Hello everyone!
Today I’m playing along in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.
I love that this week’s sketch is so open to interpretation – leave that big central panel blank.. or use an embossing folder… or add a focal point… or… I had so many ideas!
In the end, I chose to use some of my patterned paper mountain and the Stamp Market’s Ready to Bloom cover die.
The sentiment is from an old Simon Says Stamp set.
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LucieG.
Happy Saturday!
Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge which has a fabulous palette of orange, turquoise, green and kraft.
A few weeks ago Simon Says Stamp released a new Chinese Lantern die, with inspiration from lots of designers, in particular the super talented Cindy. As a result, I was itching to play with a Poppystamps Chinese Lantern die that I bought about 5 years ago. I haven’t used it for a while, which is a shame because I love Chinese lanterns. Anyway, for my card, I coloured it with distress inks and added vellum (coloured with distress ink and pencil) behind each individual lantern. My blended background is a bit darker in real life – it’s a mix of Tumbled Glass and Broken China inks. The vase is by Waffle Flower Crafts and the sentiment is by Altenew.
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LucieG.
Happy Friyay everyone!
Today I’m playing along in the Just Us Girls challenge which has a fun inspiration photo this week!
I’ve had this fun Bunny die by Marianne Designs in my collection for YEARS but I hadn’t put it with my Easter supplies so always forgot about it… until now! For my card, I used it with a couple of Poppystamps dies – the Country Basket set and the fabulously versatile Floral Cluster die, which I coloured with distress oxide inks.
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LucieG.
Hi there!
Today I’m playing along with the Addicted to CAS challenge which has a theme of snowflake.
Although feels decidedly spring-like here today, I have to confess I was pleased to play with the beautiful Birch Press Design Frosty Flake layer die set, but first I wanted to get inky! I had seen a Nuvo shimmer powder technique that Simon Hurley shared a few weeks ago using a gel media plate so I wanted to try my hand! After getting through the first challenge of removing the acetate sheets from the plate, I got inky!! It was such fun! It took me a few attempts to get a feel for how much water to use but I really like the effect! I’m looking forward to playing with this technique more in future!
I added the die cut snowflake and a Penny Black sentiment to complete my card.
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LucieG.
Happy Wednesday everyone!
Today I’m playing along in the CAS on Friday challenge which has the theme of ‘spring flowers’!
Although my snowdrops have mostly faded away, I really wanted to use the beautiful snowdrop image from Penny Black’ s Wintry Whites mini stamp set (30-634)! I fussy cut and coloured the image with my Twinkling H2O paints. I then smooshed some distress ink onto my card base, added a frame from the Framed die set (51-622) and a sentiment from the Fragrant Friends stamp set (30-807).
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LucieG.
Happy St David’s Day everyone!
I can’t believe it’s March already and I bet I said the same thing last year too! It’s a very dank day here in London but my snowdrops and crocuses have faded and the daffodil buds are so close to opening! I’m always on the look out for daffodil (and snowdrop) stamps and dies and whilst the latter remain elusive, I have amassed a few daffodil stamps over the years.
The main image is from the Perfumed stamp set by Penny Black (30-819) – it’s a really good size to use on a standard card and such a joy to colour with my Twinkling H2Os! Following the sketch from The Paper Players, I adhered a base panel cut with the Graceful Stackers die set (51-658) and added my image on top. I tucked some swirls (from the Flourish and Butterflies die set (51-198)) behind the daffodil oval
To complete my card, I added a sentiment from the Enliven mini stamp set (30-705).
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LucieG.
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