Egg Week 2026 Day 2

Hi there!

It’s Day 2 of  LucieG’s Egg Week 2025!

Today I raided my Bazzill coloured card mountain and created a pile of lacy die cuts with the Pinkfresh Studio Heritage Lace and Fancy Edgers die sets. I adhered them all onto a large egg, trimmed them to size and added some pearls and a sentiment.

I used the Intricate Stitched Ovals Coverplate die to create my background and adhered the egg using some folded card  – such a clever mechanism that adds amazing depth but flattens right down for posting! Plus it means that the egg supports the whole card base – no folded card required!

I’m entering this into the Pinkfresh monthly challenge where the theme is ‘Sew much fun’.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Egg Week 2026 Day 1

Hi there!

I can’t quite believe that Easter is next weekend – it’s snuck up on me a bit! So I hereby declare today the first day of LucieG’s Egg Week 2026!

For my CAS card today, I used an egg from a Simon Says Stamp embossing folder and my favourite Speckled Egg distress ink. I also pulled out a piece of older vellum with glittery flecks, but that’s quite difficult to photograph!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Yoshino cherry blossoms peak bloom

Happy Saturday!!

The stunning Yoshino cherry trees at the Tidal Basin reached peak bloom on Thursday. I was lucky enough to visit for peak bloom back in 2017 and although it was an unusual season, it was still absolutely breathtaking. The blossoms are actually white at peak bloom and then they start to change colour – David Coleman has an interesting post here.

I picked up the Pinkfresh Studio Cherry Blossom die and stencil set last year and I’ve been waiting for now to use them! There’s very little colour on the blooms, just a touch of pink on the buds. This set also has a fabulous collection of leaves which I didn’t include as the Yoshinos don’t have leaves at peak bloom. Instead I coloured the parts of the branch that are intended for the leaves so that they would appear like buds.

I also used the Blanket Stitch ovals dies to create the frame and a sentiment from the Humbled and Grateful set.

I’m entering this into the current Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge which has a theme of ‘So much Fun’.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Get Cracking on Christmas March 2026

Hello everyone!!

March has been a weird old month and I need to update my blog for the (few) cards I’ve made so far this month. In the meantime, here’s a brand new Christmas card!

Last Thursday was the third Thursday of the month which means it’s time for Jenn Shurkus’s Get Cracking on Christmas!

I decided to make a fun card with a Spellbinders dies set that I picked up in a recent sale. It’s called Yuletime Ride and I bought it for the car as I have plans for that! But today when I was thinking about my Get Cracking card, I realised it would be fun to use the tree from the set.

Super CAS and Royal Mail friendly again this month – The raised panel is a trimmed section from Spellbinder’s Molded Frame embossing folder.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Bits Blitz February 2026 – Day 7

Happy Saturday friends!

Well I did it! One whole week of using up my bits! I must say that I’m pleased that I can get back to creating bits now – it’s quite a challenge coming up with designs that are still ‘me’ while using lots of bits!

I actually have two cards to share today:

First up is the card I created with the reject card base from my Day 3 card. While making that card, I felt that I had stuck the Altenew Linear Crossroads a little too high for die cuts that I had chosen to use. I didn’t want to waste it – it would be wrong when the whole point of this week is to address my unused piles rather than add to them. So, I chose a branch from the Pinkfresh Sakura product suite and added a sentiment and some stickles for a CAS and importantly Royal Mail-able card for a crafty friend.

Next up is a card using the Pinkfresh Studio Flowers for the Soul washi images. I added the Birch Press Design Calen die to my card base and some trim from the Heritage Lace die set. The sentiment is from the Simple Joys set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Bits Blitz February 2026 – Day 6

Hi there!

It’s Day 6 of LucieG’s Bits Blitz! Day 6 already! It’s been a great relied to finally use my bits this past week – it may sound odd but I can feel the burden of past crafty me being lifted! I can start to look forward and I am so looking forward to colouring images and yes, creating a fresh pile of bits!

Today I used some die cut washi images from Pinkfresh Studio’s Whimsical Blooms product suite with a fabulous frame die that I picked up in the recent Sizzix sale. The frame reminded me of a fabulous older Taylored Expressions embossing folder called Weathered, so I pulled it out and used it for my background! The sentiment is from the Enchanting Flora product suite.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.