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Sweetest Jasper Leaves

Hello Everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Color Throwdown challenge which has an interesting combo of mint green, strawberry, light yellow and navy.

I have to say I found this a tough combo to work with, especially as the navy in the inspiration photo was much lighter than the shade I would ordinarily choose.

Eventually, I decided to watercolour the beautiful Memory Box Jasper Leaves die with Cracked Pistachio and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide inks. Then I smooshed some Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide and used it to cut flowers from Spellbinders’ Mini Fall Blooms die set. I felt my leaves didn’t have enough yellow, so I added yellow centres to each flower.

I struggled with the background. My go-to navy Hero Arts cardstock was definitely too dark, so in the end I chose a lighter shade of navy from my cardstock mountain and added some Chipped Sapphire distress ink to darken it a little.

I added a My Favorite Things sentiment to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Springtime be bold blooms

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Today I’m playing along with sketch challenge at The Paper Players.

My Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms die set was still on my table when I saw the challenge so of course I HAD to use that again this time – using flowers in place of the squares in the sketch. I applied distress ink to the flowers before adding a die cut flower centre. While the three flowers would have been enough, I just couldn’t help myself… I had to add a few sprigs from the set as well.

I added a Clearly Besotted sentiment and a few sequins to finish off my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

With love be bold blooms

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Today I’m playing along with sketch challenge at the CAS on Friday challenge.

Of course, this sketch had me reaching for my Spellbinders’ Be Bold Blooms die set again. I love how versatile it is! I cut the images from Bazzill Basics cardstock and adhered them on top of my ink-blended square on my card base. A Simply Graphic bow was added to bring all the stems together.

I added a strip of patterned paper and a Clearly Besotted sentiment to finish off my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Autumn is a second spring…

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Today I’m playing along in the Just Add Ink inspiration challenge.

While spring is in full force here in my part of the Northern Hemisphere, friends downunder are starting to see the first signs of autumn so the challenge celebrates autumn and its colours! I so enjoyed making an autumn card right now, especially as the inspiration photo was so incredibly vibrant.

I still had my Bazzill Basics cardstock out so I decided to use that to create a very colourful autumnal card using Spellbinders’ Mini Fall Blooms. I also used the flower centres from the Be Bold Blooms set.  This card went on quite a journey! I started off with quite a limited colour palette before expanding it significantly!!

To complete my card, I added a sentiment from Clearly Besotted – it seems so apt for this card in particular!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Purple and Green be bold blooms

 

Hi there!

I finally got hold of Spellbinders’ Be Bold Blooms die set and I love it even more in real life! I’ve been kicking myself for not grabbing it when I saw it at the start of the year, so I certainly didn’t dither when I saw that Sir Stampalot had them back in stock at the end of last week.

So for my first of undoubtedly MANY cards using this set, I’m playing along with the Color Hues challenge where the two colours are green and purple. I had fun with all my old Bazzill Basic cardstock – and I’m very grateful for all the monochromatic packs I bought back in the day!

After cutting the blooms, I pulled out the Welcome Fall (Happy Harvest) die set by Nichol Spohr for Spellbinders and die cut the apple basket. This basket has open sides and I always like to fill it with foliage rather than see the background through it! So I cut a few extra leaves and adhered them to the back of the basket before arranging the Be Bold Blooms.

Finally, I added a Woodware sentiment to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

January 2022 Get Cracking on Christmas

Hello everyone!

Yes, it does feel rather early to be making Christmas cards, but I couldn’t resist playing along with Jenn Shurkus’s ‘Get Cracking on Christmas’ and the CAS Christmas challenge today. I still haven’t put away some of the Christmas dies that I didn’t get round to using last Christmas, including this gorgeous Bottlebrush Tree dies by Spellbinders. I used it during Christmas in July, but it was sadly neglected later in the year!

The die set includes two spindly trees and my card came together really quickly once I decided to alter the size of the trees! I simply snipped off some branches and cut a thinner trunk to create those smaller trees!

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

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.