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Heart Week – Day 3

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 3 of Heart Week!

Today I’m using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black. I chose the main image from the fabulous Crafting stamp set (30- 947) as my focal point. This is quite a large image and although it would sit comfortably on a standard sized card, I wanted to have a little more open space around the image so I opted for a larger slimline card design. I coloured the image using my Twinkling H2Os and inked the backgrounds with Old Paper and Tumbled Glass distress inks. To top and tail my card, I used dies from the Hugs Edgers set (51-761) and the Heart Balloons set (51-493) plus sentiments from the Without Limits mini stamp set (30-949).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Snowdrops for you

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Today I’m playing along with the current Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

Do you have a stamp you reach for year after year? I have a few, especially this beautiful Wintry Whites stamp (30-634) which I reach for when I see the snowdrops appearing in my garden. You can see the other cards I’ve made with it in previous years: 2021, 2022 and 2023.

For today’s card, I stamped, coloured and fussy cut the snowdrop image, cutting off the vase outline to leave just the stems. I then used the largest die from the Heart Balloons die set (51-493) to cut white cardstock that I spritzed with Wonderland Distress Mica Stain and lightly sponged with Frayed Burlap distress ink.

I cut the fabulous YOU die (51-760) from some speciality paper and adhered it to a panel on my cardbase. I stamped part of a sentiment from the Fragrant Friends stamp set (30-807) and arranged the die cut elements. Finally I added the tiny bow from the Little Ornaments die set (51-090), butterflies from the Flourish and Butterflies die set (51-198) and a few gems.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Best heart

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Today I’m playing along with this week’s challenge at Freshly Made Sketches using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

I’ve been wanting to ink up the Wholeheartedly cling stamp (40-817) again and today was the day. I really think that this is my favourite heart stamp and an absolute joy to colour! This time, I stamped it in Lost Shadow distress oxide ink and then coloured it using my Prismacolor pencils.

I masked off a frame and lightly blended distress ink over the background. I then added a few vellum dragonflies from the Flutter die set (51-006) and a butterfly from the Flourish and Butterflies die set (51-198).

To complete my card, I added a sentiment from the Trust Me builder set (30-710) and a few gems.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Basket of hearts

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Today I’m playing along with this week’s challenge at Freshly Made Sketches using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

I knew as soon as I saw the basket in the Berry Basket set (51-796) that I would be using it during all the seasons – so I’m kicking of my personal challenge with a love card!

I started with the Line of Hearts die (51-285) which I cut from glitter card. I then used the cut and coloured the largest die from the Framed set (51-622) with distress inks. I then cut the Heartlets die set (51-294) a couple of times and coloured all my images with distress inks.

As I was arranging all the images on a standard card base, I felt that the square frame was a little too big so I switched things up and moved to a square card instead. Sadly the frame still seemed too large so I will have to use that on another design! I adhered everything to the card base and added a few glitter heart ‘offcuts’ (from the Line of Hearts and Heartlets dies).

To complete my card, I added a sentiment from the Snippets set (30-823).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Butterfly thank you card

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Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge which has a beautiful combo of blush, dusty blue and pink.

I received a few Poppystamps dies this morning – including the Beautiful Butterflies Sidekick Frame and Stencil set which I have been wanting for a while! So I just had to play with it straightaway!

The set includes a die that cuts a number of standalone butterflies which I cut from card and vellum. I coloured all the images with distress ink and added some pencil detail. For the background, I was inspired by Deb’s card with this set, so I cut some Penny Black clouds from masking paper and lightly blended some Stormy Sky distress ink over them. I adhered the frame to the panel and added the standalone butterflies and their bodies,

To complete my card I added a Penny Black sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Beyond words

Hello everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Hand Stamped Sentiments inspiration challenge using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

I’ve loved the effect of brushstroke stamps since my early stamping days but found it difficult to get it ‘right’ with wood-mounted stamps. Fortunately we now have cling stamps and the misti, which makes things so much easier!

I chose the beautiful Brilliant Berries stamp (40-911) which I coloured using distress inks and markers. I masked off a frame and lightly blended some distress ink over the background before splattering some dark green paint across the image. After removing the mask, I added some glitter to the berries, stamped a couple of sentiments from the Ever Thanks set (30-813) and added a twine bow.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.