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Enchantment

Happy Saturday everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Color Throwdown using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

When I saw the combo, I decided to step outside my comfort zone, pull out my watercolour paints and ink up the beautiful new cling stamp called Enchantment (40-885). I have to confess, I get a little nervous water colouring such a large stamp but I really enjoyed the process – the stamp was much easier to colour than I was expecting! While it was drying, I smooshed some brown distress ink onto a cream card base. I then fussy cut the image (which was also pretty easy) and adhered it to my card base with a few sticky fixers.

The sentiment is from the Without Limits mini stamp set (30-949).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Cherished 2023

Hello everyone!

Today I’m sharing some cards I made with products kindly sent to me by Penny Black, showcasing the wonderful floral dies from their Cherished 2023 release.

First up is this Thinking of you card, made with a dear friend in mind. I coloured the three daisies from the Delicate Daisies die set (51-763) with distress inks and then tucked them in the centre of that fabulously bold YOU die (51-760)! The stamped ‘thinking of’ is from part of a stamp from the Thinking of You stamp set (30-825).

I then turned my attention to the Finesse die (51-769). Again I coloured it with distress inks and added a bit of glitter. While I was waiting for that to dry, I turned my attention to my card base. I adhered the largest die cut from the Framed set (51-622) and then masked it off before stamping the Letter Background (40-780) in the centre. I then adhered the die cut on top and added a sentiment from the Without Limits mini stamp set (30-949).

Next up is the Floral Twirl die (51-768) – isn’t that a pretty name! And it is certainly a pretty die! Again coloured with distress inks – and I added some leaves from the An Impression die set (51-735). The sentiment from the Delightful Day stamp set (30-955).

Finally, I wanted to share the card I made on Saturday using the Burst of Blooms die (51-764) – click here to read about that one.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Burst of Blooms

Hello everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge with products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

Penny Black launched their latest release, Cherished 2023, earlier this week – a fabulous collection of florals and cute stamps and I could not wait to play with the amazing dies! First up from me is the beautiful Burst of Blooms die (51-764). Such a pretty die with so many possibilities! In the end, I coloured it with Distress Oxide inks and added a few pearls for the centres.

The sentiment is from the Ever Thanks set (30-813)

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

You are amazing, strong, brave

Happy Friyay everyone!

Today I’m thinking of a dear friend.. here is a card I made for her with products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

I wanted the beautiful Whisper die (51-737) to take centre stage so once I cut it, played around with different layouts before choosing this one! I used the largest die from the Stitched Frames set (51-709) and cut it from a white panel. I then blended some distress ink over my card base before adhering the frame. I coloured my image and added it to my card, tucking the end behind the frame. I stamped a sentiment from the Thinking of You set (30-825) and added some chunky glitter. I felt the card needed something extra so added some glittery butterflies from two sets (Flourish & Butterflies (51-198) and Butterfly String (51-648)) to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Good vibes butterfly

Hello everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge .

I decided to go with a butterfly theme for my take on the sketch. I started off with some stamped butterflies, but I couldn’t get them to work in the way I’d envisaged. So I pivoted! I decided that the beautiful Memory Box Butterfly Vine die would be the focal point and used a circle of patterned paper for the second shape.

I masked off a section of my card base and used the Penny Black Script stamp (40-470) * for the horizontal strip and added the die cuts on top. Finally I added a sentiment from a Simon Says Stamp set to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

* Kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

Heart die cut collage

Happy Sunday everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Color Throwdown which has a fabulous palette of red, brown, pink and green! It’s the month of love and I thought these colours would be perfect for a little love card. I pulled out some dies kindly sent to me by Penny Black and got crafty!

I coloured the largest heart from the Heart Balloons die set using Spun Sugar distress oxide ink (51-493). Next up was the Ardor stem (51-097) coloured with Lumberjack Plaid and Gathered Twig and some pencil for extra detail. Finally I cut and coloured the delicate Airy stem (51-423) with Peeled Paint and a splash of Stickles.

After arranging the die cuts, I stamped a sentiment from the Love Big set (30-898) and few brown pearls.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.