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Sakura Celebration Day 4

Hi there!

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.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Daffodils and butterflies

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.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Another purple foliage circle card

Hi there!

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.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Butterflies for a friend

Hello everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the first Freshly Made Sketches challenge of 2025.

It’s a wonderful sketch which has a snowflake shape as the focal point, but having spent a lot of time on seasonal cards (which I LOVED), I was very ready to do something a bit different.

I chose a large butterfly die from a Spellbinders set and coloured it using the coordinating stencil. I cut and dry embossed a butterfly body from the set and I adhered the image to a pearlescent panel that I had embossed with a Spellbinders folder. I added a few Pinkfresh Studio washi butterflies to the large butterfly, reflecting the sketch.

Finally I added a Pinkfresh Studio sentiment and a few sequins to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas Boutique

Hello Everyone!

Just popping in with a mini card that I wanted to share at Christmas, but that was delayed due to a migraine!

Anyway, I picked up the Christmas Boutique die set in Spellbinders’ pre-Christmas sale and was thrilled to receive it just before Christmas. This was not on my wish list at all, but it was a real bargain so I just had to get it! I’m so glad I did as it was an absolute joy to use! I know some people may find all the little die cutting a bit fiddly but I love die cutting and colouring so I was in my element!