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Christmas in July 2020 – Day 20

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 20 of Christmas in July! Today I’m playing along with the sketch challenge at  CAS Colours and Sketches.

I used the lovely Honey Been Stamps Let it Snow set. I have had this for a couple of years, but I haven’t actually used it before! I don’t know what’s taken me so long – that snowman is such a cutie, isn’t he? I used a Gemini 3D embossing folder for the background and to complete my card, I added a die cut sentiment by Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2020 – Day 16

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 16 of Christmas in July! Today I’m playing along with the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown! This week, they have a colour challenge – all white. Only black is allowed for the sentiment.

You would not believe the issues I had with this card! I knew I wanted to use the Holiday Mistletoe die from Poppystamps, but the background was a NIGHTMARE! I tried a dry embossed background, a background stamped with white snowflakes, and the Simon Says Stamp Sketched frame die. Nothing felt ‘right’ to me. Then I decided to dry emboss the frame. And the issues continues – the Gemini cut through some of the die, then crinkled the card and then my purple tape took a layer of cardstock when I peeled it off. Argh! Finally I got an impression that was OK. but wonky, so I cut down the panel and adhered that to the card base. After adding the beautiful die cut and a Mama Elephant sentiment, I applied some clear Nuvo drops. I was so worried that I was going to smudge them after all my problems. But I didn’t! Phew!

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2020 – Day 14

Hello again everyone!

So last Saturday, I was making a card for a sketch challenge, but couldn’t quite bring myself to cut up the background I coloured and I ended up going with something else. So, today, I used that background – with minimal cutting!

I heat embossed the pretty Simon Says Stamp Poinsettia background stamp and coloured it using my twinkling H2O paints. I splattered some gold dots and adhered it to a metallic gold panel. To complete my card, I added a die cut sentiment from Winnie & Walter.

I’m entering this into the current Inspirational challenge where the theme is painting or colouring.

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2020 – Day 11

Happy Saturday everyone!

Welcome to Day 11 of  Christmas in July! Today I’m playing along the Freshly Made Sketches challenge – they have such a cool sketch this week, I really had to think about how I would interpret it!

In the end, I heat embossed the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Leaves and Berries background stamp and masked off two triangles before applying Distress Oxide Antique Linen. I used water to lift some of the ink from the leaves and berries and then added a die cut sentiment, also by Simon Says Stamp, to complete my take.

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2020 – Day 6

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 6 of Christmas in July! Today I’m playing along with the Freshly Made sketches challenge – such a cool design this week!

I knew I wanted to include the Poppystamps Snowflake Screen die and the Memory Box Scribble Snowman dies into my take, but I did find it quite difficult to choose a third element. I thought of a stack of snowballs, a Christmas tree, holly or a pine branch. And then I decided on a cardinal! I actually used a non-festive set for my little cardinal – the My Favorite Things Birds of a Feather set.

To complete my take, I added a sentiment by Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2020 – Day 4

Happy Saturday everyone!

Welcome to Day 4 of  Christmas in July! Today I’m playing along with two challenges – the Case this Sketch challenge and  the Color Throwdown challenge. This week’s colour palette is perfect for Christmas foliage – red green, black and white! I spent a little while trying to decide between holly and poinsettia and as you can see, the latter triumphed! I used the beautiful Simon Says Stamp Poinsettia Parade die and cut a couple of panels I had created with Color Bursts and Distress Oxide inks.

To complete my take, I added a sentiment by Sugar Pea Designs and a few gems!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.