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Apr 2, 2025

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - April Challenge

Hello and welcome to the April edition of Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday challenge taking place right here on my blog. I'm so glad you stopped by today and hope you will join in the fun too with your own crafty makes. I love seeing what you've been up to in the craft room so please share in the linky tool below. There were lots of fabulous entries last month so be sure to scroll down to see if your entry may have inspired the twist for the Top Picks. 

As most of you know, the theme at Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday is now always ....

Anything Goes


and instead of a challenge theme there will be a "Top Pick Twist", meaning I will select a twist from all of the entries for the Top 3. Nobody will know what the twist will be (not even me) until the end of the challenge. So do link up all of your crafty makes, your entry might be the one inspiring the Top Pick twist :) The linky tool is at the end of this post.


Here is what I'm sharing this month:


This cute Penny Black stamp (Tulip Jungle) is new to me. I recently came across it on eBay reasonably priced and of course had to have it. It's been stamped on Copic Xpress It blending card which I really need to re-order as this was probably the last small piece of xpress it  paper from my stash and it works so much better with Copic markers than Neenah does. The pink dotted paper I've had for a long time in my patterned paper stash and the tiny sentiment is part of Penny Black's Snippets sentiment set. I used a white gel pen by Sakura for the dots on kitty's cheeks and a clear Wink of Stella brush for some sparkle. Hard to see in the photo above, but the one below shows the shimmer. They do all sparkle in real life but on the photo only the bottom tulips sparkle. So hard to capture sparkle with a camera.


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March Top Picks with a Twist:

 
Now it's time to announce the Top Picks with a twist from the March entries. Thank you all again for joining in the fun, I really enjoyed visiting your entries and selecting a "twist". This time the twist is.... Oh So Cute. 

And here they are listed in the order of entry:


No. 24 Silke

who featured this darling bunny on this girly card.


No. 60 Izzy Scraps
who featured a whole group of adorable hippos on this fun box card.


No. 65 Amy
who featured this sweet unicorn on this fabulous shaker card.

Congratulations to each one of you for your well deserved recognition. The Top Pick logo is below, you may post this to your own blogs if you like to :)

I will continue to pin the top picks to the dedicated Pinterest board, but will also include photo and link back to the original blogs/sites here. These will be removed at the start of the new challenge to stay in compliance with GDPR.



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  • You may combine with any other challenges.
  • You may use any brand of stamps/digis/dies/papers (no company restriction as long as copyright laws are followed).
  • Please note: entries using pre-colored digital images will no longer be selected as top picks. 
  • A short description of products used is expected, most importantly the source of focal point.
  • This linkup is for sharing handmade projects of any kind not limited to papercrafts.
  • Please try to limit to 3 entries per month - it's ok if you end up with more than 3 but I may not be able to visit your entries after the 3rd.
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  • Backlinking to a recent post IS allowed.
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Apr 1, 2025

Four Seasons April Challenge: Pansies and Clover

April is here and that means it's the start of a new challenge at the Four Seasons challenge blog. We have a new wonderful mood board to inspire you but as you probably know the mood board is optional as "Anything Spring Goes" to celebrate the current season in the northern hemisphere.

Below is our wonderful mood board for April. Isn't is just beautiful and so many great ideas to get from it!


And here is what I came up with, mainly inspired by the bottom left image and how fun that my image also included some forget-me-nots to go with the top right of our mood board :) 



This beautiful image is a digi by Power Poppy (Clover and Pansies). I've only used it once before several years ago but it came to mind immediately when I saw our mood board :)

I colored with my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils which took quite some time. I really need to rewatch my Pencil Coloring video tutorial I purchased a few years ago as I could use a refresher on layering colors but I still like how it turned out. 


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I kept the card CAS to keep the focus on the pretty image. I used part of the Happy Birthday background stamp by My Favorite Things (retired) at the bottom of the image panel and a sentiment from Penny Black (Sprinkles and Smiles) at the top. A tiny butterfly made with Penny Black's die set Soaring and a purple rhinestone finish off the card. I did add a little bit of stickles glitter to the flowers for some sparkle. Yellow DCWV cardstock as a mat and the card front was from a set of retired Stampin Up Paper Pumpkin kits I found at a thrift store a few months ago. 

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Mar 29, 2025

Spring Flowers

Hello and welcome! It's time for another new Allsorts challenge and this time around it's my turn to host. Fitting for this time of year I chose the theme of Spring Flowers. I love springtime when nature awakens after a long winter and pretty blossom are starting to appear everywhere. As always, the Anything Goes option is there too and you may enter up to 5 times. We have prizes by Aall and Create and a chance to be featured in my Top 7. 

I made a CAS style card using stamps from Aall and Create. The beautiful magnolia (I think that's what this blossom is) is part of the set Friendship Florals. The set has been retired by Aall and Create, but probably still available at some retailers. (If you are in the US then Frantic Stamper has a few sets available.) After stamping and coloring (I used Zig Clean Color brush markers), I masked the border around the image off with painter's tape then added Distress Oxide ink. I used Abandond Coral ink but wish I had used Tattered Rose instead for a better match to the Zig marker I used. Before removing the masking tape I stamped some wording (from another retired  Aall and Create set - Daisy Elegance) at the bottom using black ink. I was going for a CAS style card but still decided to do some paper piercing along the inked rectangle, then used blush pink cardstock for the base. A little bit of Stickles glitter was applied to the flower center. 


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Mar 19, 2025

I Spy With My Little Eye..........The Dawn of Spring (Challenge No. 24)

Happy Wednesday 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 you'll join in the fun too! We had lots of fabulous entries last month so be sure to scroll down to see if you are in the Top 2, both invited to join us as Guest Designers in April if wanted :)

It's my turn to select a theme this time and it is:


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

the dawn of spring.


Tomorrow is the first official day of spring and we would like to see all things spring. We cannot wait to see what you'll share with us! The linky tool is at the end of this post.


And here is what we came up with this time for your inspiration:


My Card (Ellie)

All info is right below the card.

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I used stamps by Tracy Evans to make this card. The boots are from Tracy Evans for Aall and Create (The Great Outdoors #370) this is retired but you might still find it at some retailers. The Primulas are from Tracy Evans Boutique Designs (TE31 Nature's Beauty) and can be found directly at her website. I made an inky background using Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Distress inks. Sentiment box was stamped directly onto the background (it's from the set TE32 Alpha Florals by Tracy Evans) and "Primula" is part of the same floral set. When I had this all assembled I thought it needed a little bit of interest at the top so I used part of another stamp from The Great Outdoors set and word "spring" from TE31 at the top left corner and decided to stamp something similar to the bottom right. Green SU cardstock was used for a mat and white Neenah for the card base. Oh, and the little black bird is Tracy Evans TE12 Shadowed Elements. 

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Pauline's Card:

Such great layers and textures and you can never go wrong with Daffodils in the spring - my favorite spring scent! Please visit Pauline's blog to find out how she made this card.

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We're excited to have two guest designers joining us this month, that is Gerrina and Rosi. Thank you both for being our guests!!



A wonderful watercolor look with that darling bunny and pretty grape hyacinth- another spring favorite of mine!  Please visit Gerrina's blog to find out how she made this card.


Such a bright and cheerful ATC by Rosi, please visit her blog to find out how she made this artist trading card.




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Top Picks for Challenge no. 23

Many thanks to everyone who joined us in the last challenge of "No Designer Papers".  It was great to see so many of you joining us! Selecting Top Picks is never easy but we finally managed and here they are: 

No. 3 Carrianne (Pauline's Pick)

No. 66 Lia (Ellie's Pick)

Congratulations to both of you!!

Remember, Top Picks are invited to join us in the next challenge if you like to. That would be for challenge no. 25, starting Wednesday April 16th . Of course it's not a requirement but we would love to have you both as guests!!  
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.

Below is your top pick logo, you may place it on your own blogs if you like to :)



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  • You may combine with as many other challenges as you like to.
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  • New: While you are free to link up your creations using pre-colored digital art (AI generated, digital pre-colored toppers/images, digital papers etc.), they will be excluded from top picks. 
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Mar 15, 2025

Espresso Break

Happy Saturday, today is the start of a new Allsorts challenge. Lynn is hosting and her theme for the next two weeks is "Feminine". Of course the Anything Goes option is there too so come join us with all your new crafty makes. We have prizes from  Stamp Addicts and a chance to be featured in the Top 7!

Here is what I made:


I used 2 old stamps by Penny Black (Espresso Break and Twirls) but they are newer to me, purchased last fall when a Penny Black retailer retired and I snagged them at a great price. This is my first time using them and it was about time as I think the main image is so beautiful! They both have been on my wishlist forever but somehow never actually made it into my shopping cart before. The script on the bottom is Stampin Up's "French Script" a real oldie but one I tend to reach for often. 

I colored the image using my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils.The ink is Pale Plum by Stampin Up, probably retired now. It was the closest ink I had that matched the pinkish purple Faber Castell pencils I used. I matted the image panel onto white cardstock which I first applied the same ink to using the "direct to paper" technique - this inkpad is so dry as you can tell by the faint ink application. Then I found the patterned paper in my stash which seemed to match the ink perfectly (it is also from Stampin Up) and I decided to add it as another mat. Finally a white card base to finish it off. I also used a little bit of Stickles glitter for some sparkle on the berets and chair cushions. 


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Did you hear the news yet?? I just started a brand new challenge/link party here on my blog called Ellibelle's Garden Party where anything garden themed goes - Flowers, Bugs, Leaves, Garden Critters, Garden Gnomes and Fairies, Garden Parties etc. . You can read all about it here and I'd love for you to join in too :) 


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Mar 13, 2025

Ellibelle's Garden Party No. 1 - Anything in or from a Garden


Surprise! 

A week or so ago I decided to start a fun new monthly "party" (challenge) here on my blog - 

Ellibelle's Garden Party 

where the theme will always be: Anything "in or from a Garden" and today is the start of Garden Party No.1!  I hope you will join in the fun. The linky tool is at the end of the post.

The party is open to handmade cards, ATC's, journal/scrapbook pages and crafts of any kind, hobby photography, even garden weddings and garden tips are welcome. As long as the post features something in or from a garden you are welcome to share. From each month I will select 3 posts to feature in the following month. 

Each monthly party will start on the 2nd Thursday of each month and will end on the Monday before the next party starts. 


Above is what I'm sharing this month using brand new products from Penny Black, from the Flower of the Month release. I used Tulips in Bloom and matching dies as well as Rain or Shine and matching die. 

I colored with my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils before using the dies. Embossed background was done with an old embossing folder by Cuttlebug and the sentiment is from the set Friendship also by Penny Black. I finished off the card with tiny butterflies from the PB set Soaring. The faint pattern on the card front was done using a background stamp that was included with the Tulips in Bloom set.

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This week we had some beautiful weather and I found some pretty things in my garden/backyard 😀
This is my cat Fussy. She used to sleep all day long and be up at night but in the recent years she started venturing outside a bit in the daytime. Not sure she likes the brightness of the sun much but she sure did enjoy the warmth yesterday.


And my Snowdrops are finally blooming!! I saw the first bee of 2025 too, it's a bit blurry as it was buzzing around while I took the picture. There is something so special about snowdrops I think. 


Now let's get the garden party started!

Simply link a new or recently shared post (featuring something in or from a garden) using the linky tool below. To make it even more fun and maybe meet a new blogging friend I invite you to visit another entrant's blog post and leave them some love. This is just a suggestion and in no way do you have to :)


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Mar 5, 2025

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - March Challenge (and Exciting News!!)

Hello and welcome to the March Edition of Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday challenge taking place right here on my blog. I'm so glad you stopped by today and hope you'll decide to share your crafty makes too. There were lots of fabulous entries last month, thank you all!! Be sure to scroll down to see if your entry was a Top Pick.

Exciting News!! 

Last week an idea for a new challenge popped into my head 😀 and I decided to make it happen. It will be all about "Gardens" and I am calling it Ellibelle's Garden Party. It will be for papercrafts of any kind, and you may also share garden photography and other garden related posts. I don't know about you but being out in a garden is one of my most favorite things to do and has been my whole life. So mark your calendars and come join the first party starting Thursday March 13th!!


Ok, back to the reason of today's post..

As most of you know, the theme at Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday is now always ....

Anything Goes


and instead of a challenge theme there will be a "Top Pick Twist", meaning I will select a twist from all of the entries for the Top 3. Nobody will know what the twist will be (not even me) until the end of the challenge. So do link up all of your crafty makes, your entry might be the one inspiring the Top Pick twist :) The linky tool is at the end of this post.

Here is what I made:

I'm still playing with my new Tracy Evans Boutique Designs stamps and recently actually managed to watch a video tutorial of one of her recent makes and this is my version of it. I used similar colors and similar techniques but chose different stamps/stencil and a bit different design.

The large cat stencil is Snippet Stencil Black Cat by Tracy Evans Boutique Designs, stamps are Numerical Cats, Abstract Trees (both by TE Boutique Designs), Miniatures - the background text stamping (Aall and Create by Tracy Evans) and Night Stalker - part of the sentiment in black (Aall and Create by Dominic Phillips).
Inks are Salvaged Patina, Wilted Violet, Cracked Pistachio and Hickory Smoke along with Versafine Onyx for the black ink. A white Posca pen was used to add splatter to the background. 


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February Top Picks with a Twist:

 
Now it's time to announce the Top Picks with a twist from the February entries. Thank you all again for joining in the fun, I really enjoyed visiting your entries and selecting a "twist". This time the twist is.... Anything But a Card. 

And here they are listed in the order of entry:


No. 10 Debbie M.

who made this fabulous explosion box.

No. 13 Fiona Whitehead

who made this beautiful mini book (more gorgeous pages on her blog).

 

No. 20 Adry Concep
who made this beautifully crochet Tulip Surprise.

 

Congratulations to each one of you for your well deserved recognition. The Top Pick logo is below, you may post this to your own blogs if you like to :)

I will continue to pin the top picks to the dedicated Pinterest board, but will also include photo and link back to the original blogs/sites here. These will be removed at the start of the new challenge to stay in compliance with GDPR.


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If the linky tool is missing (it happend last year in March during renewal of my linky tools subscription), please simply leave your blog post link in a comment below.


A few things to remember:
  • You may combine with any other challenges.
  • You may use any brand of stamps/digis/dies/papers (no company restriction as long as copyright laws are followed).
  • Please note: entries using pre-colored digital images will no longer be selected as top picks. 
  • A short description of products used is expected, most importantly the source of focal point.
  • This linkup is for sharing handmade projects of any kind not limited to papercrafts.
  • Please try to limit to 3 entries per month - it's ok if you end up with more than 3 but I may not be able to visit your entries after the 3rd.
  • Please do include a link back here to my blog in your blog post.
  • Backlinking to a recent post IS allowed.
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