Technique – stencilling

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Modern Floral Frenzy

Happy Saturday!!

Once again I’m playing along with the current Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge which has a theme of ‘Geometric Genius’.

For this card I pulled out two die sets that I received in Create & Connect kits – the Modern Design Blocks coverplate and the Floral Frenzy set. I was originally thinking of using a vase to ground my images but was pretty pleased to realise that I could tuck the stems into the die cut background!

The sentiment is from the Playful Petals set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Delicate Foliage Hello

Hello everyone!!

Today I’m playing along with the current Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge which has a theme of ‘Geometric Genius’.

I pulled out the Delicate Foliage product suite. This creates quite a unique image as the coordinating stencils don’t colour all the stamped leaves but also create some leaves that aren’t on the outline stamp. I spent a while pondering my colour choices but went with a classic combo in the end. I added my new favourite Twinkle Stickles to the uncoloured leaves for a bit of sparkle!

I had a very different background all set up using die cuts from the Octogaon Grid coverplate die but decided it was a little heavy for my soft image so I pivoted! I used the remaining die cuts from the Octagon Grid to create a pot for my foliage and a few frame accents.

The sentiment is from the Cosy Blooms set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Heart Week 2026 – Day 4

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 4 of Heart Week 2026!

You know what I’ve neglected for far too long? The original stencils! I bought quite a few back in the day but my attention shifted and although they are extremely organised, I rarely reach for them nowadays. While I was looking for a stencil for my card idea, I found this beautiful Funky Fossil stencil! I’m pretty sure I’ve used it before but I haven’t found a card photo. In any case, I know I haven’t used it since I’ve been using blending brushes which are quite honestly a gamechanger for these sorts of stencils.

So I put my original idea to the back of my mind, pulled out a colour combo, matched up my inks and got colouring!

I didn’t need much to complete my card – I don’t want to pull attention away from those butterflies! So I added a simple Sugar Pea Designs sentiment and a few gems and called it a day!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Bloomscape Thanks

Hello everyone!!

While I enjoyed focusing on using new products during January, I kept wanting to create with the beautiful Pinkfresh Studio Bloomscape suite that was released towards the end of last year. It really is one of my favourite Pinkfresh sets, especially as it includes a cling stamp which stamp thin lines so beautifully!

I found a very ‘me’ combo in my colour book and got crafty! Once again I could not stop messing around with the arrangement. It took far longer than it should have but I got there in the end!

I actually used another new product on this card – one which I bought in January – a die from the Fancy Edgers set. I’m very into lacy edging at the moment and this die is so pretty!

The sentiment is from a set by The Greetery.

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LucieG.

CAS – The Framed Mini Bouquet

Hi everyone!!

It’s been a super busy day but this card is proof to me that I don’t actually need hours to put together a CAS card!

I’ve coveted the Irregular Square Frames die set by Simply Graphic for a long time and was very happy to pick it up in their recent sale. It only arrived this morning, but I really wanted to use it so decided to put together a very quick, mailable CAS card.

When I created this card using the Pinkfresh Studio Garden Bouquet product suite, I coloured all the smaller images in colours that were much more in my comfort zone! I was really happy to have them to hand this evening!

I added a tiny sentiment from a Clearly Besotted set and some of my new favourite Twinkle Stickles for some sparkle!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

CAS – The Botanicals Frame

 

Hello everyone!!

Today I pulled out a Pinkfresh product suite that I’ve had for quite for a while – in fact I stamped, coloured and even die cut the leafy image from the Lantern Botanicals product suite some time ago but I never got round to turning it into a card… until today.

I’ve mentioned before that I find creating CAS cards with Pinkfresh products rather challenging as I always want to use all the images I create from their product suites! As I just had a single branch to work with today, I found creating a CAS card quite easy! I paired it with the Ornate Oval Frame cut from pearlescent card and added a sentiment from a Create & Connect event set. As this card has been created with a recipient in mind, I know I will be posting it. The downside is that the Royal Mail’s systems seem to hate any form of bling nowadays so I added a few die cut accents instead to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.