Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - November Challenge

Hello and welcome to the November Crafty Wednesday challenge right here on my blog! I'm so glad you decided to stop by and hope you'll join in too! Many thanks to everyone who shared in last month's challenge. There were some wonderful entries so be sure to scroll down to see if you were one of my top picks!

This Month's Theme

The theme I selected for this month is.............

Christmas

Can't wait to see what you'll share and remember themes are optional now and you are welcome to share anything you've been making new or old (yes, backlinking is allowed). 

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I couldn't resist some of the Penny Black's newest release and this brushstroke stamp was one of them. This one is called Season's Tweeting.

I purchased from PB stamps (this is now out of stock there), but I did just notice it available on Amazon from an independent seller. Also Scrapbook.com is supposed to receive their Season of Hope Penny Black release soon and you can take a look at the new release HERE and be notified when available if you prefer shopping there.

As with all brushstroke stamps, I colored directly on the rubber using Distress inks and markers Mowed Lawn, Candied Apple, Seedless Preserves, Wild Honey, Faded Jeans, Old Paper, Black Soot. I wanted a bit of a watercolor look so after stamping I used my Zig Detailer Brush over the stamped image. If you are new to these brushstroke stamps, I do highly recommend using a stamp platform as you are able to re-stamp several times adding more color as you go. Here you can see I added some touches of orange to the edges of the leaves. 

To add some interest to the background I used an old Penny Black background stamp - Christmas Story (unfortunately it appears to be currently unavailable) - and stamped portions of it using Old Paper Distress ink, then flicked some diluted ink - faded jeans - onto the background. 

The sentiment is from my favorite Christmas sentiment set by Penny Black - Season's Gifts, stamped using Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. Edges were distressed and inked with Old Paper ink, then I added some Natural Jute Twine to to finish the card front. As I'm trying once again to use more of my pattern papers, I decided to frame the card front with polka dotted paper from my stash. 

Related Products:

Stamps: Penny Black Season's Tweeting // Penny Black Christmas Story// Penny Black Season's Gifts

Inks & Markers: Mowed Lawn, Candied Apple, Seedless Preserves, Wild Honey, Faded Jeans, Old Paper, Black Soot, Versafine Clair Nocturne 

Accessories and Tools: Natural Jute Twine // Stamp Platform - Options // Zig Detailer Brush 

Papers: Bristol Vellum // Designer Paper from Stash // 110lb Heavyweight Card Stock

I'm sharing with these challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Pattern papers // Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas and Winter // Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - something beginning with H (Holly) // Aud Sentiments Challenge - Sentiment 

Always Anything Goes Card Challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft // A Perfect Time To Craft // Crafts Galore Encore // Classic Design Challenge // 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 (?) // Craft-Dee BowZ// 

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Last Month Top Picks

Selecting just 3 is never easy but something that has to be done and last month's top picks are listed in the order of entry.

No. 15 Jackie C.

No. 37 Kylie

No. 40 Inky Fingers

As always, in order to be in compliance with GDPR I am not able to post links, but I recently decided to create a Pinterest Board where my Top Picks of the month will be pinned with links back to each Top Pick's blogs.

You can see their wonderful creations HERE.

Congratulations! Your Top Pick logo is below, feel free to post it to your own blogs!

To play along this month simply use the linky tool below.

A few things to remember:

• You may follow the theme or anything goes

• Link up to 3 different entries.
• Backlinking is allowed.
• You may combine with any other challenges.
• You may use any brand of stamps/digis (no company restriction).
• Please do include a link back here to my blog in your blog post.