They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
Ode of Remembrance, Laurence Binyon.
Card made using Penny Black supplies: Finesse die (51-769)* Jumbo Bauble die set (51-743)* and Trust Me Builder stamp set (30-710).
(* kindly sent to me by Penny Black)
Hello everyone!
Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge using some products that arrived this week in my order from Simon Says Stamp.
The combo this week is orange, pale blue and cream – another set that’s perfect for autumnal cards and I loved the inspiration photo so much – I was VERY tempted to pull out my pumpkin dies! But my keenness to use some of my new purchases won instead!
I love the Simon Says Stamp Gliding Butterflies embossing folder and stamp set as soon as I saw it in this year’s Stamptember release! I rarely pay full price for embossing folders but this one is too special and I’m to impatient to wait for a sale. I coloured the butterflies with Altenew and distress inks and thought about using some foundry wax like Nichol Spohr did with her AMAZING inspiration canvas. But I decided against it in the end because I need more practice with that medium!
As I wanted to use a lot of butterflies, I chose a slimline cardbase and applied a few sprays of Unravelled distress mic spray. The shimmer is amazing!!
I stamped a sentiment from the Thinking of You set (30-825) that Penny Black kindly sent me before adhering the butterflies to my card base.
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LucieG.
Happy Festive Friyay everyone!
I have to confess that I almost didn’t play along with the challenge at the 52 Christmas card challenge where the theme is ‘Christmas Cup’. I do have a few Christmas mug stamps but I wanted to do something different…. Then today I remembered a bargain cup set that I go from Simon Says Stamp YEARS ago. I’ve never used the cup, but I did use the spoon from the set to make this card last year. Anyway, today was the day that the cup die finally had a chance to shine!
I also used one of my newest stamp sets – the Snowmen layered stamp set by Kitchen Sink Stamps, which sadly you can’t get from a UK store as far as I know (come on Seven Hills/ Dies to Die for/ Bumbleberrys!!)
I used three Altenew inks for the snowman and added extra die cuts coloured with distress inks. Lastly, I used a stencil with Tumbled Glass and Frayed Burlap distress inks to ground my die cuts and a sentiment from the Shine Upon You mini set (30-928) which was kindly sent to me by Penny Black.
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LucieG.
Hello everyone!
Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge using some products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.
The combo this week is orange, yellow and green – another set that’s perfect for autumnal cards! In fact when I saw this combo, I thought about doing a die cut leaf card…. but I really want to try my new mica stains for that idea and they haven’t arrived yet… hopefully they will get here this week!
Anyway, I LOVE Chinese Lanterns and thought that the beautiful Fall Flourish stamp (40-783) would work perfectly with the challenge colours. I coloured the image with my beloved Twinkling H2O paints and then fussy cut around the image – which wasn’t as tricky as I was fearing.
I decided that the yellow would serve as my backdrop and used a stencil from the Background Basics set (25-021) – I love how there are several sizes of stencils in this set – especially as I often use UK card sizes which are different from the US sizes. For this card, I used a larger rectangle stencil and blended Squeezed Lemonade/Scattered Straw distress inks before splattering some yellow paint on top.
I adhered the image with some foam tape and added some sequins and the sentiment from the Fall Fence set (30-931) to complete my card.
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LucieG.
Happy Festive Friyay everyone!
Once again I’m embracing Festive Fridays by playing along with the colour challenge at the 52 Christmas card challenge where the combo is brown and red. Today I’m using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.
I’m also celebrating the safe return of my Penny Black Stick & Shine products which went AWOL in my craft room for a fair few weeks! The search has led to a much-needed reorganisation which is still ongoing!
I started by blending some Vintage Photo and Gathered Twigs distress ink on white cardstock and then cut a panel using the largest die from the Dainty Dashes Stackers die set (51-636). I then stamped the gorgeous Cardinal Pair cling stamp (40-912) and coloured it using distress inks and my Twinkling H2O paints. As I was restricted to browns and reds, I decided to lift some of the ink to create the white baubles. This is when I think disaster struck! I dropped some water on the bottom right of my background – creating was VERY obvious long watermark….
I didn’t want to trim down the panel so thought about adding a few snowflakes from the Extraordinary Stick & Shine sheets (15-003), but realised I wanted position the snowflakes elsewhere… so I hid the watermark with a handy sentiment from the Festive & Feathery mini stamp set (30-926) – phew!
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LucieG.
Hi there!
It’s that time of year when I’m torn between creating autumn and Halloween cards. I have so many beautiful supplies and I always feel I never use them enough! Today was the turn of Halloween with some products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.
To start, I created a blended background using a number of distress inks (Black Soot, Hickory Smoke, Peeled Paint and Crushed Olive). I then embossed it with the Dashed Design embossing folder (65-001). I then cut the Big Boo die (51-794) from orange glitter paper plus a few pieces of white cardstock and stuck them all together to add dimension to the die cut. I used tape on the top layer as I knew I would want to lift parts of the orange die cut up later.
I then stamped, fussy cut and coloured three cute images from the Ghostly Greetings (30-594) set using my Twinkling H2O paints and distress ink (for the bat).
I adhered the BOO to may card and then tucked the image under the orange layer, using foam tape to hold them in place.
Although this was all I had planned for the card, I felt it still needed something more so I used the versatile Happy Builder mini stamp set (30-973) to create a stamped sentiment.
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LucieG.
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