Technique – die cutting

Featuring die cutting

A challenging combo

Happy Monday everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Color Throwdown ! Now I have to confess that the palette was very challenging to me. I’m not sure why… maybe the graphic… maybe just the combo… I really struggled with the aqua as I usually choose a lighter shade when using that colour… but in the end, I stopped overthinking it and just used Peacock Feathers which looked close to the colour in the graphic!

I didn’t like the card I made yesterday so I redid something more ‘me’ after work this evening – I’m glad the challenge doesn’t close until 11pm UK time! I used a vase stamp by Stampin’ Up, stems from Simply Graphic and a frame by Reverse Confetti. The sentiment is by My Favorite Things.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Burst of Blooms

Hello everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge with products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

Penny Black launched their latest release, Cherished 2023, earlier this week – a fabulous collection of florals and cute stamps and I could not wait to play with the amazing dies! First up from me is the beautiful Burst of Blooms die (51-764). Such a pretty die with so many possibilities! In the end, I coloured it with Distress Oxide inks and added a few pearls for the centres.

The sentiment is from the Ever Thanks set (30-813)

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Colourful happy thoughts

Hello everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge .

It’s been almost a year since I played with the Stamp Market’s Add Some Greenery dies so today I chose the smaller one, some coloured paper and got cutting!

To complete my card, I added a sentiment from a Simon Says Stamp set and a few gems.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Vases of sunshine and love

Happy Friyay everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Color Throwdown ! What a beautiful palette this week – yellow, light pink, cream and green!

I just bought the new Altenew Vases set – they arrived yesterday so I decided to use them straightaway.

I combined them with some foliage dies and the fabulous mid-century frame die which I really don’t use enough! The sentiment is also by Altenew.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

You are amazing, strong, brave

Happy Friyay everyone!

Today I’m thinking of a dear friend.. here is a card I made for her with products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

I wanted the beautiful Whisper die (51-737) to take centre stage so once I cut it, played around with different layouts before choosing this one! I used the largest die from the Stitched Frames set (51-709) and cut it from a white panel. I then blended some distress ink over my card base before adhering the frame. I coloured my image and added it to my card, tucking the end behind the frame. I stamped a sentiment from the Thinking of You set (30-825) and added some chunky glitter. I felt the card needed something extra so added some glittery butterflies from two sets (Flourish & Butterflies (51-198) and Butterfly String (51-648)) to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Good vibes butterfly

Hello everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge .

I decided to go with a butterfly theme for my take on the sketch. I started off with some stamped butterflies, but I couldn’t get them to work in the way I’d envisaged. So I pivoted! I decided that the beautiful Memory Box Butterfly Vine die would be the focal point and used a circle of patterned paper for the second shape.

I masked off a section of my card base and used the Penny Black Script stamp (40-470) * for the horizontal strip and added the die cuts on top. Finally I added a sentiment from a Simon Says Stamp set to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

* Kindly sent to me by Penny Black.