Jun 24, 2023

A Bunch of Flowers for Allsorts Challenge

Happy Saturday, it's time already for a new theme at Allsorts challenge! Lynn is hosting this week and her optional theme is..."A Bunch of Flowers"! We'd love for you to follow the option but of course any of your new crafty things are welcome, so hopefully you'll join in with us this week for a chance to win or to be selected for the top 5!  It's your last chance to play for the June prizes which come from Sizzix, AALL and Create, Aldridge Crafts, Lavinia and Ruth Hamilton Design and will be announced this Friday, June 30th!!

And here is my card share:

I combined 2 Penny Black stamps to create this joyful scene - Poppy Field and Spontaneous Joy. This hedgie was one of my very first Penny Black stamps and he's still a favorite. The sentiment is also from Penny Black from the set Blooming Sentiments, which is perfect for all kinds of floral/garden themed creations. Inked the edges with Distress ink and then stamped my old French Script around the edges. It's a one layer card adhered to a white card base.


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Jun 21, 2023

I Spy With My Little Eye: A Sweet Treat or Warm and Sunny Colors (Challenges 4 and 5 Combined)

Hello everyone! Pauline and I are back again with a new "I spy with my little eye" challenge taking place right here on my blog!

Before I get to the new theme I wanted to mention that this is a "double challenge" to cover part of the Summer so it is for challenges #4 and #5 combined. The linky tool will remain open until August 13th and a new theme will then start on August 16th!


We had some fabulous entries in the last challenge so be sure to scroll down to the end to see if your entry made one of our top 2! Remember, the top picks are invited to join us as guest designers in a future challenge!


So here are our themes for challenges 4 and 5. Choose one or the other or even combine. 

I spy with my little eye.....................


A Sweet Treat (chosen by Ellie) 

or

Warm and Sunny Colors (chosen by Pauline)


And here are our shares for your inspiration:

My card (Ellie)
following the "Sweet Treat" theme

Can you spy the sweet treat?? 
This cute stamp is a Mo Manning stamp for Penny Black - Oh My Goodness. I thought it was perfect for the theme.  Stamped on Bristol Vellum paper and I colored with Stampin Up and Distress Inks and I used one of my most used stencils - Feather Leaf by Lavinia on the background. Sentiment on the tag is an oldie from Whimsy Stamps. I used a tag die (options) to cut it out and tied it onto the card using natural jute twine. Another stencil (classy stripes) was used on the top pink border with the same coral Stampin Up ink. I added another small sentiment which is part of a Colorado Craft Company stamp set. A corner rounder was used to complete the card.

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following the "Warm and Sunny Colors" theme

Please visit Pauline's blog to find out how she made this beautiful card. Isn't that sunflower stunning??!!


There are no guest designers this time so let's get straight to our Top Picks!

Top Picks from Challenge No.3


We had some fabulous entries sharing "Something with Wings" in the last challenge. Many thanks to all of you who joined us!
Our top picks are below in the order of entry.

*To be in compliance with GDPR, Top Pick photos and links will be removed after the start of the new challenge. 


No. 9 Jolanda - Pauline's Top Pick

No. 27 Jeanne - Ellie's Top Pick


Congratulations to both of you! Well deserved recognition! Your top pick logo is above, feel free to post it to your own blogs if you like to :)

Remember, as Top Picks, you are both invited to join us in the next challenge if you like to. That would be for challenge no. 6 starting August 16. Please email me (Ellie) at ellibellescorner at gmail dot com if you would like to join us so I can tell you about our upcoming theme. *Please note, by accepting the guest designer post you agree to have your project and blog link posted here on this blog.



Now it's time to link up YOUR creations! Anyone is invited to join us with your crafty makes following our theme(s). 

A few things to remember:
  • You may share up to 5 different projects
  • You may combine with as many other challenges as you like to
  • No fully digital projects please
  • Please include a link back to this blog
  • Backlinking to a recent post is allowed
  • Challenge ends Sunday August 13th at 11:59pm CST

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Jun 17, 2023

Blooms, Bees or Butterflies

It's Saturday already and time for a new theme at Allsorts challenge. It's my turn to host this week and I selected the optional theme of Blooms, Bees and/or Butterflies. Hope you'll join in with us, I would love to see you follow the optional theme but all entries are welcome whether they follow the theme or not! 

For my card I decided to dig through my box of rejects that I usually save "just in case" and I'm so lucky I did too, as my lost Hero Arts "tiny footprints in the sand" stamp from a beach themed stamp set fell right onto my lap when I pulled one of the pieces out. I surely didn't expect to ever find that stamp as it's truly tiny. So if you have a lost stamp never give up hope as it might show up in the most unexpected moment.


The yellow inked piece is from that box of extras. It's a textured piece of Neenah card stock which had been inked with some yellow Distress ink and stencils were used as well. The bee and scalloped circle were also previously die cut from my other box of die cut extras. The bee is a stamp from an older Hero Arts stamp kit. I kept the card in a CAS style by simply assembling it onto an embossed background. 

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The sentiment is an oldie from Penny Black but new-ish to me, just purchased within the last couple of months. This is my first time using it. 

Another view below..


Hope you'll join us this week!! As a reminder prizes this month come from Sizzix, AALL and Create, Aldridge Crafts, Lavinia and Ruth Hamilton Design, all weekly winners will be announced on June 30th.



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Last Saturday my 16 year old had her end of year dance recital. This year they performed a storyline based on the Don Quixote ballet and she was so excited when she was cast as Kitri, the female lead. At one point in mid April we weren't sure if she was able to dance as she had to have one of her big toenails removed and we weren't sure how long she would be out. But she was back on her feet and in pointe shoes after just 2 weeks. 

Proud mom moment :-) so I wanted to share 2 photos I took from rehearsal. Sorry they turned out a bit blurry, my camera isn't the best when action is involved... or maybe it's just user error! As you can imagine, it was an absolute joy to watch!




By the way, those of you close to London, UK:  The Royal Ballet will perform Don Quixote later this year!!! And it looks like one of my daughter's favorite professional ballet dancers is performing as Kitri, Marianela Nunez. If you love ballet but haven't seen Don Quixote yet, I recommend it!! How I wish I could take her to see it!!!


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Jun 10, 2023

A Masculine Card with a Touch of Vintage

Today is the start of a new theme at Allsorts challenge. It's Dena's week to host and she would like to see "Birthday Cards" but as usual there is the option of "Anything Goes" so all your new crafty makes are welcome and all will be entered into the prize drawing. 


I decided to make masculine birthday card using one of Tim Holtz's stamp sets - The Journey. The background was done with Distress inks and 3 stencils (clock, stripes and crackle). The text stamp, small clock and classic car are all part of the stamp set. Sentiment is from a Penny Black critter set. I love this font for masculine cards. 


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Hope you'll join in with us this week for your chance to win. Prizes for this month's challenges are from Sizzix, AALL and Create, Aldridge Crafts, Lavinia and Ruth Hamilton Design and the winners will be announced on June 30th. They will be drawn from the weekly entries, so you don't need to join us every week in order to have a chance at winning.



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