New Garden Collection stamps from Little Claire - Day 2

Today's featured stamp from the new 'Garden Collection' stamps being launched this week by Little Claire is Birdhouse Garland.



These are two card I have made using the new Birdhouse Garland stamp. For the blue card (below) I have used Little Claire Tag cards for the card blank. For the tag card I stamped each birdhouse seperatly. To do this I masked off two of the birdhouse before inking the stamp. I used ProMarkers to colour in the stamped images.



There are more details about the stamps and your change to win today's featured stamp on Little Claire's blog.

New Garden Collection stamps from Little Claire

Today Little Claire are launching a brand new collection of stamps called the 'Garden Collection'. Today's featured stamp is Deckchair.



These are two card I have made using the Deckchair stamp. I have used two different colour schemes for both cards. I have used ProMarkers to colour the stamped deckchair image on both cards.

For the 'red' card I have also used Georgina's Buttons & Stitching Stamp Set for the buttons and faux stitching borders. This card is an ideal way to use up odd pieces of patterned paper that we all have lying about.



For the blue card I have added paper flowers and swirls to finish the card. I used softer colours. For both cards I have used Little Claire's circle sentiment and sentiment tags.

There are more details about the stamps and your change to win today's featured stamp on Little Claire's blog.

Come and spend a day making cards with Little Claire

Little Claire are running a full day workshop on Sunday 27 May at at Harrietsham Village Hall, Kent.

During the day there will be three classes and you will be guided through making fantastic cards step by step. The Little Claire shop will be open during the day.

The full day workshop is £55. For more details and to book your place please see the Little Claire website. Spaces are limited.



Little Claire are also having a workshop on Saturday 26 May at Crawley. For more details about this workshop please see Little Claire website.

Sporty Forever Friends

This is my card for this week's Katy's Sketch Challenge on the DoCrafts website. The challenge was a Sketch challenge.

I begun by stamping the two Forever Friends image onto smooth white card with a black Memento ink pad. The stamps were from the Forever Friends Retro Collection - The Good Life. I coloured in the images with ProMarkers. To keep with the sketch I cut the image panel into three pieces.



For the background I cut a square of light blue card. Onto this I stamped the birthday greeting with dark blue ink. The stamp was from Papermania Celebrations stamp set. To follow the sketch I cut circles using punches and Nestabilities. I layered-up all the elements on a card blank. To finish I added faux stitching.

Seascape

This is my card for the following challenges:
Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 91. The theme was a Birthday card. And, Creative Inspirations blog challenge. The theme was 'anything goes'.

The stamp set I used for the card was Seascape from Little Claire. I begun by stamping the elements of the main image using a Memento ink pad onto one piece of smooth white card. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. I then cut the image into three panels and mounted them on a piece of red card.



I cut a piece for dark blue card for the background. I rounded the bottom corners with a corner rounder. I added the image panels and then a strip of red ribbon before adding it to a scalloped card blank. I stamped and coloured the anchor and lifebelt images and added them to the card.



I stamped the greeting and mounted it onto panels if red and blue card. I tied a bow with the red ribbon and attached this to the card. To finish I added nailhead stickers and faux stitching.

Butterflies

This is my card for the I love ProMarkers blog challenge. The theme is 'purple and pink' and for Fab 'n' Funky blog challenge. The theme is from an inspiration photo.

I begun by stamping the butterflies with a black Memento ink pad. The stamp I used is Butterfly from Little Claire. I coloured them in with ProMarkers. I added sparkle with diamond Stickles. I cut round each butterfly.

I cut a panel of blue and green card. On the blue panel I added a strip of brown ribbon to the top corner. Onto these I added the lattice panel and another strip of ribbon. The lattice was cut from kraft card using a Spellbinder Decorative Lace Border die. I added these onto a scalloped card blank. I used a punch to cut the cream flowers. I added these to the card along with the butterflies. To finish I added gold Dimension Pearls to the centre of the flowers, gems, a bow and tag. The tag is also from Little Claire.

Football fan

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

I begun by stamping the bear image with a black Memento ink pad. The stamp I used was No. 7 Bear by Lili of the Valley. I coloured him in with ProMarkers.



I cut two panels of white card. Onto these I stamped a football and football themed word images with a black ink pad. I attached these and a square of black card to a card blank. I punched a white photo corner with my Stampin' Up punch and added this to the card. I also attached a circle greeting from Craftwork Cards. To finish I added faux stitching and silver nail head stickers.

Blog Candy winner

Thank you to everyone who took part in my Blog Candy. The winner is number 23!



Congratulations to Karen Walker. If you could let me know your postal address I'll get the stamp set in the post to you. Please email me at kaardvark@hotmail.co.uk

New Men's stamps from Little Claire - final day

Today's and the final featured stamp from the new Men's themed stamps being launched this week by Little Claire is Going Out. The new set of six Men's stamps is called Claire's Super Six.



These are two cards I have made using the new stamp. As usual I have used ProMarkers to colour in the stamped image. For the green coat version I stamped and coloured the image twice. I cut out the shelf, case and coat from one copy and added to other image with foam pads. For this card I used Edgeabilities for the scalloped borders. The swirl is a Memory Box die. The red card edges were punched with a Martha Stewart die.



There are more details about the stamps and about your chance to win today's featured stamp 'Going out' on Little Claire blog.

New Men's stamps from Little Claire - Day 5

Today's featured stamp from the new Men's themed stamps being launched this week by Little Claire is Later, later. The new set of six Men's stamps is called Claire's Super Six.



These are two cards I have made using the new stamp. As usual I have used ProMarkers to colour in the stamped image.

There are more details about the stamps and about your chance to win today's featured stamp 'Later, later' on Little Claire blog.

I still have blog candy on offer

Just a little reminder that I have a set of my Georgina's Buttons & Stitching stamps from Little Claire to give away as Blog Candy. The candy runs until this Sunday.




To visit my original blog post and enter please clicking here. Good luck!

New Men's stamps from Little Claire - Day 4

Today's featured stamp from the new Men's themed stamps being launched this week by Little Claire is DIY.

The new set of six Men's stamps is called Claire's Super Six.

These are two cards I have made using the new stamps.





For both cards I have used ProMarkers to colour in the stamped image. The background paper on the 'Z' card I painted myself. I used yellow and brown acrylic paint to paint the gingham effect paper. I have also used 'real' newspaper for the paper under the paint tray on the 'Z' card. To do this I stamped the DIY image on newspaper and cut it out before attaching it to the card.

There are more details about the stamps and about your chance to win today's featured stamp 'DIY' on Little Claire's blog.

New Men's stamps from Little Claire - Day 3

Today's featured stamp from the new Men's themed stamps being launched this week by Little Claire is In a while... The new set of six Men's stamps is called Claire's Super Six.

These are two cards I have made using the new stamps.





For the stepper card above I have also used the stamped to create a background pattern on the card blank. I have used ProMarkers to coloured in the stamped image. I've used Glossy Accents to highlight the apples.

There are more details about the stamps and about your chance to win today's featured stamp 'In a while...' on Little Claire blog.

New Men's stamps from Little Claire - Day 2

This week Little Claire are launching six new Men's themed stamps. Today's featured stamp is called Sunday Morning. These are two cards I have made using the new stamps.

For both cards I have used ProMarkers to colour in the images. I have used different colour scheme for each card.



There are more details about the stamps and your change to win today's featured stamp 'Sunday Morning' on Little Claire blog.

New Men's stamps from Little Claire

Today Little Claire are launched six new Men's themed stamps. As there are six design they are calling them the 'Claire's Super Six'.

There are more details about the stamps and your change to win today's featured stamp 'Man Tree' on Little Claire blog.





Today's featured stamp is Man Tree. These are two cards I have made using the stamp. For the first card I stamped and coloured the image twice. I cut out elements from the tree and added them to the first design with foam pads. Both both cards I added Glossy Accents to finish to really highlight the sports items.

My first attempt at cake decorating

No this isn't a card. It's a cake! It is my first attempt at cake decorating. As I am at home more now I have got hooked on watching 'Ace of Cakes' on Food Network. They make some amazing cakes.

I wanted to have a go myself at cake decorating. So today I made this mini 4" sponge which I icing with white fondant and decorated with marzipan flowers which I made with a Blossom Sugar Art die. I piped the green buttercream swirls for the flowers to sit on and also around the edges. I am very pleased with my first attempt but it was a lot hard to do that it looks on tv!

Little Claire Monthly Challenge 17 - DT project

This is my DT project for Little Claire Monthly challenge - 17. The theme of the challenge is 'anything but a card'.

The stamp I used is Flowerhead from Little Claire.

For the notebook cover I stamped the design onto chipboard panels using Stampin' Up Rose Red and Pretty in Pink ink pads. The chipboard panels already had a white covered top layer. I also stamped the flower onto smooth white card. I coloured the flower in with ProMarkers. I cut the image out and attached it what is going to be the front panel.



For the inside pages I cut rectangles of white paper. I stamped the image again in the bottom corner. To bind the notebook together I used my Cinch binding machine.

The flower charm was made using Shrink Plastic. I stamped the flower design onto the Shrink Plastic and left to dry before heating. I punched the hole before heating. To attached the charm to the notebook I thread pink thread through the hole and tied a knot. On half the thread I threaded two gold beads before tying another knot. I continues this up the thread.

Thanks

This is my card for this fortnights Divas by Design blog challenge. The theme is 'New beginnings and/or thanks'.

For the card blank I used an easel card from Craftwork cards. On the front and back panels I punched the daisy design using my Martha Stewart Punch All Over The Page Punch Crochet Flower punch.



I stamped the butterflies using Stampin' Up Rose Red and Rich Razzleberry ink pads onto white card.I attached the centres of the butterflies to the card. I stamped the greeting using an Old Olive Stampin' Up ink pad. To finish I added brown Dimension Pearls to the bodies of the butterflies.

And so to bed...

This card was made using the lovely and so to bed.... stamp from Little Claire. I used ProMarkers to colour in the stamped image.



This stamp retails for £5.50 but just for today (Thursday 12 January 2012) she is available to take home for £3.90!

This offer is available until 8pm this evening Thursday 12 January 2012 or until stocks last, please either order online www.littleclaire.co.uk or give Little Claire a call: 0151 342 5715 - you can find 'and so to bed' in our 'girly' section or in the 'Sale' section on our web.

Thank you

This is my card for this week's Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 89 - use brads or eyelets blog challenge.

The white lattice layer was created using a Martha Stewart Punch All Over The Page Punch Country Tile which I bought from Oyster Stamp. I love these punches. They are quick to use and create the most amazing effect. I punched six of the tile patterns onto white card. I then attached this onto a layer of green card.



I used Martha Stewart butterfly and wording stamps for the card also bought from Oyster Stamps. I stamped them using Stampin' Up Old Olive, Rose Red and Rich Razzleberry ink pads. I cut them out and added them to the card. To keep with the challenge I added brads to the punched panel before adding it to a card blank. To finish the card I added brown Dimension Pearls to the body of the butterfly.

Blog Candy

As promised I have a set of my Georgina's Buttons & Stitching stamps from Little Claire to give away as Blog Candy. The set was kindly donated by Little Claire, so thank you!



These are some examples of cards I have made using the stamp set.



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 Sunday 22nd January. I will use random.org to pick the lucky winner.

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

Good luck!

Buttons and flowers

I'm back again with my third card using my Georgina's Buttons & Stitching. which I designed for Little Claire. I used the stamps for the frame and, the corner and flower centre buttons.

I begun my attaching a square of blue patterned paper to a card blank. I stamped the stitching around the edges. I stamped Little Claire's Flowerhead stamped onto pink patterned paper. I cut these out and added them onto the card.



I added a tag stamped using Little Beauties - Tags Stamps also by Little Claire. Onto this I added a button which I stamped onto spotty green paper. I also a button to the bottom right corner.