Be Your Beautiful Self

Another Saturday is here so it's time for a new theme at Allsorts challenge. Lynn is hosting this week and she chose the optional theme of "One for the girls". We would love to see your girly and feminine creations but all entries are welcome and will be entered into the prize drawings or considered for the top 5. 

You can take a peek on what you can win in May at the end of my post. By the way, the April prize winners have been announced yesterday, so don't forget to check out that post!!

And here is what I made:

The focal point is a stamp by Penny Black - Awaken. This stamp has nice large blossoms so it's perfect for paper piecing which I have done here using a snippet from a previously inked background. The die cut behind the flower is from My Favorite Things. The script paper came from a package of patterned paper I found at a thrift store, it's actually some sort of sticker paper. 

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I thought the card needed some more white accents and while I was trying to decide what to add I saw the "negatives" of he crosshatch die on my desk before I threw them away and liked the idea of adding them. There still seemed to be something missing so I used an old Martha Stewart punch and another snippet of homemade background to punch out the butterflies. 

The sentiment is one from Tim Holtz's Tiny Text stamp set. I am really loving all the inspirational quotes it includes!

Below are the prizes for challenges 726, 727 and 728, they come from WOWVOW, Oakwood Direct and Craft Stash. We do have a special challenge week coming up at the last week of May and there will be separate prizes for that :)

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Challenges I'd like to share with:

• Creative Knockouts - Flower Power
• Through the Purple Haze - For Girls
• Sisterhood of Crafters - Butterflies
• Simon Says Stamp - AG
• Triple B - Birds, Blooms and/or Butterflies

Nursery Rhymes at Double Trouble Challenge

Hello everyone, I have one more card to share for my guest designer spot at Double Trouble challenge where the Trouble Maker chose the main theme of  "a favorite nursery rhyme" from the Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes as the main theme. In addition to the main theme, there is an option to also include a heart or the words heart or love set by the Twister Sister.  If you have included both of the above on your project, it will also be eligible to share with their collaborating partner, this time it is  Heart's Quest Challenge. 

I was recently looking through a box of old Whimsy rubber stamps searching for a stamp for another project (to be shared soon), when I came across this cutie here and knew it was going to be the stamp for this challenge. I selected the nursery Rhyme "Mary had a little lamb" and included both Mary and her little lamb.

I've had this stamp from my time as a Whimsy DT member many years ago and it is no longer available in rubber but illustrator Sylvia Zet now sells many of her images in digi format through Whimsy, including Mary. 

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My card is very CAS, I stamped with Versafine Onyx and colored with Distress inks and Zig Clean Color markers. The sentiment is also retired from Whimsy Stamps. To "ground" the image I used a new grass border stamp from Colorado Craft Company. I just wish I had not stamped it with black ink as it stands out too much.. 

All details about the challenge are at a glance above. I am sure the ladies at Double Trouble would love for you to join in!

 

I would also love to share with these challenges:

• Heart's Quest Challenge - include a heart
• Digi Choosday Challenge - AG
• Unicorn Challenge - add an animal
• Path of Positivity - AG positive, opt. Literature
• Colourful Options - Pastels
• Through the Purple Haze - For Girls
• Simon Says Stamp - AG
• The Card Concept - Inspiration Photo (I was inspired by the pretty pastels in the photo and my card style this time is CAS). 

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For the Love of Animals

Hello and happy Saturday!

We have a new challenge for you at Allsorts and for this week Lolo selected the optional theme of "For the Love of Animals". Hope you can join us for a chance to win a prize or to be selected for the Top 5. Prizes for the April challenges come from Oakwood, AALL and Create, Stamp Addicts, Ruth Hamilton Design, Aldridge Crafts so there will be several winners selected from the weekly challenges!

Here is what I made:

I purchased this Colorado Craft stamp set (So Sweet) a couple of months ago but this is my first time using it. I stamped each mouse with Memento Tuxedo ink and colored with Copic markers. There is a matching die set available but I don't have it so I fussy cut the mice. 

I used Lavinia's Feather Leaf stencil with Spun Sugar Distress ink to create the background. The frames are by Penny Black and sentiments are part of the same Colorado Craft stamp set. I layered the sentiments onto some striped paper for more interest and finished off with some sequins. 

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Challenge I'd like to share with:

Dream Valley Challenges - 4 legged friends

Make My Monday - Frame it

613 Avenue Create - Stencils

We Love Stamping - Animals

Crafty Catz - Celebration

Stencil Fun - Stencils

I Spy With My Little Eye .... April Showers or May Flowers (Challenge #2)

Happy Wednesday everyone and welcome to a new "I spy with my little eye" challenge! I'm so happy to say the 1st challenge was off to a great start and it was so nice to see so many of you joining in this new monthly challenge! Be sure to scroll down to see if you are one of the 2 Top Picks with an invitation to join in as a guest designer in the next challenge.

Before I get to the new theme there is an announcement to make. The lovely Pauline is joining me here as a full time designer. I am sure you will love her beautiful and creative projects! Welcome on board, Pauline! So nice to have you joining me here!

Challenge No. 2

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

April Showers or May Flowers

This is not an optional theme so please be sure we can "spy" the theme on your creations. You may share anything crafty as long as it represents the theme in some way. The linky tool is at the end of this post. 

Below are the projects from our mini- design team. Maybe we can inspire you a bit today :)

My card (Ellie)

A rainy April day in Paris

The background was made using stencils from Stampers Anonymous and Lavinia  with Stormy Sky and Seedless Preserves Distress Ink. SU french script was stamped with  Victorian Velvet ink. The stamp is Penny Black's In Paris stamped with Versafine Onyx ink. I embellished with some Prima flowers and  stickyback pearls. 

I'm sharing the above card with these challenges:

Crafting Happiness Challenges - Rainy Weather // 613 Avenue Create - Let's Stencil // Penny Black Saturday Challenge - AG w/PB Stamps // Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges - April Flowers bring May Flowers // Stencilfun Challenge - Pattern with Stencils // Art Impressions Stamp Challenge - April Showers // Fab n Funky - April Showers // Sisterhood of Crafters - April Showers

 Pauline's Card

A beautiful spring flower meadow

Please visit Pauline's blog to find out how she made this beautiful card.

Top Picks for Challenge #1 

(a Spring or Easter critter)

It wasn't an easy choice with so many fabulous spring and Easter critters but we made our selections and they are listed below in the order of entry.

No. 1 Papierelle (Ellie's Favorite) 

No. 9 Scrappy Horses (Pauline's Favorite)

Congratulations to both of you! Well deserved recognition!  

Remember, you are both invited to join us as guest designers (if you like to) for challenge no. 3 (starting May 17th). 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.

Your top pick logo is below, feel free to post it to your own blogs if you like to :)

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

And now it's on to you! We're looking forward to seeing what you'll share with us!

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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 May 14th at 11:59pm CST