Best Wishes banner card

Hi Crafty Friends,

I've been asked to do a few commissions for magazines and this was a card I made for one of them. I love creating long banners like that using different patterns on them. I know this is very different for me as I usually create cute image cards, occasionally I create a mature card hehe. I have another to show in between my few cards tonight actually. The magazine this card was in was Australian Simply Cards issue 104.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations - floral

Double D challenges - May flowers

Southern Girls - punching above your weight - punched butterfly 

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

Cat in a Hot Air Balloon card (Polkadoodles image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

Polkadoodles have a new challenge just started on their blog, I hope you'll join in, you don't have to use one of their products but it'd be lovely if you do. I'm loving creating with their gorgeous images, papers and sentiments. 

For my card I have used the following Polkadoodles products: 

Fuzzypuffs - Jasper Balloon

I created the sky with my Distress Oxide ink (Broken China I think) and then sprayed it with water. I fussy cut the kitty's head and all the little banners to have them paper pieced on top of the image. I popped them all up on foam tape.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Catch the Bug - anything goes

Crafty Friends - animals

Creative Fingers -  anything goes

Happy Little Stampers -  anything goes with dies

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes 

Pammie's Inky Pinkies -  anything goes

That's Crafty! - Stitching - faux stitching on die cuts

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes 

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Birthday King Dog (Polkadoodles image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I'm so excited to tell you that I've decided to join the Polkadoodles Design Team. I've been doing a little GDT spot for a few challenges but they asked me to continue and I just adore their images so I couldn't resist. They have a new challenge just started on their blog, I hope you'll join in, you don't have to use one of their products but it'd be lovely if you do. 

For my card I have used the following Polkadoodles products: 

Image:         Fuzzypuffs - Scruff Cupcake  

     

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

As you like it - fave animal and why - well, I hate to admit but I don't love dogs but they are so cute to create with and my mum absolutely adores dogs, she minds them for a living so whenever I make a card for her I "must" make a dog card for her. I love this dog image too.

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

Creatalicious -  anything goes with optional: dies/punches 

Creative Fingers -  anything goes 

Creative Inspirations -  springtime
Di's Digis - include an animal

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with dies

Incy Wincy Designs - seeing spots

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes  

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) -  anything goes 

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes  

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

Circular Hello Girl card (Little Miss Muffet image)

Hi crafty friends,

I have had this gorgeous Little Miss Muffet image coloured up for a while now and I'd accidentally printed her really small. I also didn't leave a huge amount of space around her when I printed her up with other images so I wasn't quite sure how to make her look bigger than she is. Building die cut circles around her and a big sentiment I think has helped and I'm really happy with how it turned out. Next time she'll be a lot bigger hehe. I only used white and black cardstock for this, I used my distress oxide inks to make the blended colours (I think I used Candied Apple and Worn Lipstick).

My company, Flourish with a Bling is closing it's doors and so for the next few weeks we're having a closing down sale and Every product is just $2 during this time. I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique beautiful products and we post worldwide. Please email if you would like rough estimates of shipping, if we can send it as a large letter we will or perhaps get your friends to all buy too and share the postage! 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Children's playtime

Creatalicious -  anything goes with optional: dies/punches 

Creative Fingers -  anything goes 

Creative Inspirations -  springtime
Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with dies

Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes 

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

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes  

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - anything goes  

That's Crafty! - round in circles

Word Art Wednesday -  anything goes 

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

A teen boy's Birthday card (Bugaboo image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I've had this piece of Bo Bunny paper forever, I'm trying to work through some of my mountain of patterned papers (I know I'm not alone here, are we all paper hoarders hehe?) 

I used a gorgeous teen boy image from Bugaboo, I just love how relaxed and cool he is. 

My company, Flourish with a Bling is closing it's doors and so for the next few weeks we're having a closing down sale and Every product is just $2 during this time. I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique beautiful products and we post worldwide. Please email if you would like rough estimates of shipping, if we can send it as a large letter we will or perhaps get your friends to all buy too and share the postage! 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Children's playtime 

Aud Sentiments - masculine plus a sentiment

Catch the Bug - Bingo - Bugaboo image, people's choice (boy), ticket

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

Creatalicious -  anything goes with optional: dies/punches 

Creative Fingers - anything goes  

De Egel - use a stamp

Incy Wincy Designs - seeing spots 

Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes 

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

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes  

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - anything goes

Word Art Wednesday -  anything goes 

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy

A Twirling Ballerina Birthday Girl card (DigiStamp Boutique image)

Hi Crafty Friends,

I have a few cards to show again, I love posting a few in a row rather than doing them all separately as it can take time (perhaps I should miss a couple of the challenges I enter hehe).

I used a really cute little ballerina from DigiStamp Boutique. I also got some use out of some old flower punches.

The pearls are from Flourish with a Bling. We've decided to sadly close our business and so for the next few weeks we're having a closing down sale and Every product is just $2 during this time. I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique beautiful products and we post worldwide. Please email if you would like rough estimates of shipping, if we can send it as a large letter we will or perhaps get your friends to all buy too and share the postage! 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge -  Children's playtime

AllSorts - pearls

Crafty Friends - flowers

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

Creatalicious -  anything goes with optional: dies/punches

Creative Inspirations - springtime

Digistamp Boutique - anything goes with a DSB image
Incy Wincy Designs - seeing spots 

Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes

Southern Girls - Triple F - fairy, fantasy and/or flowers (flowers)

Have a great day,

XOX Lucy