Have a Relaxing Birthday (The Paper Shelter image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

The Paper Shelter has such cute images and when you purchase them they come in black & white and colour along with backgrounds too. This image and background are both from The Paper Shelter but the background actually belongs to a different image, I thought I'd make them more unique by doing this.


I'm not sure if anyone has tried this technique of adding an image to a background digitally but you just use the PNG image (not JPEG) so that you can add it in front of the background. I used a pre-coloured image for this card.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz -  anything goes with optional twist: heroes and villains

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

Creative Inspirations - anything goes  

Creative Playground (Imagine That) - anything goes

The Paper Shelter - Holiday time 

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Life on the ocean waves

Your Next Stamp -  sunshine

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

We Bee-Long Together Bee scene - SSS July 2019 kit

Hi Crafty Friends,

I was lucky enough to win a $50 voucher from Simon Says Stamp last month and so I was so excited to buy the July SSS kit as it has the cutest bee theme ever! The bees and sentiment stamp on my card are from the kit.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes wk 13
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes with patterned paper 

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Digi Choosday - anything goes Wk 28
Pammie's Inky Pinkies -  anything goes

Polkadoodles - anything goes Wk 27

Scrap from your heart -  anything goes

Word Art Wednesday -  anything goes 

I hope you drop by again soon,

XOX Lucy

Gold Black & White elegant 21st Birthday card

Hi Crafty Friends,

Here's a more clean and simple card but the gold heavy paper was embossed to give it some texture and interest. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - anything goes
Digi Choosday - anything goes Wk 28

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Polkadoodles - anything goes Wk 27

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - add a number

I hope you drop by again soon,

XOX Lucy

International Male Birthday card

Hi Crafty Friends,

I've created a masculine travel themed card. I was using up some of my male craft stash, it feels good to use some of these items that I've been hoarding for so long.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

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

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Let's Craft & Create - Patriotic please

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - add a number
Southern Girls - Boys are the bomb - AUS #2

I hope you drop by again soon,

XOX Lucy

Grandma's Doggy Birthday card (Di's Digis image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

My mum loves her dogs, she even minds dogs for a little part time job/hobby so whenever I make her a card she insists it has a dog on it lol. So this gorgeous image from Di's Digis was perfect.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes wk 13

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

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Di's Digis - Sweet Summertime (used Di's Digis image)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies -  anything goes

Scrap from your heart -  anything goes

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes  

Thank you so much for dropping by,

XOX Lucy

Red, White & Blue Father's Day Card

Hi Crafty Friends,

I sell my cards occasionally at a newsagent for special occasions so I've started getting ready for Father's Day (which is in September here in Australia). I created the background paper with scraps and then faux stitched them together.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

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

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Digi Choosday - anything goes Wk 27 

Let's Craft & Create - Patriotic please

Southern Girls - Boys are the bomb - AUS #1

Thank you so much for dropping by,

XOX Lucy

Black & Teal Starry Birthday card

Hi Crafty Friends,

I love this starry background paper and teal goes so well with black don't you think? It's one of my favourite colour combos at the moment. I used a beautiful black puffy shimmery flourish from my old company, if ever you're interested in any of my items please email me as I have a lot of stock left :) 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

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

Creative Inspirations - anything goes 

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - stars and/or stripes 

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

Handmade Stars & Stripes masculine Birthday card

Hi Crafty Friends,

I created these stripes with some of my washi tapes, I've been doing that a bit this week as I have many washi tapes that were still unused and yet they're beautiful.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - anything goes 

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes 

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - stars and/or stripes
Word Art Wednesday - anything goes 

Thank you so much for dropping by,

XOX Lucy

Red White & Blue Girl card (Hannah Lynn image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Happy 4th of July to my American friends, I hope you've had a fabulous day!

I thought I'd create a red, white and blue card with stars in respect of the USA holiday. I sliced up 3 papers into strips and adhered them onto scrap paper. I then used red, white and blue gel pens to make some faux stitching.

The beautiful image was created by Hannah Lynn and I'm not sure if you can buy them anymore sadly. I have many of her images and I thought about you Bunny when I printed this up to colour, as I know you love seeing the Hannah Lynn images coloured up on my cards :)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - anything goes with option of pretty

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

Creative Inspirations - anything goes 

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes 
Let's Craft & Create - Patriotic please

Scrap from your heart - anything goes 

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Make your own background - I created the striped background with strips of paper and then faux stitched it together with gel pens.

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) -  Stars and/or Stripes

Thank you so much for dropping by, enjoy your weekend,

XOX Lucy