FQGS #19.5 Reminder Notice of AFCG theme on 21 August 2024

 Thanks for coming out to the country and stopping at the general store! Come In. Take a Look Around. 

FarmQuest General Store challenge blog

What: FQGS #19.5 Reminder Post

When: Midway Point is August 21 and #19 ends on September 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=

showing an AFCG (anything farm and/or country goes) project (Becca)

birds, leaves, leafy stems for nature/outdoors

and

using "Got The Answer" bear by QKRS (Becca)

and

using "Graduate Owl" professor by QKRS (Becca)

and

using "Heron" by QKRS (Becca)

All three QKRS images were used in CAS style cards. 

These are August's three images by QKR Stampede available to a random-picked participant in #19. 

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LINK to #19 main launch posting for August 7, 2024

===>> https://farmquestgeneralstorechallenge.blogspot.com/2024/08/fqgs-19-afcg-theme-main-launch-post.html

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FarmQuest General Store is accepting your deliveries until early on  September  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 #19 AFCG theme main launch post starts 7 Aug 2024 + #18 bragging rights honorees

Welcome to the country store of crafting called 

FarmQuest General Store challenge blog!!!

August 7- September 5, 2024 is competition #19. 

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 #18 bragging rights Top Shelf Winner Picks (3), and a random-picked Winner for the July'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.

August's selections featured by FQGS Design Team are: 

DT member Bec Ann = card

using "Wise Owl" digital image from QKRS

[FQGS #18 AF/CG elements: owl, stars]

and

DT member Becca = card

using  "Heron" digital image from QKRS

{FQGS #18 AF/CG elements: heron, water,}

and

DT member NanaConnie  = card

using "Got Answer" digital image from QKRS

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

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and

with an anything farm and/or country goes sample:

DT LeeAnn = 

 

 {AF/CG elements: denim pocket, basketweave design, sunrise}

A great mix of nature and country outdoor scenes!

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PLUS

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BRAGGING RIGHTS Announcement for #18 from July 7-August 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 Karen L. = flower seed packet! 

and

#3 by Indy (Debbie O.) = pasture, farmer, barn, tractor, etc.!

 and

#6 by Jenn B  = chicken, checked gingham & chicken wire! 

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 July 2024 competition:

from 11 submissions :

#11  was the number selected by my hubby at 11:30pm central time on August 5th! Woo-hoo! #11 is for Katrina B!!!

horse with bridle and bit

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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Participation for FQGS #19 for August 7-Sept 5, 2024:

*Reminder to note:  participating in #19 competition will make you eligible for the random selection for the 3 featured digital images seen in this main post for FQGS #19. 

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

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

LINK=

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/63ba673242824d31945a3857a336bf44

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