Mar 12, 2026

Ellibelle's Garden Party No. 13 - 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, each one invited to join me as a special party guest :)

Here is what I made inspired by what's currently showing signs of life in my garden but they aren't blooming yet. Daffodils are probably my favorite early spring flower but then I do love them all.


I used Penny Black's brushstroke stamp Daffodil Dance and Letraset Aquamarkers for coloring. I lightly spritzed the stamp with water before coloring. Not 100% happy with how the stamping turned out and I really miss my "working" Distress markers. Maybe I need to get all the mini Distress inks for an alternative. Unfortunately the regular sized ink pads are not so easy to use with these stamps so I used the aquamarkers instead.

For embellishments I used part of a MFT die (crosshatch) and tied some green jute twine around the image panel. And a butterfly from Penny Black's die set Soaring. Patterned paper is really old, this one is from Stampin Up. To finish the card I flicked some diluted green ink and a gold posca pen onto the card, as usual I think there was more splatter on my desk instead of the card.

Entering the above card with these challenges:


My snowdrops finally started to bloom a few days ago, of course there had to be a picture 😀and then I discovered the little ladybug too. So nice to see after a long winter! After some strong storms in the area we are now back to chilly March weather. 


🌹 Special Party Guests 🌹

I'm so happy to announce that I have two Special Party Guests joining me this time, they are Brenda from  Floral Fantasies and Carrie from Carrie's Custom Cards. Many thanks to both of you for accepting the special guest invite and they made some wonderful garden themed projects to share and inspire.

Brenda

Also by Brenda
Two gorgeous creations so full of pretty spring flowers. Please visit  her blog to find out how she made these cards.

Carrie

An amazing creation by Carrie, how gorgeous are those pink flowers! Please visit her blog to find out how she made this card.





Top Picks for Garden Party No. 12


Now it's time to announce my Top Picks from the last Garden Party. Remember each top pick is invited to join me here as a special party guest for the next party if interested. 


No. 16 Diane A.

No. 40 Rosi

No. 58 Loopyloo

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 (starting April 9th). 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 the 13th 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 April 6th at 11:59pm CST

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Mar 6, 2026

Double Trouble with a Birthday Pig

Hello everyone. Yesterday (and the day before) we had some really gloomy weather and I decided to "hide" in my craft room for a little bit and I made a card for the Double Trouble challenge. Along with their regular challenge, their "twisted sister" asked for pigs and I thought why not dust of one of my cute pig stamps and make a card? I've had this stamp for a few years now but only used once before.

For Double Trouble's main challenge they are asking for (at least) 3 layers, 2 colors from their wheel (I chose Magenta and Teal) and one image. Plus Use something old instead of new.


The little Pig is a stamp by Penny Black, Piggy Love 2549K. This stamp is no longer available but occasionally will show up on eBay or Etsy. That's how I found mine a few years ago :) I used Versafine Onyx for stamping and Faber Castell Polychromos pencils for coloring. It's been fussy cut to add to the sketch. On the background I used an inky paper I found in my box of extra backgrounds where I had used a coordinating ink. I decided to add some stamping to this background using a My Favorite Things Birthday background stamp. The tiny "Happy Birthday" is from a mini greetings set also from My Favorite Things (both no longer available as the company went out of business). 




I found the stars in my box of die cut pieces (this particular star die is an oldie from Whimsy Stamps). They were a great matching color too so decided to add them. Two enamel dots finish off the card. Oh, and the card front behind the image panel was embossed using a cuttlebug folder which I've had for a very long time. I think I did really well using old things :)

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I don't usually follow sketch challenges much anymore as I prefer simple designs and not too many layers but this one seemed simple enough. Linked below.






Challenges I'd like to share with:

Thanks so much for visiting!
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Mar 4, 2026

Flowers and Penguins

Hello everyone, I came across a new challenge blog called "The Little Things" (linked below)   and as I want to continue making (at least) one ATC each month I decided to follow their theme of Penguins and then combine that with the Tag-Along &ATC challenge (also linked below) where the theme is Spring Flowers. 

We usually think of winter when we think of penguins and definitely not flowers, but I wanted to make this work. Then I got curious and googled if penguins only live where it's cold and to my surprise I learned that there is a species of penguins - the Galapagos Penguins - that live in a more tropical climate on the Galapagos Island. So my little ATC isn't as far fetched as I thought it would appear 😀 And I could be the only one who didn't know before that some penguins do live in warmer climates 😊


I used stamps from Tracy Evans for this ATC - Malva TE8, Winter Delights (TE23), Myriad of Designs TE44 and Miniatures released by Aall and Create. If you're in the US then you can easily get Tracy Evans stamp at Simon Says or Topflight stamps. In UK of course directly from Tracy's shop. 

I made the background by dabbing a brush with Mowed Lawn Distress ink onto a slightly wet background, then I used a mini tiles stencil and the word stamp to add interest to the background. Stamping was done with Versafine Onyx for the black and Versafine Clair Grass Green for the words on the background.
Flowers were colored using Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. To complete my card I simply ran the Mowed Lawn ink pad along the edges of the card.

 

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I plan to share this ATC with these challenges:


Thanks so much for visiting. 

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Mar 1, 2026

Springtime at the Four Seasons Challenge

Hello everyone. March has arrived and springtime is just around the corner. At the Four Seasons challenge we're already in full spring mode starting today and have a wonderful new mood board to inspire your creativity for all things spring and Easter. As always, it is not required to use the mood board as "Anything Spring Goes". 

Below is the mood board. Isn't it wonderful?



The cute little bunny was my main inspiration and I decided to ink up a stamp set by Colorado Craft Company. 


The set is called "Happy Easter". Stamped with Versafine Onyx ink on Bristol Vellum and then colored with Derwent Inktense pencils then fussy cut. There is a matching die available for this set too. My "hill" diecuts were done with an old die from Whimsy Stamps and no longer available. This die set by Lawn Fawn would be a great option and I really like the different hills version. 

On the background I used a stencil by Penny Black Hypnotic with Tumbled Glas Distress ink. Sentiment is part of the same stamp set and I added die cut butterflies with some gems to finish it off. There is also some glitter on the Easter eggs and bunny's bow.

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I plan to share my card here:


Thanks so much for visiting. Hope to see you at the challenge blog :)
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