I Spy With My Little Eye.... Summertime Vibes (Challenge No. 17)

Hello and welcome to a new "I spy with my little eye" challenge taking place right here on my blog! Pauline and I are back with a new theme and we hope you'll join in the fun! We had some fabulous entries last month, thank you all so much for joining us! Be sure to scroll down to the end to see who made our top 2, both which will have the option to join us for our June challenge.

This month our theme, selected by Pauline is....................

I spy with my little eye...

Summertime Vibes

A fun theme with lots of options and so perfect for this time of the year. As always, the linky tool is at the end of the post.We can't wait to see what you'll share with us!

And here is what we made:

Ellie

(All info right below the card)

I went with mainly blues as I was inspired by the last Double D nautical mood board, but the challenge has since expired and I won't enter there.

The main image is a stamp by PSX G-2891 which I stamped on an inky background made with Faded Jeans and Salvaged Patina Distress inks. The shells are part of the retired set Balmy Breezes by Stampin Up stamped with Hickery Smoke ink. Sentiment and Anchor die are oldies from Whimsy stamps. I added some twine to finish it off. Oh, and the group of birds in the sky are from a retired stamp kit  by Hero Arts.

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I plan to share my card (above) with these challenges:

• Get Creative Challenges - Use Red, white or blue
• Shopping Our Stash - Summer
• Triple B - Birds, Blooms or Butterflies
• Try It On Tuesday - Things with Wings
• We Love Stamping - Sun, Sea Sand

Pauline

Absolutely love how realistic this looks and wish I was there!! You can find out how Pauline made the card by visiting her blog.

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We're so excited to have a guest designer joining us this month, that is Melanie H. Her beautiful card is below. 

Such a cute beach scene with these fun stamps and die cuts! You can find out how Melanie made this card by visiting her blog.

Top Picks for Challenge no. 16

Many thanks once again to everyone who joined us in the last challenge with your  fabulous floral makes. Our Top picks are below.

Remember, Top Picks are invited to join us in the next challenge if you like to. That would be for challenge no. 18 starting Wednesday August 21st! Of course it's not a requirement but we would love to have you both as guests!!

No. 18 Donna (Pauline's Pick)

No. 54 Jenn B. (Ellie's Pick)

Congratulations to both of you!! Your top pick logo is below to display on your own blogs if you like to.

You are both invited to join us as guest designers (optional of course!) for challenge no. 18 starting on Wednesday August 21st. If you are interested in taking part, please message me (Ellie) at ellibellescorner at gmail dot com so I can give you all the details for our upcoming theme.

To be in compliance with GDPR, Top Pick photos and links will be removed after the start of the new challenge. 

Now it's time to link up YOUR creations for the new theme!  Anyone is invited to join us with your crafty makes following our theme - "I Spy Summertime Vibes".

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 (including AI generated projects).
• A short mention of products used whenever possible is expected.
• Please include a link back to this blog.
• Backlinking to a recent project is allowed