Spring and Easter

Double challenge time again

Hi everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the ‘double’ challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches. This challenge combines colours AND a sketch… and can be quite tricky… but hey, that’s why they are called challenges, isn’t it?

For my card, I used the Oval of Flowers die by Simon Says Stamp and inlaid die cut pieces which I had coloured using Distress Oxide inks. I added a little definition to the pieces using coloured pencils. I layered the die cut panel on apiece of kraft card before adhering it to my card base. Finally I adhered a sentiment from the Easter Greetings set, also by Simon Says Stamp.

I’m also entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge where the theme is ‘Anything Goes’.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Egg Planters

Hello everyone!

Today I have my card for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge using products by Penny Black.

I’ve been looking forward to colouring the Delicate cling stamp (40-832) ever since I first the new Springtime 2022 release! Isn’t it a fabulous idea? Perfect for either Easter or more general spring cards!

I decided to use a section of the stamp for the sketch challenge and coloured the image using my Twinkling H2O paints before splattering aqua paint generously! I then trimmed down the panel and fussy cut around one little flower so that it fell off the edge of the panel. I adhered it to my card base and added a strip of glitter paper, positioning that little fussy cut section on top.

I used the sentiment from last year’s Spring Day set (30-805) and fussy cut around it. I adhered it onto my card base – it’s actually strategically positioned to hide part of the foliage from the fourth egg cup!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Easter Bunny in Foliage

Happy Saturday!

Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge which has a palette of sage green, purple and cream.

After overthinking my card for this challenge last week, I found this one MUCH easier! Flora and Faura shared their cute bunny die on Instagram earlier this week and I knew that I just had to use him again so that was my starting point! I paired him with a Poppystamps egg frame, Altenew foliage and a few Spellbinders flowers coloured with distress inks! Plus a sentiment from Taylored Expressions! Lots of different brands here! It was so much fun to make!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Easter Frames

Happy Friyay everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the sketch challenge at The Paper Players.

Easter is fast approaching now, so time for me to get back to some seasonal cards! When I saw the sketch, I thought the You’ve been framed – Spring die set by Taylored Expressions would work well, so I pulled them out and got to work. I created a blended background using Distress Oxide inks, trimmed it into three rectangles and adhered three die cut frames. I inlaid aqua die cut pieces into the eggs and added a sentiment from the Mini Strips – Easter stamp set to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Springtime table

Hello everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the The Card Concept challenge using products sent to me by Penny Black.

As soon as I saw the inspiration photo, I thought of my mum and her garden… I think it’s the hat as she always wears one when gardening. Anyway, she has a lovely wrought iron table on the patio so I decided to go with a springtime table for my card – and it should come as no surprise that the challenge design style that I chose is CAS – no layers here, just straightforward stamping and colouring and a bit of very soft ink blending!

I stamped and coloured the beautiful Springtime Table cling stamp (40-829) with my Twinkling H2Os – I’m so happy that I caught some of the shimmer in my second photo. I don’t seem to colour much these days, but I had such a wonderful, relaxing time colouring this scene! However, that was my big error of judgement! After spending so long colouring the image, I just froze! I was convinced that I would mess up my colouring! It seriously took me five days to psych myself up to stamp the sentiment! And even then I couldn’t decide which sentiment to use but in the end I went with one from the Love Big set (30-898).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Happy Mother’s Day 2022!

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to share one of the cards I gave to my lovely mum today!

My mum has been very keen to have purple crocuses in her garden this year and when I saw The Greetery’s new crocus botanicuts set, I knew it would be perfect for a Mother’s Day card for her!

I spent a while trying a lot of different ink combos – using regular distress inks and distress oxides. In the end I just used one colour (Villainous Potion Oxide) and simply applied it more lightly for some petals. I absolutely loved making these flowers and ended up with a HUGE bunch for her card!

I adhered them onto a circle of patterned paper and then added an Avery Elle sentiment and a few sequins to complete my card.

I’m entering this into a new-to-me challenge, Cardz for Galz, where the theme is Spring Flowers for Mother’s Day.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.