Technique – die cutting

Featuring die cutting

Shiny Valentine

Hello everyone!

Tday I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge with a Valentine’s card using non-traditional colours!

I received an order from Simon Says Stamp this morning – I picked up a few of their embossing folders in a sale last month! Anyway, I could not wait to play, so I misted the reverse of some satin cardstock and got embossing with the Pinpoint Starlets folder. I love the deep embossing folders but I am very careful after the Great Pinecone Plethora Trauma of 2021! Anyway, I have found it easier to put a cutting plate on top of the embossing folder rather than below it – I find it ensures this satin cardstock stays in place.

I left the cardstock dry and die cut the hearts using a few Memory Box heart dies. I then adhered the Poppystamps Doodle Happy Valentine’s Day on the gold heart before sticking all the hearts onto the embossed base. I have to say this was very difficult to photograph but I got there in the end!

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge has a theme of embossing this week, so I’m also entering this card over there!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

You make my heart smile

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Today I’m playing along with the theme challenge at The Paper Players using Penny Black supplies.

To start, I inked up an image from the Bunches of Love stamp set (30-890) and coloured it using my Twinkling H2O paints before cutting it with the coordinating die set (51-726).

I then cut the heart frame using a die from the fabulous Lovely Borders die set (51-484) and adhered the panel to coloured cardstock. I then added my image and a sentiment from the Words Sweet stamp set (30-525) to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Happy Love Day Heart

HI everyone!

Today’s card was made for the colour challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches – which has a very Valentines-inspired palette!

I used dies by Memory Box and Sugar Pea Designs and the focal point is actually cut from the centre of a Memory Box embossing folder. I added a sentiment by Savvy Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Winter birch

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Today I’m playing along in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge using Penny Black products.

First I stamped a tree from the Woodsy cling set (40-812), masked off the trunk and a strip towards the bottom of my card and blended some blue distress ink across the background and added a little green ink to the base. I removed the masks and used a watercolour pen to add some sparkle to the white section. Unfortunately, the sparkle didn’t photograph at all so I has to go back and add a little texture to the snow using a light grey coloured pencil. I added a sentiment from the When Snow Falls set (30-881) and lots of stickles to the tree – this card is very sparkly in real life!

I felt the card needed a little extra so I added a few birds from the Harmony With Nature die set (51-707) to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Balloon heart basket

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Tday I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge using Penny Black products.

First I die cut a selection of hearts from the Heart Balloons die set (51-493) and coloured them using distress inks. I stamped the pot from the Timber & Tidings cling set (40-795) using Frayed Burlap distress oxide ink and fussy cut it. While it was drying, I sponged a soft background on my card base and then arranged all the balloons and twine. After adhering the pot, I added a sentiment from the Words Sweet stamp set (30-525) – it’s actually my favourite sentiment for Valentine’s cards!

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LucieG.

Fabulous pastels

Hello everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge – it’s a fabulous combo this week – I love creating with pastels!

I coloured the wonderful Wildflower Botanicuts by the Greetery with some distress ink and added Paper Smooches vases which I cut from some patterned paper. The sentiment is by Karen Burniston.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.