Allsorts 458 and Papercrafters Linky Party 6

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The linky for Papercrafters' "Anything Goes" Linky Party is at the end of this post.

Happy Weekend!


Saturday again and that means it's time for a new Allsorts challenge as well as a  new Linky Party for all papercrafts here on my blog. You can find the linky at the end of this post along with last week's top pick. As always you may link up "Anything Papercrafts" to Papercrafters' Linky Party. (If you're confused about "Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday" I linked to at the top, it's a new challenge I just started (with a monthly prize). That's in addition to my linky party and it will have a monthly theme.

Now onto Allsorts challenge, this week it's my turn to host and I selected the theme of Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes. This might sound harder than it actually is...you don't have to use a fairy tale or nursery rhyme specific stamp, I just want you to use a character or thing from a story to inspire your card, example the little mermaid would inspire you to use a mermaid stamp, or the tale of Peter Rabbit could inspire you to use your favorite bunny stamps. How about creating a floral card inspired by "ring around the roses?" Lots of options I think. Be sure to visit the Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the team has created for this week.

And here is what I came up with.....

Mimi's Love Stamp Set // Sprinkles and Smiles // Frames Dies Set //

Zig Clean Color Watercolor Markers // Zig Detailer //  Bristol vellum // Burlap Twine

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Can you guess which fairy tale it's been inspired by? If you guessed Bambi then you guessed correctly. But I don't blame you if you didn't know, because Bambi is actually a male deer and my card it girly.  I am sure everyone is familiar with Bambi from the Disney movie, but did you know "Bambi, a life in the woods" was first published as a fairy tale book in the 1920's?  I am sure this story was part of my fairy tale book I had growing up.

I heat embossed the image from Penny Black's Mimi's Love Stamp Set on Bristol Vellum paper then watercolored with my Zig Clean Color Watercolor Markers. Using a circle nestablities die I cut out the image and matted onto a scallop circle. The designer paper is from a 6x6 paper pack by Prima Marketing. Unfortunately I am not sure which pack it came from....The little strip of yellow/green paper is from Stampin up, but long retired. I thought the sentiment I used was perfect for the sweet image, it's from the Penny Black set Sprinkles and Smiles. The flowers were done using the new die set Frames by Penny Black (available in my Etsy shop), the sticky dots were a gift, and I finished off with some natural Burlap Twine. Colored card stocks are by Stampin Up. 

If you look really closely then you can see I used a Wink of Stella clear glitter brush on the little butterfly and flowers on the image. 

This week at Allsorts challenge we have two wonderful stamps to give away from Bee Crafty  I hope you will be able to join us!

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I am also playing along here: 

• Paper Shelter Challenge - Spring
• Pause Dream Enjoy -  Emboss (I heat embossed)
• Art Impressions Stamp Challenge - Watercolor Wonders  (I watercolored  with Zig Clean Color)
• As You Like It Challenge  - Single or Multiple Layers (multiple usually - I find it makes image stand out more) 
• Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes this week + A Sentiment
• Cardz 4 Galz  - Furry Friends 
• Always Fun Challenges - Inspired by a Movie (Bambie)
• Colouring in Scrapland -  Use a Colored Image
• Use Your Stuff - Anything Goes this week (most of the things I used are older)
• Unicorn Challenge - Make It Girly
• Stamping Sensations -  (March) Forest Friend
• Alphabet Challenge - Y Is for Your Choice 
• Just Add Ink – Weekly-  Just Add Water (I watercolored the image)
• Crafty Catz -  Layer it up
• Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Anything Goes
• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies  - Anything Goes with a Critter
• Crafts Galore Encore- Always Anything Goes 
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper March - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper

 I am sorry, it looks like blogger is messing with me again and is posting some words in a tiny font- no matter what I try, it's still messsed up....

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 Papercrafters' Linky Party

 If you created something new or recently (within the last 2 weeks) then I'd love for you to link up at the Papercrafters Linky Party. Simply use the linky tool below and I will be visiting the entries throughout the week, then announce my top pick the following week. 

Thank you so much to everyone who joined in last week's linky party! It's never easy to pick a favorite, but I did manage and....

Congratulations.....

Maxine 

you are my top pick from last week's entries!

Maxine created this most adorable CAS card...

Isn't the sentiment totally cute and so fitting for the image??!! Maxine shares some wonderful creations on her blog, each card is so well thought through and she always adds something that makes it extra special.

Congrats again Maxine, feel free to place the top pick logo to your blog if you like to :)

To link up your creation for a chance to be featured on my blog, simply use the linky tool below...

Thank you so much for visiting! I hope you enjoy your weekend! It should be warming up any day now - hopefully :) :)