Tim Holtz/Sizzix

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.

I used dies by many of my favourites – Penny Black, Tim Holtz/Sizzix, Poppystamps and Memory Box.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 19

Happy Festive Friday everyone!

Welcome to Day 19 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024!

The Spellbinders July Club 3D embossing folder is called Pine Cones & Berries so of course I had to have it! It arrived this morning and it is absolutely STUNNING – the texture is amazing, and I just had to make a card with it straightaway!

I paired it with a Tim Holtz/Sizzix pine die and some cones from the Stampin’ Up Christmas Pinecone die set. Again I uses layers of white glitter card for snow, but you can’t see the glitter very well in my photos sadly!

The sentiment is also by Sizzix.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas in July 2024 – Day 15

Hello everyone!

It’s Merry Monday and Day 15 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2024!

Today’s card is made almost exclusively with Tim Holtz products! I made some shimmery panels with distress mica stains and cut them with the fabulous Tim Holtz/Sizzix Ornamental Birds dies – another festive treasure that I unearthed while I was hunting for that stamp that I don’t think I own!

I adhered them onto a background embossed with the fabulous Sparkle embossing folder – the dimension is amazing! This is my favourite folder from the collection! The sentiment is also from an older Tim/Sizzix set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Christmas Card Throwdown – January 2024 Guest Spot

Hello everyone!

I’m honoured to be the Guest Designer for the first sketch challenge of 2024 over at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown!

When I saw the sketch, I immediately thought of a bauble for the main image and a hanger/bow for the smaller one. Then began the hunt for the ‘perfect’ bauble. I have lots of bauble images but most were either too big or too small! In the end I landed on a die set by Tim Holtz/Sizzix. I cut off the spike at the bottom of my first die cut to make it more similar to the sketch but decided that it looked a bit weird! I coloured the die cut pieces with distress inks and added a few bows to the ornament to reflect the smaller image in the die set.

The background is embossed with a Spellbinders folder and the sentiment is from an older Hero Arts wood-mounted set.

The Design Team have some amazing inspiration over on the challenge blog – you must check it out! Hope you can play along with the challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Golden background challenge

Hi there!

Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge which has a wonderful festive combo of green, purple, blue, and gold.

I used my new Simon Says Stamp Fancy Ornaments embossing folder and die set – this is a beautiful set and I was so chuffed to pick it up in a recent sale! I coloured the ornaments with distress inks. I adhered them to the amazing Sparkle 3D Texture Fades embossing folder – the impression is AMAZING on the mirror card… but a real challenge to photograph!

To complete my card I added a sentiment cut from white glitter card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Noel in a tub card

Hi there!

Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge which has a combo of cobalt blue,, aqua and gold.

I decided to play with a lot of my Black Friday crafty bargains – the Noel is from the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Winter Big Tidings die set and the foliage is from the Festive Gatherings set. I also used the new-to-me Garden Tub by The Greetery which I cut from gold pearlescent card which I had spritzed with Tumbled Glass distress oxide spray.

I adheered all the elements to a background that I had embossed with a Spellbinders folder and added a few gems to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.