They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
Ode of Remembrance, Laurence Binyon.
Card made using Penny Black supplies: Finesse die (51-769)* Jumbo Bauble die set (51-743)* and Trust Me Builder stamp set (30-710).
(* kindly sent to me by Penny Black)
Hello everyone!
Today I’m using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black for my entry in the Color Throwdown challenge which has a combo of yellow gold, brown, red and kraft – perfect for Autumn cards!
I decided it was time to cut and colour the Fall Autumn Wreath die set (51-479) – this set is so versatile because it has a main wreath image and then three standalone leaves to cut an position anywhere. I cut them from white card and coloured them with distress inks (Fossilised Amber, Feative Berries, Barn Door, Gathered Twigs and Frayed Burlap).
The stamp is one of my favourites from the Autumn is Calling stamp set (30-863).
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LucieG.
Hello everyone!
Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge which has a combo of pink, mustard, rust and green – beautiful!
I decided that today was finally the day to break into my Altenew Leaf Mix die set. I fell in love with these dies when they were released back in the decade that was 2020. I couldn’t get hold of them until the following year, and then two autumns went by and the poor pretty set sat hidden and ignored in my ‘New Stuff’ box.
I created a few inky panels using my new Distress Mica Stains. I don’t have a pink spray (yet), but fortunately had a pink Nuvo shimmer spray which I managed to locate! I cut the panels with various dies from the set and arranged them on my card base. I felt that I needed something more so used a Spellbinders folder to dry emboss the background.
After adhering the leaves, I added a sentiment from an older Hero Arts set to complete my card.
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LucieG.
Hi everyone!
There’s an amazing sketch over at the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week – lots of layers!
I chose to make another Halloween card using a bargain Simon Says Stamp embossing folder and a fabulous cat stamp by Picket Fence Studios.
I stamped and embossed the cat image on vellum as I didn’t want to hide the ghosts completely. I ended up using a couple of additional layers of vellum behind the stamped image to soften the ghosts a little.
The sentiment is from the same Picket Fence Studios set.
Thanks for stopping by!
LucieG.
Hello everyone!
Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge using some products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.
The combo this week is orange, yellow and green – another set that’s perfect for autumnal cards! In fact when I saw this combo, I thought about doing a die cut leaf card…. but I really want to try my new mica stains for that idea and they haven’t arrived yet… hopefully they will get here this week!
Anyway, I LOVE Chinese Lanterns and thought that the beautiful Fall Flourish stamp (40-783) would work perfectly with the challenge colours. I coloured the image with my beloved Twinkling H2O paints and then fussy cut around the image – which wasn’t as tricky as I was fearing.
I decided that the yellow would serve as my backdrop and used a stencil from the Background Basics set (25-021) – I love how there are several sizes of stencils in this set – especially as I often use UK card sizes which are different from the US sizes. For this card, I used a larger rectangle stencil and blended Squeezed Lemonade/Scattered Straw distress inks before splattering some yellow paint on top.
I adhered the image with some foam tape and added some sequins and the sentiment from the Fall Fence set (30-931) to complete my card.
Thanks for stopping by!
LucieG.
Happy Saturday friends!
I wasn’t planning on making a Halloween card this weekend, but when I saw the Freshly Made Sketches challenge, I could not get a Halloween idea out of my head… so this morning, I got busy with some products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.
This card evolved a LOT as I played around with the stamps and dies! The bat and hats were the only constant! The bat is from the Ghostly Greetings set (30-594) and the hat is from the Sweet Witch mini set (30-597). I didn’t mask the witch’s face when I stamped the images but then I decided that I wants to add some depth to the image. So, I cut some ovals from black card, adhered them under the hat image and then fussy cut around it to leave a thin white border.
I had originally planned to include two more stamped images but when I started to assemble the card, I decided a couple of glittery die cuts might provide some nice contrast! As I went through my newly-organised dies, I spotted the vine die in the Hanging Planter set (51-501) which I thought would work well – I cut into the back of the glitter card to reverse the image.
I wanted to add some colour to the top of my card to ground the images, but I didn’t want to blend ink as I had done that on my Big Boo card. So I smooshed some Frayed Burlap distress ink instead and added a tiny amount of Crooked Broomstick Mica stain as well.
Finally and I hung the images from one of the branch dies in the Nestled set (51-722) and added white Nuvo drops to create the berries and complete my card.
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LucieG.
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