HoHoHo Christmas card (Bugaboo image)

Hi everyone,

I have been very behind with my blogging this last month, I don't know where the time is going? We went on a lovely cruise for our wedding anniversary last month, boy did we have a lovely 9 days away from the world hehe, it really is like being on another planet. 

Thank you so much to Wendy, Carol and Kitty for checking in on me, that was so sweet of you all. 

I have been lucky enough to be creating a few cards for an Australian magazine but of course, I can't show them until they appear in the magazine, but no fear I have a few that aren't for the magazine to show today hehe. I have been busy creating Christmas cards for friends and family - this one is for my in-laws who have our niece and nephew so I thought this Bugaboo image was perfect! I glossed the HoHoHo with Dimensional Magic.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Christmas goes

Catch the Bug - Day 6 - show us your wrap 

C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 2 - Anything Christmas

Holly Jolly Christmas - Anything goes Christmas

Little Miss Muffet - Anything goes (using a Bugaboo image) 

Ribbon Girl - Anything goes

Send a smile 4 kids - Winter fun for kids

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Holly jolly stamping  

Stempelsonne (Stamp Sun) -   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

Autumn Girl Card (Saturated Canary image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

This is my 5th and final card to show for tonight. I created this card today although I had coloured the gorgeous Saturated Canary image up a couple of weeks ago. I then decided to get a bit artsy with the background of the image and so it is a mix blend of copic markers and distress inks. I also distress inked the background paper with some brown/reds.

 I love my new "dangly jewels" I bought at a recent craft show. The blingy flower and antique gold pearls are from Flourish with a Bling.

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout November, 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! The Aussie Dollar is cheap right now so it's the perfect time to grab bargains for Christmas.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Copic Marker Norge - Autumn colors 

Crafting for all seasons -  All dressed up/Girly

Crafts and Me - Autumn/Fall colours

Crafts Galore Encore - Use rubber stamp or digi image
Cute Card Thursday - Sparkles (gems, bling centred flower)

Digi Choosday - Fave colour combo - Green, pink and rust 

Fairytale Stampers - Fall/Autumn

Fussy & Fancy Friday - Flowers (flower plus background floral paper)

Inspiration Destination - Anything goes

Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything goes  
Polkadoodles -  Add sparkle, bling or glitter 

Send a smile 4 kids - Any celebration for kids

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) -  Throwback - Ombre 

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Anything goes 

Sisters of Craft - Anything goes 

Whimsy Stamps - Fall colours or Christmas  

Well, that's it from me for the night, I hope you like my new cards and I am so glad you came to visit. 

XOX Lucy

Sparkly blue Merry Christmas card

Hi Crafty Friends,

I went to a craft show the other week and they were showing how to create this winter scene and I fell in love with the stamp so had to buy it and the Kaleidoscope ink pad too hehe!! I was quite excited to find I could create the scene very close to how they did and it was easier than it looks! This is going to be my go-to Christmas card design for most of my friends and family this year so I'm not sure you'll see many Christmas cards from me this year. 

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout November, 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! The Aussie Dollar is cheap right now so it's the perfect time to grab bargains for Christmas.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore -  Use rubber stamp or digi image (rubber stamp)

Cute Card Thursday - Sparkles

Digi Choosday - Fave colour combo - silver, teal and purple

Inspiration Destination - Anything goes 

Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything goes  
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Throwback - ombre

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Anything goes

Sisters of Craft -  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

Star Student card (Cute as a Button image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I think this would be a great little card for a bookworm or over-achiever at school or even a little girl starting school for the very first time. This sweet little image is from Cute as a Button. 

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout November, 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! The Aussie Dollar is cheap right now so it's the perfect time to grab bargains for Christmas.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Copic Marker Norge - Autumn colors 

Crafts Galore Encore - Use rubber stamp or digi image

Inspiration Destination - Anything goes 

Send a smile 4 kids - Any celebration for kids

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Throwback - B is for Bookworm and Books  

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Anything goes 

Stempelsonne (Stamp Sun) -  Anything goes 

Whimsy Stamps - Fall colours or Christmas 

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

Metal Birthday card for hubby

Hi Crafty Friends,

I'm back with my 2nd card of the night and this is a bit different to what I usually make. I couldn't find a good male digi that I hadn't already used for my hubby so I decided to make a non-image card. I did stamp the sentiment and embossed it silver. I think the rest of the card is self-explanatory hehe. Always feel free to email me or leave a comment asking questions if you ever have any. 

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout November, 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! The Aussie Dollar is cheap right now so it's the perfect time to grab bargains for Christmas.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - Let's tag it!

Cute Card Thursday - Sparkles (shiny silver paper and sparkly washi tape)

Inspiration Destination - Anything goes 

Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything goes  
Little Miss Muffet - Tags

Polkadoodles - Add sparkle, bling or glitter (glitter washi tape, shiny silver paper)

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Throwback - use a rubber stamp (the sentiment)  

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) -  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 Pink & Red Witch card (Crafts & Me/Hannah Lynn image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I can't believe it's been almost a month since I last posted, that has not happened in over 3 years!! I don't know where the time is going at the moment, I have made a few cards and I am going to post them all tonight (5 in total). I am not keeping up with all the challenge blogs at the moment so at least it is quicker to post on my blog :)

I hope you all had a spooky but wonderful Halloween if you celebrate it. It is getting so much more popular here in my little corner of the world (Melbourne, Australia) that we ran out of chocs within about 30 minutes!! 

Anyway, onto my card and I love using this gorgeous image from Hannah Lynn (can be found at Crafts and Me). I have created 4 cards now with her so I've added my previous cards below. This is the first time I have used non-Halloween colours. 

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout November, 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! The Aussie Dollar is cheap right now so it's the perfect time to grab bargains for Christmas.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Too cute to spook

Crafting for all seasons - All dressed up/Girly 

Crafts and Me - Halloween

Inspiration Destination - Anything goes

The Paper Shelter - Halloween

Send a smile 4 kids - Any celebration for kids

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) -  Throwback - Scratched challenge (distressed paper edges) 

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Anything goes 

Stempelsonne (Stamp Sun) - Anything goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Too cute to spook

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

Enjoying the Rain Birthday card (Cute as a Button image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Does this weather look familiar hehe? Not here in Oz today, we have a beautiful 27 degree day, the sun is shining, Spring is well and truly here thank goodness!

What do you think of my new look blog? It has taken me most of the evening to try and figure it all out. I can't seem to make my blog posts white even though I have saved it as white! I have made the card photos a little smaller but click on the photo to enlarge it.

I loved colouring this sweet image from Cute as a Button called Enjoying the Rain. My sister didn't want this cloud paper so I happily took it as I thought it would go beautifully with the raining images I have. One person's trash is another person's treasure as they say hehe! Lucky me. 

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout October, 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! The Aussie Dollar is cheap right now so it's the perfect time to grab bargains

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create -  Anything goes or use pink

AllSorts - Nature

As you like it - monochrome or color - definitely color as I love combining different colors together

Bunny Zoe - Teens or tweens 

Craft your Passion - Anything goes

Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes

Crafting from the Heart -  Anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Make a card or Halloween

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

Digi Choosday - Use something new - New image and cloud paper 

Inspiration Destination - Anything goes 

Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything goes 
Julia Spiri -  Anything goes with optional: add bling

Melonheadz - Fall is in the air

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges -  Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Autumn is in the air

Sisters of Craft -  Anything goes

Whimsy Stamps -  Anything goes or Halloween

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

Fall is in the air card (PolkaDoodles image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

This is only the second time I have created a card using an image from Polkadoodles but I'm sure it won't be my last, I love their images! I have gone a little distressed/shabby chic on this card and also used one of my new dies - the little sign posts.

I have also used some olive green pearls and grass from my company, Flourish with a Bling who have a huge sale on (see below for details).

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout October, 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! The Aussie Dollar is cheap right now so it's the perfect time to grab bargains

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes or use pink 

AllSorts - Nature

Bunny Zoe - Teens or tweens 

Craft your Passion - Anything goes 

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes 
Digi Choosday - Use something new - new image and papers (using PD image)

Dream Valley - Recipe - Pearls, patterned paper, flowers

Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything goes 

Polkadoodles - Favourite shape - I have to be boring and say square as 90% of my cards are square, I love it! (Using PD image)

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Autumn is in the air 

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