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Happy St David’s Day 2022

Happy St David’s Day everyone!

I can’t believe it’s March already and I bet I said the same thing last year too! It’s a very dank day here in London but my snowdrops and crocuses have faded and the daffodil buds are so close to opening! I’m always on the look out for daffodil (and snowdrop) stamps and dies and whilst the latter remain elusive, I have amassed a few daffodil stamps over the years.

The main image is from the Perfumed stamp set by Penny Black (30-819) – it’s a really good size to use on a standard card and such a joy to colour with my Twinkling H2Os! Following the sketch from The Paper Players, I adhered a base panel cut with the Graceful Stackers die set (51-658) and added my image on top. I tucked some swirls (from the Flourish and Butterflies die set (51-198)) behind the daffodil oval

To complete my card, I added a sentiment from the Enliven mini stamp set (30-705).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

You warm my heart

Happy Friyay everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the The Card Concept challenge using products sent to me by Penny Black.

After playing around with lots of different ideas for the beautiful Wholeheartedly cling stamp (40-817), I ended up stamping it on a square card base using a grey ink.  I then used my Prismacolour pencils to add colour and definition to the leaves and stems! I certainly needed sharp pencils for this!

I added a sentiment from the Warm My Heart stamp set (30-895) and a few hearts from yesterday’s crafting and sequins to complete my card.

I love the foliage heart in the inspiration image, although I veered from their colour palette with my CAS creation!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

You make my heart smile

Hello everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the theme challenge at The Paper Players using Penny Black supplies.

To start, I inked up an image from the Bunches of Love stamp set (30-890) and coloured it using my Twinkling H2O paints before cutting it with the coordinating die set (51-726).

I then cut the heart frame using a die from the fabulous Lovely Borders die set (51-484) and adhered the panel to coloured cardstock. I then added my image and a sentiment from the Words Sweet stamp set (30-525) to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Winter birch

Hello everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge using Penny Black products.

First I stamped a tree from the Woodsy cling set (40-812), masked off the trunk and a strip towards the bottom of my card and blended some blue distress ink across the background and added a little green ink to the base. I removed the masks and used a watercolour pen to add some sparkle to the white section. Unfortunately, the sparkle didn’t photograph at all so I has to go back and add a little texture to the snow using a light grey coloured pencil. I added a sentiment from the When Snow Falls set (30-881) and lots of stickles to the tree – this card is very sparkly in real life!

I felt the card needed a little extra so I added a few birds from the Harmony With Nature die set (51-707) to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Balloon heart basket

Hello everyone!

Tday I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge using Penny Black products.

First I die cut a selection of hearts from the Heart Balloons die set (51-493) and coloured them using distress inks. I stamped the pot from the Timber & Tidings cling set (40-795) using Frayed Burlap distress oxide ink and fussy cut it. While it was drying, I sponged a soft background on my card base and then arranged all the balloons and twine. After adhering the pot, I added a sentiment from the Words Sweet stamp set (30-525) – it’s actually my favourite sentiment for Valentine’s cards!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Fabulous pastels

Hello everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge – it’s a fabulous combo this week – I love creating with pastels!

I coloured the wonderful Wildflower Botanicuts by the Greetery with some distress ink and added Paper Smooches vases which I cut from some patterned paper. The sentiment is by Karen Burniston.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.