Technique – die cutting

Featuring die cutting

Shiny Icicles

Hello everyone!

I was really pleased when I saw the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week as I thought it would work perfectly with the new Greetery Crystal Charms dies that I purchased this week.

I cut four different types of holographic card with the dies – it’s disappointing that my white holographic card just looks like white glossy card – it’s much more visible in real life, I promise! I also cut some vellum flowers/snowflakes from the Frost Buds die set that I also got this week and added lots of bling!

I created the soft blended background using Speckled Egg distress ink and the amazing Pinkfresh Studio big blending brushes which make blending a dream!

The sentiment is by The Ton Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Peaceful pine

Hello Everyone!

Back in July, I made the decision to make cards to send out this Christmas – and Today Me is very happy that I did that because now I can just craft for fun in December! Of course I seem to be making Christmas cards for all the challenges that I’m now entering, but that’s ok because there’s no pressure!

Today’s card is my entry in this week’s Color Throwdown challenge which has a combo of green, red and cream. Classic Christmas colours!

I used the beautiful Delicate Pine Frame die set by Memory Box, coloured with distress inks. The background was made using the Spellbinders July 2024 Club 3D embossing folder called Branches and Berries.

The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

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.