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.

Heart Week 2026 – Day 3

Hi there!

It’s Day 3 of Heart Week 2026!

It took me a while to tidy up yesterday’s craftermath which really cut into my crafty time this evening. Fortunately this card didn’t take me too long.

I think this Loop the Loop Hearts die is my oldest Birch Press Design die – I’ve never been able to find it used on any cards though! Anyway, when I saw Spellbinders’ Heart Swag embossing folder, I immediately thought of this die! I was determined to use them both today so I cut two panels using the Hero Arts rounded rectangular dies, embossed the larger one and added several die cuts to the other panel.

I then tried various layouts but I didn’t spend too long second guessing myself today!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Heart Week 2026 – Day 2

Hi there!

It’s Day 2 of Heart Week 2026!

My original plan for today’s card didn’t quite work out so I pivoted to my trusty True Love Stem die by Poppystamps!

I cut it from some patterned mirror card and adhered it to a folk heart that I’d embossed with the Plaster embossing folder by Simon Hurley for Spellbinders.

To complete my card, I added a wood-mounted stamped sentiment and s few sequins.

Meanwhile, I think I’ll still do my original planned card at some point this week – I just need a longer crafty session and possibly a clearer table to work on it!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Heart Week 2026 – Day 1

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 1 of Heart Week 2026!

Today I pulled out The Most Beautiful Embossing Folder Ever (Piped Floral Lace by Altenew) once again. I decided that a single die cut image would provide a great base to showcase those stunning embossed images. I added some ink to a die-cut heart and then ran it through the folder. Super quick and simple! Initially, I was just going to adhere a sentiment by The Greetery, but decided to add some thread to ground the image and add just a little something extra.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Bloomscape Thanks

Hello everyone!!

While I enjoyed focusing on using new products during January, I kept wanting to create with the beautiful Pinkfresh Studio Bloomscape suite that was released towards the end of last year. It really is one of my favourite Pinkfresh sets, especially as it includes a cling stamp which stamp thin lines so beautifully!

I found a very ‘me’ combo in my colour book and got crafty! Once again I could not stop messing around with the arrangement. It took far longer than it should have but I got there in the end!

I actually used another new product on this card – one which I bought in January – a die from the Fancy Edgers set. I’m very into lacy edging at the moment and this die is so pretty!

The sentiment is from a set by The Greetery.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.