Hi everyone!
Next up is one of the cards I gave to my lovely mum today!
I used the amazing Spring Meadow stencil set and matching die by The Greetery for this card. I have to say the stencil set works perfectly and meant this was a very quick and easy make! I’m looking forward to using this with different colour combos!
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LucieG.
Hi there!
It’s a busy day today – my Dad’s birthday and also Mother’s Day so I have a few cards to share.
First up is the card for my CAS-loving dad! I kept it very simple with a dash of Tumbled Glass distress oxide ink and a couple of dies from Tim Holtz’s fabulous Mischievous cats die set.
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LucieG.
Happy Saturday everyone!
Today I’m playing along with the Color Throwdown using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.
When I saw the combo, I decided to step outside my comfort zone, pull out my watercolour paints and ink up the beautiful new cling stamp called Enchantment (40-885). I have to confess, I get a little nervous water colouring such a large stamp but I really enjoyed the process – the stamp was much easier to colour than I was expecting! While it was drying, I smooshed some brown distress ink onto a cream card base. I then fussy cut the image (which was also pretty easy) and adhered it to my card base with a few sticky fixers.
The sentiment is from the Without Limits mini stamp set (30-949).
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LucieG.
Hello again everyone!
Next up today I’m playing along with the Color Throwdown ! The combo this week is perfect for Easter cards – so I decided to make my first Easter card this year!
I snapped up a few Easter bargains in a Simon Says Stamp sale last year – including the fabulous Filigree Message Oval. I’ve been waiting a year to use it and it was worth the wait! I die cut the image twice – I removed all the tiny die cuttings from the first image, which I coloured yellow with distress ink. I left all the leaves, petals and dots in place on the second image and just coloured them with alcohol markers before adhering the yellow oval on top – much easier than inlaying all those tiny leaves and petals!
The sentiment is also by Simon Says Stamp and the background is embossed with eth fabulous Spellbinders Flower Frenzy embossing folder.
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LucieG.
Hello everyone!
Today I’m inadvertently playing along in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge !
I started off by making a card for my brother using the Sugar Pea Designs Greatest Hits stamp and die set – but it was only when I was arranging the die cut records and CDs on my card base that I realised that this week’s sketch would provide the perfect layout!
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LucieG.
Happy Sunday everyone!
Today I’m playing along with the Color Throwdown ! After struggling with last week’s palette, this week’s was very similar…. but I was determined to play along! I pulled out my new bargain die set that I picked up in the Spellbinders sale and got crafty!
I remember actually seeing this set when it was the December 2021 large die set of the month. Our post was all over the place and I knew I couldn’t risk an international order at the time. Nowadays Spellbinders dispatches from the UK and so I was so delighted to finally get my hands on it – and it was very good value!
The stitching took FOREVER, but I enjoy doing it on the odd occasion. It does make me think about taking up embroidery… but I just don’t have time for another hobby at the moment sadly!
Anyway, I added the various layers from the die set and a few blooms and foliage from the Big Blooms and Holiday Blooms sets.
The sentiment is by Clearly Besotted.
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LucieG.
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