Autumn

This category includes autumn events – Halloween and Thanksgiving

Pinkfresh October Challenge – Card 3

Hi there!!

Next up this evening is my third card for the September Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge .

ETA: For my final card for the challenge, I decided to ink up one of my favourite stamps – the fabulous Bloomscape cling stamp! I’m always drawn to Pinkfresh’s cling stamps as the stamp so beautifully – I love the thin delicate lines that cling stamps produce! Once again I used the suggested Pinkfresh ink colours (plus Olive) for the images and fortunately this time I did not have any issues with wet ink – I didn’t even have to blast it with my heat gun. I may have used a different ink though as I was playing with a few of my black ink pads.

I had originally planned to arrange the die cuts using the Celestial Weave coverplate die cut from gold satin card. However, when I tried that I felt that the gold was a little dominant – I want those beautiful images to take centre stage! So I cut the coverplate from white card and I think that worked so much better!

The sentiment is from a set called I Hope you are Smiling Today which I received in the February 2025 Create & Connect Event kit.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Pinkfresh October Challenge – Card 2

Hello again!!

Next up this evening is my second card for the October Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge .

ETA After finishing my Fall Leaf card, I was so inspired to continue creating so on I went! I pulled out the Joyful Day product suite and inked it up in black, which I rarely do (I prefer to stamp in brown ink). I used the suggested Pinkfresh inks (plus Olive) but when I started stencilling with Clementine I noticed that the black ink seemed to be smearing. Nightmare! I blasted it with my heat gun several times but it continued to smear in places. As I had limited time, rather than restamp and emboss with clear powder, I soldiered on. I actually quite like the grungy effect I ended up with!

I used a very recent Square Play coverplate die to cover half my card base and adhered a gold glitter die cut from the Heritage Lace die set.

The sentiment is from a set called Cosy Nook with Books which I received in the August 2025 Create & Connect Event kit.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Pinkfresh October Challenge – Card 1

Hello everyone!

A few hours left before the Pinkfresh October challenge deadline and of course inspiration suddenly strikes! I actually made three cards this evening!

ETA: When I saw the theme challenge I immediately thought of the Fall Leaf die which I bought recently. I used the suggested Pinkfresh ink colours (plus my beloved Olive) and created four separate branches which I adhered to a second white die cut for extra stability as it always takes me AGES to arrange die cuts. I used the smaller Braided Oval die to anchor my leaf bouquet and a few gold glitter die cut leaves for that extra sparkle!

The sentiment is from a set called I Hope you are Smiling Today which I received in the February 2025 Create & Connect Event kit.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Hey mustard pumpkin

Hi again!

Next up today is my entry in this week’s Color Throwdown challenge which has a combo of mustard, kraft and terracotta.

For my take, I used new-to-me dies by Memory Box – who says you can’t have butterflies and pumpkins? Although I suppose it could also be a moth, there’s a lot of them around this time of year! I coloured the die cuts with distress inks and distress mica spray.

The sentiment is by Spellbinders.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Ghost Week – Day 5

Hi there and Happy Halloween!

It’s Day 5 of Ghost Week and I’m playing along with this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge (I have NEVER entered this challenge so early!!) and this month’s Memory Box challenge where the theme is ‘happy haunting’.

For today’s card, I used the Cookie Jar die that was part of the Pinkfresh Holiday Event earlier in the month. I think I would have preferred to use a bigger card base to more add more white space around the focal point but I also wanted to use my Simon Says Stamp ghosts embossing folder one last time this year and guess what won that design struggle?!

I cut ghosts from Memory Box’s fun set of Haunting Ghosts which I’m proud to say that I have used on three cards this year! The fabulous houses are from Poppystamps’ Twisted Houses set – they worked so well with the jar!.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.