Technique – die cutting

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Christmas in July 2026 – Day 15

Hi there!

It’s Day 15 of LucieG’s Christmas in July and today I’m playing with a new-to-me die from the ‘olden days’!

I have several intricate Christmas tree dies by Memory Box – they’re all over 10 years old and I still cherish them. Last year, I  saw another tree online – the Kensington Christmas Tree from 2014. I searched EVERYWHERE for it and eventually found it in a closing down sale! I was so happy to get my hands on it… I can’t believe how long its taken me to use it.

Fun Fact – this tree was actually cut to be a supporting layer to a colourful version that I was working on… but then I loved the simplicity of the white and how nicely the etched lines appeared on the petals and leaves so I pivoted. This may just be my favourite card of this year’s Christmas in July!

The background panel is cut with a die from Spellbinders’ Modern Oval set and the sentiment is from a fabulous versatile sentiment set by Paula Pascual.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2026 – Day 14

Hi there!

It’s Day 14 of LucieG’s Christmas in July!

I finally had more time to craft today and as a result I enjoyed the process again – I wasn’t rushing to just get my card – any card – made!

I picked up the Lisa Horton/Spellbinders Festive Ornaments die set in a sale earlier this year. I was particularly drawn to the Christmas pudding design because I don’t actually have any pudding dies – just a couple of older pudding stamps. I used some Craft Consortium paper to create the puddings themselves and then some of my fabulous Tonic Studios speciality paper for the custard!

I adhered the puddings to the Waffle Flower Radiating Diamond Frame and added the perfect sentiment that I found in an older Hero Arts set called Holiday Messages and Frames.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2026 – Day 13

Hi there!

It’s Day 13 of LucieG’s Christmas in July!

Once again I didn’t have much time to craft so I pulled out the easy-to-use Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia Tree die set and some of my coloured paper mountain and got cutting. Sadly there was a casualty today – my Tim Holtz/Sizzix sidekick! The handle broke off! I’m going to see if there’s a way of fixing it tomorrow.

Anyway, after assembling my tree, I adhered it to a background panel that I’d embossed with another new-to-me folder – Spellbinders’ Christmas Cameos 3D folder.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2026 – Day 12

Hi there!

It’s Day 12 of LucieG’s Christmas in July and I used another new die that arrived yesterday – the eye-catching Birch Press Design Scandi ornament.

I paired it with a pine branch from The Greetery and a Mama Elephant sentiment from their Puffy Holiday Greetings set.

The background panel is embossed with a Simon Says Stamp embossing folder that I think is retired now.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2026 – Day 11

Hi there!

It’s Day 11 of LucieG’s Christmas in July and today a wonderful crafty order landed on my doormat – I always love it when the Memory Box family has a new release and this month all three brands have some fabulous Christmas in July dies.

I used two new Poppystamps sets (Trimmed Trees and Merry Christmas Fluffy Script), cut from my ombre/patterned mirror card and adhered to a background panel that I embossed with the Simon Says Stamp Star Lattice embossing folder.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2026 – Day 10

Happy Festive Friyay!

It’s Day 10 of LucieG’s Christmas in July but I didn’t have much crafty time this evening so I stepped outside my CAS comfort zone and created a quick card with a large snowman using the Happy Snowman die set by Trinity Stamps!

I used some of my patterned paper mountain and the Simon Hurley/Spellbinders Sparkling Anow 3D embossing folder for the background.

The sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp Big Holiday Words set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.