Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - September

ETA: This post has been re-published as blogger is apparantly seeing my linky party and other card making posts as "spam" so the original post is under review. Has this happened to anyone else's cardmaking posts?? If you have previously commented on this post and don't see the comment here, then you know it's because I had to re-write the post. I apologize! Not sure what is going on with blogger...

Hello everyone and welcome to the September Crafty Wednesday challenge taking place right here on my blog! I'm so glad you stopped by today and hope you'll join in too! There were lots of lovely entries last month, thank you all so much for playing along! The "Top Picks with a Twist" are at the end of the post so be sure to scroll down.

I'm sure most of you know by now, the theme is now always............

Anything Goes

and instead of a challenge theme there will be a top pick twist, meaning the top picks will each have something in common. But nobody knows what the twist will be (not even me) and will be inspired by YOUR creations. So do link up all your new or recently created crafty makes (any type of craft) for your chance to have your project featured next month! The linky tool is at the end of the post.

And here is my September card:

I was inspired by the current {Pin}spirational challenge mood board. Thought the colors were beautiful but I wish I had added a bit more orange to my flower and also wish my blue was a bit more purple-ish!! It's been a cloudy day when I made the card (yesterday) so the lighting wasn't the best in my craft room so I ended up with the wrong colors.

The mood board also inspired me to choose the floral stamp Bejeweled by Penny Black which I inked with Distress Oxides/ inks. I always use my stamp platform when using brushstroke stamps as I can layer colors of ink multiple times. On the background I used a couple of my new Aall and Create stamps - The Great Outdoors and Miniatures. Sentiments are from the set Itty Bitty Basics by MFT. The diamond border die is also from Penny Black. I added a button with twine and some liquid pearls to finish it off. 

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Challenges I plan to share with:

Pinspirational -  birthdays w/leaves and  mood board above

Stamping Sensations - Garden Delights

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stamp it

Path of Positivity - Tic Tac Toe (I chose the top row: Feminine/Button/Floral)

Crafty Calendar - AG

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Top Picks with a Twist

There were so many fabulous entries last month and I had the hardest time deciding on a top pick twist. Finally made up my mind and the twist from the August entries is................Silhouettes! Meaning each one of my top picks included a silhouette image.

They are listed in the order of entry below:

No. 37 Pauline

No. 52 Jolanda

No. 82 Kraftikards

Congrats everyone, well deserved recognition! Your top pick logo is below. Feel free to post it to your own blogs if you like to :)

I will continue to pin the top picks to the dedicated Pinterest board, but will also include photo and link back to the original blogs/sites here. These will be removed at the start of the new challenge to stay in compliance with GDPR.

To join in this month's challenge please use the linky tool below. You have until Saturday September 30th to play along!

A few things to remember:

• You may combine with any other challenges.
• You may use any brand of stamps/digis/products (no company restriction).
• Please try to limit your linked up cards to 3 entries per month - it's ok if you end up with more than 3.
• Please do include a link back here to my blog in your blog post.
• Backlinking to a recent post IS allowed.
• Digital products are allowed and very welcome but the final piece has to be a physical handmade creation, not just digital