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Sep 19, 2020

A Lovely Garden Scene for Allsorts Challenge

 Hello and welcome!

A new theme starts today at Allsorts challenge, this week it's Helene's week to host and she picked the theme of: My Lovely Garden. Hope you'll join us for a chance to win a beautiful floral stamp set! I'm also announcing the winner from last Saturday's Allsorts' Belated Birthday Celebration giveaway, simply scroll down to see if your were the lucky winner of my prize.


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I decided to combine a few different stamps from Penny Black and create this cute garden scene.

I stamped the outline stamps (Bunny from set Garden Friends - I used the retired wood mounted version Sweet Talk, Rose stamp from the set All Abloom) onto watercolor paper using my usual  Versafine Clair Nocturne ink.  and then heat embossed with  Clear Ultra Fine Embossing Powder




Coloring was done with a mix of distress inks. I usually simply use ink from the ink pads (I prefer to use regular distress inks and not oxides for watercoloring) by pressing a corner onto a clear block then picking up the ink with a Zig detailer waterbrush for coloring. A stamp from the Penny Black set Sprigs was used with distress ink to fill in some of the ground then simply watercolored the grassy background and soil.

To make some clouds in the sky, I used an old Stampin Up cloud stencil and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink with an ink blending too. My stencil is retired but this one from MFT would be a similar option. 

The sentiment from the Penny Black set Blooming Sentiments was stamped onto white card stock then cut out using a circle die. 

A closeup below....

Products used:

Stamps: Penny Black Garden Friends // Penny Black All Abloom //  Penny Black Blooming Sentiments// Penny Black Sprigs



Allsorts 11th Birthday Celebration Winner:

Thanks to all for visiting and linking up! Only 12 of you linked up although there were quite a few comments on the post. However I need to stick to what I said in the post and choose a winner from the linked entries.

And the winner is.......................
Suzanne H.

Congratulations!! Please email me at ellibellescorner at gmail dot com with your complete mailing address by next Saturday. 


I'm linking up with these blogs:
Pattie's Creations - Include an Image // Aud Sentiments Challenge - add a sentiment // Moving along with the Times - Create a Scene // Little Red Wagon - Nature // Paper Shelter - Animals // Chocolate Baroque Challenge - Wings or Anything Goes // 


Thanks so much for visiting!!

23 comments:

Linby said...

Oh my goodness Ellie I LOVE this scene you made. Its gorgeous, cute and colourful.

Mummylade said...

Ah, that's why you get such crisp lines. The result is stunning!

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Oh, how lovely and cute scene!!! Love that bunny and the garden you painted so well!

Marilyn said...

Congrats to the winner!
Have a great day!
Marilyn❤️

brenda said...

An absolutely perfect scene for the theme Ellie, it says Summer day in the prettiest of ways and I can almost smell those Roses. Hope you are feeling better.

B x

Joanne said...

Another absolutely adorable card! I love how you fill the whole card front up with these beautiful scenes.

Mervi said...

Totally adorable card, great stamping and colouring;-))m

Becca Yahrling said...

Beautiful card!! And congrats to my friend, Suzanne!!

Kathleen said...

A really super scene, some fabulous images and super colours, great sky too.

Kath x

Suzanne H said...

Such a sweet card. Thanks so much for the win!

Wendy L said...

So beautiful Ellie, xxx

Lynn said...

Oh my, that is a gorgeous card! Thanks for inspiring me to try watercolors again.

Bunny said...

Beautiful card. [Bunny]

Sally H said...

What a beautiful card, Ellie! Such a lovely scene and beautifully coloured x

Amy Johnson said...

Such a lovely scene and card. So cheerful!

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

Love love love this! LOVING that background and the adorable bunny!

Handmade in Israel said...

What a sweet card! #MMBC

Sammy said...

Beautiful! Thank you for joining in with us at The Paper Shelter this week. Sammy-x

Imke said...

Thanks for entering our Challenge this week @ Little Red Wagon with this lovely Card.

Tracy said...

This is so pretty Ellie, a beautiful garden scene.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Elizabeth Walker said...

"Where the flower blooms, so does hope" - This inscription really made my day!!!
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Gata Collins said...

It looks so adorable!
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Billie A said...

Your card is so cute. Darling scene and sentiment. The image bunny is so cute. thanks for sharing over at Aud Sentiments.