Jan 8, 2026

Ellibelle's Garden Party No. 11 - Anything in or from a Garden

Hello everyone, it's time for a new Garden Party to start and all are invited to join in the fun!

As always, you may share anything in or from a garden. This can be crafts of any kind, garden photography or garden tips, weddings and tea parties taking place the garden... So many options!! As always the linky tool is at the end of the post along with my Top Picks from the last party.

I think my mojo left me way before Christmas and it's still nowhere to be found but at least I knew I wanted to use Tracy Evans stamps and this is what I came up with.

It turned out to be a bit "busier" than I intended. That is because I originally used only green, black and white, but then decided to add some yellow and this is the final result. A little mistake led me to add a little more yellow and not much I can do about it now :)

Stamps used are all by Tracy Evans: TE38 Silhouettes, TE14 The Wonder of Nature, TE33 Sunflower, TE32 Alpha Florals and Art Notes from Tracy's Aall and Create release. For inks I used Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide, Mustard Seed Distress Ink, Versafine Onyx. I also used a black Posca pen for some spatter along with diluted Wilderness ink. Stamps are available directly from Tracy Evans in the UK or Topflight Stamps and Simon Say Stamp in the US. 

I plan to share my card with these challenges:






Top Picks for Garden Party No. 10

There were lots of beautiful garden themed posts to choose from last month, thank you all so much for joining in! As always, selecting just 3 is never easy but I finally managed and here they are listed in the order of entry:


No. 6 Gerrina




Congratulations to each one of you on your well deserved recognition! Your top Pick logo is below you may post this to your own blogs if you like to :)

New this year:
I would like to invited each Top Pick to join me as a "Special Party Guest" in the next Garden Party. Simply message me at ellibellescorner at gmail dot com if you would like to be a special guest. Of course this is totally optional as I know we all are busy in one way or another just thought it would be something fun to offer the top picks :)

(Btw. Even if you are a special party guest for the month, you are still invited to share your other garden themed creations in the linky tool during the month!)




Now it's time for the 11th Garden Party to start!

Simply link a new or recently shared post (featuring something in or from a garden) using the linky tool below. To make it even more fun and maybe meet a new blogging friend I invite you to visit another entrant's blog post and leave them some love. This is just a suggestion and in no way do you have to :)

Below are the main guidelines at a glance:

  • Your entry must feature something in or from a garden.
  • You may combine with any other challenges/link parties.
  • Please leave a link back to this blog.
  • Up to 5 entries per blogger please.
  • Backlinking to a recent post is allowed.
  • The party ends on Monday January 5th at 11:59pm CST

I wanted to add a little reminder that the annual Crafty Year in Review is still open until January 18th and I would love for you to join in there as well to share you favorite creations of the last year. I think it's so nice to have a look back!




Jan 7, 2026

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - Goodbye for Now

Hello crafty friends, I have a bit sad news to share... I decided to discontinue my Crafty Wednesday challenge for the time being. I have really enjoyed hosting this linkup for the last 7+ years, so much that I had started the "I spy" challenge along with my "Garden Party" last year too but I realized it may have been a bit too much to handle so for now I am taking a break from hosting this linkup (I don't know when or if it will return so it is a Goodbye for now). I want to thank you all for your wonderful support of this challenge over the years!

That being said, the Garden Party and I spy with my little eye challenges will continue and I do hope to see you all there :) And you can find the December Top Picks at the end of this post.

I do have a card to share today made with the adorable Pipspell and some additional Lavinia stamps. 


I stamped Organic Root at the bottom right, along with Pipspell using Versafine Clair Pinecone ink. At the top right I used Lavinia's Starpine set to build up the pine branch. The quote is Lavinia's Magic Surrounds Us stamped using Chipped Sapphire ink. I decided to add some orbs made with a homemade "bokeh" stencil and I stamped the mini snowflakes (also by Lavinia) onto the backround. Before adhering to the pale pink mat I inked some more of the Chipped Sapphire around the edges and added stickles glitter to the center of each snowflake and the bauble. The card base is navy to coordinate with the dark blue ink although it looks black in the photo. I also used my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils for coloring the bauble and mouse.

If you're in the US I highly recommend Crystal from ASC Craft Supplies for a source of Lavinia Stamps as she offers Free Shipping on everything, although she doesn't have all the stamps in stock. (Also a great place to shop for the beautiful Stamperia papers!)

This post includes some affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission if you purchase something through the links. As always, this is at no cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!


Challenges I plan to share the above card with:




Top Picks with a Twist from the December Challenge


For the last set of Top Picks I decided that there is no twist and simply chose my favorites from the December entries: 




Congratulations to each one of you on your well deserved recognition. Your Top Pick logo is below, you may post this to your own blogs if you like to :)



Thank you all again for your support of my Crafty Wednesday challenge over the years. It's been so fun and I got to meet many fabulous crafters along the way! I hope to continue to see you around blogland :)

Have a great day and I will be back again tomorrow with a new Garden Party! Hope to see you there!



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