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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.

30 Day Christmas Card Challenge 2024 – Day 2

Hi everyone!

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

Today’s challenge is ‘Gingerbread Dreams’. I couldn’t find any gingerbread stamps or dies in my rather extensive collection but then I remembered the Gingermas House that I received in Pinkfresh Studio’s Holiday event kit!

I embossed it on kraft and coloured it with my Prisma coloured pencils. I embossed a kraft background panel with a Spellbinders folder and added The Greetery’s Pine Wisp die cut (which is actually cut from antique gold card) before adhering the house and adding a few pearls to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Color Throwdown Guest Spot

Good morning everyone!

This week, I have the honour of being the Guest Designer over at one of my favourite challenges – the Color Throwdown Challenge. Funny story – I was last the GD for their challenge a year ago today!

The palette for this challenge is light blue, cream and kraft, a fab combo! I was originally going to create a bouquet/vase combo but then I changed my mind!

Instead,  I pulled out The Greetery’s Wheat botanicuts set and cut it from white regular card and cream pearlescent card. I coloured the white card with Antique Linen distress oxide ink and I dusted the pearlescent card with the same ink for extra depth of colour. I mixed the two types of card when assembling the heads of the wheat stems.

I arranged the wheat into a bundle and added a blue glittery bow from the Fit to be Tied die set. I then smooshed some Frayed Burlap distress ink onto a white card base and adhered the bundle on top.

I felt that the card needed a little more blue so I added some birds from the Simon Says Stamp Layered Bird Bunch set. They are coloured with Stormy Sky, Frayed Burlap and Pumice Stone distress inks.

There’s some amazing inspiration from the Color Throwdown DT over on the challenge blog – I do hope you can play along this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Kitty Family Portraits

Hello everyone!

I took a few days away from my craft room after the cardmaking frenzy that was Christmas in July. I was very happy to get back in there this weekend. Yesterday wasn’t too successful and I didn’t like what I was creating, so today I turned to the fabulous Freshly Made Sketches challenge!

I was originally going to use the small embroidery hoops by The Greetery with flowers or birds, but then I decided on kitties! These mischievous felines are from the Sneaky Kitties die by Simon Says Stamp. I coloured them with distress inks and added some Craft Consortium paper to create walls for them to peek over.

The background embossing folder is by Stampin’ Up and I used a Newton’s Nook sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Thank you forget-me-nots

 

Hi there!

After a busy day in my garden yesterday, I rewarded myself with a full day in the craft room today. First up is the card I made for this week’s Color Throwdown challenge where the colour palette is light blue, grey and brown.

I pulled out a couple of older Greetery dies for my card – the Forget-Me-Not and Wood Slices die sets. I coloured the images with alcohol marker and distress inks – I was happy to use my brand-new Scorched Earth distress ink for the edge of the wood slice and also smooshed some Lost Shadow onto my card base!

After adhering the die cuts to my card base, I added a sentiment from a new set by The Greetery to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.