Ellibelle's Garden Party No. 21 - Anything in or from a Garden

Hello everyone and welcome to a new Garden Party, taking place right here on my blog! So glad you stopped by today and maybe you brought something along to share too. Remember, it's Anything in or from a Garden, this can be crafts of any kind, garden photography, garden tips and advice, garden tea parties or weddings etc. The linky tool is at the end of this post.

Before I show you my project I wanted to let you know that there will be a little change..

This is the last Garden Party of 2026 as I am taking December off from hosting challenges on my blog. (My other Design Team cards will be posted as usual and I am planning a Year in Review post with a link up at the end of the year.) There is also a slight change starting with this Garden Party. From now on, each month the parties will run until the end of that particular month (instead of right before the next Garden Party starts.) That means you have until November 30th to link up. I'm hoping this slight change will free up some of my time and keep me better organized. 

Top Picks from this party will be announced in January when the new party starts (January 14th).

And here is what I made for this party:

Squirrels and leaves are everywhere in the garden this time of the year. Unfortunately I think the little critters got busy digging where I planted new purple tulips last week... Curious to see if any of them will bloom in spring!!

For my card I used mostly Lavinia stamps - Tree of Hope, Red Squirrel, Wild Hares Small, Fairy Buttercups and loose leaves from Creepy Vines. The background was inked with Antique Linen, Victorian Velvet, Seedless Preserves, Blueprint Sketch and Chipped Sapphire Distress inks/Oxide plus Peeled Paint at the bottom portion. Trees, animals and sentiment were stamped with Versafine Clair Pinecone, Fairy Buttercups with Versafine Portobello and Rusty Hinges Distress ink for the leaves. My sentiment is an oldie from Whimsy Stamps and no longer available. I used Stickles glitter for a little bit of sparkle. I thought the background needed something more so I used Lavinia's Feather Leaf stencil and Chipped Sapphire ink. 

I am sharing the card with these challenges:

• Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game! - Stencils
• Critter Crazy Challenges - Critters
• Cupcake Inspirations - Woodland Animals
• Lost Coast Designs - Something Seasonal
• Paper Rock Scissors - Paper and/or scissors (all paper layers)
• The Crafting Challenge - AG
• The Paper Funday - Autumn or Christmas

Top Picks from Garden Party No. 19

Many thanks to each one of you for joining me at the Garden Party. There were many fabulous creations and as always it was hard to choose. I did finally make up my mind and my Top 3 are.................

No. 31 Sweetpea

No. 36 CarolG

No. 38 Mary Marsh

Congratulations to each one of you on your well deserved recognition! Your top Pick logo is below, you may post this to your own blogs if you like to :) 

Remember, each  one of you is also invited to join me as a Special Party Guest for the next challenge.

I would like to invited each Top Pick to join me as a "Special Party Guest" in the next Garden Party (#22 starting Thursday, January 14th). Please message me at ellibellescorner at gmail dot com if you would like to be a special guest. Of course this is totally optional as I know we all are busy in one way or another, just thought it would be something fun to offer the top picks :)

(Btw. Even if you are a special party guest for the month, you are still invited to share your other garden themed creations in the linky tool during the month!)

Now it's time for your share at the Garden Party No. 21

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.
• A short mention of products used whenever possible is expected, especially the focal point.
• It is the creator's responsibility to follow copyright laws.
• The party ends on the last day of the month at midnight CST.
• Remember, there won't be a challenge in December but look out for a Year in Review post (with option to link up) towards the end of December.