Technique – die cutting

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Christmas in July 2024 – Day 26

Hello everyone!

Happy Festive Friday and welcome to Day 26 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024!

Today I used part of the Stampin’ Up Christmas Pinecone die set that I first used for this card. It’s very easy to trim this background die into three sections, so expect to see a couple of similar cards at some point.

I kept this simple with a few gold splatters, a Creative Expressions sentiment and a few die cut snowflakes around the pinecone image

Although now I’m worried about the sentiment… when I bought it, I envisaged it with a bunch of snowflakes and now I’m using it with snow-encrusted pinecones instead… I do hope my recipient gets it and doesn’t think I’m sending them cold, frosty/uncaring wishes. Ahh, it’s clearly too late in the evening and I’m overthinking this – please tell me you wouldn’t be offended to receive a card like this!!

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 25

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Welcome to Day 25 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2025!

Today I chose the fabulous Vintage Ornaments 3D embossing folder by Spellbinders which I got just before Christmas last year. I made the mistake of embossing half a sheet of card with it – and then I could barely brim myself to trim the embossing – so this is a larger card than I would normally send.

I dusted the embossing with a little white ink and added a brand new Creative Expressions die which I cut from glitter card and Craft Consortium paper.

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 24

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Welcome to Day 24 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024!

Back to my beloved trees today and I chose the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Pointed Evergreens die as my focal point.

I cut the image from white glitter card and adhered it to a couple of layers cut from regular card. I loved how the talented Angie had added jewels to her trees a few days ago so I did the same… Glitter card and gems – well you can never have too much bling can you?!

I blended Stormy Sky distress ink to the bottom of a light blue card panel and adhered it to my cardbase. After adhering the tree image, I added an embossed My Favorite Things sentiment to complete my card.

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 23

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 23 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024!

When it comes to festive feathered friends, I always gravitate towards the fabulous cardinal… but how can I neglect our humble robins!

I bought this cute Tiny’s Red Robin die set by Marianne Design last year but I never got round to using it. Well that changed today. It’s a brilliant layering die set – I particularly love how the lower body tucks under the wing and gives some great depth to the image!

After trying a few different foliage dies, I settled on using a couple of die sets by Waffle Flower – the Beaded Wreath die set and foliage from the Layered Winter Bird set. I love how JJ used woodgrain card for her wreath a while ago and just had to try it – fabulous texture!

The background is one of my favourite folders – Gemini’s Pinecone Plethora.

The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 22

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Welcome to Day 22 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024 and it’s snowman time!

I love these cute snowmen from the Trinity Stamps Snowman Builder set – they can be a little fiddly to put together, but they are so worth it!

Time was short again this evening so I just did some simple ink blending to ground the images and added a Mama Elephant sentiment.

The sentiment is by Lawn Fawn.

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 21

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 21 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024!

I felt it was time for another reindeer today so I chose the My Favorite Things Delightful Deer die set and some Craft Consortium paper and got crafty!

The aperture is cut with a Reverse Confetti die and I added some snowflakes from an older Hero Arts background die.

The sentiment is by Lawn Fawn.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.