Allsorts Challenge 527: Summer Fun/ Sport

It's time for a new theme at Allsort challenge. Mervi's turn to host and perfect for this time of the year she picked the theme of Summertime/ Sport. Hope you can play along for a chance to win! We have a great prize by Buddly Crafts!

I used some Summer themed stamps from Hero Arts (Layering Sea and Sky- also available as a combo with matching dies;   and Layering Waves)  along with an old stamp (seashells and sand)  by Stampin Up. Distress Inks and Oxides  were used for stamping. The weaves and clouds are 3 way stamp sets.
Pattern paper is from my scraps, the sentiment is part of the Hero Arts Layering Sea stamp set.


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Hero Arts Layering Sea and Sky // Hero Arts Layering Waves // Distress Inks and Oxides // Hero Arts Dove White 100lb Card Stock // SU retired Seashell Stamp // Pattern Paper from Stash

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Allsorts Challenge 526: Perfect Pairs

Saturday again, another scheduled post from me. It's Brenda theme this week at Allsorts challenge and she wants to see "Perfect Pairs". This means she would like to see a card with matching evelope, or a card with matching gift box or bag, maybe a card with a bookmark, etc. Be sure to check out the challenge blog for some wonderful inspiration!

All stamps are from Hero Arts, the sitting mouse, dandelions, bugs and sentiment were part of the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero December stamp kit, the flying mouse was part of a free set Hero Arts included as a Thank You that month. Unfortunately this stamp kit has sold out and is no longer available. I know dandelion are mostly seen as a weed, but I happen to love them - always have and always will, and this one might have been my favorite kit I received from Hero Arts.

If you would like to become a Hero Arts stamp kit subscriber, you can read more about it here. I've been a subscriber for 8 months, but decided to take a break from subscriptions for now .... but definitely I am still keeping an eye on the kits, as they are such a great value. Cancelling was super easy by the way, all I had to do was send an email and they removed me from auto subscription. 
PS: The June Stamp kit is currently available for purchase. 


Ok, back to my "perfect pairs". I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Ink on Xpress it Blending card and used Copic markers for coloring. An ancient Stampin Up clouds stencil was used to ink up the sky on both the card and envelope with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide . The sentiment which is also part of the kit has been heat embossed using super fine white embossing powder on black card stock.

Below is a closer look at the envelope. My envelope is A2 sized to fit the A2 sized card. Again, everything was stamped with Memento ink and colored with  Copic markers.

Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit (this specific one has sold out) // Memento Tuxedo Ink // Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide // Copic Markers // Xpress It Blending Card // Versamark Ink // White Detail Embossing Powder // Hero Arts Dove White 100lb Card Stock

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Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - June/July Challenge

Hello and Welcome to Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - June/July challenge! As you may  have guessed from the title of this post, this challenge will run for two months. I have family visiting later this month and into July so it will be a busy (but definitely fun) month for me. My initial thought was to skip this month and return in July, but as I still have some time now I decided to run this theme for two months, as some other challenges do to cover the busy Summertime. This means I will select two winners at the end of July, so I hope you will join in! Also, usually I ask for no more than 3 entries, but since this time it's a two -months challenge, you may enter as many times as you wish, as long as it is a new creation.

June/July Themes

Summer Scenes, Summer Treats or Summer Colors

Choose one theme or combine the themes as you wish! I can't wait to see your Summer creations!

If you are regular reader of my blog, then you will have seen this card I recently shared using the stamp set Summer by the Sea. As mentioned then, I made another card with the same stamp set and created another scene. This is a retired stamp set, but it's usually found on ebay. 

I paired it again with the Hero Arts stamp sets Color Layering Waves and Color Layering Sea and Sky. Such great sets to create scenes with! Speaking of Hero Arts, did you see the  Hero Arts - June My Monthy Hero kit that was just released on Monday? It's a fun Jungle themed set perfect for Summer themed cards! You can click the snippet below to see what the kit looks like.

I started by stamping the beautiful girl using  Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink on watercolor paper and colored her with Zig Clean Color markers. I stamped her again on a post it note, fussy cut to use as a mask. As on my previous card with these sets, I placed a strip of painters tape to mask off the sky portion, then inked the sea with Hero Arts Blue Water Reative ink from one of their previous Monthly Hero stamp kits. Waves were done with a stamp from the Color Layering Waves set usingthe same ink. Silhouette boat, clouds, birds and sentiment are both from the set Color Layering Sea and Sky and the sandy texure is an oldie from Stampin Up - Itty Bitty Backgrounds. Sky was inked with  Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide. The clouds were stamped with  Pumice Stone Distress Oxide and the birds were stamped with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide.  

Hero Arts Color Layering Waves // Hero Arts Color Layering Sea and Sand // 

  Zig Clean Color Markers  // Pumice Stone Distress Oxide // Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide // Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink 

Stampin Up Summer By the Sea // Stampin Up Itty Bitty Backgrounds (both retired - but most likely availabe on ebay or etsy)

Below is a picture of both card I made with these sets. 

You can read more about the boy card here. I do love how these turned out and had soooo much fun creating them both!

Sharing my card with these challenges:

Paper Minutes - Children // Artistic Stampers - By the Seaside // Send a Smile for Kids - Cards for Teens or Kids // Always Fun Challenges - Summer Fun // Colouring in Scrapland - Watercolors // Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes // Get Creative Challenges - Anything Goes // Use Your Stuff  - Summer Fun // The Corrosive Challenges - Anything Goes // 2 Sisters On The Blog - Things with Wings // Creatalicious Challenges - Use Blue // Creative Craft Cottage Challenges - Use Ink // Catch The Bug - Anything Goes // Sweet Stampin - Oceans of Fun 

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June/July prize:

I am continuing offering a gift certificate of $6 to one of these digistamp companies (winner's choice): Mo's Digital Pencil, Bugaboo Stamps or Tiddly Inks. Please note, the companies are not affiliated with this prize offer, the prize is sponsored by me and gift certificate will be purchased by me once the winner has made contact. 

Since this challenge runs for two months, I will select two winners from all eligible entries, each one receiving a $6 Gift Certificate to one of the digi shops mentioned above.

Last Month's Winner and Top Pick

As always, due to the GDPR no winner or top pick links or photos will be posted for privacy protection. But last month's linky tool is still available here where you can see the winner's / top pick's wonderful creations.

It was a great month and I had so much fun visiting your entries. Lots of beauties following the feminine or add a sentiment theme, but there can only be one winner...

Aunty Sue

Congratulations!! You won a $6 Gift Certificate to either Mo's Digital Pencil, Tiddly Inks or Bugaboo Stamps. Be sure to message me at 

ellibellescorner at gmail dot com with your choice of digi shop by June 15th to claim your prize. If you do not hear from me within 24 hours of messaging me, please do double check that you have sent to the correct email address and leave me a comment on this post. 

There were so many wonderful entries and selecting favorites is never easy. But I did manage and here they are listed in order of entry:

  

No. 36 Margreet

No. 55 Lynne

No. 69 Stempelfrieda

Well done all! Your top pick logo is below, feel free to post it to your own blogs if you like to.

So now it's time for you to share your Summer Scene, Summer Treats or Summer Colors creations! Can't wait to see what you come up with this time! Simply use the linky tool below. You have until July 31st to join in.

A few things to remember:

Three entries total per month please.
This time you may enter as many times as  you like as long as it's a new entry.

Your blog post must inlclude a link back to my blog.

Your entry must follow the challenge theme!

You may combine with any other challenges.

May use any brand of stamps and products.

Also please remember: this is a public blog, meaning any papercraft you link up or any comments left on this blog will be visible and clickable by third parties. The blog owner is not responsible for republished content from this blog on other blogs or websites without permission. 

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My Monthly Hero - June Kit Release

Hello and happy Monday!

I don't have a card to share, but wanted to mention that the new Hero Arts - June My Monthy Hero kit was just released today. Super cute jungle themed!

This is what this month's kit looks like. I really wish the stamps would be available without the die cuts. I know many crafters prefer matching dies, but I don't seem to  use matching dies much but love this stamp set!

As always, some great add-ons were released as well. Love this Layering Palm Tree set and how cute is this Monkey set!!

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Summer By The Sea // A Flashback Friday Post

Happy Friday! It's been a few weeks since I was able to share a "Flashback Friday" creation. I've been busy working ahead on some posts for June and into July so I can enjoy some time with family from overseas next month, and then there was some gardening that needed to get done. But yesterday as I was working on some more upcoming posts, I came across the beautiful retired Stampin Up set Summer by the Sea, and decided to make two cards with the set, one I am sharing today for a Flashback Friday post, and then I will have another one coming up in July using another stamp from this set ...yes, I'm working waaaaay ahead - not what I usually do!

I did use some newer stamps on my card as well, but the focal point is the wonderful stamp of the little boy building a sand castle. This stamp set was released many years ago, but I was not able to afford it back then, and only purchased it a few years ago from ebay when I found it at a great price.

I started out by stamping the boy on watercolor paper using Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink, then stamped him again on a post it note, this I fussy cut to use as a mask. With the mask in place (and some painter's tape at the top of the card to mask off the sky) I inked up the ocean using Hero Arts reactive ink "blue water" which was part of a past Hero Arts Monthly stamp kit. Then, using this same ink again I stamped one of the waves from the Hero Arts stamp set Color Layering Waves. The sentiment is part of this stamp set, and the other stamps I used (ball, rock, palm tree, birds and footprints) are part of the Hero Arts set Color Layering Sea and Sky.  I'm sure you're thinking the footprints should be pointing the opposite way ... didn't even realize that until I uploaded the card.


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The boy has been colored with distress markers for the clothes and hair (Candied Apple, Gathered Twigs and Faded Jeans) and the skin has been colored with Zig Clean Color markers (pale pink and flesh tone). The sandy part has been inked with Pumice Stone Distress Oxide, and after removing the painter's tape I inked the sky with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide. I also used Stampin Up's old and retired set Itty Bitty Backgrounds for a little bit of a sandy texture.

Hero Arts Color Layering Waves // Hero Arts Color Layering Sea and Sand // 

Candied Apple Distress Marker // Faded Jeans Distress Marker // Gathered Twigs Distress Marker //  Zig Clean Color Markers  // Pumice Stone Distress Oxide // Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide // Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink 

Stampin Up Summer By the Sea // Stampin Up Itty Bitty Backgrounds (both retired - but most likely availabe on ebay or etsy)

The seaside theme and colors of this card were inspired by this week's Color Throwdown challenge:

I am also joining these challenges:

Cardz 4 Guyz - Beside the Seaside // The Male Room - Masculine Cards // C.R.A.F.T. - Male Cards or Father's Day //  Send a Smile for Kids - For Dad From Kids // Aud Sentiments Challenge - Summer and a Sentiment // Through the Purple Haze - Blues // A Place To Start - Tempting Technique (my current favorite is creating scenes with stamps and inks) // Crafter's Castle - Coloring (I used Distress and Zig Clean Color markers)

There were many Anything Goes themes and I am sharing with several of them too:

Crafty Friends Challenge // Crafting With An Attitude // Crafty Creations // Creative Moments // House That Stamps Built // The Crafty Addicts // Crafty Sentiment Designs // Lemon Shortbread // Through The Craft Room Door // Artistic Inspirations // Crafting from the Heart // Get Creative Challenges // Path of Positivity // 613 Avenue Create // Lil Patch of Crafty Friends // The Corrosive Challenges // A Gem of a Challenge 

Thanks so much for visiting!! I hope you liked this week's Flashback Friday post and that I inspired you to get out some of your old and maybe even forgotten stamps. You know there is a reason why you are hanging on to those retired stamps!

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Allsorts Challenge 519: Transport

Hello and welcome!  Time for a new theme at Allsorts challenge. It's Wendy's week to host and she picked the theme of "Transport". Hope you can find some time to join us for a chance to win a fun stamp set by Clever Cut.

I used the February Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kit to make my card. All stamps and matching dies, stencil, gold embossing powder and sequins are from this kit.


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I started out by stencilling the background with Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide. The car and sentiment were stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I used the matching die to cut out the car.  The dancing couple was stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and also die cut. Golden sequins  were added with mini glue dots and I stamped the music notes to finish the card. I also wiped the black inkpad along the edge of the card front.

A peek inside:

I did a little more stencilling inside using the same ink applicator but without adding extra ink for a lighter shade of blueprint sketch, stamped another sentiment from the stamp kit and die cut the car again this time stamped in black and inked with Blueprint Sketch distress oxide. 

Hero Arts February Stamp Kit  // Distress Oxide Blueprint Sketch // Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink // Versamark Ink // Hero Arts Dove White 100lb Cardstock // Mini Glue Dots

Also sharing with these challenges:

The sketch was inspired by this week's My Favorite Things sketch although with a little twist:

Country View Crafts' Challenge - Opposites (male & female) // Through the Purple Haze - I've Got the Blues // Artistic Stampers - Texture (heat embossing) // Creative Craft Cottage Challenges F - Use Ink // Happy Little Stampers - Dies // Sweet Stampers - Celebrate // Ike's World - Embossing // Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Something Metallic (gold embossing powder and gold sequin circles) // 

Anything Goes- there are lots of them!

Crafting With An Attitude // A Bit More Time to Craft // A Perfect Time To Craft // Classic Design Team Open Challenge // Crafts Galore Encore // Creatalicious Challenges // Daisy Chain Challenges  // Happy Craft Challenge  // The Creative Crafters  // World Wide Open Design Team Challenge //Creative Moments // Fab 'n' Funky // The Crafty Addicts // Crafty Sentiment Designs // Lemon Shortbread // Through The Craft Room Door  // Dragonfly Dreams // The Corrosive Challenges  // We Love 2 Create // Artistic Inspirations // Crafting from the Heart // Get Creative Challenges  // Path of Positivity // The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge

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Life Is Beautiful!

Happy Monday! Hope your week is off to a great start! We had a really nice and sunny weekend, I stayed busy trying to prepare my garden for some vegetabes. This is my first year starting from seeds unfortunately the plants aren't doing so well and I may end up having to buy some again when it's time to plant. What can I say I don't have a green thumb but love growing my own vegetables.

Today I am sharing a card made with last month's Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kit. And this is actually my first time making something with this kit, it sat on my desk for a few weeks now because I just didn't get the time to use it. Today Hero Arts is releasing their May kit and I am sharing a little info about that at the end of this post.

This Hero Arts kit includes several scenery dies which make wonderful silhouettes and work so well with a distress ink background. I started out by masking the bottom half of my card with post it notes, then using Antique Linen, Victorian Velvet, Seedless Preserves and Blueprint Sketch Distress Inks/Oxides with an ink applicator tool I created the sunset. The city scene and gondolier were die cut using black card stock and adhered to the card. Some foam tape from this kit was used to adhere the gondolier to the card. Birds, sentiment and "Venetian" cancellation mark are all stamps from this kit, sentiment and birds were stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and the cancellation mark was stamped with Antique Linen ink. A CAS card that was quick to make! The card base is Hero Arts Dove White 100lb card stock.

If you like this kit then you're in luck, although released in April, it is currently still available here. Remember US orders do qualify for FREE shipping on orders of $50 or more. 

Hero Arts April My Monthly Hero Kit //

Distress Inks:  Antique Linen, Victorian Velvet // Seedless Preserves // Blueprint Sketch

Versafine Clair Nocturne //  Bristol Vellum Paper // Dove White Card Stock 100lb

Sharing with these challenges:

Crafty Friends Challenge - More than one die // Just Us Girls - Movement // My Time to Craft - CAS // Crafty Catz  - Add a Sentiment // Happy Little Stampers - Dies // Lost Coast Designs - Things Starting with B (Birds, Buildings) 

Anything Goes:

A Gem of a Challenge // Catch The Bug // Crafter's Castle // Jo's Scrap Shack  // QKR Stampede // Crafting With An Attitude // Cute Card Thursday // A Bit More Time to Craft // A Perfect Time To Craft // Crafts Galore Encore // Creatalicious Challenges // Create With TLC // DL.Art Linky Challenge F // Happy Craft Challenge // Not Just Cards // The Creative Crafters // Crafting By Designs // Crafty Creations // Creative Moments // The Crafty Addicts // Word Art Wednesdays 

Ok, now some info about the May My Monthly Hero Stamp kit. I won't be sharing a card made with this kit as I cancelled my subscription recently  and won't be getting this kit, but I do want to continue sharing info for those of you interested and I am sure somewhere in the future I'll be purchasing another kit (they are also available without a subscription while supplies last), but I won't be getting this one.

This is what the May Stamp kit looks like, it's perfect for cards you send to your crafty/artsy friends. 

There were also some wonderful add-ons released, availabe HERE as a complete lot or individually HERE. My personal favorite is this cross stitch stamp set...but it might be sold out by the time I place an order... 

Thanks so much for visiting! Enjoy the rest of your week! 

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