Technique – die cutting

Featuring die cutting

Snowcup

Happy Festive Friyay everyone!

I have to confess that I almost didn’t play along with the challenge at the 52 Christmas card challenge where the theme is ‘Christmas Cup’. I do have a few Christmas mug stamps but I wanted to do something different…. Then today I remembered a bargain cup set that I go from Simon Says Stamp YEARS ago. I’ve never used the cup, but I did use the spoon from the set to make this card last year. Anyway, today was the day that the cup die finally had a chance to shine!

I also used one of my newest stamp sets – the Snowmen layered stamp set by Kitchen Sink Stamps, which sadly you can’t get from a UK store as far as I know (come on Seven Hills/ Dies to Die for/ Bumbleberrys!!)

I used three Altenew inks for the snowman and added extra die cuts coloured with distress inks. Lastly, I used a stencil with Tumbled Glass and Frayed Burlap distress inks to ground my die cuts and a sentiment from the Shine Upon You mini set (30-928) which was kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Bat and Hats

Happy Saturday friends!

I wasn’t planning on making a Halloween card this weekend, but when I saw the Freshly Made Sketches challenge, I could not get a Halloween idea out of my head… so this morning, I got busy with some products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

This card evolved a LOT as I played around with the stamps and dies! The bat and hats were the only constant! The bat is from the Ghostly Greetings set (30-594) and the hat is from the Sweet Witch mini set (30-597). I didn’t mask the witch’s face when I stamped the images but then I decided that I wants to add some depth to the image. So, I cut some ovals from black card, adhered them under the hat image and then fussy cut around it to leave a thin white border.

I had originally planned to include two more stamped images but when I started to assemble the card, I decided a couple of glittery die cuts might provide some nice contrast! As I went through my newly-organised dies, I spotted the vine die in the Hanging Planter set (51-501) which I thought would work well – I cut into the back of the glitter card to reverse the image.

I wanted to add some colour to the top of my card to ground the images, but I didn’t want to blend ink as I had done that on my Big Boo card. So I smooshed some Frayed Burlap distress ink instead and added a tiny amount of Crooked Broomstick Mica stain as well.

Finally and I hung the images from one of the branch dies in the Nestled set (51-722) and added white Nuvo drops to create the berries and complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Butterfly smiles across the miles

Hello everyone!

I’ve created a card for two of my favourite challenges today – Freshly Made Sketches and the Color Throwdown challenge which has a combo of green, orange and blue.

Lots of different techniques and manufacturers for this one! A background panel embossed with a Simon Says Stamp folder, Craft Consortium paper cut with the Altenew Fine Frames Circles die and Memory Box’s Beloved Snowflakes die, an ink blended butterfly created with my favourite Memory Box butterfly (Vine Butterfly) and finally a Mama Elephant sentiment. It didn’t take too long to create as each of the techniques is pretty quick!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Merry Little Christmas wishes

Happy Friyay everyone!

Have you noticed that Fridays are becoming quite festive on my blog? I seem to be entering the Christmas Card Throwdown quite late each week! This week that was because I had no time for crafting until this evening AFTER I’d cleared up the craftermath from last Saturday! Anyway, I’m playing along with the sketch challenge at the 52 Christmas card challenge.

I lightly blended Weathered Wood and Speckled Egg distress inks across the lower part of a white panel which I then embossed using the Simon Says Stamp Refracted embossing folder. After adhering that to my card base, I added three little Charlie und Pauchen die cut trees.

The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Blue blossom branch

Hello everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge which has a combo of coral, light blue and navy.

I remembered a card that I’d made for a similar combo a few years ago and decided to showcase another stunning background die – the daisy chain background by Pinkfresh Studio. I adhered it to my card base and adhered a frame that I’d cut with an arch die. I cut the Paper Rose Blossom Branch die from some glitter card and added it to the card base. I coloured a few flowers with alcohol markers and then filled in the rest of the flowers with the die-cut petals – quite a laborious process, I have to say!

Finally I added a sentiment by Birch Press Design to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

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Mod winter hugs

Hi everyone!

For my final card of the day, I’m playing along with the sketch challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches.

There are so many possibilities for this sketch – too many sprang to mind and I dithered until the 11th hour when I grabbed my brand new Tim Holtz/Sizzix Holiday Blocks thinlets dies and got cutting! I used some Craft Consortium papers and so this card came together in less than an hour… I just made the challenge deadline – phew! The sentiment is from a Mama Elephant set. I think I would have preferred ‘winter wishes’ but this works!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.