Sunday 26 April 2015

Love n Hugs Grace Rocker Card (Oddball Stamps image)

Hi everyone,

Happy ANZAC day to you all, it is a very special day here in Australia and Lest we forget.

It's my last card of the day and I think it's really cute (am I allowed to say that about one of my cards hehe?) I have created this card for my niece Grace's 14th Birthday. I was lucky enough to win an Oddball Art Stamp prize through Clear it out Challenge Blog and couldn't wait to use this sassy girl. I can't seem to get an exact replica of the card so I have chosen to of the photos to show you and it's somewhere inbetween. I have also used some Scrabble Alphas from Ditzie Designs, I love them!



Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout April, everything is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique products and we post worldwide. Please email if you would like rough estimates of shipping, if we can send it as a large letter we will or perhaps get your friends to all buy too and share the postage!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Art by Miran -  Anything goes
Bunny Zoe - Not square and use pink, pearls & lace
Copic Marker Norge - Teen cards
The Corrosive Challenge - Floral Fantasy
Crafting for all seasons - Milestone celebrations (Birthday)
Crafty Calendar - Add a sentiment
Deep Ocean - Shaped cards
Digitally Sweet - Anything goes 
Fairytale Challenges - Now or never (never used this digi before)
Fussy & Fancy Friday - Springtime flowers
Graph 'It Markers - Ribbons or lace - lace
Kit & Clowder - Flowers
Lacy Sunshine - Steampunk, Shabby Chic or Vintage
Love to Scrap -  Anything goes
Loves Rubberstamps - Add flowers
Natalie & Amy - Frame it
Not Just Cards - Anything goes
Oddball Stamps - Spring (using an Oddball image)
Open-Minded Crafting Fun - Shabby chic
Paper Creator's Crafts - Flowers
Papertake Weekly - Cute as a Button - Cute 
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges - Use spooled items (lace)
Send a smile 4 kids - Birthday fun for kids
Sister Act -  Anything goes
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Add some lace 
Whimsy Stamps - Colour an image
Whoopsi Daisy - Throw on the flowers

That's it from me (finally hehe), I hope you have a lovely weekend, thanks for dropping by,

XOX Lucy

Saturday 25 April 2015

Photo Inspiration Challenge at Catch The Bug (Bugaboo Stamps image)

Hi crafty friends,

Happy ANZAC day to you all, it is a very special day here in Australia and Lest we forget.


I am a guest designer over at Catch the Bug for a month and here is a card I made using one of their images, isn't she adorable for a little girl's card? I tried my hand at no lines colouring again, still getting the hang of it. I handmade the flowers with my punches and some blue pearls from Flourish with a Bling.

To check out their store click Bugaboo, to check out their latest challenge blog click Catch the Bug. Their challenge this week is a Photo inspiration (see below).


 
Bugaboo's Photo Inspiration Challenge


Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout April, everything is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique products and we post worldwide. Please email if you would like rough estimates of shipping, if we can send it as a large letter we will or perhaps get your friends to all buy too and share the postage!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafts and Me - Photo inspiration
Digitally Sweet - Anything goes 
Fairytale Challenges - Now or never (never used this digi before) 
Fussy & Fancy Friday - Springtime flowers
Incy Wincy Designs - Faux technique - stitching
Kit & Clowder - Flowers
Love to Scrap -  Anything goes
Loves Rubberstamps - Add flowers 
Not Just Cards - Anything goes 
Oddball Stamps -  Spring (using an Oddball image)
The Paper Shelter - It's a celebration
Papertake Weekly - Cute as a Button - Cute
Ribbon Girl - Use a colour in your National Flag - Blue and White (Aussie) 
Send a smile 4 kids - Birthday fun for kids
Sister Act - Anything goes 
Stamp & Create - Anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday - 3 of something - 3 handmade flowers
Whoopsi Daisy - Throw on the flowers

I hope you have a lovely weekend, thanks for dropping by,

XOX Lucy

CAS Kitty with Fish Bowl Birthday Card (Di's Digis image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Happy ANZAC day to you all, it is a very special day here in Australia and Lest we forget.

Di's Digis has a new challenge this fortnight and it's Fun/Fancy Folds. You're all probably thinking I'm nuts as my card doesn't have folds hehe, my previous post has my DT card, I just can't help but create with Di's images as I love them so much so it's an extra card this fortnight. You can find all Di's gorgeous images on her website HERE

I have also used part of a sun from Flourish with a Bling. See below for their sale or click on Flourish with a Bling.



Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout April, everything is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique products and we post worldwide. Please email if you would like rough estimates of shipping, if we can send it as a large letter we will or perhaps get your friends to all buy too and share the postage!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafting with an Attitude - Freestyle/Fantasy
Digitally Sweet - Anything goes
Fairytale Challenges - Now or never (never used this digi before) 
Jo's Scrap Shack - Bunny ears, whiskers and puppy dog tails 
Natalie & Amy - Frame it
Not Just Cards - Anything goes 
The Paper Shelter - Its a celebration
Papertake Weekly -  Cute as a Button - Cute
Ribbon Girl - Use a colour in your National Flag - Blue and White (Aussie)
Sentimental Sundays - Animal Love plus sentiment 
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - CAS
Sister Act -  Anything goes
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Use lace


Thank you so much for dropping by, enjoy your weekend,

XOX Lucy

Hedgehog Friends Easel Card (Di's Digis image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Happy ANZAC day to you all, it is a very special day here in Australia and Lest we forget.

Di's Digis has a new challenge this fortnight and it's Fun/Fancy Folds. Di has a voucher up for grabs (as always) and you can purchase gorgeous little images like this one below so I hope you'll join in. If you'd like to go check out all the cute digis Di has click HERE. I have another Di's Digis card coming up shortly too with more gorgeous little animals.

I have also used some Flourish with a Bling products - Lee's Tree, pearls and leaves, aren't they beautiful? See below for their sale or click on Flourish with a Bling.


Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout April, everything is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique products and we post worldwide. Please email if you would like rough estimates of shipping, if we can send it as a large letter we will or perhaps get your friends to all buy too and share the postage!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe - Not square and use pink, pearls & lace 
Crafting with an Attitude - Freestyle/Fantasy
Deep Ocean - Shaped cards
Fairytale Challenges -  Now or never (never used this digi before)
Fussy & Fancy Friday - Springtime flowers
Jo's Scrap Shack - Bunny ears, whiskers and puppy dog tails
Kit & Clowder - Flowers
Loves Rubberstamps - Add flowers
Not Just Cards - Anything goes 
Papertake Weekly - Cute as a Button - Cute 
Sentimental Sundays - Animal Love plus sentiment
Sister Act - Anything goes
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Use lace

I hope you have a lovely weekend,

XOX Lucy

Saturday 18 April 2015

Birthday Elsa Card (Bugaboo Stamps image)

Hi crafty friends,

I am a guest designer over at Catch the Bug for a couple of weeks and here is a card I made using one of their images (Chibi Elsa), isn't she adorable for a little girl's card? I tried my hand at no lines colouring for the first time. I also faux stitched the papers after cutting them into this patchwork design. The blue dots around her are liquid pearls.

To check out their store click Bugaboo, to check out their latest challenge blog click Catch the Bug. Their challenge this week is a Bingo Board challenge (see below).



Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout April, everything is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique products and we post worldwide. Please email if you would like rough estimates of shipping, if we can send it as a large letter we will or perhaps get your friends to all buy too and share the postage!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Spring is in the air
Art by Miran -  Anything goes 
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes with a twist: Spring
As you like it - I prefer alcohol markers to distress inks because I can get a lovely contrast between shades of colours.
The Corrosive Challenge -  Floral fantasy
Crafty Catz - It's a girl thing
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper -  Anything goes with patterned paper
Fussy & Fancy Friday - Springtime flowers
Incy Wincy Designs - Emboss (the sentiment label)
Inspiration Destination -  Anything goes (using a sponsor's image)
Kit & Clowder - Flowers
Little Miss Muffet - Anything goes (using Bugaboo image)
Not Just Cards -  Anything goes 
Paper Creator's Crafts - Flowers
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges - One for the girls
Send a smile 4 kids - Birthday fun for kids
The Shabby Tearoom - Photo inspiration of flowers
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - In the middle (image in the middle) 
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Make your own background (cut the papers & "stitched" them)
Sister Act - Anything goes  
Whimsy Stamps - Colour an image
Whoopsi Daisy - Throw on the flowers

Enjoy your weekend, thanks for dropping in,

XOX Lucy

Cupcake girly card (Bugaboo image)



Hi crafty friends,

I am so excited to be a guest designer for Bug this month. I have started late as I was away so I will be showing a few Bugaboo cards over the coming weeks. I love using their images, they are so easy to colour and so cute. Their challenge this week is a Bingo challenge and I have the bingo board below, hopefully you might join in as they are so generous with their prizes. To check out their store click Bugaboo, to check out their challenge blog click Catch the Bug



Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout April, everything is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique products and we post worldwide. Please email if you would like rough estimates of shipping, if we can send it as a large letter we will or perhaps get your friends to all buy too and share the postage!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Spring is in the air
Deep Ocean - Things with wings
Fan-Tastic Tuesday -  Anything goes with pearls
Inspiration Destination -  Anything goes (using a sponsor's image)
Little Miss Muffet - Anything goes (using Bugaboo image) 
Not Just Cards -  Anything goes 
Ribbon Girl - Add ribbon or lace
The Shabby Tearoom - Photo inspiration of flowers/colours
Sister Act -  Anything goes 
Stempelsonne (Stamp Sun) - Anything goes

I hope you all have a really wonderful weekend,

XOX Lucy

Friday 17 April 2015

I'll do it all today Mum card (Zuri Artsy Craftsy image)

Hi my crafty friends,

Ok I fibbed as I said I wouldn't post another card until the weekend but I couldn't help myself hehe. There's just one card to show and that's this Mother's Day card using a Zuri Artsy Craftsy image. I have to be quick as its bedtime here so its short and sweet from me tonight.


Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout April, everything is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique products and we post worldwide. Please email if you would like rough estimates of shipping, if we can send it as a large letter we will or perhaps get your friends to all buy too and share the postage!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes
A Gem of a Challenge - Spring is in the air
AllSorts - Bingo - Lace flowers pearls
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper -  Anything goes with patterned paper
Deep Ocean - Things with wings
Fan-Tastic Tuesday -  Anything goes with a twist: add pearls 
Friday Sketch - Sketch (using a sponsor's image)
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes 
Jo's Scrap Shack - Florals and butterflies
Kit & Clowder - Flowers
Little Claire's Designs - Kraft card
Natalie & Amy - Frame it
Not Just Cards - Anything goes 
One Sweet Challenge - Spring has sprung
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges - One for the girls
Ribbon Girl - Add ribbon or lace
Send a smile 4 kids - For mother's day or special female
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - In the middle (in the middle of cooking or tidying)
Sister Act - Anything goes
Stamp & Create - Anything goes 
Top Tip Tuesday - 3 of something - 3 flowers
Zuri Artsy Craftsy - Mother's Day

Thank you so much for dropping by and extra special thanks to my lovely followers and visitors that leave some beautiful comments for me, they warm my heart.

XOX Lucy

Tuesday 14 April 2015

Pastel Spring Banner Card (A Random Fan image)

Ahh, my last card for the evening, that makes 3 in all. I hope you've enjoyed seeing them or have been inspired in some way or another. I love being inspired by everyone's blogs, sometimes when I have no mojo I go searching for inspiration and always find it, sometimes too many ideas and gorgeous creations that I have to balance my head up the stairs to my craft area so they won't fall out my ears haha. 

I used a cute little image from A Random Fan for this card, aren't they so sweet? The hair colour is one of my faves - I used copic markers - E29, E25, E21, Y20 and Y11 or something very similar. I love adding the yellow (Y11) at the end to give it a golden feel.

Do you see the gorgeous green leaves near the flowers? They are from a gorgeous vine we have at Flourish with a Bling. They have 10 leaves so you can cut them all off or keep as a vine and as a bonus it has a little vine too. It comes in 3 different green shades and black. We have 50% off in April so the whole set is less than USD $2 at the moment. I hope you'll check out our website (click on the name above).



I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional twist: create your own challenge
A Gem of a Challenge - Spring is in the air
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes with a twist: a touch of Spring
As you like it - I like alcohol markers best as they blend so well and I can't seem to manage to do that with distress inks
Clear it out - Colour challenge Stash: yellow things (ribbon/flowers/papers/buttons)
Come and Get it - Make a card for a child
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything goes with patterned paper 
Creatalicious - Anything goes 
Cute Card Thursday - Bonny blues
Fussy & Fancy Friday - Buttons and bows
Graph 'It Markers - Flower power
Kit & Clowder - Flowers
Not Just Cards - Anything goes 
One Sweet Challenge - Spring has sprung 
Party Time Tuesdays -  Anything goes  
Ribbon Girl - Add ribbon or lace
Sentimental Sundays - No sentiment
The Shabby Tearoom - Photo inspiration - inspired by the colours/flowers 
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - In the Middle - banner is in the middle of dog and girl
Sister Act -  Anything goes
Sweet Stampin' - Children's cards
Whoopsi Daisy - Throw on the flowers 

I think that's it from me until the weekend as I have work, running kids around etc now for the rest of the week so I hope you enjoy your week and I'll "see" you on the weekend where I am a GD at Catch the Bug (Bugaboo).

XOX Lucy