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Lots of layers

Hi there!

Well the computer frustrations are continuing and completely eroding my crafty time. I’ve never had these problems before… I had heard that build quality had diminished significantly since Covid but I never expected all this rigmarole less than a month after buying a new computer.

Between frustrating calls and online chats, I was actually able to craft today. Lots of layers and lots of Pinkfresh Studio products on top of a background I embossed with a Sizzix folder that I don’t think I’ve used before.

The flower and sentiment is from the You’re the Best product suite and the frame was created with the Notched Corner Frame set. I also tucked sections of the Secret Garden background die behind the frame and added a few pearls. This card is thick and delicate and will definitely not be subjected to Royal Mail’s card destruction processes!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Thank you Color Throwdown!

Hello there!

Well it’s the end of an amazing era! One of my favourite challenges – Color Throwdown is very sadly finishing. Many thanks to the team for their amazing combos, creations and kind words over the past few years, I will miss the challenge and the inspiration.

I discovered the challenge back in 2016 and oddly I can clearly remember the card I made for the gorgeous combo of peach, yellow, light pink and white! I didn’t have a blog back then but shared my entry on instagram. For many years, I loved playing along with this challenge every week and I longed to join the DT! Alas that was never to be but I was so chuffed to be invited as a monthly guest designer in August 2019. I stepped away from a lot of challenges this year but knew I had to post one last entry!

My card today uses the combo of yellow, green and orange in a festive card. I’m pretty much over autumn now (as is our weather) and I adore creating Christmas cards! I knew this combo would work well with the Pinkfresh Festive Foliage tree product suite. My design is drawn from a Jennifer McGuire card from the last Create and Connect event – the whole card is supported by the tree pot (an octogen from the Octogen coverplate die) and the tree/pot are raised from the card base using some folded card – such a clever mechanism that adds amazing depth but flattens right down for posting!

The background is a favourite Sizzix 3D embossing folder.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2025 – Bonus Day

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I can’t believe it’s the first day of August and Christmas in July is over! But it is Festive Friday so that calls for a bonus Christmas in July card I think!

When I was thinking about this card, I felt I HAD to use the Hero Arts Tree Pattern cover die again – I used it for this card on Day 9.

This time I cut it from some Craft Consortium paper and chose five of the trees. I adhered them to a panel that I had embossed with my favourite Sizzix tree folder and added a few stars and a Mama Elephant card to complete my CAS card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2025 – Day 16

Hi there!

It’s Day 16 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2025!

I can’t believe we made the halfway point and I haven’t created one pinecone card yet! So I had to change that today. I used a branch die by Memory Box together with Stampin’ Up pine cones.

The background embossing folder is by Sizzix/49 and Market and is called ‘Pines’ – it’s so beautiful with different wintery foliage, it’s a shame I’ve hidden so much of it really!

The sentiment is from a Lawn Fawn set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2025 – Day 13

Hi there!

It’s Day 13 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2025!

Today I’m celebrating Spellbinders bottlebrush trees! I used the second set of trees that were included in the fabulous Spellbinders/Simon Hurley Whimsical Bottlebrush trees set that I used earlier this month plus dies from the Sealed Christmas Tree Squiggle and Santa’s Workshop sets.

The background is my favourite Sizzix tree folder and the sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

Not a traditional colour combo today – I wanted to used Speckled Egg on my background and used a fabulous colour inspiration book that my parents got me a few years ago – I could never have thought of this combo myself!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Ikebana card

Hi there!

I’m quickly popping in with my entry for this week’s challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.

I’ll be back later to add more photos, but want to make sure I hit the challenge deadline!

ETA – I’m so relieved I managed to get my entry in this evening. This week has been busy and I really haven’t felt like crafting! I only had a couple of hours to create a card this evening and although the card came together quickly, I wasted a lot of time trying to stamp a ‘perfect’ sentiment…. and after all that,  I had huge computer issues. I really thought I wouldn’t make it.

Anyway, I used a fabulous die set by Sizzix called ‘Ikebana’. I cut the images from Craft Consortium paper and then dry embossed a piece of my precious Basic Grey paper with a favourite Simon Says Stamp embossing folder called ‘Spun Glass’. I splattered some gold paint over the background, but the splatters are rather subtle so you can’t really see them in my photos.

The sentiment ifs from a My Favorite Things set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG