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Happy 600th Sketch!

Hello again everyone!

Today I am truly honoured to be celebrating an amazing milestone with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge team and a group of super talented players! Today is challenge number 600!

I enjoy playing along with card challenges and Freshly Made Sketches is one challenge that I always try to play along with whenever I can. I love how different the sketches are and the DT and other players’ cards are always soooo inspiring!

I discovered the challenge in 2016 – I was just on instagram back then but I’m pretty sure that this was the card I made for my first challenge entry – challenge number 261! (I actually unearthed this after I made my card for this week – it made me smile to see that my entry back then also had a dry-embossed strip!)

For today’s fabulous sketch, I chose the Floral Cluster die by Poppystamps which I coloured with distress inks. After adhering it to a die cut circle, I embossed a grey strip with a Simon Says Stamp folder, added a sentiment by My Favorite Things and a few die cut butterflies by Poppystamps and Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 27

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 27 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with this week’s The Paper Players sketch challenge.

The star of today’s card is made from the fabulous Poppystamps Pine Needle Shoots die. I’m not sure how I missed it when it was released last year – I snapped it up as soon as I saw it online in January, knowing that it would get some use in July! I can’t believe that I didn’t use it until Day 27! But when I saw the sketch, I knew it was the perfect opportunity to showcase the pine needles. I cut each set of shoots three times from an ink-blended panel I made ages ago and then layered them up.

I used the amazing Sizzix 3D Christmas Trees embossing folder. I’ve had this a few years now and it is still one of my favorites!

The sentiment is from one of my trusty Mama Elephant sets.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 21

Happy Friyay everyone!

Welcome to Day 21 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023!

Super busy day = not much crafty time so I had to made a very quick card today.

I decided that it was time for another snowflake card so I flicked through all my dies and spotted this fabulous Mod Snowflake Bakcground die by Poppystamps. I don’t use it much because I have trouble getting a clean cut in some spots, but I loaded up with additional shims and cut some Craft Consortium paper with it.

I wanted to adhere it to a glittery backgound so I covered a panel in Nuvo glitter paste and then adhered the die cut on top when it was dry.

The sentiment is by Woodware.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 20

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 20 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023!

Today I wanted to play with my Poppystamps Holiday Mistletoe die. I thought I hadn’t used it since the Nightmare White on White Experience of 2020 but looking through my archives, I did actually use it in 2021 – how typical that I only remember the nightmare!

Anyway, today I cut it from some Craft Consortium ink drops paper and then coloured the stems brown with distress ink. I cut the berries from different paper and stuck them on top. I blended some Picked Raspberry and Crackling Campfire distress ink very lightly to create a central panel for my little arrangement. Once I adhered the stems in place, I added a Spellbinders bow and a sentiment also by Poppystamps.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Easter Egg branch

Happy Sunday everyone!

It’s been quite a while since I played along with a CAS Colours and Sketches challenge, but I finally had time this weekend!

I have to confess that I have taken a rather wide interpretation of the sketch with five eggs representing the five vertical lines in the sketch! But it was so fun to make, although it turned out to be a lot more fiddly than it should have been really! I used a Simon Says Stamp branch die which had built-in hangers for hearts an presents but of course, I had to cut the ‘hangers’ off the branch because I wanted to put the hangers for the eggs somewhere else…. and then I positioned the large egg too low ehich meant that my Waffle Flower hanger wouldn’t reach… I got through a lot of glitter paper making a longer one! Argh!

The eggs are by Poppystamps and the sentiment is by Clearly Besotted.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Oh Bunny hi

Happy Saturday everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

I had all sorts of ideas for the sketch when I was looking at the challenge last night and then this morning I woke up and created something completely different!

I used the Hampstead Oval Frame die from Poppystamps to frame a set of cute bunnies from the Simon Says Stamp Oh Bunny stamp and die set.

The sentiment is by Taylored Expressions.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.