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Christmas in July 2026 – Bonus Day

Hi there!

Well, it’s the first day of August and Christmas in July is over! But it’s my tradition to make one bonus card so I wanted to keep that going this year!

I’ve coveted The Greetery’s Pine and Berry background stamp for quite some time and managed to get hold of it from Seven Hills Crafts last year. When I realised that I still hadn’t used it, I knew it had to be the foundation of my bonus card. I stamped it with Pumice Stone Distress Oxide – and it stamped so beautifully! I didn’t want to hide too much of the image so I chose a couple of older dies – Memory Box’s Antique Pine label die and Simply Graphic’s Les Baies et Feuillages de Noel cut from glitter card.

The sentiment is from a Whimsy Stamps set called Simple Sentiment Strips Holidays.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2026 – Day 15

Hi there!

It’s Day 15 of LucieG’s Christmas in July and today I’m playing with a new-to-me die from the ‘olden days’!

I have several intricate Christmas tree dies by Memory Box – they’re all over 10 years old and I still cherish them. Last year, I  saw another tree online – the Kensington Christmas Tree from 2014. I searched EVERYWHERE for it and eventually found it in a closing down sale! I was so happy to get my hands on it… I can’t believe how long its taken me to use it.

Fun Fact – this tree was actually cut to be a supporting layer to a colourful version that I was working on… but then I loved the simplicity of the white and how nicely the etched lines appeared on the petals and leaves so I pivoted. This may just be my favourite card of this year’s Christmas in July!

The background panel is cut with a die from Spellbinders’ Modern Oval set and the sentiment is from a fabulous versatile sentiment set by Paula Pascual.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Heart Week 2026 – Day 6

Happy Saturday!

It’s Day 6 of Heart Week 2026!

I was so excited to get my Dies to Die For order this morning – I only ordered it yesterday afternoon! Great service! Anyway, I knew I had to use something that I had just received today and the beautiful new Heirtage Lace Edgers by Pinkfresh Studio won! Isn’t that an amazingly intricate die? So pretty!

I paired it with some Memory Box hearts that I cut from patterned mirror card and adhered everything to a base that I had partially covered with Speckled Egg distress ink. The sentiment is from a Reverse Confetti set.

In other news, guess what I unearthed this afternoon? Yep, the stamp set I was searching for yesterday evening. In a box I’d gone through twice. Typical!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

CAS – the butterfly and the branch

Happy Monday everyone!!

My first crafty order of 2026 arrived this morning and I’m happy to say that I’ve already used one of the Simply Graphic dies on today’s card.

I’ve coveted the notebook pages die set for a while and so I happily grabbed he set when I had a discount code – they provide a great anchor for images! I cut one image from some patterned paper and added some Pumice Stone ink around the edges. I added an older Simply Graphic glittery die cut plus a pretty butterfly from the Memory Box Exquisite butterflies set.

The sentiment is by Sugar Pea.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Christmas in July 2025 – Day 29

Hi there!

It’s Day 29 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2025 and I have another Twofer today!

Memory Box’s Winterland Tree die from 2011 take centre stage today. This is a rare die for me because it has a background die – which I just discovered was released two years later…. craft moved slower back then with far fewer releases each year. I wish I had background dies for other delicate Memory Box trees!

I created an ombre ink blended panel and cut the tree from that and a piece of glitter card. I adhered the tree outlines to two background die cuts and then inlaid the die cut pieces.

I paired the ombre tree with Memory Box’s Pinpoint Burst plate and a fabulous Hero Arts sentiment wood-mounted stamp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I added the glitter version of the tree to an older Spellbinders folder and adhered a few pearls and a glittery sentiment to complete the card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, which version do you prefer?

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.