Happy Saturday everyone!
While my Great Festive Cardmaking Frenzy of 2017 may be over, I’m definitely not ready to put my Christmas supplies away!
For this card, I used a couple of dies from Simon Says Stamp together with a stencil and stamp from My Favorite Things.
I’m entering this into a number of challenges:
Casology Challenge (grey)
CAS Mix Up Challenge (stamping, die cutting, stencilling)
Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge (anything goes)
Thanks for stopping by!
LucieG.
Great news everyone! I have finished my Christmas cards! It took AGES to write and address them, but I got there in the end! And that means I can go back to creating rather than ‘mass’ producing!
Here’s one of the quicker Christmas cards I made to send out this year. I made a few of this design with an Avery Elle stamp and various snowflake dies. The one in this card is from Simon Says Stamp.
I wanted to add a little something to the snowflake to finish it off and was so pleased to see how closely the nail heads matched the fabulous blue Delicata ink.
I’m entering this into the current Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge and the Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge.
Thanks for stopping by!
LucieG.
Happy Sunday everyone!
It’s time for a new challenge over at AAA Cards. This fortnight’s theme is Sparkle (perfect for this time of year) and our sponsor is Happy Little Stampers. This challenge will run for four weeks over the busy festive period so it’s open until 6 January 2018. (2018! What happened to 2017?)
I had so many ideas for my card – mainly involving glitter paper/glitter paste/sparkle embossing powder! But none of them turned out how I wanted! So I kept it super simple and chose one of my favourite Memory Box dies from a few years ago. I cut my card base with the die and simply added some holographic paper behind it rather than attempt inlaid die cutting!
I ummed and ahhed about adding a sentiment and in the end I decided against it. At the moment, it can be used as a card for a friend who doesn’t celebrate Christmas, or a thank you card, or anything really. Besides, I can always add a sentiment when I use it! In reality I think I will simply leave it as is when I send it!
It’s been really grey here recently, but I was so pleased that the sun emerged very briefly when I finished making the card. Perfect for showing off the holographic sparkle! Isn’t it pretty?
My teammates have shared some gorgeous CAS cards on the AAA Cards blog and we are also joined by Guest Designer Bharati from Handmade Happiness. She has some amazing creations on her blog, so please drop by her site!
Thanks for stopping by – I do hope you play along with us!
LucieG.
Happy Friyay!
My Festive Cardmaking Frenzy continues, but the end is in sight!
I realised that I had shared a lot of tree cards. I have so many other festive stamps and dies that I really HAVE to use this season!
So here is a quick CAS Rudolph card using a cute die from Poppy stamps and an older stamp from Amuse Art.
I rarely stamp on base cards with my older wood block rubber stamps nowadays so I was particularly chuffed that I managed to stamp this so straight – first time!
Thanks for stopping by!
LucieG.
Hello Everyone!
Christmas is getting closer and I’m getting near the end of my festive card making frenzy!
The Less is More colour challenge this week is traditionally festive – red and green! Here is my take using a Simon Says Stamp die. The greeting is from a set by My Sentiments Exactly.
I’m also entering this into Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge (anything goes) and the Simon Says Stamp Fickr challenge (Christmas).
Thanks for stopping by!
LucieG.
Hi everyone!
This week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge inspired me to look through my oval dies – and I found an older Memory Box die which I thought would be perfect for the challenge! It’s a really substantial die, so I rotated the sketch to create a landscape card.
I cut some regular white card stock using the die and then used some distress inks to colour the snowflake and the bird. I then coated the remaining white card in Stickles.
While the die cut was drying, I softly blended more distress ink onto the base card so that the whole die cut would stand out a little more.
After adhering the image, I added another snowflake to reflect the sketch challenge.
I’m also entering this into the current Memory Box Challenge – ‘holiday greetings’.
Thanks for stopping by!
LucieG.
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