Purple, green and blue thank you card

Hi Crafty Friends,

I've had some papers forever and not known quite how to create with them. Lately I've been creating strips of the papers and adhering them to a scrap piece of paper then faux stitching on the joins. I love how these turn out. Let me know if anyone wants me to take photos of the process I do as it's really simple but I think it looks really effective, hopefully you think so too. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - anything goes with option of pretty

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

Creative Inspirations - anything goes 

Cute Card Thursday -  anything goes

Scrap from your heart - anything goes 

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Make your own background - I cut all the strips, glued them down and faux stitched each one. 

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Stars and/or Stripes (stripes) 

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes 

Have a lovely weekend,

XOX Lucy

Congratulations on your baby boy (Little Miss Muffet image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Here's my first of 5 cards to show tonight, I've been on holidays this past week or so and I think it shows lol, I can't stop making cards when I'm home and not doing housework! This card I created for a magazine commission, I created the background paper with a lime green copic marker, just roughly making lines across the paper. The die cut green frae was coloured the same way so that all the papers and image were the same colour. The image is from Little Miss Muffet but I haven't added the link like I usually do as the website wasn't up.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

As you like it - Fave baby make - I love creating Baby cards as it's something the parents will keep forever so the child will eventually see it when they're older.
Creative Inspirations -  anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Make your own background - I used a lime green Copic marker to create the background stripes

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Stars and/or Stripes

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Thank you so much for dropping by, I hope you have a crafty weekend,

XOX Lucy

Floral Pink and Green Birthday card

Hi Crafty Friends,

This paper was so beautiful I didn't have to do too much to it. I heat embossed the sentiment in white, distressed all the edges and added a butterfly and some banners and voila! 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments - flowers plus a sentiment
Card Mania -  anything goes 

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional: for a hero 

Incy Wincy Designs - flowers

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

Grace and birds (A Day for Daisies image)

Hi crafty friends,

I made this card for my lovely niece who just turned 17, I thought it was a perfect image for her as she has long beautiful hair just like this. You can buy the image at A Day for Daisies. I made the background papers with my distress oxide inks, some water and Nuvo drops.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - yellow

AllSorts - use 2 or more dies - banner & scalloped border dies

CCC Digi Creations - Eileen's challenge -  anything goes

The Corrosive Challenge -  anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. - summer

Crafting with an Attitude - anything goes 

Crafting with Friends - anything goes

Crafty Creations -  anything goes

Crafty Friends - anything goes
Crafty Girls Creations -  anything goes 

Creative Inspirations - here comes the sun

Cupcake Inspirations - pink, yellow, green

Cute Card Thursday - circles - lots of background circles

Di's Digis - summer fun

Happy Little Stampers -  anything goes with dies
Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes

Little Miss Muffet -  anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

The Paper Shelter - summer vibes

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - bright and cheerful

Stamping Sensations -  anything goes - must stamp

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

A teen boy's Birthday card (Bugaboo image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I've had this piece of Bo Bunny paper forever, I'm trying to work through some of my mountain of patterned papers (I know I'm not alone here, are we all paper hoarders hehe?) 

I used a gorgeous teen boy image from Bugaboo, I just love how relaxed and cool he is. 

My company, Flourish with a Bling is closing it's doors and so for the next few weeks we're having a closing down sale and Every product is just $2 during this time. I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique beautiful products and we post worldwide. Please email if you would like rough estimates of shipping, if we can send it as a large letter we will or perhaps get your friends to all buy too and share the postage! 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Children's playtime 

Aud Sentiments - masculine plus a sentiment

Catch the Bug - Bingo - Bugaboo image, people's choice (boy), ticket

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

Creatalicious -  anything goes with optional: dies/punches 

Creative Fingers - anything goes  

De Egel - use a stamp

Incy Wincy Designs - seeing spots 

Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes 

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

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes  

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - anything goes

Word Art Wednesday -  anything goes 

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Celebrating Chloe passing her driving test card (Saturated Canary image)

Hi crafty friends,

This is my last card for today, I hope you've enjoyed seeing all the different cards I've been creating recently.

I made this card ready for my daughter Chloe who's going for her driver's licence tomorrow, fingers crossed she gets it as she just bought a car last week so it's sitting here ready to be driven. It'll be so much easier for me and hubby too, she works part-time at Subway in the evenings and we normally pick her up, the weather is just starting to cool down so it's perfect timing!

The girl is from Saturated Canary, sadly it's no longer available but if you like Krista's images you can find some at Make it Crafty.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Colour Crazy Challenge - anything goes wk 12

Crafty Gals Corner - make it green

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

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional: Birthday  

Creative Inspirations -  any occasion 

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with dies
Incy Wincy Designs - No more than 3 colours (excl B&W) - Green, gold, blue

Southern Girls - die cuts

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Strawberry Shortcake Birthday card

Hi Crafty Friends,

I have another girly card to show you and this one was made using an old free colouring book image of Strawberry Shortcake. When I first started I printed out lots of colouring book images and I've decided to slowly start colouring them up as I chose really cute ones like this, isn't she sweet? I used a lot of dies and stitching dies for this card as you can probably see but it was fun to just keep adding layers until I was happy with it. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

AllSorts - Butterflies
Aloha Fridays - Food and/or drink

Catch the Bug - Bingo - Die cut, people's choice (pink), Dots & stripes

Colour Crazy Challenge -  anything goes wk2 
Country View Challenges - anything goes 

Crafting with Friends - anything goes 

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

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional cute 

Cute Card Thursday - something fun

Happy Little Stampers -   anything goes with dies

Lemon Shortbread -  anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes 

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - add a sentiment

Tuesday Throwdown - anything goes 

Word Art Wednesday -  anything goes

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy