Masculine Card for Allsorts Challenge

Hello and welcome!
It's Saturday again that means it's time for a new theme at Allsorts challenge. It's Wendy's turn to host this week and she wants to see something for boys or men. Hope to see you joining us this week. We have a great prize by Rare Earth to give away to one lucky, randomly selected winner.


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Maybe this card looks familiar to you. I made and shared a similar one a couple of months ago, using a similar design and colors, but there are differences, you can take a look at that card here. 

I started out by inking the background using Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers and Pumice Stone  distress inks, then used stamps from the Penny Black set Nature's Friends to add to the scene. The trees (cut with the Penny Black die set  Beneath the Birches) were adhered to the inked card before adding the embossed frame.

To make the frame I first dry embossed a white card stock using an old Cuttlebug embossing folder (I can't find this exact one, but there are alternative options) then I used a die from the Wonky Stitches die set, but used the "negative" instead of the stitched piece as a frame. This was then adhered onto a white heavy weight card base.

Penny Black Nature's Friends // Penny Black Beneath the Birches Die Set // Avery Elle Wonky Stitches Die Set  // Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (Old - Alternative Options) // Sentiment from Penny Black (can't remember which set it came from) // Distress Ink Tumbled Glass // Distress Ink Peacock Feathers // Distress Oxide Ink Pumice Stone  // Distress Oxide Gathered Twigs // Bristol Vellum Paper // Ink Blending Tool

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Thanks again for taking the time to stop by my blog. Hope to see you joining us this week. Anyone is welcome to play along, even if you never have and are new to crafting, just be sure to follow Allsorts simple guidelines. You can read all about them here. 

I'm linking up with these blogs:
Just Add Ink - Just Add "E" (Embossing) // Krafty Chicks - All Occasions // Fab n Funky - Masculine // WaterCooler Wednesday - Occasions // Shopping Our Stash - Birthdays // Crafting Happiness Challenges  - For Him // Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Use PB Products 

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The Animal Kingdom at Allsorts Challenge

Good morning and welcome! It's time for a new theme at Allsorts challenge. Tracy is hosting this week with the theme of "Anything from the Animal Kingdom". Hope you can join in. Our prize this week comes from Stamp Addicts who are offering a wonderful gift certificate to one randomly selected winner.


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I thought the Penny Black stamp Let's Go Wild was a perfect choice for this challenge and this was an extremely easy card to make. I wish I could tell you I made the background by myself, but it's a piece of pattern paper I found in my box of scraps. So I simply stamped the animals and tree (it's a red rubber stamp I won a while ago, but it's unmounted and I don't remember which company it was from) using Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. I wiped the inkpad along the edges to darken them then mounted onto white card stock. The sticky sentiment is another quote from Tim Holtz' Quotations set. The card base is from Stampin Up.

Penny Black Let's Go Wild // Tree Stamp Unknown Brand // Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink // Tim Holtz Quotations Sticker Set // Stamp Platform - Options // Tombow Mono Multi Glue 

I'm linking up here:

WaterCooler Wednesday - Masculine // Dream Valley Challenges - For the Boys // Path of Positivity - Anything goes opt. twist of Botanicals // Penny Black Saturday Challenge  - Penny Black Stamps 
Inspire Me Mondays

Thanks so much for visiting! To play along with us or to see what the rest of the team made please visit the challenge blog. 

Midmonth Inspiration for Penny Black and More March Challenge

Hello and welcome! Strange times we live in. I'm sure most all of us are in some way affected by this virus situation. Our schools have closed, as well as eat-in restaurants and a few other non-essential places. We're pretty much all staying home (besides my husband due to his work) but I'm trying to keep our home life as normal as possible under these circumstances while following the government regulations. Believe me, I'm not being insensitive over the issues but I chose to remain calm and plan to continue posting to my blog as I usually do. There is not much any of us can do about the situation at this point other than following the government guidelines...

Anyway, today we're sharing some midmonth inspiration at the Penny Black and More challenge blog. Still plenty of time to join us for a chance to win one of our great prizes! This month - perfect for the time of the year - we want to see "Spring Flowers".

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I was playing along in the #dailymarker30day coloring challenge hosted by Kathy of The Daily Marker and this was one of the images I've colored so far (I haven't had time to color many...)

The tulips from the Penny Black set Blooming Garden of course were perfect to use for this Spring Flowers challenge so I made a clean and simple-ish card with it. Heat embossed using my usual  Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink  and Clear Ultra Fine Embossing Powder , then I used Distress markers for coloring. I think the background is too yellow, but that's how it turned out and there is no reason to waste it even if it's not so perfect. I added some dots using Penny Black Oscillations stencil. A stitched frame die by Avery Elle was used to cut it out, then adhered onto a purplish card stock by Stampin Up. I no longer sort by color so I have no idea what this color is called or if it's still available. The sentiment is a sticker from Tim Holtz's Quotations set. 

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A close up below...

Penny Black Blooming Garden // Penny Black Oscillations Stencil // Tim Holtz Quotations // Distress Markers // Avery Elle Wonky Stitches Die Set // Zig Detailer Brush // Bristol Vellum Paper // Stampin Up Cardstock // Tombo Mono Multi Glue 

I'm linking up here:

Always Fun Challenges - Flowers // Colouring in Scrapland - Spring // Path of Positivity - Botanicals // Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stencils // Use Your Stuff - Spring // Stamping Sensations - Spring Florals // Creative Craft Cottage Challenges - For the Girls // Daisy Chain Challenges - Dies // Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Spring

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope to see you joining in. Remember you may enter up to 3 times and use any brand of stamps as long as they are physically stamped. You have until the end of the month to play along!

Lots of Dots for Allsorts Challenge

Hello and Welcome! It's time already for a new theme at Allsorts challenge. It's Mervi's week to host and she picked the theme of Lots of Dots. Two woodware stamps from Craft Stash are up for grabs and will go to one lucky randomly selected winner, hope you can join us for your chance to win!


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I decided to make an Easter card using a cute Penny Black stamp - What a Spring. This is one of their older wood mounted stamps and I only found one currently available on eBay. 

I heat embossed the image using Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and Clear Embossing Powder, then colored using Copic markers. I had this design in mind which meant fussy cutting the image. All animals and butterflies are part of this stamp. 

The sentiment is is also by Penny Black, another wood mounted stamp, unfortunately I can't find a link to it anywhere - it's really old, and was part of a lot of stamps I bougth from eBay a few years ago.

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To follow the 'lots of dots' theme I decided to use dotted pattern paper for the sky and I inked a die cut "hill" using distress ink. My stitched hill border die is from a set I received when I was on the Whimsy Stamps design team years ago and retired. This set by Lawn Fawn is similar. When everything was assembled on the card front I framed it with yellow card stock then added to a Heavyweight White Cardstock base. It's hard to see, but all the images were adhered with Foam Tape to make the pop up. Should have added some glitter to the butterflies and flowers, but didn't think of it until after I had taken the pictures.

Penny Black What a Spring // Penny Black Spring Sentiment (no longer available) // Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink // Clear Ultra Fine Embossing Powder // Copic Markers // Bundled Sage Distress Ink // Whimsy Stamps Stitched Border Die Set - retired, Similar Option // Cutterbee Scissors // Foam Tape // Tombo Mono Multi Glue  // Pattern Paper from Stash // Yellow Stampin Up Card Stock // Heavyweight White Cardstock

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you're having a good week! Our state (Illinois) cancelled all schools here for the next two weeks, so that means my schedule will be somewhat different. Kids will have to do their schoolwork on their computers at home. Not ideal, but at least they will still be able to do some work. Hoping everything will be back to normal in April! But who knows....At least I have enough papercrafting supplies to last me forever 🤓, although I may run out of glue...in fact I only have an open bottle so may need to stop at the craft store tomorrow. And I’m out of glue dots! They better not close the craft stores!!!

Linking up here:

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Anything with Wings for Allsorts Challenge

Hello and welcome! It's Saturday again that means it's time for a new theme at Allsorts challenge! Brenda is hosting this week with her chosen theme of "Anything with Wings". What a great theme with some great options of stamps to use! Our prize this week come directly from Brenda who bought the same stamp twice, lucky for one of our participants who will receive a beautiful Lavinia fairy stamp. It could be YOU so hopefully you'll play along with us!

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I saw this challenge as another great opportunity to use one of my Lavinia stamps on a distress oxide inked background. Very easy and quick to do following Loll's Splash Watercolor technique on Bristol Vellum paper. 

The hardest part is always waiting on the first splash of ink to dry before adding the second one. On this card I used Blueprint Sketch and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxides for the inky background. After both layers of ink were completely dry, I stamped the faries using Versafine Clair Nocturne ink with the help of my stamp platform. I have the Tim Holtz one by Tonic, but it is no longer available. However there are alternatives on Amazon.  The magical fairy verse is also by Lavinia and the music notes is an old background stamp from Hero Arts. I think this stamp would be a great alternative. I had my sticky quotations stickers out from another project I've been working on and thought this would be a great fit for the fairy stamp. I layered it onto some striped pattern paper from my box of scraps and then onto a white heavy weight card base. Currently I use Michael's Heavy Weight Recollection brand for my white card bases.  

Fairy and verse stamps by Lavinia (if you're in the US you can now buy them from Laviniaworld and there are also a couple of Lavinia retailers on Etsy) 

Also used:

Hero Arts Music Notes Stamp (old - alternative option) // Distress Oxide Blueprint Sketch // Distress Oxide Cracked Pistachio // Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass (for music notes) // Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink // Tim Holtz Sticky Quotations //  Bristol Vellum Paper // Stamp Platform (mine is no longer available but there are other options // Craft Mat - Similar // HeavyWeight White Card Stock // Pattern Paper by DCWV (I think)

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Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - March Challenge

Happy Wednesday and welcome to this month's Crafty Wednesday Challenge right here on my blog! So happy you decided to check out this month's theme and hopefully you'll decide to join in!

It was wonderful seeing so many of you playing along last month, I have to admit I ran behind with commenting but finally managed to visit everyone and can tell you, choosing favorites was not easy!!  Be sure to scroll down to see if you were the prize winner (randomly selected) or one of my top picks.

This Month's Theme:

For the month of March I selected the theme of ...............

Spring is in the Air

This means anything spring themed - spring colors, spring themed images, spring flowers, spring scenes, etc! As always you may use any brand of stamps and share up to 3 different creations. 

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For my spring themed card I used a cute cat with daffodil stamp from Penny Black - You are the Bestest. I can't seem to find a current shopping link to this stamp, but it could possibly show up on eBay at some point - as I type this there are none! Stamped on xpress it blending card using Memento Tuxedo ink and then colored with copic markers. I kept the card in a CAS style so it's easy to mail with just a regular postage stamp. 

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The sentiment is from the Penny Black stamp Sweet Smiles, I thought it was a perfect match for this smiling cat. If you're familiar with Penny Black stamps, then I'm sure you'll recognize the cute bee as one of their images as well. This one is part of the set Loads of Love. I used Avery Elle's Wonky Stitches frame die and inked the edges using Mustard Seed distress ink. A mask was placed over the image and I stenciled the rays using a Stamper's Anonymous stencil  over the card. If I could go back I'd probably not do that as I think it looked better without them. 

Penny Black You're The Bestest (currently not available but may show up on eBay  // Penny Black Loads of Love // Penny Black Sweet Smiles // Memento Tuxedo Ink // Xpress It Blending Card // Copic Markers // Penny Black // Avery Elle Wonky Stitches Die Set // Mustard Seed Distress Ink // Ink Blending Tool // Stampers Anonymous Rays Stencil // Stamp Platform // White Heavyweight Cardstock // Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush

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This Month's Prize

For the ease of things I am continuing to offer the winner a $6 Gift Certificate to either Mo's Digital Pencil Shop or Bugaboo. I am not affiliated with these companies and the prize will be supplied by me. 

Last Month's Winner & Top Picks:

Thank you all again for joining in last month! Random.org was used to select the winner and the lucky number is........................

Bunny

Congratulations Bunny, please email me by March 18th with your choice of digi prize at ellibellescorner at gmail dot com. 

Selecting just 3 top picks is never an easy task but something that has to be done and here they are listed in the order of entry:

No. 8 Lynne R.

No. 58 Carole Anne
No. 77 Nancy 

Congratulations! Your top pick logo is below, feel free to post it to your own blogs if you like to!

In order to be in compliance with GDPR I am not posting links to the winner or top picks, but you can see these beautiful creations by visiting last month's linky tool and looking for the entry numbers.

To play along in this month's challenge simply use the linky tool below. The usual rules apply:

• Enter up to 3 times with a new project.
• You may combine with any other challenges.
• You may use any brand of stamps/digis (no company restriction)
• Be sure to add a link back here to my blog

Spring Flowers at Penny Black and More

Happy Sunday! It's a new month and that means time for a new theme at Penny Black and More challenge. And March is the perfect timing for a "Spring Flowers" theme, I am sure we all are ready to see them blooming everywhere! We have some great prizes again this month and hope you'll join in!

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For my card today I inked up my Magnolia blossom stamp (Penny Black The Unfolding). I planted a small Magnolia tree in my backyard a few years ago, it hasn't grown much yet, but the blossoms smell heavenly! They must be tasting good too, as the squirrels in my backyard will eat them, unfortunately!

For the background I got out my Gelli Plate this time. I've only used it a couple of times before and it's been years ago, I need to check out some youtube videos for some tips as I'm not thrilled about how this turned out. Last time I used craft paint (I think) but I wanted a lighter medium and used my Distress Oxide inks instead. If you are a Gelli Plate user, I'd love to hear from you, what are your favorite mediums when using the Gelli Plate? I used a mix of 3 colors but somehow only one color really shows up. I brayered the inks onto the gelli plate, then pressed a stencil by TCW onto the gelli plate to add a design. Finally made the print on Bristol Vellum paper.

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Distress markers were used to color directly onto the Magnolia flower stamp (my Magnolias are much lighter than this pink but I wanted it to show up well on the paper so I used Worn Lipstick and Seedless Preserve markers) and using a stamp platform I stamped it directly onto the gelli printed background. The words on/around the flower were done with a script border stamp from Whimsy Stamps (retired).

Penny Black The Unfolding // Penny Black Sprinkles and Smiles // Gelli Plate // TCW Chickenwire Stencil // Speedball Brayer // Distress Markers // Stamp Platform

Sharing with these blogs:
Cute Card Thursday -Spring Fever // Stamping Sensations - Spring Florals

Always Anything Goes:

A Bit More Time to Craft  // A Perfect Time To Craft // Crafts Galore Encore // DL.Art Linky Challenge //  Not Just Cards (F) // Lemon Shortbread // Through The Craft Room Door // Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges // Lil Patch of Crafty Friends // The Corrosive Challenges // Creative Fingers // QKR Stampede // Crafting With An Attitude // Brown Sugar (?) // Inspire Me Mondays 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great first day of March. 

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