at other FarmQuest challenge blogs:

FarmQuest Challenge (twice per month with farm or country/rural topics)

FarmQuest HomeStyle Kitchen Challenges (anything food-related goes topics)

FarmQuest Grocery Game Challenges (new; limited time period of 16-17 days within an offset 30-31 day span; similar to Food Network's Guy's Grocery Games, there are 10 aisles of grocery store content and the themes will be based on 1 or more aisles)

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See you soon at the country store when you bring your deliveries (project submissions)!!

FarmQuest General Store Challenge Blog

Design Team members: Nana Connie, LeeAnn M, Bec Ann, and Becca S (owner)

 

FQGS #17 Main Post for AFCG theme plus #16 Bragging Rights on 7 June 2024

 Welcome to the country store!

FarmQuest General Store Challenge Blog is announcing its 17th challenge competition! 

Please drop off your AFCG theme projects between June 7-July 5, 2024 by 12:00am CT/Chicago or 6am UK for some time references.

Bragging rights for Top Shelf recognition are waiting. If entries are at 25 or +, there will be a Blue Ribbon Winner selected. This craft artisan will not only have bragging rights but have an invite to be GD for the following month's reminder post. 

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DT CALL= if anyone is interested in joining NanaConnie, Bec Ann, LeeAnn and I at FQGS, please contact me/Becca at questbybecca@gmail.com with a brief message. If I'm not familiar with your work in blogland, send me a couple of sample projects' photos.

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Scroll down towards the end of the post to see the #16 bragging rights Top Shelf Winner Picks (3), and a random-picked Winner for the April #16 QKRS digital images that were featured!!!

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Design inspiration for #17=

using the QKR Stampede images available to 1 random-picked participant at the end of competition:

 DT member Nana Connie:

Project #1 using the rabbit handyman digital image=

farm/farmhouse= carpentry

farm country textile/prints = denim, plaid

and

 her Project #2 using the handyman digital image =

farm/farmhouse = carpentry

farm country textile/prints = denim 

AND

DT member/owner Becca S:

using the couch potato digital image=

farmhouse: prints + accessories + ---> living room look

farm/garden: potato

AND

with anything farm and/or country goes inspiration samples:

DT member Bec Ann:

country farm elements: checked gingham, denim overalls, watering can, pitchfork, sunflowers, rope/braids, bird, bees, 

and

DT member LeeAnn:

country farm elements: country farmhouse with surrounding farmland, pasture, barns, cows, windmill, silos

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Thanks gals for farm-tastic projects that take us inside the farmhouse to out and about the farm property!

Lots of farm and countryside charm!

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Participants:

*Reminder to note:  participating in #17 competition will make you eligible for the random selection for the 3 featured digital images seen in this main post for FQGS #17. 

*Now it's time for our readers/customers to turn into vendors and deliver your goods to the general store by 12:00am CT/Chicago on July 5, 2024.

 [NOTE: in the link-up tool description, I've added an hour since I overlooked getting the INLINKZ added  to start at midnight on June 7.]

*Use the Inlinkz tool address to help you make those deliveries.

LINK=

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/c03e75de8bf14b7d936705dff98fb90b

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BRAGGING RIGHTS Announcement for #16 from May 7- June 5, 2024

 I'm loving the variety and glad our FQGS participants are embracing the broadness of rural topics we want to see! Thank you to all the wonderfully talented artisans who took time to create and deliver projects to the store!

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Congratulations to these 3 Top Shelf Picks: Katrina B, Margreet, and !!!

In order of entry:

*entry #4 = Deanne

and

*entry #7 = Katrina B

and

*entry #9 = Margreet

Congratulations to these 3 very talented artisans!

And our grateful appreciation to the remaining participants!

***AND***

RANDOM-picked winner of the 3 featured QKR Stampede digital images in May 2024 is:

from 9 submissions=

# 6 was the number selected by my hubby Joe at 10:15pm central time! Woo-hoo! is for Melanie H!!

Congratulations! please email DT member NanaConnie to make arrangements to receive the 3 featured QKR Stampede images!!!

qkrstampedenc@gmail.com

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Ya'll come back now ya hear! 

FarmQuest General Store Challenge Blog

FQGS design team members: NanaConnie, Bec Ann, LeeAnn, and Becca S (owner)

 

FQGS #16.5 Reminder Notice on 21 May 2024

 Thanks for coming out to the country and stopping at the general store! 

Howdy!  Come In. Take a Look Around. 

FarmQuest General Store challenge blog

What: FQGS #16.5 Reminder Post

When: Midway Point is May 21 and #16 ends on June 5, 2024 at 12am CT/Chicago. 

Theme: anything farm or country goes topics; country can be backyard, rural, woods, forest, desert, mountains, creek, river, pond, lake, swamp, farmhouse kitchen, orchard, winery, etc.

Formats: cards, ATCs, tags, bookmarks, calendars and planners, journal pages or spreads, TN pages or spreads, larger scrapbook layouts

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DT inspiration=

NEW DT member LeeAnn =

an anything farm and/or country goes project =

Welcome to the FQGS design team, LeeAnn!!! We're excited to have your terrific talents shared with us!

and

NEW DT member Bec Ann

using "Fresh Baked" digi by QKRS

Welcome to the FQGS Design Team, Bec Ann!!!! We're excited to also have your terrific talents shared with us!!

and

using "Gathering Hearts" variations #2 & #3 by QKRS (Becca)

1st usage was for main posting on May 7, 2024

and

These are 2 of three images by QKR Stampede available to a random-picked participant in #16. 

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LINK to #16 main launch posting for May 7, 2024

https://farmquestgeneralstorechallenge.blogspot.com/2024/05/fqgs-16-theme-is-afcg-and-partner-qkrs.html

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FarmQuest General Store is accepting your deliveries until early on  June 5, 2024!!!

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WELCOME to our 2 new Design Team members!!!

LeeAnn McKinney and Rebecca Feltner (Bec Ann)

*Bec Ann's first project appeared on the main #15 post on April 7 and she used the "Art Palette" digital image by QKR Stampede.

**LeeAnn's first project is appearing in reminder #15.5 post on April 21 and she has used "Birdhouse and Vines" digital image by QKR Stampede. 

Both are amazing artisans and love creating rural outdoor masterpieces! 

WELCOME! 

*****************

DT Call

if interested in creating once per month anything farm/country/rural/outdoors topic projects and/or use 2024 partnership using QKR Stampede digital images,

please email your interest to owner/DT Becca Sadler =

questbybecca@gmail.com

================================

See you soon at the country store when you bring your deliveries (project submissions)!!

FarmQuest General Store Challenge Blog

Design Team members: Nana Connie, LeeAnn M, Bec Ann, and Becca S (owner)

 

FQGS #16 Theme is AFCG and partner QKRS with #15 Bragging Rights starting 7 May 2024

Welcome to the country store of crafting called 

FarmQuest General Store challenge blog!!!

May 7- June 5, 2024 is competition #16. 

Theme is always Anything Farm and/or Country Goes. 

Topics can range from ranch/farm/farmhouse to desert to swamp to forest/woods to pond, etc. Activities can vary from fishing, camping, picnicking, taking a hayride, picking out a pumpkin and thousands more! You can do any season of the year at any time. Formats are scrapbook layouts, TNs/journals/planners, tags, bookmarks, ATCs, and cards.

*********************

Scroll down towards the end of the post to see the #15 bragging rights Top Shelf Winner Picks (3), and a random-picked Winner for the April #15 QKRS digital images that were featured!!!

----------------------------------------------

NEW in 2024 for FQGS in the FarmQuest family of challenge blogs=

A random participant winner will receive the 3 monthly featured images from QKR Stampede. 

Note: Stamp On It currently has QKR Stampede and several other stamp/digital image lines/companies for sale. Here is that company website with the announcement:

https://stamponit.net/pages/about-our-brands

And the QKR Stampede blog site to look at the archives with last posting on June 15, 2023:

https://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/2023/06/qkr-stampede-challenge-467.html

FQGS DT member Nana Connie is coordinating this and has worked with them for many years.

#16 results posting will be published on #17 post June 7, 2024 so please check to see who will be the special random prize winner. The winner has until 9 pm Pacific Time on June 15, 2024 to claim their prize (use the contact email address for DT member Nana Connie that will be shared in the bragging rights post) or it will be re-drawn.

  QKR Stampede has allowed the DT to use 3 images per month.

May's selections are: 

NEW  DT member LeeAnn M.=

using "Buckets of Hearts"

[FQGS #16 AF/CG elements: wood bucket with rope]

and

DT member Nana Connie=

using  "Fresh Baked Pie"

{FQGS #16 AF/CG elements: plaid, checks, apron, farmhouse kitchen (rolling pin and pie)}

and

NEW DT member Bec Ann =

using "Gathering Hearts" digital image from QKRS

{FQGS #16 AF/CG elements: checks, wood wheelbarrow, wood buckets, ropes, grass/outdoors, and apron}

and

DT/owner Becca =

using "Gathering Hearts" digital image from QKRS 

 {AF/CG elements: buckets, ropes, apron and checked gingham}

and an AFCG project

jumbo Thanksgiving package topper/gift tag

{AF/CG elements: farmhouse, flowers, leaf}

A great mix of farm and country outdoor scenes!

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Participants:

*Reminder to note:  participating in #16 competition will make you eligible for the random selection for the 3 featured digital images seen in this main post for FQGS #16. 

*Now it's time for our readers/customers to turn into vendors and deliver your goods to the general store by 12:00am CST June 5, 2024.

*Use the Inlinkz tool address to help you make those deliveries.

LINK=

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/7a03fe017ee04ee0a761ed6a53397b3a

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BRAGGING RIGHTS Announcement for #15 from April 7-May 5, 2024

 I'm loving the variety and glad our FQGS participants are embracing the broadness of rural topics we want to see! Thank you to all the wonderfully talented artisans who took time to create and deliver projects to the store!

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Congratulations to these 3 Top Shelf Picks: Jackie C, Alicia O, and Deanne!!!

In order of entry:

#7 by Alicia O'B.  = cowboy hat and fence

and

#9 by Jackie C  = badger and trees

and

#21 by Deanne  = camping

These are great backyard, ranch and outdoor themed projects! Farm-tastic!

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The variety of country/outdoors/farm kind of topics was amazing! It was a very difficult time of decision-making selecting only 3 entries. Thanks for making it tough for me/Becca.

***AND***

RANDOM-picked winner of the 3 featured QKR Stampede digital images in April 2024 is:

from #21 submissions=

#15  was the number selected by my momma Jane via phone call at 6:30pm central time! Woo-hoo! is for  Elle-jeanne!!!

Congratulations! please email DT member NanaConnie to make arrangements to receive the 3 featured QKR Stampede images!!!

qkrstampedenc@gmail.com

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Ya'll come back now ya hear! 

FarmQuest General Store Challenge Blog

FQGSCB design team members: NanaConnie, Bec Ann, LeeAnn, and Becca S (owner)