TPS Rockstar card

Hi and welcome to my last guest designer card for The Paper Shelter. It's been such fun, they have all been so wonderful to me, I love using their digis so you will still see many of my cards created with their gorgeous images on them. 

This week The Paper Shelter are celebrating their 100th challenge and this means extra prizes to win!! Now this is generous - 5 winners will each win a $20 gift certificate to the TPS store!! I wish I could enter lol. You can use any stamps on your projects to enter. Their challenge theme this week is Celebration and who celebrates better than a little rock star lol??

The oh-so-divine teal flourish is from Flourish with a Bling and so are the teal pearls. We have lots of beautiful cardmaking and scrapbooking products all designed by myself and 2 of my best friends (also my business partners) so I hope you'll go check out our website. We sell worldwide and if you mention you came from my blog in your order "comments" section we'll send you a free Jasmine laser flourish (same flourish as the one I've used on this card) with your order!

Flourish with a Bling are now a retail store as well as wholesale so you can buy direct from us now! We have some fantastic themed packs (eg. Bling, vintage, fairy garden, boys, princess etc) at amazing prices, you can check them all out by clicking here.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Bearly Mine - Lace, ribbon or twine
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Flowers and pearls
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Hobbies
Craft Your Passion - All that glitters
The Crazy Challenge - Use pink and gems
Creative Card Crew - Birthday
Dream Valley - Ribbon & bling
Inky Chicks - Mothers Day or Birthday
Loves Rubber Stamps - Lots of layers
My Grafico -  Anything goes
Natalie & Amy - Something new and something old  (new digi, old papers/flower)
Paper Makeup Stamps - Anything goes
Pin & Tack - Anything goes
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Photo inspiration
The Ribbon Girl - Turquoise or aqua
Sparkle & Glitter -  All the things I love! Teal and flourishes
Stamptacular - 2's company
Whoopsi Daisy - Make it girly

Thanks so much for dropping by,

XOX Lucy

Especially for you easel card

Hi and thanks for checking out my card today.

I had such fun colouring this gorgeous digi from Crafts & Me, the artist is Hannah Lynn and she has the most amazing images especially if you love colouring hair. I used copic markers, 4 different coloured browns for her hair and didn't blend the colours as much as I usually do for a more streaky effect. Scroll down for a close-up image.

The oh-so-divine vine is from Flourish with a Bling and so are the olive green pearls. We have lots of beautiful cardmaking and scrapbooking products all designed by myself and 2 of my best friends (also my business partners) so I hope you'll go check out our website, we sell worldwide and if you mention you came from my blog in your order "comments" section we'll send you a free Jasmine laser flourish with your order!

Flourish with a Bling are now a retail store as well as wholesale so you can buy direct from us now! We have some fantastic themed packs (eg. Bling, vintage, fairy garden, boys, princess etc) at amazing prices, you can check them all out by clicking here.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

2 Sisters - Love and/or Valentines
All Sorts - Things with wings (butterflies)
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Flowers and pearls
Card Makin' Mamas - Birthday time
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
CMC Copic - Girly and feminine
Corrosive Challenge - Fave colour combo (Olive green, cream & pink)
Crafts & Me - Doily heaven (The digi I used can be found here)
Creatalicious Challenges - L'Amour
Cute Card Thursday - Eye for detail
The Cutie Pie - Pretty pastels
Delightful challenges - Frilly (lace)
Di's Digis -  Lace and pearls
Dream Valley - Ribbon & bling
Fashionista - Valentine theme
Inky Impressions - Ribbon/twine
Lacy Sunshine - Fave colour combo (Olive green, cream & pink)
Ladybug Crafts - Pink and ??? (Olive green)
Mark's Finest Papers - Pink, brown and white
My Grafico -  Anything goes
Natalie & Amy - Something new and something old (new digi, old doily)
Party time Tuesday - 3 and 3 (3 of something - 3 ribbons, 3 pearls, 3 butterflies in digi)
Penny's Challenges - Use your fave colour combo (Olive green, cream & pink)
Pin & Tack - Anything goes
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Giraffe photo inspiration (hair/giraffe colours)
Ribbon Carousel - Love is in the air
The Ribbon Reel - Let's ruffle
Sparkle & Glitter -  All the things I love! Easel cards and Hannah Lynn digis
Stamp & Create - Spring cards
Stamp n Doodle - Bingo - Patterned paper, ribbon, flower
Stamptacular - 2's company
Whoopsi Daisy - Make it girly

Thanks so much for dropping by, I hope you liked your visit,
XOX Lucy

You're special bunny card

Hi crafty friends!

I made another Valentine's Day card not that I needed to make one but I love the theme and how cute is this digi I just won from Di's Digis? How could I resist colouring this little bunny with my copics, I couldn't!!

The oh-so-sweet toadstools are from Flourish with a Bling and so is the olive green flourish (named after my daughter Chloe). We have lots of beautiful cardmaking and scrapbooking products all designed by myself and 2 of my best friends (also my business partners) so I hope you'll go check out our website, we sell worldwide and if you mention you came from my blog in your order "comments" section we'll send you a free Jasmine laser flourish with your order!

Flourish with a Bling are now a retail store as well as wholesale so you can buy direct from us now! We have some fantastic themed packs (eg. Bling, vintage, fairy garden, boys, princess etc) at amazing prices, you can check them all out by clicking here.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

2 Sisters - Love and/or Valentines
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Flowers and pearls
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
Corrosive Challenge - Fave colour combo (blue, green & red)
Creatalicious Challenges - L'Amour
Delightful challenges - Frilly (flower)
Di's Digis - Lace and pearls
Dream Valley - Ribbon & bling
Fashionista - Valentine theme
Inky Impressions - Ribbon/twine
Moving along with the times - Love is in the air
My Grafico - Anything goes
Natalie & Amy - Something new and something old (new digi, old flower)
No matter which challenge - Ribbons and bows
Party time Tuesday - 3 and 3 (3 of something - toadstools)
Pattie's Creations - Valentine's Day
Perfect Sentiments - Furry friendship
Pin & Tack - Anything goes
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Giraffe photo inspiration
Ribbon Carousel - Love is in the air
Sparkle & Glitter -  All the things I love! Toadstools and pearls
Stamp n Doodle - Bingo - Patterned paper, ribbon, flower
Stamptacular - 2's company
Wags n whiskers - Love
Whoopsi Daisy - Make it girly

Thanks so much for dropping by,

XOX Lucy

Guest designer for 613 Avenue Create

Hi and welcome to my blog!

I am very excited to guest design for 613 Avenue Create this week, I only found their fantastic challenge blog a couple of months ago but have been hooked ever since! Their challenge this week is to use brown, pink and white or cream.

I have used a Bugaboo digi (coloured them with copics) and the gorgeous flowers and rhinestone flourishes are from Flourish with a Bling who now sell internationally to the public. FWAB have some fantastic themed packs (eg. Vintage, Fairy garden, bling packs etc), I hope you'll check them out here.

Please click on any of the challenge blog names below to join in, these are the challenges I'm entering this card into:


2 Sisters - Love and/or Valentine
Catch the Bug - Bingo - Sewing, players choice & heart
CMC Copic - Girly & feminine
Copic Marker Norge - Hearts/Valentine
Craft Your Passion - My Valentine
Crafty Creations - Love and/or hearts
Creatalicious Challenges - L'Amour
Divas By Design - Love and romance
Love to Create - Feelin the love
Loves Rubber Stamps - All about love
Mark's Finest Papers - Pink brown and white
Moving along with the times - Love is in the air
My Grafico - Anything goes
One Crazy Stamper - Love
Party time Tuesday - 3 and 3 (3 flowers and 3 single rhinestones)
Pattie's Creations - Valentine's Day
Penny's Challenges - Use your favourite colour combo (Brown, pink & white)
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Photo inspiration (brown colour and 2 loving beings)
Sparkle & Glitter - All the things I love (digis, rhinestone flourishes, flowers)
The Squirrel & the Fox - Love
Through the craft room door - Anything goes

Thank you so much for dropping by, 
Have a great rest of the weekend,
XOX Lucy

Valentine's card for my darling hubby

Happy Valentine's Day!! I hope you had a lovely, romantic day.

I made this card for my gorgeous husband, he always buys me the most beautiful cards but more importantly writes such special words inside that make me love him even more. We celebrated being together 20 years last month.

The gorgeous vine is from Flourish with a Bling, it's called the Jack vine and comes in green, forest green, olive green (this one) and black. Check out the website here for more unique designs, we have some amazing bling packs at fantastic prices.

I am entering this card into the following challenges, come and join in, just click on the names:


2 Sisters - Hearts (at least 1 heart on project - mine is on the teddy's little envelope)
A gem of a Challenge - Hearts/Valentine's day
All Sorts - Valentines
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
My Craft Spot - For your sweetheart
Craft Your Passion - My Valentine
Crafty Creations - Love &/or hearts
Creative Craft Challenges 2 - Hugs and kisses
The Cutie Pie - Valentine's Day cards
Digi Darla's - Be my valentine
Di's Digis - Valentine/Love
Divas By Design - Love and romance
Fat Pages with Attitude - Be my Valentine / Anything goes
Inky Chicks - Valentine or Anniversary card
Inky Impressions - Ribbon or twine
Lexi's Creations - Valentine/Love
Love to Create - Feelin the love
Loves Rubber Stamps - All about love
Mark's Finest Papers - Love
Moving along with the times - Love is in the air
My Grafico - Anything goes
One Crazy Stamper - Love
Party time Tuesday - 3 and 3 (3 patterned papers)
Penny's Challenges - Use your fave colour combo
Perfect Sentiments - Furry friendship
Pin & Tack - Anything goes
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Photo inspiration 
Ribbon Carousel - Love is in the air
The Ribbon Reel - Spring roses - Yellow/pink and Ribbon/lace/twine
Send a smile 4 kids - Easter or Spring 4 kids (can be a kids' Spring card)
The Squirrel & the Fox - Love
Stamp & Create - Spring cards
Stamp n Doodle - Bingo - Patterned paper, ribbon, flower
Stamptacular - From the heart (including a sentiment)
Tammy's Scrapin' Corner - Handmade embellishments (sentiment tag)
Through the craft room door - Anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Let me call you Sweetheart - Top tip - sometimes when you're busy and want to make a quick card, toppers are a great way to make a special card without colouring the image.

Thanks so much for dropping by,

XOX Lucy

Flourish with a Bling

Flourish with a Bling are now retail!!! Candy included!

Hi everyone, I am so excited to let you all know that Flourish with a Bling now sell to the public!! Woohoo!! We have the most amazing packs for sale at unbelievable prices! Here are some of our packs:

Mega Bling pack - $100 only $65

Rainbow Pearl pack - $40 only $30

How gorgeous are they? When we were making up the packs we were oohing and ahhing over them and we're used to seeing our products all the time lol. To see or purchase any of these fantastic packs please click on Flourish with a Bling and you'll be taken to "Bling Heaven" lol. If you haven't seen our products in real life yet you will be so delighted when you see the shimmers and glosses on our embellishments, I know a lot of you already know how beautiful our products are as we have some very loyal customers who are just going to love buying direct from us!

Our website is so easy to use and you can also purchase individual products too. Add whatever you like to your order, it will only cost you $8 flat rate postage anywhere in Australia (free postage for orders over $200). For our international customers, we will be happy to give you a rough shipping quote, just send us an email.

To contact Flourish with a Bling email flourishwithabling@yahoo.com.au and we'll be happy to assist you with any queries.

As a bonus, our first 50 orders that include any FWAB pack will receive a free Jasmine laser flourish! Only other thing you need to do to qualify is write in your order's comments section that you came from my blog! Easy as that! Now hurry as I'd love for all my friends and followers to get all the freebies lol!

Happy scrapping and shopping,

XOX Lucy

www.flourishwithabling.com.au 

Saturated Canary Valentine's Day card

Hi All, a special hello to all my followers, I love knowing someone wants to see my cards lol.

This gorgeous little digi is from Saturated Canary who are the sponsors for the Paper Crafting Journey's challenge this fortnight. The Paper Crafting Journey challenge is "Love", nice and easy for this time of the year! I hope you'll join in too!

FWAB used:

Elise hot pink flower

Silver rhinestones

Flourish with a Bling is now retail so please check out our website, we have some amazing value packs. We sell worldwide.

I follow a lot of fantastic challenge blogs and many of them are asking for love themed cards so I am entering this card into the following challenges, feel free to join any or all of them (click on their names to be taken to their blog):

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional love theme 
All Sorts - Let's get cute
Bearly Mine - Anything goes
Card Makin' Mamas - Love
Catch the Bug - Anything goes 
Celebrate the Occasion - Valentine's card with ribbon
Copic Marker Norge - Hearts/Valentine
Corrosive Challenge - Hearts & flowers
Crafts & Me - Fave colour combo (pink, white & green)
Creative Craft Challenges 2 - Hugs and kisses
The Cutie Pie - Valentine's cards
Delightful challenges - Think Spring (pastels)
Desert Islands Crafts - Itinerary - 1, 2, 6
Digi Darla's - My style 
Digi Haven - Love/Valentine 
Di's Digis - Valentine/Love
Dream Valley - Valentines
Emerald Faeries - Love
Fab n Funky - Valentines or hearts
Fashionista - Valentines theme
Fat Pages with Attitude - Love
Flutter by Wednesday - Open challenge 
Forever Night - Flowers & pearls
Glitter & Sparkle - Valentine/Love
Great Impressions - Have a heart
Hiding in my Craft room - Reds (includes pinks)
Inky Chicks - Valentine or Anniversary card
Inky Impressions - Love
Lacy Sunshine - Anything goes
Ladybug Crafts - Girly/female
Lexi's Creations -Valentines/Love
Love to Create - Celebrate
Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything goes
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Milk Coffee - Valentines
My Grafico - Anything goes
My Mum's craft room - Love/Valentine
Natalie & Amy - Something new (digi), something old (pearl flower)
One Crazy Stamper - Love
Party time Tuesday - Love and romance
Pin & Tack - Anything goes
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Inspirational photo (love)
Ribbon Carousel - Love is in the air
The Ribbon Girl - Love You or Valentine
Saturated Canary - Color challenge
Simon says stamp - Have a heart
Simon says stamp & show - Ever After (Eternal love)
Simply create too - Valentine's Day or hearts
Southern Girls Challenge - Bling it on
Sparkle & Glitter - Hugs and hearts
Stamp & Create - Spring cards
Stamp n Doodle - Love is in the air
Sweet Stampin' - Love is all around
Tammy's Scrapin' Corner - Valentine's cards
The Pink Elephant - Inspirational photos
Through the craft room door - Anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Let me call you Sweetheart (Tip: when punching out butterflies, glue their "bodies" down and curl their wings up so they look more 3D)
Totally Papercrafts - Make your own embellies (butterflies, flowers & sentiment)
Whoopsi Daisy - Ribbon &/or lace (ribbon)

Have a happy Valentine's Day,
XOX Lucy

Jurassic Love step card

Hi and thank you for coming to take a look at my card for The Paper Shelter's blog challenge this week! 

The Paper Shelter want to see you "alter something or make a 3 folded card". I decided to make a 3 or more folded card and used Jurassic Love digi. They come in ink outline form and coloured and include a background designer paper too! I tried something different this week as I usually always colour my images but I thought I'd try printing the dinosaurs in colour and then create the background with my copics so it's still an original design. Grass is easy to do, just use all your different coloured green copics and stroke upwards. I inked the sky.

The Paper Shelter blog is also holding a DT call from the 10th - 20th February and they are the greatest, sweetest people to design for! I've been guest designing for a couple of months now and I would have loved to have stayed on if I didn't have so much on my plate right now. 

FWAB used:

Taylah's Toadstools

Jasmine laser red flourish (part of)

Flourish with a Bling is now retail so please check out our website, we have some amazing value packs. We sell worldwide.

I am entering this card into the following challenges, hope you join in some of them too:

2 Sisters - White, red and pink 
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional love theme 
Artistic Inspirations - Embossing/Anything goes
Bearly Mine - Anything goes
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Anything goes
Catch the Bug - Anything goes
Copic Marker Norge -  Hearts/Valentine
Corrosive Challenge - Hearts & flowers
Creative Craft Challenges 2 - Hugs and kisses
The Cutie Pie - Valentine's cards
Delightful challenges - Red and white
Desert Islands Crafts - Itinerary - 1, 2, 4, 6, 10
Digi Darla's - My style 
Digi Haven - Love/Valentine 
Di's Digis - Valentine/Love
Dream Valley - Valentines
Emerald Faeries - Love
Fashionista - Valentines theme
Glitter & Sparkle - Valentine/Love
Great Impressions - Have a heart
Hiding in my Craft room - Reds 
Inky Chicks - Valentine or Anniversary card
Lexi's Creations -Valentines/Love
Love to Create - Celebrate
Milk Coffee - Valentines
My Grafico - Anything goes
My Mum's craft room - Love/Valentine
Natalie & Amy - Something new (digi), something old (bling hearts)
No matter which challenge - Ribbons and bows
One Crazy Stamper - Love
Party time Tuesday - Love and romance
Pile it on - Fancy folds
Pin & Tack - Anything goes
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Inspirational photo (love)
Ribbon Carousel - Love is in the air
The Ribbon Girl - Love You or Valentine
Simon says stamp - Anything goes
Simply create too - Valentine's Day or hearts
Sparkle & Glitter - Hugs and hearts
Stampin' for the weekend - Metal (key)
Tammy's Scrapin' Corner - Valentine's Day card
The Pink Elephant - Inspirational photos
Through the craft room door - Anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Let me call you Sweetheart (Tip: print out a pre-coloured image but colour the background for an original picture)
Totally Papercrafts - Make your own embellies (bow & sentiments)
Tuesday throwdown - Heartstrings
Whoopsi Daisy - Ribbon &/or lace (ribbon)

Wow, that was a lot of challenges! Talk about love and romance in February!! Thanks so much for visiting and I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day.
XOX Lucy