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Feb 22, 2025

More Silhouette Cats

While I was working on this recently made card I wasn't happy with my first attempt but didn't want to throw away everything, so I decided to use part of the card and turn it into a CAS- ish style card. This is the result of that. 


For that card I had planned on making a watercolored card and then add the silhouette cats to that. The original card itself didn't live up to my expectations so I trimmed off just the part with the little kittens and sentiment box, used a black inkpad around the edges and then mounted this onto a white card base. I used the Bubble Background stamp behind the image panel for some interrest using Broken China Distress ink. The image panel was done with mostly the same Distress ink and I stamped the leaves with the same ink. The line that appears brown-ish was originally part of a tree I had stamped. These stamps are all by Tracy Evans Boutique Designs (Numerical Cats, Bubble Background, Silhouettes, Alpha Florals). 


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Feb 19, 2025

I Spy With My Little Eye..........No Designer Paper (Challenge No. 23)

Happy Wednesday 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 wonderful entries last month so be sure to scroll down to see who made the Top 2, both invited to join our challenge as a guest designer next month.

This time around it's Pauline's turn to select a theme and it is................


I Spy With My Little Eye...............

No Designer Papers.


This could be a CAS style card or use stamps/inks to make your backgrounds but we do NOT want to spy any pre-made designer/patterned papers. We can't wait to see what you'll share with us, as always the linky tool is at the end of this post.


And here is what we came up with for your inspiration:

Ellie
(All details are right below the card)
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I've been wanting to purchase some of Tracy Evans Boutique Designs stamps since their launch but have so many stamps in my stash from her time with Aall and Create (some not yet used!) that I talked myself out of them...until very recently when she released the fabulous Numerical Cats set. Still talked myself out of it for about a week or so but in the end I just couldn't resist :) Shipping from the UK was high and it wasn't available anywhere in the US yet so I placed a large enough order to make it worthwile. All stamps used on today's card are by Tracy Evans Boutique Designs (TE012, TE034, TE035, TE036, TE032). 

The background was made with simple Acrylic Block stamping. I used Salvaged Patina and Broken China Distress inks directly on the block, spritzed with some water and stamped onto Bristol Vellum paper. I made sure this was dry before continuing. The trees, little hearts and rectangular box were stamped using Broken China ink and I used Versafine Onyx for the words, cats and bird. I cut around the image panel and added black ink for a border around the edges then adhered onto a white background where I used TE034 in the corners. 

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Another FABULOUS calendar page by Pauline, please visit her blog to find out how she made this page. 


We're so excited to have a guest designer joining us this month and that is Lynda of Loopyloo's Cards. Thanks so much for being our guest designer, Lynda!!


Isn't this totally adorable!! Please visit Lynda's blog to find out how she made this cute card.



Top Picks for Challenge no. 22

Many thanks to everyone who joined us in the last challenge of "Feathers and/or Fur"  It was great to see so many of you joining us! Selecting Top Picks is never easy but we finally managed and here they are:


No. 45 Rosi (Pauline's Pick)

No. 47 Gerrina (Ellie's Pick)


Congratulations to both of you!!

Remember, Top Picks are invited to join us in the next challenge if you like to. That would be for challenge no. 24 starting Wednesday March 19th. Of course it's not a requirement but we would love to have you both as guests!!  
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.

Below is your top pick logo, you may place it on your own blogs if you like to :)




To play along in the current challenge please use the linky tool below.

A few things to remember:

(Complete list of guidelines and copyright info can be found here.)

  • You may share up to 5 different projects.
  • You may combine with as many other challenges as you like to.
  • A short mention of products used whenever possible is expected, especially the focal point.
  • New: While you are free to link up your creations using pre-colored digital art (AI generated, digital pre-colored toppers/images, digital papers etc.), they will be excluded from top picks. 
  • Please include a link back to this blog.
  • Back-linking to a recent project is allowed.

Should the linky tool be missing please leave a comment with your entry link and I will get it straightened ASAP.  (I am posting this because in the past the linky wouldn't automatically update when my linky tool membership was renewing - and it will be renewed beginning of March - so it may happen again and I just wanted you to be aware.)


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Feb 15, 2025

Wands and Wishes

Hello and welcome! It's time already for a new Allsorts challenge theme and for the next two weeks Liz is our host. She chose the theme of "Shades of Blue", of course the Anything Goes option is there too. We have prizes from  Lavinia Stamps and hope you'll be able to join us!

I struggled a bit with this cards as I really wanted to use the Fairy Shops 1 stamp (so I could combine with the February Lavinia challenge where the theme is Abode), a stamp I've neglected for several years and this is my first time using it. So this was (at least) my 3rd attempt for today's card but I am still not really happy with it. However it was time for me to be done at that point. 

I started by using a hand cut mask to ink up the bottom half corner in the form of a sort of hill. Next I stamped the image (both shops are part of just one stamp) on to a snippet of cardstock then fussy cut to layer one shop in front of the other. I used my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils for coloring. Before I added the shops I used Lavinia's Feather Leaf stencil for some interest on the background but as I added a little bit of shading some of the stenciling disappeared. After I decided on placement of the shops I stamped 2 of the Three Dancing Fairies images. I thought the card needed some words so I used part of the Spiral of Spells stamps at the bottom. And for a little more interest I chose the mini star stamp to stamp around the edges and along the hill using the same BlueprintSketch ink. To tie it all together with the way I colored the shops I decided to stamp a few stars using Seedless Preserves ink. 


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Another view below. As you can see I added glitter to some of the stars, the shops and the fairy wings for a little bit of magical sparkle.

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Feb 5, 2025

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - February Challenge

Hello and welcome to the February editition of Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday challenge taking place right here on my blog. I'm so glad you stopped by today and hope you'll join the fun too! There were some fabulous entries last month - thank you everyone for joining in - so be sure to scroll down to see the Top Picks. 



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 :) The linky tool is at the end of this post.

  

As there is a new challenge blog in town blogland (Neglected Stuff Challenge) I thought why not  look through my stash to see what I can find that's been neglected. And I found plenty of items, most included on this card are neglected.


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While I didn't have this Penny Black stamp - Sweet Love 2292K - for many years, I did purchase it over a year ago from eBay, absolutely love it but somehow I just haven't reached for it until now. I stamped with Memento ink and colored with Copic markers. Then I also found the Heart Embossing Folder by Cuttlebug which I've had in my stash for many MANY years and I've last used it in April 2020. That doesn't really sound too long ago to me but it was almost 5 years ago. Time flies!! The Ticket Sentiment set is an absolutely neglected item from my design team time at Whimsy Stamps - The Fun Life Ticket sentiments and Ticket Die. The last time I used this particular sentiment set was 2015, the die a few years ago with another ticket sentiment set. I actually don't think I have ever used this particular quote from the set!! also found some very neglected ribbon in my stash, the lilac grosgrain ribbon. I'm not sure I've ever used this! Oh, and not to forget the fancy die -Curved Stitch, this was a "had to have" Penny Black item when newly released several years ago but I only used it once in 2018 (I did a search on my blog to find out :)

Well, I'm really happy how this turned out using mostly neglected items. 

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January Top Picks with a Twist:

 
Now it's time to announce the Top Picks with a twist from the January entries. Thank you all again for joining in the fun, I really enjoyed visiting your entries and selecting a "twist". The twist I went with is "Furry Friends" meaning all three Top Picks have featured a furry friend :)

   No. 20 Carol Gill 

No. 50 Helen F.

No. 66 Mary Marsh




Congratulations 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.


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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.
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Feb 1, 2025

Romance and Music for Allsorts Challenge

I am back with a second post today. My first post was scheduled to go live just a couple of hours ago, you can see it here or simply scroll down.

Today is the start of a new Allsorts challenge. Our host is Gail who selected the theme of Romance and/or Music, along with the option of Anything Goes. Our prizes for this challenge are a wonderful selection of stamps and stencils from AALL and Create. 




Right around Christmas Lily of the Valley Stamps (LOTV) had a sale I couldn't resist, where you purchased the newly released set of digis and then receive ALL of their previously released digital stamps. I had an old wishlist with several of their stamps on it, I hadn't purchased them because I sort of quit using digis for the most parts, but I could not resist this sale. So today's card features the first digi I decided to color up from this sale and I thought it was the perfect choice for the theme. Birds and music go hand in hand along with romance, don't you think?


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I used Copic markers for coloring and then I used Lavinia's Feather Leaf stencil around the image with Peacock Feathers Distress ink. I found the little die cut heart in my box of extra die cuts but I can't remember which die set it came from. Probably something from Penny Black as most of my dies are by PB. The sentiment was computer generated. I have this same quote as a stamp but it didn't work for this layout as it's a larger stamp and I wanted it to be just one line. The music notes are from a retired Hero Arts stamp kit. I used a corner rounder punch at the bottom for some interest and added stickles glitter to the flowers and hearts for some sparkle. And I used some coordinating twine to finish off the card.


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As a reminder, Allsorts challenge now runs for 2 weeks so you have a little extra time to make something and join us. You may also enter up to 5 times now. The linky tool for this challenge can be found at the challenge blog.
 


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Snowflake Wishes

February is here and that means it's the start of a new challenge at the Four Seasons challenge blog. It's still winter up here in the Northern hemisphere so we have another wonderful winter mood board to inspire you. As always, the use of the mood board is optional as Anything Winter Goes. 


And here is what I made:


I immediately had this Penny Black tree/fence stamp (Restful) in mind when I saw the mood board so that is what I used along with a really old little snowman stamp from Stampin Up. To go with the top left image I used mainly browns for my card but decided to color the birds red for a pop of color along with the snowman's scarf. I used waterbased markers and Distress ink to stamp the tree/fence image. A stamping tool was definitely a must-have tool here. After this step was complete I cleaned off the stamp while it was still on my stamp platform then stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed using clear embossing powder so I could add some ink to the sky with a blending tool. The snowman was stamped on a scrap piece and fussy cut. I wanted a little more interest on the background so I used one of my favorite winter word stamps - Snow Falls - from Lavinia stamps. 


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A couple of die cut snowflakes (Penny Black Dancing Snowflakes) and the small sentiment from the Penny Black set Holiday Snippets finish off the card. Oh, and I also used my white Posca pen to add some snow flurries but unfortunately some turned brown from sponging. I usually do this step after sponging (and I did that here too) but I decided to trim some more off of the edges and had to re-ink the edges. 

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