A Fall Birthday card

Hi Crafty Friends,

Just in case you missed my other blog posts - I've been setting up an Instagram account for my cards so it's nice and easy to see all my cards in one place now rather than scrolling through my blog! I love it and I hope you will too, if you want to follow me on Instagram please, please do! Click HERE to be taken to my gallery. You don't need to have an account to see my gallery (I don't think, I'm still new to Instagram myself hehe). I've added over 100 cards already, I'm going through all my photos and just choosing my favourite cards over the past 8 years, I'm only up to 2014! 

Ok, so now onto my card for today and I used papers from Simple Stories for this card. I heat embossed the sentiment in copper for a lovely fall feel to this card. The flower is a die cut from a magazine (one of my fave flower dies).

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

CCC Digi Creations - Autumn
Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional: dressing up

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

Imagine That - anything goes

Let's Craft & Create - colors of fall 

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes 
Polkadoodles -  anything goes wk43

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Fall colors 

Word Art Wednesday -  anything goes

Thank you so much for dropping by and remember, if you want to see all my cards easily in one place please follow me on Instagram - click HERE.

XOX Lucy

Guest Designer at Imagine That Creative Playground Blog - Llama Kisses card

Hi Crafty Friends,

If you saw my last post you'd know I was lucky enough to win a guest designer spot at Imagine That Creative Playground blog. They're half way through their September challenge so you still have plenty of time to enter and win gorgeous sets like this one to play with. Please click HERE to go check out the challenge. 


I had a lot of fun creating this card. I used the background papers and put them altogether before printing so I didn't waste any toner/ink printing extra paper patterns. I only used Llama Kisses digi set to create this card so it's easy for you to make your own version with just a colour printer! I made a 14cm square and then added the papers and made them fit into it so I knew the printout would fit nicely on my 15cm card leaving a white border (see photo below for how I printed it). I even made a white rectangle in the centre where the image was going to be so I saved ink not printing behind where the image was going. I could have made it an all-in-one print out but I liked the llamas scene being added with a bit of height to give it a little 3D. All of the papers I used, the image and sentiment comes in this set plus more so it's definitely worth buying this set. You can buy it HERE. I have shown below how I printed it out.

 

Thank you so much Kris for letting me choose this generous digi set to play with for my guest spot, I love it and will use it again for sure! This is going to be my hubby's anniversary card :)

Thank you to my special followers for dropping by. I'm going away so I'm not able to add this to any challenge blogs like I usually do.

XOX Lucy

Guest Designer at Imagine That Creative Playground Blog - Summer card

Hi Crafty Friends,

I was lucky enough to win a guest designer spot at Imagine That Creative Playground blog. They have such gorgeous images I was honored to play with their digital images, backgrounds, papers and sentiment sets. 

I had a lot of fun creating this card. I used the PNG files so I could move the items around on the beach to suit my card. I made the girl on the card the same size as a black & white version so I could colour her and her towel myself, fussy cut her and paste onto the scene. I added the PNG sentiment that comes along with it too before printing. This background is so versatile, you can use it with any beachy images so it's definitely worth buying this set. You can buy it HERE. Also, they have monthly challenges where you can win sets - click HERE to go to the blog.

Thank you so much to Kris for letting me choose this generous digi set to play with for my guest spot, I love it and will use it again for sure!

Thank you to my special followers for dropping by. I'm going away so I'm not able to add this to any challenge blogs like I usually do.

XOX Lucy

What a Bunch of Sweet Monkeys! (The Paper Shelter image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Isn't this just the cutest scene of monkeys? I didn't colour this one but I added the blue background for the sky and punched out some little flowers to go in the trees. You can buy the scene at The Paper Shelter which comes in black outlines and colour so you can choose how to print it. It even comes with its own full colour background. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments - animals plus a sentiment
Catch The Bug -  anything goes
Crafting by Designs -  anything goes 

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

Double D challenges - It's a jungle out there 

Let's Craft & Create -  anything goes with optional "entwined"

Papercraft Challenges - summer fun 
The Paper Shelter - Punches and dies (flower punches), TPS image used
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - midsummer blues
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - midsummer blues 

Your Next Stamp -  thank you

Thank you so much for dropping by and extra special thanks to my lovely followers and visitors that leave comments for me, they make my day.

XOX Lucy

Birthday wishes elephant card (Bugaboo image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I played around with this image putting it onto some background digi papers (from Scrapper's Delights, the "sky" and the grass are different images). I then added the Bugaboo elephant to the scene and lightened the image to grey lines. I coloured the cute image up with my Copics. To finish the card off I added some punched out flowers, a toadstool and a couple of hearts.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments - animal plus a sentiment
Catch The Bug -  anything goes
Crafting by Designs -  anything goes  

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

Double D challenges - It's a jungle out there

Papercraft Challenges - summer fun

The Paper Shelter - Punches and dies (flower punches & heart dies)
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - midsummer blues 
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - midsummer blues 

Thank you so much for dropping by and extra special thanks to my lovely followers and visitors that leave comments for me, they make my day.

XOX Lucy

A Lovely Friend card (Digistamp Boutique image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I'm not sure how many elephants are a tan brown colour hehe but I thought he'd look cuter this colour, I think there's something about an artistic licence lol. This is another gorgeous image from Digistamp Boutique who no longer have a website although I'm not sure if they're selling through another company now.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes with patterned paper 
Digi Choosday - anything goes wk33

Double D challenges - It's a jungle out there 

Let's Craft & Create - anything goes with optional "entwined"

Papercraft Challenges - summer fun 
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - midsummer blues 
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - midsummer blues 

Tuesday Throwdown - color inspiration:

 

Your Next Stamp -  thank you

Thank you so much for dropping by and extra special thanks to my lovely followers and visitors that leave comments for me, they make my day.

XOX Lucy

BOY AND DOG BIRTHDAY CARD (Digistamp Boutique image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I love this image from Digistamp Boutique, sadly I don't think you can buy their images any longer (please let me know if you can as I love to link the artists/digi companies when I can). I used up some old blue papers I've had forever in my stash.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments - animal plus a sentiment
Crafting by Designs - anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes with patterned paper
Digi Choosday - anything goes wk33

Papercraft Challenges - summer fun

The Paper Shelter -  anything goes
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - midsummer blues

Tuesday Throwdown - Color inspiration:

Word Art Wednesday -  anything goes

Thank you so much for dropping by,

XOX Lucy

Flamingo Thanks card with handmade stamped background

Hi Crafty Friends,

I made this card for a magazine commission, it came with a stamp set which included the flamingo, flowers and the background stamp. I used a couple of distress oxide inks for the background.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments - animal plus a sentiment 
Digi Choosday - anything goes wk32
Papercraft Challenges - summer fun

Polkadoodles -  anything goes wk32

Tuesday Throwdown - color inspiration:

Word Art Wednesday -  anything goes
Your Next Stamp - Thank you

Thank you so much for dropping by, 

XOX Lucy