Simply Graphic

Jeu de l’Avent 2021 – 15

 

Hello everyone!

Next up today is the card I made for Day 15 of Simply Graphic’s advent challenge!

Another colour combo challenge! The palette was shades of blue and brown plus either gold or copper. I rarely use copper so I pulled out my old pearlescent cardstock an got to work! I loved all the different textures in the challenge graphic so I tried to replicate it by using different cardstocks in my card. I used one of my favourite dies from Simply Graphic – unfortunately it doesn’t cut very well at top so I rarely use it. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp as I don’t have any Simply Graphic sentiments.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Jeu de l’Avent 2021 – 08

 

Hello everyone!

First up today is the card I made for Day 8 of Simply Graphic’s advent challenge!

A colour combo challenge – always one of my favourites. The palette was kraft, black, white and either gold or silver. I’d usually choose gold but decided to step away from my go-to combo and use silver instead. I used a lovely star stem from Simply Graphic – super simple and CAS but it will be perfect for the recipient I have in mind for this! The sentiment is from an old Clearly Besotted set as I don’t have any Simply Graphic stamp sets.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Jeu de l’Avent 2021 – 11

Hello everyone!

Today I created another card for Simply Graphic’s advent challenge!

This time, I chose the moodboard for Day 11. I was particularly drawn to the vase and the red ornaments on the window sill as well as the yellow glow from the candles. I used a Simply Graphic festive berry die with dies from their non-festive vase set. The sentiment is from an old Clearly Besotted set as I don’t have any Simply Graphic stamp sets.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Jeu de l’Avent 2021 – 03

Hello everyone!

Today I’m finally playing along with Simply Graphic’s advent challenge!

I discovered Simply Graphic a few years ago and fell for their dies – they are so delicate and unique! I’ve been watching the daily challenges on Instagram and hoped I would have time to play along – and today was that day! I’m not sure that I will be able to do many of the 24 challenges, but hopefully I will complete at least 12… we’ll see!

To start with, I chose the sketch from Day 3. This card uses an older polar bear die and a fun tree die from Simply Graphic. I added a Penny Black sentiment because I don’t have any Simply Graphic stamps.

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.

Non-traditional Ornaments

Happy Saturday everyone!

Today I’m playing along with this week’s Color Throwdown challenge which has a combo of orange, peach, red and pink.

I found this a bit of a challenging combo… probably because I immediately though of creating something flowery but my initial design would have needed a green and I couldn’t get that out of my head. In the end, I pulled out some Simply Graphic ornament dies and distress inks and got to work on (yet another) non-traditional Christmas card. I wanted a bit of sparkle so used a Tim Holtz stencil to create a subtle glittery background. The sentiment is by My Favorite Things.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.