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.

Bursting with Joy

Happy Sunday everyone!

It’s time for a new challenge over at AAA Cards. This fortnight’s theme is ‘ombre’ and our sponsor is Happy Little Stampers.

For my card, I covered cardstock with double-sided adhesive and cut it with the Poppystamps Tree Triptych die before removing the protective top sheet and applying some gilding flakes. Yes, I suppose they can be messy, but I LOVE them! And I find creating inky backgrounds far more messy!! Anyway, I love the textured effect from the flakes, perfect for this die!

I used Dusty Concord distress ink to create an ombre background which I then cut using the same die. I inlaid the gilded die cut and adhered the three images to my card base. To finish off the card, I added a sentiment from Ellen Hutson.

I’m also entering this into the current Poppystamps challenge (clean and simple) and the current Time Out challenge (bold).

My teammates have shared some gorgeous CAS cards on the AAA Cards blog and we are also joined by two Guest Designers – Kylie from Addicted to Stamps and Wei from Handmade Card by Wei. They both have some amazing creations on their blogs, so please drop by their sites!

Thanks for stopping by – I do hope you play along with us!

LucieG.

 

Bold happy birthday

Hi everyone!

The snow is almost completely gone here after a horrible evening yesterday. Such a relief! We just don’t ‘do’ snow – and I certainly don’t!

Anyway, onto my card. I find ‘cutesie’ really difficult. I see all these gorgeous cutesie cards on Instagram, I buy the stamps and I just can’t seem to use them! Like the Mama Elephant little cat agenda… I got them as soon as they came out and they have sat untouched ever since! I’ve been really inspired by Ellenor’s beautiful creations – I can’t get over how many creative ways she has used the little kitty images! So today was the day I actually inked them up and started to use them.

I’ve also used a Simon Says Stamp die (with another background created with the glazed distress oxide technique) and so I’m entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge. I’m also counting this as my Work Your Stash Wednesday creation on Instagram as I used an unused stamp and die set and an unused embossing folder!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.