Swinging Girl card (The East Wind image)

Hi everyone,

I'm sharing 3 new cards I've made, I don't quite know how I manage to get so many done sometimes as I have an office job, a craft business, a family (1 hubby, 2 kids) and a large house to clean! I guess its because this is what I love to do whenever I get a chance. I love to colour while watching my favourite TV shows too.

Speaking of my business, I have created this card using one of our gorgeous trees (named after my hubby - Lee's Tree) and some vine leaves and grass. The grass comes with the tree as a set. Click on our name to be taken to the store if you'd like to check it out (Flourish with a Bling). See the front page of the website for a special deal.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

AllSorts - Flower power

Bunny Zoe - Hearts (on paper)
Crafter's Cafe - Make your own background

Dream Valley - Valentine's Day 

Loves Rubberstamps -  Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - H is for hearts (on paper)   

Stempelsonne (Stamp Sun) -   Anything goes

The East Wind - Tainted Love (TEW image)
Top Tip Tuesday - Fave colour combo - Pink and blue (using a sponsor's image)
Word Art Wednesday -  Anything goes

I am so thrilled to have a few new followers in the last week or two, welcome to my blog. I hope you all have a wonderful week, thanks for dropping in this time.

XOX Lucy

I'm a Guest Designer at Not Just Cards (A Random Fan image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today/tonight I have the honor of being a guest designer at Not Just Cards. I am thrilled to bits as I love their challenge blog, they are always Anything Goes, you can enter as many times as you like and they have wonderful sponsors, what more could you want from a challenge blog hehe? They kindly let me choose an image from this week's sponsors and I couldn't go past this sweet little darling on her bike, isn't she adorable? You could win this or many other images if you enter their challenge.

I used some of my embossing folders (dusted them off hehe, I really should be using them more often) to create a little scene. My daughter was tidying her bedroom and gave me the cute little butterflies, they are for fingernails really but we thought they would be perfect for my cards seeing as she didn't want them anymore, lucky me!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional twist: doodling
A Gem of a Challenge - Lots of layers

AllSorts - Flower power
Art by Miran - Anything goes 
As you like it - Matt or shiny - Matt because it is easier to photograph for challenges :)
Brown Sugar - 3 different embellishments - butterflies, flowers & pearls
Come and Get it - Texture - embossing

Copic Marker Norge - Anything goes
Craft your Passion - Anything goes
Crafter's Cafe - Make your own background

Crafting by Designs - Off to the movies - My Girl

Crafts Galore Encore - Use a stamp or digi image 

Creative Fingers - Anything goes 

Cute Card Thursday - Stamping mad

Digitally Sweet -  Anything goes
Little Claire's Designs - Bright and beautiful

Loves Rubberstamps - Pink & girly
The Paper Shelter - Layers and lots of them

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - H is for Hat 

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) -  Anything goes
Sisters of Craft -  Anything goes

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything goes 
Winter Wonderland - Lots of layers

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'll always be your Jane card (Sassy Studio Designs image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Hehe, I made this card thinking I might give it to my hubby for Valentine's Day, I'm thinking that's what I'd look like in that get up haha, I wish!! 

How sassy is she, I loved creating with her, she's from Sassy Studio Designs. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional twist doodling (I doodled)
As you like it - matt or shiny & why - Matt because it is easy to photograph for challenges :)

Aud Sentiments - Valentine or Love sentiment
Craft your Passion - Anything goes
Crafter's Cafe - Make your own background

Crafting by Designs - Off to the movies - Tarzan

Crafts Galore Encore - Use a stamp or digi image

Crafty Catz - Stitching - Real or faux - I did faux/doodled

Creative Fingers - Anything goes 

Cute Card Thursday - Stamping mad

Digitally Sweet - Anything goes 
Great Impressions - Love

Just Inspirational - Love
Open-Minded Crafting Fun - No red or pink

Paper Creator's Crafts - Love is in the air
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges -  Anything goes
Ribbon Girl - Romance is in the air

Sassy Studio Designs - Keep it the same/monochromatic

The Shabby Tearoom - I (heart) you

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) -  H is for humorous
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) -  Anything goes

Thank you so much for dropping by, I have another card I'd love to show you in just one minute, very different to this one though.

XOX Lucy

Include a Heart at Di's Digis (Di's Digis image)

Hi everyone,

I hope you've been having a great week and not enduring awful weather, we've been seeing some terrible snow storms on our news here and it doesn't look like much fun. 

Di's Digis challenge blog has a new challenge today and it is "Include a Heart", I hope you'll join in the fun, she's has such wonderful images to play with in her online store (to go there click on Di's Digis). This gorgeous image was from her last year's range of love images but I love it and wanted to play with it again. I have used some papers from Echo Park. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Lots of layers

AllSorts - Flower power
As you like it - Matt or shiny - Matt because it is easier to photograph for challenges :)
Aud Sentiments - Valentine or Love sentiment 
Brown Sugar - 3 different embellishments - Flowers, pearls, corner
Bunny Zoe - Hearts
Copic Marker Norge - Anything goes

Crafting by Designs - Off to the movies - Ratatouille

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes 

Crafts and Me - Valentine

Crafty Catz - Stitching

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper -  Anything goes with patterned paper
Creative Card Crew - Shabby Chic

Creative Fingers - Anything goes 

Cute Card Thursday - Stamping mad

Digi Sketch - Sketch or Cute & Sparkly (Cute & Sparkly)
Glitter & Sparkle - Pearls and swirls

Kit & Clowder - Anything goes

Little Miss Muffet - All you need is love
Loves Rubberstamps - Pink and girly
Natalie & Amy - All about love

Not Just Cards - Anything goes 
The Paper Shelter - Layers and lots of them
Party Time Tuesdays -  Anything goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges -  Anything goes
Pile it on - Hearts and/or Flowers
Sentimental Sundays - Anything goes plus sentiment (You make me so happy sentiment)

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Anything goes 
Sweet Stampin' - Love

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything goes 
Top Tip Tuesday - Something new - New butterflies & wooden corner
Whoopsi Daisy -  Anything goes

Winter Wonderland - Lots of layers

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

Beautiful Fairy Birthday Card (A Day for Daisies image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Happy Australia Day! 

How sweet is this image from A Day for Daisies, I have been meaning to create with her for a long time as I printed her up ages ago but used it as my first attempt at watercolours and lets just say it didn't go well hehe. So I tried again with my trusted copics and now I think she looks very sweet in these colours. 

Here's a little tutorial on how I covered the 2 wooden hearts with the background papers - if you haven't tried this it is very easy - glue the paper to the wood item and once the glue has dried completely, sandpaper (I used a nail file so I could get into the top of the hearts easily) all the way around and it looks like it was made this way.

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout January, 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!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Day for Daisies - Show some ombre (the papers)
Art by Miran - Anything goes  

Bunny Zoe - Hearts
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Colour inspiration - Teal, purple, pinks

Copic Marker Norge -  Anything goes 
The Corrosive Challenge - Winter blues (use winter &/or blue) - Blue (used a sponsor image)

Crafting for all seasons - Things with wings

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes 

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

Creative Card Crew - Shabby Chic (using a sponsor's image)

Creative Moments -  Anything goes with optional twist: sketch

Digi Sketch - Sketch or cute & sparkly - cute & sparkly

Fairytale Challenges - Fairies and princesses
Fussy & Fancy Friday - Things with wings
Glitter & Sparkle - Pearls and swirls

Inspiration Destination - Anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack - Sketch
Just Inspirational - Sparkle
Kit & Clowder -  Anything goes

Loves Rubberstamps - The letter B - Butterflies, blue, Birthday
Not Just Cards - Anything goes 

Oddball Stamps - Add some sparkle
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything goes
Pile it on - Hearts and/or Flowers (both)
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Photo inspiration - inspired by the cold, so used cool colours
Scrapper's Delight - Anything goes with optional twist: fave colours (love teal & lilac)

Sentimental Sundays -  Anything goes plus sentiment
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Up in the clouds 
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Have a heart
Sister Act - Anything goes 
Top Tip Tuesday - Something new (new papers) plus tip (see above)

Whoopsi Daisy - 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

Birthday Balloon Girl (Saturated Canary image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Happy Australia Day! It is our national day of celebrating our wonderful country today and I must say, I'm pretty happy to be an Aussie.

I have created 2 really girly cards with the same Kaisercraft papers but still very different designs I think. This one is using a gorgeous image from Saturated Canary. I added a little doodling around the image, kind of like a balloon string. I have used this image before so have a photo of it below.

I have also used some rhinestones and teal pearls from Flourish with a Bling, see below for our sale. The Aussie dollar is really low at the moment so if you're overseas its a perfect time to buy our products as they are also 50% off this week. 

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout January, 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!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes 

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

Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes with ribbon

Creatalicious - Winter
Creative Moments - Anything goes with optional twist: sketch 

Glitter & Sparkle - Pearls and swirls

Graph 'It Markers - Crisp and white
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes 
Jo's Scrap Shack - Sketch
Kit & Clowder -  Anything goes

Loves Rubberstamps - The Letter B - Balloon, Birthday, Blue, Black, Butterfly
Not Just Cards - Anything goes 

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything goes
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Photo inspiration - inspired by the cold, added snowflake and used cool colours
Sentimental Sundays -  Anything goes plus sentiment

The Shabby Tearoom - Forecast? Freezing (snowflake, cool colours)
Sister Act -  Anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy - 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

Girl and Squirrel Birthday card (The Paper Shelter image)

Hi everyone,

This is my last card of the day and it's very different from all the others as it has more of a shabby chic feel. I have used a beautiful image from The Paper Shelter, isn't it a lovely scene? The fence is from FWAB who are having a 50% off sale and for those overseas this means huge savings as our Aussie dollar is also down so you get our beautiful products for next to nothing but only for this month (see below for more details).

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout January, 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!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Art by Miran -  Anything goes 

The Corrosive Challenge - Winter Blues (winter &/or blue)  

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

Creatalicious - Winter

Creative Card Crew - Shabby chic

Creative Fingers -  Anything goes

Creative Moments - Anything goes with optional twist: sketch
Deep Ocean - Winter dreams

Fairytale Stampers - Flowers
Inspiration Destination -  Anything goes

Kit & Clowder -  Anything goes  

Little Claire's Designs - Open theme
Loves Rubberstamps - The letter B - Branch, Birthday, Brown
Not Just Cards - Anything goes  

The Paper Shelter - All wrapped up
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges - Anything goes 
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Photo inspiration - inspired by winter/scarf
The Shabby Tearoom - Forecast? Freezing - inspired by cold weather, scarf & hat 

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) -  Winter stamping
Sister Act -  Anything goes  
Top Tip Tuesday - Something new - New image to play with

Whoopsi Daisy -  Anything goes
Winter Wonderland - Use only 1 designer paper

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