Allsorts Challenge 523: Fantasy World

This week at Allsorts challenge it's my turn to host and I picked the theme of "Fantasy World". I'd love for you to join us .... we have a beautiful stamp set from Crafty Devils to give away this week.

I knew I wanted to use Lavinia stamps for my "Fantasy" card. It's never easy for me to decide what colors to choose but I decided to go with some purples, orange, pink and blue Distress Inks/Oxides and randomly inked up the background with an ink blending tool. I used a circle die cut to mask the moon. The florals on the background were done with Penny Black sets Sprigs and Butterfly Garden. Stamped words are from a retired set by Whimsy Stamps and I used one of Tim Holtz's stencil to add a design to the background. The mushrooms and fairies from Lavinia stamps were stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturn ink. Sentiment is from the Penny Black set Snippets. 

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I used a glitter pen to add some sparkles to the fairy wings and flower.

Lavinia Stamps // Penny Black Snippets // Penny Black Sprigs // Penny Black Butterfly Garden // Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink // Distress Inks: Seedless Preserves // Victorian Velvet // Spiced Marmalade // Blueprint Sketch // Ink Blending Tool // Tonic Stamp Platform // Tim Holtz Stencil // Stampin Up White Craft Ink 

I'm sharing with these challenges:

Lavinia World Challenges - Stamping // Double Trouble - Stencil // Shopping Our Stash - Stencils (13) // Stinkin' Inkers - Colorful World // Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes // The Fairy and the Unicorn - Magical // Stamping Sensations - Show your True Colors //  House That Stamps Built - Things with Wings // Moo-Mania & More - Wings // A Place To Start - Stencils //

Thanks so much for visiting! Hope you have a great weekend filled with lots of sunshine! 

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Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - April Challenge

Hello and Welcome to the April theme at Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge taking place right here on my blog - Ellibelle's Corner! Before I let you know more about this month's theme I wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone that joined in last month. I had lots of fun visiting your blogs or galleries and a winner and top picks have been selected. They are listed at the end of this post.

This Month's Themes

I think everyone is enjoying choosing from multiple themes, and since each challenge runs for a whole month, it makes sense to let you choose from more than one theme. This month they are:

Wings, Tails or Spring Blossoms

Choose one theme or the other, or you may combine as you wish! I can't wait to see what you will share this month!

For my creation above I used a mix of Lavinia stamps on an inked background. I started out by masking the edges of my 7x7 inches Bristol Vellum paper using  painters tape, then used Distress Oxide inks for the background, applied with an ink blending tool.  I used the colors Cracked Pistachio, Wilted Violet and Blueprint Sketch. A little water was spritzed on the background for a fun reaction before stamping the plants, fairies and words. All stamping besides words were done using  Hickory Smoke distress oxide ink, then I used  Cracked Pistachio ink for some of the words.



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 Lavinia stamps //  Bristol Vellum //  Painters Tape // Distress Oxides: Cracked Pistachio, Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch, Hickory Smoke // Ink Blending Tool // 

I am also entering my card here:
Creative Craft Cottage Challenges - Spring Fever (it does appear that these fairies have long been awaiting the arrival of spring!) // Daisy Chain Challenges - Spring // Addicted to Stamps - Spring // 
Anyhing Goes:
Crafty Sentiment Designs // Lemon Shortbread // Through The Craft Room Door // Path of Positivity // Creatalicious Challenges // Happy Craft Challenge // The Creative Crafters // A Gem of a Challenge // Creative Fingers // QKR Stampede  // 

Before I continue, I wanted to mention that the Hero Arts April "My Monthly Hero Kit"  has just been release and is now shipping. If you love to work with dies and die cuts, and like creating scenes, then this kit might interest you. 

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This month's prize:

A randomly selected winner will receive this fun Whimsy Stamps rubber stamp (retired) from my prize box. 

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Last Month's Winner and Top Picks

The winner of the $6 Gift Certificate to Tiddly Inks or Bugaboo Stamps digi shop is .................

No. 22 Lynne 

from Lynne's Craft Haven

Congratulations Lynne. Please email me at ellibellescorner at gmail dot com by Wednesday April 17th to claim your prize. Be sure to let me know in your email which shop you choose for your prize. (Please note: Tiddly Inks or Bugaboo are not sponsors, the Gift Certificate is sponsored by me.)


And now onto the top picks, which is never easy to choose, but I did manage and they are listed in the order of entry as follows:

No. 31 Craftduckydood

No. 52 Inky Fingers

No. 54 Carole J.

Well done!  Below is your Top Pick logo, feel free to post it to your own sidebar if you like to.
Unfortunately I am unable to post links back to the creations (to be in compliance with GDPR), but you can see these beautiful top picks by clicking on the entry numbers in last month's linky tool HERE.

To join in this month's challenge simply use the linky tool below. As always feel free to combine with any other challenges and you may share up to 3 creations during the month. Please don't forget to leave a link back here to my blog!  I can't wait to see what YOU will share!

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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Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - March Challenge Reminder

Happy Wednesday! Today I am sharing another card I made for my Crafty Wednesday Challenge here in my blog where the themes are:

 "Think Spring" or "Add Some Green"
(or a comination of the two!) 

If you are here to join in, the linky tool can be found at the end of this post. 

Last Saturday it's been raining all day long, and I decided to get out some of my Lavinia stamps. I really wanted to make a canvas print inspired by Brenda's beautiful Allsorts challenge creation, but that didn't turn out as I had planned, so I made this instead using Bristol Vellum as a base.

All stamps I used on this creation are from Lavinia Stamps. 

All colored inks are Distress Inks or Distress Oxides.

Black ink is Versafine Clair Nocturne. 

I did some masking and inking here using distress inks and oxides. For the sky I used Antique Linen, Victorian Velvet, Seedless Preserves and Blueprint Sketch distress inks/oxides (in that order). The grass area was done with Bundled Sage distress oxide. All background stamping was done with Iced Spruce distress oxide. The black silhouettes were stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. I don't really like how the distress oxide ink shows through the Versafine clair ink, may need to try stamping the silhouettes with black distress oxide ink, but I don't have that ink pad yet .... Heat embossing really only works if I stamp the fairy first but somehow I always start these card with the background because I don't usually know where I want the silhouettes until the background is done. Any advise is always welcome!!

I  have edited my post to add: some of you may have already seen this, but if not - Scrapbook.com is offering THIS FREE STAMP SET to anyone using coupon code FREE3762 at checkout. This will take the $10.00 price to $0.00. Promo shipping of $2.24 does apply, this is within the US, I am not sure what the promo shipping cost would be outside the US. (Be sure to click on "change shipping" at checkout to select the Promo shipping.) This offer is still valid today 3/13 but I have no idea when it ends. (I just ordered mine!) This is what the set looks like:

I am also entering my card with these challenges:
Make My Monday - Somehting New - I used new to me stamps // Simon Says Stamp Monday - Girly/Feminine // Catch The Bug - Make a Scene // The Fairy and The Unicorn - something Magical // Mix It Up Challenge - Inked Backgrounds // Pearly Sparkles Challenge - Make it Girly
Anything Goes Themes:
Dare 2B Artzy Challenges // Lemon Shortbread // Through The Craft Room Door // Artistic Inspirations // Crafting from the Heart // Get Creative Challenges  // Path of Positivity // Lil Patch of Crafty Friends // Crafter's Castle // The Corrosive Challenges
Crafting-With-Friends // QKR Stampede

If you would like to join in this month's Crafty Wednesday challenge, or if you'd like to enter a 2nd or 3rd creation, simply use the linky tool below. As a reminder, this month's prize is a $6 gift certificate to Tiddly Inks or Bugaboo (winner's choice), sponsored by me.

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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Fairy Silhouette

Hello and welcome! Today I have another fairy card to share made with another one of the beautiful Lavinia fairies.

Lavinia Stamps Fairy // Hero Arts December Kit (Sold Out) // Distress Inks and Oxides (Tumbled Glass, Blueprint Sketch, Worn Lipstick, Mowed Lawn) // Wink Of Stella Glitter //  // Versafine Onyx Ink // Clear Embossing Powder // Bristol Vellum

I started out with a 4.5" square white Bristol Vellum card stock. Using my Tonic stamp platform, I stamped the fairy with Versafine Onyx ink and then heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. Then using the negative of a circle die cut, I inked up the scene in the background using Distress inks and Distress Oxides. 

The sentiment is from a recent My Monthly Hero kit, their December fairy themed kit (now sold out).  I applied some Wink Of Stella glitter to her wings. 

For the inside I used the circle part of the die cut and inked the outside of the card to leave a circle in the midde for a personal message. 

Then stamped one of the miniature faires and some fairy dust (these stamps are both by Lavinia). 

I am sharing my card with the following challenges:

Stamping Sensations - Fabulously Feminine

Creative Knockouts W,2E,C8 #282 Finish The Inside

Dragonfly Dreams - Anything Goes

Fashionable Stamping - Anything Goes 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends -  Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenges - Anything Goes
Crafter's Castle - Anything Goes with option: Fun Techniques

The Fairy and The Unicorn - Anthing magical goes

Have a great day and I hope you stay warm! Bitter cold days ahead for us!! I am sooooo ready for spring!!

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Dandelion Fairy

Last year I treated myself to several new Lavinia stamps and I am finally getting a chance to share something made with some of the stamps.

Lavinia Stamps // Distress Inks: Worn Lipstick, Seedless Preserves, Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain // Versafine Onyx Ink // Clear Embossing Powder // Penny Black Snippets // Stamp Platform //
  Ranger Ink Applicator Kit

I started out by masking the moon using a circle die-cut, then inked up the background with Distress Inks. I used Worn Lipstick and Seedless Preverves for the purple sky and Peeled Paint with alittle bit of Walnut Stain for the bottom portion. I used a mask made out of torn printer paper for the hills. Before stamping the fairy, I removed the moon mask. All stamps (besides the tiny sentiment) are by Lavinia. Love how they all work together to create a scene. I heat embossed the fairy using Versafine Onyx ink with clear embossing powder. Not sure I like the embossed effect....I feel like it's too shiny. Although I like the fairy to stand out I feel it's a bit too  much...what do you think?? How do you use these types of Silhouette stamps?

The tiny sentiment is from the Penny Black set Snippets. I finished off the card by layering it onto white card stock and then onto a pink base.

Sharing with these challenges:
Lavinia Stamps Challenge - A Story to be Told
Stamping Sensations  - Fabulously Feminine
Cute Card Thursday Weekly - Banish the Blues
Simply Create Too - Monthly -January - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for visiting! Stay warm and hope you have a good week!


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Allsorts 485: Create a Scene

It's time for  a new challenge at Allsorts, and this week it is  my turn to host. I love cards with scenes (although they are a little challenging for me), and so I selected the theme of .............

  Create a scene.

I think this is the perfect opportunity to use silhouette stamps, but you may create your scene any way you like, maybe with dies or masking, and of course any type of stamps! Come play along with us for a chance to win a gift certificate from Swedish House Crafts.

This was an opportunity for me to ink up the rest of my new Lavinia stamps. And now that I have used all but a tiny castle from my first Lavinia stamps order, I feel like I am allowed to purchase more of these beautiful stamps :)  I always feel bad when I buy new stamps while I still have several that haven't been inked yet!

Three Dancing Fairies // Witches Cat // Miniature Slender Mushrooms // Miniature Stars // Penny Black Enamor // Penny Black Nature's Gifts // Stampers Anonymous Rays Stencil //  Distress Ink Broken China // Distress Ink Shabby Shutters // Versafine Onyx Ink // Tonic Stamp Platform // Stickles Glitter

I created the background by using homemade masks and distress inks on  Bristol Vellum Paper. The cat, fairies, fairy dust and mushrooms are all stamps by Lavinia, and the puffy flowers and grass are stamps by Penny Black (sets Enamor and Nature's Gifts). The rays were done with a rays stencil by Stampers Anonymous. I applied some stardust Stickles Glitter to the fairy dust and fairy wings to give the card a little sparkle. 

I am also sharing my card here:

Always Fun Challenges - Create a Scene

Paper Minutes - Feet (kitty paws and fairy feet)

Tuesday Throwdown - One Layer

Star Stampz Challenge - Things With Wings and/or Tails 

Little Red Wagon - Bling It On  (bling in form of glitter)

Sunny Day Crafting -  Any Animals Always

Brown Sugar - All Creatures Great and Small

Crafty Catz -  Anything Goes 

Pattie's Creations -  Fairytale/Fantasy

Dragonfly Dreams -  Anything Goes

heARTful Stamping Challenge -  Anything Goes 

Pile It On -  Think Big (big cat as compared to the fairies on my card)

We Love 2 Create  - Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes *

If You Gave A Crafter A Cookie... - Anything Goes 

Crafting With An Attitude - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenges  - Always Anything Goes
Crafty Creations  - Always Anything Goes 
Creative Moments  - Always Anything Goes 
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with a Critter
Crafty Animals  - Always Anything Goes
Pause Dream Enjoy  - Any Cards

Thank you so much for visiting!

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Allsorts 483: Things with Wings

I have been wanting to purchase some Lavinia stamps for a loooong time, and finally decided on which ones to get first a few months ago (it was not easy because I pretty much have all of their stamps on my wish list but I had to keep the order under $100). Well, it took me another few months to finally ink them up. I know that sounds crazy ... but these types of cards are just out of my comfort zone so I kept putting it off. But, you know how it is, you can't get better at something if you're not trying it, and today's theme at Allsorts challenge was the perfect opportunity to finally ink up this gorgeous fairy.

 Our theme this week is "Things with Wings".

Tree Goddess Luna // Willow Leaf // Wild Poppies // Spiral of Spells // Stamp Platform // Stormy Sky Ink // Faded Jeans Ink // Versafine Onyx Ink // Clear Embossing Powder // Bristol Vellum Paper

I used a large circle die cut to mask the "moon" and then inked the card stock with Stormy Sky and Faded Jeans distress inks and then removed the mask. Next I stamped the image with the help of my Tonic Stamp Platform using Versafine Onyx Ink and heat embossed with clear powder. The "spiral of spells" was stamped over the masked moon using Stormy Sky ink again, but stamped off once before stamping, because I wanted the words to be "barely there" ...but I kind of wish I hadn't stamped off, they just turned out a little bit lighter than I wanted, but they are more visible in real life.  

The poppies and willow were first stamped with stormy sky ink, then with versafine onyx ink. 

Framed the image with a retired Stampin Up card stock (I think the color is Brocade Blue) It's a perfect match for the Stormy Sky distress ink. The card base is Neenah linen textured card stock. A sticky rhinestone was place in the center of the spiral spell sentiment. 

Also entering these challenges:

Double D Challenges

Cute Card Thursday - Magical

Alphabet Challenge - L is for Leaves  (willow leaves)

Cardz 4 Galz  - Beautiful Backgrounds 

CCEE Stampers  - Flowers

Sisterhood of Crafters - Flowers 
Star Stampz Challenge - Things With Wings or Tails 

Everybody-Art-Challenge  - Use a Stamp 

AuroraWings Challenge - Anything Goes 

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes this week

heARTful Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes 

Crafty Creations - Always Anything Goes Crafty Gals Corner   - Anything Goes 
Mod Squad Challenge  - Anything GoesSimon Says Wednesday   - Anything GoesCrafty Sentiment Designs  -  Anything GoesCreates and Makes  - Anything GoesLemon Shortbread  - Always Anything Goes 

Through The Craft Room Door  - Always Anything Goes 

We would love for you to join us at Allsorts challenge. Here is what you can win this week:

Two fairy themed rubber stamps!

  

Thanks so much for visiting today, I will be back again tomorrow with my September card for Penny Black and More challenge.

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