I Spy With My Little Eye ..................... Added Text (Background Text or Sentiment) Challenge No. 41

Hello everyone and welcome to a new "I spy with my little eye" challenge taking place right here on my blog. Pauline and I are back with a new theme and we hope you'll join in the fun. We had some wonderful entries for the last challenge so be sure to scroll down to see who made the Top 2, both invited to join us in the next challenge.

This time it was Pauline's turn to select a theme and it is:

I spy with my little eye..........

Added Text (Background Text or Sentiment)

Lot of options here, could be as simple as a short sentiment, large quote or text stamping on the background. We can't wait to see what you'll share with us! The linky tool is at the end of this post!

My card (Ellie)

I purchased this stamp by Crafty Individuals from eBay almost a year ago, really love it but somehow there were always other stamps to reach for so this is my first time ever using it. This particular stamp is called Fowl Collage. 

I stamped with Versafine Clair brown ink and used my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils for coloring. The background paper is from my stash, had it for a long time and would have no idea what brand it is. I added some jute twine and a bow and a die cut flower as an embellishment. The edges were distressed for a vintage/rustic feel. 

 

I plan to share the above card here:

• FarmQuest General Store Challenge - Farm or Country
• Paper Rock Scissors - Papers and/or Scissors (I used both)
• The Paper Funday - AG
• Triple B - Birds, Blooms or Butterflies
• We Love Stamping - AG option

Pauline's Card

Such a beautiful design! Please visit Pauline's blog to find out how she made this card.


We're so excited to have a guest designer joining us for this challenge and that is Diane of Nellie's Nest. Thanks so much, Diane!!

Diane's Card

Such a fun card with that adorable owl! Please visit Diane's blog to find out how she made this card.

Top Picks from Challenges No. 40

We had some wonderful entries for last month's "Sunflower or the Color Yellow" challenge, thank you all so much for sharing your creativity with us! Selecting Top Picks is never easy but we finally managed and here they are in the order of entry:

No. 5 Majda  (Ellie's Pick)

No. 35 Rosi (Pauline's Pick)

Congratulations to both of you on your well deserved recognition! Your Top Pick logo is below.

Remember, you are both invited to join us as guest designers for challenge no. 41 starting Wednesday September 16th. If you would like to be a guest designer please message me (Ellie) at ellibellescorner at gmail dot com so I can give you all the details. Of course this is totally optional as we all are busy in one way or another and it might just not work out for you but we thought it would be something fun to offer the top picks :) 

To play along in the new challenge please use the linky tool below.

A few things to remember:

(Complete list of guidelines and copyright info can be found here.)

• You may share up to 5 different projects 
• You may combine with as many other challenges as you like to.
• A short mention of products used whenever possible is expected, especially the focal point.
• New: While you are free to link up your creations using pre-colored digital art (AI generated, digital pre-colored toppers/images, digital papers etc.), they will be excluded from top picks. 
• Please include a link back to this blog.
• Back-linking to a recent project is allowed.
• Linkup closes on Sunday, October 18th at 11:59pm CST

Across the Miles

Hello everyone, it's time for a new theme at Allsorts challenge and Gail is hosting. Her optional theme for the next two weeks is Sympathy, Thinking of You or Get Well. And as always, the Anything Goes option is there too. The prize comes from Highlight Crafts, three die sets plus reflections and paper.

I used another new to me 8x8 paper pad by Stamperia for the focal point, this one is called Sunflower Art. I actually purchased it at the end of last year so it took me a while to actually use it. Lots of pretty papers and it always hurts to cut into them so I used a large portion of one for my card front. I did add some splatter using a black Posca pen, some glitter to the flower centers, distressed the edges and then used my sewing machine around the edges. I layered the card front onto matching cardstock from SU (I'm not sure about the name of the color and it's probaby long retired). The card front is a heavy weight kraft card.

Sentiment is from the Penny Black clear set Eloquence. 

I plan to share the card with these challenges:

• Crafty Calendar - Summer 
• Crafty Catz - AG
• Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge - Patterned Papers
• Paper Rock Scissors - Paper and/ or Scissors (I used scissors for distressing and all layers are paper)
• The Card Concept - Sunflower Delight (I was inspired by the sunflowers and think my card would fall into the shabby/vintage style)
• The Paper Funday - AG
• Triple B - Blooms, Birds or Butterflies
• Word Art Wednesday - AG

As always, thanks so much for visiting and hope you're having wonderful sunny weekend!

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Ellibelle's Garden Party No. 19 - Anything in or from a Garden

Hello everyone and welcome to the September Garden Party taking place right here on my blog. I'm so glad you stopped by and hope you will share something in the linkup too! As always, it's Anything in or from a Garden. This can be crafts of any kind, garden photography, garden tips and advice, garden weddings, tea parties in the garden etc. The only rule is that the crafts/photos have to be your own. 

It's beginning to look a little bit autumnal in the garden so I made a fall themed card for my project. The stamp is Penny Black's wood mounted stamp Chitchat which I believe was my very first PB stamp I ever purchased 😊 I colored with Derwent Inktense water soluble pencils and then added some shading with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. the patterned papers are from my stash, I think both are from a DCWV Fall paper pack. Sentiment is from a clear stamp set also by Penny Black. I finished off the card with a button and jute twine bow and die cut butterflies using Penny Black's die set Soaring and some glitter on the butterflies' bodies.

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Sharing the above card with these challenges:

• Addicted to Stamps and More - Die Cuts or Stencils 
• Craft Rocket Challenges - Dies
• Crafty Animals - Animals
• Creative Moments - Make it cute
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stamp It
• The Pick 3 Challenge - I chose Insects, Polka Dots and Stamping

There are no special party guests this time so let's get straight to the Top Picks from the last challenge.

Top Picks for Garden Party No. 18

It's never easy to choose but I finally managed and here they are listed in the order of entry:

No. 19 Priya R. 

No. 21 Donna W.

(fun fact, Donna's card inspired me to use the image I used on today's card 😀)

No. 52 Darlene

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, October 8th). 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. 19!

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 October 5th at 11:59pm CST
  

Halloween ATC

Earlier this year the official Penny Black shop marked down several of their stamp sets (I think they are being retired)  and this fun Halloween set Spooktacular was one of those. (I just checked and it's marked down to $3.95!!) I'm not usually so much into Halloween but do like some cute stuff whether it's stamps or decorations and I just couldn't resist this CUTE cat!

When I read the new theme at the Tag Along challenge was circles I immedately had this idea in my head. It's not often where something turns out the way I imaged it, but I actually liked it so much that I made a similar card at full size (A2) which I will share at a later time.

I started with a small circle for a moon mask then inked the background using Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide ink. Some water was splashed onto the background for that fun reaction but it's hard to see. Next I stamped the cat (part of it anyway), removed the mask and stamped the spider. While the stamp set with the cat includes a spider, this particular one is a bit more creepy and it's from a wood mounted Halloween stamp (Creepy Crawly Halloween K4018) also ordered from that Penny Black sale. This one is no longer available through Penny Black. The small dots at the very top and the sentiment are all part of the "spider" stamp. I do not like spider at all but do find them fascinating at the same time. 

I inked the edges with Villainous Potion Distress Oxide ink and ran a black inkpad just along the edge. The sentiment all comes in one line along with that spider (PB K4018) but I cut each word apart to fit onto the ATC. Oh, and I also used a Tim Holz mini tiles stencil on the background for some more interest.

I am entering this ATC here:

• Crafting Happiness Challenges - AG
• Crafts Galore Encore - AG
• Crafty Animals - AG
• Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game! - Stencils
• Creative Inspirations Challenge - AG
• Critter Crazy Challenges - AG
• Everybody-Art-Challenge - ATC
• Lost Coast Designs - Black and white plus one (Orange)
• Moving along with the Times - Four Legged Friends
• Penny Black Saturday Challenge - PB Stamps opt. dies (I used a circle die for the mask)
• Simon Says Stamp - Stamps
• Sparkles Forum Challenges - AG
• Tag-Along (and ATC's) - Tags and ATC opt. of Circles
• The Little Things  - AG 
• The Paper Funday - AG
• Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge - Halloween

As always, thanks so much for visiting! Have a wonderful weekend.