tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78180252165252565822024-03-18T12:29:04.023-05:00Ellibelle's Corner~Handmade Greeting Cards, a Monthly Craft Challenge and an Occasional Lifestyle Post~
Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.comBlogger1796125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-4707622323637648422024-03-16T02:00:00.003-05:002024-03-16T09:12:24.596-05:00Easter Prank with Feathers and Fur<p style="text-align: justify;">
This week it's my turn to host at
<a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts challenge</a> and I
selected<span style="color: #800180;"> "<b>Feathers and/or Fur</b>"</span> for
my optional theme and everyone is invited to join us with a new crafty make.
If feathers and fur aren't for you then you can go with the
<b>Anything Goes</b> option too. We have prizes from <a href="https://www.craftstash.co.uk/">Craftstash </a>and
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/boutique?ref=HDC-c00E4T4_tj">AALL and Create</a>. Winners will be announced next Friday of the month on the challenge
blog.
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And here is what I made with a digistamp I selected from a recent challenge
win. I thought it was absolutely perfect for the theme :)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmktPPPoa6sBMr_umYpJfgk894qJUkFgMTTTms7CIdPjxBscHj1awJceACe8l1mxs5lZuGOhnHfyFlu7ptLUeYRYboEaPq5fyEpFHpSgiBxGMNoUSeJBkB9G5y941fl9uisygZsVBCWIY5u0-5OxQSXOTkZXS_SpMyZnCXoGr5-aXj6HfuxXmaVnOMj5f/s2340/The%20Paper%20Shelter%20Allsorts%20challenge%20feathers%20fur.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="1820" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmktPPPoa6sBMr_umYpJfgk894qJUkFgMTTTms7CIdPjxBscHj1awJceACe8l1mxs5lZuGOhnHfyFlu7ptLUeYRYboEaPq5fyEpFHpSgiBxGMNoUSeJBkB9G5y941fl9uisygZsVBCWIY5u0-5OxQSXOTkZXS_SpMyZnCXoGr5-aXj6HfuxXmaVnOMj5f/w498-h640/The%20Paper%20Shelter%20Allsorts%20challenge%20feathers%20fur.JPG" width="498" /></a>
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The image is called <a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Easter Prank</a> from The Paper Shelter. It comes in black and white as well as
pre-colored. I don't usually use pre-colored images but since we got a new
printer within the last year I was curious to see how well it worked when
printing a colored image and I thought it printed just fine so I went with the
precolored version. I did use a dark gray colored pencil on part of the image
for a little more shading.
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<span style="text-align: justify;">To make the sky I used my </span><a href="https://amzn.to/49SVtr3" style="text-align: justify;">cloud stencil</a><span style="text-align: justify;">
and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink. Both the large and small sentiments
are from </span><a href="https://www.coloradocraftcompany.com/product-page/aj428-anita-jeram-happy-easter" style="text-align: justify;">this cute set</a><span style="text-align: justify;">
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<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There was a small smudge in the sky so I added these tiny butterflies. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks so much for visiting!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://shrsl.com/4ghl3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="200" data-original-width="1200" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjl-OlNySxH9nipogNjblTZqUtfAUovIIVx5vyQ-1vn7kTm1WLEi3bTV-SLXArC52GrBbrGdXLv8K1xpWZPGxyIIFyxP-ChtOpip7ojlmIC7xSDCJ7_5jUQy-k3ayeu7CKLtNzrcTbbpX1EAEc6eO-bvCdVVrRbatP7ED_U3kX8UUFzcB3aysWCLrZKtn2e=w640-h106" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">>>>>>>>>>>>>><a href="https://shrsl.com/4ghl3">Scrapbook.com Exclusives Sale/Ad</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">I plan to share with these challenges:</p>
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<ul>
<li>
<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/">A Gem of a Challenge</a></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - AG</span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">CAS on Friday</a> - Easter
</span></li>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Crafty Gals Corner</a> - AG
</span></li>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;"><span>Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game!</span></a> - Spring/Easter
</span></li>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://digichoosday.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Digi Choosday Challenge</a> - AG
</span></li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Everybody-Art-Challenge</a><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"> <i>- AG</i></span>
</span></li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">Fab n Funky</a><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: center;"> - Spring</span>
</span></li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span>Lil Patch of Crafty Friends</span></a> - AG
</span></li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Little Red Wagon</a><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"> - CAS</span>
</span></li>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Paper Shelter</a> - Spring Colors
</span></li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span>The Crafty Addicts</span></a><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"> - AG</span>
</span></li>
<li>
<span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span>The Paper Funday</span></a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px;"> - AG</span></span>
</li>
</ul>
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</div>Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-22244735137522175392024-03-09T02:00:00.031-06:002024-03-09T02:04:02.127-06:00Daffodils and Blackbirds<p style="text-align: justify;">
Hello and welcome! It's time for a new challenge at
<a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts</a> and Lynn is
hosting this week. For her optional theme she selected "<b>Add Yellow</b>"
which I happen to love, especially this time of the year so it was perfect for
me to finally ink up a new to me stamp set.
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<br />I didn't plan on making 2 cards but somehow that's how it ended so here
they are both using the same stamps -
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/a4-stamp-set-623">Elegant Spring Florals</a>
#623 and
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/a5-stamp-set-530">Blackbird</a>
#530 both by Aall and Create.
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On the card above I made a smooshed background using
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4g412">Squeezed Lemonade</a> and
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4g413">Wilted Violet </a>ink (or was it
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4g414">Villianous Potion</a>??) then stamped the
floral image onto the card. I colored with distress inks and pencils. I wasn't
too thrilled with it so far and that's when I decided to start working on the
second card (below). But when that one was finished I decided to go back
this one and added the blackbirds and garden sentiment which is also part of
the Blackbird set. I inked the edged with Squeezed Lemonade ink then mounted
onto black cardstock and then a white card base.
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<div>I plan to share this card with these challenges:</div>
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<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://daisychainchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Daisy Chain Challenges</a> - Flowers</span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Double<span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"> D Challenge</span></span></a><a href="http://daranddiane.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">s</a><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.335px;"> - First Signs of Spring</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.335px;"><a href="http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">Fab n Funky</a> - Favorite Colors (I love yellow and purple)</span>
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<span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.335px;"><a href="http://pammiesinkypinkieschallenges.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges</a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px;"> - AG</span></span>
</li>
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<span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.335px;"><a href="https://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Paper Shelter</a><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px;"> - In the Garden</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.335px;"><a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge</a> - Bright and Cheerful</span>
</li>
<li>
<span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.335px;"><a href="http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stamping Sensations</a> - Spring</span>
</li>
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<span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.335px;"><a href="https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Triple B</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"> - Birds, Blooms or Butterflies</span></span>
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<span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.335px;"><a href="http://welove2create.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">We Love 2 Create</a> - Something Creative</span>
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<span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.335px;"><a href="http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Word Art Wednesdays</a> - AG</span>
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<div>And here is the other card I made with the same stamps.</div>
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Here I started with a circle die cut mask then inked with
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4g412">Squeezed Lemonade</a> Oxide ink and also
used a stencil (<a href="https://shrsl.com/4g41j">Circle Explosion</a>). Next I stamped the image and colored with
<a href="https://amzn.to/49ZDaQs">Faber Castell Polychromos</a> pencils. I stamped "Narcissus" on a scrap piece
and added 3 <a href="https://shrsl.com/4g417">enamel dots</a> next to it. I
wanted to turn this into a birthday card so I added the Penny Black birthday
sentiment from the set
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4g410">Sprinkles and Smiles</a> and
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4g419">Stickles glitter </a>to the bloom. Still
seemed like it needed something else so I got out the Blackbird set and
stamped the birds. Believe it or not but this is when I thougth there was
too much going on now LOL so this is when I decided to finish the above
card. Well, my daughter liked this one more so I decided to show both :) And I can't really say which one I prefer now that I finished both. Which one do you like more?</div>
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I plan to share the above card with these challenges:
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Aud Sentiments Blog Challenge</a> - Glitter</span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://beautifulblossomschallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Beautiful Blossoms</a> - Flowers</span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game!</a> - Stencils and Spring</span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Dragonfly Dreams</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - Circles</span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Dream Valley Challenges</a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - Sparkle</span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Incy Wincy Designs</a> - Birthday</span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">{PIN}spirational</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - Glitter</span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Simon Says Stamp</a> - Add a sentiment</span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Sisterhood of Crafters</a><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"> - Dots or Stripes</span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">The Paper Funday</a><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"> - Dies or AG (I used a die cut as a mask)</span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">We Love Stamping</a> - Feminine</span></li>
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Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-32260440993796134422024-03-06T00:00:00.002-06:002024-03-06T00:00:00.247-06:00Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - March Challenge<p style="text-align: justify;">
Hello and welcome to
<u>Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - March challenge</u> taking place right here
on my blog! I'm so glad you stopped by and hopefully you'll share your own
crafty makes too. The linky tool is at the end of this post. There were so many fabulous entries last month so be sure to
check out who made the top 3!
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As most of you know, the theme is now always ....
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Anything Goes </h3>
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and instead of a challenge theme there will be a "Top Pick Twist", meaning I
will select a twist from all of the entries for the Top 3. Nobody will know
what the twist will be (not even me) until the end of the challenge. So do
link up all of your crafty makes, your entry might be the one inspiring the
Top Pick twist :)
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Here is what I came up with:</p>
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I was inspired to give my
<a href="https://amzn.to/48HiX0H">gel press</a> another try so I started by
<a href="https://amzn.to/3P9sEhL">brayering</a> Tumbled Glass, Blueprint Sketch and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide inks onto my
square <a href="https://amzn.to/4bWsJix">gel press</a> then flicked some water onto it with a brush before taking
the print. I wasn't too thrilled with the outcome but was determined to make
it work so I stamped my old Stampin Up French Script onto the background for
some more interest. For the focal point I decided to use a Penny Black
Christmas wreath die (<a href="https://amzn.to/49CbG3L">birds on a wreath</a>)
but used pastel colors and cut away the baubles and relocated the birds to turn it into a wedding/
anniversary card.
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<a href="https://amzn.to/49CbG3L">wreath die</a>
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The little flowers were done with an old Stampin Up punch (flower trio). I
added white <a href="https://shrsl.com/4g0k0">enamel dots</a> to the flower
centers. The hearts are another Penny Black die (<a href="https://amzn.to/3uXXxP6">heart bow die</a>), I trimmed part of the die cut off to make it work for the design. Finally
I added the silk ribbon bow and sentiment which is from an old Whimsy Stamps set. Love the simple font. For some shimmer and sparkle I used my
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4g0kh">Wink of Stella</a> clear glitter brush on
the flowers, birds and wreath.
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font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Crafty Gals Corner</a><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px;"> - Add a Heart</span></span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Die Cut Divas</a> - AG with Die Cuts</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Dream Valley Challenges</a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px;"> - sparkle</span></span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://hqcelebrationsoflovechallenges.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Heart's Quest Celebration of Love</a> - Anything Love Goes</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">My Time to Craft</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px;"> - Create Your Own Background</span></span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://pammiesinkypinkieschallenges.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges</a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px;"> - AG</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 19.4px;"><a href="http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/" style="line-height: 19.4px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="new">Penny Black Saturday Challenge</a> - AG with PB Products</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stamping Sensations</a> - Spring</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Triple B</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"> - Blooms, Birds or Butterflies and opt. mood board below</span></span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">We Love Stamping</a> - Feminine </span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://welove2create.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">We Love 2 Create</a> -AG</span></li></ul><div><div><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-P1O27YjHRJcas8krAXaufWPs6C6Fu74oD3mK2aakpAdWhDldfd--vayKujED87cUGEFXISIsct48vA0xzW7bMZtKqPpmJAA1muzgg_WXgDqftkVvGTb42P1WiBdlBS7JefCxZKS7Fy0_wnARMscQoXYAuAWkOezPUz_avzGno5d8xc3e8Z-tnzgmagZP" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: start;">As always I had a hard time selecting the top picks with a twist but it is
a part of the challenge I enjoy as I take more time to study the linky
tools gallery, and I finally decided on the Twist of: </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: start;">Feathered Friends</b><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: start;">. And here are the top picks listed in the order of entry:</span>
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No. 9
<a href="http://www.cardsbymelanie.com/2024/02/09/can-you-handle-the-pressure-red-pink/">Melanie</a>
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<a href="https://secretstamper.com/2024/02/jungle-pals-pop-up-birthday-card-for-creative-creases-76/">Debbie</a></div>
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<a href="https://chrissyscardland.blogspot.com/2024/02/tags.html">Chrissy</a>
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my weekly Allsorts challenge card and the February Card Chain Challenge card.</p>
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First up is my card for the new
<a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts challenge</a> where
Lorraine is hosting this week with her optional theme of
<b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Spring</span></b>. Hope you will join us for your chance to win. Prizes come from <a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/boutique?ref=HDC-c00E4T4_tj">AALL and Create</a>
and <a href="https://www.aldridgecrafts.co.uk/">Aldridge Crafts</a> for
weeks 769 and 770. Remember, winners will be announced on the last Friday of
the month and Top 5 next Friday.
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For my card I decided to ink up some Lavinia stamps and created this cute spring
scene. I started out with Lavinia's
<a href="https://amzn.to/4bVeri7">hills masks</a> and a MFT
<a href="https://amzn.to/48FD13D">cloud stencil</a> to create the background.
Then I stamped the tree (<a href="https://amzn.to/49TVN8e">Celestial Tree</a>)
and Hares (<a href="https://amzn.to/49uPIj9">Whimsical Hares</a>) using
Ground Espresso Oxide ink and a bit of green ink on the tree buds to make it
look like a spring tree. The flowers are Lavinia's
<a href="https://www.laviniastamps.com/product/lavender/">Lavender</a>. The
<a href="https://amzn.to/48zc6GO">bee</a> is also from Lavinia and sentiment is
an oldie from Stampin Up. I added stickles glitter to the tree, bee and flowers
for some sparkle.<br />
<div>Iplan to share the above card with these challenges:</div><div><br /></div>
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<ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://alohafridaychallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Aloha Friday Challenge</a> - Pastel colors</span></li>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Creative Fingers</a> - AG</span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Dream Valley Challenges</a> - 4 legged friends</span>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 19.404px;"><a href="http://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">K<span style="line-height: 19.404px;">rafty Chicks</span></a></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 19.404px;"> - AG</span>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 19.404px;"><a href="http://pammiesinkypinkieschallenges.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges</a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px;"> - AG</span></span>
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<li><a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge</a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px;"> - Fur or Feathers</span></li>
<li><a href="http://pammiesinkypinkieschallenges.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges</a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px;"> - AG</span></li>
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Next up is my card for the February
<a href="https://cardchainchallenge.blogspot.com/">Card Chain Challenge</a>
where today is reveal day. My card went to Alice in Finland this time. As
always we are given a variety of themes/challenges to choose from and I went
with the colors this time.
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I love these colors and knew right away it's what I wanted to choose. I
also got a bit inspired by the sketch so I added my image panel at an
angle although I'm not sure I like it that way.
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The image is new to me from a set by Aall and Create <a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/913-a5-stamps-don-t-stop-me-now">Don't Stop Me Now</a>. I colored with
<a href="https://amzn.to/3SUgwSG">zig clean color markers</a>. I added
some diluted distress ink onto the background then stamped just the 2
flowers from the same image onto the top right corner. Sentiment is a
quote from Tim Holtz'
<a href="https://amzn.to/3uSo5kW">Small Talk</a> sticker sentiment book.
My plan was to tie some twine onto the staple (twine was another option
from the February challenge) but it seemed out of place to my eye so I
took it off again and added sticky rhinestones in sky blue instead. I
haven't heard yet from Alice but hopefully she received the card and likes
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Still a little time yet to join in the March card chain challenge if you
like to sign up. You do need to be willing to make and mail a card to one
other participant (the person who signed up before you) and you will
receive one card from another participant. All the details can be found
<a href="https://cardchainchallenge.blogspot.com/p/faqs.html">here</a>.
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<a href="https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/">Four Seasons</a>
challenge blog as it's now time to put away those winter stamps and start
thinking <b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">SPRING</span></b>!! As always we have a fun mood board to inspire you but you may share
<i>anything spring</i>, the mood board is optional in case you need a starting
point.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiH55SmM7JHom50Q_KzsjjtqSFuwgGWYdsBRynbEbXFP_04RawTy3jG0w05wR80lzRhyw0yEhvKBMrjdz04PgIhRgTxWZcpmMP3JHcoWmFhQXwn39eNxlJ-WX8rTpQ2gBCJUGdblQ65Y8pUMlwkBSRJpEz0md_ENXym6gPYA6LtUhRUmucpS2KSVQgfswlu" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="400" data-original-width="304" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiH55SmM7JHom50Q_KzsjjtqSFuwgGWYdsBRynbEbXFP_04RawTy3jG0w05wR80lzRhyw0yEhvKBMrjdz04PgIhRgTxWZcpmMP3JHcoWmFhQXwn39eNxlJ-WX8rTpQ2gBCJUGdblQ65Y8pUMlwkBSRJpEz0md_ENXym6gPYA6LtUhRUmucpS2KSVQgfswlu=w242-h320" width="242" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"> Here is what I came up with inspired by the mood board.</span></p>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The stamp is from the Penny Black set Chick to Chick. It's an older clear
set but <a href="https://amzn.to/3wtibqJ">available at Amazon</a> (USA) with
free shipping as I type this. I stamped with Memento Tuxedo ink then
colored with <a href="https://amzn.to/42V4kpv">Copic</a> markers and fussy cut. On the background I stamped the
grass from the PB set <a href="https://amzn.to/3wrLU3f">Enjoy Life</a>,
another oldie. I used the circle frame die from Penny Black's die set
<a href="https://amzn.to/4bKXcA5">Soaring</a> which also includes the
little butterflies I added to the top of the card. Two blossoms from my
stash and some <a href="https://shrsl.com/4fm26">enamel dots</a> finish
off the card. I also used a <a href="https://shrsl.com/4ft3l">Wink of Stella</a> clear glitter brush on the
Easter eggs for some sparkle. The sentiment is part of the set
<a href="https://amzn.to/3wtibqJ">Chick to Chick</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
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<span><a href="http://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">A Perfect Time To Craft</a> - AG</span>
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<span><a href="https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Ally's Angels</a> - AG</span>
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<span><a href="http://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Critter Crazy Challenges</a> - AG with a critter</span>
</li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">I love Promarkers</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - AG</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="http://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">K<span style="line-height: 19.404px;">rafty Chicks</span></a> - AG</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Little Red Wagon</a> - Stencils (I used a cloud stencil)</span></span></li>
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<span><a href="http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">My Time to Craft</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - Create your own background </span></span>
</li><li><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/">Penny Black Saturday</a> - Wings</span></span></li>
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<span><a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge</a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - Fur or Feathers</span></span>
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</div>Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-54769518606360311832024-02-24T02:00:00.049-06:002024-02-24T02:00:00.253-06:00Fly Free<p style="text-align: justify;">
Hello everyone, it's time already for a new theme at
<a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts challenge</a> and
Liz is hosting this week. She picked the optional theme of "<b>Things that Fly</b>" or you can go with <b>Anything Goes</b>. All entries following our simple
rules will be entered into the prize drawing and considered for the top 5 so
hope you'll come join us this week with either option. We have prizes
from
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/boutique?ref=HDC-c00E4T4_tj">AALL and Create</a>
and <a href="https://www.aldridgecrafts.co.uk/">Aldridge Crafts</a>, they are
for challenges 769 and 770. This challenge ends in March so look out for the
winners post on the last Friday of March. Oh, and if you haven't already, be
sure to check out yesterday's winners post where the February winners were
announced!
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This theme was the perfect opportunity for me to ink up this beautiful
butterfly stamp from Aall and Create called
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/a5-stamp-set-729-spread-your-wings">Spread Your Wings</a>, another set I purchased when they had their super sale. </p>
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I started out by masking the edges of the image panel using washi tape and
brushed some clean water onto the Bristol Vellum paper. Then I added diluted
Distress ink with a brush. I used <a href="https://shrsl.com/4fhrz">Broken China</a> and <a href="https://shrsl.com/4fhs2">Cracked Pistachio</a> ink. The
beautiful image was stamped onto the paper using Broken China ink then onto
scrap paper using Versafine Onyx ink. Distress inks were then used to color
both butterflies and then fussy cut along with the circle. "Fly Free" is from
the same set. I layered the image panel on inked cardstock (using Cracked
Pistachio ink) then a white card base.
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</li><li><span><a href="http://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">K<span style="line-height: 19.404px;">rafty Chicks</span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 19.404px; text-align: left;"> - All Occasions</span></span></li>
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Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-83134383858259768672024-02-21T02:00:00.265-06:002024-02-23T08:07:18.259-06:00I Spy With My Little Eye...Something Beginning with B" (Challenge No. 12)<p style="text-align: justify;">
Hello and welcome! Today is the start of a new "<b>I spy with my little eye</b>" challenge which takes place right here on my blog. Pauline and I are back
with a new theme and we hope you'll join us this month! We had lots of
fantastic entries last month so be sure to scroll down to see who made the top
2. Remember, our top picks are invited to join us as guest designers for a future challenge.</p>
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But first let's announce our new theme. It was Pauline's turn to select a
theme and she chose....
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<b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"Something beginning with B"</span>.</b>
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So many options here and I am sure you will have some fun ideas for
this one. We can't wait to see what you'll share with us!
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<p style="text-align: center;">My Card (Ellie)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><b>B for Bunnies, Blossoms and Blue</b></p>
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For my card I decided to ink up this cute bunny image from the set
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/a4-stamp-set-530">In the Wild</a>
by Aall and Create. I was lucky to get it at a discounted price but it's back
to normal price now. I made the background with
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4fb4s">Blueprint Sketch</a> Distress Oxide ink
where I applied the ink with a brush onto a wet background for a simple
watercolor look. Next I stamped the image using SU's Bashful Blue ink, stamped
it again using <a href="https://amzn.to/49Dpn1Q">Versafine Onyx</a> ink on
scrap paper and fussy cut after coloring with my
<a href="https://amzn.to/48olLzP">Zig Clean Color</a> markers. The blossom has
been stamped, colored and fussy cut again to add with foam tape. Before adding
the image and circle die cut to the card I stamped an image from Aall and Create set
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/a4-stamp-set-368">Seeds of Hope</a> in bashful blue ink on the watercolor background, then stamped the little bunnies from the set
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/a7-stamp-set-756-miniatures">Miniatures</a>. "Happy Easter" is an oldie from Penny Black. Stickles glitter was applied
to the flower centers.
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<p style="text-align: justify;">I plan to share with these challenges:</p>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://craftyanimals.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Crafty Animals</a> - Animals</span>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Creative Knockouts </a>- Die Cuts</span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stamping Sensations</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - Animals (3rd entry)</span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">The Paper Funday</a><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"> - No Patterned Papers</span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://tictactoechallenge.com/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Tic Tac Toe Challenge</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">Top Row: Bunny, Die Cut, Sparkle</span></span>
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<b><a href="https://passionforpapercraft.blogspot.com/2024/02/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-12.html">Pauline's Card</a>:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">B for Bubble Bloom, Birthday and Butterfly</b></p>
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What a beautiful and unique blossom and gorgeous colors! Be sure to stop by <a href="https://passionforpapercraft.blogspot.com/2024/02/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-12.html">Pauline's blog</a> to find out how she made this card! <br /><br /> <br /> <br /> We're excited to have not one but two guest designers joining us this time - <a href="https://cardsscrapsandotherjunk.blogspot.com/">Jennifer</a> and <a href="https://piaspapirogperler.blogspot.com/2024/02/guest-designer-card-for-i-spy-with-my.html">Pia</a>, thank you both so much for accepting the invitations!<div> <br />
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</div></div>Absolutely beautiful in these wonderful shades of blue! Please visit <a href="https://cardsscrapsandotherjunk.blogspot.com/">Jennifer's blog</a> to find out how she made this card.<div><br /><div> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://piaspapirogperler.blogspot.com/2024/02/guest-designer-card-for-i-spy-with-my.html">Pia's Card</a></b></div>
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A fantastic masculine make from Pia with lots of "B". Did you find them all? Be sure to visit <a href="https://piaspapirogperler.blogspot.com/2024/02/guest-designer-card-for-i-spy-with-my.html">Pia's blog</a> to find out how she made this card.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">We had lots of wonderful entries last month, many thanks to every who join in the fun! We really enjoyed visiting your blogs. Selecting favorites is never easy but we finally managed and here they are in the order of entry:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><i><span style="color: #999999;">*To be in compliance with GDPR, Top Pick photos and links will be removed after the start of the new challenge.</span></i> </div><div><br /></div><div>Remember, both <span style="color: red;">Top Picks are invited to join us in the next challenge</span> if you like to. That would be for challenge no. 13 starting March 20th ! Of course it's not a requirement but we would love to have you as guests!!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #575757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #575757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;">No. 41 <a href="https://marsvrouw.blogspot.com/2024/02/barbie-outfits-en-simpel-kaartje.html">Irene M</a>. 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Hello and welcome! It's time for my weekly card share for
<a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts challenge</a>. Dena
is our host this week and she selected the theme of "<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Pink</b></span>" for her option. If pink isn't your thing then you are welcome to select the
"<b>anything goes</b>" option. All will be considered for the top five and
will be entered into the prize drawing. <span style="text-align: left;">Prizes come from</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/boutique?ref=HDC-c00E4T4_tj" style="text-align: left;">AALL and Create</a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">and</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://www.laviniastamps.com/" style="text-align: left;">Lavinia</a><span style="text-align: left;">, they are for weeks 767 and 768, winners will be announced the last Friday of the month.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It was Valentine's week and so I decided to make a Valentine's card. I made
two identical cards to give to the kids with some sweet treats :) And I made
cupcakes for Valentine's Day as a dessert so I thought this cute mouse with
cupcake image was a perfect choice.
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<span style="text-align: left;">I was so busy this week (which seems like a weekly pattern for me) so I
had to come up with a quick design. I find a stencil plus image usually works
so well for a quick card so that I what I did. I selected a "rays" stencil. This particular one
came in a set of 3 by <a href="https://shrsl.com/4f5ml">Vicki Boutin</a>.
I used </span><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://shrsl.com/4f5mm">Picked Raspberry</a> Distress ink then
stamped the image from the Penny Black set
<a href="https://amzn.to/3wl8MBy">Loads of Love</a> using Memento Tuxedo
ink and colored with <a href="https://amzn.to/3uu9A6K">Copic</a> markers.
Some stickles glitter in
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4f5mp">Stardust</a> was added to the cupcake. The sentiment is an oldie from Stampin Up (I think). I mounted the image panel onto card stock inked with Raspberry ink and then a white card
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<br /><br /></div><div>I plan to share with these challenges:<ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">As You Like It Challenge</a> - Digi or physical stamp (physical stamps - I find them much quicker to use)</li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Crafty Catz</a> - Valentine</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Crafty Gals Corner</a> - Add a Heart</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game!</a><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px;"> - Stencils and Love</span></span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://creationsinpink.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Creations in Pink</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> - AG in mainly pink</span></span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Creative Fingers</a> - AG</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Creative Inspirations Challenge</a> - AG</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Critter Crazy Challenges</a> - Critter</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Double<span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"> D Challenge</span></span></a><a href="http://daranddiane.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">s</a> - Hearts</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://hqcelebrationsoflovechallenges.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Heart's Quest Celebration of Love</a> - Valentine's Day</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="http://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">K<span style="line-height: 19.404px;">rafty Chicks</span></a> - CAS</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Little Red Wagon</a> - Show some Love</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.co.uk/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Moving along with the Times</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px;"> - Hearts</span></span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Passion For Markers Challenge</a> - Sparkle</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 19.4px;"><a href="http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/" style="line-height: 19.4px;" target="new">Penny Black Saturday Challenge</a> - PB Stamps</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://scscards.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px;" target="_blank">Simply Clean and Simple</a> - CAS w/ option of pink</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Sisterhood of Crafters</a> - Love</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stamping Sensations</a> - Creatures</span></li></ul><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://shrsl.com/4f5nr" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="200" data-original-width="1200" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3eq_yZVIGIMKADAidmiRfHFLzfVqHFbBAjn6yd9GDf3dqE4hDZY_nC2GsMHdXQ7aZ4hatGDiE5dm-h_S4Mh6kLbTtvbliEXHYLxR0KcIZZy3NRDcpUrmnGFusEYFye_0fvUoEHwvA-X69s940ofEiJMxT10p7FRviNZakJKSJwfC_Zk9lnwN6JVk0D2U7=w640-h106" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 15.84px;"><a href="https://shrsl.com/4f5nr">>>>>>>>Countdown to Spring Sale at Scrapbook.com/Ad</a></span></div><p><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; 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Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-31337041386819383782024-02-10T02:00:00.001-06:002024-02-10T02:00:00.144-06:00Banner of Love<p style="text-align: justify;">
Hello and welcome! It's time already for a new theme at
<a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts challenge</a> and
Mervi is hosting this week. For her optional theme she selected "<span style="color: red;"><b>Hearts</b></span>" and we would love to see your creations including at least one heart but as
always there is the <b>anything goes option</b> and all your handmade
creations are welcome for a chance to be entered into the prize drawing or to
be selected for the Top 5. We have prizes from
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/boutique?ref=HDC-c00E4T4_tj">AALL and Create</a>
and <a href="https://www.laviniastamps.com/">Lavinia</a>, they will be
for challenges 767 and 768 and winners will be announced on the last Friday of
February.
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<p>Here is what I made and I includes lots of hearts :)</p>
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The cute image is Penny Black's
<a href="https://amzn.to/4bAeAqT">Banner of Love</a>. It's an oldie but
new to me. I purchased the stamp last year along with several other Margaret
Sherry designs for Penny Black as I am still collecting those wood mounted
stamps. This is my first time using this one :)
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The die cut trees were cut with Penny Black die
<a href="https://amzn.to/3HYXnd2">Beneach the Birches</a>. Lightly inked them
with <a href="https://shrsl.com/4eslf">Spun Sugar</a> Distress ink. Then
on the bottom I used Penny Black die
<a href="https://amzn.to/3wbFZiK">Love Always</a>. The image has been colored
with Copic markers. It had been so long since I used my copics, I accidentally
used the wrong ink pad so I had to be careful when coloring as it can smear
and did smear right around his cheek but I added some white dots with a white
<a href="https://amzn.to/42B6L05">Sakura gel pen</a> in that area so it's not
as visible anymore.
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I used a <a href="https://amzn.to/3SxdLqf">cloud</a> and
<a href="https://amzn.to/4bIjVg6">grass</a> stencil both by MFT and
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4eslf">Spun Sugar</a> Distress ink for a pink
scene. Hard to see but I stamped xoxoxo on the top left and bottom right, then
the sentiment from the PB set
<a href="https://amzn.to/42PrPQR">Furry Affection</a> which didn't end up
centered between the trees so I added some tiny die cut hearts ont the right
side of the sentiment.
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You have until Friday to join us wether you add a heart or not we'd love to
see your creations!
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<p>Planning to share with these challenges - I found lots of them!!</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #45818e;"><a href="https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: georgia; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">A Place To Start</span></a> - Monochromatic</span></span></li><li><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #45818e;"><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Aud Sentiments Blog Challenge</span></a> - Use Dies</span></span></span></li><li><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://craftyanimals.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Crafty Animals</a> - AG with Animals</span></span></li><li><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #45818e;"><a href="https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: helvetica; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game!</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: helvetica;"> - Love and Hearts</span></span></span></li><li><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #45818e;"><a href="https://creationsinpink.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Creations in Pink</a> - Mainly Pink</span></span></li><li><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Critter Crazy Challenges</a> - Critters</span></span></li><li><a href="http://daisychainchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" style="background-color: white; color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Daisy Chain Challenges</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #45818e;"> - AG</span></li><li><a href="https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Double<span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"> D Challenge</span></span></a><a href="http://daranddiane.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #2b8da1; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">s</a><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> - Heartfelt</span></li><li><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Dragonfly Dreams</span></a> - Hearts</span></span></li><li><a href="https://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/" style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Paper Shelter</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> - Hearts</span></li><li><a href="http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.ca/" style="background-color: white; color: #2b8da1; font-family: helvetica; text-decoration-line: none;">Passion For Markers Challenge</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #45818e;"> - Hearts</span></li><li><a href="http://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" style="background-color: white; color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Pearly Sparkles Challenge</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #45818e;"> - Love</span></li><li><a href="https://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/">Penny Black Saturday</a>
- AG with PB Stamps
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<li><a href="https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Simon Says Stamp</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> - Love is in the Air</span></li><li><a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/" style="background-color: white; color: #2b8da1; font-family: georgia; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #45818e;"> - Fun with Stencils</span></li><li><a href="http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Stamping Sensations</span></a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> - Animals</span></li>
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<span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><a href="https://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #76a5af;">The Crafty Addicts</span></a><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #45818e;"> - AG</span></span>
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<span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #45818e;">The Paper Funday</span></a> - No Designer Papers</span></span>
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<li><a href="https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/" style="background-color: white; color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">We Love Stamping</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #45818e;"> - Romance</span></li>
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Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-60083397325132491932024-02-07T00:00:00.002-06:002024-03-05T20:15:35.703-06:00Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - February Challenge<p style="text-align: justify;">
Hello and welcome to <u>Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - February challenge</u>
taking place right here on my blog. I'm so glad you stopped by today and hope
you'll join in too for a chance to be featured next month. There were many fabulous entries last month, thank you all so much for joining in. My Top Picks with a Twist are at the end of the post.</p>
I'm sure most of you know by now.. the theme is now always............
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Anything Goes</b></span>
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<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">and instead of a challenge theme there will be a top pick twist, meaning the top picks will each have something in common. But nobody knows what the twist will be (not even me) and will be inspired by YOUR creations. So do link up all your new or recently created crafty makes (any type of craft) for your chance to have your project featured the next month! The linky tool is at the end of the post.</div>
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Here is what I made and this time I was inspired by one of the January top
picks :)
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I heat embossed the flower and birds from the Aall and Create set
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/a4-stamp-set-648">Friendship Florals</a> (#648) using <a href="https://shrsl.com/4eo6v">Versamark ink</a> and <a href="https://shrsl.com/4eo6x">Gold embossing powder</a> on black card stock. The floral image was
colored with <a href="https://amzn.to/49s9Phw">Faber Castell Polychromos</a> pencils. Next I used TCW
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4eo6i">Tile stencil </a>and
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4eo6h">Tumbled Glass</a> Distress Oxide ink for
some interest on the background. The sentiment is from the set
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/a5-stamp-set-496">Foliage</a> (#496) also by Aall and Create. I thought it needed something else
white in the top corner to coordinate with the sentiment snippets so I added a
die cut butterfly (Penny Black <a href="https://amzn.to/3HMfQd3">Soaring</a>)
which I embellished with some clear
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4eo6m">"candy" dots</a>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately my coloring
didn't turn out as vibrant as the one I was inspired by but had lots of fun
with the technique. Lighter colors definitely show up better on black card stock and I should have known that as this wasn't my first try coloring on black card stock, but I had the idea to use black, red and white on the card with the gold embossing. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: justify;">This post may include some affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission if you purchase something through the links. As always, this is at no cost to you. Thank you so much for supporting this blog!</i><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
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I plan to link with these challenges:<div><br /><div><a href="https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/">Stencil Fun</a> - Use Stencils</div><div><a href="http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Dream Valley Challenges</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px;"> - Add a sentiment</span></div><div><a href="http://pammiesinkypinkieschallenges.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px;"> - AG</span></div><div><a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge</span></a> - Fun with Stencils</div><div><a href="https://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Stamps & Fun = Creativity</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px;"> - Beginning with B (Blooms, Birds, Black, Butterfly)</span></div><div><a href="https://beautifulblossomschallenge.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Beautiful Blossoms</a> - Flowers</div><div><a href="https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Triple B</a> - Blooms, Birds and/or Butterflies </div><div><a href="http://welove2create.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #134f5c;">We Love 2 Create</span></a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"> - Anything Creative/Mixed Media</span></div><div><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://shrsl.com/4eo7b" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="200" data-original-width="1200" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguR_KFODgQ7cClTs2QExfEnvkBm4tsyIRNSOuDBNRDp1YXG_5H_7OgJ4PtHa7XrAQ8jdwVDPLS52HnNxGivpV6ZpwkKb4sykjvmpc1mWtXZ0tJaH2MuTv43JPWhqlAECf6pkJ_ZSeiE7pl4nKExUQl1JVVxeipLH6U8lX7M_JcALzcSphqn8QHSWwVO6X-=w640-h106" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">>>>>>>>>>>>>></span><a href="https://shrsl.com/4eo7b" style="font-size: 14.85px;">Stamping and Mixed Media Sale at Scrapbook.com/Ad</a></div><br /></span></div><div><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">January Top Picks with a Twist</h3>
<p>
As always I had a hard time selecting the top picks with a twist but it is a
part of the challenge I enjoy as it gives me extra time to study the linky
tools gallery, and I finally decided on the Twist of:
<b>Beautiful Blooms</b>. That means each one of my top picks features
flowers this time. I could have chosen at least another 3 but finally narrowed it down to these.</p><p>They are listed in the order of entry:
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No. 65 Helen F.
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No. 74 Jackie C.
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No. 76 Loopyloo
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Congratulations everyone! Well deserved recongnition! Your top pick logo is below, you may place it on your own blogs if you like to :)</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="320" data-pin-me-only="true" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhquP8EI7wiaP2djeO6s_V_xpSIkHY4isXzbNEC9nFXme8UmkCWzFv4KfAAyxv1vvuXikj0TRpSvC5UZLiFUqM8TNwFd4TcCQxyh4ljMRWMxdy0YL6t_QYe78unF2AJSFn1Uo_aeIDgN6AhSmVEgzCpTmwcOnHKK8nkesYfQuCYdck-ONHJkbO-nkppr7oe" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; color: #33aaff; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></div></div></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">I will continue to pin the top picks to the dedicated </span><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/ellibelle16/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-challenge-top-picks/" style="color: #2288bb; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Pinterest board</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">, but will also include photo and link back to the original blogs/sites here. These will be removed at the start of the new challenge to stay in compliance with GDPR.</span></p><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">To join in this month's challenge please use the linky tool below. You have until Wednesday February 28th to play along! </div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"><div style="font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: start;">A few things to remember:</div><div style="font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: start;"><ul style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><i>You may combine with any other challenges.</i></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><i>You may use any brand of stamps/digis/products (no company restriction).</i></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><i>Please <u>try to limit your linked up cards to 3 entries per month</u> - it's ok if you end up with more than 3 but I may not be able to visit your entries after the 3rd.</i></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><i>Please do include a link back here to my blog in your blog post.</i></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><i>Backlinking to a recent post IS allowed.</i></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><i>Digital products are allowed and very welcome but the final piece has to be a physical handmade creation, not just digital</i></li></ul></div></div>
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</div>Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-10115682555877303942024-02-03T02:00:00.002-06:002024-02-03T02:19:43.977-06:00We're Playing Bingo at Allsorts Challenge<p style="text-align: justify;">
Hello and welcome! It's been a busy February on my blog so far and I am
back for the 3rd day in a row. Today is the start of a new
<a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts challenge</a> and
Brenda is our host. She created a fun <b>Bingo Board</b> and we hope you will
join in with us this week. Lots of great options with the theme but as always
you may select our "<b>anything goes</b>" option if you're not up to the
challenge. We have prizes from
<a href="https://www.spellbinders.co.uk/collections/shop-by-stampendous?gclid=Cj0KCQiAtOmsBhCnARIsAGPa5yYmwBGBpz3nAsiwX6n321NXk2K0tllxE7M6en8OWQ19JIjvf9XdIn4aAqmjEALw_wcB">Stampendous</a> and all entries will be entered into the prize drawing as long as our
simple rules are followed. Winners will be announced on the last Friday of the
month.
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<p style="text-align: center;">Here is our bingo board:</p>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;">And here is what I made:</div><p></p>
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From the first look at the bingo board it was clear that I was going to select
the bottom horizontal row as it includes some of my most favorite things:
Stencils, Twine and Flowers. I also knew I was going to use one of my new Aall
and Create stamp sets and decided on the beautiful Textured Florals set which
I was lucky enough to get while it was on a sale, this is my first time using
it. I did notice it has sold out but I found it on <a href="https://amzn.to/48afdEY">Amazon</a> USA from a private seller and it might be available
from other retailers as well.
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The background is a "smooshed" background using distress inks. I did add more green ink (I think Pine Needles ink) with an <a href="https://shrsl.com/4ehyy">ink applicator tool</a>. Next I used Aall and Create
stencil "<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/stencil-27-by-kassa-hayselden">Doily</a>" on the background. The flowers were first stamped directly onto the
background then again on scrap paper and fussy cut. I was going to leave them
white but decided to add just a touch of purple and then some glitter using <a href="https://amzn.to/42wMSra">Stickles</a> glitter glue in
Stardust. I also used <a href="https://amzn.to/42mEeLL">Wink of Stella</a> on
each flower petal but that sparkle didn't photograph well. Next I stamped the
text and bee from the Aall and Create set
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/a7-stamp-set-756-miniatures">Miniatures</a>. Thought I was done with the card front when I realized I had completey
forgotten about the twine and wasn't sure how to include it at
this point. I finally decided on adding a couple of buttons with white twine.
Not sure I like this addition but a challenge is a challenge and at least the
buttons match the background so well, so maybe they were meant to be included
:) I do wish I had used more twine but I just couldnt find a way to add more
of it without it looking "off". So the small pieces of twine will have to
do.
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I mounted the card front onto purple cardstock (inked with
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4ehyq">Wilted Violet</a> ink) then I created the
base by using a
<a href="https://amzn.to/3ugjn01">chickenwire stencil</a> (which is meant to
represent honeycombs in this case) using a light touch of Wilted Violet ink
once again. The flowers are large so this card measures about 6.5 x 6.5
inches.
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another view below:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87AqrQTk4lfBwOzbN4jpTTtf16jBuXaQM_BvCrhzO24rP_-7DLM5hri9MFiZB7MT6AvpdyzpngkWpwimQ6VDYkaZA6Q5Hu_mLiDJwFSTyc_tGjazIH-t9P02LCaRagUFc5jQd_GWKbLSHisUyZUZfpgxk6Xp7eaDzeCIS91Xb9z1s0mOR63TfJShlIARM/s2820/aall%20and%20create%20textured%20florals%20allsorts%20bingo1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2820" data-original-width="2728" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87AqrQTk4lfBwOzbN4jpTTtf16jBuXaQM_BvCrhzO24rP_-7DLM5hri9MFiZB7MT6AvpdyzpngkWpwimQ6VDYkaZA6Q5Hu_mLiDJwFSTyc_tGjazIH-t9P02LCaRagUFc5jQd_GWKbLSHisUyZUZfpgxk6Xp7eaDzeCIS91Xb9z1s0mOR63TfJShlIARM/w620-h640/aall%20and%20create%20textured%20florals%20allsorts%20bingo1.JPG" width="620" /></a></div><i style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: justify;">This post may include some affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission if you purchase something through the links. As always, this is at no cost to you. 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font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Creative Inspirations Challenge</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - AG</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">K<span style="line-height: 19.404px;">rafty Chicks</span></a> - Use Stamps</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au/" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Addicted to Stamps and More</a><i style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px;"> - Die Cut or Stencil (I used 2 stencils)</i></span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Paper Shelter</a> - Something beginning with F (Flowers)</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Simon Says Stamp</a><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"> - AG</span></span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Crafty Addicts</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"> </span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"> - AG</span></span></li><li><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; 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font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Recent posts you may have missed:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2024/02/its-still-winter-four-seasons-february.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2657" data-original-width="2622" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpoWBToU0neZ-ICaB3ZyD3nS-5PcDH_ofnwFor8m3oRhUBDKqgRS8E_4XjmrheKaHQtpOSDMtEZCsrf5sarjnk_-eaueu5mtab_ywD0bRvXQRR6AOOj_a2wTDRy6tuvKA1zbL6G8-AMtkVcXYDLHdFU-bo2hyTm1MJPFY-6TTeZy5WiyX9goNNCwtittc/w198-h200/penny%20black%20spread%20cheer%20on%20the%20town%20woodsy.JPG" width="198" /></a> <a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2024/02/january-card-chain-challenge-reveal-day.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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</div></div>Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-22333442930658445812024-02-02T02:00:00.103-06:002024-02-02T02:00:00.132-06:00January Card Chain Challenge Reveal Day<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Happy Friday!! It's the second of the month and that means it's time for the
January reveal at the
<a href="https://cardchainchallenge.blogspot.com/">Card Chain Challenge</a> -
who sent what to whom! My January card went to Renata in the NL. As usual we
were given a variety of challenge options to choose from, I went with the
theme of "<b>Magical</b>" and also tried to go with the colors
<span style="color: #01ffff;"><b>Aqua</b></span>, <span style="color: #666666;"><b>Slate</b></span> and
<span style="color: #800180;"><b>Amethyst</b></span>, but instead of Slate I used Black so it's not an exact match.</div><p></p>
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The background was done with Distress Oxide inks. Stamps are Lavinia's
<a href="https://amzn.to/4biKLuW">Dancing til Dawn</a>,
<a href="https://amzn.to/4bnTcoE">Spiral of Spells</a> and
<a href="https://amzn.to/3SoNV7D">Fern Leaf</a>. I added some glitter on
the fairy wings and around the edge of the card front to make it sparkle. The
sentiment sticker from Tim Holtz's
<a href="https://amzn.to/3UjYLi3">Small Talk sticker book</a> was a perfect
choice I thought.
</p><p><span style="text-align: justify;">I was happy to hear that Renata loved the card as I surely enjoyed making it :)</span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">There is still time to take part in the February Card Chain Challenge if you sign up by February 6th. You can do so <a href="https://cardchainchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/01/card-chain-challenge-sign-up-february.html">here</a>. Any cardmaker is welcome to join as long as you are willing to make and mail a card to the person who signed up ahead of you to be received by the end of the month. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I plan to share my fairy card with these challenges:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Paper Shelter</a> - Something beginning with F (Fairies)</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Simon Says Stamp</a><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"> - AG</span></span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Try It On Tuesday</a> - Add Some Text</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span>Crafting From the Heart </span></a>- AG</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span>Double Trouble Challenge</span></a></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - AG</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>
</div>Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-78780082977205043402024-02-01T00:00:00.015-06:002024-02-01T08:28:05.781-06:00It's Still Winter: Four Seasons February Challenge<p style="text-align: justify;">
Hello and welcome! It's the first of the month and that means it's time for a
new challenge at the
<a href="https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/">Four Seasons</a>
challenge blog. It's still winter!!! And I am so over it after the arctic
January we had!!! If you are living in the Midwest then I am sure you feel the
same!! Luckily we're starting off February with 10 degrees
<b>above freezing</b> and it feels like spring to me!!! I did totally enjoy
making today's winter themed cards as I finally managed to use that
bench stamp!!
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As always we have a fantastic mood board to inspire you but you can share any
of your new winter themed (or winter holidays) creations.
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Here is our February mood board and I am sure you can guess I was inspired by
the bottom right image.
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I've had this Penny Black stamp set (<a href="https://amzn.to/47U5Xoi">On the Town</a>) for a really long time, several years, but always shied away from using
it and only used the tree from this stamp set once before. Well, this time I
was determined to ink up that bench and light post. I did look for some
inspiration online (more on that below) on how to use/stamp the bench.
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2024/02/its-still-winter-four-seasons-february.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2657" data-original-width="2622" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdn9r0QiNGeGekZ3dvBueKC7k0CnbTf0zC9TmD766WFZo39Bis3l9WoNUawUfrTNcHdeX-X167E9ZO5mJuIicw4nNYcWDqdCQS9y4Z71-w3es8TGaLMcX4JzgOv7UJZhpnYshBG914HscB__f_DpGkCCq6tjGXV1XTi8WljjCw9b0yKRZx2IaGA7jI8R60/w632-h640/penny%20black%20spread%20cheer%20on%20the%20town%20woodsy.JPG" width="632" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 17.6px;">This post may include some affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission if you purchase something through the links. As always, this is at no cost to you. Thank you so much for supporting this blog!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">I started with a hill mask cut from copy paper, then inked with Stormy
Sky Distress Oxide ink. I did add a small spot of Antique Linen ink for the
light from the light post. And along the edges of the sky I also used Chipped
Sapphire ink. I decided to add a city skyline to the background using an old
stamp from Whimsy Stamps and no longer available but I do like
<a href="https://amzn.to/3HwLZVE">this one</a> by Penny Black or maybe
<a href="https://amzn.to/4ba9QrI">this one</a>. Next I moved the mask down a
bit to create a snow bank once again with Stormy Sky ink.</div>
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With the mask still in place I stamped the trees from the same "<a href="https://amzn.to/47U5Xoi">On the Town</a>" set. Removed the mask and now came the (to me) complicated part - stamping
the bench. I wanted the bench legs to be in the snow so I cut small pieces of
paper to use as masks. It wasn't too easy to place them just right but somehow
I managed. Then I stamped the lamp post behind the bench, masking off part of
it. On the card above I used a stamp from the Penny Black set
<a href="https://amzn.to/3HAmO4K">Spread Cheer</a>, the boy or girl pulling a
sled with a dog sitting on it. The little bunny is also from the
<a href="https://amzn.to/3HAmO4K">same set</a>. I inked a few more snowbanks
using the same mask. For a little extra detail I stamped a few twigs next to the bench and bottom right (Penny Black
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4ec1x">Woodsy</a> set).
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The snowflakes were done with a white
<a href="https://amzn.to/3untwYC">Posca</a> pen. I also used a white
<a href="https://amzn.to/3SbhYzK">Sakura gel pen</a> for a few highlights and
then <a href="https://amzn.to/47Xk9Nh">Frosted Lace</a> stickles glitter for a
bit of snowy sparkle.
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I am entering the card above to these challenges:
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<a href="http://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">A Perfect Time To Craft</a> - AG
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<span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; text-decoration-line: none;">Ally's Angels</a></span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - AG</span>
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<a href="https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Classic Design Challenge</a> - AG
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<a href="http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Crafts Galore Encore</a> - AG
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<a href="http://craftyanimals.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Crafty Animals</a> - AG w/animal (dog and bunny)
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<li><a href="http://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Critter Crazy Challenges</a> - AG with Critter</li>
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<a href="https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">The Creative Crafters</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - AG</span>
</li><li><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Crafty Gals Corner</a> - Winter Fun</span></li><li><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Double<span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"> D Challenge</span></span></a><a href="http://daranddiane.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #2b8da1; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">s</a><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.335px;"> - Sparkle and Shine (Sparkly Snowbanks)</span></span></li><li><a href="https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Simon Says Stamp</a> - AG</li><li><a href="http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Sisterhood of Crafters</a> - Winter Blues</li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #073763;">Double Trouble Challenge</span></a> - AG</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Get Creative Challenges</span></a> - Snow Much Fun</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://pathofpositivitychallenge.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Path of Positivity</span></a> - AG</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Stamps & Fun = Creativity</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"> - AG</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 19.4px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; line-height: 19.4px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="new">Penny Black Saturday Challenge</a> - AG with PB stamps</span></span></li>
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So the card right above was my original try but I thought it resembled my
inspiration piece just a bit too much. I did add a city
skyline and used the other set of people from the stamp set, plus the bunny and a
few twigs too but I find it looks too similar to Penny Black designer
<a href="https://cards.heathertelford.com/2014/09/28/walking-home-2/">Heather</a>'s card so I am sharing this just for inspiration but won't enter this one to
challenges.</div>
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As there is a moon on this card (a little hard to see but it's in the top right corner) I
thought the sentiment "Love you to the moon and back" was perfect and I will
give this to my husband for Valentine's Day :) </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You have until February 25th to join us this month. Hope to see you
there! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://shrsl.com/4eevq" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="200" data-original-width="1200" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrEhrMdzbVWStj9t9fdgIXhHce6gMsOLQ4-mClZ4XUiFYmTI6TvmaG7nIIBA_bp3mJDzD1vL68fJvQ4SdzrQd_ohUclwFvy13hOJM2lHxo-JR3gUs_K525PbdQBhVNor8DuZcFqIr8mB8N7ab03NHiMwLLcEXZUG01LYzuaY0bP-6hvWgHeb-v2TIuswkI=w640-h106" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://shrsl.com/4eevq">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Die Cutting Sale at Scrapbook.com/Ad</a></div></div>
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Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-66769929726880931682024-01-27T02:00:00.009-06:002024-01-27T02:00:00.146-06:00Not All Who Wander Are Lost<p>
It's Saturday again and that means a new theme starts today at
<a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts challenge</a>. It's
Lolo's turn to host and she wants to see "<b><span style="color: red;">Anything but Square</span></b>". Then of course there is still the <u>Anything Goes</u> option if anything
but square isn't for you. The prizes for this week and next (challenges 765
and 766) come from from <a href="https://www.spellbinders.co.uk/collections/shop-by-stampendous?gclid=Cj0KCQiAtOmsBhCnARIsAGPa5yYmwBGBpz3nAsiwX6n321NXk2K0tllxE7M6en8OWQ19JIjvf9XdIn4aAqmjEALw_wcB" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #d6181a; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">Stampendous</a> so don't miss your chance to win!
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For my project I decided to make a tall card but it's smaller scale so I will
give it to my husband to use as a bookmark. He loves to read fantasy
novels so "Pan" from Lavinia will be the perfect featured image.
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I started out by inking up a scene using some torn copy paper and a circle
mask for the sun. I had also just received another Aall and Create order which
included a stencil so I used that stencil for some rays. After the inking was
complete I used the following stamps from Lavinia:
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<p>
<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><i>Pan, Brodwyn and Maylin, Fern Leaf, </i></span><i style="text-align: justify;">, Quirky Mushrooms, </i><i style="text-align: justify;">Miniature Castle, Miniature Meadow Mushroom, Minitiature Stars</i></span>
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I finished off with some sparkles around the sun and fairy wings using a
Sakura Stardust gel pen and added the sticker sentiment from a Tim Holtz book
of sticky quotes.
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 17.6px;">Challenges I plan to share with:</span>
</p>
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<ul>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">Fab n Funky</a><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: center;"> - Stamp It</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Paper Shelter</a> - Anything But Square</span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">The Paper Funday</a> - AG</span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Word Art Wednesdays</a> - AG</span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Cardz 4 Guyz</a><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"> - No Ball Sports (hiking)</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game!</a><span style="font-size: 16.335px;"> - Stencils</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.ca/" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Everybody-Art-Challenge</a><span style="font-size: 16.335px;"> - AG</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://cupcakeinspirations.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Cupcake Inspirations</a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px;"> - Fairy Tales</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://pathofpositivitychallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Path of Positivity</a> - AG </span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Stamps & Fun = Creativity</a> - AG</span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Ally's Angels</a></span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"> - AG</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Classic Design Challenge</a> - AG</span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">The Creative Crafters</a> - AG</span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">A Gem of a Challenge</a></span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> - AG</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: 14.85px;">Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge Blog</a> - Anything Fantasy Goes</span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Lil Patch of Crafty Friends</a> - AG</span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">We Love Stamping</a> - Something New (new stencil)</span>
</li>
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Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-8238016964016851712024-01-20T02:00:00.002-06:002024-01-20T02:09:53.267-06:00January Blues<p style="text-align: justify;">
Happy Saturday, it's time already for a new theme at <a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts challenge</a>. Sarah
is our host and she selected the <i>optional</i> theme of "<span style="color: #2b00fe;">January Blues</span>". Prizes come from <span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f5f3f3; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/" style="background-color: #f5f3f3; color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">Polkadoodles</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f5f3f3; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"> and </span><a href="https://www.oakwooddirect.co.uk/" style="background-color: #f5f3f3; color: #ec9486; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;">Oakwood</a>, they are for challenges 763 and 764. Be sure to look for the winner's post
on the last Friday of the month.
</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
We're in the midst of another round of arctic temperatures around here so
you'd think I had enough of winter already (and that is so true!!) but I still
decided to make a snowman card although the thought of going "floral" had
crossed my mind too.
</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Here is what I came up with:</p>
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This cute snowman is part of the Penny Black set
<a href="https://amzn.to/3HtTRr7">Holly Jolly</a>. He's been stamped on a
scrap piece of cardstock, colored with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils then
fussy cut.
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On the background I started out with the Bokeh technique and some snowbanks.
After stamping the <a href="https://amzn.to/4b0OzAX">snowflakes</a> (by
Lavinia Stamps) and adding die cut snowflakes (<a href="https://shrsl.com/4dwc8">Penny Black die set</a>) not much of the bokeh is visible any longer. The trees were done with
Penny Black's die set
<a href="https://amzn.to/3O6RuhF">Beneath the Birches</a>. Winter sentiment is
by Lavinia Stamps (<a href="https://amzn.to/3Hp5lvW">Winter Magic</a>) and "Frosty Fun" is from a retired set by Whimsy Stamps. I embellished
with some <a href="https://amzn.to/425jlEA">Stickles</a> glitter on the
smaller die cut snowflakes and the snowman's hat, and a little<a href="https://shrsl.com/4dwco">
rhinestone</a>
in the center of the large snowflake.
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Here is a closeup....</p>
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font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Christmas Craft Creations</a> - Glitter and Sparkle</li><li><a href="http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Crafty Gals Corner</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"> - Winter Fun</span></li><li><a href="https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Double<span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"> D Challenge</span></span></a><a href="http://daranddiane.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #2b8da1; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">s</a> - Sparkle and Shine</li><li><a href="http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">Fab n Funky</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: center;"> - Stamp It</span></li><li><a href="http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;">Sisterhood of Crafters</a> - Icy Cold</li><li><a href="https://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #76a5af;">The Crafty Addicts</span></a> - AG</li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #073763;">Double Trouble Challenge</span></a></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px;"> - That Wintry Country Feeling</span></li><li><a href="http://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Get Creative Challenges</span></a> - Snow Much Fun</li><li><a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge</span></a> - Sparkle and Shine <span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"> </span></li></ul><p></p><div><br /></div>
Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-43937995365167284462024-01-17T02:00:00.199-06:002024-01-17T02:00:00.345-06:00I Spy With My Little Eye...............Hearts and/or Roses (Challenge No. 11)<p style="text-align: justify;">
Happy Wednesday and welcome to another "<b>I spy with my little eye</b>" challenge
taking place right here on my blog. Pauline and I are back with a new theme
and we hope you will join us too for a chance to be selected as a top pick
which comes with an invitation to be our guest designer(s). You can scroll down
to see who the top picks from our last challenge were.
</p>
<p>It's my turn (Ellie) this time to select a theme and it is...........</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red;">I spy with my little eye............</span>
</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red;"><b>Hearts and/or Roses.</b></span>
</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
They don't need to be the focal point but do need to be found somewhere on
your projects. You can choose either hearts, or roses, or a combination of the
two. We can't wait to see what you will create!
</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Here is what we came up with:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">My Card (Ellie)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">
I used the beautiful stamp set
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/a5-stamp-set-831">Sent with Love</a>
from Aall and Create. My colors were inspired by the current Triple B mood
board <a href="https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/">here</a>. I used Icy Spruce
Distress Oxide ink for the background. The rose was stamped on a snippet of
cardstock, colored with <a href="https://amzn.to/48zpOu4">Zig Clean Color markers</a> and then fussy cut. The tiny
row of hearts stamped over the word "Rose" is from the set
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/938-a7-clear-stamp-set-define-love">Define Love</a>
also by Aall and Create. The "Happy Birthday" words are from a retired set by MFT (Label Sentiments) stamped on more snippets, cut out and adhered with foam tape. I used stickles glitter on the rose and around the word "rose" for some sparkle. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><u><i>
I am entering my card (above) to these challenges:
</i></u></p>
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<ul>
<li>
<i><span style="color: #999999;"><a href="https://pixiessnippetsplayground.blogspot.com/">Snippets Playground</a>
-Celebration and snippets
</span></i></li>
<li>
<i><span style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;"><span>Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge</span></a> - Sparkle and Shine
</span></i></li>
<li>
<i><span style="color: #999999;"><a href="https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Triple B</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - Blooms, Butterflies or Birds</span>
</span></i></li>
<li>
<i><span style="color: #999999;"><a href="https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;"><span>We Love Stamping</span></a> - Something New (Stamp set is new to me)
</span></i></li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://passionforpapercraft.blogspot.com/2024/01/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-11.html ">Pauline's Card</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXoq0fCUm0cLjs1XvKv9iFxq4N4DVV5msu6BEA475uvfRUAuMlCd8DyH6SA6Zdr5ptPkRiElV7_Nk2P6FxcW2G0uLrY6t64ApmS_xRZGXyav3GYULtekExZs7gKI09a4xxl1gm2cRLY8yxzEHQWHtu1sY7GDx7FSsLYn4W8FM4FLgEH2dJjPQqxLVOXmDy" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="640" data-original-width="639" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXoq0fCUm0cLjs1XvKv9iFxq4N4DVV5msu6BEA475uvfRUAuMlCd8DyH6SA6Zdr5ptPkRiElV7_Nk2P6FxcW2G0uLrY6t64ApmS_xRZGXyav3GYULtekExZs7gKI09a4xxl1gm2cRLY8yxzEHQWHtu1sY7GDx7FSsLYn4W8FM4FLgEH2dJjPQqxLVOXmDy=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div>So loving this design and how cute is this little puppy presenting a rose??!! Please visit <a href="https://passionforpapercraft.blogspot.com/2024/01/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-11.html ">Pauline's blog</a> to find out how she made this card.<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
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We're so excited to have not <i>one</i> but <i>two</i> guest designers this time around -
<b>Helen</b> of Helen's Crafty Haven and <b>Rosi </b>of Daeny's Creations. Thank you both
for joining us!!
</p>
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<a href="https://helenscrafthaven.blogspot.com/2024/01/guest-designer-i-spy-with-my-little-eye.html">Helen</a>
</p>
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Such a beautiful creation using both - hearts and roses. Absolutely adorable!
Please visit
<a href="https://helenscrafthaven.blogspot.com/2024/01/guest-designer-i-spy-with-my-little-eye.html">Helen's blog</a>
to find out how she made this card.
</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://daenys-creations.blogspot.com/2024/01/you-are-amazing.html">Rosi</a>
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An equally beautiful card by Rosi. You may only see the gorgeous roses at
first but if you look closely you might spy a heart tucked in there too :) I
did!!! Please visit
<a href="https://daenys-creations.blogspot.com/2024/01/you-are-amazing.html">Rosi's blog</a>
to find out how she made this card.
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Top 2 from Challenge No. 10 - Something Old and/or Something New
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Many thanks to all of you who played "I spy" with us last month. We had
many fabulous entries and as always selecting our top picks wasn't easy
but something that needed done so here they are in the order of
entry.
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">*To be in compliance with GDPR, Top Pick photos and links will be
removed after the start of the new challenge</span></i><i>.</i><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span>
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<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Remember, both</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: red;"> <u>Top Picks are invited to join us in the next challenge</u></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> if you like to.</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: red;"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">That would be for challenge no. 12 starting February 21st ! Of course
it's not a requirement but we would love to have you as guests!!</span>
</p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">No. 23 <a href="https://piaspapirogperler.blogspot.com/2023/12/ink-306-moodboard-black-white-and-gold.html">Pia</a> (Ellie's Pick)</span></p>
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Your top pick logo is below to display on your own blogs if you like to.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXEvozTI0woSMFnlEd2J5car3MIUeLoeXnfe5MLA4-o43Mb4TvwDyVZrkNToYHDAHdtEhJyNARva__6_URlFyWDp2BHcCmIummUhtpzwzPeEhhVZNT0FzqoTx63rq-PW07xgol4gUqM_ijZ6oJAhrBHeM5felsQlCcmOfmn94k0wrzhX5C0lcl5TvpHWoa" style="color: #2288bb; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXEvozTI0woSMFnlEd2J5car3MIUeLoeXnfe5MLA4-o43Mb4TvwDyVZrkNToYHDAHdtEhJyNARva__6_URlFyWDp2BHcCmIummUhtpzwzPeEhhVZNT0FzqoTx63rq-PW07xgol4gUqM_ijZ6oJAhrBHeM5felsQlCcmOfmn94k0wrzhX5C0lcl5TvpHWoa" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: red; text-align: justify;">You are both invited to join us as guest designers (optional of course!) for challenge no. 12 starting on Wednesday February 21st.</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"> 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.</span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://shrsl.com/4dl4j" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="200" data-original-width="1200" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHR_oGpK2-7SDl94VDMvCoigoT8AbBbFPpMtAy5we_YJqVem-aB8F8VgQc2w0d2oYE5VV7FenuiyXUQe8brYprqD8agi060ovMsq-E6yi1-YRSGx7PU_8O8zPzhOUF2MTdLdADpWN61Ob6WC_YyFr5LWclS39G0o5QyfeIMQ-_5viloyfL1mNHepNVRou3=w640-h106" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">>>>>>>>>>>>>><a href="https://shrsl.com/4dl4j">Stamping Sale at Scrapbook.com/Ad</a></div><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="text-align: start;">Now it's time to link up YOUR creations for the new theme! Anyone is invited to join us with your crafty makes following our theme - <u>I Spy Hearts and/or Roses.</u></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.5px;"><br /></span></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: start;">A few things to remember:</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><ul style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">You may share up to 5 different projects.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">You may combine with as many other challenges as you like to.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">No fully digital projects please.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Please include a link back to this blog.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Challenge ends Sunday February 18th.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Backlinking to a recent project is allowed.</li></ul></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div>
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Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-91622757378780254882024-01-13T02:00:00.042-06:002024-01-13T02:00:00.131-06:00Winter Branches <p style="text-align: justify;">
Happy Saturday, it's time already for a new theme at
<a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts challenge</a> and
this week it's my turn to host. For my optional theme I selected "<b><span style="color: red;">Make Your Own Background</span></b>". So many options here using inks and stencils, stamps, embossing folders...
maybe there is a new technique you've been hoping to try... but there is
always the "<b>anything goes</b>" option if my theme isn't for you. We'd love
to see all your crafty makes up to 3 entries per person.
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Prizes come from <a href="https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #d6181a; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">Polkadoodles</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"> and </span><a href="https://www.oakwooddirect.co.uk/" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #d6181a; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">Oakwood</a>, they will be for challenges 763 and 764 and all weekly winners will be
announced on the last Friday of the month.
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Here is what I came up with using one of my favorite and super easy technique - <b>DIY Shiplap</b>.
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This card was totally inspired by the current <a href="https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/">Four Seasons</a> challenge mood
board where I am a DT member so won't be linking it up there :) But I did want
to show you the mood board.
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<br /><b>To make the shiplap paper all I had to do is score at 3/4 inch intervals
(nice deep scores) then using an ink pad I wiped it over the score lines. </b>My favorite ink pads for this are Pumice Stone or Weathered Wood.
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I used a mix of dies on the card front. The vases are from an old
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4dkiy">Hero Arts stamp kit</a> (I think this is
sold out on their website), pine branch is from Penny Black's die set
<a href="https://amzn.to/3RYPOru">Beautified Baubles</a>, plain branches are
from the die set <a href="https://shrsl.com/4dkjb">Blustery</a> and snow
flakes from the set
<a href="https://www.scrapbook.com/store/pbs-51-708.html">Dancing Snowflakes</a>, both also by Penny Black. The sentiment is a real oldie from Whimsy Stamps.
I used some
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4dkjg">Crystal Glimmer sticky dots</a> from
Honeybee Stamps on the snowflake centers for some sparkle. Oh, and another
quick DIY background made with a Lavinia stencil (<a href="https://amzn.to/3vAzuWz">feather leaf</a>) for the bottom border of the card.
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One of the vase dies left a small indentation on the bottom of the vase which
I hated and then I saw the little diamond shaped scrap pieces from the large
snowflake die cut laying on my desk so I decided they'd make a nice design on
the vase. Got this idea from my blogging friend and Allsorts team mate Lynn
:)
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 17.6px;">Thanks so much for visiting today. Be sure to visit the challenge blog to see what fabulous ideas the rest of the team came up with for their DIY backgrounds. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Ubuntu;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.6px;">Hope you stay warm! We're expecting up to -25 degrees (Celsius) this weekend after lots of snow this past week. Winter really showed up over here!!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
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<span style="font-family: Ubuntu;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.6px;">I plan to link with these blogs:</span></span>
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<ul>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Creative Inspirations Challenge</a> - AG</span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Little Red Wagon</a> - Snow</span>
</li>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Sisterhood of Crafters</a><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"> - Icy Cold</span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Crafty Addicts</a><span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"> - AG</span></span>
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<span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Aud Sentiments Blog Challenge</a> - Make Your Own Background</span></span>
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<span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Get Creative Challenges</a> - Snow Much Fun</span>
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<span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://pathofpositivitychallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Path of Positivity</a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px;"> - AG Positive</span></span>
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<li>
<span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Stamps & Fun = Creativity</a> - Snowflakes</span>
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<span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Ally's Angels</a></span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"> - AG</span></span>
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<span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Christmas </a><a href="http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Crafts All Year Round</a> - Snowflakes</span>
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<span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Crafts Galore Encore</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"> - AG</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://daisychainchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Daisy Chain Challenges</a> - No Designer Paper</span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://farmquestgeneralstorechallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">FarmQuest General Store Challenge</a> - AG Farm or Country (I'm getting Modern Farmhouse vibes from this
scene)</span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.myslicesoflife.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-decoration-line: none;">Talking About Tuesdays</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px;"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px;">- Linkup</span></span>
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Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-49178402828575535672024-01-06T01:50:00.001-06:002024-01-06T01:50:00.129-06:00Make Each New Day a Celebration of Life<p style="text-align: justify;"></p>
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Hello and welcome! It's the first challenge of 2024 at <a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts</a> and I am here to share my card. It's Lynn turn to host and she has a
fun <b><span style="color: red;">Mood Board </span></b>for inspiration and as always you can go with the "<b>Anything Goes</b>"
option if you can't find anything to inspire you on her mood board although
there are so many options. <u>I'm also announcing the winner of my prize giveaway
from the Year in Review post at the end of this post, so be sure to scroll
down if you left a comment on that post.</u>
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The prizes come from
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/boutique?ref=HDC-c00E4T4_tj">AALL and Create</a>
and <a href="https://www.craftstash.co.uk/">Craft Stash</a>, for Allsorts
challenges 760, 761 and 762 and all winners will be announced on the last Friday of the month.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Optional mood board below:</div>
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<br /><p style="text-align: justify;">There were a mix of winter and early spring images on the mood board so I decided to make a late winter/early spring themed card with some snowdrops and a bird who got caught in a snow storm but he doesn't seem to mind as he knows spring is just around the corner :) Speaking of snow, we're expected to get several inches on Tuesday but unfortunately it's not around the corner in real life :(</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The image is by Penny Black (<a href="https://amzn.to/48DICry">Pretty Perch</a>) stamped with Versafine ink and colored with Distress inks. I added some
grid paste (<a href="https://amzn.to/3H9UEgJ">snowfall</a>) from Tim Holtz on
the bottom portion then I flicked some white paint from a
<a href="https://amzn.to/3H7CNqA">Posca</a> pen onto the background for some
snow flurries.</p>
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While I looked through my sentiments I thought this one was a great choice to
go with the image. It's from the Penny Black set
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4d75c">Big Love</a> which has lots of
wonderful inspirationals sentiments.
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A closeup of the image below. I've had this for a while but this is only my
second time using it.
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commission if you purchase something through the links. As always, this is
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 17.6px;">I plan to share with these challenges:</span>
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<ul>
<li>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 17.6px;"><a href="https://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/">Penny Black Saturday</a>
- use PB Stamps</span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Simon Says Stamp</a> - Something New (New Day Sentiment)</span>
</li>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Crafty Addicts</a> - AG</span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Word Art Wednesdays</a> - AG</span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.ca/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">A Perfect Time To Craft</a> - AG</span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Crafts Galore Encore</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - AG</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Triple B</a> - Birds, Blooms or Butterflies</span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge</a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - A New Start (New Day)</span></span>
</li><li><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Creative Inspirations Challenge</a> - AG</span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">K<span style="line-height: 19.404px;">rafty Chicks</span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 19.404px;"> - Use Stamps</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Ubuntu;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.6px;">Many thanks to all of you who visited the post and left a comment, and a
big thank you also to the co-hosts who joined me this year!!</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Ubuntu;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.6px;">The winner was selected from the comments left on the <a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/12/year-in-review-2023-blog-hop-and-small.html">post</a> using
Random.org.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Ubuntu;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.6px;">To claim your prize please message me by <u>Friday January 12th</u> at
ellibellescorner at gmail dot com. (As mentioned, this prize is not
sponsored by Whimsy Stamps, it is provided by me.)</span></span>
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Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-23289138669993406382024-01-03T00:00:00.003-06:002024-02-06T21:11:30.800-06:00Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - January Challenge<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hello and welcome to <u>Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - January challenge </u>taking place right here on my blog! I'm so
glad you stopped by today and I would love for you to link up your crafty
makes too. There were lots of wonderful entries in December, thank you all so
much for joining! My Top Picks with a twist are at the end of the post.
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<i>As a reminder, the
<a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/12/year-in-review-2023-blog-hop-and-small.html">Papercrafters Year in Review hop</a>
is going on now for a couple more days, if you would like to share your own
favorites of 2023 you can still link up with us, or you can simply
hop along. I'm having a small giveaway on my own blog but it does end on
January 5th.</i>
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I'm sure most of you know by now, the theme is now always............
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Anything Goes</b></span>
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and instead of a challenge theme there will be a top pick twist, meaning the
top picks will each have something in common. But nobody knows what the
twist will be (not even me) and will be inspired by YOUR creations. So do
link up all your new or recently created crafty makes (any type of craft)
for your chance to have your project featured the next month! The linky tool is
at the end of the post.
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<p>Here is my share:</p>
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The background was done using Distress Oxide inks using the smooshing
technique and then I used a torn paper mask to make some snowy hills. Pine
tree is Lavinia's
<a href="https://amzn.to/3RN1GNm">Fairy Fir Tree</a> (small) and I also used
part of Lavinia's quote
<a href="https://www.laviniastamps.com/product/snow-falls/">Snow Falls</a>
on the bottom. The Pheasants are part of the Aall and Create set
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/a5-stamp-set-454">Pheasant</a>. A white <a href="https://amzn.to/3gigxgg" style="background-color: white; color: #2288bb; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">Posca</a> pen was used for falling snow and I also used a small Penny Black
snowflake stamped onto the background. Sorry I don't remember anymore which
set Let is Snow is from. I finished off by adding a few die cut snowflakes
(Penny Black <a href="https://shrsl.com/4d4nf">Dancing Snowflake dies</a>)
and a <a href="https://amzn.to/3TK089i">Sakura Stardust pen</a> was used for
some frosty accents.
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<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I plan to link up my card above with these challenges:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><a href="https://paperminutes.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Paper Minutes</a> - Something New (the pheasant stamp is new to me)</li><li><a href="https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Triple B</a> - Birds, Bees or Butterflies</li><li><b style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #20124d;">Crafting From the Heart </span></a>- AG</b></li><li><b style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Stamps & Fun = Creativity</b></span></a> - Snowflakes</b></li><li><b style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://girlzcreativechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;">Girlz Creative Christmas Challenge</a> - Christmas</b></li><li><b style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Peace on Earth</b></span></a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 400;"> - Christmas</span></b></li><li><b style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 400;"><b style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="http://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; text-decoration-line: none;">K<span style="line-height: 19.404px;">rafty Chicks</span></a> - All Occasions</b></span></b></li><li><b style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 400;"><b style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #2b8da1; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">As You Like It Challenge</span></a> - AG</b></b></span></b></li><li><b style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 400;"><b style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://farmquestcountrychrismaschallenges.blogspot.com/">Farmquest Country Christmas</a> - Country Christmas (outdoors)</b></b></span></b></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: center;">December Top Picks with a Twist</h3>
<p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Many thanks to everyone who joined in last month. There were so many fabulous entries and as always it's not easy to select a theme but I do enjoy that part of the challenge and the Top Pick twist from the December entries is..........."</span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Winter Wonders</span></b><span style="color: #222222;">".</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">And here are my Top Picks with a Twist posted in the order of entry:</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">No. 29 Pauline</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No. 57 Aimeslee</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">No. 68 Elaine P.
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<br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16.5px;">Congratulations everyone! Well deserved recongnition! Your top pick logo is below, you may place it on your own blogs if you like to :)</span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 16.5px;"><br /></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="320" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhquP8EI7wiaP2djeO6s_V_xpSIkHY4isXzbNEC9nFXme8UmkCWzFv4KfAAyxv1vvuXikj0TRpSvC5UZLiFUqM8TNwFd4TcCQxyh4ljMRWMxdy0YL6t_QYe78unF2AJSFn1Uo_aeIDgN6AhSmVEgzCpTmwcOnHKK8nkesYfQuCYdck-ONHJkbO-nkppr7oe" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; color: #33aaff; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: justify;">I will continue to pin the top picks to the dedicated </span><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/ellibelle16/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-challenge-top-picks/" style="color: #2288bb; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Pinterest board</a><span style="text-align: justify;">, but will also include photo and link back to the original blogs/sites here. These will be removed at the start of the new challenge to stay in compliance with GDPR.</span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To join in this month's challenge please use the linky tool below. You have until Wednesday January 31st to play along! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: start;">A few things to remember:</div><div style="font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: start;"><ul style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><i>You may combine with any other challenges.</i></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><i>You may use any brand of stamps/digis/products (no company restriction).</i></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><i>Please <u>try to limit your linked up cards to 3 entries per month</u> - it's ok if you end up with more than 3 but I may not be able to visit your entries after the 3rd.</i></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><i>Please do include a link back here to my blog in your blog post.</i></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><i>Backlinking to a recent post IS allowed.</i></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><i>Digital products are allowed and very welcome but the final piece has to be a physical handmade creation, not just digital</i></li></ul></div></div></div>
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Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-89122346154912277422024-01-02T00:00:00.009-06:002024-01-02T11:13:16.474-06:00December Card Chain Challenge Reveal Day<p><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/12/year-in-review-2023-blog-hop-and-small.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Please click here for the Year in Review Blog Hop</b></span></a>. I am having a little prize giveaway in that post, so hope you'll check it out if you haven't already!</i></p><p><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">_______________________________________________________________________</i></p><p><br /></p><p>
Hello everyone, it's time for the December
<a href="https://cardchainchallenge.blogspot.com/">Card Chain Challenge</a>
reveal and I am here to share the card I sent to
<a href="https://scrappinstampinsingin.blogspot.com/">Linda</a> in MN.
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For the December challenge we were playing Tic Tac Tic Tac Toe with this fun
board. I had to study the board a bit before deciding to join in as I was
stumped at first but then chose the diagonal top right to bottom left line.
And I think I managed really well :)</p>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">Blue</span></b> (I chose a "denim" blue
because I thought it was a good match for burgundy) - <b>Bauble</b> (they were
part of the die) - <b>Buddy</b> (I'm sure these two birds are buddies) -
<b>Bling</b> (some glitter on the berries) -
<b><span style="color: #990000;">Burgundy</span></b> (berries and
birds).
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The wreath was done with a Penny Black die (<a href="https://amzn.to/41HYxCY">Bird on a wreath</a>). I cut it out using Bristol Vellum paper and used diluted Distress inks for
watercoloring. I also used Distress inks for the background. I wanted to add
some golden splatter for some interest but the only golden medium I had was a
golden gelato by Faber Castell, so that's what I used. </div>
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Before adhering the wreath I used Penny Black's
<a href="https://amzn.to/41GsJOG">Christmas Story</a> background stamp on the
very bottom portion. "Hope", "Peace" and "Love" are from the Penny Black set
<a href="https://amzn.to/3S1VyBX">Holiday Snippets</a> and the "let heaven and
nature sing" is from the set "<a href="https://shrsl.com/4d36p">Nature Sings</a>".
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Below is the wonderful card I received from
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and cute Christmas scene!! I just love it! Thank you, Viv!!
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There are still a few days left to sign up for the
<a href="https://cardchainchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/12/card-chain-challenge-sign-up-january.html">January Card Chain Challenge</a>
if you'd like to join in. You do need to be willing to create and send a card
to one other participant to be received by the end of the month and you will
receive one card in return. All details can be found
<a href="https://cardchainchallenge.blogspot.com/p/faqs.html">here</a>.
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I'd like to share my wreath card with these challenges:
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 19.4px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/" style="line-height: 19.4px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="new">Penny Black Saturday Challenge</a> - Use PB Products/Christmas</span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - AG Christmas</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Crafting From the Heart</a> - AG</span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://pathofpositivitychallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Path of Positivity</a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - Something Positive</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://girlzcreativechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Girlz Creative Christmas Challenge</a> - Christmas</span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Lil Patch of Crafty Friends</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - AG</span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Peace on Earth</a> - Christmas </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">We Love Stamping</a> - Winter Foliage</span>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://welove2create.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">We Love 2 Create</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - AG</span></span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 19.4px; text-align: left;" target="new"><span style="background-color: white;">Sweet Stampin</span></a> - Christmas</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.ahomemakersheart.com/2024/01/theres-no-place-like-home-new-linky.html">A Homemakers Heart</a> - Linkup</span></li><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.myslicesoflife.com/">Talking About Tuesdays</a> - Linkup</span></li>
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Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-33778589030507106692024-01-01T00:00:00.144-06:002024-01-01T00:00:00.144-06:00A Wish for Happiness in the New Year<p style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/12/year-in-review-2023-blog-hop-and-small.html"><span style="color: red;"><b>Please click here for the Year in Review Blog Hop</b></span></a>. I am having a little prize giveaway in that post, so hope you'll check it out if you haven't already!</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>_______________________________________________________________</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">
Hello and Happy 2024!!! I would like to start by wishing all of my blog
followers and readers a </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Happy and Healthy New Year!!</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></b></p>
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It's the first of January so we're in the midst of Winter at the <a href="https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/">Four Seasons challenge blog</a> and it's time for a new <b>winter challenge</b>. As always there is a
fantastic mood board to inspire you, but it is optional and we would love to
see all of your wonderful winter creations in the Four Seasons gallery, up to
3 entries per participant.
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<p style="text-align: center;">Our January 2024 Mood Board:</p>
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Here is what I made inspired by the bottom left image on the mood board.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZBLvBuFUbpypyOiai7rUlRCh7d8zaM6HZRr28kW_7sE0Apm9wuGrwC6QE6LB97_VeLBHAWNu-E354qyMIzL2_iLgI-GHpe6BvOtDNjHhS-h4kZnpVHfoGYJqBKL4I3jsgkRGG2JT1HSvAU9znUlj8iUdv1juPiKp8UuJiViidzbEaUWLlnqRdMFNO5w-/s2346/tim%20holtz%20winterscapes%204%20seasons%20january.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2346" data-original-width="1838" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZBLvBuFUbpypyOiai7rUlRCh7d8zaM6HZRr28kW_7sE0Apm9wuGrwC6QE6LB97_VeLBHAWNu-E354qyMIzL2_iLgI-GHpe6BvOtDNjHhS-h4kZnpVHfoGYJqBKL4I3jsgkRGG2JT1HSvAU9znUlj8iUdv1juPiKp8UuJiViidzbEaUWLlnqRdMFNO5w-/w502-h640/tim%20holtz%20winterscapes%204%20seasons%20january.JPG" width="502" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I started by creating a winter background using a mix Distress Oxides (Speckled Egg, Stormy Sky and Wilted Violet). A piece of torn paper was used on the bottom for some snow. I used Tim Holtz snowfall paste on the hill and trees but not sure it shows up in the picture. Maybe I just don't know how to properly use it, it's a new to me product.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The image is a stamp from Tim Holtz' set <a href="https://shrsl.com/4cnim">Winterscape</a> by Stampers Anonymous. The sentiment is from the Penny Black set <a href="https://shrsl.com/4cnin">Festive Cheer</a>. I added a die cut <a href="https://amzn.to/3RpV730">berry branch</a> and die cut <a href="https://shrsl.com/4cnio">snowflakes</a> and also used my white <a href="https://amzn.to/3gigxgg" style="background-color: white; color: #2288bb; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">Posca pen</a> for some splatter. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
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Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-72694801155964293542023-12-29T06:00:00.674-06:002023-12-29T20:17:15.897-06:00Year in Review 2023 - Blog Hop and a small Prize<p style="text-align: justify;">Hello everyone! Hope you had a wonderful holiday spent with family. Ours was nice but once again some of us were sick on Christmas. My son tested positive for Covid a couple of days before Christmas and I started to feel a bit "off" on Christmas Eve, by Christmas Day I knew for sure it's Covid too and my husband also started to feel sick then. But we made the best of it and hopefully will all be recovered in a couple of days from now. Although my daughter somehow didn't get it (yet) and I'm hoping she won't this time around!! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcUYjpK3EPqmLUq2F2QvS12OcdtCRt_Spi5LmdSEiqcnsGTC7UCN60YBhQUV5FaVkYclrR-T-eb7hdjluLWWysoOvCXSyvX6f7LVyhuF9hxoMe89ZeSi-YGBRdlxz3H3hAYcaaQIX9NiYqGH4lay-6rHUFlWJIbI_6mTFBtgpx84CjqYQFM-Kzm9xq_K8/s499/hop%20image%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="492" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcUYjpK3EPqmLUq2F2QvS12OcdtCRt_Spi5LmdSEiqcnsGTC7UCN60YBhQUV5FaVkYclrR-T-eb7hdjluLWWysoOvCXSyvX6f7LVyhuF9hxoMe89ZeSi-YGBRdlxz3H3hAYcaaQIX9NiYqGH4lay-6rHUFlWJIbI_6mTFBtgpx84CjqYQFM-Kzm9xq_K8/s320/hop%20image%20(1).png" width="316" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Today is the start of the <b>2023 Papercrafters' Year in Review hop </b>where
we get to share our own favorite creations of the year! There are a total of
10 papercraft bloggers taking part this year as co-hosts, many thanks to each one of
you for joining me!</p>
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Btw. <b>even if you didn't sign up as a host, you are still invited to take part
as we are leaving the linky tool open for 1 week.</b> So feel free to create your
own year in review post and link up with us! I would love to see what your
favorites were!! The linky tool is at the end of this post and you may also
find it at some of the co-hosts blogs.
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<p style="text-align: left;">So let's get started with my list of favorites. As usual, I selected a
favorite of each month to make my selection easier so here we go :)</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I linked the main products used below for those of you interested, but you can
always click on the link above each card to find out how it was made. It will
take you to the original posts.</p>
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<b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">January:</span></b>
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<a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2022/12/a-frosty-farm-scene.html">A Frosty Farm Scene</a>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">Products Used: <a href="https://amzn.to/3C8Ut3a" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Snow Blanket</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">, </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3vlJP5k" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Nature's Gifts</a> (Penny Black), <a href="https://amzn.to/3YONYMu" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">Seasonal Tree</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">, <a href="https://amzn.to/3NIkQCR">Winter Magic</a> (Lavinia), Sheep
digi (</span><a href="https://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/search.php?search_query=sheep" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Mo Manning</a>)</span></i>
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I just love the frosty feel about this card, may be one of my favorite
creations ever...
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<b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">February:</span></b>
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<a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/02/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-february.html">Smile. Dream. Love</a>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">Products Used:
<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3DtgMRy" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Dream.Love</a>, Pig - retired (Penny Black), <a href="https://amzn.to/3Yg9aK6" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Wonky Stitches die</a> (Avery Elle),<a href="https://amzn.to/40k8YLJ" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"> Cloud Stencil</a> (MFT)</span></i>
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Another farm animal?? LOL. This one almost tied with
<a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2022/12/a-frosty-farm-scene.html">this</a>
card. But I stuck with the little pig because I just LOVE its big smile :) Fun fact: This was my most viewed post in 2023.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">March:</span></b>
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<a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/03/perfect-pastels-especially-for-you.html">Perfect Pastels - Especially for You</a>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">Products Used: <span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">PSX stamp (K1695 - old), </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3yF1UNr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Stampers Anonymous stamp/stencil set</a></span></i>
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A beautiful bunch of tulips and love the "country" charm.
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<b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">April</span></b>
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<a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/04/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-april-showers.html">April Showers</a>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">Products Used: <a href="https://amzn.to/3UPExuS" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">In Paris</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"> (Penny Black),
<a href="https://amzn.to/3v8j7QC">Tiny Text</a> (Stampers Anonymous)
French Script (SU), </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3omghnN" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Stampers Anonymous</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"> and </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3mJKRHv" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">Lavinia </a> Stencils</span></i>
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This one almost tied with another one too, but ultimately I decided on this
one as I LOVE the quote.
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<b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">May</span></b>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b>
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<a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/05/sending-froggy-smiles.html">Sending Froggy Smiles</a>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">Products Used: PB Frog Stickeroo, <a href="https://amzn.to/3I2ZKw0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">Sweet Wishes</a>, <a href="https://shrsl.com/42bzs" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">butterflies</a> die (Penny Black), <span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="https://shrsl.com/42bzq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">Flowers and Leaves</a> Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)</span></i>
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<br />I love how the white background draws the eye to the fun image panel and
banners. And of course can't help but smile when I see this frog!
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<b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">June</span></b>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b>
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<a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/06/four-seasons-challenge-june-summertime.html">Summertime</a>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">Products Used: Bike (Hero Arts), Seashells (SU), Palm Tree (ProvoCraft)
- all no longer available</span></i>
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Doesn't this card just scream coastal living? I just love how this scene
came together with a mix of old stamps and dies. Those seashells and palm
tree are well over 15 years old!!
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<span style="color: #ff00fe;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">July</span></b></span>
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<a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/07/girly-seventeen.html">Girly Seventeen</a>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Products Used: <span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3NE7sP8" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Patisserie</a>, <a href="https://shrsl.com/44rkl" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Sprinkles and Smiles</a>, </i><a href="https://shrsl.com/44rkd" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"><i>Heart Die</i></a><i><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px;"> (Penny Black), </span></span><a href="https://amzn.to/44tWKBs" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;">Birthday Background Stamp</a> (MFT),</i></span>
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I had made this one for my daughter's 17th birthday and am so pleased how it
turned out. I think it's a perfect image for an older teen/young adult.
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<b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">August</span></b>
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<a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/08/four-seasons-challenge-august-dreaming.html">Dreaming of Daisies</a>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Stamp Used: <span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="https://amzn.to/42xbAG2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">Daisy Dream</a> (Penny Black)</i></span>
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Again, I am loving how the white background draws the eye to the beautiful
daisies.
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<b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">September</span></b>
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<a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/09/seasonal-tree.html">Seasonal Tree</a>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">Products Used: </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3ZC81Ph" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Seasonal Tree</a>, <span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3RDZ3Pj" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">Creeping Vine</a> (Lavinia), <span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/a4-stamp-set-648" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Friendship Florals</a> (Aall & Create)</span></i>
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Another clean white border to draw the eye in. And I love how this all came
together with new and old stamps.
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<b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">October</span></b>
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<a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/10/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-shades-of.html">Shades of Autumn</a>
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Another mix of old and new stamps for a fun and a bit spooky scene.
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<b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">November</span></b>
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<a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2023/11/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-sparkle-andor.html">Let Heaven and Nature Sing</a>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">Products Used: <a href="https://shrsl.com/4b270" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Trilling Trio</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">, </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3G5LyAR" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Berry Bevy</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">, </span><a href="https://shrsl.com/4b271" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Nature Sings</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify;">, </span><a href="https://amzn.to/47sh47O" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Christmas Story</a> (all by Penny Black)</span></i>
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I am drawn to the colors on this card as well as the distressing even though I
usually tend to love a crips white border. But somehow everything here seems
to "work" together including the chunky glitter. Funny thing is, this card was
originally supposed to be a CAS style then I messed up and it turned into this
"shabby" card, making it a favorite of the year :)
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<b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">December</span></b>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">Products used:
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/a5-stamp-set-661">Woodland</a>
(Aall and Create),
<a href="https://shrsl.com/4cvct">Sled Bunny</a> (Colorado Craft
Company), <span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="https://shrsl.com/4bx02" style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">Berries</a> die (Penny Black)</span></i>
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<br />I love the combination of these new to me stamps from different
companies. The Aall and Create trees seem so perfect for this cute Colorado
Craft bunny in the snow.
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commission if you purchase something through the links. As always, this is
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I always love to have a look back at what I created and what I choose as
favorites. From the look of these I can definitely say I love a varity of
crafting styles which works out just fine as they are for a variety of people.
While I haven't used my beloved Penny Black cuties as much, I'm happy a couple
of them made an appearance here. I can definitely see that I love creating
scenes on cards and it's interesting that Lavinia's Seasonal tree was included
on 3 of these 12 cards. That's definitely a great "worker" stamp!!
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Here is the list of all co-hosts. Please stop by their blogs to see
their favorites of the year.
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<a href="http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Alicia</a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"> - </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Golden Goddess Designs</span>
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<a href="https://secretstamper.com/?p=42816" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Debbie</a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"> - </span>Secrets to Stamping</span>
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<a href="https://nelliesnest.blogspot.com/2023/12/2023-year-in-review-blog-hop.html" style="color: #1155cc;">Diane</a> - Nellie's Nest
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<a href="https://www.simplyellibelle.com" style="color: #1155cc;">Ellie</a> - Ellibelle's Corner (you are here)
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<a href="https://percorsidifantasia.home.blog/" style="color: #1155cc;">Francesca</a> - Percorsi di Fantasia
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<a href="https://craftinghelen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;">Helen</a> - Made by Helen
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<a href="https://www.myslicesoflife.com/" style="color: #1155cc;">Joanne</a> - My Slices of Life
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<a href="https://katescardcorner.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;">Kate</a> - Cards a la Kate
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<a href="https://lillyb46.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;">Lillian</a> - Lillian's Crafting Blog
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<a href="https://thepaperlayer.blogspot.com/2023/12/year-in-review-2023-blog-hop-giveaway.html" style="color: #1155cc;">Tee</a> - The Paper Layer
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</p><p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="text-align: justify;">As a little "</span><i style="text-align: justify;">thank you</i><span style="text-align: justify;">" for visiting I am offering a little prize to one commenter. Please only leave one comment. The winner will be selected from the comments left using random.org. Anyone who comments will be entered, including other co-hosts. However, if you want to comment but don't want to be entered into the drawing, simply let me know in the comment and I will select another winner should your name be drawn. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The prize is a $10 Gift Certificate to <a href="https://whimsystamps.com/">Whimsy Stamps</a> (offered by me, not Whimsy Stamps). For those overseas, they do offer digital products as well so it will be a nice little price for anyone from anywhere in the world.</p>
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The winner will be announced on Saturday January 6th with my Allsorts
challenge post. It will be the winner's responsibility to contact me within 1
week.
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<p></p>Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-14374404454276867912023-12-23T02:00:00.004-06:002023-12-23T02:00:00.131-06:00Cold as Ice<p style="text-align: justify;">
Hello and welcome! It's time for a new challenge at
<a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts</a> and Lorraine's
turn to host. It's the last one of the year so it will run for two weeks over
the holidays. This is also my last <i>new</i> card post of the year but I do have the
<b>Year in Review</b> hop post scheduled for December 29th, hope you will stop by for that
as I will have a small prize on offer and remember, even if you didn't sign up
as a co-host, you can still create your own "favorites of 2023" post and link
up too. I would love to see your favorites :)</p>
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So for this challenge, Lorraine selected the optional theme of
<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>"Cold as Ice"</b></span>. Our wonderful prizes come from <span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/boutique?ref=HDC-c00E4T4_tj" style="color: #d6181a; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">AALL and Create</span></a> and</span><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"> </span><a href="https://www.craftstash.co.uk/" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #d6181a; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Craft Stash</span></a>, these are for challenges 760, 761 and 762.
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<br />I needed a masculine birthday card and thought these penguins would work
well for the occasion along with a star stamp, all 3 from Aall and Create and they are marked 50% off.<p></p>
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I created an inky background using some blues and a bit of purple, then
stamped the star image from the Aall and Create set
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/a5-stamp-set-530">Blackbird</a>. Then I stamped the penguins from sets
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/a7-stamp-set-604">Penguin</a>
and
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/product-page/a7-stamp-set-603">Frosty</a> on paper scraps and fussy cut. I added some die cut stars (retired die
set from Whimsy Stamps) which I inked with the same inks and added some
stickles glitter to make them sparkle like snow on an ice cold winter
morning. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
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On the bottom portion I used part of a <a href="https://amzn.to/3HeGQBL">birthday background stamp</a> from My
Favorite Things and the "happy birthday to you" on the top is part of this
same background stamp.
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: justify;">This post may include some affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission if you purchase something through the links. As always, this is at no cost to you. Thank you so much for supporting this blog!</i><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Ubuntu;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Ubuntu;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">I plan to link up with these challenges:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><a href="http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Alphabet Challenge</a> - S is for Stars</li><li><a href="http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #2b8da1; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Cut It Up</a> - Celebrate </li><li><b style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #2b8da1; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">As You Like It Challenge</span></a><span style="color: #674ea7;"> - AG</span></b></li><li><a href="https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 700; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Creative Inspirations Challenge</a><span style="color: purple; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"> - AG</span></li><li><a href="http://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16.335px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #45818e;">The Paper Funday</span></a> - Opt. Birds</li><li><a href="http://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Critter Crazy Challenges</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - Critters</span></li><li><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/">Triple B Challenge </a>- Birds, Bees or Butterflies</span></li></ul></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">I would like to sign off today by wishing all of my blog readers a </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Merry </span><span style="color: #38761d;">Christmas</span></b>!</h3>
</div>Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-23484546821262890992023-12-20T02:00:00.240-06:002023-12-20T02:00:00.341-06:00I Spy With My Little Eye.........Something Old and/or Something New (Challenge No. 10)<p style="text-align: justify;">
Hello everyone and welcome to another "<b>I Spy With My Little Eye</b>"
challenge right here on my blog. It's the last one of the year, how time flies
when you're having fun, and we are so glad you stopped by today! Hope you'll
join us too and share your crafty makes with us following our theme. Also be
sure to scroll down to see if you were one of our top two who will be invited
to join us as guest designers for the next challenge.
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<p>It's Pauline's turn to select the theme this time around and it is:</p>
<p><br /></p>
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<b><span style="color: red;">I spy with my little eye...........................</span></b>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Something Old and/or Something New.</span></b>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b>
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So perfect for this time of the year and I think everyone can join in wether
you use something from your stash or maybe you have some new goodies to
showcase. We'd love to see all your wonderful creations and you may enter up
to 5 times.
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<p style="text-align: center;">My card (Ellie)</p>
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Something a little different from me today, as I don't <i>usually</i> use die
cuts as a focal point but this new to me die set was absolutely perfect for
the theme and I have both something old and something new :) My
"something new" are: new baby, a new <a href="https://shrsl.com/4cnce">die set</a> and <a href="https://honeybeestamps.com/products/baby-3x4-stamp-set">baby sentiment</a>, also the
white <a href="https://honeybeestamps.com/products/essentials-enamel-stickers-135-count">enamel dots</a>. Everything else I used on this card is really old,
especially the patterned paper, prima flower and scalloped rectangle die. The
<a href="https://amzn.to/4836wwB">heart string die</a> is by Penny Black and
also several years old.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I was so lucky to win a prize from Honeybee stamps through the Cat Lovers Hop and absolutely did not need any baby things, but could not resist this cute die set with my gift certificate. It's available direct from <a href="https://honeybeestamps.com/products/bundle-of-joy-honey-cuts-dies?variant=42251320295593&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=Cj0KCQiAm4WsBhCiARIsAEJIEzWzMm7PPdzTZAU-FbhT4-AhXshgkM2seB7VJoQwn5sUSGmLR9JaXcMaAmjxEALw_wcB">Honeybee Stamps</a> or at <a href="http://Scrapbook.com">Scrapbook.com</a>, and probably other retailers as well. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: justify;">I plan to share the above card with these challenges:</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><i><a href="https://creationsinpink.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Creations in Pink</a> - Mainly Pink</i></li><li><i><a href="http://www.happylittlestampers.blogspot.com.au/" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Happy Little Stampers</a> - Dies </i></li><li><i><a href="https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">A Place To Start</a> - New </i></li><li><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Double Trouble Challenge</a> - Dies</span></i></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://passionforpapercraft.blogspot.com/2023/12/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-10.html">Pauline's Card</a>
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How cute and beautiful is this colorful creation??!! Please visit
<a href="https://passionforpapercraft.blogspot.com/2023/12/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-10.html">Pauline's blog</a>
to see how she created this wonderful card and what her "something old or
something new is!<br /><br />
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<p style="text-align: justify;">
We're so excited to have a guest designer joining us this month too, and
that is Carol from
<a href="https://creationsnz.blogspot.com/">CarolG Creates</a>. Thanks so much for being our guest, Carol!</p>
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<a href="https://creationsnz.blogspot.com/">Carol's Creation</a>
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How fabulous (and useful!!) is this Z-fold calendar card! Please visit
<a href="https://creationsnz.blogspot.com/">Carol's blog</a> to find out how
she made this wonderful card!
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Top 2 from Challenge No. 9 - Sparkle or Shine
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Many thanks to all of you who played "I spy" with us last month. We had
many fabulous entries and as always selecting our top picks wasn't easy
but something that needed done so here they are in the order of
entry.
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">*To be in compliance with GDPR, Top Pick photos and links will be
removed after the start of the new challenge</span></i><i>.</i><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span>
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<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Remember, both</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: red;"> <u>Top Picks are invited to join us in the next challenge</u></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> if you like to.</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: red;"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">That would be for challenge no. 11 starting January 17 ! Of course
it's not a requirement but we would love to have you as guests!!</span>
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<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">No. 9
<a href="https://helenscrafthaven.blogspot.com/2023/11/pbsc-november-anything-goes-optional_01806227766.html?m=0">Helen</a> (Pauline's Pick)</span>
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<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">No.11
<a href="https://daenys-creations.blogspot.com/2023/11/wintertime.html">Rosi</a>
(Ellie's Pick)</div></span><p></p>
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<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: red; text-align: justify;">You are both invited to join us as guest designers (optional of
course!) for challenge no. 11 starting on Wednesday January
17th.</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"> 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.</span></span>
</div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="text-align: start;">Now it's time to link up YOUR creations for the new theme! Anyone is invited to join us with your crafty makes following our theme - <u>I Spy Something Old and/or Something New.</u></span></div><div><br style="text-align: start;" /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="text-align: start;">A few things to remember:</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><ul style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">You may share up to 5 different projects</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">You may combine with as many other challenges as you like to</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">No fully digital projects please</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Please include a link back to this blog</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Challenge ends Sunday January 14th</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Backlinking to a recent project is allowed</li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>As this is our last challenge of the year, we would like to wish all of our participants a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!</b></div></div></span></span></div>
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Ellibellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365728362619705749noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818025216525256582.post-6113628592705248442023-12-16T02:00:00.006-06:002023-12-16T02:00:00.140-06:00Christmas Flowers and/or Wreaths<p style="text-align: justify;">
It's Saturday again and time for a new theme at
<a href="https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">Allsorts challenge</a>. It's
Mervi's turn to host and she would love to see
<b>Christmas flowers or wreaths </b>this week. Then there is always the
option of <b>Anything Goes</b> so hopefully you'll join us for a chance to win
or to be selected as a top 5. Prizes come from
<a href="https://www.aldridgecrafts.co.uk/">Aldridge Crafts</a>,
<a href="https://www.spellbinders.co.uk/collections/stamps?filter.p.vendor=Stampendous">Stampendous</a>
and
<a href="https://www.aallandcreate.com/boutique?ref=HDC-c00E4T4_tj">AALL and Create</a> and are for challenge weeks 758 and 759.
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I do have 2 sets of Poinsettia stamps which I thought about using but decided
I don't really like either of those that much so while looking through my
Christmas stamps I came across this cute stamp illustrated by Margaret Sherry.
This one wasn't made for Penny Black but was a magazine freebie a few years
ago and one of those rare occasions when I had to buy the magazine. But think
this is my first time using a stamp from the set.
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I wanted to make a Christmas card without any red this time so I went with
kraft, green and gold as my main colors. The image was colored using Distress
inks and Zig Clean Color markers and cut out using a circle die. The wooden
square "wreath" is a die by Penny Black -
<a href="https://amzn.to/3tbiGVn">Wildwood</a>. Patterned paper came from a
pack I purchased a year or two ago. And then I added the sentiment from
a Penny Black set. A little jute twine bow and stickles glitter finish
off the card. The card base looks black but is actually dark brown.
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Challenge I plan to link with:</p>
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<li>
<a href="http://christmaswiththecuties.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Christmas with the Cuties</span></a> - Cute Christmas plus die cuts
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<a href="http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Cutie Pie Challenge</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - Cute and Cuddly Christmas</span>
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<a href="http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Use Your Stuff</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - Bows</span>
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<a href="http://pathofpositivitychallenge.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Path of Positivity</span></a> - AG Positive Plus option of music inspired
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<a href="http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Christmas </a><a href="http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Crafts All Year Round</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - Musical Theme</span>
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<a href="https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Crafting Happiness</span></a> - Christmas Music
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<a href="https://creativecraftinguncles.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Creative Crafting Uncles</span></a> - Foliage
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<a href="http://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">Critter Crazy Challenges</a> - Critters
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<a href="https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">We Love Stamping</span></a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"> - Winter Foliage</span>
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<span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://alohafridaychallenge.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">Aloha Friday Challenge</span></a> - Christmas/Winter Animals</span>
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<span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="http://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2b8da1; text-decoration-line: none;">K<span style="line-height: 19.404px;">rafty Chicks</span></a> - Christmas</span></span>
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