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Sweet Snowbells

Hi there!

Today’s CAS card showcases the beautiful Simon Says Stamp Snowbell Bouquet die set that I’ve been wanting to use since I bought it last May. I almost used it this weekend but decided to wait until my own snowdrops appeared – only a few stems are peeking through the arctic tundra that is my garden right now. But I didn’t put it away… and when I saw Beth Stern had a sweet new foster called Snowbelle yesterday, I decided it was a sign!

I used a Penny Black frame to ground my images and the sentiment is from an older Clearly Besotted set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Hello Friendly Birdies

Happy Sunday everyone!!

Today’s CAS card showcases two Simon Says Stamp product that I bought last year – the fabulous Birdies die set plus a pretty floral wreath embossing folder. Although this is a very simple card, I spent a while on it – mainly second guessing myself as usual.

The sentiment is from a Waffle Flower Stamps that I’ve had for a while but rarely used, even though it lives in my sentiments box, right on my craft table!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Piped Floral Lace Hello

Hello everyone!!

Between Christmas and the New Year, I started to tidy/reorganise my craft room and was a little taken aback by the amount of new/little used products I unearthed! I have promised myself that I will use them this year. Now this doesn’t mean I won’t be buying any more goodies (I’m only human after all…. and already have an order en route), but I will be mindful about using newer stuff more frequently and more than once!

I also want to send more cards this year. I have realised that I don’t send a lot of my creations – I prefer to make something as and when for my recipients. The only exception is Christmas in July, although I do craft with ‘categories’ of recipients in mind in that month for instance CAS admirers or those who don’t celebrate Christmas. Last July, I was also careful about the thickness of the cards I created as there’s a restriction for a standard card. So this year I will actively create with my existing goodies AND make Royal Mail-friendly creations…. AND get them in the post from time to time!

And so here we are today with the newest arrival in my craft room aka The Most Beautiful Embossing Folder Ever! This is the Altenew Piped Floral Lace 3D folder and I LOVE it! Just look at the incredible detail! It was VERY difficult to find a suitable die cut to add to this – in the end I cut some vellum with an older Honey Bee Studio die and added the Simon Says Stamp Giggle Hello die plus some pearls.

Technically this should be Royal Mail-friendly card but given the state of the cards that landed on my mat this Christmas (almost every single jewel ended up being exposed) – I would definitely add a piece of card to protect it… which probably pushes it beyond the standard postage limits.

I have ideas for making a more postage friendly card with this folder though…more of that later this month!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Christmas in July 2025 – Day 31

Hi there!

It’s difficult to believe but today is Day 31 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2025! 31 days of cardmaking! I did it (again)! Yay!

Today I pulled out the older Simon Says Stamp Corbel Tree die and some purple ink and got cutting and blending. It didn’t actually take me too long to blend each of the petals, but rather than colour the little dots, I used dots cut from glitter card.

I adhered the tree to a background that I had embossed with Simon’s Sprinkle Snowglobe folder. Then came the nerve wracking part – stamping the sentiment! I deliberately chose a small one so that I didn’t need to curve it to align with the snowglobe base, which I always find difficult.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2025 – Day 22

Hi there!

It’s Day 22 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2025!

Today I’ve paired a frame from the older Simon Says Stamp Holiday Frames die set with some fabulous vintage baubles from The Greetery’s Curio Attic Ornaments die set. The baubles arecut from Craft Consortium paper but you would not believe how often I second guessed myself on the pearlescent card I used for the other elements of each bauble!!! I got there in the end though!

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2025 – Day 14

Hi there!

It’s Day 14 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2025!

The star of today’s card is the Memory Box Frostyville Wreath from 2012!

I’ve often struggled with card designs for this wreath and I’ve tended to use it as a frame for a festive image. This time, I paired it with a MUCH newer Simon Says Stamp bow and a Pinkfresh Studio sentiment.

The background is a Spellbinders folder.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.