I love ProMarkers - challenge 89

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

I begun by stamping the image onto smooth white card with a black Memento ink pad. I coloured in the images with ProMarkers. The stamp I used is Camellia & Camellia Border by Little Claire. Below is all the images I stamped. There are four times the main image as I decoupaged the image on the first tag panel.



On a white tag card blank from Little Claire I stamped the main image using a pink ink pad.



I cut out all the flower panels and two panels of pink and white card. On the first panel I decoupaged the image. There are three layers to the image. I added foam pads between the layers.



Inside the card I added the pink and white card panels. I added the stamped corner images to the corners. On one of the panels I stamped the greeting. The stamp I used is from the Lazy Days stamp set by Little Claire. To finish the card I tied pink spotted organza ribbon through the holes.

For Granny

This is my card for this week's Lilii of the Valley blog challenge. The challenge is a sketch challenge.

I begun by stmaping the image with black Memento ink pad onto smooth white card. The image I used is Milly Flower Power by Lili of the Valley. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I added highlight to the flower centre with a gold Sakura pen. I mounted the image onto two circles whoch were cut with Nestabilities Lacey Circles die.



Following the sketch I added panels of patterened paper to a purple background. Across the panels I added a strip of white paper which I punched with a deep Martha Stewart border punch. I also added a strip of ribbon across the card. All the panels were added to a square card blank. I added sliver dots and a button. I cut the greeting with my Cricut. To finish I added white faux stitching.

On a swing

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

I begun by stamping the cute image with a black Memento ink pad. The image is a new stamp Cutie Patooties Boy and Girl Swing by Little Claire. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers.I cut out the image and the Kraft frame with Nestabilities.



For the background panels I cut pieces of Kraft and gingham paper. Down one edge of the gingham papers I punched a scalloped edge using my Stampin' Up punch. On the front panel I drilled a series on holes. I threaded ribbon through the hole and added a ribbon bow. I attached the panels to a Craftwork Cards easel card blank.



I stamped a greeting tag using Little Beauties - Tags Stamps from Little Claire. I mounted this onto brown card. I attached this to the image circle with a brad before adding the the card. To finish I attached button and drew faux stitching with a white pen.

Final Sneak Peek - Cutie Patooties Boy Catapault

This is my final card of the week using the new Cutie Patootie range from Little Claire. For this card I used Boy Catapult stamp. To see more cards ideas using this stamp please see Little Claire blog.

For my card I begun by stamping the boy image with a black Memento ink pad onto smooth white card. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I cut the image and the frame out with Nestabilities



For the background I cut a large panel of deep purple/brown card. Onto this I added three strips of striped pattern paper. I also cut a long panel of the deep purple/brown card. Onto this I added another strip of striped pattern paper. I added the image to the centre of the card.



I stamped the tag using the new Little Beauties - Tags Stamps from Little Claire with a brown ink pad. I cut round the tag and added this to the card. Using Cuttlebug dies I cut out the corner swirls. To finish the card I added faux stitching and brown buttons.

Forth sneak peek - Swirly Whirlies Owl Family

This is my forth sneak peek of the week. It's not really a sneak peek now as all the new stamps I have featured this week so far (and many more!) are now available in the New from Little Claire section on their website.

There are some more lovely cards on Little Claire's blog today made using this Swirly Whirlies Owl Family stamp.



For this card I begun by stamping the owl image onto smooth cream card. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I added highlight with gold and green Stickles. I cut out the image and the brown frame with Nestabilities.



I cut a panel of light and dark brown card for the background panel. I punched one edge of the light brown card with a scalloped edge punch. I also embossed this panel with a Cuttlebug All-In-One embossing folder. I added strips of ribbon across the card and also across the top corners.

I added the panel to a scalloped edge card blank. I tied a bow from the thick brown ribbon and attached it to the card. To finish I added a circle sentiment and faux gold stitching.

Third sneak peek - on a swing

This is my third sneak peek of the week. Again I have used a new stamp from Little Claire's 'Cutie Patootie' range. See Little Claire blog for more sneak peeks.



I begun by stamping the cutie swing image onto smooth white card with a black Memento ink pad. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I cut out the image and the Kraft frame with Labels Fifteen Nestabilities. I stamped the small tag and also coloured it in with ProMarkers. The tag is also a new range soon to be available from Little Claire.



I cut a square of Kraft card and stripped pattern paper. From Kraft card I punched Photo Corners using my Stampin' Up punch and added this to the background panel with brads. This was then attached to a square card blank. I added the coloured image to the card. I added the Kraft frame with foam pads. I attached the tag and a small brown ribbon bow. To finish I added faux stitching and die cut flowers.

Second sneak peek - poppies

This is second sneak peek of the week. The poppy stamp is from a new range by Red Gingham which is available from Little Claire. My card is also featured on Little Claire blog today.



I begun by stamping the poppy image onto a long strip of smooth white card. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I added highlight and small dots along the top with a gold gel pen. I cut the strip into four equal pieces and mounted them onto panels of dark green card. I added these on to a concertina tag cards which is a new range available from Little Claire.

I have also used one of the brand new circle sentiment stamps on this card which is from the Red Gingham range. I stamped it in red and black. I cut out the red centre section and added it to the black stamped greeting. I mounted these onto two Lacey Circles which were cut with Nestabilities. To finish the card I tied red spotty ribbon through the top holes and bow.

First sneak peek and a chance to win!

Little Claire are about to launch four brand new ranges of stamps. During this week on Little Claire blog and also on my blog we will be giving you a sneak peek!

Little Claire are offering one lucky person the chance to win a complete set of all six 'Cutie Patootie' stamps. See today's post on Little Claire's blog for more details.

My 'sneak peek' card for today uses a stamp from the new 'Cutie Patootie' range.



I begun by stamping the cutie boy image twice on smooth white card. I coloured both images in with ProMarkers. I cut out the boy and the scalloped circle frame with Nestabilities. I cut out the second cutie boy image and added it to the first image with foam pads.



For the circle sentiment I used theRed Gingham - Sentiments Mix stamps. I stamped the image with Chocolate Chip ink pad. I cut this out and added it to a scalloped circle. I layered up the panels of brown card and patterned papers. Before adding it to the card blank I added brads and a photo corner punched from brown card. To finish I added faux stitching and a gem.

Santa's Little Helper

This is my card for this week's I Love ProMarkers blog challenge. The theme is 'Ain't it cute!'.



I begun by stamping the cute image and sentiment. The stamp I used is Humphreys Corner - 1st Christmas. I stamped it in black Memento ink pad onto smooth white card. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I added Polar white FlowerSoft for the fur trims. I cut out the image and the red frame using Lacey Circles Nestabilities.



For the background I used a panel of red and star patterned paper. I rounded the corners of the panels and added then to a scalloped edge card blank. The red snowflake and stars were cut using Nestabilities. The centre patterned strip was cut with a Memory Box die. I added all the panel do the card. I also added red ard Candi with foam pads. Using a red fineliner I added dots around the edge of the circle. To finish I added a red bow and gem.

Seeing stars

Apologies for the lack of blog posts this week. I have been busy working on my DT sample cards for a new set of stamps from Little Claire. All next week there will be a 'sneak peek' on Little Claire's and all the DT's blog, and also a competition to win the stamps. So please do come back on Monday to find out more details.



My card for today I'm entering into Passion for ProMarkers blog challenge. The theme of the challenge is 'stars'.

I begun by stamping the image onto smooth white card with a black Memento ink pad. The stamp I used was 'Cheers bear' by Lili of the Valley. I coloured him in with ProMarkers. I cut a another piece of white card for his frame. As I didn't have the correct colour card I coloured with edge with a slate ProMarker. I also did this for the large background panel.



I added layers of star patterned paper to a square card blank. The papers are from Dovecraft Back to Basics pad. Using a X-Cut star die I cut out star shapes and added these and the bear image to the card. I attached a circle greeting from Craftwork Cards. To finish I added purple and silver dots.

Snowy Christmas House

I made this stepper card using the lovely Little Claire October Stamp Club set - Christmas House. This was the first stepper card I have decorated. I really enjoyed having all the different panels to decorate.



I begun by stamping the house image onto smooth white card with a Memento ink pad. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I also stamped the image onto Glitter Sparkle self adhesive sheets from Little Claire, with a Staz-on ink pad. I cut out the snowy section and stuck then onto the coloured image. I mounted this onto a red card panel. I added ribbon and a bow to the top corners.



I cut panels of red patterned and attached them to the panels on the card. Across the front of the card I also added a strip of silver card and ribbon. The greeting is also part of the stamp set. I added the greeting onto a Lacey Circle cut with Nestabilities. I cut the snowflake shapes with Nestabilities. I added these to the card.To finish I added gems and faux stitching.

Grapes and wine

This is my card for the following challenges
I love ProMarkers blog challenge - Autumnal Colours
Fab 'n' Funky blog challenge - Crazy for colour

The stamp set I used for this card is 'Artistic Grapes' by Hero Arts. I stamped the grapes and wine bottle on a rectangle of smooth white card with a Memento ink pad. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers.



I drew two smaller rectangles inside the card panel. I then cut away the centre part and also around the edge leaving a frame. On the frame I drew two rectangles. I masked the outside edges of the frame with post-it notes. Inside the frame I stamped the leaf image. I also stamped the leave image on a kraft card blank. I used a Chocolate Chip ink pad from Stampin' Up.



I mounted the image panel onto a brown card panel. I added brads to the corners. This was then added to the card blank. I used silver peel-offs for the greeting.

Humphreys Christmas gift

This is my card for Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge blog. The theme of the challenge is pink and green. After see Sara on Create and Craft last weekend with the lovely Humphreys Corner stamps I just had to get crafting with mine!



I begun by stamping the Humphreys Corner 'Hello Rudolph' stamp with a black Memento ink pad. The greeting is from the Humphreys Corner 'Santa and Rudolph' stamp set. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I cut this and green frame out using Nestabilities. I added a green pearl to Rudolph's bow.

For the background I cut panels of green and pink card, and green dotty paper. I cut the edges with zigzag edges scissors. I also cut a strip of white card. I used an X-Cut border dies to diecut the scalloped patterned edge. Across this strip I added a piece of ribbon and a bow.



The snowflake shapes were cut using Spellbinders snowflake cutting dies. I added all the elements to a square card blank. I added pink gems to the centre of the snowflakes and green card dots to the corners. To finish I added faux stitching.

Christmas white and blue

This is my card for the following challenges
Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge Week 76 - No Designer Paper
Simply Stamping blog challenge - sketch

I have used Stampin' Up stamps to create all the background papers.



To begin I cut panels of white and dark blue card. One of the panels I punched with my Stampin' Up Eyelet punch. This panel I stamped with a snowflake design. The ink pad I used was Night of Navy and the stamp is from Season of Joy stamp set. The long strip and the other white panel was stamped with Baja Blue ink pad. The two flower stamps were from the Season of Joy set again. I stamped the dark blue card panel with white craft ink.



The main image is Dasher stamp. The greeting is from Contempo Christmas. I stamped the two snowflakes and punched these out with circle punches.

I layered all the panels onto a square card blank. To finish I added glitter and blue dots.

Festive baubles

This is my card for this week's Fab 'n' Funky blog challenge. The theme was 'Die cut or punches', so for my card I have used a range of Stampin' Up punches.



I begun by stamping the baubles. The stamp I used is from a set called Christmas Contempo. This ink pads I used were So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler and Pear Pizzazz. Once the image was stamped I used Ornament punch to punch them out. I stamped the flower image with a white craft ink pad onto dark red card. The flower stamp is from Punch Potpourri stamp set. I punched these out with Boho Blossoms punch. I also punched the branches using Two-Step bird punch.



On a kraft card blank I added a square of white card. In three corner I added a brown card photo corner punched with a Photo Corner punch. I stamped the greeting using white craft ink pad onto a label punched with Decorative Label punch. The greeting is from Contempo Christmas stamp set. I added a flower to the Label.

To finish the card I added faux stitching, gold lines to the baubles and gold Dimension Pearls to the centre of the flowers.



The punches, stamps and ink pads used items are all by Stampin' Up.