Hello everyone, Pauline and I are back again with a new challenge for
I Spy With My Little Eye taking place right here on my blog! So glad
you stopped by today and we'd LOVE for you to join us too!
Just a heads up, for next month only we're going to start the
challenge on the 3rd Monday (Sept. 18th) instead of 3rd Wednesday, there is
a great reason behind it which we will announce with the next
challenge.
We had some wonderful entries over the last 2 months, thank you all for
joining us. Be sure to scroll down to the end to see if you were one of our
top 2.
Remember, the top picks are invited to join us as guest designers in a
future challenge!
It's my turn to choose a theme this month and I selected .....
I Spy With My Little Eye....
Something for Boys or Men
We all need a maculine card now and
then so we hope you'll take on the challenge and join us. Remember, you may share anything crafty, it doesn't
have to be a card! As long as it fits the theme and is handmade we'd love to see it!
And here are our shares for your inspiration:
My Card (Ellie)
I love Lavinia fairies but their animal stamps are simply perfect for masculine cards and this was a great opportunity to ink up a couple of their animal stamps.
The inky background was done with an acetate sheet and distress oxide inks spritzed with water then "smooshed" onto the card. (Bundled Sage - all shades of green you see are a result from the Bundle Sage ink pad, Speckled Egg).
The focal point are Lavinia stamps Maka (the wolf) and an owl from the set Brodwin and Maylin. I've done some background stamping with Darkroom Door's Grid stamp, the old script is from Just for Fun Rubberstamps (no longer in business I think), and some ink blotches with an old stamp from Whimsy Stamps and no longer available. I also flicked some diluted Distress Oxide ink onto the background for a little more interest. Sentiments are from the Penny Black Set "Let's Go Wild". I used a Sakura "stardust" gel pen for some highlights.
Related Products:
I'd like to enter my card (above) to the following challenges:
We Love Stamping - Masculine // Paper Minutes - no designer papers // AAA Birthday - Birthday Cards // Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Favorite Techniques (love creating inky backgrounds)
Pauline's Card
Isn't it fabulous!!! And I spy the same flying owl on here too :) Be sure to
visit her blog
to read all about how she made this card!
There are no guest designers this time so let's get straight to our Top
Picks!
Top Picks from Challenges No. 4 and No. 5 (which was a combined
challenge)
We had some fabulous entries sharing "A Sweet Treat" or "Warm and Sunny
Colors". Many thanks to all of you who joined us!
Our top picks are below in the order of entry.
*To be in compliance with GDPR, Top Pick photos and links will be
removed after the start of the new challenge.
Remember, both Top Picks are invited to join us in the next challenge
if you like to. That would be for challenge no. 7 starting September 18th! Of course it's
not a requirement but we would love to have you as guests!!
No. 53
Lisa S. - Pauline's Pick
Congratulations to both of you! Well deserved recognition! Your top pick logo is
above, feel free to post it to your own blogs if you like to :)
As mentioned, you are both invited to join us as a guest designer. Please
email me (Ellie) at ellibellescorner at gmail dot com if you would like to
join us so I can tell you about our upcoming theme. *Please note, by accepting
the guest designer post you agree to have your project and blog link posted
here on this blog.
Now it's time to link up YOUR creations! Anyone is invited to join us with your
crafty makes following our theme.
A few things to
remember:
- You may share up to 5 different projects
- You may combine
with as many other challenges as you like to
- No fully digital projects
please
- Please include a link back to this blog
- Backlinking to a recent
post is allowed
- Challenge ends Sunday September 17th
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