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Hark the Herald Angels sing

Happy Festive Friyay!

It’s been a while but I’m back with a festive card – after all, I’ve got to get into training for Christmas in July! Today I’m playing along with the current technique challenge over at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown!

The DT had a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge for us this week and I chose the centre line – Angel/Favourite Colour/Holiday Sentiment.

It was the perfect challenge for the bargain Memory Box Gilded Angel Backdrop die that I picked up in September last year, but didn’t use… until now! I paired it with a Memory Box background die, some blended purple ink and a Hero Arts stamped sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Nordic Tulip Wishes

Hi there!

Today I’m playing along in this week’s Color Throwdown challenge where the colour palette is peach, sage green and cream.

I decided to showcase a couple of new die sets that I just bought – the Nordic Flower Pot and Stems set and the Nordic Pattern Rings set by Poppystamps. I coloured the stems and pots with distress ink (Bundled Sage and Antique Linen) and added some tulip toppers cut from older Memory Box sets and coloured with Dried Marigold distress ink.

I arranged the flower pots on the Nordic Pattern Rings and then added a sentiment from a Memory Box stamp set to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Birthday Clara Blooms

Hi there!

Today I’m playing along in this week’s Color Throwdown challenge where the colour palette is burgundy, rose and sage. What a pretty combo! I decided to showcase a new die set that I just bought – the Clara Blooms by Memory Box. This was a last minute addition to my basket but I’m so glad I got it – funny how it’s the first die set I’m using from that order.

Anyway, I coloured the die cut pieces with distress inks (Aged Mahogany, Tattered Rose and Bundled Sage). I did try a couple of deeper inks for the rose shade, but decided I preferred the lighter effect of Tattered Rose. I added the pretty Florentina Wreath die to anchor the pretty flowers plus a Memory Box stamped sentiment and lots of stickles!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Spring Backyard Florals

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There’s a really interesting sketch for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge – and I almost didn’t play along…. but I managed to think of a way of using it at the 11th hour!

My focal point is the beautiful Backyard Floral Stems die by Memory Box and I added strips of paper from a Craft Consortium pad.

The sentiment is also by Memory Box.

Soooo…. after posting my entry for the challenge, I decided to change out the strip on the left side for something a little reddier which I feel fits better with the undertones in the other strips, Here’s the originals – which do you prefer??

 

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Spring Teapot

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I was so surprised to see a daffodil appear in my garden this week – it seemed so early.. although my narcissi have been up for a while! And then I saw a LOT of daffodils in my neighbours’ gardens – spring is springing and I’m ready for it!

The palette for this week’s Color Throwdown challenge is peach, yellow and green – perfect for a daffodil card! I pulled out the fabulous Spellbinders/Simon Hurley Daffodil Frame die set and got cutting! I’ve loved this set since it came out so I was delighted to pick it up in their Christmas sale. As the die set has separate flower and leaf layers, I knew I would be able to cut the main image from the frame and use it in different formats – which is just what I’ve done here!

I paired it with Memory Box’s Grandma’s Teapot and coloured all the images with distress ink.

I arranged the die cuts on a base that I’d embossed with a Spellbinders’ folder and I added a few die cut flowers to teapot as well as a Memory Box sentiment to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Snowflake Tree Cloche

Happy Festive Friyay!

Today I’m playing along with the current colour challenge over at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown!

When I saw that this week’s colour palette was blue and white I was excited to play along with the challenge – it’s the perfect combo for icy cards!

I decided that I wanted to use one of my wood mounted rubber stamps and had already decided that I would pair the stamp with the Concord & 9th Cloche die set that I bought before Christmas but never got round to using! I have two snowflake tree stamps – one was too large but this one, by Inkadinkadoo, was perfect! I heat embossed it and then blended some distress ink across the background.

I used a number of the Concord & 9th dies to create the cloche scene which I adhered to a blue card base and then added the flourish and flakes from the Memory Box Wintry Snowflake Bundle set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.