Wednesday 6 February 2013

Jurassic Love step card


Hi and thank you for coming to take a look at my card for The Paper Shelter's blog challenge this week! 

The Paper Shelter want to see you "alter something or make a 3 folded card". I decided to make a 3 or more folded card and used Jurassic Love digi. They come in ink outline form and coloured and include a background designer paper too! I tried something different this week as I usually always colour my images but I thought I'd try printing the dinosaurs in colour and then create the background with my copics so it's still an original design. Grass is easy to do, just use all your different coloured green copics and stroke upwards. I inked the sky.

The Paper Shelter blog is also holding a DT call from the 10th - 20th February and they are the greatest, sweetest people to design for! I've been guest designing for a couple of months now and I would have loved to have stayed on if I didn't have so much on my plate right now. 

FWAB used:
Taylah's Toadstools
Jasmine laser red flourish (part of)
Flourish with a Bling is now retail so please check out our website, we have some amazing value packs. We sell worldwide.

I am entering this card into the following challenges, hope you join in some of them too:

2 Sisters - White, red and pink 
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional love theme 
Artistic Inspirations - Embossing/Anything goes
Bearly Mine - Anything goes
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Anything goes
Catch the Bug - Anything goes
Copic Marker Norge -  Hearts/Valentine
Corrosive Challenge - Hearts & flowers
Creative Craft Challenges 2 - Hugs and kisses
The Cutie Pie - Valentine's cards
Delightful challenges - Red and white
Desert Islands Crafts - Itinerary - 1, 2, 4, 6, 10
Digi Darla's - My style 
Digi Haven - Love/Valentine 
Di's Digis - Valentine/Love
Dream Valley - Valentines
Emerald Faeries - Love
Fashionista - Valentines theme
Glitter & Sparkle - Valentine/Love
Great Impressions - Have a heart
Hiding in my Craft room - Reds 
Inky Chicks - Valentine or Anniversary card
Lexi's Creations -Valentines/Love
Love to Create - Celebrate
Milk Coffee - Valentines
My Grafico - Anything goes
My Mum's craft room - Love/Valentine
Natalie & Amy - Something new (digi), something old (bling hearts)
No matter which challenge - Ribbons and bows
One Crazy Stamper - Love
Party time Tuesday - Love and romance
Pile it on - Fancy folds
Pin & Tack - Anything goes
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Inspirational photo (love)
Ribbon Carousel Love is in the air
The Ribbon Girl - Love You or Valentine
Simon says stamp - Anything goes
Simply create too - Valentine's Day or hearts
Sparkle & Glitter - Hugs and hearts
Stampin' for the weekend - Metal (key)
Tammy's Scrapin' Corner - Valentine's Day card
The Pink Elephant - Inspirational photos
Through the craft room door - Anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Let me call you Sweetheart (Tip: print out a pre-coloured image but colour the background for an original picture)
Totally Papercrafts - Make your own embellies (bow & sentiments)
Tuesday throwdown - Heartstrings
Whoopsi Daisy - Ribbon &/or lace (ribbon)

Wow, that was a lot of challenges! Talk about love and romance in February!! Thanks so much for visiting and I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day.
XOX Lucy

Tuesday 5 February 2013

Digi Darla Valentine card

Hi crafty friends, I thought I'd try something a little different this time and make the gorgeous little Digi Darla girl black and white with just the roses red, I can only imagine how beautiful some of you could do this with your colouring skills, but hey I have to start somewhere lol.


FWAB used:
Red pearls
Jasmine laser flourish in red (part of and just under the left hand flowers)

Flourish with a Bling is now retail so please check out our website, we have some amazing value packs. We sell worldwide.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

2 Sisters - White, red and pink (added black too, hope that's okay)
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional love theme 
Addicted to stamps - Pearls and swirl (swirl is on left near flowers)
All Sorts - Let's get cute
Artistic Inspirations - Embossing/Anything goes
ATC's with Attitude - Ribbons/lace
By the Cute & Girly - Roses are red (I coloured the image inspired by your challenge)
Card Makin' Mamas - Love
Cardz TV - Black, white & red
Catch the Bug - Anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
CMC Copic - Color with texture (black and white)
Corrosive Challenge - Hearts & flowers
My Craft Spot - Valentine's for kids
Crafts & Me - Fave embellies - Flowers, pearls
The Crazy Challenge - Birthdays
Cute Card Thursday - A different corner
The Cutie Pie - Valentine's cards
Delightful challenges - Red and white
Desert Islands Crafts - Itinerary - Love, hearts, pearls, pink & red, sentiment
Digi Darla's - My style (digi image used comes from Digi Darlas)
Digi Haven - Love/Valentine 
Di's Digis - Valentine/Love
Dream Valley - Valentines
Emerald Faeries - Love
Fashionista - Valentines theme
Fat Pages with Attitude - Love
Flutter by Wednesday - Anything goes
Forever Night - Flowers & pearls
Fussy & Fancy - Circles
Glitter & Sparkle - Valentine/Love
Great Impressions - Have a heart
Heck of a challenge - Love and flowers
Hiding in my Craft room - Reds 
Inky Impressions - Bingo - Flowers, ribbon, pink or red
Lacy Sunshine - Anything goes
Lexi's Creations -Valentines/Love
Love to Create - Celebrate
Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything goes
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Milk Coffee - Valentines
Moving along with the times - Punch it out
My Grafico - Anything goes
My Mum's craft room - Love/Valentine
Natalie & Amy - Something new (digi), something old (papers & sentiment)
One Crazy Stamper - Love
Paper Makeup Stamps - Red, black and white
Paper Pretties - Square cards
Pause Dream Enjoy - Mainly red
Penny's Challenges - One for the girls
Perfect Sentiments - Anything goes with dies and sentiment 
Pin & Tack - Anything goes
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Photo inspiration (circles, colours)
Platypus Creek Digitals - Pretty Party time
The Ribbon Girl - Love You or Valentine
Scrappy Frogs - Use red or pink
Simon says stamp - Anything goes
Simon says stamp & show - Ever After (Snow White and Red Rose)
Simply create too - Valentine's Day or hearts
Sparkle & Glitter - Hugs and hearts
The Squirrel & the Fox - Something new (colouring the girl black and white)
Stamp n Doodle - Girl Birthday theme
Sweet Stampin' - Love is all around
Tammy's Scrapin' Corner - Valentine cards
The Pink Elephant - Inspirational photos
Totally Stampalicious - Your fave sketch
Tuesday throwdown - Bling it on
Whoopsi Daisy - Ribbon &/or lace (ribbon)

Thank you so much for checking out my card and for any lovely comments you may leave (please don't feel like you have to, only leave one if you want to).

XOX Lucy

Monday 4 February 2013

GDT for Delightful Challenges


Hi, I was delighted to be a guest designer at Digital Delights recently, their digis are so gorgeous! I chose to use this little monkey, Birthday Maycee Monkey and some ticket sentiments. I have also used Flourish with a Bling's Lee's tree, grass and pearls.


FWAB used:
Lee's tree, grass and pearls
Flourish with a Bling is now retail so please check out our website, we have some amazing value packs. We sell worldwide.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes
All Sorts - Let's get cute
ATC's with Attitude - Ribbons/lace
Can you digi it - Green is here
Celebrate the Occasion - Green with envy
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
Crafts & Me - Fave embellies - Tree, tickets
Cute Card Thursday - A different corner
Make it Monday - Anything goes
My Grafico - Anything goes
Party time Tuesday - Anything goes
Perfect Sentiments - Anything goes with dies and sentiment
Pile it on - Fancy folds
Pin & Tack - Anything goes
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Photo inspiration (Colours, circles, papers)
Send a smile 4 kids - Easter or Spring for kids
Simon says stamp - Anything goes
Stamptacular - Gents & Gems
Through the craft room door - Anything goes
Tuesday throwdown - Bling it on
Whoopsi Daisy - Ribbon &/or lace (ribbon)



I hope you enjoyed seeing my card, thanks for dropping by, and thanks again to Delightful Challenges for having me as their guest designer.

XOX Lucy

Thursday 31 January 2013

Congratulations bear card

Hi everyone, I am so happy to see you all dropping in to see my creations.

This is my last GDT card for C.R.A.F.T. Challenges and they want to see everyone "using a mask/making a mask". This was a really tricky challenge for me as I normally don't use masks on my cards so I am happy with how my hexagons/honeycomb background came out on this card. I used a glimmer mist and a chipboard honeycomb piece so it was fairly easy to do, hope you like it and try a masked background/embellie on your card. The gorgeous bear is from one of the sponsors this week, Stamp Fairy.

FWAB used:
Trent's fence & Grass
Black rhinestone line from Bella rhinestone set
Flourish with a Bling is now retail so please check out our website, we have some amazing value packs. We sell worldwide.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with option of blue & cream/white
All Sorts - Masculine (about as masculine as I get lol)
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Anything goes
Catch the Bug - Photo inspiration/blues
Crafts & Me - Fave embellies (I really love using the fence)
The Crazy Challenge - Party time
Cute Card Thursday - A different corners (flowers in corners)
The Cutie Pie - 3 different textures
Desert Islands Crafts - Itinerary - Fur, fancy text, 4 colours, flowers
Digi Darla's - Winter blues
Divas By Design - Brown, blue & cream
Drunken Stampers - All that glitters (flowers)
Glitter & Sparkle - Boys are slugs & snails
Lexi's Creations - Fancy folds
Love to Create - Anything goes with a sentiment (using a Stamp Fairy digi - your sponsor)
Moving along with the times - Punch it out
My Grafico - Anything goes
My Mum's craft room - Anything goes
Natalie & Amy - Something new (digi) Something old (Rub on sentiment)
One Crazy Stamper - Anything goes
Paper Playtime - Use some brown
Party time Tuesday - Anything goes
Perfect Sentiments - Anything goes with sentiment 
Pin & Tack - Anything goes
Scrappy Frogs - Try something new (masking)
Simon says stamp - Anything goes
Sparkle & Glitter - Anything but square
Through the craft room door - Anything goes
Tuesday throwdown - Bling it on
Whimsy Stamps - Fancy edges

Wow, it's so sad when someone stops following you isn't it lol? I have just had someone do that while typing this post and I feel so rejected or like my cards are not as good as they were lol, I'll get over it haha. I never expected followers in the first place but I get so excited to see every new follower.

XOX Lucy

Wednesday 30 January 2013

Please vote for me!!


Hi friends,

I have a favour to ask you, hope you don't mind? I have been nominated as a Top 5 over at Fashionista Challenges and crafters get to vote their favourite card. I would love it if you had a chance to check it out and choose mine (if it's your favourite lol). Just click on their name above and it will take you to their blog, you can win prizes just for voting too.

This is the card that has been nominated:


Thank you so much,
XOX Lucy

Tuesday 29 January 2013

Blue hearts card


Good morning/evening crafty friends, I hope you're safe wherever you are in the world, so many countries seem to be going through some horrifying weather conditions at the moment.

I have a little card I made last night using a Di's Digi teddy bear, how cute is he? Gosh, I love how many great digi artists there are, I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one lost without them.

I have a favour to ask you, hope you don't mind? I have been nominated as a Top 5 over at Fashionista Challenges and crafters get to vote their favourite card, I would love it if you had a chance to check it out and choose mine (if it's your favourite lol). Just click on their name above and it will take you to their blog, you can win prizes just for voting too.



FWAB products used:
Trent's fence
Chloe blue flourish (comes in 9 colours)

Flourish with a Bling is now retail so please check out our website, we have some amazing value packs. We sell worldwide.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Photo inspirations (blue, cream &/or white)
A gem of a Challenge - Holidays (Valentine's Day)
All Sorts - Masculine
Artistic Inspirations - Love/Anything goes
ATC's with Attitude - Ribbons/lace
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Anything goes
Catch the Bug - Photo inspiration (blues)
My Craft Spot - Wish big (can be a Birthday card)
Crafting for all seasons - Buttons and bows
The Crazy Challenge - Party time
Cute Card Thursday - Out of this world
The Cutie Pie - 3 different textures
Desert Islands Crafts - Itinerary - Fur, fancy text, 4 colours, flowers
Digi Darla's - Winter blues
Di's Digis - Winter (I have used winter colours)
Drunken Stampers - All that glitters
Fat Pages with Attitude - Love
Glitter & Sparkle - Boys are slugs and snails
Inky Chicks - Bingo - Ribbon, image, pearls
Inky Impressions - Celebrate
Jellypark Friends - Button up
Love to Create - Anything goes with a sentiment
Mark's Finest Papers - Doodle a frame
Moving along with the times - Bling it on
My Grafico - Anything goes
My Mum's craft room - Anything goes
Natalie & Amy - Your favourite things (my new flowers & cute digis)
One Crazy Stamper - Anything goes
Paper Makeup Stamps - Hearts galore
Paper Playtime - Use some brown (fence)
Party time Tuesday - Decorate the envelope
Perfect Sentiments - Blue, silver & white
Pin & Tack - Anything goes
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Dog photo inspiration (why I coloured the bear black)
Platypus Creek Digitals - Valentine
Ribbon Carousel - Winter spirit/ribbon
Scrappy Frogs - Try something new (doodling)
Send a smile 4 kids - Anything goes for kids
Simon says stamp & show - Stars
The Squirrel & the Fox - Something new (new flowers)
Stamp & Create - Love
Stamp n Doodle - boy/male Birthday
Sweet Stampin' - Ribbon
Tammy's Scrapin' Corner - Buttons
The Pink Elephant - Hearts
Totally Stampalicious - Your favourite sketch
Tuesday throwdown - Furry friends
Whimsy Stamps - Fancy edges (doodled edge)
Whoopsi Daisy - For a child

Thank you so much for dropping in to see my card and if you leave any comments please know I love them and they make my day!

XOX Lucy

Thursday 24 January 2013

Kenny K "Cheers" girl card

Hi, I am so excited to now be a Design Team member over at Paper Crafting Journey, they have a brilliant challenge blog and great sponsors. 

This fortnight's challenge is to make a Girly card - how easy is that as most of us love to use cute girly images on our cards. I have used a Kenny K digi (Happy hour) who is one of the sponsors for this challenge. I coloured her with copics. 



Flourish with a Bling is now retail so please check out our website, we have some amazing value packs. We sell worldwide.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

All Sorts - Flower power
ATC's with Attitude - Add tag or sentiment
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Anything goes
Can you digi it - Getting girly
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
The Crazy Challenge - Party time
Creative Craft Challenges 2 - Bling it up!
The Cutie Pie - 3 different textures
Desert Islands Crafts -  Itinerary - 5, 7, 8
Digi Darla's - Feeling sentimental
Digistamps 4 Joy - Anything goes
Dream Valley - Girls, girls, girls
Drunken Stampers - All that glitters
Emerald Faeries - Celebrations
Fashionista - Red as a main colour
Fat Pages with Attitude - Add tag or sentiment
Glitter & Sparkle - Sentimental
Inky Chicks - Bingo - Die cuts, image, flowers
Inky Impressions - Celebrate
Love to Create - Share your 3 favourite colours (black, white & maroon)
My Mum's craft room - Anything goes
My Grafico - Anything goes
Natalie & Amy - Your favourite things (black, white & one colour)
One Crazy Stamper -  Anything goes
Paper Makeup Stamps - Warm thoughts (summery dress)
Pile it on - Have a heart (hearts on the maroon paper)
Pin & Tack - Anything goes
Scrappy Frogs - Try something new (trying to make pleats in her dress with shading)
Simon says stamp & show What are you known for? Cute girly cards
Simply create too - Anything goes (card no. 3)
The Pink Elephant - Photo inspiration
Through the craft room door - Anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Lavishly Luscious Layers - Top tip: I used "Fioles Girl" font for the sentiment, printed it off the computer then inked and mounted it onto other paper.
Wags n whiskers - Celebrations
Whoopsi Daisy - Use a digi

Thanks so much for dropping by, I hope you've enjoyed seeing my card,

XOX Lucy

Dragon Valentine's Day card

Hello, here's another card I made this week, this one I made for my guest designer spot over at C.R.A.F.T. Challenge. The challenge this week is Love so I have coloured this cutie of a dragon in with copics. He is called Heart Dragon by Doodle Dragons, one of the sponsors for this week's challenge.

I created the hexagons and typed the sentiments on my computer - the font is "Fioles girls" just in case you like it as its one of my favourite fonts. This card has a lot of Flourish with a Bling on it so check out the products below the card if you're interested:


FWAB used:
Sun and cloud from Up in the Sky set
Taylah's toadstools
Red pearls
Grass from Trent's fence set
Flourish with a Bling is now retail so please check out our website, we have some amazing value packs. We sell worldwide.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:


613 Avenue Create - It is time to kraft
All Sorts - Flower power
ATC's with Attitude - Add tag or sentiment
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - Take 2 (2 Toadstools)
The Cutie Pie - 3 different textures
Desert Islands Crafts -  Itinerary - 5, 6, 7, 8
Digi Darla's - Feeling sentimental
Digistamps 4 Joy - Anything goes
Emerald Faeries - Celebrations
Emma's Cards UK - Animals
Fashionista - Red as a main colour
Fat Pages with Attitude - Add tag or sentiment
Glitter & Sparkle - Sentimental
Inky Impressions - Celebrate
Little Miss Muffet - Hearts & flowers
Love to Create - Share your 3 fave colours (red, brown and white)
My Mum's craft room - Anything goes
My Grafico - Anything goes
Natalie & Amy - Your favourite things (lots of Flourish with a Bling)
One Crazy Stamper -  Anything goes
Paper Makeup Stamps - Warm thoughts (sun)
Paper Playtime - Use some brown
Pile it on - Have a heart
Pin & Tack - Anything goes
(Pin)spirational Challenges - Photo inspiration
Platypus Creek Digitals - Valentine's day
Scrappy Frogs - Try something new (printing hexagons & sentiments off computer)
Simon says stamp & show What are you known for? Cute cards
Simply create too - Anything goes (card no. 2)
Southern Girls Challenge - Get Krafty (AUS)
Top Tip Tuesday - Lavishly Luscious layers - Top Tip: I "stitched" the papers together with a white pen.
Wags n whiskers - Celebrations
Whoopsi Daisy - Use a digi

Thank you so much for taking a peek at my card, I hope you liked it,

XOX Lucy