Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - January Challenge

Happy New Year! Wishing all my blog visitors and followers all the best for 2019! Here is to a Healthy, Happy and Peaceful Year!



It's the first Wednesday of the month (and year) and that means it's time for a new challenge here on my blog for Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday! This month I picked the theme of

Sparkle and Shine.

An easy theme I think, glitter, embossing powders, rhinestones ... anything that sparkles or shines. I can't wait to see what you come up with this time!

Penny Black Nose to Nose // Penny Black Love Always Die // Penny Black Snippets // Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush // Bristol Vellum Paper // Versafine Onyx Ink // Clear Embossing Powder // Versamark Ink // White Embossing Powder // Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass // Zig Clean Color Markers 

For my "Sparkle and Shine" card I inked up a new Penny Black stamp Nose to Nose using Versafine Onyx Ink and heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. I lightly colored the image using light pink, light blue and light gray Zig Clean Color Markers. The sentiment I used here is part of the Nose to Nose stamp set, but I replaced the "fantastic Christmas" part of the set with "happy birthday from the Penny Black set Snippets. I did that by using washi tape to mask off the words I didn't want, and heat embossed the happy birthday with White Embossing Powder on black card stock. 

The heart stems were done with Penny Black's die  Love Always. Wink of Stella clear glitter was brushed over the hearts and scarves to make it sparkle. 

Sharing with these challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday - Weekly - Something New (new to me stamp and die)

Little Red Wagon - Weekly - Something New (new to me stamp and die)

Cutie Pie Challenge -  Add a Little Sparkle

Incy Wincy Designs - Celebrate (birthday)

My Time to Craft - Something New (new stamp set and die)

International Art & Soul  -Add Some Sparkle 

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes with a twist of Sparkle & Shine

Cute Card Thursday -  Anything Goes

As You Like It Challenge - Anything Goes 

Crafting With An Attitude - Always Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdow - Winter Sparkle (Polar Bears on Ice)
Always Fun Challenges - Something New (New to me image and die)

I did forget to color the little bow and didn't notice until the photo was uploaded. The recipient didn't notice it either until I mentioned it :-)

This Month's Prize:

This month (January) I am giving away the stamp set below to one randomly selected winner.

Last Month's Winner and Top Picks

First up, the prize winner for last month, selected by Random.Org is.....

                                                                     No. 8 Paper Whims

Congratulations, you won a gift certificate for $6 to Mo's Digital Pencil. Please email me at ellibelle_blog at yahoo dot com by January 16th to claim your prize. Please note, this prize is sponsored by me, meaning I will purchase the gift cerfificate from Mo's shop once I receive your email address. 

Below are my Top Picks from the December entries - not easy to choose, but I did manage...

No. 9  Alice

No. 29 Janice 

No. 35 Becca

Well done ladies, below is your top pick logo, feel free to post it to your own blogs if you like to!

Unfortunately I am not able to post their creations here as I need to follow GDPR regulations, meaning I am not allowed to leave a link to their blogs, and whenever I post someone else's card, I believe it deserves the proper credit by linking back to them. (What complications GDPR has created for us blogger!)

But the linky tool is still there and anyone wanting to see the top pick's GORGEOUS creations can find them HERE with the linky tool.  

To join in this month simply leave a direct link to your blog post. As always you may combine this with any other challenges and use any brand of stamps you wish. I can't wait to see what you come up with for this month's theme of Sparkle and Shine!

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