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Bunches o’ Butterflies

Hello there!

Today I’m playing along in this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge using the stunning combo from the  Color Throwdown challenge – grey, magenta and aqua.

I just picked up the new Poppystamps Bunches o’ Butterflies die set and have been looking forward to using it – today was the day! I was very much inspired by a card shared by Poppystamps in their online store  with a kaleidoscope of butterflies!

It took me a little while to arrange all those little butterflies and I must confess that did go back and fiddle with the placement a few times! The sentiment is by Lawn Fawn.

It took me even longer to photograph this card! My lightbox set up seemed to distort the colours regardless of the camera I used (DSLR or iPhone) and so eventually I resorted to my old set up and got images which were most true to what my eye sees!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Joyful Nordic Butterfly

Hello everyone!

Just a quick post with my entry for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches.

I used a whole host of products by different manufacturers for this one! The Nordic Fanfare Butterfly and Nordic Butterfly Trio dies are by Poppystamps. I used a Simon Says Stamp embossing folder and Basic Grey paper for the background layers and the sentiment is by Taylored Expressions.

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LucieG.

Yellow petal egg

 

Hello there!

Today I’m playing along in this week’s Color Throwdown challenge where the colour palette is pink, yellow and green. Wonderful for Easter and spring cards!

I picked up the Birch Press Design Layered Petal Egg die set in a sale recently and have been looking forward to using it – today was the day! I took inspiration from this card I made three years ago and paired it with the Birch Press Design Oval Leaf Branches Contour Layers dies and a few Poppystamps flowers.

I adhered the adorned egg to a panel embossed using the Nellie’s Choice Egg embossing folder and added a sentiment by Simon Says Stamp to complete my card.

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LucieG.

Happy Mother’s Day 2024 – part deux!

Hello everyone!

Next up is the second of two cards I gave to my lovely mum today!

I recently picked up the Poppystamps Floral Vase Easel Pop Up set in a recent sale! I love the possibilities for this incredibly versatile set although I have to confess that this card took me MUCH longer to make than I had anticipated. And I used LOADS of different distress inks! My craft table looked like it had been hit by a tornado!

The sentiment is from an older Hero Arts set.

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LucieG.

Nordic Tulip Wishes

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Today I’m playing along in this week’s Color Throwdown challenge where the colour palette is peach, sage green and cream.

I decided to showcase a couple of new die sets that I just bought – the Nordic Flower Pot and Stems set and the Nordic Pattern Rings set by Poppystamps. I coloured the stems and pots with distress ink (Bundled Sage and Antique Linen) and added some tulip toppers cut from older Memory Box sets and coloured with Dried Marigold distress ink.

I arranged the flower pots on the Nordic Pattern Rings and then added a sentiment from a Memory Box stamp set to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Happy Valentine’s Day 2024

Happy Heart Day everyone!

I’ve been keen to play with the Poppystamps Nordic Bird die set again (see disclaimer below) and so I started with that as my focal point. Once again, I cut the bird from glitter card and coloured it with alcohol markers.

I decided to perch him on the beautiful Serafina Heart – an older Memory Box die from 2012, still one of my favourites!

I was originally planning to create a white embossed background but suddenly decided to use the die from the pretty Meadowblossom Frame and stencil set, which I cut from glitter card.

I adhered gems and pearls to the centre of the flowers and added a Reverse Confetti sentiment to complete my card.

I’m entering this into the Poppystamps Heart Eyes challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Nordic Bird set – disclaimer

I received this Nordic Bird set directly from Poppystamps. We are not sure how the bird from my die set ended up looking in a different direction from the image on the packaging and on the DT cards on the Poppystamps blog!