Friday, 30 May 2014

Shabby Chic window card (Magnolia stamp image)

Hi everyone,

It's been a while since I've created with Magnolia stamps so I decided to get them back out and now I've created 2 cards to show you with my lovely Tildas on them.

I had grand designs for an easel card with windows and doors, lovely front garden etc but when I realised how large my window and shutters were, that idea quickly went out the window (pardon the pun hehe). I created a brick effect behind the window with my brown copic marker (E37) and my colourless marker. I have also used some chipboard corners and heat embossed them with some white powder. I distressed and inked all the edges to give it a shabby chic feel.


Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout May, everything is half off for only another 26 hours!! 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 Gem of a Challenge - Felt or fabric
AllSorts - Happy Birthday
Anyone for Anya - Favourite stamps
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes with a twist/ things with wings
Brown Sugar - Birthday
Bunny Zoe - Flowers and charms
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Embossing (heat embossed chipboard corners white)
Come and Get it - Lots of layers
Copic Marker Norge - Photo/colour inspiration - Blue, brown, cream
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Show us some metal or glass 
Craft-room Challenge - Things with wings
Crafty Catz - Anything goes 
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything goes with patterned paper 
The Crazy Challenge - Bingo - Pearls, flower, die cut 
Creative Card Crew - Shabby chic/vintage
Cute Card Thursday - Blues and hues
Cutie Pie - Emboss it but keep it cute (heat embossed chipboard corners white)
Deep Ocean - Wings
Divas by Design -  Anything goes with Magnolia stamps
Dream Valley - Things with wings (butterfly on cameo and blue bird)
Fairies Challenges - Ladies
Hanna & Friends - Die cuts
Jo's Scrap Shack - Happy Birthday to you
Just B Creative Crazy - Just because
Magnolia Down Under - Tic tac toe - Metal, button, sentiment
Magnolia-Licious - Birthdays
Magnolia Mania - Paper piecing
One Sweet Challenge - Flowers
Pile it on - Metal
Sentimental Sundays - Things with wings plus a sentiment
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Anything goes 
Sister Act - Anything goes
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything goes 
Tilda's Town - Use your stash (flowers, chipboard corners, cameo)
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes  
Your Next Stamp - Photo inspiration

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

Thursday, 29 May 2014

Birthday Fishing Boy card (Digistamp Boutique image)

Hi everyone,

Me again, just quickly showing you my 2nd card of the day and this time I've created a boy's card. I have used a gorgeous image from DigiStamp Boutique


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
Card Mania -  Clean and simple
CMC Copic - Father's Day/Boys stuff
Copic Marker Norge - Photo/colour inspiration - Blue, brown, cream
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Show us some metal or glass
Crafting for all seasons - Boys will be boys
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper -  Anything goes with patterned paper
Cute Card Thursday - Blues and hues 
Delightful Challenges - It's a guy thing
Die Cuttin' Divas - For the boys plus dies (banner and fence)
Digistamp Boutique - Anything goes with DSB
Hanna & Friends - Die cuts
Jo's Scrap Shack - Life's a beach
Just B Creative Crazy - Just because
Lacy Sunshine - Dies/punches
Melonheadz - When I grow up
The Paper Shelter - Make it manly
Pile it on - Metal
Rhedd & Rosies - No flowers, nothing floral
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Anything goes 
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - One for the guys
Through the Craftroom Door -  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

5 Today Rainbow card (Emerald Faeries image)

Hi everyone,

I hope you're all well, I must say a big thank you to those that leave such lovely, personal comments for me, they are my favourite to read and always make me smile (sometimes giggle even).

I have used a gorgeous image from Emerald Faeries, I think her name is Pip. I have also used a sun, cloud and raindrops which are all part of Flourish with a Bling's Up In The Sky Set which is only $2.48AUD until Saturday (everything is 50% off, see below). The number 5 is wooden but I added some clear glue and beautiful crystal glitter.


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:

Anyone for Anya - Favourite stamps
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes with twist: things with wings
Card Makin' Mamas - Over the Rainbow
Come and Get it - Lots of layers
Craft-room Challenge - Things with wings
Crafter's Cafe - Use 3 or more flowers
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper -  Anything goes with patterned paper
Crafty Sentiments - Candy photo/colour inspiration
Deep Ocean - Wings
Dream Valley - Things with wings
Fairytale Challenges - With needle and thread 
Just Inspirational - Make it colourful/Rainbow
Loves Rubberstamps - Add some doodling
Open-Minded Crafting Fun - Fairytale or Fantasy
Sentimental Sundays - Things with wings plus sentiment 
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Anything goes 
Stamp & Create - Spring colors
Sweet Stampin' - Sparkle & Shine
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes  

Big hugs to you all for popping in,

XOX Lucy

Saturday, 24 May 2014

Shabby Chic Mermaid card (Lacy Sunshine image)

Hi everyone,

This is my final card of the day, I hope you like it. The beautiful mermaid image is from Lacy Sunshine and she was so much fun to colour. I glittered up the water as it was a little too blue. I have used a lovely cream flower and pearls from my company, Flourish with a Bling, who are having a 50% off sale right now (see below). I added some white glitter to the little glass bottle and there's a little charm and some shells too. 


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 
A Gem of a Challenge - Felt or fabric (felt clouds)
Anyone for Anya - Favourite stamp (one of many)
Bunny Zoe - Flowers and charms 
Craft Hoarders Anonymous -Show us some metal or glass (metal leaf, charm & glass bottle) 
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 
Hanna & Friends - Die cuts (clouds)
Jo's Scrap Shack - Life's a beach
Just Keep on Creating - Anything goes   
Lacy Sunshine - Anything goes 
Love to Scrap - Anything goes  
Oddball Stamps - Girly and glam 
One Sweet Challenge - Flowers
Open-Minded Crafting Fun - Fairytale or Fantasy
Pile it on - Shabby chic
Scrappy Mom's Stamps - Summer here we come
Sentimental Sundays - Funky flowers
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Botanical  
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Vacation/travel
Sparkles - Celebrate Mom or a special lady
Stamp & Create - Spring colours
Top Tip Tuesday - Here comes summer

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

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

Monday, 19 May 2014

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
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

Sunday, 18 May 2014

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 
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)
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