Especially for you easel card

Hi and thanks for checking out my card today.

I had such fun colouring this gorgeous digi from Crafts & Me, the artist is Hannah Lynn and she has the most amazing images especially if you love colouring hair. I used copic markers, 4 different coloured browns for her hair and didn't blend the colours as much as I usually do for a more streaky effect. Scroll down for a close-up image.

The oh-so-divine vine is from Flourish with a Bling and so are the olive green pearls. We have lots of beautiful cardmaking and scrapbooking products all designed by myself and 2 of my best friends (also my business partners) so I hope you'll go check out our website, we sell worldwide and if you mention you came from my blog in your order "comments" section we'll send you a free Jasmine laser flourish with your order!

Flourish with a Bling are now a retail store as well as wholesale so you can buy direct from us now! We have some fantastic themed packs (eg. Bling, vintage, fairy garden, boys, princess etc) at amazing prices, you can check them all out by clicking here.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

2 Sisters - Love and/or Valentines
All Sorts - Things with wings (butterflies)
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Flowers and pearls
Card Makin' Mamas - Birthday time
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
CMC Copic - Girly and feminine
Corrosive Challenge - Fave colour combo (Olive green, cream & pink)
Crafts & Me - Doily heaven (The digi I used can be found here)
Creatalicious Challenges - L'Amour
Cute Card Thursday - Eye for detail
The Cutie Pie - Pretty pastels
Delightful challenges - Frilly (lace)
Di's Digis -  Lace and pearls
Dream Valley - Ribbon & bling
Fashionista - Valentine theme
Inky Impressions - Ribbon/twine
Lacy Sunshine - Fave colour combo (Olive green, cream & pink)
Ladybug Crafts - Pink and ??? (Olive green)
Mark's Finest Papers - Pink, brown and white
My Grafico -  Anything goes
Natalie & Amy - Something new and something old (new digi, old doily)
Party time Tuesday - 3 and 3 (3 of something - 3 ribbons, 3 pearls, 3 butterflies in digi)
Penny's Challenges - Use your fave colour combo (Olive green, cream & pink)
Pin & Tack - Anything goes
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Giraffe photo inspiration (hair/giraffe colours)
Ribbon Carousel - Love is in the air
The Ribbon Reel - Let's ruffle
Sparkle & Glitter -  All the things I love! Easel cards and Hannah Lynn digis
Stamp & Create - Spring cards
Stamp n Doodle - Bingo - Patterned paper, ribbon, flower
Stamptacular - 2's company
Whoopsi Daisy - Make it girly

Thanks so much for dropping by, I hope you liked your visit,
XOX Lucy

Guest designer for 613 Avenue Create

Hi and welcome to my blog!

I am very excited to guest design for 613 Avenue Create this week, I only found their fantastic challenge blog a couple of months ago but have been hooked ever since! Their challenge this week is to use brown, pink and white or cream.

I have used a Bugaboo digi (coloured them with copics) and the gorgeous flowers and rhinestone flourishes are from Flourish with a Bling who now sell internationally to the public. FWAB have some fantastic themed packs (eg. Vintage, Fairy garden, bling packs etc), I hope you'll check them out here.

Please click on any of the challenge blog names below to join in, these are the challenges I'm entering this card into:


2 Sisters - Love and/or Valentine
Catch the Bug - Bingo - Sewing, players choice & heart
CMC Copic - Girly & feminine
Copic Marker Norge - Hearts/Valentine
Craft Your Passion - My Valentine
Crafty Creations - Love and/or hearts
Creatalicious Challenges - L'Amour
Divas By Design - Love and romance
Love to Create - Feelin the love
Loves Rubber Stamps - All about love
Mark's Finest Papers - Pink brown and white
Moving along with the times - Love is in the air
My Grafico - Anything goes
One Crazy Stamper - Love
Party time Tuesday - 3 and 3 (3 flowers and 3 single rhinestones)
Pattie's Creations - Valentine's Day
Penny's Challenges - Use your favourite colour combo (Brown, pink & white)
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Photo inspiration (brown colour and 2 loving beings)
Sparkle & Glitter - All the things I love (digis, rhinestone flourishes, flowers)
The Squirrel & the Fox - Love
Through the craft room door - Anything goes

Thank you so much for dropping by, 
Have a great rest of the weekend,
XOX Lucy

Saturated Canary Valentine's Day card

Hi All, a special hello to all my followers, I love knowing someone wants to see my cards lol.

This gorgeous little digi is from Saturated Canary who are the sponsors for the Paper Crafting Journey's challenge this fortnight. The Paper Crafting Journey challenge is "Love", nice and easy for this time of the year! I hope you'll join in too!

FWAB used:

Elise hot pink flower

Silver rhinestones

Flourish with a Bling is now retail so please check out our website, we have some amazing value packs. We sell worldwide.

I follow a lot of fantastic challenge blogs and many of them are asking for love themed cards so I am entering this card into the following challenges, feel free to join any or all of them (click on their names to be taken to their blog):

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional love theme 
All Sorts - Let's get cute
Bearly Mine - Anything goes
Card Makin' Mamas - Love
Catch the Bug - Anything goes 
Celebrate the Occasion - Valentine's card with ribbon
Copic Marker Norge - Hearts/Valentine
Corrosive Challenge - Hearts & flowers
Crafts & Me - Fave colour combo (pink, white & green)
Creative Craft Challenges 2 - Hugs and kisses
The Cutie Pie - Valentine's cards
Delightful challenges - Think Spring (pastels)
Desert Islands Crafts - Itinerary - 1, 2, 6
Digi Darla's - My style 
Digi Haven - Love/Valentine 
Di's Digis - Valentine/Love
Dream Valley - Valentines
Emerald Faeries - Love
Fab n Funky - Valentines or hearts
Fashionista - Valentines theme
Fat Pages with Attitude - Love
Flutter by Wednesday - Open challenge 
Forever Night - Flowers & pearls
Glitter & Sparkle - Valentine/Love
Great Impressions - Have a heart
Hiding in my Craft room - Reds (includes pinks)
Inky Chicks - Valentine or Anniversary card
Inky Impressions - Love
Lacy Sunshine - Anything goes
Ladybug Crafts - Girly/female
Lexi's Creations -Valentines/Love
Love to Create - Celebrate
Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything goes
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Milk Coffee - Valentines
My Grafico - Anything goes
My Mum's craft room - Love/Valentine
Natalie & Amy - Something new (digi), something old (pearl flower)
One Crazy Stamper - Love
Party time Tuesday - Love and romance
Pin & Tack - Anything goes
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Inspirational photo (love)
Ribbon Carousel - Love is in the air
The Ribbon Girl - Love You or Valentine
Saturated Canary - Color challenge
Simon says stamp - Have a heart
Simon says stamp & show - Ever After (Eternal love)
Simply create too - Valentine's Day or hearts
Southern Girls Challenge - Bling it on
Sparkle & Glitter - Hugs and hearts
Stamp & Create - Spring cards
Stamp n Doodle - Love is in the air
Sweet Stampin' - Love is all around
Tammy's Scrapin' Corner - Valentine's cards
The Pink Elephant - Inspirational photos
Through the craft room door - Anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Let me call you Sweetheart (Tip: when punching out butterflies, glue their "bodies" down and curl their wings up so they look more 3D)
Totally Papercrafts - Make your own embellies (butterflies, flowers & sentiment)
Whoopsi Daisy - Ribbon &/or lace (ribbon)

Have a happy Valentine's Day,
XOX Lucy

Be Yourself card

Hi crafty friends, I am sorry I've been out of action on my blog for a week but I was away for a few days at a wedding (interstate) and then of course trying to catch up with everything, it takes a while and yet I was itching to start cardmaking again! I have my Auntie's 60th Birthday today so we're about to go out for lunch shortly, so I made her this card using a Doodle Pantry digi. I don't have my camera at the moment so I must apologise for the blurry photo, it was taken on my Iphone. Unfortunately I won't be able to take a better one as I'm giving it to her today.

FWAB used:

Elise flourish and flower, Jack black vine leaves

For more products or to find a stockist please visit Flourish with a Bling. If your favourite craft store doesn't stock our products feel free to pass on our details.

I made this card with the following challenges in mind:

Bearly Mine - Anything goes

Card Crafters Circle - Patterned papers

CMC Copic - Twist of orange

The Cutie Pie - Distressing your cards

Desert Islands Crafts - Itinerary - Sentiment, ribbon, patterned paper

Digistamps 4 Joy - Bingo - No pumpkins, no die cuts, no brads, no embossing)

Divas By Design - Let's get cute!

Doodle Pantry - Use a Doodle Pantry image

Dream Valley - Glitter and bling (orange bird is glittery, hard to see in photo)

Hiding in my Craft room - You pick fave colour combo (orange, blue, black)

Inky Impressions - Birthdays

Jellypark Friends - Back to nature (birds on branch)

Lexi's Creations - Special Birthday

Mad for Markers - Use Y and/or YR copics (Y17 claws, YR15 & 16 for bird)

My Mum's craft shop - Sentiments
Natalie & Amy - Colour me happy (fave colours)

Papelitos stamps - Anything goes

Paper Pretties - 2 or more circles (clock and number)
Penny's Challenges - Lots of layers

Pile it on - Make it sparkle (bird sparkles)

The Ribbon Girl - Add sparkle (the orange bird is sparkly, sorry photo not great)

Shelly's Images - Roll 'em - Flowers, bling, digi

The Squirrel & the Fox - Flowers, hats or horses

Stamp n Doodle - Use a digi

Stampin' for the weekend - Anything goes

Sweet Stampin' - All that glitters (bird sparkles)

The Pink Elephant - Favourite colouring medium (copics)

Through the craft room door - Anything goes

Thank you so much for viewing my card and any lovely comments you might leave, I love reading them but please don't feel obliged, I just love seeing that crafty people have dropped in!
XOX Lucy