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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.

The sentiment is from my go-to Mama Elephant Mini Merry Messages set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 3

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 3 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024!

Today I’m playing with Poppystamps dies to create a little Snowglobe!

The focal point is actually made from two die sets released a year apart – the Pine Needle Shoots set that I used for this card last year and the Wide Pine Needle Shoots that was released for Christmas 2023. When I saw the wider die set, I had an idea to combine the two sets so I was happy to put that idea into reality today! I’ve gone for a snow-tinged effect with the thin white glitter card shoots but this could work with different shades of green or whatever colour you want your little tree to be!

The snowglobe itself is made with the Simple Rings and Snowglobe Bases die sets plus some Lawn Fawn patterned paper.

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LucieG.

 

Sunset Potpourri Flowers

Hello again everyone!

This week’s Color Throwdown challenge has a sunset combo which is quite similar to last week’s – yellow, orange and red (instead of fuchsia) so I was determined to create something that I felt was quite different to last week.

I chose a white base, oriented it as a landscape card, pulled out the Potpourri Flower Set die by Poppystamps and got crafty!

I quickly coloured the flowers with distress inks but I have to confess that it took me FAR TOO LONG to arrange the die cut flowers…. I love this style of card but I can never seem to get the positioning right when I create them!

Eventually, I found an arrangement that I felt was OK, adhered the die cuts and added some coordinating Nuvo Jewel Drops to the centres of the flowers. The sentiment is by Clearly Besotted.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Cardinal in June

Happy Festive Friyay!

My training for Christmas in July continues today with my card for the current sketch challenge over at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown!

What a great sketch! I had originally planned to use a snowflake die set for my focal point but soon realised that the image would be too big – so I pivoted and pulled out the new-to-me Poppystamps Bird House Pop Up Easel die set that I picked up in a sale earlier this year. I have to confess that I bought the entire set because I LOVED that cardinal die!

I created the background strip using some coloured card, a Simon Says Stamp embossing folder and tons of distress oxide ink. The sentiment is by Clearly Besotted.

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LucieG.

 

Meow You Doing?

Hello everyone!

There’s a fabulous sketch for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches – when I saw it, I had so many different ideas…. I think I will be using this again very soon!

For today’s card, I decided to use a couple of new Poppystamps products that I picked up in a sale at the start of the year. The focal point is the Napping Cat die and I’ve also used a sentiment from a Poppystamps sentiment set. The background stamp is from a Flora and Fauna set.

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LucieG.

Inspired by Wedgwood

Hello there!

This evening I suddenly remembered that I wanted to play along with the Poppystamps Bloom Where You Are Planted challenge.

I had originally planned to use the flower dies I had purchased from Poppystanos’ newest release, but time was short and the card I had in mind would be a little too fiddly to complete by the deadline (well, OK as I’m in the UK – my bedtime really!).

So, instead, and using Wedgwood pottery as my inspiration, I pulled out a ten-year old die and got creating! The die I used is called Brighton Flower Border. Isn’t it pretty! I really must remember to use it again when time is not of the essence – I can just imagine a card with the Brighton flowers in cheery colours!

So although this card came together really quickly, I spent far too long looking for the Memory Box paper stack that I wanted to use for it! Whenever I want to use this stack, it seems to disappear on me. I found it in the end, but I’m definitely going to make a note of where I hide/store it next. It’s so frustrating when things go AWOL isn’t it? One of the least joyful parts of crafting me thinks!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.