Red, White & Blue Father's Day Card

Hi Crafty Friends,

I sell my cards occasionally at a newsagent for special occasions so I've started getting ready for Father's Day (which is in September here in Australia). I created the background paper with scraps and then faux stitched them together.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

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

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Digi Choosday - anything goes Wk 27 

Let's Craft & Create - Patriotic please

Southern Girls - Boys are the bomb - AUS #1

Thank you so much for dropping by,

XOX Lucy

Spaghetti celebrations (The Paper Shelter image)

Hi crafty friends,

I've had this guy for the longest time but not got around to colouring him up until now. He's perfect for a masculine card isn't he? I ripped scrap papers and just glued them all down onto a scrap piece of paper then cut off the overhanging pieces, it's an easy but effective way to use up scraps (which is what I keep doing at the moment while I'm trying to get through my patterned paper stash). I wanted a little splash of colour so added in the red. You can find the Italian chef at The Paper Shelter.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

AllSorts - from boys to men

Aud Sentiments -  anything goes with a sentiment

Catch the Bug -  anything goes

The Corrosive Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Friends - anything goes

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

Cute Card Thursday - Spots and dots

Happy Little Stampers -  anything goes with dies

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes 

Let's Craft & Create -  anything goes with option of lots of layers 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends -  anything goes 
The Paper Shelter -  Punches and dies (used a TPS image)

Word Art Wednesday -  anything goes 

Thanks so much for dropping by, enjoy your weekend everyone!

XOX Lucy

Diesel's Basketball Birthday card

Hi Crafty Friends,

I made this card for one of my son's friend who loves basketball. I googled for basketball images, printed it out and then used a circle die to cut it out. I doodled "bouncing" marks. I used a Batman style font for the sentiment.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Aloha Fridays - masculine cards

Aud Sentiments -  anything goes with a sentiment

Crafty Friends - anything goes 

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

Cute Card Thursday - circles (basketball)

Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes
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

Happy Birthday Boy with balloon Card (CC Designs image)

Hi crafty friends,

I love this colour combo for a young boy, the image I've used is from CC Designs. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Aloha Fridays - masculine cards

Aud Sentiments -  anything goes with a sentiment

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

Cute Card Thursday - circles

Happy Little Stampers -  anything goes with dies

Word Art Wednesday -  anything goes  

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Birthday Boy with kite card (Polkadoodles image)

Hi crafty friends,

I love playing around with the digital papers, items and images that come with the Polkadoodles kits. Before printing this I added the sky background, fence, grass and green polkadot paper so the little boy had an outdoor scene behind him. To do this just use the PNG's rather than the JPEG's because PNG's don't have a white background, it is just the item itself. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

AllSorts -  Happy Birthday
Brown Sugar - Father's day or masculine
C.R.A.F.T. - father's day/male card

Crafting with an Attitude - anything goes 

Creative Fingers -  anything goes

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

Lemon Shortbread -  anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

The Paper Shelter - digital image

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - inspired by a song - Go Fly a Kite (Bing Cosby)

Word Art Wednesday -  anything goes 

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

A garden Birthday card for hubby

Hi Crafty Friends,

I created this for my gorgeous hubby who's been so busy creating a beautiful landscaped back and front garden for us. We finally have somewhere to sit and enjoy the Aussie summer, I can't believe it took us 7 years to get sorted, I'm in love with lazing around outside now. So this card was inspired by his hard work, no images, just die cuts and a little imagination :)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional twist: something new 

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

Creatalicious -  anything goes with optional cute

Happy Little Stampers -   anything goes with dies (die cut tags & plants)

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - tag it

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - layer it up

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