Hello everyone!
Christmas in July Day 9 (Day 25 of the colouring challenge)! Who remembers Elzybells? A UK designer who created the cutest stamps maybe a decade ago? I have a few of the wood-mounted stamps including this cute festive image which I coloured with the combo for the current CAS on Friday challenge.
The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.
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LucieG.
Hello everyone!
Today I’m playing a long with the current CAS Colours & Sketches challenge, which is a colour challenge.
I decided to use two of my newest crafty products, the gorgeous Gerbera Daisy background die from Simon Says Stamp and the Nesting Wood frame die from Hero Arts.
First, I die cut the frame three times and adhered them together to create a 3D frame. Then I coloured the daisies using my Twinkling H2O paints – it’s so shimmery in real life! I cut a panel, stuck it to my card base and adhered the frame on top.
Rather than try to match up the leaves with some coloured cardstock, I painted a couple of layers of the Twinkling H2O paint onto white cardstock and then die cut it with a Mama Elephant die.
I’m also entering this into the current Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge – anything goes!
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LucieG.
Hello friends!
Easter may be over, but the rain showers we just had are a clear indicator that spring definitely isn’t over just yet!
Today I’m playing along with the Case This Sketch challenge and used the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge mood board as inspiration.
I’ve had the Simon Says Stamp Pebbles die on my wish list for a LONG time and snapped it up in their Christmas sale. Of course, it’s taken me AGES to actually use it!
Anyway, I loved Lisa Addesa’s inspiration and decided to use here technique of colouring an embossed version of the die. Rather than use pens, I chose my under-used Nuvo Jewel Drops which provide the prefect spring palette!
To finish of the card, I added a few Nuvo drops and a die from Mama Elephant.
I’m also entering this into the current Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge – die cutting.
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LucieG.
Hello friend and happy Saturday!
Today I’m playing along with the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge. As soon as I saw the sketch I thought of my Arrow Mat border die from Avery Elle which I haven’t used enough yet! Perfect for the border!
I inked up the gorgeous Mama Elephant Wild Meadow stamp, which were so much fun to colour! I blended some distress ink to create the sky and then added a generous spritz of watered-down Pixie Dust. Hope you can see that gorgeous shimmer! To finish off the card, I added a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp. I bought the set on clearance and whilst I rarely use the images in the set, that sentiment gets a LOT of use at this time of year. There aren’t that many spring sentiments out there!
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LucieG.
Happy Monday everyone!
It’s been a glorious spring day here in London, sunny and quite warm. The magnolias are in full bloom and cherry tree blossoms are starting to appear. I love watching the evolution of the cherry trees around the Tidal Basin in Washington DC at this time of year. They reached peak bloom today and look absolutely magnificent!
So it seemed fitting that I (finally) ink up the beautiful Mondo Sakura stamp from Ellen Hutson today!
I decided to play along with the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge – at first glance the sketch is pretty minimalist – but then I saw how the design team were filling all that ‘white space’ and decided to follow suit!
I also used a border die from Penny Black and a sentiment from Mama Elephant.
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LucieG.
Happy Saturday everyone!
So I was doing really well with my attempt to catch up with the Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge and then life suddenly got a bit busy!
Luckily I was able to spend a lot of time in my craft room today so I can start catching up. AGAIN!
Today, I’m playing along with an amazing colour challenge from the Color Throwdown. Rust, purple, grey and white. Isn’t that a great combo? Actually quite Halloween-like, but including grey rather than black softens the palette I think!
Anyway, I struggled to find a suitable wood-mounted stamps to showcase the palette properly… and then I came across my fabulous Spring Gems stamp from Hero Arts. I stamped the image using Brilliance ink in Pearlescent Rust and then coloured the dots using my Twinkling H2Os. I added a sentiment from Mama Elephant cut from glitter card and finished off the card with a few sequins – you can never have too much sparkle in my view!
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LucieG.
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