Love and Friendship

This category includes: Valentines Day, engagement, wedding, anniversary, friends

Yoshino cherry blossoms peak bloom

Happy Saturday!!

The stunning Yoshino cherry trees at the Tidal Basin reached peak bloom on Thursday. I was lucky enough to visit for peak bloom back in 2017 and although it was an unusual season, it was still absolutely breathtaking. The blossoms are actually white at peak bloom and then they start to change colour – David Coleman has an interesting post here.

I picked up the Pinkfresh Studio Cherry Blossom die and stencil set last year and I’ve been waiting for now to use them! There’s very little colour on the blooms, just a touch of pink on the buds. This set also has a fabulous collection of leaves which I didn’t include as the Yoshinos don’t have leaves at peak bloom. Instead I coloured the parts of the branch that are intended for the leaves so that they would appear like buds.

I also used the Blanket Stitch ovals dies to create the frame and a sentiment from the Humbled and Grateful set.

I’m entering this into the current Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge which has a theme of ‘So much Fun’.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Bits Blitz February 2026 – Day 3

Hi there!

It’s Day 3 of LucieG’s Bits Blitz which I feel I should rename LucieG’s Pinkfresh Bits Blitz because once again I have used up Pinkfresh bits!

The images are from the Keepsakes from the Heart and Sweet Blossoms product suites.

I used the Altenew Linear Crossroads die to ground my image and a sentiment by The Greetery.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Bits Blitz February 2026 – Day 2

Hello!

It’s Day 2 of my Bits Blitz which I talked about in this post.

Today, I decided to make one more entry for the current Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge which has a theme of ‘Geometric Genius’.

I used the Garden Trellis background die that I got free with an order last year and added some bits from the Flowers for the Soul products suite that I remember creating as soon as I received it. Don’t know why I never got round to using them!

The sentiment is from the Hope You Are Smiling set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Bits Blitz February 2026 – Day 1

Hi there!

During my craftroom tidying project last week, I unearthed MANY ‘bits’ – pretty die cuts and stamped images that were ready to be used, but that had never made it onto card because I moved on, or they weren’t right, or they were just extras that I hadn’t needed at the time.

I realised that these bits have actually been holding me back from using the stamps or dies again, because I felt I should actually be using up the bits… although quite honestly I really wanted to just create new images…

So I made up my mind…. I threw MANY away and set aside the remainder for a week long challenge – LucieG’s Bits Blitz!

I’m going to try to use as many bits as possible over the last week in February and at the end of it the remaining bits will be thrown away and I can start March with a clean slate! Exciting!

I got off to a strong start – four CAS cards this evening using Pinkfresh images plus a few dies by Simply Graphic. And bonus – they are all Royal Mail compliant – no foam or gems so they should survive our post!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Modern Floral Frenzy

Happy Saturday!!

Once again I’m playing along with the current Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge which has a theme of ‘Geometric Genius’.

For this card I pulled out two die sets that I received in Create & Connect kits – the Modern Design Blocks coverplate and the Floral Frenzy set. I was originally thinking of using a vase to ground my images but was pretty pleased to realise that I could tuck the stems into the die cut background!

The sentiment is from the Playful Petals set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Delicate Foliage Hello

Hello everyone!!

Today I’m playing along with the current Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge which has a theme of ‘Geometric Genius’.

I pulled out the Delicate Foliage product suite. This creates quite a unique image as the coordinating stencils don’t colour all the stamped leaves but also create some leaves that aren’t on the outline stamp. I spent a while pondering my colour choices but went with a classic combo in the end. I added my new favourite Twinkle Stickles to the uncoloured leaves for a bit of sparkle!

I had a very different background all set up using die cuts from the Octogaon Grid coverplate die but decided it was a little heavy for my soft image so I pivoted! I used the remaining die cuts from the Octagon Grid to create a pot for my foliage and a few frame accents.

The sentiment is from the Cosy Blooms set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG