FQGS challenge #4 Top Shelf Picks for May 2023 Announcement

  Top Shelf Picks Announcement for FQGS Theme #3

 Whoa! Theme #4 for FarmQuest General Store challenge blog is no longer accepting deliveries of crafted projects! :)

At 1:00am CT/Chicago or 7 am UK times, FQGS closed for business for challenge #4. We are excited to be having good participation for being a new challenge blog. Please help us grow! Let your craft blogging friends know about this fun blog!

Theme #1 had 10 entries!! #2 had 27. #3 had 16 entries. #4 had 18 entries!

There was a great group of projects of cards and art journal pages formats. Topics ranged from farm and forest animals, flowers, fruits, trees/log, birds, scarecrow, fencing, country store and plants. I'm loving the variety and glad our FQGS participants are embracing the broadness of country/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!

Congratulations to these 3 Top Shelf Picks: !!

In order of reverse entry:

#5 = Elaine

#2 = Melissa

#1 = Carolyn

The variety of country/outdoors/farm/ranch kind of topics was amazing! It was a very difficult time of decision-making selecting only 3 entries. 

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You all come back now!

The general store will be open again at 1am CT/Chicago or 7am UK on June 7th.

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FQGS DT members NanaConnie, Janis, and owner Becca S

June 5, 2023 at 7:50pm CT/Chicago by Becca

 

FQGS Challenge #4 always AF/CG theme REMINDER

 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 #4 Reminder Post

When: Midway Point is May 21 and #4 ends on June 5 at 1am CT/Chicago. 

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DT inspiration from Guest DT (Blue Ribbon Winner from March 7-April 5th #3 challenge)  for May 21 is Lynn 

[Background: FarmQuest General Store challenge blog competition #4 is still open for deliveries of your submitted projects (1-5 new AF/CG themed) until very early on June 5, 2023. Any rural, outdoors, woods, country kind of projects made between May 7-June 5 can be entered.]

We are excited that our #2 competition had over 25 entries so a Blue Ribbon Winner was picked and offered the chance to Guest Design for this reminder post. 

Say howdy to Lynn: " I'm a Texan and even though I've always lived in the country, I'm considered a city dweller now I guess.  I really miss that good old country living!  I've been making cards for quite a few years and am so excited to be a guest designer for this wonderful new challenge blog." 

Farm-tastic, isn't it!?!!!

[AF/CG elements: barn siding paper, twine, farmer gal, rancher/cowboy, 'yeehaw']

http://creativecraftsbylynn.blogspot.com/2023/05/yeehaw.html

The cowboy and cowgirl are stamps from Art Impression and are colored in Copic markers.  They are stamped, cut out, popped up on dimensionals, and then mounted on a die cut oval of patterned paper.  This is all mounted to the wood grain background paper and the sentiment is from Close to My Heart.  A die cut star and bit of twine were added to the card.  

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and from DT/owner Becca S=

Scandinavian Farmhouse Kitchen display card

[AF/CG elements: napkin has that Scandinavia or even a Pennsylvania Dutch stencil/paint look; die-cut of mixing bowl, wooden spoon, and the sentiment/phrase]

LINK to FQGS #4 main launch posting from May 7th=

https://farmquestgeneralstorechallenge.blogspot.com/2023/05/fqgs-challenge-4-always-afcg-theme.html

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So long. Fare thee well. Come back to the country real soon!

--FQGS DT members Nana Connie and Janis, Blue Ribbon Winner Guest DT Lynn, and owner Becca