Love and Friendship

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

Lots of layers

Hi there!

Well the computer frustrations are continuing and completely eroding my crafty time. I’ve never had these problems before… I had heard that build quality had diminished significantly since Covid but I never expected all this rigmarole less than a month after buying a new computer.

Between frustrating calls and online chats, I was actually able to craft today. Lots of layers and lots of Pinkfresh Studio products on top of a background I embossed with a Sizzix folder that I don’t think I’ve used before.

The flower and sentiment is from the You’re the Best product suite and the frame was created with the Notched Corner Frame set. I also tucked sections of the Secret Garden background die behind the frame and added a few pearls. This card is thick and delicate and will definitely not be subjected to Royal Mail’s card destruction processes!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Three Textures

Hello everyone!!

After seeing how many embossing folders I still have in my new/unused container, I’m stepping up my use of them today! Admittedly these two are very new compared to others in my container but I’m very pleased to have used two on one card!

I’ve had the Mod Vases die set by Altenew for a long time although rarely use it because it was too big for my flower dies. But I think it works very well with this beautiful bouquet from Pinkfresh Studio’s Flowers for the Soul washi suite! I embossed the vase with a section of the amazing Textured Blocks folder by Altenew. I just got this and I love that it provides a choice of four textures at a perfect scale in my view. Mind you, this vase is so big it only just fit in one section of the folder!

The background folder is from an order I placed in December – the Lined Circles embossing folder by Dina Wakely for Spellbinders. a big folder but it works well on UK A6 cards.

The sentiment is by The Greetery.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Framed flowers

Happy Monday everyone!!

Today I used my new Waffle Flower Postage Collage Frames die set that arrived on Friday! I don’t have any of the postage collage products but I love the variety in this die set – endless possibilities! Today I used various little Spellbinders flower dies but I have many more ideas for them!

The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

CAS – the sakura

Happy Sunday everyone!!

I find it quite a challenge to create CAS cards with Pinkfresh Studio products, but here is what I came up with today!

That beautiful branch is from the Sakura product suite. I’ve actually already used the stamp from this suite a few times, but this is the first time using the washi. My new product for today is actually a couple of dies from the Elegant Circles die set that arrived on Friday. I even used some of my Bazzill Bling cardstock – it matches the green of the leaves so perfectly!

To complete my card, I added part of a sentiment from the Tiny Words set I got with a Create & Connect event kit.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Chocolate Flowers

Hi everyone!!

Last year, I started seeing this amazing square embossing folder on Instagram. After doing some digging, I discovered that it only seemed to be available as part of the Altenew Chocolate Flowers kit…. which was out of stock everywhere. But good things come to those who wait… or wait and persevere! I managed to grab this as soon as Seven Hills got it back in stock and used a voucher to pay for most of it. It’s a bit crazy to buy an entire kit mainly for the embossing folder isn’t it?

After all that, it just sat in my new box! I got it in June, people! I’m quite ashamed of myself! Anyway, today was the day to rid myself of that shame and actually use the kit! And I used the whole thing, not just the folder!

I don’t buy many Altenew products nowadays (I think I overdid things back when layering stamps were all the rage!) so I was keen to try their stencil/die combo to compare with Pinkfresh. It wasn’t quite as easy as Pinkfresh for me and I didn’t line the die up properly… you can see a few white lines on my image, but I don’t think they’re too obvious? Next time I think I’ll die cut first because the die doesn’t add any additional etching onto the images.

I arranged the die cuts in a wreath on the embossed background and added a few die cut gold accents and a Poppystamps sentiment to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Joyful Day

Hello everyone!!

I picked up the Pinkfresh Studio Joyful Day product suite in a Black Friday sale. After passing on a beautiful leafy Stamptember collaboration back in 2023 (the one that got away!), I seem to have acquired MANY of their leafy products in 2025!

When I saw how the four stencils worked, I wasn’t too sure how best to use them… then I saw an amazing card on the Pinkfresh website  The designer used a darker shade at the opposite end of each section of leaf – something that I would never have thought of doing but which gave an amazing impression of depth!

I chose another combo from my new inspiration book and got blending. It took a little while and I need a bit more practice, but I like how the leaves turned out! I added a few sequins and a sentiment from the Fluttering Butterflies set to complete my card.

This is my second project that I’m entering into the January Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge. The theme for the month is ‘Year in Review’ – and I have chosen the June 2025 theme of Rainbow Reverie!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG