Technique – Stamping

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Christmas Card Throwdown – Fir branches

Happy Festive Friyay everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the current colour challenge over at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black!

When I saw the combo, I thought the beautiful new Fir Branch brushstroke cling stamp (40-913) would be perfect with a blue smooshed ink background. After smooshing Tumble Glass distress ink for the background and stamping the image once, I did something different for me – I filled in a lot of that white space by stamping parts of the beautiful image several times!!

I used a sentiment from the Happy & Bright sentiment set (30-873) and a few sequins and gems to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Ghost Kitty Wishes

Hi there!

After very hot weekend, I was finally able to craft in the late afternoon – sneaking in here just in time with my entry this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

I stamped and embossed the cute kitty ghost from the Ghostly Greetings (30-594) set and added a touch of shimmer using my Twinkling H2O paints – so difficult to capture in a photo! I then used masking paper to mask him and a small circle before creating a Halloween sky with my distress oxide. I really wanted to create a luminescence around the moon and kitty image so I used a VERY light hand. This took a while to get right – I felt my first attempt (below) was a bit heavy!

I couldn’t believe that I don’t seem to have a Halloween strip sentiment in any of my Penny Black sets!! But that’s not a problem, because I have a few of the versatile ‘builder’ stamp sets and I was able to create this sentiment from the Happy Builder mini stamp set (30-973).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

My first attempt at this card – using a sentiment from the Sugared mini set (30-723):

Christmas Card Throwdown – Deck the Halls

Hello everyone!

Next up today is my entry for the current sketch challenge over at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black!

First I must say I LOVE this sketch and have so many ideas – you may see it appear again in future!!

Anyway, for this card, I chose an ornament from the pretty Sparkle & Shine clear set (31-001) and coloured it with my Twinkling H2O paints. After die cutting the image, I added a light blend of distress ink around the edges.

I used the Dashed Design embossing folder (65-001) on some coloured card and adhered it to my card base before lightly dusting with distress ink and splattering some gold paint. I wanted a bit more gold so added some thread before adhering the die circle on top. Finally, I tucked a strip of patterned paper behind the circle and added a sentiment from the same stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Autumn Brolly

Hi everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the challenge at the Four Seasons challenge using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black, including a stamp set from their wonderful brand new release, Autumn Gala.

I absolutely love the autumn umbrella in the Fall Breeze set (31-010) – such a clever idea. This was so much fun to colour with my beloved Twinkling H2O paints! I fussy cut the image and adhered it to my card base which I had stamped lightly with the Brick Wall cling stamp (40-137). I added a few leaves from the Pumpkin Parade die set (51-754) and the green squiggles are from the Pumpkin and Leaves set (51-360).

To complete my card, I added a sentiment from set and a few sequins.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Hello Dearhearts

Hi there!

Today I’m playing along with the sketch challenge at Just Add Ink challenge using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

I love seeing what other cardmakers create with cute critter stamps but I rarely use them myself nowadays. But when I saw the cute cows in Penny Black’s Sending Smiles release, I knew I wanted to create with them! They remind me of Ermintrude from the Magic Roundabout…. I think it was the flower in the mouth and the shape of their cute little faces!

Anyway, the In the Moooo’d mini stamp set (30-986) and the Cow are You set (30-988) have been on my desk for a while and today I finally got to ink them up!

I fussy cut each cow and coloured them with my Twinkling H2O paints. I then created circular frames using a die from the Stitched Circles set (51-551) and adhered them to a couple of coloured circles. I die cut an ink-blended background from the Stitches of Love (51-597) and then adhered all my images to my card base, following the challenge sketch. I would have loved to have used Ermintrude’s signature phrase ‘Hello, Dearheart’ but I think that the sentiment from the Cow Are You set works very well!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.