October Afternoon

30 Day Christmas Card Challenge 2024 – Day 4

Hi everyone!

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

Today’s challenge is a colour combo – red, yellow and blue. I always find it difficult to create with this combination, but this was a little easier as the blue was defined as ‘electric blue’ that looked closer to Tumbled Glass than a primary shade to my eye!

I used dies from Honey Bee Stamps’ Build a Snowman set, an October Afternoon background stamp and a favourite Ellen Hutson heart die.

The sentiment is by The Stamp Market.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 10

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 10 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024 and it’s time for a reindeer!

For today’s card, I paired a glittery Impression Obsession reindeer with an older October Afternoon snowflake stamp. I had originally intended to use the reindeer with a die-cut snowflake frame but then I thought of stamping some background snowflakes. I found the stamp I had in mind immediately (and we all know that RARELY happens!) and got crafty!

I heat embossed it and then blended Salvaged Patina and Shaded Lilac distress inks. I adhered a few layers of brown card to the reindeer’s body to add depth to the image. I realised that I would be able to arrange the antlers if I just had that one layer of glitter card so I didn’t adhere card layers behind them – quite a relief really as they look quite intricate don’t they?!

The sentiment is by The Ton.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.