Technique – die cutting

Featuring die cutting

Three fun trees

Hello everyone!

A quick post today with my card which is my very late entry into the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

It’s a lovely sketch this week and a perfect way to get back to my CAS roots after the stress of the November challenge.

I stamped and cut lots of the images from the Papertrey Ink Enchanted Forest set during Christmas in July and I thought they worked perfectly with the sketch.

The sentiment is by Simon Says Stamp.

I will be back a bit later with more photos – got to press publish now to hit the challenge deadline (hopefully)! (ETA – now added!)

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

30 Day Christmas Card Challenge 2024 – Day 30

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Martin’s 30 Day Christmas Card Challenge this month. It’s the last day! I’m so chuffed that I managed to play along, even if I didn’t always keep up every day!

The theme of Day 30’s challenge is ‘countdown’.

I struggled with this one and quite honestly I just wanted to get this challenge finished! I ended up using the Waffle Flower Crafts small ornaments die set, lots of Craft Consortium paper and an old scrapbooking calendar stamp set!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

30 Day Christmas Card Challenge 2024 – Day 29

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Martin’s 30 Day Christmas Card Challenge this month.

The theme of Day 29’s challenge is ‘holiday post’. Aha! Perfect opportunity for me to use the US mailbox die set from the Spellbinders 2022 Advent calendar!

Spellbinders also released a mailbox die set that year and I have some of the foliage elements dies that were part of the release. They were actually a little too big for this mail box, which is the perfect size for my CAS style! The foliage I used is from a company called Find-It.

The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

30 Day Christmas Card Challenge 2024 – Day 28

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Martin’s 30 Day Christmas Card Challenge this month.

The challenge for Day 28 is the last sketch of the event!

I have to confess that I have a few poinsettia die sets that I have never used. Don’t know why I bought them. Actually I do know why – I can’t resist a bargain! Anyway, at least I managed to use one for this card! The Blooming Poinsettia set by Poppystamps takes centre stage, ably supported by sections of the wonderful Antique Pine Frame die by Memory Box. All images were cut from paper from my paper mountain!

The sentiment is by Woodware.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

30 Day Christmas Card Challenge 2024 – Day 27

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Martin’s 30 Day Christmas Card Challenge this month.

Day 27’s challenge is THE classic Christmas colour combo – gold, pine green and holly red.

For my card, I used Kristina Werner’s Merry Trees die set and LOTS of different papers from my patterned paper mountain.

The sentiment is by Crealies.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

30 Day Christmas Card Challenge 2024 – Day 26

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Martin’s 30 Day Christmas Card Challenge this month.

The theme of Day 26’s challenge is ‘elf hustle’.

Is it me or are the themes getting more difficult as the challenge nears the end?

I was really stuck – I don’t do elves at all and I couldn’t even recall a set that might have one! By chance when looking for something else, I spotted an elf face on an Ellen Hutson set called Holiday Characters! Phew! I kept it very simple as this is not a card I will send, although I will donate it at some point. The image is paired with the Memory Box Large Twirling Snowflake.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.