I Spy With My Little Eye Challenge #16

Hi everyone, here we are with a new I Spy With My Little Eye... challenge over at Ellibelle's Corner.  Thanks so much to everyone who joined in last time … please do check over on Ellie’s blog to see if you are one of our top picks. 

I have chosen the challenge theme this month, and it is

I Spy With My Little Eye 

*** Something Blooming Lovely **

We are two days earlier than usual this month, and that is due to our exciting news … We are partnering with Double Trouble Challenge #169.

That means that if you enter the Double Trouble challenge between 17 and 30 June using their main theme of long and skinny card (aka slimline), you get an extra entry in their prize draw if you also use flowers. Additionally, if you enter a floral card into the I Spy Challenge that is also long and skinny, you also get another entry into the Double Trouble prize draw.  

However for the I Spy Challenge it is completely optional to make a slimline card - anything floral will be welcome. Please do pop over to Ellie's blog to see her fab creation and link up your entries here.

This month we have Diane joining us as our guest designer - so please click on her name to visit her blog and see her fabulous floral creation. 

Here is my card for the challenge - as we are partnering with Double Trouble I have made a DL card. This is a size of card I only make very occasionally so I had to put my thinking cap on regarding a suitable floral stamp … this is what I came up with.

I cut a piece of white card 20cm x 9cm and created a smooshed background with Elements inks applied with acetate. I then stamped the floral spray and coloured it with Zig pens, highlighted with Wink of Stella. I blackened the flower centres with a fineliner pen and added some white gel pen highlights, then added some background stamping in grey and soft random stencilling with Elements ink. I added some white Posca spatters then when dry added a stamped sentiment and matted onto a black border and a DL card blank.

Stamps: AALL & Create #278 Passion Flower, #457 Background Voices, #533 Bring On the Sentiments;

Media: Lavinia Elements inks (Confetti, Sundance, Russet Orange); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Morning Mist); Kuretake Zig Clean Colour watercolour pens; Wink of Stella; Posca pen (White);

Tools: Darkroom Door stencil - Diamonds.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Beautiful Blossoms #18 - Anything Floral Goes with optional Mood Board

(I was inspired by the colours)

Crazy Is Our Fame, Stencils Are Our Game (June) - Use a Stencil - WINNER

Double Trouble #169 - Long and Skinny

Dream Valley #318 - Summer Colours

Festive Fridays (June) - Flowers (2nd entry)

Path of Positivity #122 - Anything Goes Positive (2nd entry)

{PIN}spirational #314 - Flowers (3rd entry)

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Bright & Cheerful

Stamping Sensations (June) - Mood Board

(I was inspired by the bright pink flowers)

We Love 2 Create #5 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

We Love Stamping (June) - Fabulous Florals (3rd entry)

Word Art Wednesday #651/652 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

The I Spy Challenge will end on the Sunday before the next challenge starts at 23:59 US Central Time - so this time that is Sunday July 14th, and the next challenge will begin on Wednesday July 17th.

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,