Little Claire's new wardrobe!

This is my card for this week's I Love ProMarkers challenge blog. This theme of this week's challenge is 'stitching'. I used faux stitching on my card.

The stamp set I used is Wardrobe by Little Claire's. This is a new stamp set that was launched on Wednesday on Create & Craft.

I stamped the wardrobe, interior and hearts with a black Memento ink pad. I coloured in the images with ProMarkers. I cut open the doors of the wardrobe and attached the interior behind. I cut a large square of Kraft card for the background. Onto this I added rose patterned paper for the walls and cream paper for the carpet. Both papers are by Papermania.

I stamped the greeting on white card and mounted this on a pink tag. I attached it to the card with ribbon. I added the hearts either side of the wardrobe. I added lines and nailhead stickers so the hearts looked like pictures on the wall. To finish I added faux stitching with a black fineliner.

One for the boys - sneak peak!

This card using a new stamp set from Little Claire's. It will be featured on Create and Craft tomorrow (Wednesday 23 February) at 10am. So a little sneak peak!

I am also entering this card into Passion for ProMarkers blog challenge. The theme of this week's challenge is 'One for the boys'.

I begun by stamping the garage and interior image on smooth white card with a black Memento ink pad. I coloured the images in with ProMarkers. I cut open the garage door and attached the interior image behind it. I mounted this onto brown card.



I stamped the oil can image onto a card blank. I stamped the greeting on a strip of white card.I mounted this onto a strip of brown card and then attached it to the card blank. I added the garage image onto the card blank. To finish I added silver nailhead stickers.

Birthday bear

This is my card for two challenges - Passion for ProMarkers, the theme was 'coffee and cream'. I have used a range of brown and cream colours for the card. The other challenge is I Love ProMarkers, the theme was 'paper piecing', so I used this technique for the bear's top.



I began by stamping the Penny Black bear and mouse image with a black Memento ink pad. I coloured in the images with ProMarkers. I stamped the bear's top again on light blue card. I cut this out and added it to the coloured image. I mounted the image on square of cream card.



I covered a card black with brown patterned paper from Trimcraft Sugar and Spice range. I used my Cricut to cut out the greeting and the number. I using my Stampin' Up photo corners punch to punch the corners from brown card.

I attached all the elements to the card. To finish I added faux stitching with a gold pen and highlights with a gold Sakura pen.

Little Claire's DT mid-challenge inspiration

This is my DT mid challenge inspiration card for Little Claire's blog challenge. The theme of the first challenge is 'anything goes'. Why not have a go and take part in our first challenge?



For my card I used two Little Claire's stamp sets, Sweet Little Fairy and Pretty Garden. I created the scene by stamping the different elements from the stamp sets with black Memento ink pad. I coloured in the image with ProMakers. I stamped the butterflies twice again and added these to the original image on the top section of the card with foam pads.



I punched a scalloped edge along the stamped panel and also a panel of lilac card. I mounted the stamp panel onto the lilac panel. Across the panel I attached a strip of purple ribbon. This was then attached to a scalloped card blank. To finish the card I added purple dots around the edge.

Mmm... Cupcakes

This is my card for Clare's Weekly Challenge on the DoCrafts website. The range of papers and peel-offs I used are Papermania's The Little Cake Shoppe Collection.

I begun by cutting the scalloped background patterned paper using Nestabilities. I attached this to a square card blank.



I coloured a silver peel-off black using a black ProMarker. I attached the cream part of the cupcake peel-off to pink glitter paper and cut around this section. I then added the whole peel-off to smooth white card. I coloured in the cherry and case with ProMarkers and added red Stickles. I added this to pink and silver card panels.

I added a strip of striped paper across the card. Onto this I added the cupcake panel with foam pads. I stamped the greeting with a black ink pad. The greeting was part of a set that was free with the current issue of Creativity! magazine.



To follow the sketch I added silver peel-off dots. To finish the card I drew a dot & line border with a silver Papermania pen.

Passion for ProMarkers - week 86 challenge

This is my card for this week's Passion for ProMarkers challenge. The theme of this week's challenge is 'let there be love'.

I begun my stamping the Forever Friends bear twice on smooth white card with a Memento ink pad. I coloured in the images with ProMarkers. I cut out one bear image and the heart and paws form the second image. I added the heart and paws with foam pads.



I stamped red hearts on the front of a square card blank. Using Nestabilities I out a red Lacy Circle for the background panel and also the Circle aperture on the front of the card. I attached the Lacy Circle and the bear inside the card.

To finish I added diamond Stickles to the front of the card and dots around the edge of the Lacy Circle.

Forever Friends at Easter

This is my card for the fortnight's DoCrafts Creativity Club sketch challenge. The set of stamps I used are the new Forever Friends Easter range.

I begun by stamping the bear and egg images with a Memento ink pad onto smooth white card rectangles. I coloured the images in with ProMarkers. I added Glossy Accents to the eggs.



I cut a panel of light blue card. I punched one edge with my Stampin' Up scalloped punch. I attached a strip of gingham ribbon and a bow to the panel. I added white dots around the edges.

I stamped, using a blue ink pad, a square card blank with small Easter images from Easter sets. I added the light blue panel and images to the card blank as per the challenge sketch.

As seen in Crafts Beautiful

If you have picked up the March edition of Crafts Beautiful magazine you may have seen my card in the free Spring Celebrations card book.

The card uses Georgia stamp by Little Claire's. Why not have a look at the magazine to see how the card was made.



This post is also my 200th posting! So lots of good news from me today.

Happy crafting!

I love ProMarkers - challenge 51

This is my card for this weeks I love ProMarkers challenge. The theme of this week's challenge is 'Anything goes'.

I begun by stamping the Penny Black hedgehog image and greeting with a Memento ink pad. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I added red Stickles to the roses. I cut out the image, red and white frames with Nestabilities. I added white and gold dots around the edge of the frame.



I cut a large square of red card for the background. I punched the corners and one of the edges with my Martha Stewart flower punch. I punches the bottom corners of a square card blank with the same punch. I added a strip of red spotty ribbon across the red square. Onto this I added a bow. To finish the card I added gold dots around the edge of the card and sliver dots to the centre of the flowers.

Little Claire February Stamp Club and new Blog challenge

Sorry for the lack of posting this week but my Internet has been misbehaving. I hope it's now fixed.

Today I have for you two cards make with Little Claire's February Stamp Club set and also news of and new Challenge!

Little Claire have launched a new monthly challenge on their blog. The theme of the first challenge is 'Anything goes'. There's a prize of Little Claire goodies to be won, so why not give it a try?

These two cards (below) were made with the Little Claire's February Stamp Club set, 'Big Hugs'.

To begin I stamped the main window image twice on smooth white card using Memento ink pad. I coloured in the images with ProMarkers. I mounted the first image on a panel of brown card. I cut the cat, window box and window top from the second coloured image and added it to the first with foam pads.



I stamped a card blank with the mouse & cheese stamp from the set. I used a So Saffron ink pad by Stampin' Up. I added the layered image to the card. Across the card I attached a strip of brown ribbon. I made a tag for the greeting and attached this to the card. Onto of the greeting I added a brown bow. To finish I added brown gems.



For my second card I used the mouse & flower stamp from the set. I stamped this twice and coloured the images in with ProMarkers. I cut out one image and a silver frame using Nestabilities.I cut the flowers from the second coloured image and attached it to the first with foam pads.



I stamped the greeting onto a card blank. I covered the greeting with a post-it note and then stamped the flower pattern onto the card. To finish I attached the mouse image.

With love...

This is my card for Clare's Weekly Challenge on the DoCrafts website. Sorry it's only one photo but I am having problems uploading photo to blogger at the moment. This week's challenge was an inspiration challenge. From the inspiration photo I used the colours - greys and white as my main inspiration.

I begun my stamping the image using the new Country Companions stamp range. I stamped the image with Memento ink pad and coloured it in with ProMarkers. I added some red Stickles to the roses.

I mounted this onto a panel of black card. I punched bottom edge with a scalloped punch from Stampin' Up. I added a strip of red ribbon and a bow. To finish I added white dots.