Hi there!!
Next up this evening is my third card for the September Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge .
I managed to pick up the lovely Cheerful Blossoms suite in a sale earlier this year and have been looking forward to colouring it. Today was the day!
I used the Octagon Grid coverplate die to ground my images and added a sentiment from the Playful Petals set.
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LucieG
Hello again!!
Next up this evening is my second card for the September Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge .
For this card, I used the beautiful new Seasonal Sprigs suite. I just love a foliage set and this one has some wonderful sentiments too!
To add a little something extra to the wreath, I adhered it to the fabulous circle die. I’ve been looking at it for a while and was so excited when it popped up in a Dies to Die For sale this weekend! It only arrived this morning!!
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LucieG
Hello everyone!!
Well I ended up taking a much longer break than expected – it was just too hot to craft in my craftroom for most of August!
When I saw the September Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge I just had to play along – the colour combo is so ME! This is actually the first of three cards I made for the challenge over the past few days.
Although I did make cards during the Pinkfresh event in August, I was feeling a bit out of practice so I pulled out one of my favourite ever suites (Garden Medley), lots of inks and got crafty! This is such a beautiful image and an absolute joy to colour.
I loved this card by TaeEun and that inspired me to be brave and cut up my carefully coloured image with used my brand new Celestial Weave coverplate die! I adhered just one layer of card behind the frame and inlaid the negative die cut pieces.
Of course, I could barely bring myself to hide any of the image behind a sentiment but eventually I chose a small sentiment from the August 2025 Create & Connect kit!
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LucieG
Hi everyone!
Today I decided to pull out the beautiful Golden Poppies stencil/die combo again. This time, I chose non-traditional blue and purple inks. I just LOVE those little butterflies!
I created two separate panels of poppies, foliage and butterflies and ended up using nearly every single image on my very non-CAS card today. I used my older Ornate Oval Frame die to anchor the images and a sentiment from the Fluttering Butterflies set.
I’m entering this into the current Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge which has a standing theme of ‘Anything Goes’ – I didn’t create with this month’s theme of ‘Ombre Obsession’.
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LucieG.
Hi everyone!
Well after six years, Covid finally got me at Easter. And it was brutal! It seemed to drag on FOREVER. But I’m gradually getting back to being me, which is such a relief, I hated being so stuck and unproductive.
One bright spot over the past few weeks has been waiting for the new Pinkfresh Studio release. As soon as I saw the Whispering Daffodils product suite, I had to have it! Many thanks to Dies to Die For for getting my order out so quickly!
Funny story, when I looked at the stencils online, I got excited thinking that the set included some butterflies. Then I realised that the stencil was for the daffodil petals! However, I decided to try my butterfly idea out on the background of my card! I was a little nervous drawing those butterfly bodies, but I think they work? Lots of stickles on this card – hopefully you can see all the sparkle on my second photo!
I’m entering this into the current Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge which has a standing theme of ‘Anything Goes’ – I didn’t create with this month’s theme of ‘Ombre Obsession’.
Thanks for stopping by!
LucieG.
Happy Saturday!!
The stunning Yoshino cherry trees at the Tidal Basin reached peak bloom on Thursday. I was lucky enough to visit for peak bloom back in 2017 and although it was an unusual season, it was still absolutely breathtaking. The blossoms are actually white at peak bloom and then they start to change colour – David Coleman has an interesting post here.
I picked up the Pinkfresh Studio Cherry Blossom die and stencil set last year and I’ve been waiting for now to use them! There’s very little colour on the blooms, just a touch of pink on the buds. This set also has a fabulous collection of leaves which I didn’t include as the Yoshinos don’t have leaves at peak bloom. Instead I coloured the parts of the branch that are intended for the leaves so that they would appear like buds.
I also used the Blanket Stitch ovals dies to create the frame and a sentiment from the Humbled and Grateful set.
I’m entering this into the current Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge which has a theme of ‘So much Fun’.
Thanks for stopping by!
LucieG.
