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Hi there!

Today’s card is for the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge using a Frantic Stamper die and sentiment from Hero Arts.

I blended distress ink and applied distress mica spray before cutting it with the die – I’m loving the gold shimmer!

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LucieG

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Posted in Other cards and tagged Hero Arts, Technique - die cutting, Technique - ink blending, Tim Holtz/Ranger on 17 April 2017 by luciegcards. Leave a comment

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I'm Lucie and I use this space to share my handmade cards which I also enter into challenges.

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Hello friends! Life has been so busy this month! I’ve missed you all! I’m hoping that October will be less manic... I managed to carve out some much-needed craft time yesterday and made 3 cards for this month’s #caschristmascardchallenge which has the theme of ‘wreath’. For my cards, I did some inlaid die cutting with a couple of @poppystamps dies and I also dusted down some older @rubberstamptapestry stamps and stamped a bauble wreath. Unfortunately I smudged one of the branches, but was able to save my card with a fabulous @concordand9th die cut! Phew! It felt good to craft again! And I was so happy to make 3 cards!!! Which one is your favourite? #poppystamps #poppystampsdies #msestamps #heroarts #heroartsstamps #rubberstamptapestry #concordand9th #concordand9thdies #handmadecards #christmascards

Hi everyone! I haven’t had much time to craft recently, but here’s a quick one layer card I did for the new @aaacardchallenge - the theme is ‘imagine’. All stamps are by @tim_holtz / @stampersanonymous . Hope you can play along with us! #aaacards #aaacardchallenge #timholtzstamps #stampersanonymous #distressink #distressoxide #handmadecards

Hello everyone! Life has been super busy this week! No time for crafting or social media! 😑 I was determined to carve out some time to craft today as I really wanted to play along with a couple of my favourite challenges- @colorthrowdown and @freshlymadesketches. Here’s my card for both challenges! The background die and sentiment are both by @pennyblackstamps and I was finally able to play with my new @heroarts glimmer inks to create the red leaves! Love that shimmer! And the ink is amazing- a little goes a very long way! #pennyblackdies #pennyblackstamps #heroartsglimmermetallicinks #glimmermetallicinks #distressoxide #inlaiddiecutting #handmadecards

Hello! We have a super CAS sketch challenge this fortnight over at @aaacardchallenge. Here’s my take using stamps from our sponsor, @happylittlestampers and my fabulous @altenewllc watercolours. Hope you can play along with us! #happylittlestampers #altenew #altenewwatercolor #aaacardchallenge #aaacards #fallcard #autumncard #handmadecards

Hello everyone! Here’s my take on this week’s amazing colour palette over at the @colorthrowdown challenge (purple, green, red and yellow). I coloured a @pennyblackstamps die using my @altenewllc watercolours, stuck it to a smooshed background and added a @pennyblackstamps sentiment and a few #nuvoglitterdrops to finish it off! Have a great week! #pennyblackdies #pennyblackstamps #distressink #distressoxide #altenewwatercolors #colorthrowdown #ctd508 #handmadecards

Happy Friyay people! And it’s almost #stamptember! I’m so excited!!! The @ablognamedhero challenge theme this month is ‘sparkle and shine’, perfect excuse to crack open the glitter paste.... not that I need any excuses for that! I used a @creativeexpressionscraft stencil and a ton of @tonicstudios glimmer paste for the background and the @heroarts colour layering peacock plus a sentiment die from a #mymonthlyhero kit from earlier in the year! #distressink #nuvoglimmerpaste #creativeexpressions #creativeexpressionsstencil #heroarts #heroartsstamps #heroartsdies #mymonthlyherokit #ablognamedhero #handmadecards #stickles #glitter

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Hi there! Look! I finally used the fabulous @ellenhutsonllc Strands die! I wanted this for so long, got it in May and I’m only just using it now! I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to use it! Tell me I’m not alone, crafty friends! Anyway, I decided to make an encouragement card for the @poppystamps challenge (‘make a splash’) and used their little whale stamps, which I had to fussy cut as the coordinating dies have gone AWOL 😡 I created the background using the faux alcohol ink technique with #distressoxide, glossy paper and #distressglaze. I can’t use alcohol inks so I’m happy I can create the same effect. Hey, @ellenhutsonllc can I enter this into your current challenge as an alcohol-free alternative 😂 The sentiment is by @averyellestamps. #poppystamps #poppystampschallenge #essentialsbyellen #essentialsbyellendies #ellenhutsonllc #ellenhutson #averyelle #averyellestamps #handmadecards

Hello! It’s been a very long time since I played along with a @mftstamps challenge, not sure why as I have a LOT of MFT goodies! Anyway, I love the unusual colour palette for the current #mftcolorchallenge (2 shades of blue, kraft and persimmon) and used my favourite snowflake dies for this card. Still can’t believe I had glitter card in the perfect shade of persimmon..... Actually I CAN believe it as I do have quite a glitter card mountain here! I’m also entering this into the current @freshlymadesketches challenge. #mftstamps #dienamics #freshlymadesketches #handmadecards #christmascards #christmasinaugustcard

Happy Friyay everyone! My mojo was missing for most of this week but I eventually made a card! I’ve used the palette from this week’s @colorthrowdown (Line, green, aqua and eggplant) one of my first ever @simonsaysstamp dies - still love this tree! The card I used for the tree and @savvystamps sentiment is actually eggplant but it looks so much darker in this pic! I’m also entering this into the current #caschristmascardchallenge (tree). #simonsaysstamp #simonsaysstampdies #savvystamps #savvystampsdies #inkblending #distressink #distressoxide #colorthrowdown #ctd507 #handmadecards #christmascards #christmasinaugustcard

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Happy Friyay everyone! My @altenewllc watercolours arrived this morning so I had a quiet afternoon swatching and playing with them! I even managed to finally ink up and colour this beautiful @simonsaysstamp floral image with them! I added a strip embossed with a @sizzix folder and a @mftstamps sentiment. I’m entering this into the current @colorthrowdown challenge (aqua, peach, light grey and white), the @freshlymadesketches challenge and the #sssflickrchallenge (anything goes). Have a great weekend! #altenewllc #altenewwatercolor #simonsaysstamp #sizzixembossingfolder #mftstamps #colorthrowdownchallenge #ctd506 #freshlymadesketches #luciegembossinggoal #handmadecards #birthdaycard

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Hi everyone! I’m feeling very sorry for myself as I got shingles over the weekend. And it is so painful 😣 Luckily my doctor prescribed some meds, still waiting for them to kick in. I was able to finish this card after being inspired by @ellenhutsonllc #colortrendchallenge. I wasn’t too sure about the aqua as I wouldn’t usually put it with purples, but I liked it in the inspiration photo so I thought I’d try it! What do you think? The stamp is by @concordand9th and I used an #essentialsbyellen die. I’ve also entered this into the @freshlymadesketches challenge and the @wherecreativitymeetsc9 challenge (anything goes). #ellenhutsonllc #ellenhutsoncolortrendschallenge #ellenhutsondie #concordand9th #concordand9thstamps #turnaboutstamps #distressink #distressoxide #wherecreativitymeetsc9 #freshlymadesketches #handmadecards #thankyoucards

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