Ellibelle's Garden Party No. 1 - Anything in or from a Garden

Surprise! 

A week or so ago I decided to start a fun new monthly "party" (challenge) here on my blog - 

Ellibelle's Garden Party 

where the theme will always be: Anything "in or from a Garden" and today is the start of Garden Party No.1!  I hope you will join in the fun. The linky tool is at the end of the post.

The party is open to handmade cards, ATC's, journal/scrapbook pages and crafts of any kind, hobby photography, even garden weddings and garden tips are welcome. As long as the post features something in or from a garden you are welcome to share. From each month I will select 3 posts to feature in the following month. 

Each monthly party will start on the 2nd Thursday of each month and will end on the Monday before the next party starts. 

Above is what I'm sharing this month using brand new products from Penny Black, from the Flower of the Month release. I used Tulips in Bloom and matching dies as well as Rain or Shine and matching die. 

I colored with my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils before using the dies. Embossed background was done with an old embossing folder by Cuttlebug and the sentiment is from the set Friendship also by Penny Black. I finished off the card with tiny butterflies from the PB set Soaring. The faint pattern on the card front was done using a background stamp that was included with the Tulips in Bloom set.

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I plan to share my card with these challenges:

• 2 Sisters On The Blog - Spring or Easter
• A Cut Above - Die Cut Challenge Blog - AG with die cuts
• Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Flowers Goes
• Can You Handle The Pressure? - Embossing Folders
• Cardz 4 Galz - For a Special Lady 
• Craft Rocket Challenges - For the girls
• Crafty Catz - Add a sentiment
• Dragonfly Dreams - Gardening
• Just Us Girls - AG with a die
• Path of Positivity - Anything Positive Goes
• Penny Black Saturday Challenge  - AG with PB Stamps
• Stamping Sensations - Spring
• Triple B - Blooms, Birds or Butterflies
• Try It On Tuesday - For a Lady
• We Love Stamping - Spring

This week we had some beautiful weather and I found some pretty things in my garden/backyard 😀

This is my cat Fussy. She used to sleep all day long and be up at night but in the recent years she started venturing outside a bit in the daytime. Not sure she likes the brightness of the sun much but she sure did enjoy the warmth yesterday.

And my Snowdrops are finally blooming!! I saw the first bee of 2025 too, it's a bit blurry as it was buzzing around while I took the picture. There is something so special about snowdrops I think. 

Now let's get the garden party started!

Simply link a new or recently shared post (featuring something in or from a garden) using the linky tool below. To make it even more fun and maybe meet a new blogging friend I invite you to visit another entrant's blog post and leave them some love. This is just a suggestion and in no way do you have to :)

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Below are the main guidelines at a glance:

• Your entry must feature something in or from a garden.
• You may combine with any other challenges/link parties.
• Please leave a link back to this blog.
• Up to 5 entries per blogger please.
• Backlinking to a recent post is allowed.
• The party ends on Monday April 7th at 11:59pm CST