Technique – die cutting

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Jeu de l’Avent 2021 – 15

 

Hello everyone!

Next up today is the card I made for Day 15 of Simply Graphic’s advent challenge!

Another colour combo challenge! The palette was shades of blue and brown plus either gold or copper. I rarely use copper so I pulled out my old pearlescent cardstock an got to work! I loved all the different textures in the challenge graphic so I tried to replicate it by using different cardstocks in my card. I used one of my favourite dies from Simply Graphic – unfortunately it doesn’t cut very well at top so I rarely use it. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp as I don’t have any Simply Graphic sentiments.

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LucieG.

Jeu de l’Avent 2021 – 08

 

Hello everyone!

First up today is the card I made for Day 8 of Simply Graphic’s advent challenge!

A colour combo challenge – always one of my favourites. The palette was kraft, black, white and either gold or silver. I’d usually choose gold but decided to step away from my go-to combo and use silver instead. I used a lovely star stem from Simply Graphic – super simple and CAS but it will be perfect for the recipient I have in mind for this! The sentiment is from an old Clearly Besotted set as I don’t have any Simply Graphic stamp sets.

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LucieG.

Jeu de l’Avent 2021 – 11

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Today I created another card for Simply Graphic’s advent challenge!

This time, I chose the moodboard for Day 11. I was particularly drawn to the vase and the red ornaments on the window sill as well as the yellow glow from the candles. I used a Simply Graphic festive berry die with dies from their non-festive vase set. The sentiment is from an old Clearly Besotted set as I don’t have any Simply Graphic stamp sets.

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LucieG.

Jeu de l’Avent 2021 – 03

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Today I’m finally playing along with Simply Graphic’s advent challenge!

I discovered Simply Graphic a few years ago and fell for their dies – they are so delicate and unique! I’ve been watching the daily challenges on Instagram and hoped I would have time to play along – and today was that day! I’m not sure that I will be able to do many of the 24 challenges, but hopefully I will complete at least 12… we’ll see!

To start with, I chose the sketch from Day 3. This card uses an older polar bear die and a fun tree die from Simply Graphic. I added a Penny Black sentiment because I don’t have any Simply Graphic stamps.

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LucieG.

A Seasonal Arrangement

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Today I’m playing along with the last Color Throwdown challenge of 2021 and it has such a pretty, peaceful palette – mint, red and pink.

Rather than use my go-to white card base, I chose a light grey as neutrals are allowed! I decided to create an arrangement using the Memory Box Antique Pine Label die and some stems/flowers from the Spellbinders Christmas Blooms set.  During Christmas in July, I discovered the perfect sentiment for this die cut (by Simon Says Stamp) so I’ve used that again this time!

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LucieG.

Dancing Snowflake Tile

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Today I’m playing along with the sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.

When I saw this sketch I immediately thought of the Poppystamps Dancing Snowflake Tile die again – I last used it back during Christmas in July for another Freshly Made Sketches Challenge and I knew it would be perfect for this week’s challenge too!

This time I cut it from glitter card and added it to some paper from my patterned paper mountain. The sentiment is by Penny Black.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.