Ellibelle's Garden Party No. 18 - Anything in or from a Garden

Hello crafty friends, it's time for the new Garden Party which takes place right here on my blog and all are invited to join in. The theme is always "Anything in or from a Garden" this can be crafts of any kind, garden photography, garden tips and ideas, garden party posts etc. The only rule is that they need to be your own garden themed photos. The linky tool is at the end of this post.

And here is what I made for this month.

Some of the links included are affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission if you purchase something through the links. As always, this is at no extra cost to you.

This cute stamp is by Penny Black (Flying High), stamped with Versafine Onyx ink and colored with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. I stamped the bunny again on a post-it note and fussy cut tor a mask then did some stenciling using the Circle Explosion stencil, I think it's by MFT. Butterflies are made with a new-to-me die set also from Penny Black (Flight of Fancy) and the sentiment is part of the bunny stamp set.The "hill" was made with a die set by Whimsy Stamps (old and no longer available but there are other similar options available). To finish it off I added stickles glitter to the flower and butterfly bodies. Mounted onto a matching green cardstock (inked with Twisted Lime Distress Oxide ink) and then a simple white card base.

I am sharing my card with these challenges:

• Cardz 4 Galz - Blue Sky
• Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game!  - Stencils
• Cupcake Inspirations - In the Garden
• Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Use PB Stamps
• We Love Stamping - Summer Blooms

There are no special party guests this time so I am sharing photos of 2 pretty blossoms from my garden.

Below is the beautiful Crown Princess Margareta rose I planted last fall in memory of my sweet orange tabby Thomas. It's a climbing rose as he loved to climb up on everything.

 

This is the same rose shrub different set of blooms. It was evening when I took the second photo so the blossoms look a little more peachy.

Below is a dwarf type of a sunflower. Lots of beautiful blooms on just one stem but unfortunately it is now faded. The birds love the seeds, I was lucky to see 2 goldfinches feasting on some seeds. 

Top Picks for Garden Party No. 17

And now it's time to see who made the Top 3 from the last Garden Party. It's never easy to choose but I finally managed and here they are listed in the order of entry:

No. 2 Nancy J. 

No. 26 Amy's Midsummer Vegetable Garden

(many more photos in her post)

No. 33 Papierelle

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 :) Please read the info below if you'd like to join me as a special party guest.

New this year:

I would like to invited each Top Pick to join me as a "Special Party Guest" in the next Garden Party (starting Thursday, September 10th). Please 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 your share at the Garden Party No. 18!

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 September 7th at 11:59pm CST

Girl Power

Hello crafty friends, I wanted to join in at this month's Tag Along and ATCs challenge where the theme is Fashion (or Anything Goes) and I had lots of fun making this ATC and I combined it with some other challenges, all listed at the end of the post.

The main image is an old 2004 stamp by Stampin Up! It's part of a set but I only have this single stamp. If anyone knows the name of the set please comment as I'd love to update this post with the set name. 

Update: This is from the Stampin Up set Paris in Spring. Even though retired, several sets are available on eBay :) 

I stamped with Versafine Onxy ink and used my Faber Castell polychromos pencils for coloring. I recently purchased a new (to me) stencil duo from Visible Image (Seeing Stars) and that's what I used on the background with Kitch Flamingo Distress ink. The sentiment is another oldie, from Whimsy Stamps (The Fun Life Ticket sentiments). I cut around the ticket part and just used the words. Both "Being Fabulous..." and "Girl Power" are part of the same stamp. To finish it off I used a cross stitch stamp (also old from Whimsy Stamps) on the left side and added stickles glitter to the flowers.

I am sharing this ATC here:

• ATC Around the World - Summer, Sun and Beach (I think this would fit the Summer category)
• Craft Rocket Challenges - Transportation
• Creative Fingers - AG
• DL.Art Linky Challenge - AG
• Moving along with the Times - Feminine
• Neglected Stuff Challenge - Neglected stuff (long neglected SU stamp)
• Simon Says Stamp - Monochrome
• Tag-Along (and ATC's) - Fashion 
• The Little Things - Little Things
• The Paper Funday - AG
• We Love Stamping - AG with Stamping

Thanks so much for visiting!

Everyday Images - A Newly Discovered Photography Challenge

I just discovered a new (to me) photography challenge happening twice a month at A Fresh Cup of Coffee blog and since I love to take pictures of all kinds of things I thought I'd try joining in when possible. 

This time the photo prompts are:

At Home (monthly)// In My Cup // Path // Tuesday Tranquility // Summer // Golden Hour // Out for a Walk (Quarterly)

At Home (monthly)

I found this beautiful trio of mini vases in crate at a local flower shop. It's perfect for flowers from my garden.

In my Cup

A glass in this case... Sparkling water with lemon and cucumber slices. So refreshing! And I love these pretty glasses I recently found at Marshall's 💛💛

Path

This is part of the path around Geneva Lake in Wisconsin we recently visited. 

Tuesday Tranquility

Another photo I took from Geneva Lake

Summer

Golden Hour and Out for a Walk (Quarterly)

(I combined these two promts)

A walk around our local lake during Golden Hour

I'm linking this up at A Fresh Cup of Coffee blog. 

Direct link to Everyday Images challenge No. 93 is here.

Summer Colors for Allsorts Challenge

For my second post of the day I'm sharing my card for the new Allsorts challenge where Sarah chose the optional theme of Summer Colors. We have a beautiful stamp set and stencil from Visible Image to give away to one lucky winner. 

This dragonfly stamp set (Dragonfly Dreams) from Visible Image is new to me and I thought it was the perfect opportunity to ink it up. The inky background in shades of lime green/yellow-ish was found in my box of extra background, I decided it was a good summer-y color to start with. I stamped the dragonfly image (the map themed stamping is part of the dragonfly stamp) directly onto the background and then again onto a scrap piece of Bristol Vellum paper to color and fussy cut the wings. I used Derwent Inktense colors. They were more of a hot summer pink (Fuchsia color) to start with but then I added a purple-ish color at the edges and used my waterbrush again so the wings turned more purple than I had intended.

The sentiment is from a set by Tracy Evans. I added glitter to the wings and a puple button with black twine onto the center of the dragonfly. Colored cardstock is by Stampin Up, probably a long retired color and then I used a white card base. 

I am linking up here:

•  Little Red Wagon - One Thing (one dragonfly or one button)
• Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
• TIME OUT Challenges - Mother Nature

If you'd like to see my first post of the day you can click here: Four Seasons August Challenge.

Thanks so much for visiting!