Technique – Stamping

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Cherished 2023

Hello everyone!

Today I’m sharing some cards I made with products kindly sent to me by Penny Black, showcasing the wonderful floral dies from their Cherished 2023 release.

First up is this Thinking of you card, made with a dear friend in mind. I coloured the three daisies from the Delicate Daisies die set (51-763) with distress inks and then tucked them in the centre of that fabulously bold YOU die (51-760)! The stamped ‘thinking of’ is from part of a stamp from the Thinking of You stamp set (30-825).

 

 

 

I then turned my attention to the Finesse die (51-769). Again I coloured it with distress inks and added a bit of glitter. While I was waiting for that to dry, I turned my attention to my card base. I adhered the largest die cut from the Framed set (51-622) and then masked it off before stamping the Letter Background (40-780) in the centre. I then adhered the die cut on top and added a sentiment from the Without Limits mini stamp set (30-949).

 

 

Next up is the Floral Twirl die (51-768) – isn’t that a pretty name! And it is certainly a pretty die! Again coloured with distress inks – and I added some leaves from the An Impression die set (51-735). The sentiment from the Delightful Day stamp set (30-955).

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, I wanted to share the card I made on Saturday using the Burst of Blooms die (51-764) – click here to read about that one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Warmest Snowdrop Wishes

Hello everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge using products by Penny Black.

Following the sketch, I used a couple distress inks to create a blended strip on the left of my card base. I then stamped and fussy cut the beautiful snowdrop vase image from the Wintry Whites mini set (30-634). I absolutely adore this image and as my snowdrops well and truly popped this week, I knew I had to use it again this weekend. You can see the cards I’ve made before here and here.

After colouring the image with my Twinkling H2O paints, I adhered it to my blended panel using sticky fixers for a bit of dimension. To complete my card, I added a sentiment from the Nature’s Rubies mini set (30-937) and a few sequins.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

* Kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

Tree-heart love

Happy Saturday everyone!

Today I’m playing along with one of my favourite colour challenges – the Color Throwdown using some of my favourite Penny Black products.

This week, the colour combo is red, green and brown and I was SORELY tempted to make a Christmas card! In the end though, I decided to use one of my favourite Penny Black cling stamps – Tree-Heart (40-505). You can see a couple of my older creations here and here! Isn’t it funny that I also made them for Color Throwdown challenges?!

Today, I embossed the main image and coloured it with my Twinkling H2O paints and added some splatters. I cut a couple of strips brown card using a die from the Lovely Border frames set (51-484) and adhered them to my square card base. Finally I added a sentiment from the Special Sentiments set (30-574 ).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Day 5 – 6 Days of Christmas Tags 2022

 

Hi everyone!

As Tracey McNeely isn’t running her 25 Days of Christmas Tags event this year, I have created my own event using 25 days from Tracey’s event posts over the last decade, as I explained in this post. Unfortunately I only had time to make six tags this year.

Day 5’s inspiration is Day 17, 2018. Click here to see the tag I made then!

I had so much fun with this tag! I chose a circle die from Simon Says Stamp and images by Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Day 4 – 6 Days of Christmas Tags 2022

 

Hi everyone!

As Tracey McNeely isn’t running her 25 Days of Christmas Tags event this year, I have created my own event using 25 days from Tracey’s event posts over the last decade, as I explained in this post. Unfortunately I only had time to make six tags this year.

Day 4’s inspiration is Day 13, 2019. Click here to see the tag I made in 2019!

After creating a tag with a sleigh yesterday, I thought it was so funny to have another sleigh tag today. For my super simple take, I chose a stamp from a very old Stampin Up set (Sleigh Full of Toys) which I coloured with my Twinkling H2O paints.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Best Witches!

Hello everyone!

It’s been a few weeks since I have crafted. I’ve been busy with various projects in the garden that need to get done before winter arrives and I also lost my crafty mojo. But this morning, I suddenly realised that tomorrow is Halloween and I haven’t made a single card…. and I have SO MANY beautiful Halloween stamps and dies!! Very poor show, LucieG!

So I got myself to my craft table (which was still a mess from the last time I crafted!) and pulled out some stamps sent to me by Penny Black.

The main image is from a mini set called Sweet Witch (30-597) – I rarely use people stamps these days but when I saw this stamp, I knew I wanted to create with her – such a sweet witch and of course I adore her pumpkin owl!

For the background, I cut an oval from some masking paper and added a circle mask. I then blended various colours of Distress Oxide ink (Antique Linen, Salty Ocean, Unchartered Mariner, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot). Usually I like to have more purple in my Halloween skies but as I wanted to use purple for my Sweet Witch, I decided to stick with blues. Once I finished the blending, I removed the masks and coloured in my moon using regular distress inks and a bit of water.

I coloured the Sweet Witch with my Twinkling H2Os and the carefully fussy cut around the image. I usually cut before colouring and I was so nervous that I was going to cut through her!

After adhering her to my card base with foam tape, I added a sentiment from the Sugared mini stamp set (30-597).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.