Pinkfresh October Challenge – Card 3

Hi there!!

Next up this evening is my third card for the September Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge .

ETA: For my final card for the challenge, I decided to ink up one of my favourite stamps – the fabulous Bloomscape cling stamp! I’m always drawn to Pinkfresh’s cling stamps as the stamp so beautifully – I love the thin delicate lines that cling stamps produce! Once again I used the suggested Pinkfresh ink colours (plus Olive) for the images and fortunately this time I did not have any issues with wet ink – I didn’t even have to blast it with my heat gun. I may have used a different ink though as I was playing with a few of my black ink pads.

I had originally planned to arrange the die cuts using the Celestial Weave coverplate die cut from gold satin card. However, when I tried that I felt that the gold was a little dominant – I want those beautiful images to take centre stage! So I cut the coverplate from white card and I think that worked so much better!

The sentiment is from a set called I Hope you are Smiling Today which I received in the February 2025 Create & Connect Event kit.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Pinkfresh October Challenge – Card 2

Hello again!!

Next up this evening is my second card for the October Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge .

ETA After finishing my Fall Leaf card, I was so inspired to continue creating so on I went! I pulled out the Joyful Day product suite and inked it up in black, which I rarely do (I prefer to stamp in brown ink). I used the suggested Pinkfresh inks (plus Olive) but when I started stencilling with Clementine I noticed that the black ink seemed to be smearing. Nightmare! I blasted it with my heat gun several times but it continued to smear in places. As I had limited time, rather than restamp and emboss with clear powder, I soldiered on. I actually quite like the grungy effect I ended up with!

I used a very recent Square Play coverplate die to cover half my card base and adhered a gold glitter die cut from the Heritage Lace die set.

The sentiment is from a set called Cosy Nook with Books which I received in the August 2025 Create & Connect Event kit.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Pinkfresh October Challenge – Card 1

Hello everyone!

A few hours left before the Pinkfresh October challenge deadline and of course inspiration suddenly strikes! I actually made three cards this evening!

ETA: When I saw the theme challenge I immediately thought of the Fall Leaf die which I bought recently. I used the suggested Pinkfresh ink colours (plus my beloved Olive) and created four separate branches which I adhered to a second white die cut for extra stability as it always takes me AGES to arrange die cuts. I used the smaller Braided Oval die to anchor my leaf bouquet and a few gold glitter die cut leaves for that extra sparkle!

The sentiment is from a set called I Hope you are Smiling Today which I received in the February 2025 Create & Connect Event kit.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Pinkfresh September Challenge – Card 3

Hi there!!

Next up this evening is my third card for the September Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge .

I managed to pick up the lovely Cheerful Blossoms suite in a sale earlier this year and have been looking forward to colouring it. Today was the day!

I used the Octagon Grid coverplate die to ground my images and added a sentiment from the Playful Petals set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Pinkfresh September Challenge – Card 2

Hello again!!

Next up this evening is my second card for the September Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge .

For this card, I used the beautiful new Seasonal Sprigs suite. I just love a foliage set and this one has some wonderful sentiments too!

To add a little something extra to the wreath, I adhered it to the fabulous circle die. I’ve been looking at it for a while and was so excited when it popped up in a Dies to Die For sale this weekend! It only arrived this morning!!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Pinkfresh September Challenge – Card 1

Hello everyone!!

Well I ended up taking a much longer break than expected – it was just too hot to craft in my craftroom for most of August!

When I saw the September Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge I just had to play along – the colour combo is so ME! This is actually the first of three cards I made for the challenge over the past few days.

Although I did make cards during the Pinkfresh event in August, I was feeling a bit out of practice so I pulled out one of my favourite ever suites (Garden Medley), lots of inks and got crafty! This is such a beautiful image and an absolute joy to colour.

I loved this card by TaeEun and that inspired me to be brave and cut up my carefully coloured image with used my brand new Celestial Weave coverplate die! I adhered just one layer of card behind the frame and inlaid the negative die cut pieces.

Of course, I could barely bring myself to hide any of the image behind a sentiment but eventually I chose a small sentiment from the August 2025 Create & Connect kit!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG