Happy Wednesday and welcome to the September edition of Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday challenge taking place right here on my blog. There were some fabulous entries last month, many thanks to everyone who joined in. It's always so nice to see what you've been creating! Be sure to scroll down to the end of this post to see the top picks with a twist.
As most of you know, the theme is now always ....
Anything Goes
and instead of a challenge theme there will be a "Top Pick Twist", meaning I
will select a twist from all of the entries for the Top 3. Nobody will know
what the twist will be (not even me) until the end of the challenge. So do
link up all of your crafty makes, your entry might be the one inspiring the
Top Pick twist :)
And here is what I made for this month:
I used a stamp from the set "Flower Journey" by Aall and Create. It is one of
their retired sets but you may still find it at a few retailers online,
however no longer available from Aall and Create.
I somehow tend to like the CAS look just a bit more (I did make another card
using the same stamp with a bit more inkyness and I will share that one at a
different time as it does look quite a bit different.)
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For this card I inked the inside of a rectangle die using Tumbled Glass and
Picked Raspberry ink which made this pretty shade of purple. Then I stamped
the words from the Aall and Create set
Miniatures . After removing the mask I stamped the flower using black ink. Stickles
glitter was applied to the flowers, then I added a button and a Tim
Holtz sentiment sticker to the card. Mounted onto an inked background using
the same 2 inks then onto a white card base.
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I plan to share with these challenges:
- AAA Cards - CAS cards
- Beautiful Blossoms - Flowers
- Sketch Saturday - Design inspired by the sketch (below)
- Triple B - Blooms, Birds or Butterflies
- We Love 2 Create - Anything Creative/Mixed Media
Top Picks with aTwist - August
As always there was such a great variety of themes represented and always so
hard to choose favorites and decide on a "Twist". But I finally decided.
The Twist for the August challenges I selected is................The Animal Kingdom.
My Top Picks are listed in the order of entry each one featuring something
found in the animal kingdom.
No. 8
Rosi
No. 28
Claudia's Kaart
No. 55
Jenny Martin
Congratulations to each one of you!! 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.
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To join in this month's challenge please use the linky tool below. The
linky tool closes on the last Wednesday of next month at midnight so you
have until Wednesday September 25th to join in.
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 to 3 entries per month - it's ok if you end up with more than 3 but I may not be able to visit your entries after the 3rd.
- 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
Beautifully elegant Ellie and what a good idea adding the button, it draws the eye to the lovely Thistle which is a fav A&C of mine.
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An exquisite work of art on your beautiful card Ellie. Love the colour you created with the blending
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Maxine!
Gorgeous card Ellie using a fab A&C set .. such a shame they are being discontinued. I love the colours in the background and the way you have added the teeny text and the button xx
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ReplyDeleteGorgeous card and love the fabulous Thistle stamp.
ReplyDeleteCarol x
It is a very pretty card, love all the pretty 'inkiness' it all flows so perfectly!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining our challenge at Beautiful Blossoms!
Diane BB DT
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Vielen Dank für den Platz in der Top-Auswahl! So eine schöne Überraschung :)) Herzlichen Glückwunsch auch an alle anderen.
ReplyDeleteSchönen Sonntag! LG, Rosi
I love silhouette images and these are unique and look so good against the masked and blended area. Thanks for sharing your lovely card with us at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge. We look forward to seeing more of your designs soon.
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Beautiful Blossoms Challenge
Inspiration Station Challenge
Paper Funday Challenge
Toujours ravie de participer à votre challenge.
ReplyDeleteMerci à la DT pour sa belle inspiration.
MaryannG
Always happy to participate in your challenge.
Thanks to the DT for its beautiful inspiration.
MaryannG