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Today I’m playing along in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.
I just love what Cecile called the whimsical fuzzy background!! My interpretation uses a Taylored Expressions abstract stencil and Salvaged Patina ink that I blended and then smooshed onto my card base. I decided to use my new Fleurs Graciles die from Simply Graphic as the focal point for this card and added a little Simply Graphic bow as well.
The sentiment is by Pretty Pink Posh.
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LucieG.
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Today I’m playing along with theme challenge at The Paper Players.
When I saw the theme, I immediately thought of my Hero Arts Bees and Flowers Fancy Die set that I got last year, used once or twice and promptly forgot about!! Time for them to shine again!
I watched Nichol Spohr’s colouring tutorial for this set and decided to colour my bees using my Nuvo alcohol markers. I’m not very skilled with alcohol markers but I particularly like how Nichol coloured the wings and I was delighted when mine looked ok! I didn’t feel my yellow markers were bright enough so I used my beloved Twinkling H2O paints for that part of the bees. I also used a mixture of markers and Twinklings on the flowers.
I very lightly stamped my card base with a honeycomb stamp and added some splatters before arranging my flowers and bees.
I added a Tim Holtz sentiment and a few sequins to finish off my card.
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LucieG.
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Today I’m playing along with a new-to-me challenge called Color My Heart Color Dare. I was originally going to use this card as my entry but when I read the rules, I realised that the tiny bit of green on the flower stems wouldn’t work – but that’s OK, it was a joy to use this cheerful combo to make another card!
To start with, I created three inky panels using Saltwater Taffy, Mustard Seed and Carved Pumpkin distress inks. Then I used the beautiful Poppystamps Potpourri flowers die to cut out some flowers. This die cuts seven different flowers in one go which is so handy!
I embossed a black panel using a frame die (although it’s a bit difficult to see in the photos) and then arranged all my flowers within that frame. When I was finally happy with the arrangement, I stuck them all down and added a very old Hero Arts sentiment to complete my card.
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LucieG.
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Today I’m playing along in the spring Time Out challenge.
I’ve been wanting to use the full Curio Spring Findings die set from The Greetery for a while and this challenge was the perfect excuse, especially as the challenge graphic reminds me of the Crocus Mother’s Day card I made with The Greetery dies!
This card was quite the labour of love – it took me so much longer than expected to colour all those little die cuts with distress ink. But I got there in the end! I adhered all the dies onto a base I’d created by lightly blending some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink onto Simon Says Stamp fog cardstock. I like how that turned out so will definitely be doing that again!
To complete my card, I added a sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh.
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LucieG.
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Today I’m playing along in the Just Add Ink sketch challenge.
I just received the Memory Box Paisley Bloom Leaf Arch die set which I’ve admired from afar for quite a while and when I saw the sketch, I thought it would be perfect. I created a few inky panels with my distress inks first which I used to die cut all the images.
Once I’d assembled my wreath, I added a few dew drops to the flower centres and a Concord & 9th sentiment to complete my card.
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LucieG.
Hello everyone!
Today I’m playing along in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.
I have coveted Birch Press Design’s Wispy Blooms Contour Layers die set from the moment I first saw it in February! Unfortunately, I wasn’t quick enough when Bumbleberry’s got the new release, so I was waiting for restocks….. until I had a coupon for Simon Says Stamp and my willpower cracked and it ended up in my basket. It arrived yesterday and I could not wait to play with it!
For this card, I coloured three blooms with distress oxide inks and adhered them onto my card base, on top of the three strips I created with Memory Box’s Grape Vine Border. The sentiment is by Hero Arts, stamped in my favourite Frayed Burlap archival ink.
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LucieG.
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