Patiently awaiting a baby princess card (Lili of the Valley image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful time celebrating with friends and family. We've been having beautiful weather for our summer, not too hot most days so it's been just perfect. We had a super hot day yesterday so my craft room was the perfect place to be so I have many cards to show over the coming days.

I think I mentioned these gorgeous alpha teddies late last year when I made a card for my English friend. I am in love with these bears from Lili of the Valley, you can buy them as a set and also numbers too. I have another card to show shortly that's made for a baby boy, hopefully you'll check it out too. They're digis so they're easy to add to your stash without having an extra 26 stamps to find homes for :)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Happy anything 

AllSorts - Something New - New baby 

Country View Challenges - anything goes  

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes with patterned paper  

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional: wishes 

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes  

Incy Wincy Designs - red and green

Inspiration Destination -  anything goes  

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Something New - New baby 

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Something New - New baby 
Word Art Wednesday - anything goes   

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

A table card tutorial for Jo's Scrap Shack (Little Blue Button Stamps images)

Hi everyone,

I won a Guest Designer spot at Jo's Scrap Shack and Jo suggested a tutorial to go along with it. I've made a couple of these shaped cards in the past and never showed how to create it so I thought this was the perfect opportunity to show Jo's crafty friends and mine how to make one of these cards.

It's one of my favourite shaped cards - A lady by the name of Katie K first gave me the idea after I saw her icecream stand card tutorial. I call it a table card but if there's a real name for it I'd love to know.

I have a lot of photos rather than writing as I think it's easier to follow but feel free to comment or email me if my instructions aren't easy to understand and I'll be happy to try and make them clearer. Here's my finished card (below) so you know what it is I'm doing the tutorial on, I used gorgeous girlies from Little Blue Button Stamps:

This was so much fun to create, I also paper pieced all of their dresses.

So here's how to create your own table card:

Once this shaped card has been created you can go ahead and decorate it with anything you like! Here are close ups of my card:

If you create one of these from my tutorial I would really love to see it so please email me or comment sending me a link to your blog post :)

This is my third table card so here's a couple of links to see the others for more ideas on decorating: a cupcake stand card and Love hearts for sale card.  I'm hoping to create and Christmas one soon.

Thank you again to my lovely blog friend Jo for asking me to be a guest designer, I have loved it!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments - Bingo - Flowers, patterned paper, pink plus sentiment

Brown Sugar - Breast Cancer awareness/pink

Card Mania - anything goes
Catch the Bug - anything goes

Crafting by Designs - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - remember remember the challenge for November

Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional Beartastic  

Crafty Creations -  anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes with patterned paper 

Creatalicious -  anything goes with option use silver and blue

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Creative Inspirations -  sparkle
Creative Ladybirds -  anything goes 

Cute as a Button - anything goes with optional Thanksgiving theme 

Digi Choosday - anything goes w44 

Inspiration Destination - anything goes 

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes

Let's Craft & Create -  anything goes with option of fall colours/thankful

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes 
Little Miss Muffet -  anything goes

Not Just Cards -  anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies -  anything goes

The Paper Shelter - a card for a child

Polkadoodles - anything goes w44

Ribbon Girl -  November card challenge
Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Have a great day, I really hope one of you might try this card style, I'm excited to see!

XOX Lucy

Riding on my penny farthing (Tiddly Inks image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I hope you all are having a wonderful week. We usually have nothing but good luck (and we appreciate it A LOT!) but this week it's bad thing after bad thing (not devastating just bad)  and I'm determined not to let it get me down, creating is my therapy sometimes 😊 and I love sharing my creations on my blog. 

I hope you like this happy little card I made, the little girl is from Tiddly Inks, I think she's one of my fave digis, I just love her! After making a few Halloween cards it sure is nice to post a bright coloured one! I used pearls and a puffy cloud from Flourish with a Bling.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments - Bingo - flowers, patterned paper, pink plus sentiment

Card Mania - anything goes 

CCC Digi Creations - must use flowers

Crafting by Designs monthly challenge - anything goes 

Crafts Galore Encore - remember, remember the challenge for November

Crafty Creations -  anything goes 

Crafty Friends - Cute
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes with patterned paper 

Creatalicious -  anything goes with optional use silver and blue

Creative Fingers - anything goes  

Creative Ladybirds -  anything goes 

Cute as a Button -  anything goes with optional thanksgiving theme

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes  

Fab N Funky - Fashion

Fairytale Challenges - no more than 4 different items - papers, flowers, cloud & die cuts

Inky Chicks - animals (owl and butterfly)

Inspiration Destination -  anything goes 

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes  

Not Just Cards -  anything goes 

The Paper Shelter - digital delights

Polkadoodles - anything goes w42

Send a smile 4 kids - celebration cards for kids

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - all creatures great and small (owl and butterfly) 

Word Art Wednesday -  anything goes 

Have a great weekend,

XOX Lucy

It's a Halloween monster party (Bugaboo image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

How cute are these little monsters, they're perfect for so many celebrations especially Halloween. I added some Glossy Accents to their eyes. You can find this image at Bugaboo.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - spots and/or stripes or Halloween

AllSorts - Halloween  

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes with patterned paper

Cupcake Inspirations - monsters

Just Keep On Creating -  anything goes 

Little Miss Muffet - anything goes (used a Bugaboo image)

Ribbon Girl - any image

Scrap from your heart - Halloween

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - photo inspiration - inspired by Halloween

Word Art Wednesday -  anything goes

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy