Yay, yay, yay! Birthday chick

Happy Saturday everyone!

It’s been a little while since I participated in a My Favorite Things challenge so I decided to dive back in and enter both the sketch and colour challenge with this card.

To create the centre panel, I smooshed MFT Berrylicious ink onto watercolour paper. The images are from the MFT Birthday Chicks stamp set – I’m glad I bought the matching dies, they made things MUCH easier (and quicker!).

I coloured the images with my beloved Twinkling H2O paints – the shimmer is amazing in real life – I’ve tried to capture it in my second photo.

I’m also entering this into the current Seize the Birthday challenge (anything goes).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Thinking of Easter

Happy Friyay Everyone!

I’ve been making a lot of birthday cards recently – a lot birthdays in March! I decided to take a break and pull out my neglected Easter supplies. I don’t have that much that is specifically Easter, but I don’t feel I show enough love to what I do have!

I used the Simon Says Stamp Oval of Flowers die – well it’ll always be a flowery egg to me! I cut a background that I’d made from a couple of distress oxide ink and inlaid the pieces into the white base. I stamped a Simon Says Stamp greeting in regular distress ink (dried marigold) and then added a few gems to finish it off. Love that sparkle!

This is another entry for the current Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge – ‘Cut It Out’.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Koala hugs

Hi everyone!

I received a rather nice order from Simon Says Stamp yesterday – always fun when they land on my doormat! One of the dies I ordered was this gorgeous Picture Book Koala die! Now, I already have a lot of koala stamps and dies, but, I just couldn’t resist adding this one to my collection!

I created some blended backgrounds with Distress Oxide inks and used these to create the koalas. I cut an oval from a panel of white cardstock and then embossed it with a Couture Creations folder. I blended more Distress Oxide onto the base of my card before adhering the koalas. The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp/Sugar Pea Stamptember collaboration.

I’m entering this into the current Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge where the theme is ‘Cut it Out’!!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Glittery Spring Birthday

 

Hi everyone!

For today’s card, I used the gorgeous Memory Box wildflower landscape die which I coloured with distress inks and Nuvo markers. I added a sentiment from Lawn Fawn and to finish off the card, I applied lots of stickles…. maybe too much, but then again can you ever have too much glitter?

I’m entering this into the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge (Anything Goes) and the Seize the Birthday challenge (also Anything Goes).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Dreaming of Cherry Blossom Season – Part Two

Hello again!

Apologies for the two posts in one day, but I was so inspired by this week’s colour palette over at the Colour Throwdown challenge that I HAD to make another card. And I really wanted to use my ‘new’ cherry blossom embossing folder. Well new-ish! I actually got it when I was in Washington DC for Cherry Blossom season last March!

Anyway, for my card, I created a background using Tattered Rose distress oxide ink which I then embossed it with the sakura folder. I added  Memory Box die cuts and a sentiment from My Sentiments Exactly to finish off the card.

I’m also entering this into the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Dreaming of Cherry Blossom Season – Part One

Hi everyone

After a snowy week, it’s starting to feel like spring is in the air and I’m ready to make some flowery cards! When I saw the colour palette for this week’s Color Throwdown challenge (pink, grey and kraft), I immediately thought of cherry blossoms.

My card came together very quickly – I stamped an coloured an older image from Hero Arts with my Twinkling H2Os and then embossed a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp. After adhering the pieces to my grey base card, I added some enamel dots and a bit of bling!

I’m also entering this into the current Case This sketch challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.