Daffodils and butterflies

Happy Sunday friends!

Spring seemed to spring in my little part of the world this week and I managed to do some gardening, although today was less pleasant. Still I was in the mood for spring crafting and when I saw that the theme for this fortnight’s challenge at CAS on Sunday was ‘spring’, I decided to play along!

The daffodils are popping in my garden and all around the place right now – I love the bright bursts of colour, especially on greyer days like today! So I grabbed the Simon Hurley/Spellbinders Daffodil Frame die set and my inks and got busy!

I added my image to a background I had embossed with the Simon Says Stamp Floral Butterfly Bouquet folder. I love these tulip images and only noticed the butterflies after I had read the folder name when it was released last month. So when I felt that my card needed something more, a few butterflies seemed the natural choice and I die cut some using the Simon Says Stamp Flickering Butterflies set.

The sentiment is from an older Memory Box set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Springtime Snowdrops

Hi there!

I was very pleased when I saw the sketch for this week’s challenge at Freshly Made Sketches as I knew I had the perfect stencil to replicate the three panels. So I grabbed my inks, the fabulous Pinkfresh 1″ blending brushes and got busy!

I love snowdrops – it always amazes me that something so delicate is so hardy and the first flower to emerge from the depths of my winter garden. My snowdrops are almost completely finished now but I’m so happy to celebrate them with this card!

The sentiment is from an older Memory Box set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Pretty Blooms

Hi there!

There’s a really interesting sketch for this week’s challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. At first I thought I may pass on entering this week because nothing sprung to mind immediately. But as is so often the way with crafting, I suddenly had an idea!

I realised that elements from the Pinkfresh Studios Pretty Blooms washi product suite by that I received in the February Create & Connect event kit would work very well. I also used a frame and sentiment stamps from the event kit.

The gold element is a Paper Rose Studio Honeysuckle die cut – I thought the shape tied in nicely with the sprigs on the washi.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Nordic Hello There

Hello everyone!

I was disappointed when a crafty order didn’t arrive as hoped yesterday… but honestly, it’s not as if I don’t have any unused crafty supplies! So my entry for the first Color Throwdown challenge of March uses a new-to-me Poppystamps die set called Nordic Drifting Flowers.

I have to say that I completely overlooked this set when it was released last year. It was only when I saw it used on the Poppystamps website that I knew I had to have it! My inspiration is that very Poppystamps card – and I used Craft Consortium paper in the challenge combo of light brown, blue and dark brown.

I cut the die four times, once in each colour and again from the blue paper and then had a lot of fun assembling the flowers. I used a frame cut using a Pinkfresh Studio die set to house my images which I then arranged…. this part always takes me far too long because I always second guess myself. This time, I took photos of each iteration before I landed on my favoured layout – I think it helped having photos of previous arrangements to look at!

The sentiment is by My Favorite Things.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Glittery Mod Blossoms

Hello again everyone!

Next up today is my entry for the second February Color Throwdown challenge – an interesting combo of pink, lime and teal.

Quite a challenging combo for me but I decided to use my new Waffle Flower Mod Blossoms stencil set and coordinating die with some fabulous Pinkfresh Studio Glitter card.

The sentiment is by Spellbinders and cut from some mirror card that by sheer chance coordinates perfectly with the glitter card!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Hello Spring Birds

Hi there!

I’m quickly popping in with my entry for this week’s challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.

I used the Bird Bunch die set by Simon Says Stamp and the Cherry Blossom Branches and Cherry Blossom Elements sets by Memory Box, plus a MUCH older sentiment by Simons for my card.