Hello from an incredibly HOT London!!

Before I throw myself into Christmas in July, I wanted to share a few more cards that I made with Pinkfresh Studio’s Sunshine and Smiles release that I won last month.

I bought a few products when Pinkfresh arrived on the scene a decade or so ago but I didn’t really embrace their amazing product suites until I took part in the August 2024 Create and Connect event. I LOVED it and in particular how easy it is to colour their beautiful images with the coordinating stencil sets. Since then I’ve been tuning it to all their amazing Your Tube Live events, learning lots and buying a product suite or three!

First up are two more cards made from the beautiful Garden Medley product suite. I suspect that I wouldn’t have bought this suite because it’s not really my style (I probably would have bought the Keepsakes of the Heart). My goodness, how I would have missed out! I’m really hoping Pinkfresh creates something similar for Christmas!

I’ve shared these in other blog posts, but here are the two cards I created earlier this month, plus the cards I made with the Keepsakes and Timeless Tulips product suites.

Next up is the amazing lighthouse scene created with the Guiding Light suite. Oh, how I loved creating this! I had a lot of fun with the sky, but sadly the colours dried quite light – I need a heavier hand or darker inks next time.

 

 

 

 

The Playful Petals stencil/die set was also great fun to play with but again, I need to use darker inks I think – the colours are subtle in real life and don’t really show up in my photo. I played with lots of different layouts for these images but in the end I paired them with one of my oldest Pinkfresh die sets called Noteworthy Frames – dated 2018!

 

 

 

 

 

Last but by no means least is a card I created with the Summer Fun stencil/die combo. I confess that I wasn’t going to play with this one just yet but with it being the hottest day of the year so far I HAD to get it out today. I also used a background/frame die by Mama Elephant. The sentiment is from the Sunshine and Smiles sentiment set.

 

 

 

I had SO much fun with these products and I know I will be reaching for them time and time again – after Christmas in July of course. Many thanks once again to Pinkfresh for their amazing prize!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Hello again!

Next up today is my entry into this fortnight’s Color Throwdown challenge which has a combo of green, turquoise and orange.

I decided to use the stunning Pinkfresh Studio Garden Medley product suite which was part of the release that I won last month. When I watched the Sneak Peeks live, I ADORED the cards that Raquel made with this suite but felt that there was no way I could justify buying it because I don’t use background stamps enough. Well after winning it, you can guess that it was the first thing I inked up! It’s a true joy to colour with the stencils. In fact, I love using it so much, I ended up creating two cards with different shades of the combo.

Another member of the DT, Debby, shared an acetate card with this image and I had to give it a go! I love how they turned out, but they are so difficult to photograph! If you look at the first card, you can see that a square section has not been die cut – I thought I could use the reverse of this area for my message. I decided to try it without that square in the second image. I think I prefer it that way as you can see more acetate, although my message will be written in very small letters!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.