Technique – die cutting

Featuring die cutting

Harvest of Sweet Memories

Hello everyone!

I have a few posts today as I share cards I made recently for a few challenges that close today.

First up is my entry in the Color Throwdown challenge using some products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

The combo this week is mossy green, rust, kraft and cream – another set that’s perfect for autumnal cards!

I have to say the background was a labour of love! I cut the Leaf Pattern die (51-432) from a panel of cream cardstock. I put the main image to one side (you may see that later this autumn!) and adhered the frame and 3,000 tiny leaves to the card base.  I used the die cut image as a guide to position all the leaves and then worked in sections, picking up gluing down about 8 at a time. It didn’t take too long really!

All the stamped images are from the fabulous Owlsome set (30-718) – I just adore that owl with his leafy ears and wings! And the separate leaves are so pretty! I coloured them with my Twinkling H2O paints and added some stickles too – I wish you could see how sparkly this is in real life!

The sentiment is from the Always Thankful set (30-932).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Harvest love

Hello friends!

Today I’m playing along with the current sketch challenge over at The Paper Players using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

First I cut and embossed the four background strips with the Variegated embossing folder (65-008) and then turned my attention to my focal point. I chose the largest pumpkin and foliage from the Pumpkin Parade die set and used them to cut some old inky panels. After adhering the die cuts to my card base I added a sentiment from the new clear stamp set called Autumn Boots (31-013).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Woodblock Wednesday: Silly Pup

Hi there!

Today I’m playing along with Amy Tsuruta’s Woodblock Wednesday challenge which is a monthly challenge celebrating our fabulous wood-mounted stamps. If you’ve read my blog for a while, you know I love my old wood-mounted stamps and could never part with them! Back in 2019 I even challenged myself to use them for the duration of a couple of the Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge – you can read about that here and here.

I saw a post about the challenge by Lin on instagram today and knew I had to play along. I love seeing how some cardmakers use their older stamps with newer products and I decided to do the same for my card! I chose the fabulous Silly Pup by Hero Arts. This stamp is dated 2006… Seriously, how can this be 17 years old?? I remember buying him – I generally buy cat stamps as I’m surrounded by cat lovers and so it was a Big Deal for me to buy a puppy stamp. But look at his spots!!! How could I not get him?!

I stamped and fussy cut him before adding coloured spots with my Twinkling H2O paints. I stamped his head a second time and adhered that to his body some foam tape – I did toy with using an action wobbler which would have been quite fun!

For my background, I dug into my newer supplies – the Birch Press Design String Art Frame die. The sentiment is also newer – by My Favorite Things.

Amy also said she wanted to know how we store our wood-mounted stamps. I store mine in A4+ Tuff boxes which I keep in my craftroom cupboards. I’ve taken photos of each Tuff box and indexed them so I know the exact location (cupboard/shelf). When I want to use a wood-mounted stamp, I look through my photos and can locate my stamp very quickly. I’ve had this system in place for YEARS and it works really well for me. Wish I could be that organised with my clear stamps and dies!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

 

Bellina Stem

Hi there!

Next up today is my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge. It is a fabulous sketch and I have to say that I feel that the card I made over the weekend for this challenge didn’t do it justice!

So I just made this card very quickly instead – hope I make the deadline! I used the beautiful Bellina Butterfly stem card and a butterfly from the Emelia Butterfly trio, both by Poppystamps.

I used an older Simon Says Stamp stamp for the brushstrokes and the sentiment is by My Favorite Things.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Leaf Bliss

Hello everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

The combo this week is mustard, orange, navy and aqua -perfect for autumnal cards.

I created an inky panel using Mustard Seed, Spiced Marigold and Crackling Campfire distress inks and then die cut it with the new Leaves Turn die set (51-788). These leaves are big so you don’t need many of them to make a statement! I created another panel from Salvaged Patina distress oxide ink and die cut that several times with the Winter’s Best berry stem die (51-791).

I heat embossed a beautiful sentiment from the Always Thankful set (30-932) – and managed to get spots of white embossing powder everywhere, despite using antistatic powder…

I then arranged all my die cuts – this always takes a bit longer than I expect, but I got there in the end!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

MFT Card Design Superstar Contest 2023

Hello dear friends!

I’ve toyed with entering the My Favorite Things Card Design Superstar contest for the past few weeks, but didn’t think I could come up with something that would  use my MFT products in a unique and clever way. But this evening as I was playing with the Sunflower Wreath Die-namics set, an idea popped into my head and I decided to give it a go and enter the Clean & Simple category as that is my favourite style!

And here is my Christmas ornament made with non-festive dies! To start, I cut the wreath from the set and adhered it to a circle cut from navy card. Next I cut foliage images from the Farmhouse Foundations and Fab Foliage Die-namics sets, trimming the larger images a little.

After arranging the images on the die cut circle, I added a few birds from the Birdhouses set and some dots from the Sunflower Wreath set.

I adhered the bauble to my card base and added a sentiment from the Itty Bitty Holiday set to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

PS I’m not sure if I needed to share the contest graphic, but here it is just in case!