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Christmas in July 2024 – Day 8

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 8 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024 and today I have a twofer to share.

I’ve been trying to talk myself out of buying a tree die set that I’ve liked since it was released last year. It quickly went out of the stock here in the UK and I forgot about it… but of course I have remembered it again and it’s in stock! BUT…. I have SO MANY tree dies and stamps that I just don’t feel that I can justify another set! In fact I have spent a fair chunk of my weekend crafty time proving to myself just how many sets I currently have by using them! So today is the turn of Spellbinders’ Tree Squiggle Etched die!

The die set has two trees that you layer to create a tree. For my first card I stamped a Woodware background stamp on my card base and adhered a silver die cut tree on top. I then added a sentiment by The Ton and a few glittery stars.

For my second card, I cut both dies twice – from glitter and mirror card and layered them all together. I really like the fullness of this second tree! I adhered it on to some old Bo Bunny patterned paper and added a sentiment from my go-to Mama Elephant set.

So which one do you prefer?

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 7

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 7 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024.

I chose a fun snowman from a Simply Graphic die set for my focal point today…. and then spent AGES searching for a background stamp that I couldn’t find…. maybe I don’t have it after all… but the upside was that I found some supplies that I’d completely forgotten about and they will soon be making an appearance on a card.

In the end I chose a circle stamp from an older Altenew set for the background.

To complete my card, I added a Mama Elephant sentiment and some stickles.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 6

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 6 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024! Today I’m honoured to be the Guest Designer for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown’s Sketch challenge.

I have to confess that it took me some time to create this card. I wanted to be true to my CAS style but there are a lot of panels in the sketch. Eventually I chose a subtle Taylored Expressions embossing folder to create two white background panels – they’re a bit difficult to see in the smaller photos, but they are there – promise!

I then added the beautiful Memory Box Frosty border that I trimmed a little plus additional die cut snowflakes and a sentiment from a very old Hero Arts wood-mounted set.

The Design Team has some amazing inspiration on the challenge blog – I hope you can play along!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 4

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 4 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024!

Today’s CAS card was made using two Simply Graphic dies, glitter and holographic card plus a Mama Elephant sentiment.

Although this card looks pretty simple, I tried a LOT of different permutations before landing on this one!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 3

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 3 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024!

Today I’m playing with Poppystamps dies to create a little Snowglobe!

The focal point is actually made from two die sets released a year apart – the Pine Needle Shoots set that I used for this card last year and the Wide Pine Needle Shoots that was released for Christmas 2023. When I saw the wider die set, I had an idea to combine the two sets so I was happy to put that idea into reality today! I’ve gone for a snow-tinged effect with the thin white glitter card shoots but this could work with different shades of green or whatever colour you want your little tree to be!

The snowglobe itself is made with the Simple Rings and Snowglobe Bases die sets plus some Lawn Fawn patterned paper.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 2

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 2 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024! Today I have one of those cards that is created for ‘November me’ (I hope!).

I thought that Creative Expressions ‘One Liner’ die cut collection was amazing – here’s a card I made with the tree from this collection. I was very excited to play with the One Liner Holly die that I also picked up in a sale earlier this year.

I wanted to let those bold lines shine so I decided that I wouldn’t include the centres of the leaves and berries. I coloured the image with alcohol markers and then adhered it to my card base. I added a thin frame from an Altenew die and a sentiment from a very old Hero Arts set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.