Hello everyone and welcome to my Garden Party No. 7 taking
place right here on my blog. I'm so glad you stopped by and I hope you will
bring something along to share this month too. Remember, anything in or from a garden goes, this can be any type of craft, photography (from a garden), garden tips,
garden weddings, etc. As always the linkup is at the end of the post. And
don't forget to check who made the top picks from the last party.
Here is my crafty share this time.
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All stamps I used on today's card are from Tracy Evans Boutique Designs: TE14 - The Wonder of Nature, TE37 Flower Power, TE43
Magnolia and TE35 Abstract Trees and TE32 Alpha Florals.
I colored the flowers using Derwent Inktense pencils and added Stickles glitter to the flower
centers. The stamps are available directly from Tracy Evans shop from the UK
or from Simon Says in the US. I also added some twine and edges were all distressed.
I plan to share my card here:
- Beautiful Blossoms - Flowers
- Dream Valley Challenges - 2 or more layers
- FarmQuest Home Challenge Blog - Anything Home Goes (Sunflowers and Wheelbarrow from the home garden)
- Paper Rock Scissors - Paper and/or scissors (all paper layers and scissors used for distressing and fussy cutting)
- Path of Positivity - Anything Positive
- The Paper Funday - Changing Seasons or AG
- Triple B - Blooms, Birds or Butterflies
- Word Art Wednesday - AG
Starting mid- August and into late summer is when butterflies are the most active in my garden and I absolutely love to walk around and photograph them. I feel like this year I've had the most butterflies ever in my garden.
Painted Lady Butterfly on a pink Zinnia blossom
A better view of this gorgeous flower. Zinnias are so easy to grow from seed and attact butterflies and hummingbirds alike. I've not bee able to capture a decent photo of a hummingbird as they are so quick.
A Monarch Butterfly loading up on nectar from a butterfly bush.
Top Picks for Garden Party No. 6
It was so great to see many of you joining me again at the Garden Party and
selecting just 3 is never easy but I finally managed and here they are
listed in the order of entry:
Such amazing work!! Congratulations to each one of you on your well deserved
recognition. Your Top Pick logo is below, you may post it on your own blogs
if you like to.
Now it's time for the 7th Garden Party to start!
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 :)
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 October 6th at 11:59pm CST
Lovely card, Ellie! I love the rustic, feel of it, that’s perfect for the start of autumn. I loved seeing your garden pictures too. Those zinnias are beautiful! Thank you so much for playing along with us at Word Art Wednesday. We really appreciate you!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card design, I love the rustic country feel. We're delighted you've shared your sweet card with us at The Paper Funday Challenge, thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteDonna xx
Paper Funday Challenge
Inspiration Station Challenge
Beautiful Blossoms Challenge
Classic Design Challenge
and I've forgotten to thank you for sharing at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge too!
ReplyDeleteYour card is lovely. We really do need to cherish the little things. Having more butterflies in your yard is a good sign. Also, thank you for choosing my card as a Top 3.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing your EGP design team card with Paper-Rocks-Scissors and also for the new FarmQuest Home Challenges!! It's a very current seasonal scene! [We've got some farmers that are starting to harvest. Meanwhile our corn and soybeans have started turning but it will be to the end of Sept or early October probably before they will be combined.] We appreciate your support for both these challenges! PRS dt and FQHCB owner/dt Becca
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Ellie, lovely design. Thanks for sharing the gorgeous photos taken in your garden.
ReplyDeleteLiz xx
Great photos of our garden blooms and wildlife Ellie and a beautiful card that ticks all my boxes.
ReplyDeleteB x
Your photos are lovely! What a great capture of that monarch. I really enjoyed your card too. It's lovely and has a fabulous fall feel to it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous card ... love the wheelbarrow full of flowers! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Triple B challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
ReplyDeleteDarlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Triple B Challenge Co-Owner
PS Thanks for sharing your other lovely photos! I love zinnias ... my dad grew so many ... in fact, I did my sister's wedding flowers and used zinnias from Dad's garden in the bridesmaids bouquets. I can't believe I haven't planted any for myself ... well I will be planting some next year ... thanks for inspiration!
Such a great card with that adorable wheel barrow and a perfect sentiment! So happy you shared with us at Path of Positivity. Katrina
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely garden card and what beautiful photos you took!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card with so many lovely details! fabulous photo's of your garden and the butterflies.
ReplyDeleteThe colors and distressing create such a rustic and fall feeling, wonderful card! Thanks for joining us at the Paper Funday Challenge!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute - the sunflowers are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing with us at Beautiful Blossoms :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful creation Ellie, I love the flowers with the wheelbarrow and the gorgeous script stamping. Xx
ReplyDeleteLove your card! It's beautiful with your coloring of the flowers and details! Your garden is gorgeous with those butterflies! TFS!
ReplyDeleteHi Ellie, thanks for the top pick this month. I love your card and the butterfly pics. Butterflies always come with a sense of awe and leave a trail of calm. Thanks again, CarolG
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