Christmas, New Year and Winter

Christmas in July 2025 – Day 30

Hi there!

It’s Day 30 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2025 and my last non-tree post of the month!

Originally I thought I would do a snowman card but then I remembered that it was Woodblock Wednesday … despite my best efforts this year, I haven’t managed to play along with Amy’s monthly challenge – time to change that!

So I pulled out one of my favourite wood-mounted festive stamps – the wonderful Kitty Claws by Stampendous. I’ve said it before, but I could never part with many of my wood-mounted stamps because they have stories attached to them – like my Christmas ornaments. I shared Kitty Claws’s backstory in my first Christmas in July here. You know I still remember my mum buying the original stamp?!!

The challenge with using older supplies is coming up with different ways of showcasing them. Fortunately this year I have the Spellbinders Molded Frame embossing folder which can showcase a focal point in an elegant and crisp way!

After colouring and fussy cutting the image, I adhered some glitter – I do hope you can see it? I also added a sentiment by Newtons Nook and a random snowflake that was on my table from an earlier card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2025 – Day 29

Hi there!

It’s Day 29 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2025 and I have another Twofer today!

Memory Box’s Winterland Tree die from 2011 take centre stage today. This is a rare die for me because it has a background die – which I just discovered was released two years later…. craft moved slower back then with far fewer releases each year. I wish I had background dies for other delicate Memory Box trees!

I created an ombre ink blended panel and cut the tree from that and a piece of glitter card. I adhered the tree outlines to two background die cuts and then inlaid the die cut pieces.

I paired the ombre tree with Memory Box’s Pinpoint Burst plate and a fabulous Hero Arts sentiment wood-mounted stamp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I added the glitter version of the tree to an older Spellbinders folder and adhered a few pearls and a glittery sentiment to complete the card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, which version do you prefer?

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2025 – Day 28

Hi there!

It’s Day 28 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2025!

While my plan this month was to craft for the joy of it rather than entering challenges, when I saw the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week, I had an idea….

I tend to put my own spin on their sketches, which probably isn’t allowed (although the team have always been very kind to me and it has been one of my favourite challenges) and so I had debated not entering this but in the end I decided to give it a go.

As you can see, my own spin this time is to use a snowflake instead of the rectangle shape on the background strip. The dies I used are by Tim Holtz/Sizzix, My Favorite Things, Reverse Confetti and Spellbinders. So many companies on one little CAS card!

The sentiment is from a Clearly Besotted set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2025 – Day 27

Hi there!

It’s Day 27 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2025!

Back to the older Memory Box tree dies today! This one is called Sparkling Tile Tree and is from 2014.

I’ve always struggled with this die because it isn’t a traditional standalone die and cuts into the background. I’m sure there’s a special word for that type of die but I can’t think of it right now…. Anyway, today I created an ombre background with various inks and then adhered it behind each of the die cut trees.

I added some glitter card to one card and gems to the other.

The sentiments are by My Favorite Things.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2025 – Day 26

Hi there!

It’s Day 26 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2025!

I’m slowly building my Pinkfresh Studio collection and when I saw the Winter Berries product suite, I HAD to have it! It’s retired so it took me a while to track it down, but I’m glad I did – it is a joy to colour!

Today, I arranged all the die cut berry branches in a pail from the Taylored Expressions Antique Pails set and adhered everything to a base layer that I had embossed with a Nellie Snellen folder.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2025 – Day 25

Happy Festive Friday!

It’s Day 25 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2025!

Today I’m using one of my favourite Memory Box dies – the beautiful and delicate Flowering Christmas Tree! I was so shocked that I haven’t used this since 2022! I was excited to colour the tree with my small blending brushes which I didn’t have three years ago – it was much easier than the detail blending foam I used in the past. Plus the sticky mat helped the process – crafting is always evolving isn’t it? Even for those of use who aren’t into glimmer or press plates!

I often find it difficult to come up with new layouts for these trees – I don’t want a busy layout to detract from the delicate die cut but I want to add something. Today it was a simple strip of coloured card and then I added a Waffle Flower vase and old Paula Pascual sentiment plus lots of little gems!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.