For Julie

This is a birthday card I made for the very talented crafter Julie Hickey.

I used Julie's Sweet Meadow collection from Craftwork Cards for the card. I used paper from the 'Embossed and washed' paperpack for the background. Onto this I added flowers and buttons cut from the paperpack. I added Glossy Accents to the button and centre of the flowers. I used my Cricut to cut out the name.

Passion for ProMarkers - week 110 challenge

This is my card for this week's Passion for ProMarkers blog challenge. The theme of the challenge is “animal crackers”.

The stamp I used for the card was Penguin Stuart by Little Claire. I begun by stamping the image with black Memento ink pad. I coloured the blue sky background with AquaMarkers. I coloured the rest of the image in with ProMarkers. I added Polar White FlowerSoft for the snow and flock to the fur and bobble on the penguin's hat. I added Stickles to the sky for snow. I cut out the image with Heart Circles Nestabilities.



I stamped the circle greeting in dark blue using Red Gingham - Christmas Text stamps. I mounted this onto a circle cut with Lacy Circles Nestabilities. I stamped blue snowflakes onto a card black with blue ink.



I cut panels of blue and patterned paper for the background. I also cut snowflakes using Nestabilities. I attached the penguin image with ribbon and brads. To finish I added diamond brads and gems.

Gold and green

This is the second card I have made using the 'Cold, Crisp Kisses' tree stamp from Little Claire. This stamp is now available to buy on Little Claire's website. This card can also be seem on Little Claire blog today.



I used ProMarkers to colour in the tree image. I added sparkle with gold Stickles. The circles were cut with Lacy Circles Nestabilities and Little Claire circle cutting die for the large gold circle. The background pattern was creating by stamping the tree with clear VersaMark ink pad and then heat embossed with gold WOW embossing powder.

'Cold, Crisp Kisses'

This card was made using a new stamp design from Red Gingham Design called 'Cold, Crisp Kisses'. This is part of new Christmas stamp set available next week from Little Claire.

My card is featured on Little Claire blog. If you leave a comment on Little Claire blog post before 12 noon tomorrow (28 July) and they will pick a lucky winner to send the 'kisses' to.



I stamped the image with black Memento ink pad. I coloured it in the image with ProMarkers. I also added silver Stickles to the tree. I used the same stamp for the background pattern. The circle sentiment stamp is also available from Little Claire.

LOTV challenge 106

This is my card for this week's Lili of the Valley challenge. The theme is 'fun and games'.

I begun by stamping the bear image. The stamp I used was 'No. 7' by Lili of the Valley. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I mounted this onto panels of black and silver card. I added dots around the edges.



I cut a panel of black card for the background. Onto this I added two pieces of patterned paper. I punched two circle of black card which I added with grey brads. I added a strip of ribbon across the card. This was all attached to a card blank. I added the bear image and to finish I added a circle greeting.

Simply Stampin' Challenge 17

This is my card for this week's Simply Stampin' blog challenge. This week's challenge was a colour challenge. I have Real Red but the nearest green I had is Pear Pizzazz so I have used that, hope that's ok.

The stamp set I used Season of Joy by Stampin' Up. I begun by stamping the tree image in Pear Pizzazz and the greeting in Real Red onto smooth white card. I cut a panel of red card. I punched the top and bottom edge with my Stampin' Up Eyelet punch. I added the tree image to the red card. I added red dots around the edge.



I stamped the swirl pattern on a card blank. Onto this I added the tree panel. I stamped the small flower in Real Red and Pear Pizzazz. I cut these out and added them to the tree panel. I also stamped the large flower. I stamped it in Pear Pizzazz so I could use the petals as leaves.

A Humphrey original

This is my card for the following challenges
Crafter's Companion monthly challenge. The theme is 'One for the boys'.
Fab 'n' Funky challenge. The theme is 'Animal Magic'.

I begun by stamping the Humphrey image with a black Memento ink pad. I coloured Humphrey in with ProMarkers. I mounted the image onto panels of light blue and mid blue card. From dark blue card I punched the photo corners with my Stampin' Up punch.



I cut panels of light blue card and stripped patterned paper. Onto this I added circles of light blue card with white brads. This was added onto a square card blank. Across the card I added a strips blue and stripped paper.

I stamped a greeting and punched this and a dark blue tag with my Stampin' Up punch. I added these to the card with ribbon. To finish I added faux stitching.

Oh little town...

These two cards were made with a new stamp from Little Claire called 'Oh little twon of Bethlehem...'. This stamp will be launched the end of next week.

For the first card (below) I used, for the first time, my AquaMarkers. I've had them for months but never got around to using them until now. I was very impressed with the finished effect and how easy they were to use. I though a softer watercolour effect would be suitable for this style of image rather then strong coloured ProMarkers. The greeting is also a stamp available from Little Claire. The background texture was stamped onto the Kraft card. The stamp I used is from Stampin' Up and it's called Sanded.



For my second card I used watercolour pencils to colour in the stamped image. The textured card blank gave a lovely effect to the coloured image. The greeting is a peel off from Little Claire.

Simply Stampin' Challenge 16

This is my card for this week's Simply Stampin' blog challenge. This week's challenge was a sketch challenge. The products I used are by Stampin' Up.

I begun by stamping the two large rose images. I used 'A rose is a rose' stamp set and a Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the two layers. I used Rose Red and Pretty in Pink inks. I also stamped the leaves in Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive. I cut out each element.



I cut a square of white card for the background and a rectangle for the side strip. I used the Baby Blossoms stamp set to stamp the pattern. I used the same ink colours again and also So Saffron for the yellow rose heads. I mounted these onto panels of Kraft card. I stamped the greeting in brown ink using Happy Moments stamp set.



On a strip of Kraft card I added a strip of Baja Breeze seam binding ribbon. I put the card together following the sketch. The large rose and leaves were added with foam pads. To finish the card I added white faux stitching.

Days out with Little Claire

The Great Northern Papercrafts Show (GNPE) Harrogate, Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 September
Little Claire will be holding Breakfast Workshops on both days, Cost £12, places strictly limited, booking for this MUST be made via CRAFTWORK CARDS Tel: 0113 287 7794


Spend a Day with Little Claire, Saturday 17 September, Thornton Hough, Wirral.
A whole day with the Little Claire Team, making so many cards and having so much fun! Cost £59, all materials and refreshments provided, Little Claire shop available, (bring packed lunch).

NEW DATE!
Spend a Day with Little Claire, CRAWLEY, Saturday 15 October, K2 Leisure Centre, Crawley
A whole day with the Little Claire Team, spend a whole day making beautiful cards. Each class will be structured to help you create lovely cards. Cost £59. All materials are provided together with refreshments throughout the day, (bring a packed lunch).

For more information visit Little Claire or call 0151 342 5715.

I love ProMarkers - challenge 75

This is my card for this week's I Love ProMarkers blog challenge. The theme of this week's challenge is Christmas In July!

The cute owl stamp (Little George) and greeting circle stamps (Red Gingham - Christmas Text) are by Red Gingham Designs which are exclusively available from Little Claire.



I begun my stamping George with black Memento ink pad. I coloured him in with ProMarkers. I added Stickles to the sky and holly berries. I added Polar White Flowersoft to the fur on his hat. I used Nestabilities to cut him and the white and silver frames out.

I covered a square card blank with dark blue card. Onto this I added panels of silver card and spotty paper. Across the card I added strip of blue and spotty paper.

I stamped the greeting circle with blank ink and mounted it on a scalloped circle. The circle was cut with Lacy Circles Nestabilities.



I used snowflakes Nestabilities to cut the white and pale blue snowflakes. I added a thin layer of diamond Stickles to the white snowflakes. These were attached to the card with foam pads.

To finish the card I added dark blue Candi by Craftwork Cards and small sliver dots with a silver Papermania pen.

Passion for ProMarkers - week 109 challenge

This is my card for this week's Passion for ProMarkers blog challenge. This week's challenge was a sketch challenge. The Christmas tree stamp (Oh Christmas Tree) and greeting circle stamps (Red Gingham - Christmas Text) are by Red Gingham Designs which are exclusively available from Little Claire.



I started by stamping the tree image onto smooth white card. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I chose to use a un-tradtional Christmas colour scheme of pastel colours as I though it would be something different.

I cut panels of patterned paper. I added all these onto Kraft Card and added faux stitching. The scalloped edge shapes were cut using Lacy square and circle Nestabilities.



Following the sketch all the panels were added to a square card blank. The tree panels was added with foam pads. I stamped the circle greeting sentiment with black Memento ink pad and added it to a circle of Kraft card. Using Nesties I cut a star of Kraft card. To finish I added faux pearls.

DoCrafts challenges

This is my card for two DoCrafts challenges - Katy's Weekly Challenge and Creativity Club challenge.

I begun by stamping the centre greeting image onto cream card. The stamp I used was from the new Typography Stamp range by Papermania. I stamped it with Rich Cocoa Memento ink pad. I coloured it in with ProMarkers.



For the background I cut two panels of pattern paper. The paper is from DoCrafts Daisy & Dandelion range. I cut a circle of light brown card using Lacy Circles Nestabilities. These were all attached the a shaped card blank. I added the greeting panel with foam pads. To finish I added faux stitching.

Little Claire's DT - challenge 11 card

This is my DT card for the Little Claire's monthly blog challenge. The theme of the new challenge, challenge 11, is 'Things With Wings'.

The photo below shows the wonderful prize on offer. It consists of one of the new stamp sets, lots of lovely papers, brads and design team make sheets from Little Claire.



I used two Little Claire's stamps for the card. The owls are Claire's Owls stamp and the greeting is from the The Right Time... stamp set.

I stamped the owl with black Memento ink pad and coloured them in with ProMarkers. I cut out the owls and attached them to a heart shape of pink card. I cut a square of dark pink card using Nestabilites Lacy Squares.



I cut panels of white and heart patterned paper for the background. I stamped the greeting onto the white panel. I added a strip of pink ribbon across the panels and also a bow.



I made a button from three layers of heart shaped pink card. I used my Croc-o-dile to add the holes. I added a layer of Glossy Accents to the top. This was them added to a square card blank. To finish I added faux stitching.

I love ProMarkers - challenge 74

This is my card for this week's I Love ProMarkers blog challenge. This weeks challenge is a Recipe: 1 ribbon, 2 design papers, 2 buttons/gems/brads.

I begun my stamping the images. The stamped I used are Maisy, Phoebe and Agnes by Ketto for Stamping Bella. I coloured in the lovely images with ProMarkers. I added gold Stickles for extra sparkle.



I mounted the panel containing the two smaller images onto dark pink card. I cut the larger image out around its edge. I cut panels of two patterned papers. These are from Dovecrafts 'Back to Basics' range.To keep with the recipe I added ribbon and two red gems. To finish I added gold dots and a circle greeting from Craftwork Cards.

Passion for ProMarkers - week 108 challenge

This is my card for this week's Passion for ProMarkers blog challenge. The theme of this week's challenge is 'Gingham'.

I begun by stamping the girl image. The stamp I used was Georgia by Little Claire. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I was lucky enough to win this challenge a couple of weeks ago and my prize was the new ultra-fine nibs. I used these new nibs to colour in the flowers. The nibs are fantastic and makes it so much easier to colour in fine detail.



I used Nestabilities Label15 die to cut put the images and frames.

I covered a scalloped edge card blank with gingham paper from the Papermania Capsule Collection Boysenberry range. I punched a strip of white card with my Stampin' Up eyelet punch. Across this I added gingham ribbon.



I used my Flowers Cuttlebug die to cut the flowers from white and patterned paper. I added purple paper circles and dots with a Sakura pen. To finished I added a stamped circle greeting by Red Gingham - Sentiments Mix stamp set which is available from Little Claire.

Thank you Dahlia

This card features one of the new Red Gingham - Sentiments Mix circle stamps available from Little Claire.

I begun by stamping the flower image. The stamp I used was
PomPom Dahlia by Little Claire. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I added highlights with a Sakura pen. I mounted this onto a panel of pink card.



I cut a large panel of dark pink card for the background onto this I added strips of white and pink card. I made buttons from layers of Kraft card circles. I punched the holes using a Croc-o-dile. I added Glossy Accents to the top of each button. Once they were dry I threaded them onto a strip of ribbon before adding them to the card.

To finish I stamped one of the Red Gingham circles sentiments with my black Memento ink pad and added it to the card.

Top Three!

I've been selected Top Three for last week's Clean and Simple challenge on the I Love ProMarkers blog challenge. Yippee!!

This wasn't my usual style of card so makes it even better to be Top Three!



The flower stamp I used for the card was Flowerhead by Little Claire.

Butterfly Tree - the butterflies

This is the third card I have made using the new Butterfly Tree stamp set from Little Claire.



I stamped both the tree and butterfly image with a black Memento ink pad onto smooth white card. I coloured in the images with ProMarkers and Whisper pens. I added sparkle with diamond Stickles. I mounted both images onto panels of dark pink card. I used Nestabilities to cut out the circle panel.

I stamped the butterfly stamp all over a scalloped edge card blank. I added the stamped panels to the card. I added the circle panel with foam pads.