Hello everyone!
Today I’m playing along in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.
I love that this week’s sketch is so open to interpretation – leave that big central panel blank.. or use an embossing folder… or add a focal point… or… I had so many ideas!
In the end, I chose to use some of my patterned paper mountain and the Stamp Market’s Ready to Bloom cover die.
The sentiment is from an old Simon Says Stamp set.
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LucieG.
Happy Saturday!
Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge which has a fabulous palette of orange, turquoise, green and kraft.
A few weeks ago Simon Says Stamp released a new Chinese Lantern die, with inspiration from lots of designers, in particular the super talented Cindy. As a result, I was itching to play with a Poppystamps Chinese Lantern die that I bought about 5 years ago. I haven’t used it for a while, which is a shame because I love Chinese lanterns. Anyway, for my card, I coloured it with distress inks and added vellum (coloured with distress ink and pencil) behind each individual lantern. My blended background is a bit darker in real life – it’s a mix of Tumbled Glass and Broken China inks. The vase is by Waffle Flower Crafts and the sentiment is by Altenew.
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LucieG.
Happy St David’s Day everyone!
I can’t believe it’s March already and I bet I said the same thing last year too! It’s a very dank day here in London but my snowdrops and crocuses have faded and the daffodil buds are so close to opening! I’m always on the look out for daffodil (and snowdrop) stamps and dies and whilst the latter remain elusive, I have amassed a few daffodil stamps over the years.
The main image is from the Perfumed stamp set by Penny Black (30-819) – it’s a really good size to use on a standard card and such a joy to colour with my Twinkling H2Os! Following the sketch from The Paper Players, I adhered a base panel cut with the Graceful Stackers die set (51-658) and added my image on top. I tucked some swirls (from the Flourish and Butterflies die set (51-198)) behind the daffodil oval
To complete my card, I added a sentiment from the Enliven mini stamp set (30-705).
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LucieG.
Hello Everyone!
Today I’m playing along in the colour challenge at Sunday Stamps which has a the most amazing inspiration photo.
As soon as I saw the combo, I thought of the amazing colours produced when using Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide Stain! It’s my favourite oxide stain because of its unique colouring that appears as you wet and dry it multiple times. So I made a quick inky panel and then cut it using the Simon Says Stamp Vine background die that was gifted to me by a sweet crafty friend very recently.
The sentiment is by Whimsy Stamps.
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LucieG.
Hello everyone!
Today I’m playing along in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.
It’s another fabulous sketch this week, and I had originally planned to use a different shape for the focal point. But then when I was going through my dies for another card, I spotted this beautiful Tremaine Square die from Memory Box and changed my plan for this card! I adhered it to a piece of kraft cardstock and added a few gems. I cut a couple of Impression Obsession butterflies from an old inky panel and added some detail using a coloured pencil. I also added a little butterfly by Simon Says Stamp because I like the rule of three!
To complete my card, I added a sentiment from an old Hero Arts set,
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LucieG.
Happy Saturday!
Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge which has a fabulous palette of celery green, sage green, pale pink and plum.
I’ve been wanting to use the Picket Fence Studios Lavender Cover Plate die for some time now and today was the day! I got inky with a couple of dstress oxides to create the background – I used Shabby Shutters and Spun Sugar, but both the colours ended up looking a lot more yellowy tham I had anticipated. I wonder if I should have used Caracked Pistacho and Kitsch Flamingo instead… may play with that combo at some point!
I coloured the foliage with Bundle Sage distress ink and blended Seedless Preserves and Dusty Concord for the plum colour.
The sentiment is by Pretty Pink Posh.
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LucieG.
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