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Christmas in July 2023 – Day 15

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 15 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with this week’s Color Throwdown challenge.

This week’s combo is aqua, kraft, gold and cream. I just love the inspiration pic and toyed with bringing in mid-century modern elements, but I really wanted to use the Sizzix Honeycomb Frenzy embossing folder that Broni used on one of her DT cards a few months ago – I rushed online and found said folder which arrived promptly but remained untouched!

So I started with a piece of embossed gold mirror cardstock and went from there. I chose the Snowflake Sprig by Memory Box and the Simon Says Stamp Alicia snowflake plus a My Favorite Things sentiment. I still felt the card needed a little something more so I added a few snowflakes from a Lawn Fawn set and LOTS of shimmery paint splatters!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Another Bird Trio

Happy Sunday everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge .

I knew I wanted to use the cute Sizzix/Olivia Rose Painted Birds die set and used Craft Consortium paper to create a few birds. I then spent a LOT of time trying out different shapes to replicate the circles in the sketch. In the end, I used a foliage die from Honey Bee Studio.

The sentiment is by Woodware.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Bestest Bird Trio

Happy Sunday everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Color Throwdown which has a really interesting combo of blush, dusty rose and white.

I loved this combo as soon as I saw it, but I found it soooo challenging to recreate. I’m really grateful that Wanda from the Design Team shared the distress inks that she used – that was really helpful to me.

I just received a big crafty order so I knew I wanted to use the cute Sizzix/Olivia Rose Painted Birds die set. I also bought a few Craft Consortium paper pads – they have a line that replicates alcohol inked panels and as I don’t use alcohol inks, I thought I’d give them a go! It took me a while to find a colour combo that I felt happy with – but now that I have photographed it, the blush looks more on the purple side…..

So I created another version, this time with birds cut from panels created with Milled Lavender and Tattered Rose distress inks. And now the Tattered Rose looks more on the peach side…. Argh! Who would have thought that a combo that I LOVED on first sight could prove so challenging to create with my crafty supplies?!

Anyway, the background die is Honey Bee Stamps’ Delicate Daisy Cover plate and the sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Easter Greetings Chicks

Happy Good Friday!

Well I’m feeling very confused as it has felt like a Saturday to me all day today – nice to have a bonus tomorrow!

Anyway, today I’m playing along with theme challenge at The Paper Players.

As it’s almost Easter, I felt I had to choose either chicks or bunnies for the animal theme – and I ended up using Tim Holtz’s fabulous Colorize Chick die set.

The nest is by Memory Box and I added a Reverse Confetti frame and Pretty Pink Posh sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Day 1 – 6 Days of Christmas Tags 2022

 

Hi everyone!

Back in 2017, I discovered Tracey McNeely’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags and played along every year since then. Last year, she decided to stop hosting the challenge but as there’s 10 years of tag inspiration on her site, I decided to create my own event! So, I decided to create my own event and have decided to do that again this year! In November, I randomly selected 25 days from Tracey’s event blog posts from 2011 to 2020 and will be using those tags as my own inspiration! Unfortunately, life got super busy for me in the autumn so I wasn’t able to make 25 tags this year…. I only managed 6 which I will be sharing over my next few posts.

So for Day 1, the inspiration comes from Day 12, 2019. This is what I came up with in 2019.

I heat embossed some snowflakes on my kraft tag and added a Sizzix deer die cut. I covered his antlers in glitter and added a few pearls plus a stamped sentiment!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.