Hello Lovely Singing Birds

Happy Saturday everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Color Throwdown challenge which has a really interesting combo of orange, aqua, lilac and black.

I decided to use another bargain die set from Spellbinders’ recent Warehouse Clearance – I’ve had my eye on the Build a Winter Birdhouse for some time so I was very excited to snap it up! I added birds from another new-to-me set, Birds of a Feather by My Favorite Things. I loved this card that Laura Dovalo created using this set so I added vellum wings to my birds, just like she did!

The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Graceful love and thanks

Happy Friyay everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge using some products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

First of all, I decided to use the Butterfly String die (51-648) to reflect the five strips on the sketch. As I wanted to add an image to my design, I die cut them from white cardstock. For my focal point. I chose the beautiful Graceful stamp set (30-963) and coordinating die (51-770) from the new Hello Sunshine release. I coloured the flowers with my Twinkling H2O paints but the vase is actually paper piecing! This technique can be so effective and is super easy when you have an easy to cut shape like this vase!

The sentiment is also from the Graceful set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Colourful Bold Butterfly card

Happy Monday everyone!

It’s the second of our three holiday Mondays this month and after an amazing Coronation weekend, I’m feeling slightly disorientated!

Anyway, this week, my fabulous order from Spellbinders’ recent Warehouse Clearance showed up. It included the amazing Butterfly Card Creator die set. I have looked at this set so often, but was a bit nervous because the dies are BIG and I tend to lean towards the smaller designs. But as soon as I saw it on sale at a truly bargain price, I snapped it up. I’ve used it today to play along with the Color Throwdown which has a colourful combo of sage green, yellow, pink and brown.

The sentiment is by Birch Press Design.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Treasured

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Penny Black has a fabulous new release called Hello Sunshine which has something for everyone – flowers, scenes, cute critters and sentiments – I was particularly pleased to see a few strip sentiments sets!

Today I’m using some of the products from this release that Penny Black kindly sent me and I chose to begin with the beautiful Treasured stamp (40-893). It’s a brushstroke stamp which I rarely use, but I don’t know why as they are so easy to use with the Misti! I used Milled Lavender and Peeled Paint distress oxide inks here – I lightly misted the stamp with water and I love how the colours changed with oxidisation. It looks like I used a bit of Antique Linen too doesn’t it…. but I didn’t!!!

Anyway, I used one of the sentiment dies from the release – Hello Edger (51-772). I coloured the word with Milled Lavender and actually included a smidge of Antique Linen because I wasn’t sure that the oxidisation would have the same effect again. I added a few butterflies to complete my card – they are from the Flourish and Butterflies die set (51-198) and I also cut one from the Butterfly Heart Pop Out die (51-291) .

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Sending you some happy

Happy Monday everyone!

It’s the first of three public holidays in the UK this month and I took advantage of the extra time at my craft table to play along with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

I’m so delighted that one of my go-to craft stores here in the UK has just started stocking Paper Rose Studio products! I snapped up some goodies straightaway! For this card I used the beautiful Poppy Field Circle die set, which I adhered to a piece of Craft Consortium patterned paper.

Following the sketch, I added a Spellbinders bow die cut and a sentiment by Concord & 9th.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Bestest Bird Trio

Happy Sunday everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Color Throwdown which has a really interesting combo of blush, dusty rose and white.

I loved this combo as soon as I saw it, but I found it soooo challenging to recreate. I’m really grateful that Wanda from the Design Team shared the distress inks that she used – that was really helpful to me.

I just received a big crafty order so I knew I wanted to use the cute Sizzix/Olivia Rose Painted Birds die set. I also bought a few Craft Consortium paper pads – they have a line that replicates alcohol inked panels and as I don’t use alcohol inks, I thought I’d give them a go! It took me a while to find a colour combo that I felt happy with – but now that I have photographed it, the blush looks more on the purple side…..

So I created another version, this time with birds cut from panels created with Milled Lavender and Tattered Rose distress inks. And now the Tattered Rose looks more on the peach side…. Argh! Who would have thought that a combo that I LOVED on first sight could prove so challenging to create with my crafty supplies?!