Blue, green & black Best Wishes Girl (Saturated Canary image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Here's my second Saturated Canary card, isn't this a gorgeous girl? So sad you can't buy these images anymore. I coloured her with distress inks except for her skin which I coloured with Copic markers. I silver embossed a pathway for her to walk on. I used my Oxide inks along with shimmer water and WRMK next level embossing folder to create the background paper. I also cut up a beautiful black Jasmine puffy flourish from Flourish with a Bling.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations -  anything goes with optional flower theme 

Aud Sentiments - summer plus a sentiment

Catch the Bug - anything goes 

Come and Get it -  anything goes

Copic Marker Norge - picture inspiration - inspired by the waves and the blue 

The Corrosive Challenge - anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. - inspired by a film - My Girl
Crafting from the Heart - anything goes  

Crafty Creations - anything goes    

Crafty Gals Corner - Emboss it!
Creatalicious - anything goes with optional twist: use your fave colour - teal/aqua is one of my faves

Creative Inspirations - your fave things - Oxide inks, embossing folders, digi images

Digi Choosday - anything goes wk 22  
Hannah & Friends - Summer

Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes    
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends -  anything goes  

Pammie's Inky Pinkies -  anything goes 

The Paper Shelter - flower power

Ribbon Girl - June card challenge

Send a smile 4 kids - anything goes for kids 

Stamping Sensations - use your fave stamp - I love Saturated Canary images, they're all my favourite 

Through the Craftroom Door - 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 weekend,

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

Happy 21st Birthday Tahlia (Hannah Lynn/Crafts & Me image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

My girlfriend's gorgeous daughter is turning 21 in a couple of weeks and it's a masquerade party. I found out she's wearing white and gold (the 2 hardest colours to try and colour haha!) so when I saw this new image from Hannah Lynn (find it at Crafts and Me) I just had to buy it and try my best at colouring it to match my friend's daughter. Hopefully you see the image wearing white and gold rather than grey and yellow hehe. I then coloured the background with my black Copic marker. I also used a lot of dies on this card and gold heat embossed on the sentiment/tags. I have a close up below, click on it for extra enlargement.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create -  anything goes with optional twist: green and gold

Addicted to Stamps - Embossing - heat embossed the tags with gold, dry embossed the gold layer of the card)

AllSorts - colours of Autumn 

Art by Miran - anything goes 

As you like it - favourite flowers - store bought, there's such a gorgeous variety to choose from these days and it's a lot quicker to add them to a project.

Card Mania - let it shine (gold, pearls)

Craft your Passion -  anything goes

Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - anything goes

Crafting with an Attitude - anything goes 

Crafting with Friends - anything goes 

Crafts and Me -  anything goes (Hannah Lynn image)
Crafts and Me FB challenge - anything goes option of Autumn

Crafty Catz -  anything goes with optional twist: more than 1 fold

Crafty Friends - Autumn colours
Crafty Ribbons - Halloween colours plus ribbon or lace (black and gold)

Creative Fingers - anything goes 

CropStop - anything goes (used Spellbinders dies) 

Cute as a Button - October fun 

Dies r us - Leaves on trees plus dies (leafy dies plus many assorted dies used)

Digi Choosday -  anything goes
Di's Digis - add a sentiment

Fab N Funky - Include the word "Happy"

Incy Wincy Designs - all that glitters (gold plus added Wink of Stella to some of the image)

Inspiration Destination - anything goes 

Just keep on creating - anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes 

Little Miss Muffet - anything goes 

My Crafting Stories - Fall/Halloween 
Not Just Cards - anything goes

Polkadoodles -  anything goes

Ribbon Girl - October card challenge

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) -  Mood board - inspired by black and gold colors

Star Stampz - layer it up

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes  

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Red and Gold Wedding Bears (Marina Fedotova image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I thought this sweet image (Marina Fedotova) was perfect for a wedding card. As far as I can tell Marina's images are free to use but please let me know if this is not the case. 

I embossed the red cardstock with a "sprinkles" embossing folder which came free with a magazine then I heat embossed the raised bits with gold powder. I also heat embossed some gold powder onto the banner I made and also around the image itself. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

AllSorts - colours of Autumn

Incy Wincy Designs - all that glitters (gold embossing and gold paper)

Inspiration Destination - anything goes 

Just keep on creating - anything goes
Not Just Cards - anything goes

Ribbon Girl - October card challenge

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) -  Mood board - inspired by the animals, gold and red colors

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

A card for a Princess (Julia Spiri image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

How sweet is this little princess from Julia Spiri, I just think she's adorable. I embossed the red paper with my brick embossing folder and then lightly sanded it. I used a gorgeous Jack green vine from my company, Flourish with a Bling and added some lovely roses as if it was a vine going up the brick wall (or that's what it's supposed to look like, hopefully you see that too hehe).

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create -  anything goes with optional: wedding stationery

AllSorts - the great outdoors

CCC Digi Creations -  anything goes

Crafty Girlz Challenge - anything goes

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

Creative Fingers - anything goes 

Creative Inspirations - anything goes with optional sketch

Fab N Funky - enchanted I'm sure (I have used a sponsor's image)

Inspiration Destination - anything goes 

Julia Spiri - anything goes with option of wedding

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes 

Not Just Cards -  anything goes

The Paper Shelter - flowers everywhere

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges -  anything goes

Ribbon Girl - anything goes 

Send a smile 4 kids - anything goes for kids

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - summer garden

Star Stampz - hand colored image

The East Wind - something old (papers) something new (image)

Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes 
Word Art Wednesday - anything goes  

As always, 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