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The Golden Egg

Happy Sunday!

Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge which has a palette of lime green, aqua and gold.

Such an interesting combo! As I’m making Easter cards at the moment, I decided to create a little Easter scene using distress oxide inks and dies by My Favorite Things, Poppystamps and Memory Box! e and a few Spellbinders flowers coloured with distress inks! Plus a sentiment from Taylored Expressions! Lots of different brands here! It was so much fun to make!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

A Nest of Speckled Eggs

Happy Friyay everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the spring challenge at The Paper Players.

When I saw the challenge graphic, my eye was immediately drawn to the little nest  and knew that it was time to pull out my Easter dies! I bought the Twiggy Nest die by Memory Box back in 2020 and only used it once or twice last year, so I’m determined to show it more love this year! I paired it with the Poppystamps Whittle Eggs which I cut from a panel of card that I’d covered in Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink. I don’t recall using Speckled Egg ink for my Easter cards last year… not sure why as it’s clearly the perfect colour!

I smooshed some Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide ink on my card base and splattered some Speckled Egg ink. Finally I added a Memory Box sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Spring Window

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Today’s card of for the embossing folder challenge called ‘Can You Handle the Pressure‘ where the twist is spring.

I’ve used the beautiful Domed Window Folder by Memory Box – it embosses a beautiful window frame and also cuts out the window panes too. I waited a LONG time for this one (bought in October and finally arrived in January), but it was worth the wait.

I created a window box using the fabulous Springtime Border (Memory Box) plus the Grand Flower Box (Poppystamps). As I was assembling the card, I felt it was lacking a little something so I added a little Simply Graphic kitty!

The sentiment is also by Memory Box.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Vase of Chinese Lanterns

Happy Saturday!

Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge which has a fabulous palette of orange, turquoise, green and kraft.

A few weeks ago Simon Says Stamp released a new Chinese Lantern die, with inspiration from lots of designers, in particular the super talented Cindy. As a result, I was itching to play with a Poppystamps Chinese Lantern die that I bought about 5 years ago. I haven’t used it for a while, which is a shame because I love Chinese lanterns. Anyway, for my card, I coloured it with distress inks and added vellum (coloured with distress ink and pencil) behind each individual lantern. My blended background is a bit darker in real life – it’s a mix of Tumbled Glass and Broken China inks. The vase is by Waffle Flower Crafts and the sentiment is by Altenew.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Fun Easter bunny basket

Happy Friyay everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the Just Us Girls challenge which has a fun inspiration photo this week!

I’ve had this fun Bunny die by Marianne Designs in my collection for YEARS but I hadn’t put it with my Easter supplies so always forgot about it… until now! For my card, I used it with a couple of Poppystamps dies – the Country Basket set and the fabulously versatile Floral Cluster die, which I coloured with distress oxide inks.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Heart-felt happy anniversary

Happy Thursday everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the Poppystamps challenge which has the theme of ‘Heart-felt’ and challenges us to use a heart and/or felt!

So I knew I wanted to add two colourful felt hearts to this beautiful Poppystamps True Love Stem… but could I find my felt anywhere? Nope! It’s completely disappeared! I know I only use it once or twice a year but I must have tidied it into a clever spot when I did some reorganising….

Luckily I found a few lilac and white scraps and coloured the white scrap using an alcohol marker. I coloured the rest of the die cut with distress inks and adhered it to a panel that I’d embossed with a Carabelle Studio folder. Finally I added a sentiment by Sugar Pea Designs – instead of the valentine’s card that I’d originally planned, I converted  my designto an anniversary theme!

Now, who wants to bet that I’m going to find all my felt this evening?!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.