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Christmas in July 2023 – Day 14

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 14 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023!

I originally planned today’s card with a challenge in mind – unfortunately I didn’t get round to making it before the challenge deadline, but then I decided to make the card anyway!

I chose the older Simon Says Stamp Corbel tree die which I cut from white card three times and then inlaid pieces cut from some Craft Consortium ink drops paper. This turned into quite a labour of love as there were a lot of tiny bit – those little circles were especially fiddly and kept on disappearing on my craft mat!!

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 9

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Welcome to Day 9 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

This CAS card took far longer to create than it should have because I didn’t like my numerous ink-blended ovals! In the end I chose this one which is a combination of Saltwater Taffy, Wilted Violet and Stormy Sky distress inks! I adhered the little snowman scene from an older Create-A-Smile die on top.

For the background, I used the fabulous Spun Glass embossing folder by Simon Says Stamp.

No sentiment on this card – after spending so long on that ink blending, I just felt I’d mess up a stamped sentiment!

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 4

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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.

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 3

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Welcome to Day 3 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with the sketch challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches.

Switching away from trees and over to snowflakes today! This beautiful snowflake is by Simon Says Stamp and is dated 2013! Ten years old! I don’t think I bought it as soon as it came out, but in any case this has certainly stood the test of time in my view! I used some silver luxe glitter card, also by Simons, and didn’t poke out some die cut areas as I wanted to see more of that amazing glitz!

The sentiment is from my go-to Christmas sentiment set by Mama Elephant.

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 2

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Welcome to Day 2 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with this week’s Color Throwdown challenge.

As soon as I saw the combo. I envisaged some brightly coloured Christmas trees! After looking at every single tree die in my collection, I chose the fabulous Pointed Evergreens die by Simon Says Stamp that I got a few months ago. I cut it from several different inky panels and black cardstock. When I assembled the die cut, I offset the black card slightly to give a shadow effect.

I felt a black background would be more dramatic so I embossed a panel with the Simon Says Stamp Delicate Pine Branches folder and then adhered the trio of trees. I really wanted to add a sentiment that sais ‘have a colourful Christmas’, but O couldn’t find one – I am positive there is one in my collection.. and when I find it, I will be adding it to this card. In the meantime, I used a sentiment by My Favorite Things.

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LucieG.