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Christmas in July 2023 – Day 29

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 29 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! I started crafting for one challenge this morning but ended up with a card for two of them!

When I saw the Color Throwdown‘s palette this week (pink, aqua, yellow and lime), I decided to make a card with a favourite flowering Christmas tree die…. until I coloured said die cut and realised that I was inadvertently making a spring card!

So, I went with an alternative that I had also been toying with – and used the sketch from this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge. In fact, I actually CASE’d myself as I created something similar back in December.

I started by lightly blending some Altenew Lime ink on the top of my card base and then adhering the coloured branches from The Greetery’s Pine Wisp die set. I then added  ornaments from the Curio: Attic Ornaments set and logs of gems.

To complete my card, I added a sentiment by Penny Black.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 27

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 27 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with this week’s The Paper Players sketch challenge.

The star of today’s card is made from the fabulous Poppystamps Pine Needle Shoots die. I’m not sure how I missed it when it was released last year – I snapped it up as soon as I saw it online in January, knowing that it would get some use in July! I can’t believe that I didn’t use it until Day 27! But when I saw the sketch, I knew it was the perfect opportunity to showcase the pine needles. I cut each set of shoots three times from an ink-blended panel I made ages ago and then layered them up.

I used the amazing Sizzix 3D Christmas Trees embossing folder. I’ve had this a few years now and it is still one of my favorites!

The sentiment is from one of my trusty Mama Elephant sets.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 26

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 26 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with this month’s Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge where the optional twist is ‘Twinkle’.

Twinkle challenge most definitely accepted!! I pulled out the fabulous Twinkle Background die by The Greetery that I didn’t get round to using when I bought it last Christmas and paired it with the gorgeous Twinkle Ornament layering die set by Birch Press Design.

I really wanted to use the amazing Simon Says Stamp Luxe Glitter card behind the background die, but I don’t have much of it so I didn’t really want to use so much on one card… so I used holographic card on the base and the glitter card on the ornament base only!

After assembling the card I added a big bow from The Greetery.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 24

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 24 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with this week’s Just Us Girls CAS challenge.

The challenge theme is ‘three of something’ and so it seemed like the perfect opportunity for me to use my Simply Graphic die set called Gang des peres de noel! I had such fun putting these together!

I cut the windows with an older My Favorite Things die and adhered it to my card base before adding the die cuts. The sentiment is by Creative Expressions.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 23

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 23 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

Today I used a Spellbinders/Susan Tierney-Cockburn die set called Holiday Flora Pinecone and Evergreen Bough that I picked up in the sale a few months ago. I’m so grateful that Susan has made some amazing videos showing how to assemble these! The pine cones still took a while to create but I also tested out my new Waffle Flower Crafts grip mat when I coloured the scales – and it worked really well!

I used my fabulous Gemini embossing folder and a sentiment from My Favorite Things to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 21

Happy Friyay everyone!

Welcome to Day 21 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023!

Super busy day = not much crafty time so I had to made a very quick card today.

I decided that it was time for another snowflake card so I flicked through all my dies and spotted this fabulous Mod Snowflake Bakcground die by Poppystamps. I don’t use it much because I have trouble getting a clean cut in some spots, but I loaded up with additional shims and cut some Craft Consortium paper with it.

I wanted to adhere it to a glittery backgound so I covered a panel in Nuvo glitter paste and then adhered the die cut on top when it was dry.

The sentiment is by Woodware.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.