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Heart Week 2026 – Day 2

Hi there!

It’s Day 2 of Heart Week 2026!

My original plan for today’s card didn’t quite work out so I pivoted to my trusty True Love Stem die by Poppystamps!

I cut it from some patterned mirror card and adhered it to a folk heart that I’d embossed with the Plaster embossing folder by Simon Hurley for Spellbinders.

To complete my card, I added a wood-mounted stamped sentiment and s few sequins.

Meanwhile, I think I’ll still do my original planned card at some point this week – I just need a longer crafty session and possibly a clearer table to work on it!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Heart Week 2026 – Day 1

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 1 of Heart Week 2026!

Today I pulled out The Most Beautiful Embossing Folder Ever (Piped Floral Lace by Altenew) once again. I decided that a single die cut image would provide a great base to showcase those stunning embossed images. I added some ink to a die-cut heart and then ran it through the folder. Super quick and simple! Initially, I was just going to adhere a sentiment by The Greetery, but decided to add some thread to ground the image and add just a little something extra.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Bloomscape Thanks

Hello everyone!!

While I enjoyed focusing on using new products during January, I kept wanting to create with the beautiful Pinkfresh Studio Bloomscape suite that was released towards the end of last year. It really is one of my favourite Pinkfresh sets, especially as it includes a cling stamp which stamp thin lines so beautifully!

I found a very ‘me’ combo in my colour book and got crafty! Once again I could not stop messing around with the arrangement. It took far longer than it should have but I got there in the end!

I actually used another new product on this card – one which I bought in January – a die from the Fancy Edgers set. I’m very into lacy edging at the moment and this die is so pretty!

The sentiment is from a set by The Greetery.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Enchanting Hello

Hi there!

It’s finally the last day of January! It seems fitting that I made another card with new-to-me, but hitherto unused, Pinkfresh Studio products today. This gorgeous suite is called Enchanting Flora – isn’t the washi tape stunning? All those soft colours! All those different greens together! Fabulous!

I used the main image plus a few of the smaller images today and then added a Spellbinders sentiment. I was pleased to find the perfect dusky pink glitter card and actually cut a few dots from the same card to scatter across the images.

I also have images that I stamped and stencilled which I’m really looking forward to turning into a card so watch this space!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

A Gold Hello

Hi everyone!!

I wasn’t going to craft today but then inspiration struck late in the evening! This card didn’t take me too long but photographing it took forever – I think the different golds were throwing off the colour and light balance a bit.

Once again I pulled items from my new box – a Sizzix embossing folder, a Spellbinders sentiment die and the newest item of all, a fabulous branch die by Simply Graphic.

This isn’t going to be mailed so I could go wild (sort of) with my lovely gold pearls!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

CAS – The Framed Mini Bouquet

Hi everyone!!

It’s been a super busy day but this card is proof to me that I don’t actually need hours to put together a CAS card!

I’ve coveted the Irregular Square Frames die set by Simply Graphic for a long time and was very happy to pick it up in their recent sale. It only arrived this morning, but I really wanted to use it so decided to put together a very quick, mailable CAS card.

When I created this card using the Pinkfresh Studio Garden Bouquet product suite, I coloured all the smaller images in colours that were much more in my comfort zone! I was really happy to have them to hand this evening!

I added a tiny sentiment from a Clearly Besotted set and some of my new favourite Twinkle Stickles for some sparkle!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.