Photography Challenge: Everyday Images

This is my second time I am joining Kym at A Fresh Cup of Coffee for her  Photography challenge as I do enjoy taking pictures of all kinds of things (usually things out in nature). I don't carry my DSLR camera around much anymore so these were all taken with an older iphone (11) so the pictures aren't the greatest quality.

These were the prompts for this challenge:

Dessert // Gradual // On the Road // Imperfect // Tangled // Selfie // Restful

And here is what I came up with. 

Dessert:

Mine was the Strawberry Kiwi ice cream treat, yummy!! This one was taken while on vacation in April.

Gradual

I struggled with this one, but while walking in a small botanical garden recently I thought this garden obelisk would work.

On the Road 

A country road at the edge of town.

I captured these beautiful cloud formations while on the road (I wasn't the one driving!)

Imperfect

This was so frustrating to see in my garden!! 

An imperfect, broken wing but still beautiful!

Tangled

Struggled a bit with this one but saw this recent picture on my camera roll from when the Japenese Beetles infestation was at its worse in mid-July. They all look tangled up on my beautiful yellow rose. Luckily they only seem to cause damage for about 2 weeks but sadly not everything will recover like roses.

Selfie

I'm not  fan of selfies but I somehow managed to take this one, though it appears like my cat took it :)

Restful

Her new favorite spot since purchasing this patio corner sofa.

The Everyday Images photo challenge is posted every other Thursday and the linky tool is open for about two weeks. 

I'm also entering this to Joanne's Talking About it Tuesday.

 

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.