Sunday 11 May 2014

I HAVE 3 LOTS OF CANDY, FWAB HAS 50% OFF AND YOU CAN WIN VOUCHERS!!

Hi Crafty friends,


I will try to make this as short a post as possible as I'm sure you all want to know how to win some candy and vouchers.

Flourish with a Bling has a whopping 50% off everything* for the month of May (value packs excluded). Our website shows the discounted prices so it's as easy as can be! I hope you'll go check it out (just click on the name to be taken to the store).

Onto the candy - I was lucky enough to win a Yours or Mine Paper Crafts $10 voucher recently. Their store is unbelievably fantastic, they have gorgeous products but they have a flat rate postage to Australia and I don't need many products at the moment. So I have asked the lovely owner of the store, Mei, if I can pass on the voucher to one of my American or Canadian followers and she said yes! Now this would be unfair to my Aussie followers so I'm giving away a $10 FWAB voucher to one of you! Now what about my followers in the UK and elsewhere?? I can't leave you out so I'll send one lucky winner a couple of FWAB goodies so now there's 3 prizes up for grabs! Please just leave a comment saying which Flourish with a Bling product is your favourite and your country and I'll choose 3 winners. You can enter up to Sunday 11th May and I will announce the winners by Tuesday 13th May. You must be one of my lovely blog followers to enter. 

I also thought you might like to know where you can try to win a $15 gift voucher to our online store, Flourish with a BlingThis month we are sponsoring the following challenge blogs:

Date            Challenge blog  (click on the below names to be taken to the blog)                             

2/5               A&T Emerald Faeries

6/5               Party Time Tuesday 

14/5             Crafting with Dragonflies

19/5             Off the Rails

25/5             Glitter n Sparkle

26/5             Cutie Pie        


Best of luck!! Hope you get to win one of these:

$15 Gift Voucher
AUD$15 to be used in our online store at www.flourishwithabling.com.au



XOX Lucy

Saturday 10 May 2014

I'm a Guest Designer at A Gem of a Challenge (Pink Gem image/Bugaboo swing image)

Hi everyone,

I am excited to be a Guest Designer for A Gem of a Challenge again, this time their challenge is "Your favourite colour combo". I love pink, brown and white together although I have soooo many favourite colour combos, do you too? Isn't this sweet girl so adorable? You can find her at Pink Gem Designs and the floral swing is by Bugaboo stamps.

I have used pearls and glossy leaves from my company, Flourish with a Bling, who have 50% off everything this month, please click HERE to check out our store. We only charge actual shipping costs (no handling, packaging etc) so if you only want a couple of items that will fit in a letter envelope it's less than $3 to post worldwide.

Have you seen I have 3 x vouchers up for grabs this week? I would love you to enter as there's only about 48 hours left and not many people have entered boohoo!! Click HERE to check it out.



Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout May, the only items not discounted are the already amazingingly priced value packs, everything else is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique 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! If you're order is over $200AUD we will pay half the shipping (international orders). 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Little Bit Crafty - Flower Power
Artistic Inspirations - All for Mom
Catch the Bug - Anything goes (using a Bugaboo swing)
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Ribbon, lace, twine oh my! 
Crafter's Cafe - Mother's Day or special lady
Craftin' Desert Divas - Mother's Day
Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything goes with patterned paper
Creative Fingers -  Anything goes
Creative Moments -  Bingo - Flower, die cut/punches, Ribbon/lace 
Divas by Design - In the pink
Fab N Funky - Pretty hair
Fairies Challenges - Mother's Day
Hanna & Friends - Stitches
Just Keep on Creating - Anything goes  
Loves Rubberstamps - Anything goes
Milk Coffee - Mother's Day or special lady
One Sweet Challenge - Flowers
Pile it on - Child's play
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Bright summer colors plus ribbon/lace 
Scrappy Mom's Stamps - April showers bring May flowers (use flowers) 
Sentimental Sundays - Shabby chic or use a doily/lace plus sentiment (lace) 
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Relating to 5 - 5 handmade flowers
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Spring flowers
Sister Act - Anything goes 
The Squirrel & the Fox - Mother's Day
Stamp & Create - Spring colors
The Stamping Chef -  Anything goes
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Flowers
Word Art Wednesday -  Anything goes 

Thanks again to A Gem of a Challenge for having me as a Guest Designer. Have a great weekend everyone, thanks for dropping by,

XOX Lucy

New Baby teal card (Di's Digi image)

Hi everyone,

Di's Digis new challenge has started and it's "Use your Markers" so as long as you are colouring something you can enter! This is one of Di's new images and I find him totally adorable. 

I have used teal pearls and a gorgeous "Grace" teal pearl flourish from my company, Flourish with a Bling, who have 50% off everything this month, please click HERE to check out our store. We only charge actual shipping costs (no handling, packaging etc) so if you only want a couple of items that will fit in a letter envelope it's less than $3 to post worldwide.

Have you seen I have 3 x vouchers up for grabs this week? Would love you to enter as there's only about 48 hours left and not many people have entered boohoo!! Click HERE to check it out.


Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout May, the only items not discounted are the already amazingingly priced value packs, everything else is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique 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! If you're order is over $200AUD we will pay half the shipping (international orders). 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

2 Sisters - Baby
A Little Bit Crafty - Flower power
Aud Sentiments - Any sentiment for a chilld
Brown Sugar - Pastels 
Bunny Zoe - Distressed 
Catch the Bug -Stella Says Sketch
Clear it out - Your style plus fave product - Cute style & FWAB pearl flourishes
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Ribbon, lace, twine oh my!
Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes
Crafting for all seasons - Lots of layers
Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes
Created with Love - For the love of critters
Creative Fingers -  Anything goes
Creative Moments - Bingo - Flower, die cut, Ribbon/lace 
Cute Card Thursday - Paw pals
Deep Ocean - Distressing
Digi Haven - Bears
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Flourishes
Hanna & Friends - Stitches
Just B Creative Crazy - Just because
Just Keep on Creating - Anything goes  
Loves Rubberstamps - Anything goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - Lots of layers
One Sweet Challenge - Flowers
Open-Minded Crafting Fun - Use some ribbon
Pile it on - Child's play
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Bright summer colors plus ribbon
Scrapper's Delight - Anything goes
Scrappy Mom's Stamps - April showers bring May flowers (use flowers)
Sentimental Sundays - Shabby chic or use a doily/lace plus sentiment (lace)
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Relating to 5 - 5 different embellishments  
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Spring flowers 
Sister Act - Anything goes 
The Stamping Chef - Anything goes 
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Flowers
V's Sweet ideas - Distress
Whimsy Stamps - 2+ dies (circle die & banner die)
Word Art Wednesday -  Anything goes 
Your Next Stamp - Photo inspiration - inspired by the colours 

I hope you're having a great weekend, don't forget to check out my giveaway and also the FWAB 50% off sale if you're interested.

XOX Lucy

Tuesday 6 May 2014

Jessica Rabbit 21st Birthday card (Sassy Studio Designs image)

Hi everyone,

To my followers - Don't you agree my latest 2 cards are very different from each other hehe? This one is very sassy isn't it? That's because the gorgeous image is from Sassy Studio Designs. She's Jessica Rabbit and wow, wish I had a figure like that (come to think of it, I bet my hubby sure would too hehe). It's difficult to see in the photo but if you look closely I gave her sparkling gloves and shoes, she has a rhinestone, ahem diamond earring and I think she is totally glam!



Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout May, the only items not discounted are the already amazingingly priced value packs, everything else is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique 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! If you're order is over $200AUD we will pay half the shipping (international orders). 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything goes   
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional ba-da bling
Art by Miran -  Anything goes   
Clear it out - Fave style (cute) plus fave product (flowers)
CMC Copic - Birthdays 
C.R.A.F.T. - Make your own embellishments - Made the tag and tab (used a sponsor image)
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Ribbon, lace, twine oh my!!
Crafting at the weekend - Anything goes    
Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes   
Crafty Bloggers Network - Pink with ribbon
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper -  Anything goes with patterned paper  
Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes with ribbon 
Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes
The Crazy Challenge - It's all about stripes
Cute Card Thursday - Here comes summer (dressed for summer)
Friday Sketch - Sketch
Glitter & Sparkle - Make or include a tag
Graph 'It Markers - Pink, pink, pink
Hanna & Friends - Favourite colours - love black and pink card colour combo
Hobbybook Designer - Add a sentiment
Just Keep on Creating - Anything goes     
Lacy Sunshine - Use your favourite colour combo - Pink & black
Loves Rubberstamps - Anything goes    
My Mum's Craft Shop - Lots of layers
Off the Rails - Rumble in the jungle - use animal print
Paper Crafting Journey - Spots and/or Stripes
The Paper Shelter - Use that ribbon
Sassy Studio Designs - So bright I gotta wear shades (bling) (using a SSD image)
Scrappy Mom's Stamps - April showers bring May flowers (flower projects)
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Anything goes    
The Stamping Chef - Anything goes   
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Anything goes    
The East Wind - Die cuts or punches (die cut scallop circle, tag & corner punch)
Top Tip Tuesday - Numbers
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes     

Have a great day/evening everyone, did you see I'm giving away candy? Please click HERE for the blog post to find out more.

XOX Lucy

Happy Mother's Day shaped card (DigiStamp Boutique image)

Hi everyone,

Did you see I'm giving away candy? Please click HERE for the blog post to find out more.

I have 2 cards to show you today, they are both very different from each other hehe, you'll see what I mean when you see the next one!

I have used my die cutting machine a lot for this card to give it an unusual shape. I also exchanged the flower centre for some matching pearls, all of which are from Flourish with a Bling who are having a 50% off sale, see below for more details.

I love this image, click HERE to be taken to DigiStamps Boutique where you can see all their gorgeous images.



Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout May, the only items not discounted are the already amazingingly priced value packs, everything else is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique 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! If you're order is over $200AUD we will pay half the shipping (international orders). 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything goes
A Gem of a Challenge - Cute and cuddly
Artistic Inspirations - All for Mom
Catch the Bug - Anything goes
Clear it out - Fave style (cute) plus fave product (flowers)
C.R.A.F.T. - Make your own embellishments (took out the large flower centre and added pearls to match, also made the sentiment banner)
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Ribbon, lace & twine oh my!
Crafting at the weekend - Anything goes
Craftin' Desert Divas - Mother's Day
Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes
Crafting for all seasons - Lots of layers
Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes 
Crafting Musketeers - Anything but square
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes 
Crafty Bloggers Network - Pink with ribbon (ricrac)
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper -  Anything goes with patterned paper  
Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes with ribbon (ricrac)
Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes
Created with Love - For the love of critters
Cute Card Thursday - Here comes summer
Digistamp Boutique - Anything goes with DSB image
Fairies Challenges - Mother's Day
Hanna & Friends - Favorite colors - Pink and white
Hobbybook Designer - Add a sentiment
Just B Creative Crazy - Just because
Just Keep on Creating - Anything goes  
Loves Rubberstamps - Anything goes    
Melonheadz - Lots of circles
My Craft Spot - Mother's Day or Spring
My Mum's Craft Shop - Lots of layers
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges - Use pastel colours
Scrappy Mom's Stamps - April showers bring May flowers (flower projects)
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Anything relating to 5 - 5 layers
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) -  Anything goes
The Squirrel & the Fox - Mother's Day
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Anything goes    
Sweet Stamps - For Mom
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

Hope you stick around for my next card but if not, thanks for coming to see this one,

XOX Lucy

Monday 5 May 2014

I Miss You card (Saturated Canary image)

Hi everyone,

Here's my second (and last) card today, this one is using a gorgeous image from Saturated Canary. I fussy cut her and the flowers/ground out to add her to this beautiful patterned paper. I was really pleased with how it came out until my sister pointed out there is an upside down bird on the papers which made him look like he'd died, oh dear. So if you see the card below that's how it looked so I had to add some butterflies over him hehe. I also decided to change the sentiment as I used dimensional magic on the other one and the writing ended up a bit blurred from it.

I have also used pearls from my company, Flourish with a Bling. We are having a fantastic sale this month - 50% off!! This includes everything except the value packs so I hope you'll go check out our website (click here) and see if you can't live without some of our gorgeous products hehe. See below for a bit more detail.





Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout May, the only items not discounted are the already amazingingly priced value packs, everything else is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique 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! If you're order is over $200AUD we will pay half the shipping (international orders). 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional ba-da bling
A Little Bit Crafty - Flower power
AllSorts - Butterflies
Art by Miran -  Anything goes
Bunny Zoe - Distress (inked edges)
Catch the Bug - Anything goes
Come and Get it -  Anything goes with a digi stamp
C.R.A.F.T. - Make your own embellishments - Butterflies and sentiment circle
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Ribbon, lace & twine oh my! (flowers come from flower ribbon)
Crafting at the weekend - Anything goes
Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes 
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything goes with patterned paper   
Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes with ribbon (flowers are from flower ribbon, just cut to make singles)
Cute Card Thursday - Here comes Summer
Delightful Challenges - Add dimension
The East Wind - Die cuts or punches (punched butterflies & scallop circle, heart die cut)
Fairytale Stampers - At least 2 punches - 2 x butterfly punches & scallop circle punch
Flat Friends - Dies and or punches (2 x butterfly punches & scallop circle punch)
Graph 'It Markers - Pink, pink, pink
Hanna & Friends - Favorite colors Pink and cream
Hobbybook Designer - Add a sentiment
Just Keep on Creating - Anything goes  
Lacy Sunshine - Use your favourite colour combo - love pink and cream together
Loves Rubberstamps - Photo inspiration - inspired by the colours
Party Time Tuesday - Fussy cutting
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges - Use pastel colours
Pile it on - Child's play
Sentimental Sundays - Shabby chic or use doily/lace plus sentiment
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) -  Anything goes
Stampin with the Dragon - Flowers
The Stamping Chef -  Anything goes 
Sunflowerfield Designs - Vintage/shabby chic/rustic
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Anything goes    
Word Art Wednesday -  Anything goes 

Thank you so much for dropping by my blog, I hope you enjoyed it, would love to see you here again,

XOX Lucy

Bright girly card (Crafts & Me/Hannah Lynn image)

Hi everyone,

It seems like it's been a while for me since posting a card but it was still less than a week ago since my last one! I started a new job as a medical typist last week and I'm so excited about it. It's only casual so I still get to craft but we'll see if I churn them out as often now hehe.

How gorgeous is the Jack vine I've used, it's from my company, Flourish with a Bling. It is so glossy and comes in 4 colours. We have a 50% off sale all month so I hope you'll go and check it out, such bargains at these prices. We have pearl packs, flowers and all sorts of beautiful flourishes.

I have used a stunning image from Crafts and Me, Hannah Lynn is the artist and she has some amazing images. I'm going to be a guest designer for Crafts & Me next month so I'll be showcasing a few beautiful Hannah Lynn digis.

Flourish with a Bling have a 50% off sale all throughout May, the only items not discounted are the already amazingingly priced value packs, everything else is half off!! I hope you'll check out our website as we have our own unique 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! If you're order is over $200AUD we will pay half the shipping (international orders). 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional ba-da bling
AllSorts - Butterflies
Art by Miran - Anything goes 
Clear it out - Purples plus stash: large flower and purple ribbon
Come and Get it -  Anything goes with a digi stamp
C.R.A.F.T. - Make your own embellishments - large flower and butterflies
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Ribbon, lace & twine oh my!
Crafting by Designs (monthly challenge) - Anything goes
Crafting for all seasons - Lots of layers
Crafting from the Heart -  Anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything goes with patterned paper  
Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes with ribbon
Cute Card Thursday - Here comes Summer
Hanna & Friends - Favorite colors (purple, orange and green combo)
Just B Creative Crazy - Just because
Just Inspirational - Make it colorful/rainbow
Just Keep on Creating - Anything goes  
Loves Rubberstamps - Photo inspiration - inspired by the purple and green
Milk Coffee - Use those bright colors
The Paper Shelter - Use that ribbon
Party Time Tuesday - Fussy cutting (fussy cut out the scallop circle)
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Bright summer colors plus ribbon
Sassy Studio Designs - So bright I gotta wear shades
Simon Says Stamp (Mon) - Anything relating to 5 - 5 layers
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) -  Anything goes
The Stamping Chef - Anything goes
Stamp & Create - Spring colors
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Anything goes    
Sweet Stamps - Photo inspiration - inspired by flowers and some colours
The East Wind - Die cuts or punches (punched butterflies)
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes  

Thank you so much for dropping by and please come back shortly as I am just about to post a Saturated Canary card.

XOX Lucy