Hi again everyone!
Next up today is the card I made for the Memory Box Snowfall challenge.
I started by creating a blended panel using regular distress inks. I then cut the beautiful Silent Snowflake Frame die from glitter card and adhered to my card base. I cut the Alpine Snowflake from holographic card and adhered to the centre of the card.
To complete my card, I added a sentiment from an older set by The Ton Stamps and a few gems.
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LucieG.
Hi again everyone!
Next up today is the card I made for the Poppystamps Sparkling New Year challenge.
I started by applying a layer of sparkle texture paste to a sheet of Craft Consortium paper. While that was drying, I built my bird! This little guy is cut from ivory glitter cardstock which I coloured with alcohol markers.
I have to say that I’m glad I received this Nordic Bird set directly from Poppystamps because I noticed that he’s actually looking in a different direction from the image on the packaging and on the DT cards on the blog… I don’t think this has happened with any dies that I’ve bought before and had I bought it somewhere else I suspect that I would have felt that something was amiss! At least I know for sure this is a bone fide Poppystamps product!
Once the paper was dry and sparkling, I cut the Snowflake Tall Curve border die twice and adhered it to my card base. To anchor my bird, I then added a glittery focal point cut using the fabulous Oval Burst die and added a Penny Black sentiment before adhering the bird and a few gems.
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LucieG.
Happy Festive Friyay!
Today I’m playing along with the current theme challenge over at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown!
I finally got my hands on Simon Says Stamp Berry Wreath dies set after their Thanksgiving sale last year and used it just once – for my mum’s Christmas card. So naturally I thought of it as soon as I saw the challenge theme. Although it’s only been a month since Christmas, I was VERY excited to play with this die set again.
I coloured all the die cuts with distress ink and adhered it to a base that I had embossed with a Spellbinders folder.
The sentiment is by Savvy Stamps.
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LucieG.
Happy Festive Friyay!
Today I’m playing along with the current colour challenge over at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown!
And what a challenge it is! Yellow, orange and red! Typical autumn colours for LucieG! When I saw the combo, all I could think of was my Christmas in July 2022 failed card which used similar colours and which I repurposed into this autumnal card….. I was determined to make a Christmas card this time that I would not repurpose later!
After looking through my dies, I decided to use an older My Favorite Things die set of three stockings which I coloured using distress inks. It’s a simple die set of three stocking images but I wanted a little something extra, so I die cut them again from textured paper, trimmed sections and adhered to each stocking.
I added thin card strips to my card base and then adhered a Memory Box branch die cut. I hung the stockings from the branch and secured them with foam tape. Finally I added a sentiment from a My Favourite Stamps set.
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LucieG.
Hello everyone!
I’m honoured to be the Guest Designer for the first sketch challenge of 2024 over at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown!
When I saw the sketch, I immediately thought of a bauble for the main image and a hanger/bow for the smaller one. Then began the hunt for the ‘perfect’ bauble. I have lots of bauble images but most were either too big or too small! In the end I landed on a die set by Tim Holtz/Sizzix. I cut off the spike at the bottom of my first die cut to make it more similar to the sketch but decided that it looked a bit weird! I coloured the die cut pieces with distress inks and added a few bows to the ornament to reflect the smaller image in the die set.
The background is embossed with a Spellbinders folder and the sentiment is from an older Hero Arts wood-mounted set.
The Design Team have some amazing inspiration over on the challenge blog – you must check it out! Hope you can play along with the challenge!
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LucieG.
Happy Festive Wednesday (!) everyone!
I know the big day was less than two weeks ago, but making Christmas cards throughout the year definitely reduces my stress levels in November and December. So I’m kicking off my 2024 challenge participation with the 52 Christmas card challenge where the technique is one of my favourites – clean and simple! I mean, how could I not play along with that one?!
I ‘ve had my eye on the Creative Expressions one liner die collection since 2022 and just before Christmas, I managed to pick up this beautiful die called ‘Under the Tree’ in a great sale. I used it for a card for my dad and decided it would be perfect to use again for this challenge. I coloured the tree with Cracked Pistachio, Rustic Wilderness and Evergreen Bough distress inks and used Unchartered Mariner and Tumbled Glass for the presents. I adhered the tree to a base that I had embossed with a Stampin Up folder and added a sentiment from a set by My Favorite Things.
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LucieG.
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