Christmas in July 2024 – Day 17

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 17 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024.

Today’s card started very simply with just one set of snowflake dies but things escalated quickly!

I chose some paper from a Craft Consortium pad and covered it with Distress sparkle texture paste.

After cutting a few snowflakes from the one set, I pulled out a lot of other die sets and ended up using dies by My Favorite Things, Cas-ual Fridays, Heffydoodle, Memory Box and Lawn Fawn… now I have to try and return all the snowflakes to the rightful sets… wish me luck!

The sentiment is by The Ton.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 16

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 16 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024 and today I have another twofer to share.

Today’s focal point is the Wide Pine Needle Shoots die set by Poppystamps – I’ve already used it once this month, but I had a few more ideas for it!  I cut it from dark green card and glitter card and got busy!

For my first card, I cut some green card with an Alex Syberia background die. I adhered my tree to a tag cut from an Altenew die and added a silver bow and die cut star before affixing it to my card base.

For my second card, I embossed the background with a Spellbinders folder and adhered my tree with another little die cut star. The sentiment is from an older Hero Arts wood-mounted set.

So which one do you prefer?

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 15

Hello everyone!

It’s Merry Monday and Day 15 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024!

Today’s card is made almost exclusively with Tim Holtz products! I made some shimmery panels with distress mica stains and cut them with the fabulous Tim Holtz/Sizzix Ornamental Birds dies – another festive treasure that I unearthed while I was hunting for that stamp that I don’t think I own!

I adhered them onto a background embossed with the fabulous Sparkle embossing folder – the dimension is amazing! This is my favourite folder from the collection! The sentiment is also from an older Tim/Sizzix set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 14

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 14 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024 and this might be my favourite card so far this month!

I’ve had a bit of a ‘thing’ for pinecones since the Great Pinecone Debacle of 2021 and I have managed to collect a surprising number of dies and stamps in a relatively short time! Today I used the Stampin’ Up Christmas Pinecone die set. I have been wanting this set since it was released in 2021 and when I saw it deeply discounted in the retirement sale earlier this year, I just jumped at the opportunity to buy it!

There’s a lot of inspiration for this set out there but the one card that really struck me was made by the talented Linda Heller who used one of the layers to add snowy accents to the pine cones and branches. I used white glitter card for the base layer and distress inks to colour the second layer. After adhering the layers, I added it to a coloured card panel – oh my goodness, I just love that snowy effect! Thanks Linda, for your amazing inspiration!

The sentiment is from the Puffy Holiday Greetings set by Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 13

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 13 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024! I noticed that my instagram feed was feeling decidedly aqua so it’s time for a splash of red today!

I chose the cardinal from Poppystamps’ Bird House Pop Up Easel set and coloured it with alcohol markers. I then cut and coloured the Memory Box Forest Pine Branch with distress inks. To ground my images, I used a frame from Poppstamps’ Stitchwork Circle Frames set and some of my beloved Basic Grey patterned paper.

The sentiment is from my go-to Mama Elephant Mini Merry Messages set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 12

Hello everyone!

It’s Festive Friday and Day 12 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024!

While I was hunting for a stamp that I don’t think I own last weekend, I unearthed a few festive treasures that I HAVE to use! First up is this Hero Arts/Sizzix Trees background stamp/embossing folder set. The packaging says 2011 and I can’t remember when I last used it… Quite honestly I had forgotten all about it!

I stamped it onto some pale blue card and waited for the ink to dry before dry embossing it. I knew I wanted to use this bold merry stamp as well, but it took FOREVER (and many, many , many glittery die cuts) until I embellished it with silver thread. Sometimes the simplest card takes the longest, eh!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.