Hi there!
It’s Day 27 of LucieG’s Christmas in July!
It’s time for some of those beautiful trees from Papertrey Ink’s Enchanted Forest stamp and die sets! I love these trees – so quirky and fun to use!
For my CAS card, I paired it with a die from the Stamp Market’s Oblong Hexagon dies and some of my patterned paper mountain.
The sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp Big Holiday Words set.
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LucieG.
Hi there!
It’s Day 7 of LucieG’s Christmas in July!
Well today I certainly didn’t create a Royal Mail-able card! I started with high hopes when I pulled out the Stamp Market’s Layered Christmas Trees die set. I don’t think I’ve used the large die before – I created this card with the smaller dies.
I was originally going to create a white glittery tree but before I knew it, I was layering green die cuts on top! I die cut an elongated oval from the card base and adhered some pink paper that I’d embossed with Spellbinders’ Dimpled embossing folder. Somehow the card kept getting thicker! I added some foam to the back of my tree and then I thought ‘in for a penny, in for a pound’ and threw on a load of bling!
The sentiment is from a Lawn Fawn set called Little Snow Globe Add-on.
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LucieG.
Hello everyone!!
This year I plan to play along with Jenn Shurkus’s Get Cracking on Christmas on the third Thursday of each month. It feels a bit too soon to be the third Thursday of January already doesn’t it? But here we are! My first Christmas card of 2026!
I love Christmas tree dies although I do try to be mindful and take a breath before grabbing any new tree as soon as it’s released! But I HAD to have The Stamp Market’s Layered Tree die set. I used it a few times last year but I really wanted to create my version of a beautiful card that The Stamp Market shared as inspiration on their site. I picked up the Rounded Window Delight coverplate die in a Black Friday sale but didn’t get round to using it in December – today was my chance!
I tested a few tree designs and ended up using three layers from the smaller tree – The Stamp Market didn’t use the smallest layer in her design and I followed suit.
My twist on the inspiration (apart from the colours of course) is the background – I adhered the windows coverplate and trees to a panel that I cut with the Waffle Flower Crafts Sparkles Panel die.
No sentiment on this because I couldn’t bear the idea of covering up anything on the card!!
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LucieG
Hi there!
Today I’m playing along with this fortnight’s Color Throwdown challenge. Another pretty combo of blue, green and lime green this time.
I used a bit of artistic licence with today’s sakura card – not a drop of pink on this interpretation!
After trying MANY ideas with coloured card and patterned paper, I ended up with this super simple take by painting strips of colour and adding The Stamp Market’s Ready to Bloom die. The centres are from a small Spellbinders die set that I bought solely because I liked the little flower centres!
The sentiment is by Creative Expressions.
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LucieG.
Hello everyone!
I cannot believe it’s Day 31 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024! Where did the month go? As usual, I still have ideas (and supplies) that I haven’t used!
Of course, I couldn’t resist adding to my supplies during a Christmas in July sale! And my order actually arrived this morning so I have been able to create with it before July is out! Yay!
I chose the brand new-to-me Flowering Christmas Tree Burst 3D embossing folder by Spellbinders. I just LOVE this design, but it is on the large side so like the card I created for Day 25, this is a larger card than I would normally send!
I went for bolder colours than my usual palette and darkened both of my pieces of coloured card with distress inks.
The tree die is by The Stamp Market and I added a few die cut flowers to reflect the embossed trees. The sentiment is an old Hero Arts wood-mounted stamp.
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LucieG.
Hi there!
Welcome to Day 29 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024 and today I have another twofer to share.
Today the small but mighty Winter’s Wispy Trees by The Stamp Market take centre stage, ably supported by embossing folders!
For my first card, I chose a trio of trees and adhered them onto a panel embossed with a Simon Says Stamp folder. The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.
For my second card, I chose a different trio of trees and was planning to adhere them directly to an embossed panel again. However, this Spellbinders folder produces some wonderfully deep embossing and the images felt a little heavy for the wispy trees. So I added a simple die cut, some chunky glitter and a Clearly Besotted sentiment.
So which one do you prefer?
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LucieG.
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