Something Beginning with "B"

It's Saturday and that means it's the start of a new theme at Allsorts challenge. Brenda is hosting this week and picked the theme of "I Spy Something Beginning with B".  I always enjoy this theme, it's fun to see what everyone is coming up with and I love searching through my stamps to see what I can find!

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Can you spy all the B's on my card?

There is the obvious bicycle, but then I noticed the black berrets and the basket on the bike, then used a brick stamp and some blossoms, and even inked the edges with blue ink 😎. 

All stamps are by Penny Black, the girl on bike is called Fluffy Passenger. Stamped on Xpress It Blending card (I purchased mine from Amazon, but can't seem to find a link to it now) with Memento Tuxedo ink and colored with Copic markers. The flowers on two of the corners are Penny Black's stamp At Grace, inked with distress markers and stamped with the help of my stamp platform (options). 

I wanted to add the impression of a brick wall so I used Penny Black's brick wall stamp on the background. Finally stencilled a design to mimic a road using Penny Black's Oscillations stencil. The sentiment is also by Penny Black from the set Happy Wishes. And I finished off by adding a sticky sentiment to the top left from Tim Holtz's Quotations Metallic Sticker Sheet

All stamps by Penny Black:

Fluffy Passenger // At Grace // Happy Wishes // Brick Wall

Inks:

Memento Tuxedo // Black Soot Distress Ink (stecilling) // Antique Linen Distress Ink (Brick Wall) // Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink (inked edges) // Worn Lipstick Distress Marker // Tumbled Glass Distress Marker // Crushed Olive Distress Marker // Several Copic Markers

Tools and Extras: 

Stamp Platform (mine is no longer available - alternative options HERE) // Penny Black Oscillations Stencil // Tim Holtz Quotations Metallic Sticker Sheet // Ink Blending Tool

Thanks so much for visiting!!

Linking up here:
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - PB stamps 

Butterflies for Allsorts Challenge

Hello and thanks so much for visiting! It's Saturday, that means it's time for a new theme at Allsorts challenge and this week it's all about Butterflies, chosen by Helene. Hope you'll join in for a chance to win this week's prize which is a  £15 voucher from WowVow.

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I thought this cute image featuring Mimi and her box of butterflies from the Penny Black set Sweet Smiles was perfect for this theme ... it's been a while since I used it!

Distress inks Tumbled Glass, Blueprint Sketch and Wilted Violet were used on bristol vellum paper to ink up the background with a circle mask in place. After removing the mask, I stamped the image directly onto the inked paper then stamped her again on a scrap piece of white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo ink. I colored her using a mix of Copic markers and Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. She and one of her butterflies have then been fussy cut using my Cutterbee scissors. 

Before adhering her to the card I used Penny Black's stamp Blossom Branch to create a border of flowers. Then I added the die cut "hill" - similar die set - and then Mimi was attached with foam tape.

The sentiment is from the Penny Black Set Happy Wishes stamped directly onto the card front. It's hard to see but I brushed some wink of stella glitter over the rose and butterflies.

A close up below ... I think I'll fussy cut the second butterfly as well because it's blending too much into the background.

Penny Black Sweet Smiles // Penny Black Happy Wishes // Penny Black Blossom Branch // Distress Oxide Inks Tumbled Glass, Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet // Memento Tuxedo Ink // Copic Markers // Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils // Wink of Stella Glitter Brush // Foam Tape // Bristol Vellum Paper // Cutterbee Scissors // Similar Stitched Hillside Border Die Set // Pattern Paper from SU

I'm sharing my card here:

Just Add Ink - Choose two: Stencils, Pencils, Pattern Papers (I used Pencils and Pattern Paper) // Cute Card Thursday - Feminine // Crafty Sentiment Designs - For Girls // Retro Rubber Challenge - Anything using older Stamps (Focal stamp is 3+ years old) // Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Cute // The Paper Girls - Girl Time  // Inspire me Mondays Linkup

Thanks again for stopping by! Hope you're all doing well! 

More Pink for Penny Black and More October Challenge

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Hello and thank you so much for stopping by! It's the 18th of the month and that means time for our midmonth Penny Black and More challenge inspiration. Our theme is "Pretty in Pink" and runs until the end of the month, so there is plenty of time left for you to join in if you haven't already. And you can always enter up to 3 times for more chances to win!

I always seem to be using a shade of pink when using this stamp - Fluffy Passenger by Penny Black. Here I created a watercolor wash background by inking a craft mat with Spun Sugar distress ink, spritzed with water then patted my bristol vellum paper onto the ink to create the background. Normally I'd add a second color (once the first color dried) but for our pretty in pink challenge I decided to keep it pink only. I stamped the image  using my Tonic stamp platform and Versafine Clair Nocturne ink, and I also used an old Stampin Up background stamp French Script, to add a border of french words. 

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The sentiment is from a long retired floral stamp set from Whimsy Stamps (I'm sorry but I don't remember the name of this stamp set), stamped with Versafine Clair ink  on white card stock. I stapled it onto the card front then tied a pink gingham ribbon (Similar) to it. The ribbon looks reddish in the photo, but is a pretty pink in real life. A couple of sticky rhinestones were added to the centers of the wheels to finish it off. 

Penny Black Fluffy Passenger // Whimsy Stamps Sentiment (retired) // Stampin Up French Script (retired but still available on eBay) // Spun Sugar Distress Ink // Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink //  Tonic Stamp Platform // Ribbon Scrap - Similar Ribbon // Sticky Rhinestones // Bristol Vellum Paper

Thank you so much for visiting! Hope you're  having a fantastic day!

I'm linking up with these challenges:

Creations in Pink  - Mainly Pink // Creative Craft Cottage Challenges F - Pink // Path of Positivity - Anything Positive opt. Encouragement // Cutie Pie Challenge - Cute // Simon Says Stamp Monday - All Things Pink // Lavinia World Challenges - Use Stamps // Brown Sugar - Anything Goes // Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Black and White Plus One // Lost Coast Designs - Pets (puppy in the basket) // Craft Rocket Challenges - Pink // TIME OUT Challenges - Encouraging

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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

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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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