Mar 19, 2025

I Spy With My Little Eye..........The Dawn of Spring (Challenge No. 24)

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 too! We had lots of fabulous entries last month so be sure to scroll down to see if you are in the Top 2, both invited to join us as Guest Designers in April if wanted :)

It's my turn to select a theme this time and it is:


I spy with my little eye.................

the dawn of spring.


Tomorrow is the first official day of spring and we would like to see all things spring. We cannot wait to see what you'll share with us! The linky tool is at the end of this post.


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


My Card (Ellie)

All info is right below the card.

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I used stamps by Tracy Evans to make this card. The boots are from Tracy Evans for Aall and Create (The Great Outdoors #370) this is retired but you might still find it at some retailers. The Primulas are from Tracy Evans Boutique Designs (TE31 Nature's Beauty) and can be found directly at her website. I made an inky background using Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Distress inks. Sentiment box was stamped directly onto the background (it's from the set TE32 Alpha Florals by Tracy Evans) and "Primula" is part of the same floral set. When I had this all assembled I thought it needed a little bit of interest at the top so I used part of another stamp from The Great Outdoors set and word "spring" from TE31 at the top left corner and decided to stamp something similar to the bottom right. Green SU cardstock was used for a mat and white Neenah for the card base. Oh, and the little black bird is Tracy Evans TE12 Shadowed Elements. 

I plan to share the above card with these challenges:



Pauline's Card:

Such great layers and textures and you can never go wrong with Daffodils in the spring - my favorite spring scent! Please visit Pauline's blog to find out how she made this card.

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We're excited to have two guest designers joining us this month, that is Gerrina and Rosi. Thank you both for being our guests!!



A wonderful watercolor look with that darling bunny and pretty grape hyacinth- another spring favorite of mine!  Please visit Gerrina's blog to find out how she made this card.


Such a bright and cheerful ATC by Rosi, please visit her blog to find out how she made this artist trading card.




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Top Picks for Challenge no. 23

Many thanks to everyone who joined us in the last challenge of "No Designer Papers".  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. 3 Carrianne (Pauline's Pick)

No. 66 Lia (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. 25, starting Wednesday April 16th . 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.
  • Linkup closes on April 13th at 11:59pm CST


11 comments:

Pauline C said...

Gorgeous spring card Ellie using a fabulous combo of Tracy’s stamps. I always love the wellies and love how you have created interest with the text stamp, plus the primulas are lovely .. I have that stamp and am ashamed to say I haven’t used it yet! I was thinking about it though the past few days as we have lots out in the garden which really look so spring like xx

brenda said...

Lovely fresh Spring colours, always like those wellies and Primroses are our everywhere looking lovely.

B x

Rosmarie said...

Two beautiful spring cards from you both, Ellie and Pauline! So pleased to be your guest designer this month. Hugs, Rosi

Darlene said...

Oh Ellie this is just FABULOUS! Screams 'spring is on its way!' Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Triple B challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Triple B Challenge Co-Owner

Diane said...

Beautiful card, I had a friend once that made me a bouquet in a glass garden boot, your card reminds me so much of that memory
of her!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Beautiful Blossoms!
Diane BB DT
{Nellies Nest}
{Beautiful Blossoms}

Donna Walls said...

Such a pretty card, and I love the colors. We're so delighted you've shared your lovely card with us at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge!
Donna xx
The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge
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Cardsbymaaike said...

Love the Wellies and the Primulas, so clever for our colour challenge, that had me stumped to be honest. Thank you for playing at the AAA Colourful Challenges

Karen M said...

Beautiful spring card and I love those wellies xx

Amy Johnson said...

What a lovely spring card! I love the green!

Handmade by Hanneke said...

A lovely spring card! Great use of the colors at AAA Colourful challenge. Thanks for joining us!

MELODY JACOB said...

Spring is such a vibrant time of year to craft, and your card with all the layers, textures, and floral details is an excellent way to showcase that.

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