Technique – dry embossing

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Christmas in July 2023 – Day 15

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Welcome to Day 15 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with this week’s Color Throwdown challenge.

This week’s combo is aqua, kraft, gold and cream. I just love the inspiration pic and toyed with bringing in mid-century modern elements, but I really wanted to use the Sizzix Honeycomb Frenzy embossing folder that Broni used on one of her DT cards a few months ago – I rushed online and found said folder which arrived promptly but remained untouched!

So I started with a piece of embossed gold mirror cardstock and went from there. I chose the Snowflake Sprig by Memory Box and the Simon Says Stamp Alicia snowflake plus a My Favorite Things sentiment. I still felt the card needed a little something more so I added a few snowflakes from a Lawn Fawn set and LOTS of shimmery paint splatters!

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 9

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Welcome to Day 9 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

This CAS card took far longer to create than it should have because I didn’t like my numerous ink-blended ovals! In the end I chose this one which is a combination of Saltwater Taffy, Wilted Violet and Stormy Sky distress inks! I adhered the little snowman scene from an older Create-A-Smile die on top.

For the background, I used the fabulous Spun Glass embossing folder by Simon Says Stamp.

No sentiment on this card – after spending so long on that ink blending, I just felt I’d mess up a stamped sentiment!

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 6

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Welcome to Day 6 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023!

Today’s card ended up being quite stressful! I had been working on a completely different card, but I realised mid-evening that I really needed more time to play around with it…. but I still needed a card for Day 6…. argh!

In the end I went for this very quick and simple card using two very old Addison Ornament dies by Memory Box and an embossing folder by Spellbinders.

The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 4

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Welcome to Day 4 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023!

Unfortunately, I was struck by a migraine today, but I did manage to make a very quick CAS card this evening using a Simon Says Stamp embossing folder and a sentiment die by Savvy Stamps.

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LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 2

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Welcome to Day 2 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with this week’s Color Throwdown challenge.

As soon as I saw the combo. I envisaged some brightly coloured Christmas trees! After looking at every single tree die in my collection, I chose the fabulous Pointed Evergreens die by Simon Says Stamp that I got a few months ago. I cut it from several different inky panels and black cardstock. When I assembled the die cut, I offset the black card slightly to give a shadow effect.

I felt a black background would be more dramatic so I embossed a panel with the Simon Says Stamp Delicate Pine Branches folder and then adhered the trio of trees. I really wanted to add a sentiment that sais ‘have a colourful Christmas’, but O couldn’t find one – I am positive there is one in my collection.. and when I find it, I will be adding it to this card. In the meantime, I used a sentiment by My Favorite Things.

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LucieG.