Friday, January 2, 2026

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags #1 in 2026 + #12 from 2025 brags

Welcome to: Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags!

HQFSCAT challenges are open to any shaped cards and/or shaped tags that are not rectangles. Altered variations of rectangles like a scalloped-top or dog-eared top are accepted; also z-folds, dimensional cards, etc.  

THEME = anything goes on a shaped card and/or tag.

Competition #1 will run January 2-31, 2026. 

Bragging rights of Best Shaped Card w/ Guest DT invite plus Best Shaped Tag w/ Guest DT invite are available as we participate for inspiration, sharing and for fun. Trailblazers or honorable mentions (3) will be selected for entries of # 1-40. 

Check the homepage sidebar for more details.

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Design Team Inspiration section

DT member Martina =

scallop-top shaped card: 


and

DT member Alyson =

butterfly-shaped card:



and

DT member Deanne =

coffee mug-shaped card:



+

shaped tag: stair step top edge


and

WELCOME: new DT member Ilonka

scallop with curves top edge variation card


and

DT/owner Becca =

 shaped card: arch top slimline card

and

shaped tag: heart shaped wood gift tag



PLUS

Guest Design Team invite honoree for shaped tag: pine tree shape tag

blog: https://craftystamping.blogspot.com/2026/01/guest-designer-hearts-quest-for-shaped.html

profile :  I am delighted to be a Guest Designer for Becca again.   I'm a mum to two grown up children and two gorgeous Grandchildren. I have been married to Jonathan my best friend for 40 years. I have been crafting for well over 20 years now and my favourite thing to create is definitely Mixed Media - it's a good day in the craft room when I come out with inky fingers!

project photo:


Very festive as home decoration or Christmas gift tag!!


plus

Guest Design Team Invite honoree for shaped card: curved & scallop curved sides card

blog: https://kaartjesvansigrid.blogspot.com/2026/01/hi-there-gastdesigner-hqfscat.html

profile: 
  1. I'm Sigrid den Hollander, 53 years old and living in the Netherlands. I'm making cards and other creative projects for over more than 16 years now. Love to work with die-cuts, design papers, ink, pictures from magazines / books and a lot of other media. Next to being creative, I love nature, animals and spending time with family and loved ones. 

project photo:
 

Isn't this precious!!!

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Awesome!
Terrific shape structured variety for cards and tags!
Delightful inspiration projects!

<3 -- <3 -- <3

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags

design team members: Alyson, Deanne, Martina and Becca

Welcome Ilonka!

Guest DTs: Fiona W and Sigrid H

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Brag honor recognitions from #12 December 2-31, 2025

There were 11 submissions!! Thank you! 

Congrats to these 5 artisans' entries: Jose, Leslie, Diny, Pinky and Maryann Scrapbooking!

<3 ** <3 ** <3

Best of Shaped Cards entry by Jose #2

to accept the Guest DT invite, please send email indicating your honor and acceptance to owner Becca = questbybecca@gmail.com

Entry #2 made by Jose:  wide snowflake-shaped card 


indoor and outdoor wintry scenes within her shaped card!

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and

Best of Shaped Tags by Leslie #7


to accept the Guest DT invite, please send email indicating your honor and acceptance to owner Becca = questbybecca@gmail.com

Entry #7 made by Leslie Rose:  dog-ear top tag


Wintry and festive dog-ear topped shaped tag!

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Trailblazers "Trio" for either shaped card and/or shaped tag:

entry #3 made by Diny= round shaped card 


  and

entry #6 made by Pinky= top corners zig-zag tag 



and

entry #9 made by Maryann = gifts tags


Superb ideas for shaped creations shared for HQFSCAT #12! Thank you for making it so difficult to decide! We appreciate each and every artisan who has participated!  

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Participants:

#1 is open January 2-31, 2026. Start and end times are 12 am central time/Chicago or 6am UK. Adjust to wherever you are located.

*Each artisan can submit 5 total projects per challenge month. 

*Anything goes topic shaped cards and/or shaped tags must be new within the month (no backlinking).

*The only shaped card or shaped tag not allowed is a standard four 90* degrees corners rectangle. Variations like dog-ear topped, rounded corners, scallop-topped, z-fold and/or deckle-edged are accepted.

*Link to your specific project post. 


*We would love for you to include our participants badge or the date/theme badge in your posting and/or on your blog homepage to help blogland know about HQFSCAT.

 *Please check the brags section to see if your project was selected for Best Shaped Card or Best Shaped Tag which both have Guest DT invites attached to their brag badge!!

Use the Mister Linky Widget tool for submitting your project(s):

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026!!


 

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags #12 with AG themed shaped cards and shaped tags + #11 brags

Welcome to: Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags!

HQFSCAT challenges are open to any shaped cards and/or shaped tags that are not rectangles. Altered variations of rectangles like a scalloped-top or dog-eared top are accepted; also z-folds, dimensional cards, etc.  

THEME = anything goes on a shaped card and/or tag.

Competition #12 will run December 2-31, 2025. 

Bragging rights of Best Shaped Card w/ Guest DT invite plus Best Shaped Tag w/ Guest DT invite are available as we participate for inspiration, sharing and for fun. Trailblazers or honorable mentions (3) will be selected for entries of # 1-40. 

Check the homepage sidebar for more details.   

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Design Team Inspiration section

Special Guest DT Miss Mudge =

https://missmudge.blogspot.com/2025/12/snowflake-shaped-easel-card-guest.html 

snowflake shaped easel card:

and

DT member Alyson =

floral shaped card:

and

DT member Martina =

round card #1:

and 

round card #2:

and 

round card #3:


and

DT member Deanne =

 word -shaped card for "JOY":


plus

mitten-shaped tag:


and

DT member Becca =

  round-shaped card:


 plus

heart-shaped tag: 



PLUS

Guest Design Team invite honoree shaped card: no response

biography profile + blog link=

her HQFSCAT #12 GDT -shaped tag project:


plus

Guest Design Team Invite honoree for shaped tag: Maria'

blog: https://scrapeandopasoelrato.blogspot.com/2025/11/let-it-snow.html

profile: Hi! I'm from Spain. I started my blog in 2015 where you can see all the projects I've made all these years. I love to make tags as you can see, but I also like to create cards or to play with my art journals. What I like more of playing with my inks, stamps and papers is that you can make something very special just with a bit imagination and time.

Double stars-shaped tag:



Fabulous star-shaped wintry tag, Maria!! Thank you so very much! 

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Awesome!
Super creative shape structures for cards and tags!
Delightful inspiration projects!

<3 -- <3 -- <3

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags

design team members: Alyson, Martina, Deanne and Becca

plus Special Guest Miss Mudge & GDT Maria' (for tag) 

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Brag honor recognitions from #11 (Nov. 2-30, 2025)

There were 19 submissions!! Thank you! 

Congrats to these 5 artisans' entries: Sigrid, Fiona, The Crafty Den, Trijntje and Annie H!

<3 ** <3 ** <3

Best of Shaped Cards entry:

to accept the Guest DT invite, please send email indicating your honor and acceptance to owner Becca = questbybecca@gmail.com

Entry #4 made by Sigrid : double brackets-shaped card 

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and

Best of Shaped Tags:


to accept the Guest DT invite, please send email indicating your honor and acceptance to owner Becca = questbybecca@gmail.com

Entry #8 made by Fiona W: tapered door hanger tag 


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Trailblazers "Trio" for either shaped card and/or shaped tag:

entry #5 made by The Crafty Den = dog-ear topped shaped tag


 and

entry #12 made by Trijntje = dog-ear topped shaped tag 


and

entry #19 made by Annie H = upside down Y-shaped card


Superb ideas for shaped creations shared for HQFSCAT #11! Thank you for making it so difficult to decide! We appreciate each and every artisan who has participated!  

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Participants:

#12 is open December 2-30, 2025. Start and end times are 12 am central time/Chicago or 6am UK. Adjust to wherever you are located.

*Each artisan can submit 5 total projects per challenge month. 

*Anything goes topic shaped cards and/or shaped tags must be new within the month (no backlinking).

*The only shaped card or shaped tag not allowed is a standard four 90* degrees corners rectangle. Variations like dog-ear topped, rounded corners, scallop-topped, z-fold and/or deckle-edged are accepted.

                                        *Include our #12 badge in your personal blog posting(s) to help us promote this challenge blog.

*Link to your specific project post.

*Use the Mister Linky widget tool to submit.   


Sunday, November 2, 2025

HQFSCAT #11 anything goes on shaped card and or shaped tag theme + #10 Shaped Winners and Trailblazer brags

Welcome to: Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags!

HQFSCAT challenges are open to any shaped cards and/or shaped tags that are not rectangles. Altered variations of rectangles like a scalloped-top or dog-eared top are accepted; also z-folds, dimensional cards, etc.  

THEME = anything goes on a shaped card and/or tag.

Competition #11 will run November 2-30, 2025. 

Bragging rights of Best Shaped Card w/ Guest DT invite plus Best Shaped Tag w/ Guest DT invite are available as we participate for inspiration, sharing and for fun. Trailblazers or honorable mentions (3) will be selected for entries of # 1-40. 

Check the homepage sidebar for more details.

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Design Team Inspiration section

special Guest DT Miss Mudge =

Cricut Design Space project blog link

 = https://design.cricut.com/landing/project-detail/68eab8578e2a600357789d28

her personal blog post link = https://missmudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/guest-designing-for-my-hearts-quest.html

Anniversary Acorn-shaped card:



and

new DT member Alyson =

Mason Jar-shaped Christmas card:


and

DT member Deanne =

filled Santa-shaped mug card:

+

cardinal round-shaped Christmas gift tag:


reverse side:



and

DT member Becca =

encouragement shaped card: square


and

shaped tag: dog-ear topped Christmas tags/package topper


PLUS

Guest Design Team invite honoree for shaped tag: no response 

biography profile + blog link=


plus

Guest Design Team Invite honoree for shaped card: no response

blog:

profile: 

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Awesome!
Super creative shape structures for cards and tags!
Delightful inspiration projects!

<3 -- <3 -- <3

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags

design team members: Special Guest Miss Mudge, new Alyson, Deanne, Martina (taking a break) and Becca

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Brag honor recognitions from #10 October 2-31, 2025

There were 19 submissions!! Thank you! 

Congrats to these 5 artisans' entries: Ans, Maria', Erna/Anreda, Jackie C and Carrie S!

<3 ** <3 ** <3

Best of Shaped Cards entry:

to accept the Guest DT invite, please send email indicating your honor and acceptance to owner Becca = questbybecca@gmail.com

Entry #1 made by Ans  : -shaped card 


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and

Best of Shaped Tags:


to accept the Guest DT invite, please send email indicating your honor and acceptance to owner Becca = questbybecca@gmail.com

Entry #6 made by Maria'  :  


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Trailblazers "Trio" for either shaped card and/or shaped tag:

entry #3 made by Erna/Anreda = fancy fold -shaped card


 
 and

entry #5 made by Jackie C = fancy fold -shaped card


and

entry #16 made by Carrie S = fancy fold-shaped card w/belly band



Superb ideas for shaped creations shared for HQFSCAT #10! Thank you for making it so difficult to decide! We appreciate each and every artisan who has participated!  

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

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

Participants:

#11 is open November 2-30, 2025. Start and end times are 12 am central time/Chicago or 6am UK. Adjust to wherever you are located.

*Each artisan can submit 5 total projects per challenge month. 

*Anything goes topic shaped cards and/or shaped tags must be new within the month (no backlinking).

*The only shaped card or shaped tag not allowed is a standard four 90* degrees corners rectangle. Variations like dog-ear topped, rounded corners, scallop-topped, z-fold and/or deckle-edged are accepted.

*Link to your specific project post. 

*We would love for you to include our participants badge in your posting and/or on your blog homepage to help blogland know about HQFSCAT.

 *Please check the brags section to see if your project was selected for Best Shaped Card or Best Shaped Tag which both have Guest DT invites attached to their brag badge!!

Use the Mister Linky Widget tool for submitting your project(s):


Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags #1 in 2026 + #12 from 2025 brags

Welcome to:   Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags! HQFSCAT  challenges are open to any shaped cards and/or shaped tags  that are not...