Season's Delights

Happy Saturday! I'm hosting this week at Allsorts challenge and hope you'll join in the fun! For my optional theme I selected "Season's Delights", meaning I would like to see something that brings you joy this season, so many options.... summer flowers, travel, summer treats and many more. I cannot wait to see what you'll share this time and remember there is also the Anything Goes option if my theme isn't for you. Oh, and since we're in the midst of summer this challenge and the next will each run for two weeks.

I recently decided that I needed this beach scene stamp by Penny Black (Paradise) so treated myself to it for my birthday this month :) I used Letraset Aquamarkers and Distress markers for coloring directly onto the rubber and then stamped with the help of my stamp platform and used a waterbrush to add more color to the stamped image.

The girl in the foreground is a real oldie from Stampin Up (Summer by the Sea). I thought she would fit really well into this scene. To add more interest I used my MFT cloud stencil and stamped some birds from a retired Hero Arts stamp kit. The sentiment was part of the same stamp kit by Hero Arts.

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I plan to share with these challenges:

• Craft Rocket Challenges - Summertime
• Everybody-Art-Challenge - Stamping
• Fab n Funky - Seaside
• Inspiration Station - see photo below (I was inspired by the beach scene)

• Just Us Girls Use a Stencil (I used a cloud stencil)
• My Time to Craft - Summertime 
• Shopping Our Stash - Summer
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Add a sentiment
• TIME OUT Challenges - On Vacation
• We Love Stamping - Sun, Sea and Sand
• Word Art Wednesdays - AG

Below is my first attempt of my DT card. There was a mistake which I hadn't noticed until I uploaded it to the blog a couple of days ago so yesterday I decided to start over and made the card above.

I wasn't going to post this one at all but my dear husband (who is way more artistic than I will ever be!!) decided to fix my mistake so here it is. 

Very similar to the card above, same Penny Black stamp and the girl on the foreground is from the retired SU set Seaside Sketches. Here I also stamped some clouds which are part of a Hero Arts stamp kit. Sentiment is the same one as above by Hero Arts. 

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The prizes for this challenge are 3 dies from Tonic Studios. Hope to see you at the challenge blog!

Flowers are the Music of the Earth

Hello and welcome! It's time already for a new theme at Allsorts challenge. This week it's Lynn's turn to host and for her optional theme she selected "Flowers". We do love to see all your other crafty makes too (up to 3 per entrant) so please don't hesitate to link up your other crafty makes too for the Anything Goes option! 

We have prizes from  Highlight Crafts, AALL and Create and Stampendous  for the July challenge so hopefully you'll get a chance to join in! Speaking of prizes, just a heads up, the July winners announcement will come a bit later this time (usually the last Friday of the month) but this time keep an eye out for the winners announcement in August. Top 5 will be announced as usual.

For my card I decided to make a simple card using one of my new Aall and Create stamps. Not really new anymore (I had ordered it at the end of last year) but this is my first time inking it up. It's part of the set All That Jazz.

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I used Zig Clean Color markers for coloring and then a Wink of Stella clear glitter brush for some sparkle. It's a bit hard to see but on the background I used a stencil by Tim Holtz for some detail. The sentiment is from the Penny Black set Blooming Sentiments, of course I thought it was very fitting for this stamp. A few gems by Honeybee Stamps finish off the card front, then I mounted it onto blue textured cardstock and a white card base. 

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I plan to share with these challenges:

• Beautiful Blossoms - Flowers
• Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game! - Stencils
• Passion For Markers Challenge - Pastels
• Simon Says Stamp - add sparkle
• Triple B - Blooms, Birds or Butterflies

I Spy With My Little Eye.... Summertime Vibes (Challenge No. 17)

Hello 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 fabulous entries last month, thank you all so much for joining us! Be sure to scroll down to the end to see who made our top 2, both which will have the option to join us for our June challenge.

This month our theme, selected by Pauline is....................

I spy with my little eye...

Summertime Vibes

A fun theme with lots of options and so perfect for this time of the year. As always, the linky tool is at the end of the post.We can't wait to see what you'll share with us!

And here is what we made:

Ellie

(All info right below the card)

I went with mainly blues as I was inspired by the last Double D nautical mood board, but the challenge has since expired and I won't enter there.

The main image is a stamp by PSX G-2891 which I stamped on an inky background made with Faded Jeans and Salvaged Patina Distress inks. The shells are part of the retired set Balmy Breezes by Stampin Up stamped with Hickery Smoke ink. Sentiment and Anchor die are oldies from Whimsy stamps. I added some twine to finish it off. Oh, and the group of birds in the sky are from a retired stamp kit  by Hero Arts.

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I plan to share my card (above) with these challenges:

• Get Creative Challenges - Use Red, white or blue
• Shopping Our Stash - Summer
• Triple B - Birds, Blooms or Butterflies
• Try It On Tuesday - Things with Wings
• We Love Stamping - Sun, Sea Sand

Pauline

Absolutely love how realistic this looks and wish I was there!! You can find out how Pauline made the card by visiting her blog.

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We're so excited to have a guest designer joining us this month, that is Melanie H. Her beautiful card is below. 

Such a cute beach scene with these fun stamps and die cuts! You can find out how Melanie made this card by visiting her blog.

Top Picks for Challenge no. 16

Many thanks once again to everyone who joined us in the last challenge with your  fabulous floral makes. Our Top picks are below.

Remember, Top Picks are invited to join us in the next challenge if you like to. That would be for challenge no. 18 starting Wednesday August 21st! Of course it's not a requirement but we would love to have you both as guests!!

No. 18 Donna (Pauline's Pick)

No. 54 Jenn B. (Ellie's Pick)

You are both invited to join us as guest designers (optional of course!) for challenge no. 18 starting on Wednesday August 21st. If you are interested in taking part, please message me (Ellie) at ellibellescorner at gmail dot com so I can give you all the details for our upcoming theme.

To be in compliance with GDPR, Top Pick photos and links will be removed after the start of the new challenge. 

Now it's time to link up YOUR creations for the new theme!  Anyone is invited to join us with your crafty makes following our theme - "I Spy Summertime Vibes".

A few things to remember:

• You may share up to 5 different projects.
• You may combine with as many other challenges as you like to.
• No fully digital projects (including AI generated projects).
• A short mention of products used whenever possible is expected.
• Please include a link back to this blog.
• Backlinking to a recent project is allowed 

Fun with Circles

Hello and welcome! 

It's Saturday again and that means it's the start of a new challenge at Allsorts. Lorraine is hosting this week and for her optional theme she selected "circles". It is just an option and as always there is the Anything Goes option so hopefully we'll see you joining us for your chance to win a prize. July prizes come from  Highlight Crafts, AALL and Create and Stampendous.

For my card today I selected the cute stamp ChitChat by Penny Black, which was one of my very first Penny Black stamps from many years ago. I was inspired to use this stamp as I noticed the challenge at Once Upon a Time is "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" which was so well loved by both of my kids. 

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I stamped the image with Versafine Onyx and colored with Zig Clean Color markers and I used a Nestabilities circle die to cut it out, trimming off the bottom part of the circle. The sentiment is from the retired Stampin Up set Butterfly Basics stamped onto another die cut circle. I love this quote, I find it so inspiring! Butterfly patterned paper is from my stash (probably by DCWV) and I used a polka dot embossing folder on the background for more "circles". The little layered butterflies were done with Penny Black's die set Soaring. Black enamel dots finish off the card.

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I plan to share with these challenges:

• Can you handle the pressure - Embossing Folders
• Craft Rocket Challenges - Summertime
• Crafty Catz - Make it Cute
• Creative Fingers - AG
• Creative Inspirations Challenge - AG
• Critter Crazy Challenges - Critters
• Cutie Pie Challenge - Beginning with "B" (Butterflies)
• Double Trouble Challenge - Embossing or Stenciling
• Dream Valley Challenges - Summer Colors
• Little Red Wagon - Something I Love (Penny Black animal stamps, butterflies, the quote I used)
• Once Upon a Time  - The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• Penny Black Saturday Challenge - PB Stamps
• The Paper Funday - Critters
• Try It On Tuesday - Wings
• We Love Stamping - AG option
• Word Art Wednesdays - AG

As always, thanks so much for visiting!!
 

Romantic Occasions at Allsorts Challenge

Hello everyone, I am back from my blogging/crafting break (my last several posts had all been scheduled in advance) and today I am sharing the first card I made after about 4 weeks and it's for our new theme at Allsorts challenge. Liz is hosting this week and selected "Romantic Occasions" as her optional theme but as always we would love to see all your other new crafty makes just the same (up to 3) for the Anything Goes option. We have prizes from Highlight Crafts, AALL and Create and Stampendous for the July challenges and hopefully you'll join in the fun this week for your chance to win.

I decided to make a wedding card with these cute little "lovebirds" from the Penny Black set Woodland Friends. 

After several non-crafty weeks it was hard to get started but do like how this turned out. As mentioned the image is by Penny Black, I fussy cut it but then stamped it again on a scalloped circle then added the fussy cut image to the circle with foam tape.

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The simple background was done with a Lavinia stencil, in this case I inked the stencil using Picked Raspberry ink then spritzed with a little bit of water and pressed that onto the cardstock. The sentiment is from a long retired set by Whimsy Stamps. I didn't find the right shade of pink card stock so I inked a white piece using the same Picked Raspberry ink and layered the image panel onto it before adding to a white card base. Oh, and I used some natural jute twine to hang up the birdhouse. Maybe pure white twine would have been a better choice...

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I plan to share with these challenges:

• Addicted to Stamps and More - Use Markers (I used Copic markers)
• Crafty Animals - Animals
• Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game! - Stencils
• Critter Crazy Challenges - Critters
• DL.Art Linky Challenge - AG
• Double Trouble Challenge - Stencils or Embossing
• Everybody-Art-Challenge - We Love Stamping
• Park Hopping My Happy Place - Embossing or Stencils
• Passion For Markers Challenge - Use a die
• Sisterhood of Crafters - In the Garden
• The Paper Funday  - Critter Crazy
• Triple B - Birds, Blooms or Butterflies

Dreaming of a Pink Sunset (Four Seasons July Challenge)

Hello everyone and happy July! 

We are in full summer mode at the Four Seasons challenge and have another fabulous mood board to inspire you this month. As always the mood board is optional and you do not have to be inspired by is as Anything Summer Goes!

My inspiration actually came from the Flamingo floaties but my birds are Herons and not in floatie form :)

This is a new to me stamp set by Aall and Create - Heron - and I made a pink sunset scene for these gorgeous birds. 

I used the negative of a circle die to inkup the pink sun, after removing I used my MFT cloud stencil for some fun pink clouds. 

Next I stamped the Herons and "grounded" them by using a torn paper mask with more pink ink. The bulrushes are part of the same stamp set as are the 3 small words. The quote is from Just for Fun Rubberstamps, a company I used to design for many years ago but unfortunately they appear to be no longer in business :(

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Before adhering to the black mat I inked the edges with pink ink and stamped the flying birds (from an older Hero Arts stamp kit). A little bit of sparkle was added around the sun.

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Thanks so much for visiting!

I plan to share with these challenges:

• A Gem of a Challenge - AG
• A Perfect Time To Craft - AG
• C.R.A.F.T. - AG
• Crafts Galore Encore - AG
• Crafty Animals - AG
• Creations in Pink - Mainly Pink
• Creative Fingers - AG
• Critter Crazy Challenges - Critters
• DL.Art Linky Challenge - AG
• Do-Al(l) Kreatives - Animals
• Inkspirational - Stencils
• Just Us Girls  - Stencils
• Krafty Chicks - All Occasions
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - AG
• Simon Says Stamp - AG
• Stamping Sensations - AG option
• We Love Stamping- AG option

Way to Grow for Allsorts Challenge 787

Hello everyone, another Saturday is here and that means a new theme starts at Allsorts challenge. It's Gail's turn to host and she chose the fun theme of "Way to Grow". This could be gardens, plants or children so there are many options or you can choose "Anything Goes". 

We have prizes from Highlight Crafts,  AALL and Create and Stampendous for challenges 787, 788, 789 and 790. Winners will be announced on the last Friday of July.

I thougth this stamp by Aall and Create was a perfect choice for the Ways to Grow theme, it is called Seeds of Hope, a large (A4) set and I was lucky to get it while it was on a sale last year. 

I made a simple inky background using water and distress inks then stamped the image directly onto the background. The group of carrots was stamped again and used as a focal point. The sentiment is from the same set. I distressed the edges and added staples and green burlap string for some interest. 

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Thanks so much for visiting and hope you'll join us this week!!