Valentine's Bunnies

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Hello and welcome! I have one more Valentine's card to share (which I just finished this morning), so I decided to do a quick post.

Most of the items I used today are retired and no longer available. The cute image is a rubber stamp from LOTV. I stamped it with  Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink and then used my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils for coloring. I created a CAS scene by adding a die cut "hill" using one of Whimsy Stamps' Stitched Trio die and retired paper from Stampin Up. 

The sentiment is also by Stampin Up, heat embossed on black card stock. I don't remember which stamp set it belongs to...The little "love you" with butterfly is *I believe* from the Stampin Up set "Happy Heart Day", also retired years ago. The white card stock is by Neenah, and the light blue is Stampin Up's Soft Sky. The image has been fussy cut using my Cutterbee scissors to add to the card. 

I am sharing with these challengs: 

Aud Sentiments Challenge- Love Or Valentine Sentiment 
Craft Rocket Challenges - Feb- Valentine
Crafting With An Attitude - Always Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Wings
Crafting By Designs  - Love is in the Air

Crafty Creations  - Always Anything Goes 
Moo-Mania & More - Love
The Crafty Addicts  - Anything Goes
Die Cuttin' Divas - Love
Always Fun Challenges- Love/ Valentines
Crafting from the Heart -  Anything Goes
CuteNCrafty Challenge Blog- Valentines/ Love 
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Critter
AAA - CAS + Optional twist: Love 
Dare 2B Artzy Challenges - Love
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

And that is all for today! Thank you so much for visiting! I will be back again on Saturday with my weekly card for Allsorts challenge. 

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Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - February Challenge

Happy Wednesday and welcome to Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - February challenge! A huge thank you to all of you who played in the January challenge. I hope you all will join in this month as well! As always, the linky tool is it the end of this post.

For the month of February I picked the theme of.............

Dies / Punches or Something with Hearts.
Of course you may use dies with hearts like I did :-)

Penny Black Critter Party // Avery Elle Heart Frame Die // Versafine Clair Nocturne // Versamark Ink // White Embossing Powder // Cross stitch stamp by Whimsy Stamps - Similar Option

The image from the set Critter Party has been stamped with my new Versafine Clair Nocturne ink pad and colored with Zig Clean Color markers. Fussy cut with Cutterbee scissors to add to the design. The pattern paper is really old and the sentiment is also an old one by Stampin Up.

The image was layered over a white circle die cut. I added some faux cross stitches using an old set by Whimsy Stamp (retired). Here are some similar stitches stamp options. I used Versafine Clair Nocturne ink again for stamping the stitches.

I am also sharing my card here:

 
Hand Stamped Sentiment
TIME OUT Challenges
Cupcake Inspirations
Simon Says Stamp Monday- Add Some Red
C.R.A.F.T.  - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Valentines
Moving along with the Times - Add a Sentiment 
Brown Sugar- Love and/or Valentines Day
Pattie's Creations - Love, Love, Love
Simply Create Too - Anything Goes w/ option of Hearts
Challenge Up Your Life - Love is in the Air 
Just Us Girls -Weekly - Word Week: Love
Penny Black Saturday Challenge  - Anything Goes with PB or Flowers
Dare 2B Artzy Challenges - Love

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This month's (February) prize:

One lucky winner will receive this stamp by Whimsy Stamps from my prize box.

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Last month's winner and top picks:

Craft Princess - entry no. 7

Congratulations, you are the January prize winner! Please email me at
ellibellescorner at gmail dot com
with your mailing address by Wednesday February 20th. 

Next up are my Top Picks from last month's challenge listed in the order of entry:

No. 18. Lynn

No. 24 Berni C.

No. 50 Debbie M.

Congratulations ladies! Your Top Pick logo is below, feel free to post it to your own blogs!

To be in compliance with GDPR I am not posting any links or cards, but all of these beautiful creations can be seen in last month's linky tool. 

If you would like to join in this month's challenge, please use the linky tool below.

As a reminder:
This month's theme is:
Dies / Punches or Something with Hearts
As always you may:
Combine with any other challenges
Enter up to 3 creations
Use any brand of stamps
And don't forget to:
leave a link back here to my blog.

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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Sweet Wishes

I made this card a couple of days ago to play in the new Double D Challenges which is "Something  you can find on a menu", and finally found the time to share it here on my blog.

As I mentioned in an earlier post this week (or maybe last week), I am trying hard to use up some designer papers this year, because I have sooooo many scraps and cut pieces of pattern papers. Here I used some designer paper from an old paper stack by DCWV.

Penny Black Loads of Love // Penny Black Sweet Wishes // Copic Markers //Xpress it Blending Card // Memento Tuxedo Ink // DCWV Glitter Mat Stack Designer Paper // Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush // May Arts Jute Twine

The cute image from the set  Loads of Love has been stamped with Memento Tuxedo  ink and I used my Copic  markers for coloring. A Wink of Stella brush was used to add some clear glitter to the cupcake's frosting and I used Spun Sugar distress ink sponged along the edges of the white card stock. The sentiment from the set Sweet Wishes, also by Penny Black, has been stamped with Memento Tuxedo ink as well and edges sponged with the same shade of pink ink.

The designer paper is from DCWV's  Glitter Mat Stack that I've had for a long time and used as the card front for my image and sentiment. I embellished with a button and some jute twine. 

I am sharing my card here:

Double D Challenges - Anything you can find on a menu

Stamploration - Monthly Theme and Sketch - Stamps and Animals or Sketch Below

and these challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge  - Anything Goes

Send a Smile for Kids - Valentines for Kids or Anything Goes for Kids

Pile It On - Land Animals

Make My Monday - Use Words or Sentiments

Paper Minutes - Round (circle designs on pattern paper)

Mod Squad Challenge - Pattern Papers

Sisterhood of Crafters  - Make it Sparkle

As You Like It Challenge  - Anything Goes 

Amazon links are below for those of you interested. Thanks so much for visiting! 

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Allsorts 501: Hearts and Flowers

It's Saturday already, meaning a new challenge has started at Allsorts. We are back to our weekly themes now that the holidays are over. It's Wendy's turn to host this week and she would like to see 

"Hearts and Flowers".

I don't really try making new year's resolutions, but after trying to de-clutter and re-organizing my craft area upstairs, I decided this year I am either getting some of my designer papers used up or throw away my stash of scraps. I have sooooo many scraps and have the hardest time throwing out even the smalles pieces .... I'm such a hoarder (but don't have the space for it!!)

Of course then for my first card I just HAD TO cut into a brand new 12x12 piece of designer paper, it was just perfect for what I had in mind, and so added more to my scraps :-) Isn't that the way it always goes??!!

Penny Black All Abloom // Memento Tuxedo Ink // Xpress It Blending Card // Copic Markers // Antique Linen Distress Ink // Tonic Stamp Platform // Tonic Paper Distresser // May Arts Silk Ribbon // Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush // Stampin Up Designer Paper - Retired //

I stamped the image from the older Penny Black set All Abloom using black Memento ink on Xpress It card and colored with Copic markers - another of my supplies I hope to use more of this year (we will see how this goes as I love watercoloring with my Zig Clean Color markers.) I decided to soften the edges a little bit by sponging Antique Linen  distress ink along the edges of the white image panel. Sentiment is from the same Penny Black set, also stamped with Memento ink. All edges were distressed using a distressing tool and I embellished with glitter from a Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush and May Arts silk ribbon, which is hard to see in the photo, it is above the strip of soft sky card stock. 

A close up above, you can see the pretty sparkles on the flowers and birds. 

The designer paper I used is by Stampin Up but no longer available. Prima Marketing have similar pattern paper stacks with a romantic feel. 

I am sharing my card with these challenges:

TIME OUT Challenges

Cutie Pie Challenge -  Add a Little Sparkle

Double Trouble -  Anything Goes/ optional twist of Bird Things

As You Like It Challenge  - Anything Goes 

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes with PB 

Crafting With An Attitude - Always Anything Goes

2 Crafty Critter Crazies  - Anything Goes with a Critter (birds)

Happy Craft Challenge - Glitter

A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes

Classic Design Team Open Challenge- Always Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper

    

Our Allsorts prize package is above, hope you join us for a chance to win! Visit the challenge blog for all the details. 

Happy stamping!!

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Always and Forever

This week my husband and I celebrated our 20th Anniversary and I made this cute card for him :-) I just love these Penny Black bunnies and thought it was the perfect image to use.

Penny Black Woodland Friends // Distress Ink Shabby Shutters // Versafine Onyx Ink // Ranger Clear Embossing Powder // Zig Clean Color Markers // Avery Elle Circle Heart Frame // Cutterbee Scissors

 //Whimsy Stamps Mini Chalkboard Greetings (no longer available)

A really quick card to make..... a hand cut mask was used to ink up the hill with Shabby Shutters distress ink. The image from the Penny Black set Woodland Friends was stamped onto the hill and a second time stamped and heat embossed on a scrap piece of Bristol Vellum paper. I colored with Zig Clean Color Markers and I fussy cut the bunnies using my Cutterbee scissors. The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps (mini chalkboards) but unfortunately no longer available. It has also been heat embossed using Versafine Onyx ink and clear embossing powder. The cute circle heart frame was done with an Avery Elle die. A little bit of wink of stella  glitter was brushed over parts of the image. For the card base I used Neenah Linen textured cardstock. 

Above is a close up of the cute image. Aren't the bunnies adorable!!!!

And that would be it for today, thanks so much for visiting! I hope you enjoy the rest of the week!! It's been much cooler here today after a somewhat stormy day yesterday. I really wanted to turn on the heater...

I am sharing my card here:

Stamping Sensations -  Something beginning with "B" (Bunnies)

Double Trouble - 3 Colors and an Image (gray, red and green)

City Crafter Challenge - Pets

Sunny Day Crafting - Animals 

Brown Sugar - All Creatures Great and Small

Crafting with Dragonflies - Cards Only 

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes 

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes 

Crafty Creations  - Always Anything Goes 

House That Stamps Built  - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin - Dies and Punches

Fab 'n' Funky - All Creatures Great And Small

Creatalicious Challenges - Anything Goes + Option: Circles

Always Fun Challenges  - Anything Goes 

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything Goes

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Hedgehog Valentines

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Happy Wednesday and Happy Valentine's Day! 

I spent some time yesterday completing two Valentines card I made for the kids and finished just in time to share today. 

First up is the card I made for my son. I went with a kraft, red and white color combo with a touch of black. I love these colors for Valentines day and I think they fit a masculine type card well.

Love this cute hedgehog stamp. The little guy is from the set "Share a Hug". He's been stamped onto 

Copic Xpress it Blending Card and colored using Copic markers.

By the way, if you're looking to add a few single copics to your supplies, BLICK ART MATERIALS has them listed at $5.25 each plus 10% off if your order is $49 or more. Also free shipping at $35. They also carry sets and single colors of Zig Clean Color brush pens if you're looking to add some of those to your collection.

I cut out the heart circle using an the Avery Elle Heart Frame die. Sentiments are mostly by Penny Black, the "you make me smile" was done with a little wood mounted stamp, then I used postmarks from the set Posted with Love by Penny Black, the little xoxo is from the set Snippets, and then finally the "Happy Valentines Day" is an old stamp by Stampin Up. I added a couple of eyelets, I know, totally not "in style" - do they even still sell those LOL, but I have plenty of them and thought they fit the card well. I put some natural jute twine through the eyelet holes and tied a bow. The striped patterned paper is from a 6x6 paper pack by DCWV, it was purchased at Joann's Craft and Fabric. The polka dotted "paper" is actually washi tape.

With this card I am playing along here:

• Cardz 4 Guyz Something Beginning with letter L (L for Love Letter)
• Deep Ocean Challenge  Love Is All Around 
• Retro Rubber Challenge -  Dotty For You (use dots or circles) Penny Black set is from 2 or 3  Valentine releases ago. 
• Use Your Stuff - Love is all around 
• Cutie Pie Challenge - Valentines
• Make My Monday -  Going around in Circles
• Animal Friends Challenge  - Stripes and/or Dots
• Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Hearts 
• Path of Positivity - ANYTHING POSITIVE WITH Optional Theme: SHADES OF RED
• Die Cuttin' Divas - Valentine's Day inspiration photo
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The card above I made for my daughter using shades of black, gray and pink. Colored again with copic markers on Xpress it blending card. The papers are by Authentique, a 6x6 pack I picked up at Hobby Lobby over a year ago. It's a double sided paper pack. I used the same Happy Valentines Day by SU  I used on the first card, the little "You make me Smile" is from the set Snippets. I love that I can just bend the clear sets, place on an acrylic block and then stamp onto the circle. Oh, and the litte hedgehog is from the set  Furry Affection by Penny Black. I added a white silk ribbon bow to finish off the card.

With this card I am playing along here:

• Stinkin' Inkers - Love Is In The Air

• Always Fun Challenges - Valentines
• Crafting from the Heart- Always Anything Goes 
• Get Creative Challenges - Ribbon or Washi Tape
• Craft-Dee BowZ  Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow.
• Crafty Animals - Always Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper

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If you're wondering what card I am giving to my husband, you can see it in the photo below, the one on the right side. The one on the left was given to me by my husband (then boyfriend) on our very first Valentines Day 20 years ago. I thought it was totally funny how he crossed out wife and replace with girlfriend. And here we are 20 years later and this card caught my eye at Walmart. I almost put it back because it said "boyfriend" but then remembered the card he gave me and I decided that it was perfect. I think he's going to love it!

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you're having a great day. I am about to get ready to bake some Valentines cupcakes for my loves :)