Delicate Foliage Hello

Hello everyone!!

Today I’m playing along with the current Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge which has a theme of ‘Geometric Genius’.

I pulled out the Delicate Foliage product suite. This creates quite a unique image as the coordinating stencils don’t colour all the stamped leaves but also create some leaves that aren’t on the outline stamp. I spent a while pondering my colour choices but went with a classic combo in the end. I added my new favourite Twinkle Stickles to the uncoloured leaves for a bit of sparkle!

I had a very different background all set up using die cuts from the Octogaon Grid coverplate die but decided it was a little heavy for my soft image so I pivoted! I used the remaining die cuts from the Octagon Grid to create a pot for my foliage and a few frame accents.

The sentiment is from the Cosy Blooms set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Happy Heart Day 2026

Happy Heart Day everyone!!

I went a bit wild in the Sizzix sale last weekend – well I never said I wasn’t going to buy stuff, I said I would be mindful with what I purchased, and actually use what I buy…

So there may have been a few impulse purchases in my order, but I did use a die set today – it only arrived yesterday evening so that’s quite good!

The die set of choice was the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Stacked Heart Tiles set. I just used one set here with a card in a pack I got years ago from Craftwork Cards (remember them?!). I was starting to stress over the colour combo, but I liked the colours in the pack so just went with those!

LOTS of layers/foam tape with this one! Definitely not one for the Royal Mail’s systems!!

The much-loved sentiment is from an old Reverse Confetti set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Heart Week 2026 – Day 7

 

Hi there

It’s Day 7 of Heart Week 2026! The last day of my week long extravaganza crafting with all the heart things. Well, ok, not all, but a nice little collection!

Today I used another item from this week’s Dies to Die For order! This time the My Favorite Things Heart Burst Hellos die took centre stage. I just love taller hearts but larger dies/sets are quite difficult to come by, so I was very happy to pick this one up on Friday.

I woke up with Grand Plans about how I’d use the heart today but by the time I sat at my craft table, I realised that I wanted the beautiful heart to be the star rather than a supporting character.

So I went very CAS – I blended a few purple inks onto some light purple card and cut out the heart. To complete my card. I added die cuts from Simply Graphic and The Greetery plus a Sugar Pea Designs sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Heart Week 2026 – Day 6

Happy Saturday!

It’s Day 6 of Heart Week 2026!

I was so excited to get my Dies to Die For order this morning – I only ordered it yesterday afternoon! Great service! Anyway, I knew I had to use something that I had just received today and the beautiful new Heirtage Lace Edgers by Pinkfresh Studio won! Isn’t that an amazingly intricate die? So pretty!

I paired it with some Memory Box hearts that I cut from patterned mirror card and adhered everything to a base that I had partially covered with Speckled Egg distress ink. The sentiment is from a Reverse Confetti set.

In other news, guess what I unearthed this afternoon? Yep, the stamp set I was searching for yesterday evening. In a box I’d gone through twice. Typical!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Heart Week 2026 – Day 5

Happy Friyay!

Welcome to Day 5 of Heart Week 2026!

Today’s card has been a year in the making! I bought the cute Taylored Expressions egg cup dies last February with a view to making a cup full of hearts card but then something must’ve happened because I never got round to creating it! So today was the day. I dug into my beloved Basic Grey patterned paper mountain, pulled out some super old Simon Says Stamp/Kelly Purkey heart dies and got crafty!

I then spent far too long looking for a stamp set with the perfect sentiment. I know I found in the depths of my craft room at some point last year because I was annoyed I didn’t have it to hand for Heart Week 2025. Well guess what, it’s AWOL for Heart Week 2026 too! Great! So I chose a stamp from a trusty Mama ELephant set instead. When I find it again, I’m going to keep it on my craft table until Heart Week 2027!!

To complete my card I adhered my image to a background I embossed with Poppystamps piercing dies

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Heart Week 2026 – Day 4

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 4 of Heart Week 2026!

You know what I’ve neglected for far too long? The original stencils! I bought quite a few back in the day but my attention shifted and although they are extremely organised, I rarely reach for them nowadays. While I was looking for a stencil for my card idea, I found this beautiful Funky Fossil stencil! I’m pretty sure I’ve used it before but I haven’t found a card photo. In any case, I know I haven’t used it since I’ve been using blending brushes which are quite honestly a gamechanger for these sorts of stencils.

So I put my original idea to the back of my mind, pulled out a colour combo, matched up my inks and got colouring!

I didn’t need much to complete my card – I don’t want to pull attention away from those butterflies! So I added a simple Sugar Pea Designs sentiment and a few gems and called it a day!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.