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Christmas in July 2026 – Day 28

Hi there!

It’s Day 28 of LucieG’s Christmas in July!

I’ve had this Elegant Deer die by Sizzix for quite some time but I can’t remember when I last used it. Look at those fabulous antlers!

Today I did a bit of partial die cutting to extend the deer’s neck so that I could tuck it into the oval frame that I created from The Greetery’s Golden Egg die sets. I added a LOT of large pearls – this is definitely not suitable for the Royal Mail!

Anyway, the background is some old Bo Bunny paper and the sentiment is from a Pinkfresh set that I received for last year’s Create & Connect festive event.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2026 – Day 12

Hi there!

It’s Day 12 of LucieG’s Christmas in July and I used another new die that arrived yesterday – the eye-catching Birch Press Design Scandi ornament.

I paired it with a pine branch from The Greetery and a Mama Elephant sentiment from their Puffy Holiday Greetings set.

The background panel is embossed with a Simon Says Stamp embossing folder that I think is retired now.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Heart Week 2026 – Day 7

Hi there

It’s Day 7 of Heart Week 2026! The last day of my week long extravaganza crafting with all the heart things. Well, ok, not all, but a nice little collection!

Today I used another item from this week’s Dies to Die For order! This time the My Favorite Things Heart Burst Hellos die took centre stage. I just love taller hearts but larger dies/sets are quite difficult to come by, so I was very happy to pick this one up on Friday.

I woke up with Grand Plans about how I’d use the heart today but by the time I sat at my craft table, I realised that I wanted the beautiful heart to be the star rather than a supporting character.

So I went very CAS – I blended a few purple inks onto some light purple card and cut out the heart. To complete my card. I added die cuts from Simply Graphic and The Greetery plus a Sugar Pea Designs sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Bitty Botanicals

Hello everyone!!

While I love making CAS cards, I also love acquiring lots of pretty flowery products and just couldn’t resist the Bitty Botanicals suite by The Greetery. Well I tried to resist it, but just ended up buying it bit by bit over six months!! It’s such a clever little set where the greenery is stamped and then the flowers are stencilled.

I was originally going to create a CAS card with the little flowers but I just couldn’t cut the background image when I finished the stamping and stencilling! Next time!!

I added the Diamond Ribbons die cut to the image and adhered a few glittery ribbons and a Pinkfresh Studio sentiment to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

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.