Technique – die cutting

Featuring die cutting

Duet

Hi everyone!

For my second card of the day, I’m playing along with the ‘double’ challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black. This challenge combines colours AND a sketch… and can be quite tricky… but hey, that’s why they are called challenges, isn’t it?

For my card, I used the beautiful Duet die (51-736) and Airy die (51-423). I coloured them using regular distress inks and distress oxides and added them to part of a die cut circle.

I adhered the die cut cluster to a panel that I had embossed with the Variegated folder (65-008) and added a bow and sentiment from the Trust Me builder set (30-710) to complete my card.

(The challenge allows subtle texture as long as it doesn’t detract from the main focal point. I think my bold flowers stand out – hopefully the challenge DT agrees that this falls within their guidelines!)

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Peaceful Perching

Hi there!

I finally had a clear day to craft today – and I am very relieved that my mojo didn’t go AWOL like it usually does when I have a crafty day planned!! First up is the card I made for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

I was very excited to see that Penny Black had launched two new product lines as part of their Sparkle and Shine release – embossing folders and a foiling solution called Stick and Shine. I couldn’t wait to try them!!

For today’s card, I used the Stick and Shine products for the first time and I have to say they are VERY user-friendly – I added that foiled sentiment very quickly with no mishaps whatsoever! I don’t have a foiling machine and I am so pleased that Penny Black has a solution that is super easy and will be kind to my bank account too! The sentiment is from the Xmas Classics set (15-004) which I applied with the dedicated applicator (12-001). The foil is from the Metallics set (21-001).

I cut the panel with a die from the Dainty Dashes set (51-636) and lightly blended some distress ink. For the main image, I used the branches and birds from the Perching die set (51-789) and added a bird from the Nestlings set (51-755). I cut all the images from white card and used distress oxide and mica sprays to colour the branches; the birds were coloured with regular distress ink.

Finally I embossed a strip using the Geometric folder (75-007), adhered it and silver strip to my card base and added the main panel on top.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Hello Dearhearts

Hi there!

Today I’m playing along with the sketch challenge at Just Add Ink challenge using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

I love seeing what other cardmakers create with cute critter stamps but I rarely use them myself nowadays. But when I saw the cute cows in Penny Black’s Sending Smiles release, I knew I wanted to create with them! They remind me of Ermintrude from the Magic Roundabout…. I think it was the flower in the mouth and the shape of their cute little faces!

Anyway, the In the Moooo’d mini stamp set (30-986) and the Cow are You set (30-988) have been on my desk for a while and today I finally got to ink them up!

I fussy cut each cow and coloured them with my Twinkling H2O paints. I then created circular frames using a die from the Stitched Circles set (51-551) and adhered them to a couple of coloured circles. I die cut an ink-blended background from the Stitches of Love (51-597) and then adhered all my images to my card base, following the challenge sketch. I would have loved to have used Ermintrude’s signature phrase ‘Hello, Dearheart’ but I think that the sentiment from the Cow Are You set works very well!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Happy 600th Sketch!

Hello again everyone!

Today I am truly honoured to be celebrating an amazing milestone with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge team and a group of super talented players! Today is challenge number 600!

I enjoy playing along with card challenges and Freshly Made Sketches is one challenge that I always try to play along with whenever I can. I love how different the sketches are and the DT and other players’ cards are always soooo inspiring!

I discovered the challenge in 2016 – I was just on instagram back then but I’m pretty sure that this was the card I made for my first challenge entry – challenge number 261! (I actually unearthed this after I made my card for this week – it made me smile to see that my entry back then also had a dry-embossed strip!)

For today’s fabulous sketch, I chose the Floral Cluster die by Poppystamps which I coloured with distress inks. After adhering it to a die cut circle, I embossed a grey strip with a Simon Says Stamp folder, added a sentiment by My Favorite Things and a few die cut butterflies by Poppystamps and Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Color Throwdown Guest Designer

Good morning everyone!

This week, I have the honour of being the Guest Designer over at one of my favourite challenges – the Color Throwdown Challenge.

The palette for this challenge is grey, aqua and green, such an interesting combination, don’t you think?

It took me a little time to come up with a design – and I ended up using so many different manufacturers on this card – a Tim Holtz stencil, dies by Spellbinders and Birch Press Design and a sentiment stamp by Concord & 9th!

There’s some amazing inspiration from the Color Throwdown DT over on the challenge blog – I do hope you can play along this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Color Throwdown Artsy Leaves

Happy Sunday everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Color Throwdown which has a colourful combo of green, yellow, red and white.

I managed to pick up the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Artsy Leaves die set last weekend – they arrived quickly and I have been looking forward to using a few of them – today was the day!

I cut them from some Craft Consortium paper and white glitter card before adhering them to my card base that I’d also covered with patterned paper.

The sentiment is by Penny Black.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.