Technique – die cutting

Featuring die cutting

Great Day Bouquet

Happy Friyay everyone!

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

When I saw the sketch, I knew I wanted to use one of my favourite background dies – the Geometric Circles die (51-644) with a jar of flowers from the new Charisma stamp set (30-969)*. I started by colouring the stamped image with my Twinking H2O paints and used the colours as inspiration for a distress ink background. I trimmed down the panel, adhered the background die cut and added some Stickles.

While that was drying, I set up my card base and used the Textural die (51-729)* for the background strip in the sketch. After assembling all the die cut elements, I added a little flower from the Swinging die set (51-618) to the jar and a sentiment from the Snippets stamp set (30-283).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

*Kindly sent to me by Penny Black

 

Filigree Easter Egg

Hello again everyone!

Next up today I’m playing along with the Color Throwdown ! The combo this week is perfect for Easter cards – so I decided to make my first Easter card this year!

I snapped up a few Easter bargains in a Simon Says Stamp sale last year – including the fabulous Filigree Message Oval. I’ve been waiting a year to use it and it was worth the wait! I die cut the image twice – I removed all the tiny die cuttings from the first image, which I coloured yellow with distress ink.  I left all the leaves, petals and dots in place on the second image and just coloured them with alcohol markers before adhering the yellow oval on top – much easier than inlaying all those tiny leaves and petals!

The sentiment is also by Simon Says Stamp and the background is embossed with eth fabulous Spellbinders Flower Frenzy embossing folder.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Record Birthday Card

Hello everyone!

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

I started off by making a card for my brother using the Sugar Pea Designs Greatest Hits stamp and die set – but it was only when I was arranging the die cut records and CDs on my card base that I realised that this week’s sketch would provide the perfect layout!

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LucieG.

Texture and layers

Happy Sunday everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Color Throwdown ! After struggling with last week’s palette, this week’s was very similar…. but I was determined to play along! I pulled out my new bargain die set that I picked up in the Spellbinders sale and got crafty!

I remember actually seeing this set when it was the December 2021 large die set of the month. Our post was all over the place and I knew I couldn’t risk an international order at the time. Nowadays Spellbinders dispatches from the UK and so I was so delighted to finally get my hands on it – and it was very good value!

The stitching took FOREVER, but I enjoy doing it on the odd occasion. It does make me think about taking up embroidery… but I just don’t have time for another hobby at the moment sadly!

Anyway, I added the various layers from the die set and a few blooms and foliage from the Big Blooms and Holiday Blooms sets.

The sentiment is by Clearly Besotted.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Backyard floral stems

Hello everyone!

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

I ordered a few dies from Bumbleberrys last week as soon as they received the latest release from the Memory Box family. I really loved the new Backyard Floral Stems die and it was so much fun to play with today. I added it to a background that I had embossed with a bargain Spellbinders folder that I picked up in their sale a few weeks ago.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.