Best Wishes banner card

Hi Crafty Friends,

I've been asked to do a few commissions for magazines and this was a card I made for one of them. I love creating long banners like that using different patterns on them. I know this is very different for me as I usually create cute image cards, occasionally I create a mature card hehe. I have another to show in between my few cards tonight actually. The magazine this card was in was Australian Simply Cards issue 104.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations - floral

Double D challenges - May flowers

Southern Girls - punching above your weight - punched butterfly 

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes 

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

Thank you bear with rose card (Conie Fong image)

Hi crafty friends,

I can't believe how adorable these bears from Conie Fong are, I just love colouring them up. I think this is the first time I've coloured this one and I love the colour combo. I used some distress oxide inks at the bottom of the white strip just so she wasn't hanging in limbo. I added some Wink of Stella to her tutu and bow.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

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

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional: dies/punches 

Creative Inspirations - Springtime

Happy Little Stampers -  anything goes with dies (scallop border die)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies -  anything goes 

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - sparkle & shine (Wink of Stella on tutu and bow)

Through the Craftroom Door -  anything goes 

Tuesday Throwdown - glimmer and shine (Wink of Stella on Tutu and bow)
Word Art Wednesday - anything goes  

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Little Elephant pastel card (DigiStamp Boutique image)

Hi crafty friends,

I love this elephant set from DigiStamp Boutique, they are just the cutest ever! I was trying to decide whether to make this a baby card but I might colour him up for a baby card in the future. I used some birdhouse dies just for some added interest in the background. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

AllSorts - Be there or be square 

As you like it - fave colouring medium - Copics because I have so many of them it makes it easy for colour choices and I love how vibrant they can be compared to pencils.

Aud Sentiments - Happy Birthday plus a sentiment 

Card Mania - Spring
Catch the Bug - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - Buttons and/or bows (bow)

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

Creative Inspirations - Springtime

Cutie Pie - delightful digis

Digistamp Boutique - anything goes with a DSB image 

Di's Digis - hand coloured image

Double D challenges - twine

Happy Little Stampers -  anything goes with dies

Incy Wincy Designs - nature and all it's beauty 

The Paper Shelter - flowers

(Pin)spirational Challenges - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - add some texture

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes 

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

A little dog celebrates Easter card (Pink Gem Designs image)

Hi crafty friends,

I have a few cards to post today, I hope you enjoy seeing what I've created for Easter and numerous other occasions.

I'm not usually one for clean and simple cards, I absolutely love other crafters' CAS cards but I have trouble as I always want to add more hehe.

I coloured up a gorgeous pup from Pink Gem Designs. I did some masking for this card and then blended some distress oxide inks for the background and inked up the chipboard easter eggs with the same inks. I've made a card with this image before so I always like to add them below to show how different they can be on different cards.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge -  Easter time (Pink Gem Designs image)

Copic Marker Norge - moodboard - inspired by the eggs 

C.R.A.F.T. -  spring/Easter

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional: Birthday  

Creative Inspirations -  any occasion 

Cutie Pie - Spring cuties

Deep Ocean - Easter / Spring 

Incy Wincy Designs - No more than 3 colours (excl B&W) - red, orange, brown

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Let's Celebrate with Balloons CAS card (Little Miss Muffet image)

Hi crafty friends, 

I have some freshly created cards to post today, I hope you like them. I don't usually do clean and simple cards as I find them really difficult but I like how this turned out. The gorgeous bear is from Little Miss Muffet and I lightly inked behind her with my oxide ink to give the illusion of sky.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments - anything goes with a sentiment 

Catch the Bug -  anything goes

Crafting with Friends -  anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes 

Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes  
Creatalicious - anything goes with option of girly 

Cupcake Inspirations - pets

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes 

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes  

Little Miss Muffet -  anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes  

(Pin)spirational Challenges - photo inspiration - inspired by the animals

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - whatever the weather

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) -  anything goes
Stamping Sensations - forest friends (bear)

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes  

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Big Hugs from Tweety Bird card

Hi Crafty Friends,

I created this card for one of my lifelong friends. The Tweety bird image was a free colouring page, I coloured it then fussy cut it and added it to my inked background. The sentiment is a Lawn Fawn stamp and die set.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

AllSorts - I spy something beginning with B -  bird 

Aud Sentiments - for a friend

Crafting from the Heart -  anything goes

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional: boys/men 

Deep Ocean - cute and cuddly

Double D challenges - woodland creatures (bird)

Happy Little Stampers -  anything goes with dies (sentiment dies)

Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes 

The Paper Shelter - things that fly (bird)

Polkadoodles - anything goes wk8 

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - make your own background

Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes 

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Coffee saves lives card (Bugaboo image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Here's a funny little card I made to sell at the market, sentiments from Bugaboo always make people laugh.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - cool in blue
Aloha Fridays - Food and/or drink

Card Mania - monochromatic 

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

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional cute 

Cute Card Thursday - something fun

Cutie Pie - January blues
Double D challenges - kitchen is the heart of the home (coffee)

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

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - add a sentiment

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy