Painter Teddy Birthday card (Di's Digis image)

Hi everyone,

How easy it to create masculine cards when we are blessed to have such gorgeous images like these to play with? Di's Digis latest challenge is "Make it Masculine" and I knew instantly this was the little guy I wanted to use for it. I just bought my paint brush die cuts at a craft show last weekend so what perfect timing! I used some copper brads and a wooden rectangle for the sentiment (the sentiment itself is a font I have on the computer, they are free) I used some liquid pearls for the "paint" and pewter pearls from Flourish with a Bling who are having a 50% off sale (see below).

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout May, everything is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique 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! If you're order is over $200AUD we will pay half the shipping (international orders). 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

AllSorts - Happy Birthday

Anyone for Anya - Favourite stamp (one of many)

As you like it - Fave colour duo - Brown and Blue because it's a unisex combo 
Card Mania - Clean and simple
CMC Copic - Father's Day/Boy stuff

Copic Marker Norge - Photo/colour inspiration - Blue, brown and cream

Craft Hoarders Anonymous -Show us some metal or glass (copper & silver screw brads) 

Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes 

Crafting from the Heart -  Anything goes 

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

Cutie Pie - Bring on the bling/make it cute

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - One for the guys
Glitter & Sparkle - Male card/boy colours

Hanna & Friends - Die cuts (paintbrushes and rectangles)
Just Inspirational - Birthdays
Just Keep on Creating - Anything goes   
Lacy Sunshine -  Anything goes 

Love to Scrap - Anything goes  
Loves Rubberstamps - Fun with your name - Ladder, Undercoat paint, Cream, Yakka (Hard yakka, term meaning "hard work" in Australian English)
Melonheadz - All about animals

Paper Crafting Journey - For that special man

Rhedd & Rosies - No flowers/nothing floral

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - One for the guys

Your Next Stamp - Photo or sketch inspiration - inspired by the colours in the photo

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

With Love, Moon and Stars card (Art By Miran image)

Hi everyone,

I'm back with my second card that is one of my favourites I created in 2014, isn't this image beautiful from Art by Miran? I thought I'd use one of my larger, fancier die cuts this time to create a card shape and I like how it's turned out. I glittered all the stars in the image and added gold glitter to the brown glass bottle, I love these little bottles. The pearls and black leaves come from Flourish with a Bling who are having a 50% off sale (see below for details).

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout January 2015, everything is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique 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! If you're order is over $200AUD we will pay half the shipping (international orders). 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations - Our favourite things (our cards from 2014)

Clear it out - My favourite card of 2014

Deep Ocean - Favourite 2014 cards

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

Green and Brown Girl's Birthday card (Saturated Canary image)

Hi everyone,

I hadn't created for a whole week and so I had my crafting head in a tizz yesterday/last night and created up a storm, I missed it so much!! I don't know what I did before cardmaking, I get so much enjoyment out of it, do you too? I have 4 cards to show in the next 12 hours, hope you'll check them all out as they are all very different and I'm so happy with them all.

This girl is from Saturated Canary. I have used chocolate pearls from my company, Flourish with a Bling, who are having a 50% off sale (see below) and I was lucky enough to win these great sentiment dies from Let's Craft & Create. 

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout May, everything is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique 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! If you're order is over $200AUD we will pay half the shipping (international orders). 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Creative Romance - Girly creations
AllSorts - Happy Birthday

Anyone for Anya - Favourite stamp (one of many)
As you like it - Fave colour duo - Green & brown because it suits boys or girls cards
Bunny Zoe - Flowers and charms
Come and Get it - Bingo - Bling, free choice, flowers

The Corrosive Challenge -  Banner day

Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Show us some metal or glass (metal charm)

Craft your Passion - Pearls and lace

Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes 

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

Created with Love - Lots of layers 

Creative Card Crew - Shabby chic/ vintage

Cutie Pie -  Bring on the bling/make it cute

Deep Ocean - Wings
Divas by Design -  Anything goes 
Fab N Funky - Recipe - 3 designer papers, ribbon, pearls or rhinestones
Fairies Challenges - Ladies
Glitter & Sparkle - Male card or boy colours

Hanna & Friends - Die cuts (butterfly, rectangle and sentiment dies)
Just Inspirational - Birthdays
Just Keep on Creating - Anything goes   
Lacy Sunshine - Anything goes  

Oddball Stamps - Girly and glam

One Sweet Challenge - Flowers 
Open-Minded Crafting Fun - Use some ribbon
The Paper Shelter - Charming (flower charm on lace)
Pile it on - Shabby chic
Sentimental Sundays - Funky flowers

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Botanical
Sparkles - Celebrate Mom or a special lady

The Stamping Chef - Anything goes   
V's Sweet ideas - Distress

Whimsy Stamps - 2 or more dies (butterfly, rectangle and sentiment dies)

Thank you so much for dropping by, I hope you're about to have a lovely crafty weekend,

XOX Lucy

I'm a Guest Designer at Love to Create (StampArt Design by Kathryne image)

Hi everyone,

I am really excited to be a Guest Designer for Love to Create this challenge, they have awesome challenges, you probably follow them already hey? The theme for this challenge is a Sketch which you will see below. 

The sponsor is StampArt Design by Kathryne who has some gorgeous images and this is one of her latest ones. I coloured over the fish with copic markers then a clear glitter pen. These papers are from Echo Park and the gorgeous pink flower is from my company, Flo, who are having a 50% off sale (see below for more details). The other sponsor is Yours or Mine Paper Crafts who also have some beautiful goodies in their store.

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout May, the only items not discounted are the already amazingingly priced value packs, everything else is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique 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! If you're order is over $200AUD we will pay half the shipping (international orders). 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe - Flowers and charms

Card Makin' Mamas - Over the rainbow
Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes

Crafty Catz - Just for sports (fishing)

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything goes with patterned paper 
Crafty Sentiments - Flowers

Delightful Challenges - Hello Sunshine

Fairies Challenges - Ladies
Hanna & Friends - Stitches 

Just B Creative Crazy - Just because 
Just Inspirational - Make it colourful/Rainbow
Just Keep on Creating - Anything goes    
Melonheadz - All about animals

One Sweet Challenge - Flowers

Send a smile 4 kids - Anything goes for kids

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Die Crazy (circular dies)
Sister Act - Anything goes 

Top Tip Tuesday - Here comes summer
Tuesday Throwdown - Spring blossoms
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

Clean and Simple Birthday Girl card (Scrapper's Delight image)

Hi everyone,

Here's my last card for tonight, I'm making up for not posting any all week! I love these images from Scrapper's Delights, I have a few similar ones and if you've been following my blog for a while you will have seen a couple more of them over the last few months. I decided on another clean and simple style which is unusual for me but sometimes the image just begs to be shown off hehe. I used a clear glitter pen over her copic markered dress but it's very difficult to see in the photo.

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout May, the only items not discounted are the already amazingingly priced value packs, everything else is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique 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! If you're order is over $200AUD we will pay half the shipping (international orders). 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Anyone for Anya - Favourite stamps

Art by Miran - Anything goes 
Bunny Zoe - Flowers and charms
Clear it out - Mother's Day/Female card with stash: flowers

Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Ribbon, lace, twine Oh my! 

Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes

Crafty Bloggers Network - Pink with ribbon

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

Creative Fingers - Girly

Fairies Challenges - Ladies

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Clean and Simple
Hanna & Friends - Stitches
Hobbybook Designer - For Mom or Special Lady 

Just Inspirational - Anything goes
Just Keep on Creating - Anything goes    
Loves Rubberstamps - Girly, Glittery and Glam 
One Stitch at a Time - Keep it simple (using a SD image, can be found here)

One Sweet Challenge - Flowers

Open-Minded Crafting Fun - Use some ribbon
The Paper Shelter - Girly girl
Ribbon Carousel - Party Time plus spooled item 

Scrapper's Delight - Anything goes (used a SD image)

Send a smile 4 kids - Anything goes for kids
Sister Act - Anything goes

The Stamping Chef - Anything goes
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Clean and simple
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes    

I hope you've enjoyed seeing my latest creations, I love that you've dropped by,

XOX Lucy

Especially for you Mermaid card (Crafts and Me/Hannah Lynn image)

Hi everyone,

Sorry I've been missing in action a little this week, what with my new office job and we had a stall at a craft show this weekend, I've not been able to find much time to scrap, poor me sob sob haha, I hope you've found more time than me!

This card is created with a Crafts & Me (Hannah Lynn) mermaid image, isn't she gorgeous? The dusty pink flower and pearls I've dotted around the image are from Flourish with a Bling, most of the other embellishments come from Live & Love Crafts online store.

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout May, the only items not discounted are the already amazingingly priced value packs, everything else is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique 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! If you're order is over $200AUD we will pay half the shipping (international orders). 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Anyone for Anya - Favourite stamps

Art by Miran -  Anything goes
Clear it out - Mother's Day/Female card with stash: flowers

Come and Get it - Bingo - 3+ layers, free choice, flowers
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Ribbon, lace, twine Oh my!

Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes

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

Crafty Sentiments - Flowers

Creative Fingers - Girly

Creative Moments - Bingo/ Anything goes - Flowers, sentiment, more than 2 layers
Cutie Pie - Bring on the bling/make it cute

Fairies Challenges - Ladies
Graph 'It Markers - Warms colours/Orange and lemon
Hobbybook Designer - For Mom or Special Lady 

Just B Creative Crazy - Just because
Just Inspirational - Anything goes
Just Keep on Creating - Anything goes  
Loves Rubberstamps - Girly, Glittery and Glam

Milk Coffee - Mother's Day/Special lady

One Sweet Challenge - Flowers

The Paper Shelter - Girly girl
Pile it on - Shabby chic
Ribbon Carousel - Party Time plus spooled item

Send a smile 4 kids - Anything goes for kids

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - M items - Mermaid
Sister Act - Anything goes 

Stamp & Create - Spring colours
The Stamping Chef - Anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Here comes summer
Tuesday Throwdown - Spring blossoms
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes  

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday (unless you're in Oz like me and it's past 11pm, time for bed hehe!)

XOX Lucy

Happy Mother's Day Black and Purple card

Hi everyone,

I hope you've all had a fantastic weekend. My company, Flourish with a Bling, had a stall at the Pakenham Picture to Page Craft show this weekend and it was so much fun, I met so many wonderful crafters and hello to any of you that I gave my blog address to if you've come by.

This is a very sparkly card in real life but always difficult to see in photos. I have kept it fairly clean and simple. The sentiment and floral image are a freebie from a magazine's CD-rom and so I'm not sure of the brand anymore, sorry I always like to give you a link to the company's website.

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout May, the only items not discounted are the already amazingingly priced value packs, everything else is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique 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! If you're order is over $200AUD we will pay half the shipping (international orders). 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

AllSorts - Purple passion

Clear it out - Mother's Day/Female card with stash: flowers

Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes 

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

Crafty Sentiments - Flowers

Creative Fingers - Girly

Fairies Challenges - Ladies

Fan-Tastic Tuesday -  Clean and Simple
Hanna & Friends - Stitches 
Hobbybook Designer - For Mom or Special Lady 

Just Inspirational - Anything goes
Just Keep on Creating - Anything goes    
Loves Rubberstamps - Girly, Glittery and Glam

Milk Coffee - Mother's Day/Special lady

One Sweet Challenge - Flowers

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - M items - Mother's Day card/mauve

Sister Act - Anything goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Clean and simple
Tuesday Throwdown - Spring Blossoms
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

I have winners!!

Hi Guys,

Well this was easy, I had 3 prizes to give away - 1 to USA/Canada, 1 to Australia and 1 to anywhere else. Luckily I only had 1 reply from all except 2 in the "anywhere else" category so I'm awarding you all prizes! In case you're not sure if you're one of them, the winners are:

Australia ($15 FWAB gift voucher) - Nicole Setter

USA/Canada ($10 Yours or Mine Paper Crafts voucher) - KT Fit Kitty

UK (FWAB surprise) - Carol (Crafty Stamper) and Wendy

FWAB stands for Flourish with a Bling in case you're wondering hehe.

Well done guys, please email me (my email link is on the right) and I will sort out your prizes (Carol and Wendy please send me your postal addresses).

Have a great day/evening and congrats to you all,

XOX Lucy

I HAVE 3 LOTS OF CANDY, FWAB HAS 50% OFF AND YOU CAN WIN VOUCHERS!!

Hi Crafty friends,

I will try to make this as short a post as possible as I'm sure you all want to know how to win some candy and vouchers.

Flourish with a Bling has a whopping 50% off everything* for the month of May (value packs excluded). Our website shows the discounted prices so it's as easy as can be! I hope you'll go check it out (just click on the name to be taken to the store).

Onto the candy - I was lucky enough to win a Yours or Mine Paper Crafts $10 voucher recently. Their store is unbelievably fantastic, they have gorgeous products but they have a flat rate postage to Australia and I don't need many products at the moment. So I have asked the lovely owner of the store, Mei, if I can pass on the voucher to one of my American or Canadian followers and she said yes! Now this would be unfair to my Aussie followers so I'm giving away a $10 FWAB voucher to one of you! Now what about my followers in the UK and elsewhere?? I can't leave you out so I'll send one lucky winner a couple of FWAB goodies so now there's 3 prizes up for grabs! Please just leave a comment saying which Flourish with a Bling product is your favourite and your country and I'll choose 3 winners. You can enter up to Sunday 11th May and I will announce the winners by Tuesday 13th May. You must be one of my lovely blog followers to enter. 

I also thought you might like to know where you can try to win a $15 gift voucher to our online store, Flourish with a Bling. This month we are sponsoring the following challenge blogs:

Date            Challenge blog  (click on the below names to be taken to the blog)                             

2/5               A&T Emerald Faeries

6/5               Party Time Tuesday 

14/5             Crafting with Dragonflies

19/5             Off the Rails

25/5             Glitter n Sparkle

26/5             Cutie Pie        

Best of luck!! Hope you get to win one of these:

$15 Gift Voucher AUD$15 to be used in our online store at www.flourishwithabling.com.au

XOX Lucy

I'm a Guest Designer at A Gem of a Challenge (Pink Gem image/Bugaboo swing image)

Hi everyone,

I am excited to be a Guest Designer for A Gem of a Challenge again, this time their challenge is "Your favourite colour combo". I love pink, brown and white together although I have soooo many favourite colour combos, do you too? Isn't this sweet girl so adorable? You can find her at Pink Gem Designs and the floral swing is by Bugaboo stamps.

I have used pearls and glossy leaves from my company, Flourish with a Bling, who have 50% off everything this month, please click HERE to check out our store. We only charge actual shipping costs (no handling, packaging etc) so if you only want a couple of items that will fit in a letter envelope it's less than $3 to post worldwide.

Have you seen I have 3 x vouchers up for grabs this week? I would love you to enter as there's only about 48 hours left and not many people have entered boohoo!! Click HERE to check it out.

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout May, the only items not discounted are the already amazingingly priced value packs, everything else is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique 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! If you're order is over $200AUD we will pay half the shipping (international orders). 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Little Bit Crafty - Flower Power

Artistic Inspirations - All for Mom
Catch the Bug - Anything goes (using a Bugaboo swing)

Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Ribbon, lace, twine oh my! 

Crafter's Cafe - Mother's Day or special lady

Craftin' Desert Divas - Mother's Day
Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes

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

Creative Fingers -  Anything goes

Creative Moments -  Bingo - Flower, die cut/punches, Ribbon/lace 
Divas by Design - In the pink

Fab N Funky - Pretty hair
Fairies Challenges - Mother's Day
Hanna & Friends - Stitches

Just Keep on Creating - Anything goes  
Loves Rubberstamps - Anything goes

Milk Coffee - Mother's Day or special lady
One Sweet Challenge - Flowers

Pile it on - Child's play

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Bright summer colors plus ribbon/lace 

Scrappy Mom's Stamps - April showers bring May flowers (use flowers) 

Sentimental Sundays - Shabby chic or use a doily/lace plus sentiment (lace) 
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Relating to 5 - 5 handmade flowers
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Spring flowers
Sister Act - Anything goes 

The Squirrel & the Fox - Mother's Day
Stamp & Create - Spring colors
The Stamping Chef -  Anything goes
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Flowers
Word Art Wednesday -  Anything goes 

Thanks again to A Gem of a Challenge for having me as a Guest Designer. Have a great weekend everyone, thanks for dropping by,

XOX Lucy