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Christmas in July 2025 – Day 22

Hi there!

It’s Day 22 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2025!

Today I’ve paired a frame from the older Simon Says Stamp Holiday Frames die set with some fabulous vintage baubles from The Greetery’s Curio Attic Ornaments die set. The baubles arecut from Craft Consortium paper but you would not believe how often I second guessed myself on the pearlescent card I used for the other elements of each bauble!!! I got there in the end though!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Egg Week 2025 Day 1

Hi there!

I can’t quite believe that Easter is next weekend! Even though it’s very late this year and we seem to have been waiting for it forever, it has still snuck up on me a bit! So I hereby declare today the first day of LucieG’s Egg Week 2025! Today I’m also playing along with this fortnight’s  Color Throwdown challenge which has a fabulous spring combo of lavender, mint green and yellow.

I’ve had this card idea in my head for a while. I started with a panel which I blended with Pumice Stone, intensifying the ink coverage towards the bottom. I then cut this with my new The Greetery  Diamond Ribbons die and adhered it to my card base.

I cut and coloured Poppystamps’ Folk Decorated Eggs using distress ink (Squeezed Lemonade), distress oxide (Shaded Lilac) and Pinkfresh ink (Mint). I often find the name of purple inks to be a little misleading so tend to match colours using my eye for this challenge. Sometimes the CTD team members mention what inks they use and that is VERY helpful (thanks dear Broni!).

The sentiment is from a set by Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Winter wishes Basket

Hello Everyone!

Today I’m playing along with one of my favourite challenges, the Color Throwdown. While I’m a little sad that the challenge has moved to fortnightly, I’m relieved that it is sticking around – I know that running a challenge is a lot of work for the DT/admins.

Anyway, this week’s combo is black, white and grey. Funnily enough I was going to use some layered background dies but when I checked my blog to see when I last used the plates, I discovered it was in January 2023 for the challenge that had the same combo plus red!!

So instead I used dies by The Greetery for my card. I used Craft Consortium paper for the basket – and it was MUCH easier to weave compared to cardstock!

The sentiment is also The Greetery.

I had the hardest time photographing this card! I’m STILL trying to find the best way to capture cards that don’t have a white base and sometimes it seems impossible for me…

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Shiny Icicles

Hello everyone!

I was really pleased when I saw the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week as I thought it would work perfectly with the new Greetery Crystal Charms dies that I purchased this week.

I cut four different types of holographic card with the dies – it’s disappointing that my white holographic card just looks like white glossy card – it’s much more visible in real life, I promise! I also cut some vellum flowers/snowflakes from the Frost Buds die set that I also got this week and added lots of bling!

I created the soft blended background using Speckled Egg distress ink and the amazing Pinkfresh Studio big blending brushes which make blending a dream!

The sentiment is by The Ton Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

30 Day Christmas Card Challenge 2024 – Day 23

Hi everyone!

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

The challenge for Day 23 is another sketch and I had so much fun with this one!

The large joy bauble is a Hero Arts bargain which I backed with some amazing Tonic Studios speciality paper.

The smaller baubles were created with The Greetery’s Curio Attic Ornaments die set and coloured with distress ink.

The sentiment is by My Favorite Things and the background folder is by Spellbinders.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.