Technique – dry embossing

Featuring dry embossing

Ikebana card

Hi there!

I’m quickly popping in with my entry for this week’s challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.

I’ll be back later to add more photos, but want to make sure I hit the challenge deadline!

ETA – I’m so relieved I managed to get my entry in this evening. This week has been busy and I really haven’t felt like crafting! I only had a couple of hours to create a card this evening and although the card came together quickly, I wasted a lot of time trying to stamp a ‘perfect’ sentiment…. and after all that,  I had huge computer issues. I really thought I wouldn’t make it.

Anyway, I used a fabulous die set by Sizzix called ‘Ikebana’. I cut the images from Craft Consortium paper and then dry embossed a piece of my precious Basic Grey paper with a favourite Simon Says Stamp embossing folder called ‘Spun Glass’. I splattered some gold paint over the background, but the splatters are rather subtle so you can’t really see them in my photos.

The sentiment ifs from a My Favorite Things set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Sakura Celebration Day 2

Hi there!

Today I’m playing along with this week’s challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. Lots of layers and lots of older supplies used by yours truly this week!

I started by adhering a section of Memory Box’s Grape Vine border die to my card base.

I then created the central fishtail panel using distress inks, an older Cuttlebug embossing folder and a die by Simon Says Stamp.

The focal point is an older sakura stamp from Hero Arts’ Asian Frames clear set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Daffodils and butterflies

Happy Sunday friends!

Spring seemed to spring in my little part of the world this week and I managed to do some gardening, although today was less pleasant. Still I was in the mood for spring crafting and when I saw that the theme for this fortnight’s challenge at CAS on Sunday was ‘spring’, I decided to play along!

The daffodils are popping in my garden and all around the place right now – I love the bright bursts of colour, especially on greyer days like today! So I grabbed the Simon Hurley/Spellbinders Daffodil Frame die set and my inks and got busy!

I added my image to a background I had embossed with the Simon Says Stamp Floral Butterfly Bouquet folder. I love these tulip images and only noticed the butterflies after I had read the folder name when it was released last month. So when I felt that my card needed something more, a few butterflies seemed the natural choice and I die cut some using the Simon Says Stamp Flickering Butterflies set.

The sentiment is from an older Memory Box set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Amazing Swan

Hi there!

I spent a wonderful weekend crafting along with Pinkfresh Studio and hundreds of cardmakers across the world! It’s a full-on event which starts mid afternoon and ends close to midnight for me, but totally worth it! The inspiration was amazing, the teachers were fabulous and I learnt new tips and tricks too! I’ll share my makes later this week.

In the meantime, here is my card for this week’s challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. I used the Majestic Swan product suite that we used this weekend. The super-talented Raquel Arribas taught a class using this and it may well have been my favourite one! I love how easy it is to colour and cut so many images in one go…. and the red rubber cling stamp gives such beautiful crisp lines. N0thing beats red rubber stamps in my view. The background circle was created with a Carabelle Studios folder and the sentiment is by Sugar Pea Designs.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Happy Valentine’s Day 2025

Happy Love Day everyone!

I’ve been saving the first February Color Throwdown challenge for this card – it’s a perfect Valentine’s combo of pink, brown and white.

I used the new Memory Box small nest – I coveted the larger die that was released a few years ago but didn’t get it before it sold out in the UK. So I snapped this one up as soon as Bumbleberry’s had it in store!

I paired it with some heart dies and an older Memory Box embossing folder and coloured the die cuts with distress inks. The sentiment is from an older wooden stamp.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Heart Week 2025 – Day 6

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 6 of Heart Week 2025!

My card today is my entry for the current challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches.

With this card, I feel like I’ve truly embraced what I wanted to achieve with Heart Week! I ended up using old/older heart supplies and it was so much fun. I started with the fabulous Memory Box Floral Heart from 2014. I can’t actually remember using it before! I cut it from glitter card and adhered it to a heart cut from Spellbinders’ Waterfall card and coloured with Salvaged Patina. For some reason, this looks bluer in my photos than it does in real life…

For the embossed heart, I used the newest product on my card – the centre of a Memory Box embossing folder that I’ve had for a couple of years. The other hearts are from Memory Box/Open Studio and Poppystamps sets.

The sentiment is by Hero Arts – a very old wood-mounted stamp.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.