Christmas in July 2023 – Day 29

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 29 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! I started crafting for one challenge this morning but ended up with a card for two of them!

When I saw the Color Throwdown‘s palette this week (pink, aqua, yellow and lime), I decided to make a card with a favourite flowering Christmas tree die…. until I coloured said die cut and realised that I was inadvertently making a spring card!

So, I went with an alternative that I had also been toying with – and used the sketch from this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge. In fact, I actually CASE’d myself as I created something similar back in December.

I started by lightly blending some Altenew Lime ink on the top of my card base and then adhering the coloured branches from The Greetery’s Pine Wisp die set. I then added  ornaments from the Curio: Attic Ornaments set and logs of gems.

To complete my card, I added a sentiment by Penny Black.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 28

Happy Friyay everyone!

Welcome to Day 28 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with this fortnight’s CAS Colours and Sketches sketch challenge finally using a stamp with a story….

Back in 2011, I saw this fun stamp and cut reindeer set by Hero Arts and really wanted it but I had just bought another fabulous Hero Arts deer set which was quite similar and I couldn’t justify buying this one. I spotted it in a sale at one of my local craft stores (ah those halcyon days of bricks and mortar stores!!) a year or so later, but for some reason I didn’t pick it up….

Over the years I thought about it and checked Ebay every now and then….. and then two years ago a set popped up! My offer wasn’t accepted so I forgot about it again until last December when I saw it on Ebay and this time my offer was accepted! Yay! I’m not sure why it has sat unused since then, but hey, I waited 12 years for it, what’s a few more months?!

The sentiment is from a Penny Black set.

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 27

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Welcome to Day 27 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with this week’s The Paper Players sketch challenge.

The star of today’s card is made from the fabulous Poppystamps Pine Needle Shoots die. I’m not sure how I missed it when it was released last year – I snapped it up as soon as I saw it online in January, knowing that it would get some use in July! I can’t believe that I didn’t use it until Day 27! But when I saw the sketch, I knew it was the perfect opportunity to showcase the pine needles. I cut each set of shoots three times from an ink-blended panel I made ages ago and then layered them up.

I used the amazing Sizzix 3D Christmas Trees embossing folder. I’ve had this a few years now and it is still one of my favorites!

The sentiment is from one of my trusty Mama Elephant sets.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 26

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 26 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with this month’s Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge where the optional twist is ‘Twinkle’.

Twinkle challenge most definitely accepted!! I pulled out the fabulous Twinkle Background die by The Greetery that I didn’t get round to using when I bought it last Christmas and paired it with the gorgeous Twinkle Ornament layering die set by Birch Press Design.

I really wanted to use the amazing Simon Says Stamp Luxe Glitter card behind the background die, but I don’t have much of it so I didn’t really want to use so much on one card… so I used holographic card on the base and the glitter card on the ornament base only!

After assembling the card I added a big bow from The Greetery.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 25

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Welcome to Day 25 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with this week’s Just Add Ink sketch challenge.

I had originally intended to colour a background stamp for this card but when I was going through my cling stamps, I spotted this cute Hero Arts set called Merriest Christmas Wish from 2011! Back in the day, there were no ‘clam shell’ stamp positioners and I never managed to get a decent impression using a clear block. So it languished at the back of my cupboard… until today!

I used Villainous Potion distress oxide – and was very relieved to discover some cardstock that matched the colour so well!

The sentiment is from the same set.

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 24

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 24 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with this week’s Just Us Girls CAS challenge.

The challenge theme is ‘three of something’ and so it seemed like the perfect opportunity for me to use my Simply Graphic die set called Gang des peres de noel! I had such fun putting these together!

I cut the windows with an older My Favorite Things die and adhered it to my card base before adding the die cuts. The sentiment is by Creative Expressions.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.