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LucieG Christmas in July 2024 Challenge

Hi everyone!

Once again, I really enjoyed devoting a whole month to Christmas cards! I know my decision not to participate in challenges really helped – it freed me to create cards that I KNOW I’m going to send later in the year AND enjoy the process!

I generally ‘shopped my stash’ although I did end up using a lot of products that I bought in post-Christmas sales, so a lot of the dies and stamps were relatively new to me. And of course I had my Spellbinders’ Christmas in July goodies which I got just in time for the last couple of days!

Thanks to everyone who followed along and shared kind comments with me – I really appreciate all of you!

Have a great day!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Bonus Day

Hello All!

Well it’s the first day of August! I can’t believe Christmas in July is over! I have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge I set myself and I know I will be grateful to have all these cards in November when I will need them!

Anyway, as my Spellbinders Christmas in July package arrived yesterday, I carried on with my Christmas crafting so this is my Bonus Christmas in July card!

I used the fabulous Bibi Cameron Snowflake card Creator die set which I have coveted since it was released last year. This is one of those dies that I really wanted to see in real life before committing. Oh how I wish I still had one of the four bricks and mortar shops that I used to have within a 45 minute drive. Anyway, it was half price in the sale so I decided to get it. And it is BIG – 15cm point to point for the base. It quite an optical illusion though because this card doesn’t feel that bid.

I folded a sheet of A4 card in half and then hung part of the die over the crease – this way I still had a hinged card base after it was cut. I gave up a sheet of 6×6 holographic card for the detailed snowflake – which is surprisingly delicate! Once that was glued down, I decided that I wanted to add some more snowflakes rather than the foliage that comes with the set. I used Memory Box’s Star Snowflake Discs.

Finally I added a sentiment from the Many Merry Christmas Sentiments set, also a Spellbinders bargain. I have to confess though, I bought the whole set because of this particular sentiment which is so me!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 31

Hello everyone!

I cannot believe it’s Day 31 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024! Where did the month go? As usual, I still have ideas (and supplies) that I haven’t used!

Of course, I couldn’t resist adding to my supplies during a Christmas in July sale! And my order actually arrived this morning so I have been able to create with it before July is out! Yay!

I chose the brand new-to-me Flowering Christmas Tree Burst 3D embossing folder by Spellbinders. I just LOVE this design, but it is on the large side so like the card I created for Day 25, this is a larger card than I would normally send!

I went for bolder colours than my usual palette and darkened both of my pieces of coloured card with distress inks.

The tree die is by The Stamp Market and I added a few die cut flowers to reflect the embossed trees. The sentiment is an old Hero Arts wood-mounted stamp.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 30

Hello everyone!

It’s Day 30 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024! I was hoping that a Christmas in July crafty order would arrive this morning but sadly it didn’t… so I turned to my Plan B which I had started working on ‘just in case’.

The background is embossed with my beloved Pinecone Plethora folder and the main image is an oldie but goodie – the Antique Pine Label die by Memory Box. After colouring it with distress inks, I added a Simply Graphic berry die and a few cones from the Stampin’ Up Christmas Pinecone die set that I first used for this card.

After assembling the card, I felt the lower section needed a splash of that red mirror card so I added a few berries. I was a bit concerned that they aren’t attached to a stem but now looking at my photos, I think they work!

Of course the sentiment is from my go-to Mama Elephant set!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 29

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 29 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024 and today I have another twofer to share.

Today the small but mighty Winter’s Wispy Trees by The Stamp Market take centre stage, ably supported by embossing folders!

For my first card, I chose a trio of trees and adhered them onto a panel embossed with a Simon Says Stamp folder. The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

For my second card, I chose a different trio of trees and was planning to adhere them directly to an embossed panel again. However, this Spellbinders folder produces some wonderfully deep embossing and the images felt a little heavy for the wispy trees. So I added a simple die cut, some chunky glitter and a Clearly Besotted sentiment.

So which one do you prefer?

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 27

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 27 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024 and today I have a fourfer to share. Fourfer… is that even a word?! Ah well you know what I mean!

The idea for the cards popped into my head last night when I was looking for base card for my pinecone sprig. I tried some Tonic Studio speciality paper – it wasn’t right but I vowed to use it today… well I certainly did that! The tree images are from a set by Marianne Designs that I got a few years ago. I think I can safely say that I really don’t need that coverplate/tree die set that I was thinking about at the start of the month!

For my first card, I cut some black card with the fabulous Heffydoodle background die and added a generous amount of ink splatters! After I had arranged all my trees, I used Scattered Straw distress stickles to ground my little forest.