Apr 27, 2024

Hello Sunshine

Happy Saturday and welcome! I have a new card to share today for our new theme at Allsorts challenge. This week Dena is our host and she selected "Stencils" as her optional theme. I love using stencils! But as mentioned it's optional so if stencils aren't your thing you may still join us with up to 3 new creations of any kind. We have prizes from Oakwood and Highlight Crafts for challenges 778 and 779. Winners will be announced at the end of May as this challenge ends in May. (Remember to check the challenge blog for the April winners if you haven't already!)

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This daisy stamp is brand new to me, the purchase was inspired by my blogging friend Pauline so I decided to ink it up for today's card. It's from the set Daisy Grunge by Visible Image. 

My sketch was very much inspired by the current Try a Sketch On Tuesday challenge. I just wish I had used a larger circle mask.


I started out by inking the negative of a circle die cut using Stampin Up ink then used my Circle Explosion stencil over the inked circle. After removing the circle mask I decided to add more circles onto the rest of the card so I continued with the same stencils but a lighter touch of ink. 

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The daisy was stamped on a scrap piece of card stock and fussy cut and I only colored the center of the flower. Sentiment is part of the same stamp set. To finish off this CAS card I added stickles glitter to the flower and black enamel dots


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Thanks so much for visiting! Hope you're having a wonderful weekend! 



Apr 20, 2024

Shower of Flowers

Happy Saturday and welcome! It's the start of a new theme at Allsorts challenge and Mervi is hosting this week. Her optional theme is a real fun one ... Balloons. Of course you can choose our "anything goes" option if you don't have any balloon stamps or if you don't like balloons. All will be entered into the prize drawing as long as you follow our simple rules. Prizes are from AALL and Create for challenges 776/777 and winners will be announced as usual at the end of the month. 

I had lots of fun creating for this challenge especially looking through my stamps to select which one to use. I had no idea that I had so many stamps which included balloons and completely forgot I had this one which I purchased sometime last year from eBay during a time when I purchased several wood mounted PB stamps. This one is a real oldie from the year 2000, that makes it 24 years old!!! I did just find it listed by Lighthouse Books and Gifts in their Amazon shop. Currently they still have 3 in stock brand new, mine came from eBay well loved with black ink all over the wood block but it still stamps beautifully :)

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I started out with a My Favorite Things rectangle stencil set and inked the inside of the rectangle using Tumbled Glass and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide inks. Removed the mask then stamped this cute image - Penny Black Shower of Flowers - using Memento Tuxedo ink. I used my Copic markers for coloring. I did stamp the mouse and balloon on a scrap pieces (the balloon on a scrap piece I had inked with Wilted Violet  and used a polka dot stencil with Villianous Potion ink). I fussy cut both the balloon and little mouse, then added to the card with foam tape. Lots of stickles glitter was applied to the many flowers and balloon for some sparkle. 

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The sentiment is from the Penny Black clear set Friendship (also available from Lighthouse Books and Gifts on Amazon). I simply added a white card base for a CAS style. 




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Thanks so much for visiting, hope you enjoy your weekend. 



Apr 17, 2024

I Spy With My Little Eye ........... Something With Wings (Challenge No. 14)

Hello everyone and welcome to a new "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 to see you playing along with us this month. There weren't too many entrants last month but some still really beautiful creations so be sure to scroll down to see who made the Top 2, both being invited to join us as guest designers for the next challenge.

This time around it's Pauline's turn to select a theme and it is:

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


Something with Wings.


So many options here and we can't wait to see what you will come up with! The linky tool is at the end of the post but first up are our creations to inspire you. 


My card (Ellie)

 info below

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I started with a previously "smooshed" background from my box of extras, then stamped the Penny Black bird image (Bird's Eye View) and colored with a mix of Zig Clean Color and Distress inks. On the background I stamped some details and wording using the Aall and Create set Follow Your Own Path. That set is a bit grungy and I'm not sure the delicate PB bird image is a good match for the grungy Aall and Create background stamping and sentiments but decided it's not a complete fail so here it is :) I found the diamond die cut pieces in my box of die cut scraps (made with the PB Diamond Border die) so added them to the card. With the grungy additions I decided the edges needed a little bit of distressing so that's what I did before adhering to the card base.

I am entering my card (above) to these challenges:


Pauline's Card

Such a magical spring scene by Pauline! Be sure to visit her blog to find out how she made this card!


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We're so excited to have 2 guest designers this month, many thanks to Steph and Liz for joining us! Their beautiful creations are below.

Steph

So fabulous and unique! Please visit Steph's blog to find out how she made this card!

Liz

Such a great embossing pattern and cute owl! Please visit Liz' blog to find out how she made this card.


Top Picks from Challenge no. 13

We didn't have as many entries in the last challenge, I suppose many of you were over the color yellow 😄but we still had some fabulous entries and selecting our top picks wasn't easy but we finally made our decisions and they are listed below in the order of entry. 


Remember, Top Picks are invited to join us in the next challenge if you like to. That would be for challenge no. 15 starting Wednesday May 15th! Of course it's not a requirement but we would love to have you both as guests!!

No. 16 Papierelle (Pauline's Pick)



No. 28 Fiona (Ellie'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. 15 starting on Wednesday May 15th. 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.

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



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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 Something With Wings".



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 project is allowed.


Apr 13, 2024

Smile. Dream. Love

Hello and welcome! A new challenge starts today at the Allsorts challenge blog and Brenda is hosting this week. Her optional theme is "It has to be spring" and we would love to see all your spring themed creation or you can choose the "anything goes" option. All entries following our simple rules will be entered into the drawing wether you go with the optional theme or not. You may enter up to 3 times for more chances to win. Prizes come from AALL and Create for challenges 776 and 777, winners announced at the end of the month on the challenge blog.




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Easter came early this year and I am not done creating with bunnies (luckily not all bunny stamps are Easter themed!!) and I am featuring some cute Lavinia hares (Whimsical Hares, Pipin) on today's card. I started out using the "negative" of a circle die then parcially inked inside the circle and created hills using a paper mask. I also used a Lavinia stencil (Feather Leaf) although it's hard to tell. The flowers are Lavinia's Lavender stamp, stamped in Picked Raspberry and Shaded Lilac. 

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The springtime sentiment is a Penny Black wood mounted stamp (old and no longer available), a favorite for spring. Smile Dream Love is from the Penny Black clear set Dream. Love. Sentiments. I finished off the card with some die cut butterflies using the PB die set Soaring and black enamel dots.


Thanks so much for visiting, I hope you're having a wonderful weekend. 


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