Warm Happy Thoughts

Happy Saturday everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge using products kindly sent me by Penny Black.

I started by using the Butterfly Heart Pop Out die (51-291) to cut some white card. I popped up the butterfly wings and adhered it to my card base.  I then cut the Finesse die (51-679) and coloured it with my regular distress inks and a little coloured pencil before adhering it on top of the heart.

To complete my card, I added a sentiment from the Happy Builder mini stamp set (30-973).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Hollyhock Heaven

Happy Saturday everyone!

Today I’m using more products that Penny Black’s kindly sent me from their recent Hello Sunshine release. For this card, I usedAntique Linen distress ink to stamp the beautiful Hollyhock Heaven cling stamp (40-824) on some watercolour cardstock and coloured it using my Twinkling H2O paints. Once the paint was dry, I stamped the image again as I felt that some of the leaves needed a little more definition. I wish I could capture the shimmer on my photo!

To complete the card, I added a sentiment from the Happy Builder mini stamp set (30-973).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Another Bird Trio

Happy Sunday everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge .

I knew I wanted to use the cute Sizzix/Olivia Rose Painted Birds die set and used Craft Consortium paper to create a few birds. I then spent a LOT of time trying out different shapes to replicate the circles in the sketch. In the end, I used a foliage die from Honey Bee Studio.

The sentiment is by Woodware.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Hello Lovely Singing Birds

Happy Saturday everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Color Throwdown challenge which has a really interesting combo of orange, aqua, lilac and black.

I decided to use another bargain die set from Spellbinders’ recent Warehouse Clearance – I’ve had my eye on the Build a Winter Birdhouse for some time so I was very excited to snap it up! I added birds from another new-to-me set, Birds of a Feather by My Favorite Things. I loved this card that Laura Dovalo created using this set so I added vellum wings to my birds, just like she did!

The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Graceful love and thanks

Happy Friyay everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge using some products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

First of all, I decided to use the Butterfly String die (51-648) to reflect the five strips on the sketch. As I wanted to add an image to my design, I die cut them from white cardstock. For my focal point. I chose the beautiful Graceful stamp set (30-963) and coordinating die (51-770) from the new Hello Sunshine release. I coloured the flowers with my Twinkling H2O paints but the vase is actually paper piecing! This technique can be so effective and is super easy when you have an easy to cut shape like this vase!

The sentiment is also from the Graceful set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Colourful Bold Butterfly card

Happy Monday everyone!

It’s the second of our three holiday Mondays this month and after an amazing Coronation weekend, I’m feeling slightly disorientated!

Anyway, this week, my fabulous order from Spellbinders’ recent Warehouse Clearance showed up. It included the amazing Butterfly Card Creator die set. I have looked at this set so often, but was a bit nervous because the dies are BIG and I tend to lean towards the smaller designs. But as soon as I saw it on sale at a truly bargain price, I snapped it up. I’ve used it today to play along with the Color Throwdown which has a colourful combo of sage green, yellow, pink and brown.

The sentiment is by Birch Press Design.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.