Author: luciegcards

Bright Garden Bouquet

Hi everyone!!

Another day, another Pinkfresh card! Today’s new and unused product suite of choice is the Garden Bouquet set which I picked up deeply discounted in an amazing Black Friday sale.

I wanted a bright and cheery card to a friend and totally stepped outside my comfort zone with the orange and yellow colour combo! I added an Altenew vase and adhered the images to a background panel that I had cut using the Charming Stitched Florals coverplate die, which I bought at the same time.

I had originally centred the vase and wasn’t going to add a sentiment. Then I decided to move the image to the left which opened up a great spot for a small sentiment – this one is by The Greetery.

Not much dimension on this card – just a few layers and stickles rather than gems. I really don’t know what Royal Mail is doing with these cards but at Christmas, all gems on every single card I received had been forced through the envelope (it’s quite a testament to the glue used that they were still in situ I suppose!).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Sweet Snowbells

Hi there!

Today’s CAS card showcases the beautiful Simon Says Stamp Snowbell Bouquet die set that I’ve been wanting to use since I bought it last May. I almost used it this weekend but decided to wait until my own snowdrops appeared – only a few stems are peeking through the arctic tundra that is my garden right now. But I didn’t put it away… and when I saw Beth Stern had a sweet new foster called Snowbelle yesterday, I decided it was a sign!

I used a Penny Black frame to ground my images and the sentiment is from an older Clearly Besotted set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Sunshine Flowers

Hello everyone!!

Back to my recent Pinkfresh Studio purchases today and I’ve chosen the cheerful image from the Humbled and Grateful product suite. I had a lot of fun colouring this image in a slightly different way today because I decided to focus the colour at the ends of the petals – I really like how it turned out!

I adhered it to a panel that I had cut with the Stitched Diamonds Coverplate die (another Black Friday bargain!) and added a sentiment that was lurking in my sentiments box.

It’s a little early in the month for me to commit a project to the January Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge but as we can add three entries I’m going to link it up. The theme for the month is ‘Year in Review’ – and I have chosen the April 2025 theme of Floral Frenzy!

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LucieG

Hello Friendly Birdies

Happy Sunday everyone!!

Today’s CAS card showcases two Simon Says Stamp product that I bought last year – the fabulous Birdies die set plus a pretty floral wreath embossing folder. Although this is a very simple card, I spent a while on it – mainly second guessing myself as usual.

The sentiment is from a Waffle Flower Stamps that I’ve had for a while but rarely used, even though it lives in my sentiments box, right on my craft table!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Sweet Blossoms Oval

Happy Saturday everyone!!

Today’s crafty adventures started with Pinkfresh Studio. Be warned I suspect Pinkfresh will feature a lot this year as I went a bit wild with purchasing their amazing product suites last year after I rediscovered them in 2024.

I had wanted the beautiful Sweet Blossoms stencil/die combo for a while but it was sold out in the UK…. so when it was on sale at Pinkfresh I grabbed it up as fast as I could!

I often find it difficult to stay true to my CAS roots when I’m crafting with the Pinkfresh suites because I want to use every image I create! Today I have managed to use just 3 of the 7 images I created from the Sweet Blossoms. I HOPE I remember use the rest of the images soon!

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LucieG.

Piped Floral Lace Hello

Hello everyone!!

Between Christmas and the New Year, I started to tidy/reorganise my craft room and was a little taken aback by the amount of new/little used products I unearthed! I have promised myself that I will use them this year. Now this doesn’t mean I won’t be buying any more goodies (I’m only human after all…. and already have an order en route), but I will be mindful about using newer stuff more frequently and more than once!

I also want to send more cards this year. I have realised that I don’t send a lot of my creations – I prefer to make something as and when for my recipients. The only exception is Christmas in July, although I do craft with ‘categories’ of recipients in mind in that month for instance CAS admirers or those who don’t celebrate Christmas. Last July, I was also careful about the thickness of the cards I created as there’s a restriction for a standard card. So this year I will actively create with my existing goodies AND make Royal Mail-friendly creations…. AND get them in the post from time to time!

And so here we are today with the newest arrival in my craft room aka The Most Beautiful Embossing Folder Ever! This is the Altenew Piped Floral Lace 3D folder and I LOVE it! Just look at the incredible detail! It was VERY difficult to find a suitable die cut to add to this – in the end I cut some vellum with an older Honey Bee Studio die and added the Simon Says Stamp Giggle Hello die plus some pearls.

Technically this should be Royal Mail-friendly card but given the state of the cards that landed on my mat this Christmas (almost every single jewel ended up being exposed) – I would definitely add a piece of card to protect it… which probably pushes it beyond the standard postage limits.

I have ideas for making a more postage friendly card with this folder though…more of that later this month!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.