My blog candy - final chance!

Just a little reminder that my blog candy draw ends tonight.



But there's still time to add your name to the list!

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Ever so lovely

This card using a lovely new stamp by Little Claire called 'Ever so lovely'.

I begun by stamping the image with a black Memento ink pad. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I added highlights with Stickles. I cut out the image and mounted it onto panels of red and white card.



For the background I embossed a panel of red card. I embossed the bird design using my Cuttlebug All-in-one 'Thank you' embossing folder. Across the top I added a strip of ribbon. I also tied a bow with the ribbon and added this to the ribbon strip.

I attached the red and image panel to a scalloped card. I stamped a Little Claire circle sentiment with red ink. I cut it out using Lacey Circles Nestabilities. To finish the card I added gems and dots.



I am entering this card into this week's Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge Week 74 - Things with wings. The image has a small bluebird and a lovely bird house so I though it would be ideal for this challenge.

Pride and Joy

This is my card for
Passion for ProMarkers blog challenge - planes, trains and automobiles.
Divas by Design - sketch.

I begun by stamping the image with a black Memento ink pad. The stamp I used is 'Pride and Joy' by Lili of the Valley. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I added highlights with diamond and blue Stickles. I drew around a circle die and cut out the image. I mounted this onto a scalloped circle of green card.



I cut panels of various patterned paper for the background panels. I distressed the edges with a sponge dauper and a Chocolate Chip ink pad both from Stampin' Up. I used my X-Cut star dies to cut out the stars from cream paper.



I mounted all the panels onto a square card blank. I added a oval greeting from Craftwork Cards. To finish I added little circles diecut from brown card.

Let's Celebrate

This is my card for this week's I Love ProMarkers blog challenge. The theme is to 'include a number'.

I begun by stamping the bear image with a black Memento ink pad. The stamp I used is Fizzy Moon - Let's Celebrate. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I cut the image out leaving a small white border.



I cut a panel of turquoise card and patterned paper. I punched one edge with my Stampin' Up Eyelet punch. Using my Cricut I cut the wording and number from white and turquoise card. I added these and Fizzy Moon to a square card blank. To finish I added faux stitching.

I've got blog candy!

I have some lovely blog candy on offer



The candy is
Flower Fairies Wild Cherry stamp set
Hero Arts Celebration All stamp set
Hero Arts Whimsical Frames stamp set
Hero Arts Designer Butterflies stamp set
DoCrafts Greetings embossing folders
Stampin' Up Good Neighbors stamp set
American Arts Large Jewel Brads tropicals
American Arts Large Brads metallic.

If you would like to be in the draw for my blog candy then please leave you name below using inlinkz. The draw closes on Friday 30th September. I will use random.org to pick the lucky winner.

You do not need to be a follower or display my candy photo (above) but it's lovely if you do.

Good luck!

Fizzy Moon 30th birthday

This is my card for the following challenges:
Passion for ProMarkers blog challenge. The theme is “beary special”.
Fab 'n' Funky blog challenge. The theme is "eyes down for bingo". I have chosen to use - Embellishment - Ribbon - Die cuts.

The stamp I used for the card is Fizzy Moon's Little Messages. I stamped it with a black Memento ink pad and coloured it in with ProMarkers. I stamped the signs posts again and added then with foam pads. I used blue peel-offs for the greeting and age. I cut this and the frame out with Nestabilities.



For the background I used panels of dark blue and patterned paper. I added the main image to the panels. I threaded white ribbon through the holes on the left side of the main image's frame. I secured this with brads. I also added ribbon to the right hand edges. This was them all added to a square card blank. To finish I added blue and white dots.

I love ProMarkers - challenge 82

This is my card for this week's I Love ProMarkers. The theme of this week;'s challenge was to use a Metal embellishment or charm. I chose to add a little silver bell to George's hat.

The stamp I used for the main image is Little George by Red Gingham Designs which are exclusively available from Little Claire. I stamped him with a black Memento ink pad and coloured him in with ProMarkers. I added Polar White FlowerSoft and a bell to his hat and red Stickles to the holly berries. I cut George and the frame out with Nestabilities.



The stamp I used for the sentiment is Christmas sentiments by Red Gingham which are exclusively available from Little Claire. I stamped this in blue and added it to a Lacey Circle which was cut with Nestabilities.



I added panels of white and blue card, and patterned paper to a squarer card blank. The scalloped edges were punched with my Stampin' Up Eyelet punch. I also added a strip of ribbon across my card. The snowflakes were cut with Nestabilities. To finish I added silver nail head stickers.

Winter Wonderland

This card was made using a new set of Tatty Teddy stamps called 'Winter Wonderland'. They are available exclusively to DoCrafts Creativity Club members. It's a lovely set of stamps. There's such a range of sizes from small bear stamps to the largest one that I have used on my card. There's also greetings and snowflake stamps. SO everything you'll need to stamp some lovely designs.



I stamped Tatty with a black Memento ink pad and coloured him in with ProMarkers. I added Glossy Accents to his buttons and nose. I added diamond Stickles to the boots and Polar White FlowerSoft for the snow under his feet. I also stamped the greeting in black.



For the background I used the snowflake stamps form the set. I stamped them with a VersaMark ink pad and heat embossed them with Silver WOW embossing powder. I mounted this onto a panel of pink card. I added a piece of pink ribbon across the top corner. I added this all onto a scalloped card blank. I attached a bow tied with the same ribbon. To finish I added a gem and faux stitching.

Little Claire's DT - challenge 13 card

This is my Design Team card for Little Claire monthly challenge - 13 with starts today. The theme is 'Black and White'.

This is the prize (below) for the lucky winner of this month's challenge. It consists of: 4 x Christmas baubles paper, 4 x Jingle bells paper, 4 x Crimson Bazzilll, 4 x Pine Bazzill, 1 x sheet handmade stickers, 1 x sheet Red Gingham die-cut Christmas sentiments and 1 x Little Claire Poinsettia Corner stamp.



The stamp sets I used for my card are Red Gingham - Oh Christmas Tree and Red Gingham - Christmas Text circle sentiment. These stamps are exclusively availble from Little Claire.



I begun by stamping the Christmas tree and circle sentiment image with a VersaMark ink pad onto black card. I heat embossed with image with white embossing powder. I cut this out and mounted it onto white card. I used Lacey Circles Nestabilities to mount the sentiment onto.



For the background I stamped a panel of white card with the tree stamp. I punched one end with my Eyelet punch from Stampin' Up. I also cut panel of black card which I also punched. I laid all the panels together. Down the card I added a strip of white ribbon. I added the circle sentiment with foam pads. To finish the card I added die cut stars and diamond stickles.

Passion for ProMarkers - week 116 challenge

This is my card for this week's Passion for ProMarkers blog challenge. This week's theme is 'patchwork'.

I begun my stamping the image. The stamp I used is Phoebe Ketto by Stamping Bella. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I cut out the image and mounted it onto a square of black card and also a Lacey Square cut from metallic red card with Nestabilities.



I covered a square card blank with black card. Onto this I added squares of patterned paper. The papers are from the Papermania Little Cake Shoppe range. I punched a strip of white card with a scalloped edge punch. I added this and a strip of pink paper across the card.



I added a circle greeting from Craftwork Cards. For a patchwork effect I added faux stitching with a black fineliner. To finish the card I added red buttons and gems.

As seen in Making Cards magazine

Have you seen the current edition of Making Cards magazine? If you have you would have seen these two cards. They are features in the Little Claire advert on page 42.

The stamp set I used for both cards is the lovely Delivering Christmas Wishes which is the Stamp Club set for September.

Contempo Christmas

This is my card for this week's Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge Week 71. The theme is Bring on the Bling!!!

The stamp set I used for the card is 'Contempo Christmas' by Stampin' Up. I begun by stamping the two baubles using Stampin' Up Real Red ink pad onto smooth white card. I also stamped the greeting in Old Olive. I attached two strip of gold ribbon to the card. I cut a small slit above each bauble which I threaded the ribbon through. I also attached a bow tied with the same ribbon. I rounded the corners with a corner punch.



I mounted the stamped panel onto a panel of gold card. I also rounded the corner of the gold card. I attached this all onto a card blank. I added red gems to the baubles. To finish the card I added gold dots around the edge.

Creativity Club craft challenge 2

This is my card for the DoCrafts Creativity Club craft challenge 2 that was launched last night on Facebook. The theme of the challenge was to create a window card.

I begun by stamping the snowflake design onto the front of a Papermania Kraft card blank with a blue ink pad. The snowflake stamp is part of a free gift on the current Creativity! magazine. I cut out a panel on the front of the card large enough for the mounted snowman image.



The snowman rectangle image panel is from the new Noel Christmas range from DoCrafts. I mounted the image onto panels of silver and black card. I attached the panel inside the card blank. From the front panel I cut out from the card, I cut out the whole stamped snowflake images and added them to the corner of the window. I added a strip of seam binding ribbon and a bow down the edhe of the card. To finish I added faux stitching around the window, blue Stickles to the centre of the snowflake corners and a gem.

Embossed Christmas

This is my card for this week's Fab 'n' Funky blog challenge. The theme of the called is 'go mad with embossing'.

I used the Cuttlebug All-in-one embossing folders for this card. The elements all came from the Twinkle set.

The background panel was embossed with the large holly. For the centre panel I started by embossing the greeting and one of the corners. I then moved the position of the corner design around the greeting to form the border. I cut out the design and added it to a panel of dark brown card. I layered all the elements up onto a square card blank. I coloured in the greeting with a ProMarker. To finish I added gold dots and brown Dimension Pearls.

Festive trio

This is a set of card I've made using Stampin' Up stamps and ink pads. I am entering these cards into this week's challenge Simply Stampin' blog challenge.

This week's challenge is a colour challenge of Melon Mambo, Perfect Plum, Bashful Blue, Whisper White. Unfortunately I don't have these colours so I have used my closest colours of Baja Breeze, Rich Razzleberry and Pixie Pink. The stamp sets I used for the cards are Seasons of Joy and Tree Trimmings. I stamped each element directly onto square card blanks.







These are quick and easy cards to make which is ideal if you have a lot to make. These designs would work in a variety of colour combinations.

Christmas Humphrey

This is my card for this month's Crafters Companion blog challenge. The theme of the challenge is 'Christmas Wishes'.

The Humphrey stamp I used for the card is a free gift on this month's Papercraft Essential magazine. I stamped the image with a black Memento ink pad. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I added diamond Stickles and Polar White Flower Soft for the snow.



I cut panels of red and green card for the background. I embossed the red card with a Cuttlebug Snowflakes embossing folder. I also punched a corner using my Stampin' Up Photo Corner punch. I die cut two snowflakes from pearlescent card using Nestabilites snowflake dies. I added diamond Stickles to the snowflakes. I attached these panels together and added silver brads.



On a scalloped edge card blank I stamped the snowflakes image using an Old Olive ink pad. The stamp is from the Seasons of Joy stamp set from Stampin' Up. I added the coloured and image panel to the card. To finish I added faux stitching.

Delivering Christmas Wishes

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

The stamp set I used for the card is Delivering Christmas Wishes by Little Claire. This is their September Stamp Club set.

I begun by stamping the letterbox image using a black Memento ink pad onto smooth white card. I colour the letterbox image with ProMarkers and I used AquaMarkers for the sky. I add Polar White FlowerSoft and diamond Stickles for snow. I cut out the image and frames with Nestabilities.



For the background I cut a square of red corrugated paper. Onto this I stamped white snowflake images with a Stampin' Up white craft ink pad. I added the centre image to the red square. Across the top left corner I added a strip of red ribbon. I also tied a bow with the same ribbon and attached a little gold bell. This was them added to a square card blank.



I used the robin stamp from the Club set to stamp the robin strip. I coloured this in with ProMarkers. I added this to the card. I also added a cirlce sentiment from Red Gingham Design to the card. These are available exclusively from Little Claire. I also added a single robin to the top corner. To finish I added red Candi and red dots around the edge.

Driving home for Christmas

This is my card for this week's I Love ProMarkers blog challenge. The theme is 'anything goes'.

The stamp set I used for the card is Delivering Christmas Wishes by Little Claire. This is their September Stamp Club set.

I begun by stamping the car image three times using a black Memento ink pad onto smooth white card. I colour the image in with ProMarkers. I add diamond Stickles to the sky area and Polar White FlowerSoft to the road.



I mounted this onto a panel of brown card. I punched the bottom edge with my Stampin’ Up eyelet punch. Across the bottom edge of the white card I add a strip of gold ribbon.

On a 5x7 Kraft Card blank I stamped a snowflake image with Stampin’ Up Crumb Cake ink pad. Onto this I add the brown and image panel. I stamped the greeting onto a piece of white card. This was mount this onto a piece of kraft card and attached this to the card with foam pads.



I die cut snowflakes using Nestabilities snowflake dies. To finish add faux stitching with a gold pen and brown gems to the centre of the snowflakes.