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Gold 2025

Hello everyone!

When I saw the Freshly Made Sketches challenge a few weeks ago, it had me somewhat stumped! Four circles! I never work in even numbers on my cards….. But I found a way with some trees, die cut all the images and then December busy-ness took over and I never got around to finishing it.

Then over Christmas I had a brainwave – the four circles would be perfectly represented with a die cut 2025!! I added my numbers to a gold mirror card base that I had embossed with an amazing 3D Sizzix folder. I added a sentiment from Waffle Flower Crafts and a few white glitter card bursts.

The card was so difficult to photograph! In the end, I had to use my alternative photo set up (rather than my light box) but the natural light was not cooperating – we have had MANY grey days recently. Finally the sun popped out this morning and I grabbed my chance – just in time before the challenge deadline! Phew!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

30 Day Christmas Card Challenge 2024 – Day 20

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Martin’s 30 Day Christmas Card Challenge this month.

 

The theme of Day 202’s challenge is ‘ugly sweater’.

Well, it may be difficult to believe but I don’t have any ugly sweaters in my crafty collection! So this was a real struggle to me! So I interpreted the challenge as ‘Christmas jumper’ instead! I pulled out the very old Hero Arts/Sizzix stamp/die combo that I finally got on ebay last year I think. I love the reindeers in their little Christmas jumpers – plus one of them looks like he’s jumping so I’ve got my own little play on words.

I don’t usually do scenes that cover a whole card but I bought this fabulous Sizzix stencil set a few weeks ago – I love how quickly stencilled scenes come together.

The sentiment is by from a very old Hero Arts wood-mounted stamp set. I stamped it from Cloud 9 Silver ink – unfortunately it dried with a rather mottled effect but I felt it went well with the card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

30 Day Christmas Card Challenge 2024 – Day 18

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Martin’s 30 Day Christmas Card Challenge this month.

The challenge for Day 18 is another sketch.

I bought this large Simon Says Stamp bauble die back at my first Create in 2015. It was a low key event compared to how it is nowadays but I absolutely LOVED it!

Anyway, I used it with some more Tonic Ombre glitter card and pulled out my old Darice and Sizzix 2D embossing folders.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

30 Day Christmas Card Challenge 2024 – Day 5

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Martin’s 30 Day Christmas Card Challenge this month.

Today’s challenge is a sketch with lots of layers. I ‘cheated’ a bit and used ink blending instead of one layer!

I used an older Hero Arts cling stamp and my favourite Sizzix tree embossing folder for my take.

The sentiment is by The Ton Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 27

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 27 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024 and today I have a fourfer to share. Fourfer… is that even a word?! Ah well you know what I mean!

The idea for the cards popped into my head last night when I was looking for base card for my pinecone sprig. I tried some Tonic Studio speciality paper – it wasn’t right but I vowed to use it today… well I certainly did that! The tree images are from a set by Marianne Designs that I got a few years ago. I think I can safely say that I really don’t need that coverplate/tree die set that I was thinking about at the start of the month!

 

For my first card, I cut some black card with the fabulous Heffydoodle background die and added a generous amount of ink splatters! After I had arranged all my trees, I used Scattered Straw distress stickles to ground my little forest.

For my second card I used an Alex Syberia background die. I toyed with adding a sentiment but decided to keep it very CAS!

For my third card, I embossed the background with a favourite Sizzix folder – I just love those little deep embossed trees.

And last, but not least is my fourth card – I used an older My Favorite Things sentiment die for this one- and some more gold splatters!

So which one do you prefer?

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.