Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - January Challenge

Hello and welcome to the January Edition of Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday challenge taking place right here on my blog! I'm starting the New Year off with 2 blog posts, this is the second one. If you missed the first post then I would like to wish you a Happy New Year!!!

Thank you all for joining in the last two months which was a combined linky party. I really appreciate your continued support to make this little "just for fun" challenge worthwile. Be sure to scroll down to see who made 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 :) 

Here is what I came up with for the month of January:

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I made another winter themed card, this time using shades of pink/purple which I happen to love for winter cards. The stamp is by Penny Black, an oldie but new to me - Snowy Family. I colored with Copic markers then fussy cut. I created the background by using Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet inks then stamped Penny Black's Gorgeous Grove using Spun Sugar ink. I die cut a hill using an old die from Whimsy Stamps then adhered the snow family using foam dots. I already had the Dancing Snowflakes die out from today's first card so I cut out a few more to use on this card as well. Then a few more tiny flakes using a posca pen. I painted these on as I already had the sentiment in place and I didn't want any spatter on it. Sentiment is also by Penny Black - Snuggles Cut Out.

I plan to share the above card here:

• Aud Sentiments Blog Challenge  - Winter and a Sentiment
• Creations in Pink - Mainly Pink
• Cut It Up - AG with a Die Cut
• Krafty Chicks - All Occasions
• Passion For Markers Challenge - AG with Markers (I used Copic)
• Penny Black Saturday - Winter Wonderland

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Now it's time for my Top Picks with a Twist. There are two sets of Top Picks for November and December so lets get right to them.

November Top Picks with a Twist:

For November I selected the Twist of "Christmas or Winter".

Congratulations.................

No. 12 Loopyloo

  No. 18 Jan R.

No. 38 Andrea La Vigne

December Top Picks with a Twist

For December I selected the Twist of In the Woods.

Congratulations.................

No. 68 Debbie

No. 69 Deanne

No. 78 Anke

 

Congratulations again to each one of you for your well deserved recognition. The Top Pick logo is below, you may post this 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.

PS: Are you planning on writing a "Year in Review" type post by December 5th? If so, then I would LOVE for you to share your post HERE (for papercrafts only). Join the fun in looking back at our favorite creations of 2024!

To join in this month's challenge please use the linky tool below. You have until the last Wednesday of January to join. 

A few things to remember:

• You may combine with any other challenges.
• You may use any brand of stamps/digis/dies/papers (no company restriction as long as copyright laws are followed).
• Please note: entries using pre-colored digital images will no longer be selected as top picks. 
• A short description of products used is expected, most importantly the source of focal point.
• This linkup is for sharing handmade projects of any kind not limited to papercrafts.
• 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.

You can read more about the Guidelines/Copyright info here.