I will be back very soon XOX

Hi to all my wonderful followers, 

Just thought I better let you know I'm overseas at the moment hence the lack of blog postings. I've been in Paris and England for the last week and a half (I live in Australia) and so I haven't been able to post any cards on my blog while I'm away. Thought I better let you know where I was just in case anyone noticed I was missing lol.

I'm loving my holiday, my sister and I have come over to England to surprise my Nan for her 90th Birthday (it's okay, we didn't surprise her too much lol, was a little worried). We stopped first in Paris which was also beautiful.

When I get back I have a couple of cards to show you already that I made before I left.

I hope you're all having a wonderful Summer (or winter),

XOX Lucy

Ladybug Crafts Birthday card

Hi again, I have created a card for my girlfriend's Birthday next month using a gorgeous Ladybug Crafts Ink digi and used her twice so its like two friends having a drink together (it's supposed to be us, she's gorgeous and slim but I have used a little artistic license for my image, my waist isn't that skinny unfortunately lol). I used a glitter gel pen on the champagne and bubbles so it's sparkly. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create -  Anything goes with optional Friendship day

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Pink and white
Can you digi it? - Lovin' our pets
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Animals
C.R.A.F.T. - For the girls
My Craft Spot - Sew fun
Creatalicious Challenges - I love my pet
Cupcake Inspirations - Puppies
The Cutie Pie - Pretty in pink
Glitter & Sparkle - Clean and simple
Inky Impressions - Birthdays
Pile it on - Anything goes
Sassy Studio Designs - Happy Hour - use a cocktail or any beverage
Tammy's Scrapin' Corner - Use a digi
Totally Papercrafts - Use lace

I hope you've liked my card, clean and simple is not usually my thing lol.
Have a great day/evening,
XOX Lucy

Puppy dog Birthday card

Hi there, How cute is this little digi image from Can You Digi It? Click on their name to be taken to their blog. I am in love with Flourish with a Bling's new flower range, they'll be available soon, look how gorgeous they look on a card. 

Flourish with a Bling are 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. If you mention my blog (Lucy) when ordering we will send you a bonus Jasmine laser flourish!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional Friendship Day

A gem of a Challenge - How charming (heart charm)
All Sorts - Kraft it
Brown Sugar - Love
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Pink and white
Can you digi it? - Lovin' our pets
Card Mania - Summer blooms
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Animals
C.R.A.F.T. - For the girls
Craft Your Passion - 3D it
Crafter's Cafe - Anything goes 
Crafts 4 Eternity -  Anything goes 
Crafty Ribbons -  Anything goes with ribbon
Creatalicious Challenges - I love my pet
Creative Card Crew - Baby or pink or blue
Cupcake Inspirations - Puppies
The Cutie Pie - Pretty in pink
Digi Haven - Any animal
Fairies Challenges - Flowers, summer
Fashionista - Anything with wings
Inky Impressions - Birthdays 
Love to Create - Color inspired
Loves Rubber Stamps - How charming (heart charm)
One Crazy Stamper - Kraft
Penny's Challenges - Bling it on
Pile it on -  Anything goes 
Southern Girls Challenge - Animal antics
Tammy's Scrapin' Corner - Use a digi
Totally Papercrafts - Use lace
Whoopsi Daisy - Things with wings
Word Art Wednesday -  Anything goes 

Thank you so much for dropping in, I hope you have a wonderful day,
XOX Lucy

The Paper Shelter Beach card

Hi everyone, I have a little secret, Flourish with a Bling are about to launch a new range of products....Flowers!! They are so beautiful, I have used one on this card (the largest flower with the pearl centre) but don't tell anyone lol. I will shout it from the rooftops once we are ready to sell them on the website.

I love making beachy cards, they are so much fun. This one I have coloured a gorgeous image from The Paper Shelter. I love love love using their images!

The little bottle I found at a craft show last weekend and thought it perfect for this card so I added a little bit of blue paper to look like a message in a bottle. The lovely white flourish is from Flourish with a Bling and so are the pearls. I have used some white texture paint to shabby the chipboard lighthouse and corner to suit my card.

Flourish with a Bling are 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. If you mention my blog (Lucy) when ordering we will send you a bonus Jasmine laser flourish!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A gem of a challenge - How charming
Addicted to stamps - Lots of layers
Allsorts - Kraft it
As you like it - Fave fancy fold - Easel card because they are quick but gorgeous

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
CMC Copic - Anything goes
Corrosive Challenge - Fancy folds
C.R.A.F.T. - For the girls
Craft Creations - Die cut shapes (banner)
My Craft Spot - Sew fun (faux stitching on bottom papers)
Craft Your Passion - Happy Birthday
Crafter's Cafe -  Anything goes
Crafts 4 Eternity -  Anything goes
Crafty Ribbons -  Anything goes with ribbon
Creative Card Crew - Baby or pink or blue (blue)
Creative Craft Challenges 2 - Blue and brown
Cute Card Thursday - Beside the seaside
Deep Ocean - Blue
Fairies Challenges - Flowers, summer
Graph'It Markers - Blonde hair
Hobby Cutz - Summer
Inky Impressions - Birthdays
Kaboodle Doodles - Anything goes
Love to Create - Hugs and best wishes
Loves Rubber Stamps - How charming (used Sponsor's image)
One Crazy Stamper - Kraft
Paper Craft Star - Inspirational photo - beach
Paper Makeup Stamps - Color it
Paper Nest Dolls - Die cuts
The Paper Shelter - Anything goes (image from here)
Party time Tuesday - I scream you scream, we all scream for icecream (icecream next to towel)
Penny's Challenges - Bling it on
Pumpkin Spice - Beach
Rhedd and Rosies - Anything goes
The Ribbon Girl - Blue and white plus ribbon
Sassy Studio Designs - Happy Hour (use a cocktail or beverage)
Scrapper's Delights - Inspired by a song - California Girls
Totally Papercrafts - Use lace
Tuesday throwdown - Toes in the sand
Word Art Wednesday -  Anything goes

Thank you so much for dropping in, I hope you have a wonderful day,
XOX Lucy

Hello Sunshine beach card

Hi there,

I am loving creating beachy cards at the moment as it's the middle of winter here in Australia so it somehow makes it feel warmer lol. I am off to England in a couple of weeks so I can't wait to see some sunshine, hope it's still there by the time I arrive!

This is my last card created for my July guest designer spot at Sister Act Challenges and as always they are Anything goes. I have made this card with a Tiddly Inks image and sentiment, I used PNG images so I could put the sentiment, girl and beach chair close together. The beach chair is from Delicious Doodles but I thought they all go really well together so I was pleased with my little "scene" hehe. The papers are from Simple Stories and the pearls are from Flourish with a Bling.

Flourish with a Bling are 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. If you mention my blog (Lucy) when ordering we will send you a bonus Jasmine laser flourish!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps - Lots of layers

Bearly Mine - Anything goes 
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes 
CMC Copic - Anything goes 
C.R.A.F.T. - For the girls
Craft Your Passion - Happy Birthday
Crafter's Cafe - Anything goes
Crafting Musketeers - Ribbons and pearls
Crafts & Me - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - Summer
Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes with ribbon
Cute Card Thursday - Beside the seaside
Divas By Design - Anything goes 
Fairies Challenges - Flowers, summer
Graph'It Markers - Blonde hair
Hobby Cutz - Summer
Inky Impressions - Birthdays
Kaboodle Doodles - Anything goes
Lacy Sunshine - Anything goes 
Love to Create - Hugs and best wishes
One Crazy Stamper - Kraft paper
Paper Craft Star - Inspirational photo - beach
Paper Makeup Stamps - Color it
The Paper Shelter - Anything goes
Party time Tuesday - You scream, I scream we all scream for icecream
Penny's Challenges - Bling it on
Pile it on - Thinking of you/Just because
Rhedd and Rosies - Anything goes
Songbird Challenges - My favourite things - Summer, pearls, shells, colouring
Through the craft room door - Anything goes 
Tiddly Inks - Summer treats
Tuesday throwdown - Toes in the sand (beach theme)
V's Sweet Ideas - Summer fun
Whimsical Designs - Favorite colors (pink, teal, lemon)
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

Have a wonderful weekend,
XOX Lucy

Little girl Birthday card

Good morning and welcome to my little blog. Paper Crafting Journey have just started a new challenge and it's "Punches and/or die cuts". The sponsor is Whimsy Stamps so we'd love you to go check it out and join in this fortnight.

My card is using a little girl from Lala Land stamps and papers from Echo Park "Love" range. The gorgeous leaves and pearls are by Flourish with a Bling. I embossed the Happy Birthday sentiment with silver embossing powder.

Flourish with a Bling are 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. If you mention my blog (Lucy) when ordering we will send you a bonus Jasmine laser flourish!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps - Lots of layers
Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything goes

Brown Sugar - Anything goes
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Pink and white
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
CMC Copic - Anything goes
C.R.A.F.T. - For the girls
Craft Your Passion - Happy Birthday
Crafts & Me - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - Summer
Creative Card Crew - Baby (or mostly pink or mostly blue)
The Cutie Pie - Pretty in pink
Digi Haven - Any animal (butterflies)
Divas By Design - Anything goes
Fairies Challenges - Flowers, summer
Fashionista - Cards with wings of any type
Graph'It Markers - Black hair
Hobby Cutz - Summer
Inky Impressions - Birthdays
Kaboodle Doodles - Anything goes
Lacy Sunshine -  Anything goes (must be hand-colored image)
Love to Create - Hugs and best wishes
Milk Coffee - Emboss it (the sentiment is silver embossed)
Paper Makeup Stamps - Color it
Paper Nest Dolls - Die cuts
The Paper Shelter - Anything goes
Penny's Challenges - Bling it on
Rhedd and Rosies - Anything goes
Scrapper's Delights - Inspired by a song - A Good Heart by Feargal Sharkey
Songbird Challenges - My Favorite things - butterflies, hearts, lovely DP's, flowers, leaves
Stampin' for the weekend - Sparkle and bling
Through the craft room door -  Anything goes
Wags n whiskers - Summer fun
Whimsical Designs - Pile it on
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

Thank you so much for dropping in, I hope you enjoyed seeing my card,
XOX Lucy

Stamp Fairy Bear card

Hi crafty friends,

I have created a card today for my July guest designer spot at Sister Act Challenge blog. They are an "Anything goes" challenge blog every challenge so it's very easy to join in every week!

I love this little bear, he's adorable and he can be found at Stamp Fairy. The gorgeous bling centred flower, leaves and pearls are all from Flourish with a Bling.

Flourish with a Bling are going to have a stand at the Pakenham Picture to Page show this weekend!! Myself and my two girlfriends/business partners will be there with our stand and we have some brand new flowers to sell as well as our entire range of beautiful products! Email me if you'd like more information, hope to see one of my blog friends there (I know most of you live 1000's of miles away lol). I think anyone who mentions my blog at the show should receive a freebie so that's what I'll do.

Flourish with a Bling are 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. If you mention my blog (Lucy) when ordering we will send you a bonus Jasmine laser flourish!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

2 Sisters - Make it sparkle

Addicted to stamps - Lots of layers
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Pink and white
Card Makin' Mamas - Monochromatic
Crafty Creations - Time to sparkle
Creatalicious Challenges - I love my pet
The Cutie Pie - Cute and cuddly
Delightful challenges - Celebrate with glitter, bling and sparkly things
Digi Haven - Any animal
Fairies Challenges - Flowers, summer
Graph'It Markers - Candy colours - Pink Candy Corn
Hobby Cutz - Fantasy
Inky Impressions - Summer
Jellypark Friends - Give thanks
Love to Create - Fairytale or fantasy
Paper Makeup Stamps - Tic tac toe - Pearls, emboss, flowers
The Paper Shelter - Clean and simple
Quirky Crafts - Daddy's taking me to the zoo tomorrow, the zoo tomorrow
Sassy Studio Designs - Fave colors
Through the craft room door -  Anything goes
Tuesday throwdown - Anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy - Use your markers

Have a wonderful weekend,
XOX Lucy

Saturated Canary Beachy Easel card

Hey there,

I have been dying to use this gorgeous Saturated Canary digi for some time now and I've finally got around to it. How cute and sassy is she, I just love SC images!!

I have used clouds, pearls and beach huts from Flourish with a Bling. I used a white texture paint on the clouds to make them look more authentic for this card. The papers are from Simple Stories.

 Flourish with a Bling are 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. If you mention my blog (Lucy) when ordering we will send you a bonus Jasmine laser flourish!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

2 Sisters - Make it sparkle

613 Avenue Create -  Anything goes with optional Birthday
A little bit crafty - Die-ing for it
Addicted to stamps - Lots of layers
C is for Challenge - Summer
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Life's a beach
Corrosive Challenge - Shape up
Crafting for all seasons - Bingo - Flowers, digi, pearls
Crafty Creations - Time to sparkle (Butterfly, pearls, beach huts, parts of the image)
Crafty Friends - Inspired by a song - California Girls
Crafty Sentiments - Female Birthdays
Creative Card Crew - The great outdoors
Creative Corner - Anything goes
Creative Moments - Holidays
Cute Card Thursday - Good luck charm (Happy Birthday charm)
Deep Ocean - Blue
Dream Valley - Fancy folds
Emerald Faeries - Happy Birthday
Fairies Challenges - Flowers, Summer
Graph'It Markers - Candy colors (Smarties)
Great Impressions - Anything goes
Heck of a challenge - The sea
Inky Impressions - Summer
Lacy Sunshine -  Anything goes
One Crazy Stamper - Kraft
Paper Makeup Stamps - TicTacToe - Dies, ribbon, 2 or more DP's
Paper Pretties - Tongue-tied
Party time Tuesday - Color combo - Red, orange, green, yellow
Pile it on - Water
Saturated Canary - Celebrations
Send a smile 4 kids - Punches/die cuts for kids
Through the craft room door -  Anything goes
Tuesday throwdown - Anything goes
V's Sweet Ideas - Summer fun
Wags n whiskers - Summer fun
Whoopsi Daisy - Use your markers

Thanks for dropping in,
XOX Lucy

Tiddly Inks Fairy card

Thanks so much for popping in to check out my card today, I hope you like it. I used a gorgeous digi image from Tiddly Inks, click on their name and it will take you to this particular fairy image. I couldn't resist buying her the other day for their Fairies or Mermaids challenge. She was a lot of fun to colour too, I used copics. I dotted lightly around her with very pale blue and grey markers.

I added glitter to her wings and the chipboard number 5 and then used a glitter pen to add a different sparkle to the flower centres. 

The beautiful bling is made by my company, Flourish with a Bling  just click on our name to be taken to our store where this gorgeous flourish comes in a pack of two and includes single pearls too! It is available in 9 colours! I added a little white paint to my purple pearls and flourish as I wanted a more shabby chic look rather than bright.

Flourish with a Bling are 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. If you mention my blog (Lucy) when ordering we will send you a bonus Jasmine laser flourish!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

2 Sisters - Make it sparkle

613 Avenue Create -  Anything goes with optional Birthday
A little bit crafty - Die-ing for it
Addicted to stamps - Lots of layers
Aud Sentiments - 2 worded sentiment
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
CMC Copic - Anything goes
Corrosive Challenge - Shape up
Crafting for all seasons - Bingo - Pink, digi image, lilac
Crafty Creations - Pun fun
Crafty Friends - Inspired by a song "I believe I can fly"
Creative Card Crew - The great outdoors
Creative Corner - Anything goes
Creative Craft Challenges 2 - Numbers
Dream Valley - Fancy folds
Fairies Challenges - Flowers, summer
Graph'It Markers - Candy colours - Wonka pink & purple hearts
Great Impressions - Anything goes
Hobby Cutz - Fantasy
Just Inspirational - Photo Inspiration 
Love to Create - Fairytale or Fantasy
Loves Rubber Stamps - Use a hoarded item (my clear glitter pen)
My Mum's craft room - Just for girls
No matter which challenge - Anything goes
Paper Makeup Stamps - Tic Tac Toe - Lace, pearls, die cuts (top row)
The Paper Shelter - Swirly girly
Party time Tuesday - Wing it!
Penny's Challenges - Think pink
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Photo inspiration - purple fairy
The Ribbon Reel - Picnic photo inspiration using flowers, ribbon, lace & colours
Send a smile 4 kids - Punches &/or Die cuts 
Songbird Challenges - Ribbon
Sweet Stampin' - Shabby chic
Tiddly Inks - Fairy/mermaid
Whimsy Stamps - Ribbon and lace
Whoopsi Daisy - Use your markers

Thanks again for coming, I am so appreciative of the lovely crafters that come along and leave such wonderful comments, they make me smile all day!

XOX Lucy