Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - October Challenge

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Hello and welcome to the October Crafty Wednesday Challenge right here on my blog! I'm so happy you decided to check out the new theme and I'd love to see you joining in too!

Just a quick note, going forward all themes will also have an anything goes option as well, for those of you just wanting to share what you made.

This Month's Theme:

All Things Autumn/Fall or Anything Goes

I'm also relaxing the rules a bit, you no longer need to link something new, you can link anything new or old - yes, back-linking is allowed! Please continue to link no more than 3 separate entries so I can get a chance to visit each one. As always, you may share anything handmade: Cards, Pages, Home Decor and anything else as long as it's handmade by you! 

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My October Creation:

Autumn Fox

I combined a few Penny Black stamp sets here: Smile All Day, Snow Blanket, Nature's Friends and Nature's Gifts along with a couple of old Stampin Up stamps (leaves and sentiment).

 

The tree image Snow Blanket was inked up with distress inks and stamped with the help of a stamp platform. This tool is extremely helpful when I add another color of ink like I did here on the edges of the tree. The fox from the cute set Smile All Day has been stamped using Walnut Stain distress ink onto an extra piece of bristol paper and I used my Zig Detailer waterbrush for coloring, then fussy cut to add to the card. I wanted him to stand out a bit from the colorful background so I stamped the sentiment from Stampin Up onto a strip of white card stock and added the fox next to it. The flying birds are from the set Nature's Friends and the bird sitting on the fence post is from the set Nature's Gifts. I added a little bit of ink to the sky and around the tree using a blending tool. Using my Zig detailer I also went over the fence to color in what would have been snow. (And if you look closely you can tell that I missed a bit of snow here and there :)

I'm linking up here: Encouraging Heart and Home

Related Products:

Last Week's Top Picks

Selecting just 3 is never easy but something that has to be done and last month's top picks are listed in the order of entry.

No. 5 Andrea W.

No. 24 Loopyloo

No. 29 Jenni Martin

As always, in order to be in compliance with GDPR I am not able to post links, but I have decided to create a Pinterest Board where my Top Picks of the month will be pinned with links back to each Top Pick's blogs.


You can see their wonderful creations HERE.


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

To play along in this month's challenge simply use the linky tool below.

A few things to remember:

• You may follow the theme or anything goes

• Link up to 3 different entries.
• Backlinking is allowed.
• You may combine with any other challenges.
• You may use any brand of stamps/digis (no company restriction).
• Please do include a link back here to my blog in your blog post.

Cute Christmas for Allsorts Challenge

Hello and welcome! It's time already for a new theme at Allsorts challenge and this week we're getting you all started on Christmas cards if you haven't already. Many crafters do work on Christmas cards year round to have a variety ready when the time is here, but I am not one of them. Some years I make my first ones in July, but this year, this is my first Christmas card of the year. 

The challenge was chosen this time by Mervi, and she wants to see "Cute Christmas". We have a prize by Pinksy Doodles, the winner can select some digital products from her Etsy shop, you can see one of the items up in her shop on my card, the pretty paper which comes in a set of several colors, I chose to work with this pretty pink.

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I'm sure many of you recognize this cute snowman as Penny Black's "Snowy", a stamp my husband picked out for me many many years ago. His big hat and scarf are perfect for paper piecing.

The snowman was first stamped onto the white card stock, then again on a 'post it' note and fussy cut to use as a mask. I also used a handmade mask over the bottom portion so I could ink up the sky. I used Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide with an ink blending tool. When the masks were removed, the pretty sky and snowy valley and the snowman were revealed. I stamped Snowy again on the pattern paper and fussy cut the hat and scarf to add to the snowman. 

The sentiment is a favorite from Penny Black's clear set Season's Gifts, stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and I added a few rhinestones as embellishments. It's hard to see but I used a clear Wink of Stella glitter brush on Snowy's hat (the furry part). 

The white image panel was adhered to the same Pinksy Doodles paper to give it a frame and then onto a white card base.

Penny Black Snowy // Penny Black Season's Gifts // Pinksy Doodles Paper Pack // Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink // Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink // Copic Markers for Nose and Cheeks // Cutterbee Scissors // Ink Blending Tool - Options // Sticky Rhinestones // Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope to see you joining in with a cute Christmas card this week. All details can be found on the challenge blog. 

I'm sharing with these blogs:

Alphabet Challenge - The letter M (Masking) // Jingle Belles - Snow //Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes // Penny Black Saturday Challenge - PB Stamps

Autumn Colors for Allsorts Challenge

Hello and welcome! It's time already for a new theme at Allsorts challenge. Brenda is hosting this week and she picked the theme of Autumn Colors, perfect for this time of the year! Hope you can join in for a chance to win a set of Tattered Lace dies. 

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I made another card this week where I combined a Penny Black "cute" stamp and a floral "brushstroke" stamp to create an autumn scene. 

Using a handmade mask, I inked up the hill portion with Peeled Paint Distress ink. The flower stamp from Penny Black - Blossom Branch - was inked using Distress inks as well and stamped with the help of a stamp platform. As you can see, I stamped a small portion of the flowers again on the right side. 

The hedgehog image - Hedgie Gift - was stamped on a separate piece of card stock and colored with a mix of distress inks  and a few pencil strokes on the apples then fussy cut before adhering to the card. I used Foam Tape to make them pop up. A border stamp from a set I won a couple of years ago was stamped along the bottom edge, unfortunately it came as unmounted rubber and I don't remember which company it was from.

The autumn sentiment is from a retired Whimsy Stamps sentiment. Before adhering the card front to the base I inked around the edges to soften them a bit. 

Penny Black Hedgie Gift - may be avail. on eBay // Penny Black Blossom Branch // Whimsy Stamps Sentiment (retired) // Versafine Clair Nocturne // Distress Inks for Coloring and Inking // Cutterbee Scissors // Stamp Platform // Clear Embossing Powder Ultra Fine // Ink Blending Tool Options // Foam Tape // Zig Detailer Waterbrush 

Thanks so much for visiting!!

I'm linking up with these blogs:

Moving along with the Times - Create A Scene // Crafty Gals Corner - Fall Colors // Simon Says Stamp - Animal Antics // Chocolate Baroque Challenge - Anything Stamped // Penny Black Saturday Challenge - PB Stamps

A Lovely Garden Scene for Allsorts Challenge

 Hello and welcome!

A new theme starts today at Allsorts challenge, this week it's Helene's week to host and she picked the theme of: My Lovely Garden. Hope you'll join us for a chance to win a beautiful floral stamp set! I'm also announcing the winner from last Saturday's Allsorts' Belated Birthday Celebration giveaway, simply scroll down to see if your were the lucky winner of my prize.

Please note: This post includes some affiliate links meaning I may earn a small commission if you purchase something through the links. As always this is at no cost to you. Thanks so much for supporting this blog.

I decided to combine a few different stamps from Penny Black and create this cute garden scene.

I stamped the outline stamps (Bunny from set Garden Friends - I used the retired wood mounted version Sweet Talk, Rose stamp from the set All Abloom) onto watercolor paper using my usual  Versafine Clair Nocturne ink.  and then heat embossed with  Clear Ultra Fine Embossing Powder. 

Coloring was done with a mix of distress inks. I usually simply use ink from the ink pads (I prefer to use regular distress inks and not oxides for watercoloring) by pressing a corner onto a clear block then picking up the ink with a Zig detailer waterbrush for coloring. A stamp from the Penny Black set Sprigs was used with distress ink to fill in some of the ground then simply watercolored the grassy background and soil.

To make some clouds in the sky, I used an old Stampin Up cloud stencil and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink with an ink blending too. My stencil is retired but this one from MFT would be a similar option. 

The sentiment from the Penny Black set Blooming Sentiments was stamped onto white card stock then cut out using a circle die. 

A closeup below....

Products used:

Stamps: Penny Black Garden Friends // Penny Black All Abloom //  Penny Black Blooming Sentiments// Penny Black Sprigs

Inks: Versafine Clair Nocturne ink.  // Distress Inks: Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, Peeled Paint Antique Linen, Mowed Lawn, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Black Soot, Tumbled Glass Oxide for the sky

Tools: Zig Detailer Waterbrush // Heat Gun Option //  Clear Ultra Fine Embossing Powder // Stamp Platform Options // Cloud Stencil Option // Ink Blending Tool Options

Allsorts 11th Birthday Celebration Winner:

Thanks to all for visiting and linking up! Only 12 of you linked up although there were quite a few comments on the post. However I need to stick to what I said in the post and choose a winner from the linked entries.

And the winner is.......................

Suzanne H.

Congratulations!! Please email me at ellibellescorner at gmail dot com with your complete mailing address by next Saturday. 

I'm linking up with these blogs:

Pattie's Creations - Include an Image // Aud Sentiments Challenge - add a sentiment // Moving along with the Times - Create a Scene // Little Red Wagon - Nature // Paper Shelter - Animals // Chocolate Baroque Challenge - Wings or Anything Goes // 

Thanks so much for visiting!!