Garden Party No. 12 - Anything in (or from) a Garden

Hello everyone, it's time for a new Garden Party to start and all are invited to join in the fun!

As always, you may share anything in or from a garden. This can be crafts of any kind, garden photography or garden tips, weddings and tea parties taking place the garden... So many options!! As always the linky tool is at the end of the post along with my Top Picks from the last party, each one invited to join me as a special party guest :)

Here is my share this time:

I was asked if I could make a card featuring a robin and this stamp by Penny Black was the first one that came to mind, although I do have a couple more I could have chosen, but loved that this image also included the Snowdrops. We've had milder temperature for the last few days and I was excited to see some of my snowdrops peeking out from the ground. I even saw a robin a couple of weeks ago when it was still very cold, which surprised me because we don't seem them usually until it's a little bit warmer. The American Robin is considered a "harbinger of spring" and we are expecting almost 20 degrees Celsius next week which will be so nice after the cold January we've had. So, I much rather believe the robin in my garden than Groundhog Phil who saw his shadow in Pennsylvania, indicating 6 more weeks of winter  weather :)

I colored the image with Distress inks and used some of Tracy Evans stamps on the background. The sentiment is also part of a set by Tracy Evans as is the small robin stamped at the bottom right. This card was made for a male recipient, so I tried to keep it a bit masculine with striped paper and a navy card base (appears black in the photo). I decided the snowy parts needed glitter so I used Frosted Lace Stickles, my go-to for snow. I do wish I had added some twine but I tried to keep the card as flat as possible for easy mailing. 

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I plan to share my card with these challenges:

• Alphabet Challenge - U for Uplifting
• Penny Black Saturday Challenge - PB stamps
• Triple B - Birds, Blooms or Butterflies

I'm so excited to announce this month's Special Party Guest, that is Gerrina from Gerrina's Creatieve Wereld. So  happy you joined me this month, Gerrina. 

Gerrina

Such a wonderful scene with beautiful spring blossoms and how cute are the horses!! To find out how Gerrina made this card, please visit her blog. 

Top Picks for Garden Party No. 11

Now it's time to announce my Top Picks from the last Garden Party. Remember each top pick is invited to join me here as a special party guest for the next party if interested. 

No. 12 Donna Ellis

No. 29 Brenda

No. 62 Deb Horst

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 :)

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 March 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 the 12th Garden Party to start!

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 March 9th at 11:59pm CST

Snowdrops and Numbers

Hello everyone, I don't even want to say it out (in case it disappears again!!) but I feel like my mojo returned for the time being and I decided to make an Artist Trading card as I really missed making them and adding to my small but growing collection, so I decided to follow the theme at the Tag-Along challenge which is "include numbers". And since spring is currently on my mind, I chose Tracy Evans' beautiful stamp set Nature's Beauty TE031 for the focal point. I know it will still be a while before my snowdrops are blooming in the garden, but I'm hoping for a mild February so that they appear soon :) 

I started out with a piece of cardstock from my box of extra backgrounds where I had previously used the Grid Texture stamp by Darkroom Door and rust Distress ink along with some spatter of olive green Distress ink. I thought this was a great starting point for my ATC. 

On this backgorund I used Tracy Evans' for Aall and Create stamp Art Notes with Versafine Clair Avocado ink. Using the same Art Notes stamp I stamped some of the numbers uisng Versafine Onyx ink. On the left edge I used a stamp from Tracy Evans' set Berries. As mentioned, the Snowdrops are from the set Nature's Beauty along with the word "Snowdrop". I used the stapler for a simple "embellishment".

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I am entering this ATC here:

• Beautiful Blossoms - AG with Blossoms
• DL.Art Linky Challenge - AG
• Moving along with the Times -Floral
• Tag-Along (and ATC's) - Add a Number
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Add some texture (staples)
• The Paper Funday - AG
• Triple B - Birds, Blooms or Butterflies

Thanks so much for visiting!