Hello again!
Next up today, I’m playing along in the colour challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches.
I pulled out the beautiful Grantham Egg by Memory Box and coloured with distress inks. I adhered a Marianne Designs background die cut to my card base and added the egg and a Memory Box sentiment.
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LucieG.
Hello everyone!
Today I’m playing along in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.
We’ve had some amazing spring time weather recently and I noticed that quite a few magnolia trees are starting to bloom! The perfect time to use my new Simon Says Stamp Etched Magnolia die I think!
I was originally going to include 3 magnolia blooms on the card but it felt a little overcrowded so I substitued the middle image for a bold Waffle Flower sentiment.
I used an older Memory Box die (Grape Vine Border) for the vertical strip.
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LucieG.
Hello everyone!
Today I’m playing along in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.
I’ve recently reorganised my dies and when I saw the sketch, I decided to create what I’d originally thought of as the background using an Avery Elle kraft frame die. I sponged some distress ink onto the base of the frame to reflect the sketch.
I smooshed green and purple distress ink onto the card base and coloured the Memory Box Daisy Stems die cuts with the same colours as the background dried. After adhering the diecuts and frame, I added a Memory Box sentiment to complete my card.
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LucieG.
Happy Saturday!
Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge which has a fabulous palette of pink, lime green and grey.
When I saw the inspiration photo, I really wanted to play with my Kitsch Flamingo distress ink, which I felt would be perfect, especially as I haven’t used the colour very much as I tend to gravitate towards the pastels. However, I also had an idea for the Waltham Egg by Memory Box and went with it. I decided to colour the foliage on the egg with my Twinkling H2Os rather than the distress ink so Kitsch Flamingo stayed in my drawer.. again! I did use Hickory Smoke for the egg background.
Anyway, after assembling the egg, I adhered it to a panel that I’d embossed using Simon Says Stamps’ Splendid Leaves embossing folder and added a few white branches cut with the Memory Box viburnum branches. The sentiment is by Sugar Pea Designs.
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LucieG.
Happy Friyay everyone!
Today I’m playing along with the spring challenge at The Paper Players.
When I saw the challenge graphic, my eye was immediately drawn to the little nest and knew that it was time to pull out my Easter dies! I bought the Twiggy Nest die by Memory Box back in 2020 and only used it once or twice last year, so I’m determined to show it more love this year! I paired it with the Poppystamps Whittle Eggs which I cut from a panel of card that I’d covered in Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink. I don’t recall using Speckled Egg ink for my Easter cards last year… not sure why as it’s clearly the perfect colour!
I smooshed some Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide ink on my card base and splattered some Speckled Egg ink. Finally I added a Memory Box sentiment.
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LucieG.
Happy Tuesday Everyone!
Today’s card of for the embossing folder challenge called ‘Can You Handle the Pressure‘ where the twist is spring.
I’ve used the beautiful Domed Window Folder by Memory Box – it embosses a beautiful window frame and also cuts out the window panes too. I waited a LONG time for this one (bought in October and finally arrived in January), but it was worth the wait.
I created a window box using the fabulous Springtime Border (Memory Box) plus the Grand Flower Box (Poppystamps). As I was assembling the card, I felt it was lacking a little something so I added a little Simply Graphic kitty!
The sentiment is also by Memory Box.
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LucieG.
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