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		<title>An Unexpected Christmas Colour Combination &#124; 52 Christmas Card Throwdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s colour challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown certainly took me out of my festive comfort zone! The challenge colours are orange, pink and turquoise — not exactly the first colours that spring to mind when making a Christmas card. I&#8217;ll admit, I looked at the challenge graphic for a while before inspiration struck.&#8230; <a href="https://lilybygilly.com/2026/06/13/an-unexpected-christmas-colour-combination-52-christmas-card-throwdown/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">An Unexpected Christmas Colour Combination &#124; 52 Christmas Card&#160;Throwdown</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Floating Strips Penguin Card &#124; 52 Christmas Card Throwdown June Sketch Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This week’s June Sketch Challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown provided the perfect opportunity to tackle a technique that had been on my &#8220;must try&#8221; list for a while — a floating strips card. I always enjoy finding creative ways to use up scraps, and this design is ideal for that. A handful of leftover&#8230; <a href="https://lilybygilly.com/2026/06/06/a-floating-strips-penguin-card-52-christmas-card-throwdown-june-sketch-challenge/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Floating Strips Penguin Card &#124; 52 Christmas Card Throwdown June Sketch&#160;Challenge</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m so excited to finally be able to share that I’ve joined the Design Team over at The Male Room Challenge Blog! It’s such a lovely and talented team, and I’m absolutely delighted to be creating alongside them. The theme for the month of June is “The Outdoors”, and I knew almost immediately what I&#8230; <a href="https://lilybygilly.com/2026/06/03/exciting-news-my-first-dt-card-for-the-male-room-211/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Exciting News &#38; My First DT Card for The Male Room&#160;#211</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Floating Bay Window Christmas Card &#124; 52 Christmas Card Throwdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 05:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This week’s technique challenge over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is to create a floating bay window card — and what a fun fold this is! I love cards that have a real “wow” factor when opened, and this one definitely delivers. The clever thing about this design is that although it opens out into&#8230; <a href="https://lilybygilly.com/2026/05/23/a-floating-bay-window-christmas-card-52-christmas-card-throwdown/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Floating Bay Window Christmas Card &#124; 52 Christmas Card&#160;Throwdown</span></a>]]></description>
		
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