Allsorts Challenge 524/525: Feminine

Hello and welcome! Today's card was made for our new theme at Allsorts challenge. Lynn's turn to host and she picked the theme of "Feminine". We're still running on a 2 week schedule so there is plenty of time for you to join us for your chance to win! Our prize this week comes from Swedish House Crafts.

I made a tall card (approx. 4.5 x 6.75 inchs) for the challenge and kept it mainly CAS, although my first thought was to stamp the image again, color and fussy cut. But once I had the image stamped onto my inked card stock I actually liked the CAS look of just the black white and pink and decided to leave it this way. 

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To get a perfect rectangle I used painter's tape around the edges, inked with SpunSugar and Worn Lipstick distress inks, then used a brick stencil to add the brick design. After removing the painters tape I stamped the image and sentiment from the 2 piece Penny Black set Birthday Balloons with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink using my Tonic Stamp Platform. I framed the card onto a white 110 lb card base and finsished it by adding sticky rhinestones. 

Penny Black Birthday Balloons // Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink // Spun Sugar Distress Ink // Worn Lipstick Distress Ink // Brick Wall Stencil by TCW // Ranger  Ink Blending Tool // Tonic Stamp Platform // Stickyback Rhinestones // Bristol Vellum Paper 

I'm playing along with these challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday - CAS // Double D Challenges - Rhinestones // TIME OUT Challenges  - Fashionable // CAS on Friday - Use a Stencil // Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes // 

Thanks so much for visiting!! As always I really appreciate your comments!

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Imagine That Playground Guest

Hello and Welcome!
Last month I was one of the Top Two winners of "Imagine That Creative Playground" and along with the prize comes an opportunity to be a guest designer for the following month's challenge. Today I am sharing two cards made with one of the sets I chose, and then I will have another share using the second set I selected on May 16th when the mid month challenge inspiration is posted on their blog. By the way, the theme is "Anything Goes" and I am sure the "Imagine That Playground" team would love for you to join in!

Would you believe I didn't own a wedding stamp set already!! This one was perfect! The set is called Wedding Day. The image has been colored with copic markers on Xpress It blending card. The sentiment is part of the set. I just love the font of this sentiment. The card is mostly CAS. After coloring the image I added an Art Deco type frame which was part of this Hero Arts stamp kit, cut out with shiny silver card stock from the same kit. Pearls were added as embellishments and I mounted the card front on a Dove White 100lb card base.

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For the second card I printed out the sentiment (which is also part of the Wedding Day set) on Vellum paper. While the ink was still wet, I sprinkled gold embossing powder over it and heat embossed. I wasn't sure if this was going to work, but it did perfectly and you would never know the ink under the gold was black and not versamark ink. The wedding cake from the same set  was printed on Xpress It blending card and I kept it mostly white but added some pink roses using copic markers. Paper strips from my stash and half a paper doily finish off this card. Some pearls were added as embellishments because I think they go so well with wedding themed cards.

Products used:

Wedding Day by Imagine That  - Digistamps // Hero Arts February Stamp Kit // Xpress It Blending Card // Copic Markers // Gold Embossing Powder // Heat Tool // Dove White Card Stock 100lb// Vellum Paper

I'm also entering these challenges:
Paper Shelter Challenge - Love is in the Air // Double Trouble - Words // Path of Positivity - Happiness // 613 Avenue Create - Weddings
Anything Goes:
Crafty Creations // Word Art Wednesdays // Lemon Shortbread // Through The Craft Room Door // A Perfect Time To Craft // Happy Craft Challenge // Crafting By Designs // Creative Moments  // The Crafty Addicts  // Crafting from the Heart // Get Creative Challenges // 


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Allsorts Challenge 513: Use Yellow

Hello and welcome! It's time already for a new theme at Allsorts challenge. This week Lynn is our host and she chose the theme of "Use Yellow Somewhere". We're having a wonderful prize by Woodware to give away this week to one lucky randomly selected winner. It could be you - but only if you play along :-)

To make my card I followed this week's sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and used this cute image (Baby Fairy Bee) by Mo Manning. I colored it with my Faber Castell Polychromos  pencils on Neenah 80lb card stock. I used a chickenwire stencil for the honeycomb background with Mustard Seed Distress Ink to add some interest to the background. The yellow stripe on the right side was done with Distress inks as well, and I used a dotted stencil (Penny Black Oscillations Stencil) to add a simple design.


Stencils at Scrapbook.com

 Sentiment is from the set Label Maker by MFT. This specific set is retired but this one by Altenew is similar and it also comes in a spanish version. I stamped it with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. A button and white cotton twine finish off this CAS card. I also covered the wings with a Wink of Stella clear glitter brush for some sparkle.

Mo Manning Baby Fairy Bee // Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils // Neenah 80lb Cardstock // Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush // Penny Black Oscillations Stencil //  TCW Chickenwire Stencil // Mustard Seed Distress Ink // Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink // Scor Tape // MFT Label Maker Sentiment - retired - Similar by Altenew

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I am also sharing my card here:

I used this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches

 Ike's World - CAS // 2 Sisters On The Blog - CAS // A2Z Scrapbooking Linky Party - Color it in // Aud Sentiments Challenge - Any sentiment except Happy Birthday

Anything Goes Here: 

Simon Says Wednesday // Crafting By Designs // Crafty Creations // Creative Moments // House That Stamps Built // Crafty Sentiment Designs // Digi Choosday Challenge // Lemon Shortbread // Through The Craft Room Door // Artistic Inspirations // Path of Positivity 

Thank you so much for visiting! Hope you're having a fabulous weekend! 


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Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - March Challenge

Hello and Welcome to Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday challenge!

It's a new month, that means time for a new theme and I hope you will join in this time!
It was great seeing so many of you playing along last month, seems like the "double theme" was popular and I might continue with two theme choices for a little while. After all, the challenges do run for a whole month so two themes to pick from would be nice! Be sure to scroll down to see if you were last month's prize winner or a top choice. And as always, the linky tool can be found at the end of this post.

This month's themes:

Think Spring or Add Some Green

(of course you may combine the two themes like I did!)

Penny Black Sweet Smiles // Versafine Clair Nocturn Ink // Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils // Penny Black Flowing Butterfly Die // Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide, Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide // Ranger Ink Blending Tool // Martha Stewart Scor Board // Neenah White Card Stock // Bristol Vellum Paper

The image from the Penny Black set Sweet Smiles was stamped onto Bristol Vellum paper and I colored using my Faber Castell Polychromos. I trimmed the image panel to an about 3" square and layered over striped vellum paper from my stash. I did find the exact pack I have in an etsy shop, but the seller is located in Malaysia, so shipping might not be fast. Mine was a gift from a neighbor who was visiting Japan several years ago. The butterflies were done with Penny Black's Flowing Butterfly die, which is really 3 butterflies attached to each other but I cut it out twice and trimmed off the smaller one to use on my card. They were cut out of white card stock and I used distress oxide inks Tumbled Glass  and Blueprint Sketch to give them some color. Stickyback pearls were attached to their bodies. 

If you look really closely, then you will see that I used a scoring tool to add 5 scor lines behind the image panel for some interest. I used Martha Stewart Scoring Board.

The sentiment is part of the cute set, it's been stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink directly onto the Neenah heavy weight card base.

Challenges I am entering:

AAA - Sentiment plus 3 from wheel (I picked stamped image, coloring and a die cut)

Back to Basics - tic tac toe (Pearls, Flowers, Blue)

PINK	PEARLS	LACE
TAG	FLOWERS	CHARM
TWINE	BLUE	BUTTONS

CAS on Friday - Use Vellum (the striped paper is vellum paper with stripes.)

Crafty Calendar - For a Child

Crafty Friends Challenge - Gemstones or Pearls

Inkspirational - Use Your Stash 

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes with PB/ option of CAS

Send a Smile for Kids - Anything for Kids

Ike's World - CAS

Unicorn Challenge - Spring

Crafty Cardmakers - Flowers

Anything Goes Themes:

Crafty Sentiment Designs // Lemon Shortbread // Get Creative Challenges // Path of Positivity 

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March Prize:

This month the winner gets the choice of a $6 Gift Certificate to either Tiddly Inks or Bugaboo Stamps, sponsored by me. The gift certificate will be purchased after winner has been selected and contacted me with the choice, then gift code will be emailed to the winner.

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February Winner and Top Picks

Nancy E.

Congratulations, Nancy! You are the February prize winner - please email me with your mailing address at ellibellescorner at gmail dot com by Wednesday March 19th.

Top picks are listed in the order of entry, and it was really hard to choose from so many wonderful creations!

 Due to GDPR regulations I am unfortunately unable to post links to the top picks and winner, and don't feel it's right for me to post other crafter's cards on my blog without properly linking to the original source, but their beautiful creations can still be seen at the February challenge linky tool. 

No. 17 - Sheryl Hare
No. 41 - Astrid
No. 55 - Treebug

Congratulations on being my top picks! Your top pick logo is below, feel free to post it to your own blogs if you like to!

The linky tool for the March challenge is below. As always feel free to combine with as many challenges as you like to, and you may share up to 3 creations per challenge.

Challenge themes: 
Think Spring or Add Some Green

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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One Corner and a little Music - A CAS card

Please click HERE if you are visiting for Ellibelle's Crafty Challenge.


As I was updating Sunday's challenge listings on my blog, I came across the new AAA challenge, (a CAS challenge blog), with the this week's theme of "One corner and option of Music". Their wonderful DT creations inspired me to ink up another stamp from the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero February Kit, along with the stencil that was part of the kit.

This card was really quick to make. I inked up the stencil from the February Kit using Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserves Distress inks. My first intention was to stamp the dancing couple on another piece of white card stock and use the matching die from this kit to cut it out and adhere to the card with pop up tape. But I decided to see how I liked it stamped directly onto the stencilled background, so using  Versafine Claire Nocturne Ink I stamped the image directly over the stencilled design. I decided I liked it this way, inked up the music notes from this kit and finished off the stamping. Unfortunately the kit didn't have a sentiment I wanted to use on my card, so instead I picked a sticker from Tim Holtz's Quotations Metallic Sticker Set and used it instead of a sentiment stamp. The shiny golden confettis (all 3 I used are gold, although one appears black in the photo) are part of this set, they were glued on with a tiny bit of Mono Multi liquid adhesive.

                                              Hero Arts My Monthly Hero February Kit 

            Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserves // Mini Ink Blending Tool      

               Versafine Claire Nocturne Ink //  Tim Holtz's Quotations Metallic Sticker Set 

Besides the AAA challenge mentioned above, I am also entering my card at "A Blog Named Hero" challenge where the theme this time is "Love is in the Air" and Dream Valley Challenges wants to see Sparkle and Shine this week. Anything but a square at Addicted to Stamps, and All Occasions at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges. 

The February Kit is currently still available for purchase if you are interested. Cost is $34.99. Hero Arts does offer free shipping on orders of $50 and More within the United States. Also, Kit subscribers located in the United States always get their kits shipped for free, you can read about Kit Subscriptions HERE. . I've been a subscriber since September 2018 and am really enjoying receiving a kit monthly. I know I've mentioned this before, but just as a reminder I wanted to let you know, if you were to subscribe now, your first kit to receive would be the March kit, releasing in a couple of weeks. Also, don't forget to check out their newest Catalog additions. I just purchased the  Layering Sea and Sky Set, Layering Waves Set, Hero Greetings Limited Edition for the back of cards and their Cowboy Adventure Set which was from a previous release. 

(Layering Sea also comes in a combo set including dies HERE, as does the set Cowboy Adventure.)

If you missed my other recent cards made with the February kit and would like to take a look, you can see them HERE and HERE. 

Thanks so much for visiting!!


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Penny Black and More - February Challenge

Hello everyone, it's time already for Penny Black and More February challenge. We're making it easy for everyone this month, but added an optional theme for those of you that like to be challenged... "Anything Goes (with the option of Tags)". As usual, we have some wonderful prizes to give away, so hope you'll play along with us!

Penny Black Mimi's Love // Penny Black Sweet You // Avery Elle Wonky Stitches Die Set // Zig Clean Color Markers // Whimsy Stamps Large Tag Die Retired - Similar set by Tim Holtz // DCWV Pattern Paper Pack // Tim Holtz Quotations Stickers 

I heat embossed the cute image from  Penny Black Mimi's Love then used my Zig Clean Color Markers for coloring. The large tag was done using a retired die by Whimsy Stamps, then small tag was done with a die from Avery Elle's Wonky Stitches Die Set. The paper is from one of the stacks by DCWV. The sentiment is from Penny Black's set Sweet You. Grosgrain ribbon and jute twine was attached to the tags and Wink of Stella Glitter brushed over most of the image.

Close up below....

And then here is a peek inside.

I used Avery Elle's Wonky Stitches Die Set set again for the layer inside. And I stamped the cute envelope with hearts onto the right bottom corner. This is a stamp from a really old Stampin Up set, I think it's called Greeting Galore,  probably available on Ebay or Etsy.  

Thanks so much for visiting!!

Challenges I am entering:

Retro Rubber Challenge -Ribbons of Love (image stamp is a few years old and the SU heart stamp is *really* old

Just Us Girls -Weekly - Word Week: Love

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes with PB

Send a Smile for Kids - Anything Goes for Kids

Dare to be Artsy - Love

Pile It On  - Pretty in Pink

Die Cuttin' Divas - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too - Monthly -February - Anything Goes w/ option of Hearts

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Allsort 495: Inspired By A Song

I am back today sharing my card for this week's Allsorts challenge and this time it's Helene's turn to host. She picked the fun theme of "Inspired by a Song". A great prize is up for grabs so hope you'll manage to join us this time.


My card is below, my first intent was to make a Christmas card but changed my mind when I came across the sentiment on my desk :-)  Can you guess what song it made me think of?

"I wanna dance with somebody" by Whitney Houston. 

I used my Tonic Stamp Platform to ensure a good impression of the pretty stamp Born to Dance by Visible Image, stamped with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Silver Embossing Powder. I then used the Rays stencil by Tim Holtz and Broken China ink  to make it appear as if the spotlight is on the dancer. The Stars and Clock (you can see a glimpse of it on the top right) were also stencilled, this time using Spun Sugar  distress ink. After the stencilling was finished, I stamped the sentiment from Penny Black (see my "For Sale" tab at the top of my blog if you're interested in this stamp - I currently still have one available brand new) twice using broken china ink and inked the edges with versamark to add some more silver embossing. Isn't this quote perfect for the stamp? 

Visible Image Born to Dance // Penny Black Dance Sing Love // Tonic Stamp Platform // Versamark Ink // Silver Embossing Powder // Heating Tool // Rays Stencil // Stars Stencil -similar // Clock Stencil // Broken China Distress Ink // Spun Sugar Distress Ink // Mini Ink Blending Tool

Scrapbook.com now carries many of the Visible Image brand stamps, and they are currently on sale. Plus, they are currently running their Black Friday Weekend Sale, so there are lots of great deals. You can see all current deals by clicking HERE or simply click on the banner below. 

So what song are you going to be inspired by? Would love to see you joining us this week at Allsorts, check out this fabulous prize package we're giving away to one lucky winner:

My card also fits these challenges:

Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes 
Creative Fingers  - Anything Goes
As You Like It Challenge - Favourite Rubber or Digi's (&why) (I have more freedom in creating and designing with rubber stamps)
Crafting With An Attitude -  Always Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft  - Always Anything Goes
Craft-Dee BowZ- Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow.
Happy Craft Challenge  - Anything Goes + option: Lace
Just Keep On Creating - Anything Goes
LeAnn’s World 101 -  Anything Goes
Love to Craft  - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes
Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative ChallengesAnything Goes with sparkle, glitter or flocking
Crafty Creations  - Always Anything Goes 
Mod Squad Challenge- Stamp Around A Stamp 
The Crafty Addicts  - Anything Goes/Optional Girly
Word Art Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for visiting! Enjoy your weekend!! More snow in Sunday's forecast for us ......

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Finally Received my October Hero Arts Kit!!

The month is almost over, I've been (not so) patiently waiting for my October My Monthly Hero kit, and it finally arrived this week. Apparently it was lost ....but I am super excited that it finally arrived! I love the vintage style of these stamps, and the included papers are soooo pretty and sparkly. I almost couldn't bring myself to cut into them!

Here is the first card I made with the kit. For a change I made a "long" card measuring approx. 7" x 4.25".

October My Monthly Hero Kit // Distress Markers // Shabby Shutters Distress Ink // Weathered Wood Distress Ink // Versafine Onyx Ink // Clear Embossing Powder // Neenah Linen Textured Card Stock



I first stamped the tree from the Hero Arts October My Monthly Hero Kit kit using Shabby Shutters distress ink on Bristol Vellum paper. Next I heat embossed the skaters from the set using Versafine Onyx Ink and clear embossing powder, then used the included dies to cut them out with my Big Shot machine. The star is also included in this kit along with a  matching die. Before adhering the skaters to the card, I inked up the bottom part of the card using Weathered Wood distress ink. Then heat embossed the sentiment and framed the card with the pretty, sparkly paper that's comes with the kit.


In the photo below you can see how the paper sparkles, and I used the irridescent watercolor ink which also comes with this kit to make the "ice" sparkle.

This is what's included in this month's kit.

• 6" x 8" Clear Stamp Set
• 14 Coordinating Frame Cuts
• 1 Paper Layering Tree Die with Frame
• 6 5.5" x 8.5" Sheets of Glitter Paper (Silver, Sea Glass, Twilight)
• Iridescent Star Embellishments
• Iridescent Ink 0.5 fl. oz. (shake well)

This kit is still available at the moment, you can purchase it by clicking HERE.  If you would like to subscribe to the kits and have them auto ship to you every month, you can click here, but just so you know, your subscription will not start with this current kit. If you subscribe by 10/28 then your subscription will start with the November kit. Subscriptions do ship for free (within the US- shipping cost does apply to orders outside the US), and there are options for monthly, 3 months, or 6 months subscriptions.  

I found a lot of challenge to play along in:

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes 
Crafter's Castle -  Anything Goes + option: Winter/Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes 
Hiding in my Craft Room  - Any Holiday
Colour Crazy Challenge -  Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Daring Cardmakers - Glitter
QKR Stampede  - Anything Goes
Crafting With An Attitude - Always Anything Goes
Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes 
Cute Card Thursday -Sparkles
Little Miss Muffet Challenges- Always Anything Goes
Christmas at Sweet Stampin'- Anything Goes Christmas
Crafting By Designs - Vintage
Crafty Creations  - Always Anything Goes 
Creative Moments - Always Anything Goes 
Fab 'n' Funky  - Christmas
Crafty Sentiment Designs  -  Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes 
Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes 
Cards in Envy - Favorite Holiday Card 
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
Path of Positivity -Anything Positive with Optional Theme: Shades of Purple
The Corrosive Challenges - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for visiting today, have a great Sunday!!

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