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30 Day Christmas Card Challenge 2024 – Day 26

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Martin’s 30 Day Christmas Card Challenge this month.

The theme of Day 26’s challenge is ‘elf hustle’.

Is it me or are the themes getting more difficult as the challenge nears the end?

I was really stuck – I don’t do elves at all and I couldn’t even recall a set that might have one! By chance when looking for something else, I spotted an elf face on an Ellen Hutson set called Holiday Characters! Phew! I kept it very simple as this is not a card I will send, although I will donate it at some point. The image is paired with the Memory Box Large Twirling Snowflake.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

30 Day Christmas Card Challenge 2024 – Day 20

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Martin’s 30 Day Christmas Card Challenge this month.

 

The theme of Day 202’s challenge is ‘ugly sweater’.

Well, it may be difficult to believe but I don’t have any ugly sweaters in my crafty collection! So this was a real struggle to me! So I interpreted the challenge as ‘Christmas jumper’ instead! I pulled out the very old Hero Arts/Sizzix stamp/die combo that I finally got on ebay last year I think. I love the reindeers in their little Christmas jumpers – plus one of them looks like he’s jumping so I’ve got my own little play on words.

I don’t usually do scenes that cover a whole card but I bought this fabulous Sizzix stencil set a few weeks ago – I love how quickly stencilled scenes come together.

The sentiment is by from a very old Hero Arts wood-mounted stamp set. I stamped it from Cloud 9 Silver ink – unfortunately it dried with a rather mottled effect but I felt it went well with the card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

30 Day Christmas Card Challenge 2024 – Day 14

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Martin’s 30 Day Christmas Card Challenge this month.

The theme of Day 14’s challenge is ‘Christmas morning’.

It took me a long while to choose a stamp for this challenge! I asked a few friends what the theme conjures up for them – they said presents but I wanted to take a different route…

I originally thought of a peaceful landscape to create a Christmas dawn but while looking through my older stamps, I unearthed my Elzybells stamps and found this sweet Rudolph image. I immediately thought that this could be my different take on the theme – dear Rudolph, completely exhausted on Christmas morning after his very busy night!

I coloured the image with my Twinkling H2O paints and distress inks and created a window scene using the Poppystamps Grand Madison Window die and a brickwork embossing folder by Stampin’ Up.

The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

30 Day Christmas Card Challenge 2024 – Day 5

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Martin’s 30 Day Christmas Card Challenge this month.

Today’s challenge is a sketch with lots of layers. I ‘cheated’ a bit and used ink blending instead of one layer!

I used an older Hero Arts cling stamp and my favourite Sizzix tree embossing folder for my take.

The sentiment is by The Ton Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Pinkfresh Studio Create and Connect October 2024

 

Hi everyone!

Last weekend, I took part in the Pinkfresh Studio Create and Connect Christmas event. I signed up for this event back in July after receiving my August event box which was amazing. You can read my thoughts about the August event here.

We did some amazing folding for Anett Gelencsér’s class. I managed to do just one Make and Take over the weekend – and it was using images from her stamp/stencil/die set combo.

Next up was one of my favourite cardmakers, Nichol Sphor. We focused on adding text to cards and although my ‘heat resistant’ acetate curled a bit, I enjoyed the techniques! Lea Lawson’s class was the last one of Day 1. We used a fabulous cookie set and I deviated a bit to use kraft card and distress oxides!

 

I didn’t do the guest company class (class 4), but these are the cards I made for Classes 5 and 6. I adore the foliage die/stencil set that Heather Hoffman used – I think it will become a staple in my Christmas crafting for years to come! And Jennifer Maguire’s class was a lot of fun – we made cards that I wouldn’t make by myself – and that is why I love these events so much as they are an opportunity to try something new!

I do plan to sign up for the next class. February 2025 seems a long way away but I’m sure it will creep up on us very quickly!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.