Out of this World card (DigiStamp Boutique image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I love this little monster from DigiStamp Boutique, imagine how many different colours you can colour him especially with his spots too!! I chose to go a black/grey colour but have the background like he is radioactive or something hehe. He can be used for Halloween or any boy cards, he could even look cute as a pink monster for a girl, I'd love to try that sometime!! I added some googly eyes I found at a $2 shop.

We have brand new flowers in a rainbow of colours at Flourish with a Bling and to celebrate we are selling them at only $2 a pack (rrp $3) for this month only. Click on our name to go to our online store and check out all of our gorgeous products.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Trick or treat

Artistic Inspirations - Halloween
Card Mania - Buttons (1 green and 2 black in the top right corner)

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - For the boys

Crafter's Cafe - Spookable 

Craftin' Desert Divas -  Halloween
Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes

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

Dream Valley - Halloween 

Hanna & Friends - Halloween  

Jo's Scrap Shack - Haunted wishes
Kit & Clowder - Anything goes 

Lacy Sunshine - Halloween 
Mema's Crafts - TicTacToe - Ribbon/Lace, Buttons, Rubber or digi stamp

Milk Coffee -  Halloween 
One Sweet Challenge - Halloween 

Open-Minded Crafting Fun - Halloween or dressing up 
Send a smile 4 kids - Celebration cards for kids

Sentimental Sundays - Too cute to spook + sentiment 
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) -  Anything goes 
Sister Act - 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

Purple Halloween witch (Spesch image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Here's another Halloween card I created today using a gorgeous little witch from Spesch Designer Stamps. I have forgotten where I got the haunted house image from, I'm very sorry I can't give you details on where you can find it, I believe it may have been a free image online but can't be sure. 

I embossed the purple paper which is still very new to me. I bought heaps of embossing folders but rarely use them as they just haven't become one of my "go to" items yet. Hopefully they will as I always love seeing embossing on bloggers' cards.

We have brand new flowers in a rainbow of colours at Flourish with a Bling and to celebrate we are selling them at only $2 a pack (rrp $3) for this month only. Click on our name to go to our online store and check out all of our gorgeous products.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Trick or treat

Art by Miran - Anything goes  
Artistic Inspirations - Halloween
Aud Sentiments - Use a 2 or 3 word sentiment  
Craft your Passion - Bingo - Flowers, gems, die cuts 

Crafter's Cafe - Spookable 
Craftin' Desert Divas - Halloween 
Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes

Creative Fingers - Anything goes 

Cutie Pie - Perfectly Purple and Completely Cute
Delightful Challenges - 3's not a crowd (3 purple flowers and 3 pearls)

Dream Valley -  Halloween
Faery Ink Designs - Halloween 
Fairytale Challenges - Photo inspiration - inspired by the purple
Hanna & Friends - Halloween  

Jo's Scrap Shack - Haunted wishes
Just Inspirational - Make your own background paper
Kit & Clowder - Anything goes

Lacy Sunshine - Halloween
Mema's Crafts - TicTacToe - Die cuts, Sewing, Embossing 

Milk Coffee - Halloween 
One Sweet Challenge - Halloween 

Open-Minded Crafting Fun - Halloween or dressing up 
The Paper Shelter - Halloween
Ppinkydolls -  Anything goes or Halloween

Scrapper's Delight - Halloween

Sentimental Sundays - Too cute to spook + sentiment 
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) -   Anything goes
Sister Act - Anything goes  

The Stamping Chef -  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. Have a lovely weekend,

XOX Lucy

Happy Birthday Farm Girl (Kenny K girl and Bugaboo fence images)

Hi crafty friends,

I have created this Fall inspired card with a Kenny K girl and a Bugaboo fence, I thought they go quite well together, hope you agree.

I have used one of our brand new exclusive flowers from Flourish with a Bling, the gorgeous orange one and also part of one of our rhinestone flourishes (Elise Antique Brown) and some olive green pearls as butterfly "bodies". 

We have brand new flowers in a rainbow of colours at Flourish with a Bling and to celebrate we are selling them at only $2 a pack (rrp $3) for this month only. Click on our name to go to our online store and check out all of our gorgeous products.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Art by Miran -  Anything goes 

Aud Sentiments - Use a 2 or 3 word sentiment  
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Layer it

Craft your Passion - Bingo - Flowers, gems, die cuts

Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes

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

Creative Fingers - Anything goes  

Glitter & Sparkle - Use some orange
Just Inspirational - Fall

Kenny K's Krafty Krew - Anything goes with optional twist: Xmas
Kit & Clowder -  Anything goes

Love to Scrap - Seeing dots
Loves Rubberstamps - Warm colors
Mema's Crafts - TicTacToe - Die cuts, Bling, Rubber or digi stamp

One Stitch at a Time -  Anything goes with a butterfly

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) -  Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Use Kraft
Sister Act -  Anything goes 

Stamp & Create - Fall/Autumn
The Stamping Chef - 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

Halloween at Di's Digis this challenge! (Di's Digi image)

Hi crafty friends,

The new challenge this fortnight at Di's Digis is Halloween. You can find this gorgeous Halloween image and so many other cute as can be animal images at Di's Digis online store. She really does have the sweetest animal digis around!

I did a fair bit of doodling on this card - the stitching around the image and sentiment and the card border as I still haven't managed to figure out how to use my sewing machine that I got 2 years ago for Christmas! In truth, I did try to read the instructions a month ago but decided it was way too complicated for little ol' me and will wait til my mum next comes around to show me hehe.

We have brand new flowers in a rainbow of colours at Flourish with a Bling and to celebrate we are selling them at only $2 a pack (rrp $3) for this month only. Click on our name to go to our online store and check out all of our gorgeous products.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Trick or treat

Artistic Inspirations - Halloween
Aud Sentiments - Use a 2 or 3 word sentiment 
Bunny Zoe - Animals
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - For the boys

Crafter's Cafe - Spookable

Craftin' Desert Divas - Halloween
Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes

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

Creative Fingers -  Anything goes 

Dream Valley - Halloween 

Faery Ink Designs - Halloween
Fussy & Fancy Friday - Orange and black

Glitter & Sparkle - Use some orange
Hanna & Friends - Halloween  
Jo's Scrap Shack - Haunted wishes
Kit & Clowder - Anything goes

Lacy Sunshine - Halloween
Let's Craft & Create - Animal antics
Little Miss Muffet - If you go down to the woods today (use a bear or fairy)
Milk Coffee - Halloween 

One Sweet Challenge - Halloween 

Open-Minded Crafting Fun - Halloween or dressing up
The Paper Shelter - Halloween
Scrapper's Delight - Halloween 

Sentimental Sundays - Too cute to spook + sentiment
Sister Act - 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

My 2nd Christmas Card as Guest Designer for DigiStamp Boutique (DSB image)

Hi crafty friends,

I am so happy to still be guest designing this month at DigiStamp Boutique, they have the most adorable images. I had some of my cards displayed on our stall at a craft show last weekend and I had the most queries about the little DigiStamp Boutique witch image I used, it was very sweet.

This little dog is called Stanley, isn't he adorable? I used some Fluffy Stuff for his hat and the snow but glittered the little snowman. I used one of Flourish with a Bling's new chocolate flowers and their antique gold pearls in a row alternating pearl sizes.

We have brand new flowers in a rainbow of colours at Flourish with a Bling and to celebrate we are selling them at only $2 a pack (rrp $3) for this month only. Click on our name to go to our online store and check out all of our gorgeous products.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Christmas Cards all year round - Embellish it!
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge - Use something forgotten (my gold glitter paper)
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 2 - Anything goes as long as it's Christmas
A Gem of a Challenge - Create a scene (Christmas scene)

Bunny Zoe - Animals
Craft your Passion - Bingo - Flowers, gems, die cuts

Crafting by Designs - Get ready for Christmas

Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes

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

Creative Fingers -  Anything goes

Kit & Clowder - Anything goes 

Let's Craft & Create - Animal antics
Little Claire's Designs - Christmas
Send a smile 4 kids - Celebration cards for kids

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Anything goes  
Sister Act - Anything goes 

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

One Today! Pink girly card (All Dressed Up image)

Hi everyone,

Sorry I've not posted for (what seems like..) ages, we took our products (Flourish with a Bling) to a craft show last weekend and I have just not had any time to create until now. 

I desperately wanted to get this one posted as All Dressed Up have a fantastic blog hop going on and this was a lovely free image they gave everyone for this challenge (which ends in 12 hours or so ahhhhh!!! lol).

I just picked up these lovely bright papers at the craft show and couldn't wait to use them. I cut out the banners from the patterned paper behind the image to add them over the top of the top banner so they have a 3D effect as they were too flat after I added the flowers. Hope you like it.

We have brand new flowers in a rainbow of colours at Flourish with a Bling and to celebrate we are selling them at only $2 a pack (rrp $3) for this month only. Click on our name to go to our online store and check out all of our gorgeous products.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Create a scene (party scene with banner)

All Dressed Up - Use the freebie image
Art by Miran - Anything goes 
As you like it - Fave fibre and why - ribbon because it comes in every colour and it is easy to lay flat on cards.
Aud Sentiments - Anything goes with a sentiment
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Layer it

Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes

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

Creative Fingers -  Anything goes

Kit & Clowder -  Anything goes

Love to Scrap - Seeing dots
Milk Coffee - Lots of layers

One Stitch at a Time -  Anything goes with a butterfly

Send a smile 4 kids - Celebration cards for kids

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Anything goes  
Sister Act -  Anything goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge -  Anything goes with pink
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

Shabby Chic Umbrella Birthday Girl (The Greeting Farm image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I haven't created a card with this image from The Greeting Farm for a long time so thought now Autumn challenges were about, this little girl with her umbrella is perfect for this time of year. 

I have been raiding any old clothes for zippers at the moment and this is the first time I've used one but I like it. I tore the paper so it kind of (hopefully hehe) looks like the zip goes up and down. I have used pearls and flourishes from Flourish with a Bling. Can you see the little kitty cat under the sentiment, isn't he sweet, I bought him at a craft show.

(my first card created with this image - the tree, leaves, cloud, raindrops and toadstools are all from Flourish with a Bling)

We have brand new flowers in a rainbow of colours at Flourish with a Bling and to celebrate we are selling them at only $2 a pack (rrp $3) for this month only. Click on our name to go to our online store and check out all of our gorgeous products.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes

AllSorts - Autumn
Aud Sentiments - Anything goes with a sentiment
Bunny Zoe - Animals (cat) 
Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes 

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

Crafty Little Fairies - Use only 1 designer paper

Creatalicious - Flower power

Digitally Sweet - Lots of flowers

Fab N Funky - Anything goes with ribbon
Fairytale Stampers - Flowers/ribbon
Great Impressions - Autumnal Elegance

Let's Craft & Create - Autumn

Loves Rubberstamps - Anything goes 
Milk Coffee - Lots of layers

My Craft Creations - Anything goes

Not Just Cards - Anything goes 
One Stitch at a Time - Orange
Open-Minded Crafting Fun - Fall/Autumn
The Paper Shelter - Shabby Chic
Pile it on - Autumn
Quirky Crafts -  Autumn related (umbrella/rain) 

Ribbon Girl - Glitz and Dazzle plus ribbon 
Scrapper's Delight -  Anything goes or monochrome

Sentimental Sundays - Bling it up plus sentiment
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Falling in love with ... muted colours and zippers
Sister Act - Anything goes
Splendid Stamping with TGF - Anything goes

Sweet Pea Stampers - Tear it to pieces
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Zuri Artsy Craftsy - Anything goes

I love that you've dropped by, thanks so much,

XOX Lucy

Best Wishes Red Headed girl card (Hannah Lynn image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I love these images by Hannah Lynn, they are so much fun to colour. You can find all her images at Crafts and Me.

Lovely Kathy S left a comment asking about what copic colours I used on my recent Art By Miran image which gave the girl a dark brown/reddish hair colour. I can't remember so I coloured this image last night so I could write down these colours in the hope you like them too. Here are the colours I used: E49, R59, R39, R37 and R35.

I have used one of Flourish with a Bling's brand new exclusive flowers, I think it matches her hair perfectly. I have also used pearls and leaves from FWAB too.

We have brand new flowers in a rainbow of colours at Flourish with a Bling and to celebrate we are selling them at only $2 a pack (rrp $3) for this month only. Click on our name to go to our online store and check out all of our gorgeous products.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes

AllSorts - Autumn
Aud Sentiments - Anything goes with a sentiment
Bunny Zoe - Animals (bird)
Catch the Bug - Anything goes

Crafting at the weekend -  Anything goes

Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes (using an image from your sponsor Crafts & Me) 

Crafting Musketeers - Autumn colours

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

Creatalicious - Flower power

Digitally Sweet - Lots of flowers

Great Impressions - Autumnal Elegance 

Let's Craft & Create - Autumn

Loves Rubberstamps -  Anything goes
Milk Coffee - Lots of layers

My Craft Creations - Anything goes

Not Just Cards -  Anything goes
Open-Minded Crafting Fun - Fall/Autumn
The Paper Shelter - Shabby chic
Pile it on - Autumn
Ppinkydolls -  Anything goes or fall colours

Quirky Crafts - Autumn related (colours)
Ribbon Girl - Glitz and Dazzle plus ribbon
Scrapper's Delight -  Anything goes or monochrome

Sentimental Sundays - Bling it up plus sentiment 
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) -  Falling in love with ... reds and browns
Sister Act - Anything goes 

The Stamping Chef - Anything goes
Sweet Pea Stampers - Tear it to pieces 
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