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Ghost Week – Day 3

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 3 of Ghost Week!

I had such fun creating this card… and a LOT less fun to photograph it!

The card base is this gorgeous patterned ombre mirror card that I picked up in a sale! I was so excited to use it and very pleased with how it turned out… until I came to photograph it. The lights in my photobox reflected badly and none of my cameras would take a true likening. So I had no choice but to wait for natural light. We have typical British grey autumn weather right now so even this was difficult and I did have to brighten the images I took but I got there in the end.

I used dies by many of my favourites – Penny Black, Tim Holtz/Sizzix, Poppystamps and Memory Box.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Ghost Week – Day 2

Hi there!

It’s Day 2 of Ghost Week and today I’m also playing along with this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

It’s such a versatile sketch this week and I was all ready to create a Christmas or autumn card before I thought of ghost week!

Today I’ve used two brand new die sets – the Poppystamps Ghostly Cats which I first used on this card and Memory Box’s fun set of Haunting Ghosts (I just used the smallest die).

I adhered the kitties and ghosts to an ink-blended strip and added a few die cut glitter stars. This one really has quite a cosmic feel doesn’t it?!

I’m also entering this into the current Poppystamps challenge – ‘Get your Spook on’!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

A Happy Meowlloween

Happy Monday everyone!

Today I’m playing along with this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

Each year I tell myself ‘no more Halloween supplies’ and each year I succumb! I just couldn’t help myself when I spotted these cute Poppystamps Ghostly Cats dies when I was buying a few of their Christmas dies from Bumbleberrys. I was so surprised that we in the UK had the release on launch day – we usually have to wait a few weeks to get hold of it! And I was even more pleased to see that these dies are made in the USA!

Anyway, I have taken a few liberties with the challenge sketch. My kitties were smaller than the triangles in the sketch so I turned the sketch into and element on the card base.

The background panel is a Simon Says Stamp embossing folder (I used the debossed side so that the cute ghosts didn’t overwhelm the kitties) and the sentiment is from a very old set by My Favorite Things.

I’ve just seen that the Poppystamps challenge this month is ‘clean and simple’ – my favourite! So I’m entering this there too!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 20

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 20 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024!

I picked up the pretty Poppystamps Nordic Whimsy Trees and Nordic Tree Toppers die sets in a post-Christmas sale this year and I’ve been looking at them on and off since the start of Christmas in July. I know I should use them, but for some reason I couldn’t figure out a way to make them work for me…

Then yesterday I saw the new Poppystamps Christmas in July release and immediately knew what had been holding me back – the trees needed trunks!

So, drawing inspiration from the new Nordic Treeline die (which I will HAVE to buy btw), I cut some trunks from another die set and got to work!

I used another Poppystamps die for the vellum circle and the hillside was created with a Memory Box die.

The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 16

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 16 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024 and today I have another twofer to share.

Today’s focal point is the Wide Pine Needle Shoots die set by Poppystamps – I’ve already used it once this month, but I had a few more ideas for it! I cut it from dark green card and glitter card and got busy!

For my first card, I cut some green card with an Alex Syberia background die. I adhered my tree to a tag cut from an Altenew die and added a silver bow and die cut star before affixing it to my card base.

For my second card, I embossed the background with a Spellbinders folder and adhered my tree with another little die cut star. The sentiment is from an older Hero Arts wood-mounted set.

So which one do you prefer?

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 13

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 13 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024! I noticed that my instagram feed was feeling decidedly aqua so it’s time for a splash of red today!

I chose the cardinal from Poppystamps’ Bird House Pop Up Easel set and coloured it with alcohol markers. I then cut and coloured the Memory Box Forest Pine Branch with distress inks. To ground my images, I used a frame from Poppstamps’ Stitchwork Circle Frames set and some of my beloved Basic Grey patterned paper.