Snorkelling shaker card (Scrapper's Delights image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Can you believe I've created over 900 cards and this is my first shaker card? I absolutely loved doing this but it wasn't quite as easy for me as the lady I watched on Youtube hehe! I used some large glitter and some sea items as well as the gorgeous little snorkeler from Scrapper's Delights. I added a flatter foam tape to him so that he still stood out but not as far as the front of the card (if that makes sense?) I love this bubble paper for the background as it looks like its coming from his snorkel doesn't it?

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - weather
Brown Sugar - Photo inspiration - inspired by the beach/water/blue

Crafter's Cafe - vacation

The Crafty Addicts - anything goes/summertime 

Crafty Calendar - Father's day/for a male 

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

Creative Inspirations - spring into summer 

Cupcake Inspirations - under the sea

Cute Card Thursday - a good sport (or hobby) - snorkelling
Inky Chicks - Father's day/male cards  

Julia Spiri - anything goes with optional: CAS 

Love to Scrap - it's a boy thing

My Crafting Stories - summer

Not Just Cards - anything goes 

Open-Minded Crafting Fun - Seasons/holidays - Summer

Ribbon Girl - any card

Scrapper's Delight -  anything goes 

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) -  Father's day/for a guy

Star Stampz - for/with kids

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

As always, 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

A Mermaid's wish (Elaine Cox image)

Hi Crafty Friends, 

Out of the 4 cards to show you tonight 3 of them are male cards, that is so unlike me! Anyway, hopefully this is girly enough to make up for the lack of female cards today. I coloured up a beautiful image from Elaine Cox (I don't have a link as I won this through Sweet Pea Stamps that are now closed). I love using cheesecloth material with mermaids, it just seems like an ocean type item somehow. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Art by Miran -  anything goes

Aud Sentiments - under the sea plus a sentiment

C.R.A.F.T. - inspired by a film - Splash

Crafting by Designs - once upon a time (mermaid)

Crafting with an Attitude -  anything goes

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

Creative Inspirations - spring into summer

Creative Moments - anything goes with optional: stitching  

Cupcake Inspirations - under the sea

Julia Spiri -  anything goes with optional: CAS

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes

Not Just Cards - anything goes 

The Paper Shelter - sentimental 

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges - use your fave embellishments - pearls and flowers 

Ribbon Girl - any card

Sisters of Craft - anything goes  

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes  

As always, 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

Our Hero (Bugaboo image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I had my hubby in mind when I created this cute card. I used another Bugaboo image and then used my dies to create a polaroid of a city. This ended up quite fiddly as I needed to make the "windows" yellow like there are lights on so a bit of fussy cutting required but I like the end result. I thought the blue paper with white dots looked like snow. I embossed the red cardstock too. Lastly some faux stitching was required.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - weather (snowing)

Catch the Bug - anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. - inspired by a film - Superman

Crafting by Designs - Once upon a time (a superhero story)

Crafty Calendar - Father's day/for a male

Creative Moments - anything goes with optional: stitching 

Inky Chicks - Father's day/male cards 
Jo's Scrap Shack - Father's Day

Julia Spiri - anything goes with optional: CAS 

Little Miss Muffet -  anything goes

Not Just Cards - anything goes 

The Paper Shelter - sentimental

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges - use your fave embellishments - die cuts

Ribbon Girl - any card

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Father's day/for a guy

Sweet Stampin' - Father's Day or for a special man

As always, 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

A Burger with the Lot please (Bugaboo image)

Hi Crafty Friends,


I am so happy to have another 2 lovely crafty friends following me this week, thanks to all of you, I love showing you my new cards and I love looking for inspiration from all you talented bloggers too.

This is the first of 4 cards to show tonight and this one is a clean and simple style card using a cute Bugaboo image. All the cards are very different so I hope you'll enjoy checking out the next 3 cards :)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

As you like it - Fave - food and/or drink - Food, especially the look of this burger!

Catch the Bug - anything goes

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

Inky Chicks - Father's day/male cards  

Little Miss Muffet - anything goes 

Not Just Cards - anything goes 

Ribbon Girl - any card 

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Father's day/for a guy 

Stempelsonne (Stamp Sun) - anything goes  

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes  

As always, 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

An orange summer garden card (Magnolia image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I am having a terrible time trying to take nice, natural photos of my cards at the moment as it's winter here in Australia and not a sun ray in sight! So making the best of it for now and may take a better photo when and if the sun comes out tomorrow (I sound like Orphan Annie don't I haha).

I used a lovely Magnolia image for this card and a Lawn Fawn sun die which is one of my faves. This card is a really easy shape to create but I like how it looks. Keep the fold at the top then evenly cut both sides on an angle to make the triangle leaving enough gap at the top so the card still has a steady fold. It stays up nicely still too.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

All About Magnolia - all about shaped cards

Lovely hAnglar or sweet Magnolia -  anything goes

Magnolia-Licious - flowers and/or photo inspiration 

Simply Magnolia - summer

Time for Magnolia - anything but square

A Gem of a Challenge - weather

AllSorts - the great outdoors

Art by Miran - anything goes
Butterfly Challenge - A is for aperture and/or apricot (I've used apricot colour)

CCC Digi Creations - anything goes

Copic Marker Norge - lace and ribbon

The Crafty Addicts - anything goes/summertime 

Crafty Catz - add a butterfly

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

Creative Inspirations - spring into summer

CropStop - use your stash/anything goes (Kaisercraft papers)

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes 

My Crafting Stories - summer

Not Just Cards - anything goes 

Ribbon Girl - any card

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) -  summer garden

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes 

As always, 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

Having a drink for your Birthday (Saturated Canary image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

You can really tell it's winter here in Oz by the horrible colours my cards are turning out in photos urghhhh lol!! I cannot get a sunny day to take a nice natural photo at all, I'm sure I have a few of you nodding your head having the same issues on miserable weather days.

Anyway, enough grumbling hehe, my card is a Saturated Canary image with pastel colours. I bought a new large flower shaped die at the last craft show, this is the first time I've used it. I added some Liquid Pearls to outline it and add some dots too. I added a little pink bling heart to her hair bow.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - weather

Art by Miran - anything goes

As you like it - Fave - food or drink - I love both so I have entered with a food card but now a drink one - I don't like soft drink so I think she is sipping on a milkshake hehe.

Copic Marker Norge - lace and ribbon

The Crafty Addicts - anything goes/summertime 

Crafty Catz - add a butterfly

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

Creative Inspirations - spring into summer

CropStop - use your stash/anything goes (Spellbinders oval die & Martha Stewart butterfly punch)

In the Pink - 1 butterfly, 2 metal corners, 3 flowers

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends -  anything goes

Not Just Cards - anything goes 

Ribbon Girl - any card

The East Wind - something old (butterfly punch) something new (my flower shaped die)

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes  

As always, 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