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Mar 13, 2025

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:


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


25 comments:

brenda said...

A lovely theme idea and equally lovely card and photos, good luck with it all Ellie. And my thanks for sharing that lovely card at Stamping Sensations and Wo Love Stamping challenges.

B x

Irene said...

So nice you started this garden theme challenge and your card is lovely Ellie! My garden was my passion/escape room to take my mind of worries but since I'm a fulltime carer of poor hubby we live in a (beautiful) appartment. Good decision but I still miss my pottering around 😉.
XxIrene

Pauline C said...

Brilliant new challenge Ellie, I’m sure there will be many inspiring entries. I love your card, it’s really vibrant and spring like, I love the colouring on the tulips. Beautiful pics as well of your cat and the fabulous snowdrops - a sure first sign of spring. They have actually been and gone here now and we are well into daffodil season … tulips won’t be long now!! xx

Joanne said...

That is such a pretty card! Your photos are just lovely too.

Debbie M said...

Wow, Ellie, I love your beautiful card! And I look forward playing in your wonderful new challenge. Fussy is gorgeous! Our winter weather sure has everyone wanting to get outside at long last. Enjoy!

Chrissy said...

Fabulous new challenge and looking forward to playing along, love Fussy he is adorable..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Darlene said...

Oh Ellie this is such a gorgeous springtime creation! Fabulous design! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Triple B & Can You Handle the Pressure challenges! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Triple B Challenge Co-Owner
Can You Handle the Pressure Co-Owner

Nicolette said...

Nice card.
Thanks for sharing at 2Sistersontheblog.
Nicolette DT

Liz said...

Gorgeous card Ellie, I love the colours you've used.
Liz xx

Vicki said...

Delightful Spring time card, Ellie! Those tulips are gorgeous and I love the color. They look so sweet tucked inside the garden boots. And what an awesome theme for a challenge...Garden Party. I hope to get to your garden party in the future. Thanks for sharing with A Cut Above's March Challenge.
Vicki - ACA Owner

Caroline said...

I love tulips!
hanks for joining our challenge
Caroline DT 2Sistersontheblog

Pamela said...

beautiful cards that you've shared with us for C4Galz challenge here, thank you!

Crafting Queen said...

Beautiful card, love the colouring. Thank you for joining We Love Stamping and Stamping Sensations. Love your kitty. Anesha

Donna said...

Beautiful card and fabulous coloring !

Amy Johnson said...

Such a pretty spring card, and your cat is so beautiful. How exciting you had some blooms already. It is such a lovely photo. I haven't had any blooms here in Wisconsin yet.

ScrappyHorses said...

Such a gorgeous card with the pops of color in the beautiful tulips! Great embossing and textures in white. I also love the garden photos of your lovely flowers and sweet kitty! Thanks for sharing with us at Path of Positivity. Katrina

Sarn said...

Great card and photo's Ellie. Good luck with your new challenge. xxx

EmmaT said...

Beautiful card and image which is beautifully coloured. Thank you for joining our Spring theme at We Love Stamping. Fussy is beautiful - 2 of my cats love the sunshine and spend every moment they can out sunbathing, the other cat goes out more at night when its quiet as shes not keen on people;-) Emmax

Melanie Hungerford said...

What lovely purple tulips, beautifully colored and look so good with that textured background behind them. Thanks for joining us at Can You Handle the Pressure!

Judy Woodland said...

Your card is just stunning, I love how you have colored those tulips. You have such an eye for color and design, what a beautiful creation!! Lots of wonderful work here, and great take on the challenge. Thanks so much for playing along with us over at A Cut Above. I hope we see you back again soon!
Judy~ ACA CT Designer

Sue from Oregon said...

Hello Elliebelle, Love your new Garden challenge. You have the best PB stamps! This is a great creation!Thanks for sharing with us at Penny Black Saturday Challenge! 💕 Sue Kment

Meggymay said...

A lovely card and sentiment. Thank you for sharing with us at Try it on Tuesdays.

My name is Erika. said...

Tulips and rubber boots say spring to me. I love those images, and they work well for a lady too. Thanks for joining our challenge at Try It on Tuesday. And hurrah for seeing that honeybee too. It's a good sign of nice weather to come. hugs-Erika

Debbie said...

So cute! I love the wellies!
Thanks for playing along at Cardz 4 Galz
Debbie - C4G DT
Debbie's Dash of This and That

Linby said...

Lovely card with a fab layout. Good luck with the challenge. Love your cat and the snowdrops looks wonderful.