Celebrate you in winter card

Hi Crafty Friends,

My last winter card for today was created using an old image I printed out many years ago when I first started. She's a Bratz girl, free on the internet (coloring pages). I gave her a top to match the sky background. 

Thanks so much for coming to check out my card today :)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - happy anything

Addicted to Stamps - baby it's cold outside

Artistic Inspirations -  anything goes

Card Mania - monochromatic

Colour Crazy Challenge -  anything goes wk1

Colouring in Scrapland -  anything goes 

Copic Marker Norge - moodboard - inspired by winter and blues

Country View Challenges - anything goes  

Crafting with an Attitude -  anything goes 

The Crafty Addicts -  anything goes with optional winter blues

Crafty Creations -  anything goes

Crafty Girls Creations - anything goes  

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper -  anything goes with patterned paper
Creatalicious -  anything goes with optional: cute

Cupcake Inspirations - winter

Cutie Pie - January blues

Digi Choosday - anything goes wk2

Happy Little Stampers -  anything goes with dies

Inspiration Destination - anything goes 

Lemon Shortbread -  anything goes

Let's Craft & Create - anything goes with optional love is in the air 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends -  anything goes
Little Miss Muffet -  anything goes

Love to Scrap -  anything goes 

Polkadoodles -  anything goes wk 2

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - use patterned papers 

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes 

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Snow Kissed (The Greeting Farm image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I have an old well loved winter girl stamp from The Greeting Farm here on my card today. I added some die cut trees (die cut with green paper then added a white layer over the top slightly above so we can see a little bit of the green tree branches). I used borders from Lawn Fawn.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - happy anything

Addicted to Stamps - baby it's cold outside

Artistic Inspirations -  anything goes

Copic Marker Norge - moodboard - inspired by winter and blues

Country View Challenges - anything goes 

The Crafty Addicts -  anything goes with optional winter blues

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

Creatalicious -  anything goes with optional: cute

Cupcake Inspirations - winter

Cute Card Thursday - something new - new way of die cut trees with green behind white

Cutie Pie - January blues
Happy Little Stampers -  anything goes with dies

Inspiration Destination - anything goes 

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - use patterned papers

Word Art Wednesday -  anything goes

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Birthday Penguins card

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's a beautiful warm day here in Oz but I've made 3 winter cards as most of you are all in winter right now, hopefully it's not too cold for you. I'm off to lunch with a couple of visiting  relatives from the UK so I'm going to make these posts as quick as I can as I'm still in my pyjamas hehe (my computer doesn't like my spelling of pyjamas, I'm guessing you'll all be thinking I've spelled it wrong but that's how we spell it here, I know, it doesn't make much sense to add a "y" to it lol). This image is no longer available and I fussy cut the little background penguins and trees from some patterned papers I had.   

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - happy anything
Addicted to Stamps - baby it's cold outside

Copic Marker Norge - moodboard - inspired by winter and blues

Cupcake Inspirations - winter

Inspiration Destination - anything goes 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes 

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - birds of a feather

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - use patterned papers
Southern Girls - stitch me up #1

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes 

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Birthday Bear with gifts card (Di's Digis image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

This is my favourite card of the day to post, I actually made the background for a Saturated Canary image but when I put my sweet bear against it I liked them together better, sometimes that happens doesn't it? The gorgeous image is from Di's Digis. I used a star stencil and white smooth texture paste, waited for it to dry then sponged some oxide inks over it. Some crafters manage to get the stars to stay white, I tried baby wiping them but they remained yellow and I didn't mind it but I'd love to know if you know a handy tip for my issue?

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - happy anything

Artistic Inspirations -  anything goes 

Catch the Bug - anything goes 

Colour Crazy Challenge -  anything goes wk 1
Country View Challenges - anything goes  

Crafting with an Attitude -  anything goes 

Crafty Girls Creations -  anything goes 

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional: wishes

Creative Inspirations - something new - new star stencil 

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes 

Deep Ocean - something new - new star stencil

Digi Choosday - anything goes wk2 

Di's Digis - celebrations
Double D challenges - any Birthday/anniversary
Fairytale Challenges - a new technique - using distress oxide inks over texture painted stars

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with dies - stitched border die

Incy Wincy Designs - red and green

Inspiration Destination - anything goes  

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes  

Let's Craft & Create -  anything goes with optional Love is in the air

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends -  anything goes 
Love to Scrap - anything goes  

Paper Creator's Crafts -  anything goes 

Polkadoodles -  anything goes Wk1

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - winter blues

Word Art Wednesday -  anything goes 

Have a great day, I'm so glad you dropped by my blog,

XOX Lucy

A winter baby congratulations card

Hi Crafty Friends,

Something a little different from me this time as it's mostly using a patterned paper. I added some white paint splats to give it a bit of a winter feel like falling snow.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - happy anything 

Artistic Inspirations -  anything goes 

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional: wishes 

Creative Inspirations - something new - new baby 

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Deep Ocean - something new - new baby

Fairytale Challenges - a new technique - ink splatting my card for snowing effect

Scrap from your heart - use flowers

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - winter blues

Your Next Stamp - sketch or colour challenge - used the colours in the colour challenge

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

Funny Gus Male Birthday card (Bugaboo Stamps image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Here's a funny little card made with an image and sentiment from Bugaboo. How true is this hehe? I'm not sure my hubby would be game to forget my birthday, I know he gets my card at the last minute but he always picks nice ones so I can't complain. We normally have an overnight stay in the city (Melbourne) for my Birthday, that's always my favourite way to celebrate.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations - anything goes  

Catch the Bug - anything goes

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

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional: wishes 

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes 

Inspiration Destination - anything goes  

Little Miss Muffet - anything goes (Bugaboo image)

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - winter blues
Your Next Stamp - sketch or colour challenge - used 3 of the colours in the colour challenge

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy