I Spy With My Little Eye.......... Something to Celebrate (Challenge No. 28)

Hello and welcome to the 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 all are welcome to join in the fun! And don't forget to check out our top picks (below) as they will get the chance to join us as guest designers in the next challenge.

This time it's my (Ellie's) turn to select a theme and it is:

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

something to celebrate!

This can be any type of celebration from birthdays to new baby, anniversary, new home or job, any holiday etc. Any type of celebration will be perfectly fine! We can't wait to see what you'll share with us!

Our creations to inspire you are below:

Ellie (my card)

(All details are right below the card.)

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I used Tracy Evans (for Aall and Create) stamp Temporal for my card today. I've had this for quite some time and embarassed to say that this is my first time using it. Unfortunately this is becoming really hard to find but if you are in the US then you can still purchase at Frantic Stamper. She has 2 in stock as I type this.

The background I used is a slightly inky background (a "mop-up" from a previous project) where I used Distress inks in shades of Salvaged Patina and Wilted Violet. I stamped the image onto the background using Versafine Onyx ink and the butterfly again onto a scrap piece of Bristol Vellum paper. The butterfly was colored using Derwent Inktense pencils then fussy cut. I used a clear Wink of Stella glitter brush all over the butterfly and it sparkles so nicely in real life but unfortunately I couldn't capture the sparkle with the camera. For the wording I used Tracy Evans Boutique Designs set Alpha Florals.

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Sharing the above card here:

Neglected Stuff Challenge - my neglected stuff is this beautiful stamp

Triple B - Birds, Butterflies or Blooms

Pauline

What a charming scene perfect for celebrating a new home! Please visit Pauline's blog to find out how she made this card.

We have no guest designers this time so let's get straight to our Top Picks.

Top Picks from Challenge No. 27

Many thanks to each one of you who took the time to join our last challenge of Vintage Vibes, and it was so great to visit your blogs! Even though we only had a few entrants, they were all beautiful and it's never easy to choose favorites. But we did manage and here they are in the order of entry.

No. 3 Jolanda (Ellie's Pick)

No. 7 Fiona (Pauline'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. 28, starting Wednesday August 20th. 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 Sunday, August 17th at 11:59pm CST

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