Love and Friendship

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

Balloon heart basket

Hello everyone!

Tday I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge using Penny Black products.

First I die cut a selection of hearts from the Heart Balloons die set (51-493) and coloured them using distress inks. I stamped the pot from the Timber & Tidings cling set (40-795) using Frayed Burlap distress oxide ink and fussy cut it. While it was drying, I sponged a soft background on my card base and then arranged all the balloons and twine. After adhering the pot, I added a sentiment from the Words Sweet stamp set (30-525) – it’s actually my favourite sentiment for Valentine’s cards!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Fabulous pastels

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Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge – it’s a fabulous combo this week – I love creating with pastels!

I coloured the wonderful Wildflower Botanicuts by the Greetery with some distress ink and added Paper Smooches vases which I cut from some patterned paper. The sentiment is by Karen Burniston.

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LucieG.

 

You have my heart

Hello again everyone!

Next up today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge using Penny Black products.

First I stamped a jug from the Garden Fresh stamp set (30-816) on some gold cardstock and set it aside to dry for a while before cutting it out with the coordinating die (51-703). Next, I die cut a panel using a die from the Graceful Stackers set (51-658) and splattered some gold paint across it, after masking a small section that I planned to use for my sentiment. I then cut images using the Ardor die (51-097) and one from the Garden Greens set (51-67652). I coloured Ardor with some distress ink, and masked each heart to create that inked point in the branch.

Finally, I added a sentiment from the Warm My Heart stamp set (30-895) and arranged all my die cuts on the card.

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LucieG.

Mailing Bunches of love

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Today I’m playing along with the sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches using a brand new Penny Black stamp set called Bunches of Love (30-890) and its coordinating die set (51-726).

To start with, I created an ink blended panel and lifted some ink using water. I coloured the beautiful envelope image with my Twinkling H2O paints and then cut round it with the coodinating die. I adhered the image over the panel and then added the sentiment from the stamp set and a few small sequins to complete my card.

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LucieG.

Maison Jars collection

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Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge and the Freshly Made Sketches challenge using Penny Black products.

First I smooshed some yellow ink onto my card base and then cut images using the Frosted Greens set (51-710), Daisy Delight (51-676) and the Autumn Decor set (51-653). I coloured them with distress inks and added detail with coloured pencil. As I was arranging the images, I felt that the background needed a little something extra so I added a couple of round frames from the Framed die set (51-622).

To complete my card, I added a sentiment from the Ever Thanks stamp set (30-813)

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LucieG.

Etched Flower Buds

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Today I’m playing along with the colour challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches and the Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge where the theme is die cutting.

It’s been a while since I played with Simon Says Stamp products but I haven’t yet had a chance to play with some SSS dies that I bought in their Thanksgiving sale and I thought they’d be perfect for the soft colour combo. I cut the Etched Flower Buds die together with the leaves from the Etched Meadow Flower die set and coloured them with distress ink. I stencilled some Nuvo Moonstone glitter paste onto my card base and added the flowers once it had dried. Finally I added a sentiment from the Messages For Everyday set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.