Allsorts Challenge & Papercrafters' Linky Party

Hello everyone and happy Saturday!
I am sharing my card for the new Allsorts challenge today, and I also posted the new linky tool for this week's Papercrafters' Linky Party. Remember, you may share any new or recently made papercraft at Papercrafters' Linky Party (anything papercrafts goes).

We do have a fun theme at Allsorts challenge, chosen by Kath - Be There or Be Square. This means that you have to make a square card and any image should be square, no circles or ovals. I hope you'll decide to play along at Allsorts with this fun theme for your chance to win a fabulous prize! We're giving away a fun set of dies this week. 

I decided to make a clean and simple card for today, but I ended up with technical difficulties so it wasn't that simple after all :)

Blooming Garden //  Sprinkles and Smiles // Mustard Seed Ink

You may be wondering what my difficulties could have possibly been with this card...well, the painter's tape I wanted to use for masking kept tearing parts of the cards stock off as I removed it after inking up the square. I really wanted the yellow square to be larger, so I kept trying with the same tape but even though I tried to remove some of the sticky-ness before using it on my card, I still had the same problem. So after wasting time and 3 pieces of paper, I decided to use the wider tape, so the yellow square is smaller. I guess it still works, just now how I imagined it.

I used Mustard Seed Ink distress ink to ink up the square and stenciled a design onto the square before removing the masking tape. The flowers from the Penny Black set Blooming Garden were stamped on Xpress it blending card and copic markers were used for coloring, then I cut out the flowers using Cutterbee scissors. After removing the painter's tape I stamped the sentiment from the Penny Black set Sprinkles and Smiles using Versafine Onyx ink. Matted on a white Neenah Solar Crest card base to finish off the card.  A little bit of Wink of Stella clear glitter was used on the flower centers. 

The colors of my card were inspired by the current TIME OUT Challenges from this pretty picture with the main colors of yellow, white and light blue and some green. 

And I am also playing along here: 

Always Fun Challenges -  Happy Birthday

Crazy for CAS - Use a Stencil

Get Creative Challenges - No Pattern Paper

Incy Wincy Designs -  Nature and all of its Beauty 

Mod Squad Challenge - Simply Clean

Simon Says Wednesday - Happy Birthday

4 Crafty Chicks - Weekly - Flowers

Craft Rocket Challenges  - Flowers

Cute Card Thursday  - Anything Goes this week

Crafty Catz -  Colors of Spring or ATGoes

Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes 

Creative Fingers -  Anything Goes

A2Z Scrapbooking Linky Party - Flower Power

A Bit More Time to Craft  - Anything Goes

A Perfect Time To Craft- Always Anything Goes

Always Happy Birthday- Birthday + option of Balloons

Crafts Galore Encore - Always Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Creations Challenge  - Always Anything Goes

DL.Art Linky Challenge - Always Anything Goes

House of Cards - CAS Floral Corner and/or Colors (Floral Corner)
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - anything goes or spring flowers

A close up...

This post contains affiliate links, this means I may earn a small commission if you purchase something through the links, at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Papercrafters' Linky 10

A big thank you to everyone that shared in last week's Linky Party, such great inspiration again and as always it's hard to pick a favorite, but I did manage and this week's top pick goes to.............

Deonna 

I absolutely love this color combo. And how amazingly well does that bird blend in with the flowers! A really beautiful and creative design! 

Thank you again Deonna for sharing, your top pick logo is below, feel free to post it to your own blog if you'd like to.

 

If you would like to share a papercraft this week simply use the linky tool below for your chance to be featured here on my blog. Remember - anything papercrafts goes, new or recently made. I can't wait to see what YOU will share this week! 

This linky is for Papercrafters' Linky Party, if you are here for Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday challenge (Say if with flowers) please click here.

Please note: This is a public blog and by joining in the linky party/challenge you agree to have your first name, blog link  & papercraft you shared posted here on this blog, should you be selected as the top pick/winner. If you do not agree to this, please do not join in the challenge. Also, remember that any comments/linked cards left on this blog will be visible/clickable by third parties as this blog is public.

(This was posted to be in compliance with the new GDPR law that will soon become effective in the EU, which will also apply to blogs located in the US if blog visitors reside in the EU.)

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - April Challenge

Hello and welcome to a new Crafty Wednesday challenge here on my blog! Before I get to the new theme, I wanted to thank you all for joining in last month, it was great seeing over 50 entries for the very first challenge and I hope you will all join in again this month. Be sure to scroll down to the end of this post to find out who the lucky winner from last month's entries was.

For the month of April the theme is............

Say it with flowers.

This means you have to use flowers and you have to use a sentiment. The flowers or sentiment do not have to be the focal point, but they do have to be easily visible on your project, they could be part of the papers, a stamp, die cut or other embellishments. I can't wait to see what you all come up with ... it's been so chilly over here and I know I am ready to see some flowers!!!!

I am sharing two cards today because I couldn't decide if I wanted to make a cute or non-cute card, so I made one of each. 

Blossom Branch // Sprinkles and Smiles // Distress Markers // Bristol Vellum //

Tonic Stamp Platform // Memento Tuxedo Ink

The stamp platform came in really handy for this card using the new Penny Black slapstick stamp. (Stamp is available brand new in my Etsy shop if you're interested!) I used a mix of distress inks for coloring directly onto the stamp then spritzed with water before stamping to create a little bit of a watercolor look. An old stampin up script stamp was then used on the background for a little more interested, I used light blue ink for the script. The sentiment is from the Penny Black set Sprinkles and Smiles . Embellished with a butterfly and tiny pearls, colored card stocks are both by Stampin Up, but I think both are retired colors. 

Also sharing this card with these challenges: 

Always Fun Challenges - Happy Birthday 

Get Creative Challenges -  No Pattern Paper

Incy Wincy Designs  - Nature and all of its Beauty 

Star Stampz Challenge - Throw on the Flowers 

Crafty Catz -  Anything Goes this week

A Gem of a Challenge - Female Birthday with a Sentiment 

Simon Says Wednesday - Happy Birthday

And below is my second card...

The stamp I used is by Penny Black - You're the Bestest but apparently it must have been retired because I can't find it in anywhere online to link to - not even ebay so I linked something similar with Amazon below!) 

I heat embossed the image on Bristol Vellum card stock using my Tonic Stamp Platform again and Versafine onyx ink with clear embossing powder. Zig Clean Color real brush pens were used for coloring with a . (Mid Gray, Light Carmine, Yellow, Bright Yellow, Light Green, (very diluted: Blue). These are all part of the set I linked above or available at Blick Art Materials as singles. 

Sentiment is from the Penny Black set Sweet Wishes, another set currently available in my Etsy shop. The pretty border above the sentiment is from a set by Victorine Originals - Borders and Plaids II . A little butterfly with pearls finishes off this simple card. 

I am also sharing the second card here:

Use Your Stuff - Spring

Retro Rubber Challenge - Anything Goes (I've had the cat stamp for at least 2 years but stamp design is probably at least 5 years old)

Sisterhood of Crafters - Spring Flowers

Fussy and Fancy - Spring Flowers 

Pause Dream Enjoy - Color it

Colouring in Scrapland - Anything Spring Goes

House That Stamps Built - All Creatures Great and Small

Sweet Stampin - Bingo (Sentiment, Flower, Cute)

The colors for this card were inspired by the current Mood Board from the

 Sum More Fun challenge:

Do check out this fun challenge blog for mood board inspiration. I just recently discovered it and won their challenge last time (lucky me!), and their mood boards are so much fun to be inspired by!

This post contains affiliate links, this means I may earn a small commission if you purchase something through the links, at no additional cost to you.

This month the prize is the stamp set below...

A winner will be chosen by random.org.

And now it is finally time to announce last month's winner. Again- thank you all that decided to play along! The winning number was...............

That is Julie from Muddy Paws & Inky Fingers. 

Congratulations Julie, please email me at ellibelle_blog at yahoo dot com to claim your prize by midnight April 18th. 

-------------------------------------------------------------

To play along in the new challenge simply use the linky tool below. 

A few things to remember:

You must follow the theme.

You must leave a link back here.

You may enter up to 3 times.

You may combine with other challenges.

Most of all have fun!

Please note: This is a public blog and by joining in the linky party/challenge you agree to have your first name, blog link  & papercraft you shared posted here on this blog, should you be selected as the top pick/winner. If you do not agree to this, please do not join in the challenge. Also, remember that any comments/linked cards left on this blog will be visible by third parties as this blog is public.

(This was posted to be in compliance with the new GDPR laws that will soon be effective in the EU, which will also apply to blogs located in the US if blog visitors reside in the EU.)

Black and White Plus One at Penny Black and More

Happy Easter! I hope it's a sunny one for you. Not sure if we'll  get to see any sunshine today and it's much too cold...but I think as long as there will be some Easter goodies everyone will be happy :)

Since it's the first Sunday of the month it is time for a new theme at Penny Black and More challenge and this month we would like to see creations made with black and white plus one other color only.  We have some fantastic prizes to give away again this month, so I hope you'll decide to join us for a chance to win. You have until the end of April to play along!

Happy Together // Sprinkles and Smiles // Milled Lavender Ink // Copic Markers // Memento Ink

Tonic Stamp Platform // Similar Stencil

The flower stamp is from one of Penny Black's brand new floral stamp sets - Happy Together - one I had to have and it's also brand new available in my Etsy shop if your'e interested. I stamped with Memento tuxedo ink and colored with copic markers in  a lavender shade using Copic BV00, BV02 and BV04 on Copic Xpress it Blending Card. If you are looking for single colors of copics, Blick Art Materials is a great place for your markers or refills. They also offer free shipping on most orders of $35 or more within the US.  To add a little bit of interest to the card I used a herring bone type stencil on the background and Milled Lavender Ink. I didn't keep the stencil packaging, so I have no idea what brand of stencil I used, the one I linked below the photo is similar.

Framed with a black patterned paper and then mounted onto a lavender card base. I finished off the card by adding some pearly sticky dots to the card.

This post contains affiliate links, this means I may earn a small commission if you purchase something through the links, at no additional cost to you.

I am playing along here:
Incy Wincy Designs -  Nature and all of its Beauty
House That Stamps Built - Anything Goes this week
Simon Says Wednesday -  Anything Goes this week
Sisterhood of Crafters -Spring Flowers
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes this week
Star Stampz Challenge - Throw on the Flowers 
Di's Digis Designs - Spring Flowers

Creates and Makes - Anything Goes

DL ART Thankful Thursday Challenge  Flowers (Or A Thank You Card) 
As You Like It Challenge  - Favorite Flowers and Why (Ok, this one is a hard one, as I don't have just one kind of favorite flower. I love different flowers for different reasons, these I love because of their shape, they look like little bells and don't laugh but I remember as I child I used to imagine I actually heard a bell ringing when shaking the bloom. I guess these cute flowers bring back childhood memories so they are one of my favorites - along with Daffodils for their smell and Snowdrops for their first appearance in spring and again the cute bell shape, add Bleeding Hearts for another childhood memory and their heart shape, Orchids for their exotic look....I could go on and on... )

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you  have a great day! And just to let you know...the new Crafty Wednesday challenge will be posted THIS Wednesday right here on my blog with a brand new theme for April. I hope you'll check back then!

Today's Deal: All Floral Items are 15% off! 

Allsorts 461 and Papercrafters' Linky Party 9

Happy Saturday and thanks so much for visiting. It's time already for a new theme at Allsorts challenge and as always my Satuday post also includes a new linky for Papercrafter's Linky Party. Don't forget you can share anything papercrafts with the linky tool below (new or recently made). I can't wait to see what you've been up to in the craft room!

At Allsorts challenge this week, Wendy chose the theme of "New Beginnings". First thing that always comes to my mind for this theme is a new baby card, but I needed another Easter card and the Easter holiday is a new beginning, so that is what I made. By the way, I shared another Easter card made with this set on Wednesday, if you'd like to see that card just click here.

Chick to Chick // Wonky Stitches Die // Copic Markers // Burlap Twine // 

My card is clean and simple inspired by a recent sketch from MFT (but I'm too late to link up there). The cute spring chick is from Penny Black's set Chick to Chick, sentiments and little bee are part of the set. I stamped on xpress it blending card and used copic colors for coloring. It's been then cut out using my Cutterbee scissors (which are perfect for detail cutting) to add to my card design. I inked all the white edges using Tumbled Glass distress ink. The outer white card stock was cut using Avery Elle's Wonky Stitches Die set. Some Burlap Twine, Wink of Stella  and a little prima flower finishes off the card. 

We  have two wonderful prizes to give away this week at Allsorts - a prize by DigiStamp Boutique and a stamp set from the Allsorts stash of prizes. Come join us for a chance to win!

I am also entering my card here:

Always Fun Challenges - Easter

Crafty Cardmakers - Bunnies Chicks or Eggs 

Cutie Pie Challenge -  Spring Cuties

The Crazy Challenge - Shine On - Use Glitter (wink of stella glitter used on egg and flower)

Fab 'n' Funky -  Easter

Mod Squad Challenge- - Ready for Spring 

Craft Rocket Challenges  - Something New (a newly hatched chick)

Aud Sentiments Challenge -- Easter or Spring Sentiment 

Cardz 4 Galz - Buttons and/or Bows (Bow)

CAS on Friday – CAS Easter

Crafty Catz -   Anything Goes this week

4 Crafty Chicks - Crazy Egg or Anything GoesCrafty Creations - Always Anything Goes Inspiration Destination - Always Anything GoesSimon Says Wednesday - Anything GoesCrafting from the Heart - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES 

This post contains affiliate links, this means I may earn a small commission if you purchase something through the links, at no additional cost to you. 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Papercrafters' Linky Party 9

A big thank you to everyone sharing in last week's linky party, it was nice visiting your blogs and seeing your beautiful work! As always it was not easy choosing a top pick, but it had to be done and this week I selected...............

Jenny Martin

Jenny shared this beautiful shaker card. I love the color combo she used here! I think the gold looks gorgeous with the indigo and then surrounded by all white. 

Congratulations Jenny, your top pick logo is below. Feel free to post it to your blog if you'd like to!

To join in the new linky party, simply use the linky tool below. I will visit the entrant's blogs throughout the week and a new top pick will be announced next Saturday. I can't wait to see what YOU will share!

Disclaimer: By linking your card you agree to have your card featured on my blog should you be selected as the top pick. Please do not enter my linky party, if you wish to not have your card featured!