I Spy With My Little Eye...........New Beginnings (Challenge No. 33)

Hello everyone and welcome to a new I spy with my little eye challenge, the first one of the New Year taking place right here on my blog. Pauline and I are back with a new theme and we hope you will join us! As most of you know, we took a little break from hosting the challenge during December and instead I decided to hold the yearly "Year in Review" in its place. Many thanks to those of you who also shared their own year in review, I'm always curious to see what your favorites were and enjoyed visiting your blogs! Speaking of favorites, our Top Two from the last challenge (the one that started way back at the end of November) are listed at the end of the post, both invited to join us in the next challenge, so be sure to scroll down.

This time it was Pauline's turn to selecte a theme and it is:

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

New Beginnings.

How about New Year, New Home, New Baby, New stash, New Techniques, a New Season…. There are lots of possibilities and you have plenty of time to join us! Maybe this challenge will help you along if you have a lack of mojo like some of us seem to have in this new year.

My card (Ellie)

(All details are right below the card.)

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A couple of months ago I purchased a box full of mixed stamps, I couldn't really tell what was all in the box but I did noticed a few Penny Black stamps and the price was right. While several of 

the stamps were donated I did keep quite a few of them too and this one by Art Impressions was one of them. My stamp is wood mounted but I found the unmounted cling version on Etsy. And apparantly there is a whole line of stamps by Art Impressions called "Windows to the World" that are just like this one and there is a shadow box window die to go with these stamps... maybe something I need?? Probably not...

I thought it would work well for a new couple and their new home. It's really those swans that make me love this stamp and the whole scene is just charming. I used Faber Castell Polychromos pencils for  coloring and added a touch of glitter to the flower centers. The kraft script paper came from a prize I won from DL.Art challenge some time ago, sentiment I think is by Whimsy Stamps, but a real oldie.

I plan to share the above card here:

• DL.Art Linky Challenge - AG
• Retro Rubber Challenge - AG (I don't know the exact age but I can image it's at least 10 years old!)
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Things with Wings (Swans)
• Sweet Stampin - Bright and Beautiful
• We Love Stamping - Something New (New Home, New to me stamp)

Pauline's Card

Such beautiful elements and gorgeous colors! Please visit Pauline's blog to find out how it's made.

We're so excited to have not one but two Guest Designers joining us this time and they are Helen B. and CarolG. Thanks for being our guest designers!! Their beautiful creations are below.

Carol

So very cute!! Please visit Carol's blog to find out how she made this card.

Helen

How sweet is this??!! Please visit Helen's blog to find out how she made this adorable card!

Top Picks from Challenge No. 32

Thank you all again for joining us in the last challenge where we were looking for something festive for Christmas. There were lots of beautiful creations and as always it wasn't easy to select favorites, but we finally managed.

No. 11 Crafticarrie (Ellie's Pick)

No. 50 Chris (Pauline's Pick)

Congratulations to both of you on your well deserved recognition! Your Top Pick logo is below.

Remember, you are both invited to join us as guest designers for the next challenge starting February 18th. If you would like to be a guest designer please message me (Ellie) at ellibellescorner at gmail dot com so I can give you all the details. Of course, this is not a requirement but would love to have you joining us if you like to :)

To play along in the new 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, February 15th at 11:59pm CST