Jan 27, 2024

Not All Who Wander Are Lost

It's Saturday again and that means a new theme starts today at Allsorts challenge. It's Lolo's turn to host and she wants to see "Anything but Square". Then of course there is still the Anything Goes option if anything but square isn't for you. The prizes for this week and next (challenges 765 and 766) come from from Stampendous so don't miss your chance to win! 

For my project I decided to make a tall card but it's smaller scale so I will give it to my husband to use as a bookmark. He loves to read fantasy novels  so "Pan" from Lavinia will be the perfect featured image. 



I started out by inking up a scene using some torn copy paper and a circle mask for the sun. I had also just received another Aall and Create order which included a stencil so I used that stencil for some rays. After the inking was complete I used the following stamps from Lavinia: 

Pan, Brodwyn and Maylin, Fern Leaf, , Quirky Mushrooms, Miniature Castle, Miniature Meadow  Mushroom, Minitiature Stars

I finished off with some sparkles around the sun and fairy wings using a Sakura Stardust gel pen and added the sticker sentiment from a Tim Holtz book of sticky quotes.

 

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Jan 20, 2024

January Blues

Happy Saturday, it's time already for a new theme at Allsorts challenge. Sarah is our host and she selected the optional theme of "January Blues". Prizes come from  Polkadoodles and Oakwood, they are for challenges 763 and 764. Be sure to look for the winner's post on the last Friday of the month.

We're in the midst of another round of arctic temperatures around here so you'd think I had enough of winter already (and that is so true!!) but I still decided to make a snowman card although the thought of going "floral" had crossed my mind too. 

Here is what I came up with:

This cute snowman is part of the Penny Black set Holly Jolly. He's been stamped on a scrap piece of cardstock, colored with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils then fussy cut.

On the background I started out with the Bokeh technique and some snowbanks. After stamping the snowflakes (by Lavinia Stamps) and adding die cut snowflakes (Penny Black die set)  not much of the bokeh is visible any longer. The trees were done with Penny Black's die set Beneath the Birches. Winter sentiment is by Lavinia Stamps (Winter Magic) and "Frosty Fun" is from a retired set by Whimsy Stamps. I embellished with some Stickles glitter on the smaller die cut snowflakes and the snowman's hat, and a little rhinestone in the center of the large snowflake.


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Here is a closeup....

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Jan 17, 2024

I Spy With My Little Eye...............Hearts and/or Roses (Challenge No. 11)

Happy Wednesday and welcome to another "I spy with my little eye" challenge taking place right here on my blog. Pauline and I are back with a new theme and we hope you will join us too for a chance to be selected as a top pick which comes with an invitation to be our guest designer(s). You can scroll down to see who the top picks from our last challenge were.

It's my turn (Ellie) this time to select a theme and it is...........

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

Hearts and/or Roses.

They don't need to be the focal point but do need to be found somewhere on your projects. You can choose either hearts, or roses, or a combination of the two. We can't wait to see what you will create! 

Here is what we came up with:

My Card (Ellie)

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I used the beautiful stamp set Sent with Love from Aall and Create. My colors were inspired by the current Triple B mood board here. I used Icy Spruce Distress Oxide ink for the background. The rose was stamped on a snippet of cardstock, colored with Zig Clean Color markers and then fussy cut. The tiny row of hearts stamped over the word "Rose" is from the set Define Love also by Aall and Create. The "Happy Birthday" words are from a retired set by MFT (Label Sentiments) stamped on more snippets, cut out and adhered with foam tape. I used stickles glitter on the rose and around the word "rose" for some sparkle. 

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Pauline's Card

So loving this design and how cute is this little puppy presenting a rose??!! Please visit Pauline's blog to find out how she made this card.


We're so excited to have not one but two guest designers this time around - Helen of Helen's Crafty Haven and Rosi of Daeny's Creations. Thank you both for joining us!!

Helen

Such a beautiful creation using both - hearts and roses. Absolutely adorable! Please visit Helen's blog to find out how she made this card.

Rosi

An equally beautiful card by Rosi. You may only see the gorgeous roses at first but if you look closely you might spy a heart tucked in there too :) I did!!! Please visit Rosi's blog to find out how she made this card.

Top 2 from Challenge No. 10 - Something Old and/or Something New

Many thanks to all of you who played "I spy" with us last month. We had many fabulous entries and as always selecting our top picks wasn't easy but something that needed done so here they are 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. 

Remember, both Top Picks are invited to join us in the next challenge if you like to. That would be for challenge no. 12 starting February 21st ! Of course it's not a requirement but we would love to have you as guests!!

No. 23 Pia (Ellie's Pick)



No. 44 Jennifer H. (Pauline's Pick)


Congratulations to both of you!! Your top pick logo is below to display on your own blogs if you like to.

You are both invited to join us as guest designers (optional of course!) for challenge no. 12 starting on Wednesday February 21st. If you are interested in taking part, please message me (Ellie) at ellibellescorner at gmail dot com so I can give you all the details for our upcoming theme.


Now it's time to link up YOUR creations for the new theme! Anyone is invited to join us with your crafty makes following our theme - I Spy Hearts and/or Roses.

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.
  • Challenge ends Sunday February 18th.
  • Backlinking to a recent project is allowed.
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Jan 13, 2024

Winter Branches

Happy Saturday, it's time already for a new theme at Allsorts challenge and this week it's my turn to host. For my optional theme I selected "Make Your Own Background". So many options here using inks and stencils, stamps, embossing folders... maybe there is a new technique you've been hoping to try... but there is always the "anything goes" option if my theme isn't for you. We'd love to see all your crafty makes up to 3 entries per person. 

Prizes come from Polkadoodles and Oakwood, they will be for challenges 763 and 764 and all weekly winners will be announced on the last Friday of the month. 

Here is what I came up with using one of my favorite and super easy technique - DIY Shiplap.

This card was totally inspired by the current Four Seasons challenge mood board where I am a DT member so won't be linking it up there :) But I did want to show you the mood board. 


To make the shiplap paper all I had to do is score at 3/4 inch intervals (nice deep scores) then using an ink pad I wiped it over the score lines. My favorite ink pads for this are Pumice Stone or Weathered Wood. 

I used a mix of dies on the card front. The vases are from an old Hero Arts stamp kit (I think this is sold out on their website), pine branch is from Penny Black's die set Beautified Baubles, plain branches are from the die set Blustery and snow flakes from the set Dancing Snowflakes, both also by Penny Black. The sentiment is a real oldie from Whimsy Stamps. I used some Crystal Glimmer sticky dots from Honeybee Stamps on the snowflake centers for some sparkle. Oh, and another quick DIY background made with a Lavinia stencil (feather leaf) for the bottom border of the card.


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One of the vase dies left a small indentation on the bottom of the vase which I hated and then I saw the little diamond shaped scrap pieces from the large snowflake die cut laying on my desk so I decided they'd make a nice design on the vase. Got this idea from my blogging friend and Allsorts team mate Lynn :) 

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Thanks so much for visiting today. Be sure to visit the challenge blog to see what fabulous ideas the rest of the team came up with for their DIY backgrounds. 

Hope you stay warm! We're expecting up to -25 degrees (Celsius) this weekend after lots of snow this past week. Winter really showed up over here!!!


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