Author: luciegcards

Swirly glitter tree

Hello Everyone!

Christmas is getting closer and I’m getting near the end of my festive card making frenzy!

The Less is More colour challenge this week is traditionally festive – red and green! Here is my take using a Simon Says Stamp die. The greeting is from a set by My Sentiments Exactly.

I’m also entering this into Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge (anything goes) and the Simon Says Stamp Fickr challenge (Christmas).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Merry Christmas Tidings!

Hi everyone!

This week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge inspired me to look through my oval dies – and I found an older Memory Box die which I thought would be perfect for the challenge! It’s a really substantial die, so I rotated the sketch to create a landscape card.

I cut some regular white card stock using the die and then used some distress inks to colour the snowflake and the bird. I then coated the remaining white card in Stickles.

While the die cut was drying, I softly blended more distress ink onto the base card so that the whole die cut would stand out a little more.

After adhering the image, I added another snowflake to reflect the sketch challenge.

I’m also entering this into the current Memory Box Challenge – ‘holiday greetings’.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Let’s party and celebrate you!

Hi there!

The theme for the current Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge is ‘ Star Light, Star Bright’ and I took a break from my festive card making to create a celebration card!

I bought a wonderful Christmas stamp set from Paperartsy in September as I fell in love with the star formation on it. I seriously can’t believe I hadn’t inked it up!

Anyway, I stamped the image directly onto my base card and coloured it using my Prismacolor pencils. To finish the card, I added a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp.

I’m also going to enter this in the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge – anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Blue and green challenge

Hi there!

It’s been a while since I played along with the Merry Monday challenge! This week was a colour challenge – blue/green/white or silver or vellum. I always find blue and green rather difficult to use. Not sure why, I just do! So I decided I should play along this week!

I used a cute die from Poppystamps – but once I’d cut the card, I realised the glitter snowman just didn’t stand out enough against the regular whit card stock, so I added a little bit of distress ink to define him a little more. I love how glittery this card is!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Merry Bauble Tree

Happy Saturday everyone!

I’m spending the day in my craft room, making my Christmas cards! I am determined to get them done before the last posting date….

For this card, I used some glitter cardstock from DCWV and dies from Poppystamps and Savvy Stamps. I stuck the tree onto a vellum base before adhering it to a panel made from a piece of Bazzill Bling cardstock.

I’m entering this into the current Casology challenge (round) and also the Color Throwdown challenge (black, white, gold, grey).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Merry Pink Christmas!

Happy December everyone!

Well, my Christmas tree and lights are up and I’m starting to feel quite festive – are you?

For today’s card, I used dies from Simon Says Stamp and My Favorite Things and lots of glitter paper. For a little extra interest/sparkle, I also added some Nuvo glitter drops to the background.

I’m entering this card into the current Less Is More challenge – ‘let it shine’.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.