I Spy With My Little Eye ..................... Added Text (Background Text or Sentiment) Challenge No. 41

Hello everyone 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. We had some wonderful entries for the last challenge so be sure to scroll down to see who made the Top 2, both invited to join us in the next challenge.

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

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

Added Text (Background Text or Sentiment)

Lot of options here, could be as simple as a short sentiment, large quote or text stamping on the background. We can't wait to see what you'll share with us! The linky tool is at the end of this post!

My card (Ellie)

I purchased this stamp by Crafty Individuals from eBay almost a year ago, really love it but somehow there were always other stamps to reach for so this is my first time ever using it. This particular stamp is called Fowl Collage. 

I stamped with Versafine Clair brown ink and used my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils for coloring. The background paper is from my stash, had it for a long time and would have no idea what brand it is. I added some jute twine and a bow and a die cut flower as an embellishment. The edges were distressed for a vintage/rustic feel. 

 

I plan to share the above card here:

• FarmQuest General Store Challenge - Farm or Country
• Paper Rock Scissors - Papers and/or Scissors (I used both)
• The Paper Funday - AG
• Triple B - Birds, Blooms or Butterflies
• We Love Stamping - AG option

Pauline's Card

Such a beautiful design! Please visit Pauline's blog to find out how she made this card.


We're so excited to have a guest designer joining us for this challenge and that is Diane of Nellie's Nest. Thanks so much, Diane!!

Diane's Card

Such a fun card with that adorable owl! Please visit Diane's blog to find out how she made this card.

Top Picks from Challenges No. 40

We had some wonderful entries for last month's "Sunflower or the Color Yellow" challenge, thank you all so much for sharing your creativity with us! Selecting Top Picks is never easy but we finally managed and here they are in the order of entry:

No. 5 Majda  (Ellie's Pick)

No. 35 Rosi (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 challenge no. 41 starting Wednesday September 16th. 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 totally optional as we all are busy in one way or another and it might just not work out for you but we thought it would be something fun to offer the top picks :) 

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.
• It is the creator's responsibility to follow copyright laws.
• Please include a link back to this blog.
• Back-linking to a recent project is allowed.
• Linkup closes on Sunday, October 18th at 11:59pm CST