Creative Expressions

Christmas in July 2026 – Day 9

Hi there!

It’s Day 9 of LucieG’s Christmas in July!

The star of today’s card is a beautiful Creative Expressions die called ‘Under the Tree’ which I used to create this card a couple of years ago. I decided that my fabulous Hunkydory ombre/patterned mirror card would work very nicely with the die but I wanted to see more of it so this time I kept the little die cut branches in situ!

The embossing folder is also by Creative Expressions and the sentiment is from an old My Favorite Things set.

The sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp Big Holiday Words set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

30 Day Christmas Card Challenge 2024 – Day 13

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Martin’s 30 Day Christmas Card Challenge this month.

The theme of Day 13’s challenge is ‘poinsettia perfection’.

I have a good selection of poinsettias but opted for a bargain that I picked up at the start of the year but didn’t get round to using for my Christmas in July. Said bargain is the beautiful Memory Box Poinsettia Corner embossing folder which comes with two dies which I used for the mirror card poinsettias. I coloured some red cardstock with Lumberjack Plaid and Scorched Timber distress inks before embossing it. After adding the mirror card poinsettias, I added a few red pearls to random berries.

The sentiment is by Creative Expressions.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 2

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 2 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024! Today I have one of those cards that is created for ‘November me’ (I hope!).

I thought that Creative Expressions ‘One Liner’ die cut collection was amazing – here’s a card I made with the tree from this collection. I was very excited to play with the One Liner Holly die that I also picked up in a sale earlier this year.

I wanted to let those bold lines shine so I decided that I wouldn’t include the centres of the leaves and berries. I coloured the image with alcohol markers and then adhered it to my card base. I added a thin frame from an Altenew die and a sentiment from a very old Hero Arts set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Under the Tree

Happy Festive Wednesday (!) everyone!

I know the big day was less than two weeks ago, but making Christmas cards throughout the year definitely reduces my stress levels in November and December. So I’m kicking off my 2024 challenge participation with the 52 Christmas card challenge where the technique is one of my favourites – clean and simple! I mean, how could I not play along with that one?!

I ‘ve had my eye on the Creative Expressions one liner die collection since 2022 and just before Christmas, I managed to pick up this beautiful die called ‘Under the Tree’ in a great sale. I used it for a card for my dad and decided it would be perfect to use again for this challenge. I coloured the tree with Cracked Pistachio, Rustic Wilderness and Evergreen Bough distress inks and used Unchartered Mariner and Tumbled Glass for the presents. I adhered the tree to a base that I had embossed with a Stampin Up folder and added a sentiment from a set by My Favorite Things.

Thanks for stopping by!

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.