Christmas boy with lights (Bugaboo image)

Hi crafty friends,

I know it is unlike me to make clean and simple cards but when I have so many to create at Christmastime I find it a lot quicker :). I find Christmas cards more difficult in general and I'm not sure why, does anyone else? There are so many gorgeous Christmas images out there but when it comes to embellishing I get stuck! This gorgeous little boy is from  Bugaboo. I used some die cuts to give an optical illusion, I love using stripes.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Christmas goes

AllSorts - Clean and simple

Catch the Bug - Day 3 color challenge

Christmas Cards all year round - Keep it simple

C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas 

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 2 - Anything Christmas

Creative Inspirations - All wrapped up 

Glitter & Sparkle - Anything goes 

Holly Jolly Christmas - Anything goes Christmas

Jo's Scrap Shack - Christmas Joy 
Little Miss Muffet - Anything goes (using a Bugaboo image) 

Pile it on -  Christmas/Winter

Ribbon Girl -  Anything goes 

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Holly jolly stamping  

Sparkles Christmas - Die cuts for Christmas 

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Any outdoor scene 

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

Dog and Cat Xmas troubles (Stitchy Bear image)

Hi there,

Here's another card I created this week, this time using a gorgeous little image from Stitchy Bear Stamps. I thought the image was quite involved so I enlarged it (for easier colouring hehe) and also to make it the hero of the card.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Christmas goes

AllSorts - Clean and simple

Christmas Cards all year round - Keep it simple

Come and Get it - Anything goes Christmas

C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas 

Craft your Passion -  Anything goes 
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 2 - Anything Christmas

Creative Inspirations -  All wrapped up (wrapped up in lights)

Glitter & Sparkle - Anything goes 

Holly Jolly Christmas - Anything goes Christmas

Jo's Scrap Shack - Christmas Joy 
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges - Anything goes 

Pile it on -  Christmas/Winter

Polkadoodles -  Traditional Christmas

Ribbon Girl - Anything goes  

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Holly jolly stamping

Whimsy Stamps -  Anything goes holidays

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

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