Pastel girly Birthday card

Hi Crafty Friends,

I've been loving Pinterest lately, so many inspirational cards on there it's crazy! I looked through my shabby chic board and then went upstairs to create hoping all the cards I'd seen would blend into one beautiful creation lol. All in all, I think this turned out quite sweet, not totally shabby chic, I need to ease my way back into that technique I think.  

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - summer colours

AllSorts - flower power
Crafty Creations - anything goes

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

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional twist: red, white and blue

Deep Ocean - lots of layers

Get Creative - use a doily

In the Pink - special occasion in pink
Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Pile it on - fun folds and/or birds - bird added

Polkadoodles - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - anything goes

SugarPea Designs - mix it up - inspired by the photo -the flowers

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

Ice cream delivered with love (Bugaboo image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

This little girl with her over-sized ice cream is a bit cute isn't she? The image comes from Bugaboo. I used some texture paste and a stencil to create the background pattern, while it was wet I added some glitter to it then once dry I lightly hairsprayed it (apparently this can help with glitter staying put). Very clean and simple card for me, I coloured the image ages ago but hadn't got around to creating with it until now. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations -  anything goes with optional twist: make it funny

Aud Sentiments - for a child plus sentiment

Catch the Bug - photo inspiration - inspired by the girl and ice cream

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional twist: red, white and blue

Creative Inspirations - dots and/or stripes - striped flag & dots on background & hat

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes 

Let's Craft & Create - girls, girls, girls

Little Miss Muffet - anything goes (used a Bugaboo image)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Ribbon Girl - any image

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - stencil it

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - anything goes

Have a great weekend,

XOX Lucy

Pop's 70th Birthday card (Flourish with a Bling products used)

Hi Crafty Friends,

My dear Father-in-law turned 70 so I created this card for him.

I used some really masculine papers and chopped up a chocolate Luke flourish from Flourish with a Bling. The store has a 20% off sale ending overnight.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Aloha Fridays - For the guys

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

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional twist: red, white and blue

Creative Inspirations - dots and/or stripes

Deep Ocean - lots of layers

Love to Scrap - boyz rule

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 great weekend,

XOX Lucy

Square Block Monster Birthday card (Lawn Fawn stamps)

Hi Crafty Friends,

This card was a bit of fun to make and the small squares are a lot easier than it looks. I made the square background by gluing 1cm strips of bright cardstock onto white card. Once the whole white square card had lines of colours I cut off any overhanging strips. Then I cut the horizontal stripes vertically in 1cm strips so I had lots of lines of squares. Then I added them to another piece of card randomly trying to make sure no two square colours were next to each other. I wonder if any of you followed that lol? I know I didn't get it when I saw it in a magazine, I had to see a couple of photos along the way to figure it out. If you do want to try it and didn't follow the instructions, let me know and I'll do it again with a photo tutorial along with it :)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations - anything goes with optional twist: make it funny

Aud Sentiments - for a child plus a sentiment

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Cutie Pie - all creatures great and small
Love to Scrap - boyz rule

Ribbon Girl - any image

Send a smile 4 kids - for the boys

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - anything goes

Stempelsonne (Stamp Sun) - anything goes

SugarPea Designs - mix it up - photo - inspired by the colour red

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Denim butterfly flower card

Hi Crafty Friends,

I love this old Prima patterned paper, I have had it forever! Does anyone remember it? I scruffed up the edges, added some butterflies and heat embossed a gold sentiment onto it. There's so much going on on the paper itself that I didn't need to add too much.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

AllSorts - flower power

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

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional twist: red, white and blue

SugarPea Designs - mix it up - inspired by the photo - the flowers

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

I hope you have a lovely weekend, thanks for dropping by,

XOX Lucy

Girly Thank you card (Tiddly Inks image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

This is my last card for the day and perhaps my favourite. I love this gorgeous image and Christy from Tiddly Inks was giving it away free the other day, I hope you got your free digi too. I coloured her up with copics and used some glossy accents on the flower centres. I inked up the background with oxide inks, lightly sprayed water and then embossed it with my WRMK next level wave embossing folder. To tie the sentiment in with the framed image I added some black cardstock to the centre of a white scrap of card then doodled a similar frame. I used my Lawn Fawn sentiment stamps and dies to finish it off.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - summer colours

AllSorts - flower power

Crafting when we can - use an image

Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional twist: baby

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional twist: dies/punches 

Creative Moments - anything goes with optional twist: flag day 

Jo's Scrap Shack - red, orange and aqua

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes  
Let's Craft & Create -  girls, girls, girls

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes 
Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes  

Polkadoodles - anything goes 

Ribbon Girl - any image

Star Stampz - bright sunshine

SugarPea Designs - mix it up - inspired by the bunch of flowers in the picture

Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes 
Tiddly Inks - make it rectangle

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes  

Thanks so much for dropping by my blog, I hope you have a lovely day/evening,

XOX Lucy