Technique – die cutting

Featuring die cutting

Three Textures

Hello everyone!!

After seeing how many embossing folders I still have in my new/unused container, I’m stepping up my use of them today! Admittedly these two are very new compared to others in my container but I’m very pleased to have used two on one card!

I’ve had the Mod Vases die set by Altenew for a long time although rarely use it because it was too big for my flower dies. But I think it works very well with this beautiful bouquet from Pinkfresh Studio’s Flowers for the Soul washi suite! I embossed the vase with a section of the amazing Textured Blocks folder by Altenew. I just got this and I love that it provides a choice of four textures at a perfect scale in my view. Mind you, this vase is so big it only just fit in one section of the folder!

The background folder is from an order I placed in December – the Lined Circles embossing folder by Dina Wakely for Spellbinders. a big folder but it works well on UK A6 cards.

The sentiment is by The Greetery.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Beyond happy for you

Hello everyone!!

I picked up this beautiful Playful Petals product suite by Pinkfresh Studio when Craftstash was closing down last year. I was so chuffed to get a Pinkfresh bargain and couldn’t wait to use it… and here we are 8 or 9 months later…. Better late than never I guess!

This was a fun stamp to colour – it took me longer than I usually spend but I’m so grateful for these stencils – even when I take a bit longer, I’m still much quicker than when I used paint or pencils. And it’s far less stressful!

I ran the beautiful Charming Stitched Florals coverplate die over a white panel and adhered the flower image and a few pearls. To complete my card I added a sentiment from the Beyond Happy set.

Today is Day 20 of working through my newish/unused box and it’s starting to look emptier! I still have a fair number of embossing folders to use though!

This is my third project that I’m entering into the January Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge. The theme for the month is ‘Year in Review’ – and I have chosen the April 2025 theme of Floral Frenzy.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Framed flowers

Happy Monday everyone!!

Today I used my new Waffle Flower Postage Collage Frames die set that arrived on Friday! I don’t have any of the postage collage products but I love the variety in this die set – endless possibilities! Today I used various little Spellbinders flower dies but I have many more ideas for them!

The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

CAS – the sakura

Happy Sunday everyone!!

I find it quite a challenge to create CAS cards with Pinkfresh Studio products, but here is what I came up with today!

That beautiful branch is from the Sakura product suite. I’ve actually already used the stamp from this suite a few times, but this is the first time using the washi. My new product for today is actually a couple of dies from the Elegant Circles die set that arrived on Friday. I even used some of my Bazzill Bling cardstock – it matches the green of the leaves so perfectly!

To complete my card, I added part of a sentiment from the Tiny Words set I got with a Create & Connect event kit.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

CAS – the vases

Happy Saturday everyone!!

After spending the morning clearing up yesterday’s craftermath, I pulled out some Simply Graphic dies for today’s card.

I wanted to use a new branch set that arrived on Monday and remembered the fabulous vase set that I haven’t used enough! I changed the colours a few times and added a Paper Rose Studio branch die into the mix. I was so happy to use my Speckled Egg distress ink again – it’s one of my favourited distress colours but I feel I’ve neglected it for the past few monnths!

The sentiment is by Clearly Besotted.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Best wishes blooms

Happy Friyay! Well, it is the last few minutes of Friyay here at least!

I had a lot of fun colouring the images from Pinkfresh Studio’s Folk Garden 2 cling stamp suite, but the actual design itself took me most of the evening – nothing seemed to work! I kept adding and removing elements and second guessing myself. I got there in the end I suppose!

I adhered the elements to a panel that I’d embossed with the Dotted Scallops coverplate, added an old Poppystamps bow and a Pinkfresh sentiment to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.