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Christmas in July 2026 – Day 1

Hello again everyone!

It’s that time of year – LucieG’s Christmas in July!

I haven’t crafted much over the past few months, although I have spent time in my craftroom as I’ve been reorganising it. I touched stamps and dies that hadn’t see the light of day in years! Anyway, I feel the least prepared for Christmas in July this year and I’m also out of practice, but I’m sure I will soon get back into the swing of things… I hope so anyway!

I’ve dedicated July to Christmas cardmaking since 2019 and had always felt that I reaped the benefits in November/December when life always seems to get super busy! Once again, I’m doing this series for the pure joy of creating Christmas cards as I rarely take part in challenges nowadays. I also need to make sure I have a good selection of ‘mailable’ cards – which means few layers and no gems because the Royal Mail’s machines just tear those off!

You’ll also see that I’ve added a new ‘handmade’ flag on my photos. I’m seeing a lot of AI creations (and text) in my social media feeds nowadays and what was once a moment of shared connection is starting to feel fake. I wish more creators would take add something like this so I know what designs have heart and soul behind them!

First up, for Christmas in July Day 1, I’m using a an old favourite Bottlebrush Tree by Savvy Stamps. I think this may have started my obsession with bottlebrush tree dies!

I’ll definitely be sending this one out in the mail!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Merry Berry Wreath

Happy Festive Friyay!

Today I’m playing along with the current theme challenge over at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown!

I finally got my hands on Simon Says Stamp Berry Wreath dies set after their Thanksgiving sale last year and used it just once – for my mum’s Christmas card. So naturally I thought of it as soon as I saw the challenge theme. Although it’s only been a month since Christmas, I was VERY excited to play with this die set again.

I coloured all the die cuts with distress ink and adhered it to a base that I had embossed with a Spellbinders folder.

The sentiment is by Savvy Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 4

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 4 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023!

Unfortunately, I was struck by a migraine today, but I did manage to make a very quick CAS card this evening using a Simon Says Stamp embossing folder and a sentiment die by Savvy Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2022 – Day 30

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 30 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2022! Today I’m playing along in the Just Us Girls challenge to case a designer.

I chose to CASE this card by JJ Bolton – I love her style and this card caught my eye as it is such a fabulous way of showcasing the small ornaments dies by Waffle Flower Crafts that I bought recently. I chose a smaller colour palette and added silver mirror card behind each of by die cuts! This card was a labour of love! You would not believe how much time I spent arranging all those little ornaments.

I added a sentiment by Savvy Stamps plus a small holly sprig to complete my take on JJ’s card. Thanks for the inspiration JJ!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2022 – Day 23

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 23 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2022! Today I’m playing along in the Just Add Ink sketch challenge.

I picked up a few 3D embossing folders from Simon Says Stamp a few weeks ago and they arrived yesterday – I couldn’t wait to play with them! The thing is, they are just so beautiful, I can never bring myself to cover up the embossing! So today’s card is pretty simple – the Christmas Floral embossing folder is the star and die cuts by Poppystamps, Savvy Stamps and Simply Graphic make up the supporting cast!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Day 15 – 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2021

Hi everyone!

As Tracey McNeely isn’t running her 25 Days of Christmas Tags event this year, I have created my own event using 25 days from Tracey’s event posts over the last decade, as I explained in this post.

Day 15’s inspiration is Day 15, 2018. I was particularly drawn to the more intricate nature of the tags in this blog post. You can see what I created back in 2018 here and this time I’ve chosen Tanja’s tag. I just LOVE how she created that background and I’m very grateful that she included instructions.

I used my brand new Pinecone Plethora embossing folder from Gemini. You may remember that my original embossing folder met with a rather sad end. But thanks to a lovely IG friend, I located and won its replacement in an ebay auction! Phew!

The dies are by Simply Graphic and Savvy Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.