Mar 28, 2026

It's Springtime at Allsorts Challenge

It's time already for a new theme at Allsorts challenge and this time Brenda is hosting. For her optional theme she chose It's Springtime and of course the Anything Goes option is there too and we love to see those too along with your spring creations. We have a prize from  Buddly Crafts - two gorgeous stamps by Penny Black.



For my project I decided to make a little Easter ATC so I could join in the current The Little Things challenge (linked below)
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I used a stamp from Penny Black called Spring Parade 1929K. I was hoping to link it to Buddly Crafts but it's an older wood mounted stamp and no longer in stock. They do have a great assortment of Penny Black stamps (and many others) for those of you in the UK, I hope you'll check them out!

This is a large stamp featuring 5 chicks but I masked them off and only used the two holding flowers. I stamped with Versafine Onyx and colored with Derwent Inktense pencils. The chickenwire stamp is an oldie from Whimsy Stamps stamped using Versafine Clair ink (Portobello). Then on two of the corners I used a stamp by Lavinia (Texture 2) and Versafine Onyx ink.

"Happy Easter" is from a set by Stampin Up recently found at a thrift store. It includes lots of little sentiments like this for all kinds of occasions. 

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I covered the chicks with scraps and then used a black posca pen for a little splatter on the background. After this was dry I inked the edges using Twisted Citron Distress ink.

 



I'm entering my ATC here:


Thanks so much for visiting, have a wonderful weekend!  
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Mar 25, 2026

A Teeny Tiny Wish for Woodblock Wednesday

Last month I joined in the Woodblock Wednesday challenge where I was the lucky winner 😃 and Amy of Woodblock Wednesday invited me to join her as a guest designer for March. Of course I couldn't say no as I do love my woodblock stamps but as you can imagine I often reach for newer stamps and the old favorites are being neglected. This was another great opportunity to make something using wood mounted stamps.

I hope you'll check out her challenge, it is hosted on her blog and always starts on the last Wednesday of each month. It's only open for one week so no time to overthink it - just do it!! It's a great opportunity to use old favorites in a new way. Which one of your woodblock stamp will you choose?

Here is what I made:

I started out by stamping the bunny by Penny Black (Sweet Talk 1442J) onto Brisol Vellum and colored with Zig Clean Color brush pens. Next I used a Brick Wall stencil to add a background. For this step I made a mask for the bunny and also masked off the bottom portion of the card. I inked the bottom portion with Mowed Lawn Distress ink. I wanted to add some grass/weeds/shrubs around the bunny and while looking for a stamp to use I found a tree stamp (Penny Black Spotted Winter 4270K) that I thought was perfect for this. This wood mounted stamp had never been used before so I was happy I found a wonderful reason to use it. 


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The sentiment is another wood mounted stamp (Penny Black Birthday Wish 3669F). It didn't fit on the card simply stamped so I decided to cut the quote apart after stamping to add separate lines for the birthday wish. Finally, I added die cut butterflies made with Penny Black's Soaring die set. My image panel was a little bit too narrow so I added a strip of coordinating patterned paper from my stash. A green card base finshes off the card.




I found some great challenges to share with:



Thanks so much for visiting and I hope you'll check out Amy's blog to see what she made using woodblocks and maybe you'll join in too! The linky tool can be found on her blog.

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Mar 18, 2026

I Spy With My Little Eye ........... Spring Flowers or Spring Showers (Challenges No. 35 and 36 Combined)

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 two new themes and we hope you will join us! As always, our top two from the last challenge are at the end of this post, both invited to join us in the next challenge.

As you may have noticed by reading the title of this post, we are combining the next two challenges as I won't have access to a computer right around the time when the next challenge would start. This will make things a lot easier and we are offering two challenge themes to choose from:



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


Spring Flowers (Pauline's Theme)
or 
Spring Showers (Ellie's Theme)


We thought these would be great themes for the next two months. This can be any flowers blooming in the spring, not just the early flowers. As for Spring Showers, this will of course cover rain showers but don't forget about baby showers and wedding showers if you have those events coming up this spring. As always, you may share any type of (paper) craft as long as it follows the theme(s). The linky tool is at the end of the post.

My Card (Ellie)

(following the Spring Showers theme - all details are below)

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I thought this cute little mouse with umbrella was a perfect choice for a "spring showers" card. I started out with a rectangle mask/stencil by My Favorite Things and Distress ink. After removing the mask, I stamped Lavinia's Shadowbloom and colored with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. Next I stamped the little mouse Thistlewisk, also by Lavinia. The inked background needed something else so I used Lavinia's Featherleaf stencil to add a design. The sentiment is from the Penny Black set Love Big. A few clear dew drops were added to the card to finish it off.

Sharing the above card with these challenges:

Pauline's Card

(following the Spring Flowers theme)


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





We're so excited to have a guest designer joining us this time and it is Jolanda from Jolanda's Inque Spot. Thanks so much for joining us, Jolanda!!


Jolanda's Card

(following the Spring Flowers theme)

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



Top Picks from Challenge No. 34


Thank you all so much for joining us in the last challenge. It was so great to read all about "Something you Love" which was our theme. As usual, selecting Top Picks is never easy but we finally managed and they are listed in the order of entry. 

No. 25 Gerrina (Pauline's Pick)

No. 39 Helen F. (Ellie'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. 37 starting May 20th. 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 not a requirement but would love to have you joining us if you like to :)


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 10 different projects (during the 2-months challenge)
  • 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, May 17th at 11:59pm CST
  • Remember: This linky tool is open for two months - will close May 17th!!
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Mar 14, 2026

Green Butterflies

Hello everyone, it's time for a new theme at Allsorts challenge and Lynne is our host. Her optional theme is Things with Wings and we have a $30 voucher from Taylored Expressions  along with an A4 stamp set to give away. As always the challenge runs for two week so there is plenty of time to join us. The "Anything Goes" option is also there if you prefer to go that route.

Lots of "wings" to choose from in my craft room and I decided on a beautiful older set by Tracy Evans.


I was inspired by the current Triple B challenge (linked below) where the option is to use shades of green for their March challenge. I made an inky smooshed background using Twisted Citron Distress Oxide ink. The stamp set is by Tracy Evans for Aall and Create called Spread Your Wings. It's been retired but still found at various retailers such as Frantic Stamper if you are in the US.

This card was easy to make. After the background dried, I stamped part of the image at the bottom of the card, then another part at the top part using Versafine Onyx ink. 


I used Zig Clean Color brush pens to color the butterflies. Two of the butterflies have been fussy cut and added with a glue dot. I then stamped part of the image again at the top right using Mowed Lawn Distress ink (second generation for a fainter "background" look). The sentiment which is also part of the set was stamped on a scrap piece of cardstock. I used my Twisted Citron ink pad to make a colored mat for the image panel then adhered this to a white card base.






The large butterfly is covered in Wink of Stella sparkle but it was practically impossible for me to capture the sparkle on camera. I did try...
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Below is the list of challenges I'd like to share my card with:


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