Hi there everyone!
Today I’m using my brand new Poppystamps Fern and Daisy Pop up Easel die set that I bought last week. This was quite a splurge so I wanted to make sure I used it straightaway! I thought that it would be perfect for the colour combo from this week’s Color Throwdown challenge (pink, orange, green and purple).
I coloured the die cuts with various distress inks and then added a glittery Simon Says Stamp sentiment.
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LucieG.
Hi everyone!
The weather has turned a lot over the past few weeks and it’s much chillier and wetter at the moment and I’m getting excited for my annual Christmas in July event! In preparation for that, I decided to play along with the challenge at CAS Christmas. The challenge theme is snowman.
I chose an older die from Create-a-Smile and a sentiment from Mama Elephant.
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LucieG.
Happy Father’s Day to my dear Dad!
My dad prefers very CAS cards but I couldn’t resist just adding a little bit of interest to the background on this card!
I die cut the Simply Graphic irregular circle frames from white card and adhered them to my card base. Next, I coloured the Scrapping Cottage Vintage Car die with distress inks. Jalopies are a special shared memory for my dad and I and so I HAD to buy this die when I spotted it in a sale years ago!
I used a Simon Says Stamp Star die and then snipped the die cut in a few places so that I could arrange the stars to reflect the sketch. I also die cut a few smaller stars.
To finish off the card, I added a sentiment from an old Hero Arts wood-mounted stamp. They’ve released this in a clear stamp set now and although I’m quite tempted to buy it, my old wood-mounted stamps still give a great impression.
I’m entering this into the Male Room Challenge where the theme is Dads or Grandads.
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LucieG.
Happy Friyay everyone!
So, as I was indulging in a little crafty retail therapy today, I remembered that I bought a beautiful Adriana Poppystamps foliage die last month and hadn’t yet used it! So I knew I wanted to change that this weekend! I thought that it would work well with the colour combo from this week’s Color Throwdown challenge (red, green, kraft and pink).
I coloured the die cut with distress ink and then added the Memory Box seed stems and the Just Because Posh Script sentiment.
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LucieG.
Hello again!
Next up is my entry into one of my favourite sketch challenges, Freshly Made Sketches.
I’ve always loved dry embossing but haven’t used my folders much since I switched to the Gemini Junior die cutting machine. I could never get the plate/sandwich quite right. Last week, I decided to get my old manual die cutting machine out again, so I cleared some space in my craft room and set it up. So far, so good! The Gemini will continue to be my favourite machine for die cutting but it was so good to get a decent first impression with an embossing folder again!
So the reason for this little back story is that I was able to quickly emboss this sweet flowery scene with my new set up using an older Couture Creations folder. I added some die cut butterflies (Stampin Up, Memory Box and Simon Says Stamp) and a sentiment by Clearly Besotted.
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LucieG.
Hello again everyone!
After a lovely day yesterday celebrating a dear friend’s special birthday, I finally got to my craft table this weekend to make my entry into the current Color Throwdown which has a nautical palette of light grey, aqua and navy.
I paired a brand new Memory Box die set (Marina Sailboats) with an older die (Silent Snowfall) that I repurposed to represent water! The sentiment is from an older Simon Says Stamp set called Sailing.
I’m also entering this into the current Memory Box challenge where the theme is ‘feeling blue’.
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LucieG.
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