Lucy Patrick Card Making Tips, Tricks, Inspiration & Card Designs

Tuesday 22 August 2017

Beachy Best Wishes card (Hannah Lynn/Crafts & Me image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I've been out of action a little this month but I'm back now and I'm loving every second creating again. I bought myself a new craft desk and I feel much more organised.

The three cards I'm posting today are very different from each other, I hope you like them all, this is very muted, girly and a little mature/shabby, the other is very cute and bright using distress oxide inks and then I have another girly card but it's bright and cheery.

This gorgeous image is from Hannah Lynn at Crafts and Me, I have created with her once before so I've added the card below. I used some stamps and dies from a free magazine set, that would be the shells, starfish and seahorse. I coloured the girl with Copics. The papers are from Kaisercraft.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Aloha Fridays - anything goes with optional twist: summer

As you like it - fave embellishment and why - lace because it adds some dimension to a card as well as always turning a card into a more feminine delicate creation which I love.

Crafting by Designs monthly challenge - anything goes

Crafting with an Attitude - anything goes

Crafty Friends - anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner - add a star (starfishes everywhere)
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes with patterned paper

Creatalicious - anything goes with optional glitter/bling

Create & Inspire - anything goes with optional twist: summer days
Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - fun in the sun

Dies r us - anything goes using dies

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes

Not Just Cards - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - add a sentiment

Stamping Sensations - anything goes

Star Stampz - ribbon, lace, twine and/or cord (ribbon and lace used)

SugarPea Designs - mix it up - inspired by the beachy style photo

Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Have a great day, thanks so much for dropping by

XOX Lucy

Saturday 22 July 2017

Sending you sunshine card (Milk Coffee image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I only have one card to show today, what a shocker hehe! I normally post in batches as it takes a while to blog them and add them to challenges. I've got a few images coloured up but I haven't got around to creating cards yet. I'm in the middle of changing my craft area so I may not be creating as much for the next month or so.

I used some gorgeous beachy papers from a Kaisercraft paper pad for this card. I did add a bit of extra colour to the yellow areas by inking them with my oxide ink, it was easy to go over as the other areas have a glossy cover so the ink wipes right off it. I added the "water" paper to the bottom and made sure to colour the image's waves a similar colour. This is a really old image from Milk Coffee and sadly they no longer sell their images.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Aloha Fridays - colour challenge

Card Mania - summer fun

Cards and More - holidays and summertime

Colouring in Scrapland - smiles

The Corrosive Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional: party time

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

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Cute as a Button - summer fun

Cute Card Thursday - summer colours

Digi Choosday - anything goes w28

Fab N Funky - use patterned paper - see and sky papers

Fairytale Challenges - at the coast

Inspiration Destination - anything goes

Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
Let's Craft & Create - just beachy and/or red, white & blue

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

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

The Paper Shelter - holiday time

Ribbon Girl - any image

Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - get in shape - the girl is in great shape, doing healthy things

SugarPea Designs - mix it up - inspired by the colours in the photo

Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

It's so lovely that you've dropped by, thank you for coming to see my card,

XOX Lucy

Monday 17 July 2017

A Summer Smile girly card (Tiddly Inks image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Here's my second Tiddly Inks card for tonight. I also used a background image from elsewhere that I don't think sell images any longer. If anyone's interested in it please contact me and I'll check if it is still available. I used PNG images rather than JPEGs so that I could overlap them. The lovely plaid paper is from Lawn Fawn. I die cut some clouds from glitter foam to add to the card and faux stitched the red border.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Colouring in Scrapland - smiles

Copic Marker Norge - enjoy summer

Crafting by Designs - summertime

Crafting with Friends - anything goes

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

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Inspiration Destination - anything goes

Let's Craft & Create - just beachy and/or red, white & blue

Ribbon Girl - any image

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - use plaid

SugarPea Designs - mix it up - inspired by the colours in the photo

Tiddly Inks - independence

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

XOX Lucy

Happy Hour Starts Right Now card (Tiddly Inks image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

My two cards I'm posting tonight are both created with summery images from Tiddly Inks. I love this image so much, it really reminds me of holidays which I can only dream about at the moment seeing as it's winter here and we had our big European holiday last year so no more for a while sob sob.

I added some gold glitter with clear glue onto the "sand" for texture and used my handmade cloud stencil to make the sky. I used the Lawn Fawn die borders for the sand and water layers, also using a wave die too. I then used some Stickles to give the waves a little dimension. The background palm trees are images from Scrapper's Delights, I used PNG images so I could add them into the scene.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Aloha Fridays - anything goes

Crafting by Designs - summertime

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional ice cream/colours

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Inspiration Destination - anything goes

Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes

Open-Minded Crafting Fun - just about time - Happy Hour

Paper Creator's Crafts - anything goes

The Paper Shelter - punches and/or dies (wave, cloud & sun dies)

Polkadoodles - anything goes w28

Ribbon Girl - any image

Star Stampz - summer celebrations

Tiddly Inks - independence

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

XOX Lucy

Sunday 16 July 2017

18th Girly Birthday card using Oxide Inks (Crafts & Me / Hannah Lynn image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

My daughter's friend just turned 18 so my daughter requested I make her a special card. Zoe's a gorgeous redhead but she loves her tanning creams so her skin is a similar colour to her hair. I coloured her skin with my usual Copic skin colours and then went over it with Y21 or Y23 (I can't quite remember). Although it seems like a strange colour combo I used the same colours for her card last year and they're both a couple of my favourite cards I've created. I've added last years card below the new one so you can see they're similar but different.

I made the background using some distress inks and water. I black glitter embossed the chipboard clock face, letters and numbers.

You can find the beautiful image at Crafts and Me.