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For today’s super CAS card, I used a very new embossing folder by Spellbinders called Molded Frame plus a couple of Simply Graphic dies that I’ve had for a year or so.
I love this folder – very simple and absolutely perfect for showcasing a delicate image.
As I’m trying to build up my ‘mailable’ cards this month, I didn’t add a sentiment but will probably add one before I mail it.
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LucieG.
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I have so many unused or seldom used products that I want to use so this month, I’m making a concerted effort to create with them. I’ve discovered that a number of my cards are too thick for the standard postage rate so I also want to make sure I make a few ‘mailable’ cards as I’d like a few more on hand!
I’m not sure I’ll be able to make a card a day so we’ll see how it goes but one thing I want to do is have fun – and that means no stressing about photography either. I do find it difficult to take decent photos of cards at times – especially the more traditional front-facing view. So at times there may be fewer photos in these posts – like today actually!
Speaking of today’s card, I used a few new Spellbinders products – the Blooming Stems die set and the Flourish embossing folder. The seal is made using a new die set by Waffle Flower Crafts. The sentiment is from an older Woodware set but the oldest product I used was the Glossy Accents on the edges of the seal – I’ve had it for years and couldn’t believe it still flowed. I have treated myself to a new bottle now though – and surprise surprise it was the same price as the one I bought at least 7 years ago!
I’m pleased because I used my card scraps for the stems and I like how they turned out! I’ve been colouring stems with ink recently, but may make more use of my scraps this month! I never intended to have a blue background – I was literally just testing the layout against my embossing folder swatch when I realised the colours worked so I went with it… I need to do a new swatch now though!
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LucieG.
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It’s Day 2 of LucieG’s Egg Week 2025!
Today I used the Big Egg die set by Reverse Confetti. I actually tried this with several different papers and colours but in the end I chose this version with some beautiful My Mind’s Eye paper. The background is a Spellbinders folder and the bow is from a new Simon Says Stamp set.
The sentiment is from a set also by Simon Says Stamp.
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LucieG.
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Today I’m playing along with this fortnight’s Color Throwdown challenge. Another pretty combo of blue, green and lime green this time.
I used a bit of artistic licence with today’s sakura card – not a drop of pink on this interpretation!
After trying MANY ideas with coloured card and patterned paper, I ended up with this super simple take by painting strips of colour and adding The Stamp Market’s Ready to Bloom die. The centres are from a small Spellbinders die set that I bought solely because I liked the little flower centres!
The sentiment is by Creative Expressions.
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LucieG.
Happy Sunday friends!
Spring seemed to spring in my little part of the world this week and I managed to do some gardening, although today was less pleasant. Still I was in the mood for spring crafting and when I saw that the theme for this fortnight’s challenge at CAS on Sunday was ‘spring’, I decided to play along!
The daffodils are popping in my garden and all around the place right now – I love the bright bursts of colour, especially on greyer days like today! So I grabbed the Simon Hurley/Spellbinders Daffodil Frame die set and my inks and got busy!
I added my image to a background I had embossed with the Simon Says Stamp Floral Butterfly Bouquet folder. I love these tulip images and only noticed the butterflies after I had read the folder name when it was released last month. So when I felt that my card needed something more, a few butterflies seemed the natural choice and I die cut some using the Simon Says Stamp Flickering Butterflies set.
The sentiment is from an older Memory Box set.
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LucieG.
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Next up today is my take on this week’s fabulous sketch at the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I just love all those layers!
After trying a few items, I decided to use the Paper Rose Studio Little Foliage Circle die as my focal point. I cut it several times and coloured it with various inks. I decided to cut and layer the little flowers rather than mask them and while I was adhering them I remembered that I had coloured in purple last time I used the die – back in 2021! Cutting and adhering the flowers was MUCH quicker I think!
I used a Spellbinders embossing folder for one panel and some Craft Consortium paper for the larger strip in the sketch – I blended some purple ink over the paper so that it would tie in with my inked flowers!
The sentiment is by The Ton Stamps.
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LucieG.
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