Oct 8, 2026

Ellibelle's Garden Party No. 20 - Anything in or from a Garden

Hello everyone and welcome to a new Garden Party, taking place right here on my blog! So glad you stopped by today and maybe you brought something along to share too. Remember, it's Anything in or from a Garden, this can be crafts of any kind, garden photography, garden tips and advice, garden tea parties or weddings etc. The linky tool is at the end of this post. I also have two special guests joining me today so be sure to scroll down.

It's beginning to look a little spooky in the garden, in fact the large Illinois orb weaver spiders have been busy since August and of course cats are part of it. Wether it's my own Fussy who enjoys sleeping on a garden chair when the weather is mild, and it always makes me happy when a stray cat wanders through the garden. 

Anyway, you might recognize the cat stamp I used here as I made a similar ATC in September. I loved that one so much that I decided to make two greeting cards using the same cat stamp.

The stamp set I used is called Spooktacular by Penny Black. Background was done with orange and black Distress inks and a stencil. I flicked some water onto the background for that fun reaction and a few flicks of a black Posca pen. The cat has been fussy cut and I colored the pattern on the cat with pencils and a glitter pen. Sentiment is from the Penny Black stamp Creepy Crawly Halloween K4018 (no longer available). 

Challenges I am entering the above card to:


This is the other card I made:

Here I created an inky background with Villainous Potion Distress ink and once again a few splatters of water. A circle die has been used to cut out the cat and then I used a starry Avery Elle circle die around the circle die cut. Sentiment and spider are both part of the same stamp set Spooktacular. And I used a pencil and glitter pen again for the cat's pattern and sparkle on the spiderweb.


Challenges I am entering card 2:




I'm so excited to have not one but two special party guest joining me here today as guest designers, that is Priya and Darlene! Thank you both!!

 Priya

Darlene

Aren't these both amazing!! To find out how they are made, please click on the links above the projects.



Top Picks for Garden Party No. 19


This is never an easy task but one that I do enjoy and finally made my selection. They are listed in the order of entry, each one invited to join me as a special party guest/designer for the November 12th Garden Party.




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 (#21 starting Thursday, November 12th). 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.
  • A short mention of products used whenever possible is expected, especially the focal point.
  • It is the creator's responsibility to follow copyright laws.
  • The party ends on Monday November 9th at 11:59pm CST


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Oct 2, 2026

September Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Today is reveal day at the Card Chain Challenge and  I joined in the fun again :) This time my card went to Hilary in the UK and so glad it arrived just in time! Mail delivery unfortunately isn't as fast as it once was.

Our wonderful hosts Gail and Jo came up with some fun challenge options and this time I chose the theme option of Cute and Funny along with technique option of Stencils.


I thought this little mouse was super cute and find the sentiment a little funny too. I'm not sure if Hilary is a coffee lover but I figured if not then it can be re-used and sent on to someone in her life who is :)

The stamp set is another one by Colorado Craft Company illustrated by Anita Jeram (Coffee House - sadly retired and I believe the full line of Anita Jeram stamps has been discontinued). I used a polka dots along with a stripes stencil and thought the background paper found in my stash coordinated really well with the image panel. Sentiment is part of the same stamp set and I tied a bow of jute twine around the card. Image was stamped with Versafine Onyx ink and colored with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. 


I am linking up with these challenges:

I received this gorgeous card from Pia in Norway, thank you so much dear Pia!


If you have been thinking about joining in the fun at the Card Chain Challenge then you are in luck as the linky tool for this month is still open for a few more days! Super fun way to receive some happy mail, all you have to do is make a card and send it to the person you sign up after so they receive it (hopefully) before the month is over. You can read all the details here.

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Oct 1, 2026

Each Season Brings Its Own Delights: Four Seasons October

October has arrived and that means it's time for a new challenge at the Four Seasons challenge blog. We're of course still in full autumn mode with another optional moodboard for your inspiration. The challenge runs until October 25th evening US time and hope to see you there!!

And here is what I made:


The star of the card is the cute Pipspell from Lavinia Stamps. I masked off the Christmas lantern and instead stamped a Pixie Lantern in its place as Pipspell is taking a walk in the pumpkin patch on this card. I used Tracy Evans' stamp set Myriad of Designs for the pumpkins, ivy leaves and blackbirds. The sentiment is also from Tracy Evans, part of the set Framed Delights. The dark green ink pad smeared a little bit on the left side when I stamped the ivy leaves so I decided to use Lavinia Stamps Texture 2 along part of the sides and the bottom so it looks intentional and not like a smudge.

For the background I used a circle to mask off a moon shape and also used a flourish type stencil for some interest on the background. (That was all done before stamping the images.) The edges were distressed with scissors before adhering to a brown card base.

Below is our wonderful moodboard. As you can see I was mainly inspired by the bottom right image of pumpkins and the lantern was why I chose Pipspell with a lantern :) You can also see some leaves  around the pumpkins if you look really close at that image. I did originally want to add a fence but that didn't work out as I wanted to so I left it off.

Another view is below:

I am sharing with these challenges:
That's a lot of challenges but always fun to join in when possible 😊

Have a wonderful day and Happy October!!
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Sep 26, 2026

Autumn Time at Allsorts Challenge

Hello everyone, it's already time for a new theme at Allsorts challenge and this time Christine is hosting. Her optional theme is "Anything Autumn" and there is always the Anything Goes option too. We have Penny Black prizes for 2 winners coming from Buddly Crafts who are the UK's largest supplier of Penny Black stamps and of course lots of other great brands.

For my card I used Hedgy Truffles 4255J, unfortunately it appears to be sold out at Buddly Crafts. I stamped with Memento Tuxedo ink so I could use my copic markers for a first layer of coloring. Then I used my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils for additional coloring.

The image panel was cut out with Penny Black's Posted Die then I used Faded Jeans Distress ink and a blending tool along the edges and sky. Patterned paper is from my stash. I used Penny Black's Burlap Edge die behind the image panel. The sentiment (from an old Stampin Up set) was cut out using a tiny tag die from Whimsy Stamps (old). Attached to the burlap die cut with jute twine and I added a die cut butterfly (using Penny Black's Flight of Fancy die set) with a glue dot. Foam dots were used to adhere the image panel to the card front.

Another view:


Linking up with these challenges:

The challenge is open for 2 weeks so plenty of time to join us! 

Thanks so much for visiting and hope you're having a wonderful weekend! It's cloudy here but no rain so that means I need to tackle the job of re-painting the front door! I'd rather be crafting or gardening but this project is overdue!!

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