The Greetery

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 29

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 29 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! I started crafting for one challenge this morning but ended up with a card for two of them!

When I saw the Color Throwdown‘s palette this week (pink, aqua, yellow and lime), I decided to make a card with a favourite flowering Christmas tree die…. until I coloured said die cut and realised that I was inadvertently making a spring card!

So, I went with an alternative that I had also been toying with – and used the sketch from this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge. In fact, I actually CASE’d myself as I created something similar back in December.

I started by lightly blending some Altenew Lime ink on the top of my card base and then adhering the coloured branches from The Greetery’s Pine Wisp die set. I then added  ornaments from the Curio: Attic Ornaments set and logs of gems.

To complete my card, I added a sentiment by Penny Black.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2023 – Day 26

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 26 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2023! Today I’m playing along with this month’s Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge where the optional twist is ‘Twinkle’.

Twinkle challenge most definitely accepted!! I pulled out the fabulous Twinkle Background die by The Greetery that I didn’t get round to using when I bought it last Christmas and paired it with the gorgeous Twinkle Ornament layering die set by Birch Press Design.

I really wanted to use the amazing Simon Says Stamp Luxe Glitter card behind the background die, but I don’t have much of it so I didn’t really want to use so much on one card… so I used holographic card on the base and the glitter card on the ornament base only!

After assembling the card I added a big bow from The Greetery.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Daisy Springtime Wishes

Happy Monday everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Color Throwdown which has another springtime combo of celery green, yellow and aqua.

I used used Shabby Shutters distress oxide ink to create the celery background panel and then The Greetery’s Daisy Chain die. I coloured the daisies with coloured pencils  and added a sentiment by Memory Box.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Bunny Kisses

Happy Sunday everyone!

It’s been a while since I played along with the Can You Handle the Pressure challenge, but as I was able to craft a lot this weekend, I decided to join in with the current challenge which has the optional twist of Easter

I’ve been excited to play with the cute Bunny Kisses die set by The Greetery and today was the day! I coloured the images with distress ink and added a little mini pompom to the bunny. I embossed some light pink cardstock with a Spellbinders embossing folder and assembled my little scene on a panel cut from an older My Favorite Things Die-Namics set. The grass is cut with a Lawn Fawn die.

The sentiment is by Clearly Besotted.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Blue, rust and brown bouquet

 

Happy Saturday  everyone!

Today I’m playing along with the Color Throwdown which has a fabulous combo of blue, rust and brown. It’s all change at my favourite colour challenge this week as the team welcome the talented Kelly! The team is always pretty stable but somehow I missed the farewell to Barbara, I loved her amazing takes on the colours. Many congrats Kelly on joining the amazing DT!

Last week I received and played with the amazing Spring Meadow stencil set by The Greetery. I enjoyed playing with it so much, I was determined to play with it again, although I surprised myself by reaching for it again so soon! I thought it might work well with this combo? What do you think? I used three shades of blue and added rust/brown to the flower centres, although I did use black for the darkest flowers.

The background embossing folder is by Spellbinders and the sentiment is by Clearly Besotted.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.