Magical dinosaur card (Bugaboo images)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I've had a lovely day creating and so I have a few cards to show over the weekend. I've been playing around with inking and making my own backgrounds, I hope you're going to like some of the backgrounds I've created. 

This background was very easy to begin with. I first die cut an oval to use as a template (using both the negative and positive sides. I missed a slight white line between the "land and sky" but otherwise it turned out well, I will go over the white line with a green Copic which should do the trick. I used a sunburst style template for the sun rays then die cut a circle for the sun. I fussy cut the dinosaurs (you can find them at Bugaboo) and the lovely Lawn Fawn sentiment was embossed.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Catch the Bug - anything goes

Come and Get it - Birthday wishes

Craft-Alnica - ombre

Crafting when we can - CAS

Creative Fingers - anything goes 

Cute Card Thursday - dies and punches (sun die) 

Digi Choosday - anything goes wk 19 

Glitter & Sparkle - for the kids - inspired by the film The Good Dinosaur

Incy Wincy Designs -  CAS

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

Love to Scrap -  anything goes 

Not Just Cards - one for the boys - anything goes  

Pile it on - animals (I hope dinosaurs count hehe)

Ribbon Girl - May card challenge 

Simply Papercraft - anything goes  

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes  

If you love embellishments, freebies, prizes and giveaways please come follow our new blog at Flourish with a Bling blog or go straight to our store at Flourish with a Bling store.

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Grace passed her Learners test (Saturated Canary image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

My darling niece passed her driving learner's test last week so I made a card to celebrate. The image from Saturated Canary actually looks a bit like her so it was perfect for this card. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps - flowers and butterflies (card No.1)

Catch the Bug -  anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional twist: 5 of something 

Creatalicious -  anything goes with optional for the girls/Mother's Day

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes 

Inky Chicks - butterflies

Southern Girls - Retro - use an actual punch - butterfly punch

Star Stampz - soft pastels

SugarPea Designs - Mix it up 31 - inspired by the checks and the orange colour

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes 

If you love embellishments, freebies, prizes and giveaways please come follow our new blog at Flourish with a Bling blog or go straight to our store at Flourish with a Bling store.

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Girls just wanna have fun - embossed clothing (All Dressed Up images)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Here's my last card for tonight, thank you so much if you've checked all 5 cards out! 

I used an All Dressed Up image set and instead of colouring their outfits with Copics I decided to use silver, white and green embossing powders. I used a fine paint brush and my embossing ink refiller - to carefully paint on the embossing ink one colour at a time, add the powder and heat-set it before doing the next colour. I feel it was half successful in the end but I did have to go around the images with my fine black marker to define the outfits once totally dry. I think practice would make perfect so I will try again in the future.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - embossing (heat embossed their outfits)
All Dressed Up - anything goes

AllSorts - embossing (heat embossed their outfits)

As you like it - fave colour - black, I love the sophistication it brings to cards. It also makes the other colours pop.

Come and Get it - make it square

Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional twist: CAS 

Creatalicious -  anything goes with optional for the girls

De Egel - use black

Fab N Funky - lovely ladies

Incy Wincy Designs - clean and simple

Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes 

Pile it on - interactive and/or Birthday

Polkadoodles - anything goes 

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - anything goes 

If you love embellishments, freebies, prizes and giveaways please come follow our new blog at Flourish with a Bling blog or go straight to our store at Flourish with a Bling store.

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Worm Wishes CAS card (Bugaboo images)

Hi Crafty Friends,

You may think this looks somewhat familiar and that's because my last card had the same mixed media background paper as I made it then cut it in half so I could use it for 2 completely different themes - outer space and underwater. I've kept both cards clean and simple. Both the mermaid, worm & sentiment are all from Bugaboo.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Colouring in Scrapland - anything goes (used a sponsor's image so entered twice as allowed) 

C.R.A.F.T. - inspired by a book - The Little Mermaid (used a sponsor's image)

Crafty Catz -  anything goes with optional twist: CAS

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional for the girls

Incy Wincy Designs - clean and simple

Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes 

Little Miss Muffet -  anything goes (Bugaboo image)

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - The great outdoors 

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - anything goes 

If you love embellishments, freebies, prizes and giveaways please come follow our new blog at Flourish with a Bling blog or go straight to our store at Flourish with a Bling store.

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

You're out of this world (Bugaboo image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I have made a boys card for a change! I love this little guy from Bugaboo so I cut the rocket and stars out to add to the card. I created the "outer space" background with distress inks and water drops. I also added some vellum behind the rocket to help look like movement. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Catch the Bug - recipe - 1 image, 2 buttons, 3 colours (used a Bugaboo image)

Colouring in Scrapland - anything goes (used a sponsor's image so entered twice as allowed)

C.R.A.F.T. - inspired by a book - A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin (used a sponsor's image) 

Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional twist: CAS

Incy Wincy Designs - clean and simple

Little Miss Muffet - anything goes (Bugaboo image)

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - The great outdoors - outer space

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - anything goes 
Southern Girls - boys

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

If you love embellishments, freebies, prizes and giveaways please come follow our new blog at Flourish with a Bling blog or go straight to our store at Flourish with a Bling store.

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Easter boy with his bunny card

Hi Crafty Friends,

I have accumulated a box of uncoloured images that I've printed out over the years and then not used. So I decided to colour some of the Easter ones and here's a lovely little boy image I had, sadly it's no longer available as Digi Darla closed down. It's a fairly clean and simple card as the little scene was quite busy once I added the "clouds". 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations - anything goes with option of Easter

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional twist: add flowers

Creative Inspirations - Spring spectacular 

Cutie Pie - bunnies and/or chicks

Deep Ocean - Easter

Dream Valley - our 4 legged friends (bunny)

(Pin)spirational Challenges - photo inspiration - inspired by the eggs/Easter

Ribbon Girl - any card

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Hip hop (bunny)

Vilda Stamps -  anything goes

Happy Easter,

XOX Lucy