Tim Holtz/Sizzix

Happy Heart Day 2026

Happy Heart Day everyone!!

I went a bit wild in the Sizzix sale last weekend – well I never said I wasn’t going to buy stuff, I said I would be mindful with what I purchased, and actually use what I buy…

So there may have been a few impulse purchases in my order, but I did use a die set today – it only arrived yesterday evening so that’s quite good!

The die set of choice was the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Stacked Heart Tiles set. I just used one set here with a card in a pack I got years ago from Craftwork Cards (remember them?!). I was starting to stress over the colour combo, but I liked the colours in the pack so just went with those!

LOTS of layers/foam tape with this one! Definitely not one for the Royal Mail’s systems!!

The much-loved sentiment is from an old Reverse Confetti set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Happy New Year 2026

Hello everyone!!

It’s 2026! How did that happen? Seriously, the last quarter or 2025 just flew by didn’t it?

Here’s one of my New Year’s cards this year – sometimes the simplest design is the most effective! I cut some Tonic ombre glitter card with Tim Holtz/Sizzix stars dies and added a Waffle Flower sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Christmas in July 2025 – Day 28

Hi there!

It’s Day 28 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2025!

While my plan this month was to craft for the joy of it rather than entering challenges, when I saw the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week, I had an idea….

I tend to put my own spin on their sketches, which probably isn’t allowed (although the team have always been very kind to me and it has been one of my favourite challenges) and so I had debated not entering this but in the end I decided to give it a go.

As you can see, my own spin this time is to use a snowflake instead of the rectangle shape on the background strip. The dies I used are by Tim Holtz/Sizzix, My Favorite Things, Reverse Confetti and Spellbinders. So many companies on one little CAS card!

The sentiment is from a Clearly Besotted set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2025 – Day 12

Hi there!

It’s Day 12 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2025!

Well it’s been one of the hottest days of the year and somehow I ended up spending the whole day in my kitchen doing my batch cooking! I didn’t get too hot fortunately but it did leave me with very little time for today’s card.

I pulled out the old Sim0n Says Stamp Mod Ornament from 2015 and paired with with a much newer Tim Holtz/Sizzix embossing folder for a very quick CAS card.

The sentiment is from a Mama Elephant set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

30 Day Christmas Card Challenge 2024 – Day 8

Hi everyone!

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

The theme of Day 8’s challenge is ‘candy cane wishes’.

I hunted through my supplies, but much like gingerbread, I have very limited choices for candy canes, just a couple of rather small dies. As I’m playing catch up this weekend, rather than use those, I chose to use some candy-cane inspired patterned paper plus Tim Holtz dies and a favourite embossing folder from last year.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Ghost Week – Day 3

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 3 of Ghost Week!

I had such fun creating this card… and a LOT less fun to photograph it!

The card base is this gorgeous patterned ombre mirror card that I picked up in a sale! I was so excited to use it and very pleased with how it turned out… until I came to photograph it. The lights in my photobox reflected badly and none of my cameras would take a true likening. So I had no choice but to wait for natural light. We have typical British grey autumn weather right now so even this was difficult and I did have to brighten the images I took but I got there in the end.