Happy Christmas :) x

Hi there!

I thought I would pop by today with my last post before Christmas to show you the two 'special' Christmas cards I made this year...

This is the card I have made for my husband, using a Digistamp Boutique image, coloured with ProMarkers. The image is cut out using Standard Squares Nestabilities, mounted on red cardstock cut using Lacey Squares Nestabilities. The paper is Papermania 'Deck the Halls', ribbon & pearls from my stash.

This card, as you can see, is for our Nephew's first Christmas- not that he knows that at 7 months old! I have used a cute image from Pink Gem Designs, coloured with ProMarkers and mounted on red & green cardstock. The paper is Papermania 'Deck the Halls', with ribbon & gems from my stash.

I would like to enter my cards in the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers #129- Celebrations (2nd card, 2nd entry)

I Love ProMarkers #97- Anything Goes (1st Card, 2nd entry)

Well a Happy Christmas to you all, hope you all have a great time :) x

Some more Little Christmas cards...

Here are some more little Christmas cards I have made, using the same layout as yesterday's... I sort of got on a roll... :)

This time I have used a set of cute santa images from Digistamp Boutique, coloured with ProMarkers... they were great fun to use! :)

I have had a craft sort out & tidy which always makes me feel good... I have also packed up my box of Christmas stash! I love making Christmas cards but I am always happy to pack the christmas stash away for a few months! :)

I am going to enter my cards in Digistamp Boutique's monthly competition for December.

I would also like to enter them in the following challenges:

Passion for ProMarkers #129 - Celebrations

I love ProMarkers #97- Anything Goes

Thanks for taking the time to look at my cards :) x

Some Little Christmas Cards...

Hi, I thought I would pop by with a quick post to show you some quick Christmas cards I made using Lily of the Valley die cut images.

As you can see, the cards are really very simple. I cut the image using standard square nestabilities and the red card using Lacey Squares nesabilities. I have added Stickles glitter glue to the images and on some of them I have added some small gems from my stash :)

I made a set of five of these little cards altogether and I am very pleased with them... very simple to make yet effective too!

Thanks for taking the time to look at my cards :) x

Weekly Project at Little Claire's...

Hi there. It has been so long since I last posted on my little blog, this time of term always seems to be so busy and tiring! :) Anyways... end of term today, so lots of rest for me & hopefully time to catch up on my blog :)

Thought I would just share this card with you while I am here... it is this week's Weekly Project over on the Little Claire Blog... for step by step instructions & materials list please pop over to the Little Claire's Blog.

Thanks for looking at my card, hope you like it! :) x

New Challenge at Little Claire's and Blog Candy Winner! :)

Good evening to you all! Just a quick post to announce the winner of my blog candy & show you a card...

Random.org has chosen Heidi as the winner of my little bit of Candy I had on offer! Well done Heidi, I will pop your goodies in the post to you! :)

And here is a card I made for the current challenge at Little Claire's... which is shaped cards. I should have shown you this last week but I have had a horrible cold all week and it has been all I could do to get through the day at work... the evenings have been a total write off!

For this card I have used 'Good Morning Robin' by Red Gingham by Little Claire Designs, coloured with ProMarkers. The papers are 'Holly Jolly Christmas by Echo Park, mounted on black cardstock. The sentiment is a die-cut, also by Red Gingham, mounted on a panel cut using Lacey Circles Nestabilities. Card Candi and cardblank by Craftwork Cards.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenge:

I Love ProMarkers #92 - Christmas Trees (I am not sure if the tree here counts or if if has to be a traditional Christmas Tree- please feel free to delete my entry if it doesn't count! )

Thanks for taking the time to look at my card, hope you like it! :) x

Little Claire's First Blog Hop! :) x

Hello there and welcome to Little Claire's very first blog hop! :)

All you have to do is visit each of the DT's blogs (Links on my sidebar as well as on the Little Claire's Blog), leave a comment on their blog hop post and collect a letter from their post. Once you have all the letters, rearrange them to form a word & e-mail your answer to helen@littleclaire.co.uk to enter! :)

For this blog hop we are showing you cards we have made using the new range of stamps by Red Gingham, recently released by Little Claire's, and you could win the whole set!

here are some of the cards I have made using these stamps:

For the first card I have used the cats image along with one of the six sentiment stamps which have been especially designed to accompany these stamps.

For the second card I have used the flower stamp, along with a Red Gingham die cut sentiment.

For these cards I have used ProMarkers to colour the images, nestabilities to cut out the images, Core'dinations card stock and DCWV papers. Gems and pearls from my stash :)

Thanks for popping by, hope you like the cards... I will be blogging more cards using these new stamps and other new releases from Little Claire soon!

Oh and not forgetting... if you are entering the blog hop don't forget to leave your comment
below and the letter you need from my post is N :) x

Blog Candy!

Hello, hope you are all having a lovely weekend. Perhaps some of you, like me have visited or are going to visit the NEC show this weekend! I can't wait to go tomorrow, but I will probably spend too much!

I have collected some candy together that I would like to offer to one of my blog visitors!

There's a mixture of items including a couple of Little Claire stamps, some papers and various embelishments, some for Christmas and some general... so hopefully something for everyone! :)

To enter, please could you leave a comment below and become a follower of my blog if you are not already. If you would like to mention my candy on your blog that would be great but not compulsory! :)

I will leave my blog candy open for a couple of weeks- until midnight Saturday 19th Novemeber, then I will draw the winner on Sunday 20th November.

Thanks for stopping by! :) x

New Challenge at Craft Your Passion...

Today is the start of a new challenge at Craft Your Passion, and it's my last as an October DT, which I have enjoyed very much :)

The challenge is a bingo board challenge. I have chosen buttons, sentiment and free choice (embossing).

This week we are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps, I have used the lovely 'Snowman with Skates' image.

here is my card:

The image is coloured with ProMarkers, double mounted on blue cardstock. I embossed a piece of blue Core'dinations cardstock in a cuttlebug embossing folder and then lightly sanded it. I then mounted this panel on lighter blue cardstock. The sentiment is from Craftwork cards, edges inked with blue ink. Buttons from my stash :)

Thanks for taking the time to look at my card, hope you like it! Don't forget to pop over to the Craft Your Passion blog to check out the DT cards and enter the challenge :) x

More new stamps....

Hi, today there is another sneak peek over at Little Claire's, today we are showing you another stamp from the new 'Cutie Patootie' range, so make sure you pop over to the Little Claire Designs blog to check out the stamp and enter the competition to win a set of these stamps :)

Here is one of the cards I have made using the 2 characters on a swing:

The image is coloured using ProMarkers. Papers are from 'The Green Stack' by DCWV , mounted on blue cardstock. Punch detail at the bottom of the card is made by punching strips of craft card using various Martha and mounting them onto the bottom of the cardblank. The Tag is one of the new sentiment tags to be released shortly by Little Claire's. Card Candi coloured using crimson ProMarker, ribbon from my stash :)

I would like to enter my card in the I Love Promarkers challenge which is 'tags'.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my card :) x

New Stamps from Little Claire's :) x

Hi there. Little Claire's are getting ready to launch several new sets of stamps, and this week they are previewing some of the designs & cards by the DT :) There is also a competition where you could win one of the new sets, so make sure you pop over to the Little Claire Designs Blog & check out the sneak peaks! :)

Here is one of the cards I have made with the new stamps:

For my card I have used 2 of the 6 new stamps in this 'Cutie Patootie' set, coloured using ProMarkers, along with 2 tag sentiments which will also be released shortly in a set of 12 from Little Claire's. The papers are 'New Leaf' by First Edition, mounted on black cardstock. Ribbon & pearls from my stash.

I would like to enter my card in the I Love ProMarkers challenge which is 'Ain't it Cute' :)

Thanks for taking the time to look at my card & don't forget to check out Little Claire's Blog & enter the competition :) x

Splishing & Splashing... :)

Just a quick post to share my card using the very cute 'Splishing & Splashing' stamp from Little Claire's. This card is the Project of the Week over on Little Claire's blog with details of materials used and instructions too :)

Thanks for dropping by- hope you like the card :) x

New Challenge at Little Claire's :)

Today is the start of a new challenge at Little Claire Designs, and the theme is 'Christmas' :)

Here is my card for the challenge:

I have used 'Cold, Crisp Kisses' stamp by Red Gingham, available here from Little Claire's. The image is coloured using ProMarkers, stamped on card cut using 'Eyelet Circles' nestabilities. The papers are from Dovecraft ('Christmas Joy'). The sentiment is also from Red Gingham, stamped using green memento ink. The card base is made using half of a 'Top Notch' card by craftwork card, folded down the middle. I have edges the main panel with Stickles glitter glue. A simple card all in all :)

Thanks for taking the time to look at my card, hope you like it :) Don't forget to pop over to Little Claire's blog to take part & check out the other DT cards :) x

New Challenge at 'Craft Your Passion' :)

Well today is a new challenge at Craft Your Passion Challenges- and it is my first as a GDT for October :)

The challenge is 'Anything Goes' with a 'twist' which this month is ribbon. There are lots of great prizes up for grabs, so make sure you pop over & check out the challenge as well as the DT cards.

Here is my card for the challenge:

The image is 'Little Pumpkin Fairy' from 'Delicious Doodles', coloured with ProMarkers. The main panel is cut using my new favourite Cricut cartridge 'Elegant Edges'. The papers are Kaisercraft 'Jungle Bug', mounted on black cardstock. Orange ribbon from my stash.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Karen's Doodles- Halloween

Lollipop Crafts- Halloween

Thanks for taking the time to look at my card, hope you like it! Bye for now :) x

Christmas House...

Hi there ! I can't believe it is October already! Where is time going? Well one good thing is that the first of the month means a new club set from Little Claire Designs. This month the set is called 'Christmas House' and it is absolutely gorgeous! It includes a fabulous large image and also a circular sentiment.


For my first card with this set I have used half of an 'Top Notch' card blank from Craftwork Cards folded in half. I have stamped the main image onto a piece of white card which has been cut using the largest 'eyelet circles' nestabilities die. I have coloured the image using ProMarkers and added some Stickels glitter glue to the roof of the house. The edge of this panel has been inked with blue and I have added some tiny gems to the centre of the snowflakes. For the sentiment I have used the stamp from the set, stamped on card also cut from 'eyelet circles' nestabilities. I have mounted some light blue snowflake paper (I can't remember the make- sorry!) onto darker blue cardstock. Pearls and baker's twine from my stash.


This is my second card with the set. I have used the main image coloured with ProMarkers. Again, I have used Stickels glitter glue on the edge of the roof of the house. The papers are from My Mind's Eye mounted on black cardstock. The sentiment is from craftwork cards, with the edge inked and a small piece of baker's twine to finish it off. I have added red pearls from my stash.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my cards... hope you like them :) don't forget to pop over to the Little Claire website and check out the gallery of cards by the DT :) x

Some more class cards & a little bit of news :)

I have taken a break from playing with my new cricut cartridge ('Elegant Edges'- its gorgeous!) to write a quick post as I realised that I didn't come back to show the final 2 cards from my part of the Little Claire Crafting Day which was last Saturday (A week ago already- where does the time go?!).
Here is the third card we made. This is made using the 'Armful of wishes' stamp by Little Claire Designs, which is a gorgeous stamp that can be used for lots of different occastions. The image is coloured using ProMarkers. I have used black Bazzil cardstock & patterned papers which are also available from Little Claire. The cardblank & sentiment are from craftwork cards. The flowers are punched using a Martha Stewart Punch.

This is the final card, made using the 'The Right Time' set available from Little Claire's here. The stamp was coloured using ProMarkers. The papers are First Edition 'Up Up & Away', with Bazzil cardstock.

Now for my little bit of news... I was lucky enough to be contactes by Lisa from Craft your Passion Challenges, asking me to be a GDT for October :) Of course I said yes, and I am looking forward to getting on with my cards :)

Thanks for taking the time to look at my cards... hope you like them :) x

'Oh Christmas Tree'...

Hi again! It is very unlike me to get around to posting twice in two days... i'm quite proud of myself! I wanted to show you the other Christmas card we made yesterday in my class at the Wirral crafting day with Little Claire...
Again, this card was made using the lovely 'Oh Christmas Tree' stamp by Red Gingham, available only from Little Claire Designs. The image is coloured with Promarkers, the papers are from First Edition's 'Christmas Joy' paper pack, which I love :) I have paper pieced 3 of the parcels and the star with coordinating papers. The sentiment is from a Christmas Sentiments die-cut set by Red Gingham, mounted on card cut out with Lacey Circles Nestabilities.

I would like to enter my card for the following challenges:
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #182- Anything goes
One Stop Craft challenge #142- Girlie
Creative Inspirations #129- Anything Goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my card :) I will be back in the next couple of days to share the other 2 cards from my class :) x

What a Lovely Day ... :)

Hello there :) it has been a couple of weeks since I posted here, as I have been getting ready for the Little Claire crafting day on the Wirral, which happened today.

Together Gaynor, Helen and I taught our first cardmaking classes. The ladies made cards with one of us, before swapping & moving on to another table. By the end of the day they had made lots of cards, drunk lots of tea & coffee and were quite tired, as were we!

It was a really lovely day which was very efficiently organised by Gill, Steve and Carol from Little Claire, who looked after us all wonderfully :)

In my class we made 4 cards, 2 Christmas and 2 'general'.

Here is the first of the Christmas cards we made:

The image is 'Oh Christmas Tree', by Red Gingham, coloured using ProMarkers. This card was made using 'Back to Basics Christmas' papers by Dovecraft & Bazzil cardstock. The buttons are also from the 'Back to Basics Christmas' range, Candi by Craftwork cards. The sentiment is one of the Red Gingham Christmas Sentiment Die-cuts, available from Little Claires, mounted on green cardstock cut with 'Lacey Circles' nestabilities.

I will try to be back tomorrow with the rest of the cards we made today :)

Thank you for taking the time to look at my card, hope you like it :) x

More Christmas Cards to Share...

Hi there! I'm trying to make the most of the time I have to craft and blog before term starts again :) Here are another couple of Christmas cards I have made recently...

This first card is made using a cute little stamp from Little Claire's called 'Manger', which is available here. I have coloured the image using ProMarkers.

The papers used here are Dovecraft 'Let it Snow', with blue and red Core'dinations cardstock. The sentiment is from a Red Gingham Christmas set, available only from Little Claire's, which I have mounted on a panel cut from 'Lacey Circles' nestabilities. I have made this panel by cutting 2 panels of the same size, one in red and one in blue, then overlapping them. The buttons are from my stash.

This second card is made using 'Little George', a stamp by Red Gingham. He is such a cutie, and a lovely image to colour! I have coloured him using ProMarkers.

The papers are Dovecraft 'Back to Basic Christmas', mounted onto black cardstock. The sentiment is from a Little Claire set, ribbon and gems from my stash :)

I would like to enter my cards in the following challenge:

Passion for ProMarkers challenge #115 - Flexible/anything goes

Thank you for taking time time to look at my cards, hope you like them :) Bye for now :) x

Christmas in August?!

When, at the beginning of the summer holidays, I realised that I would soon need to start making Christmas cards as the DT stamps were appearing on the doormat, I initially felt a little ill. Especially as I was in the process of sorting final preparations for my summer wedding, it felt a bit wrong to make Christmas cards. Having said all that, I was surprised to find how much I enjoyed making these and the others I have done, and I am looking forward to doing more! I know though, that by the end of December I will be glad to put away my box of Christmas Stash for a few months... :)

So enough of the rambling now... here are 2 cards I have made using the adorable 'Penguin Stuart' stamp from Little Claire Designs, available here.



This first card is a simple little card made using a Craftwork Cards cardblank. The image is coloured using ProMarkers. Papers and main image are mounted on black cardstock. The sentiment is from a Christmas Set by Red Gingham, available only from Little Claire's, mounted on a piece cut from Lacey Circles Nestabilities. I have added small blue gems to the petal points on the cardblank and to the centre of the snowflakes, which are cut using a Martha Stewart punch.

I have changed the colour scheme for this second card, which again uses black cardstock and an image coloured using ProMarkers. The papers are byDovecraft ('Let it Snow') , gems and ribbon from my stash. The sentiment is from the 'All Set for Christmas' stamp set, which has recently been discontinued by Little Claire's, but this could easily be replaced with a similar Christmas Sentiment.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my cards, hope you like them :) x

Home again...

Hello there! I am now home from a lovely honeymoon in America and trying to catch up with everything- including my blog :)

While I was in the US I did quite a bit of craft shopping- which has to be done when the stores are so big & the products so much cheaper than over here... plus there always seems to be a sale of some sort... Just a selection of excuses I told my husband as he was being taken to 'yet another' craft shop! Once we were home he felt the need to spread all my purchases out on the kitchen table and take photographic evidence of just how much I had come home with! I thought I would share the photo with you...

Surely that's not too bad?!?! it could have been worse, right?! lol... :)

Now a couple of things to mention before I go and play with my new craft things... While I have been away a new challenge has started on the Little Claire blog.

The theme is 'Wedding/Anniversary', and here is my DT card for the challenge:

I have used a Little Claire Digi stamp called 'Bee Mine Toadstool', which is available here. I have coloured the image using ProMarkers. The papers are Doodlebug, mounted on black cardstock. I have also added ribbon, buttons and gems from my stash. The sentiment is from a Little Claire set (RWAV wedding set).

Thanks for taking the time to look, please pop over to the blog, check out the other DT cards and play along with us.

Another bit of news is that Little Claire have decided to discontinue some of theit stamps, and have put these on sale on their website- there are some great bargains to grab while stocks last so be quick! Check out the sale section here.

Right I am off to make some cards... bye for now :) x

A Rose is a Rose...

Here are some pics of the cards I have made using the August Club Stamp from Little Claire Designs 'Rose Arbour'. The set includes this cute image of a little girl, along with the flowers and also a sentiment stamp, as well as a corner stamp :)

For this first card I have used the image of the little girl, along with a sentiment from a set by Red Gingham available from Little Claire's. The papers are First Edition 'Hideaway', with Core'dination cardstock. The sentiment is mounted on a panel cut using nestabilities. I have added glitter glue and pearls from my stash :)

The second card is made using DCWV papers ('Nana's Nursery Baby Girl'), mounted on black cardstock. On this card I have used both of the main images together, I have also used pearls and buttons from my stash.

Thank you once again for looking at my cards, hope you like them! :) x

Butterfly Tree...

Well, as the term has now finished, i'm all sorted and caught up at home, it is time to catch up a little with my blog :)

Today I am going to show you two cards I have made using the new 'Butterfly Tree' set from Little Claire's, which was released a while ago. For my cards I have used a couple of images, but there are lots more parts to this set, which really is a beauty :) I can't wait to play some more with the other items in the set, but for now, this is what I have made!

For the first card I have stamped the butterfly image directly onto a cardblank from Craftwork Cards, and coloured it using ProMarkers. I have then embellished the image using glitter glue, glossy accents and pearls from my stash. I have added the sentiment, mounted on cardstock and some flowers cut using First Edition papers ('Hideaway' pack). I have also added a panel of paper to the inside, again mounted on cardstock.

You Can see the detail on the main image a little clearer in this second photo. I kept quite a bit of white space to highlight the detail in the image.

This second card uses the main 'Butterfly Tree' image. For this simple card I have simply inked the top part of the tree in green and the trunk in brown (using memento inks in Pear Tart and Rich Cocoa) then stamped it out. I have then stamped the greeting across the trunk of the tree. I have added some glitter glue, although it doesnt show up very well in the photo! I love this image, and now I have some fine nib attachments for my ProMarkers I would like to have a go at doing more with it :)

I would like to enter my cards in the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #50- Butterflies

Allsorts Challenge Blog- Free & Easy July
I Love ProMarkers #76- Anything Goes

Thanks for taking time time to look at my cards :) x

New Challenge at Little Claire's

Our new challenge on the Little Claire's Blog is 'Things with Wings'. This challenge will run for a month until Friday 12th August, and you can win some lovely prizes as well as the opportunity to be voted in out 'Top 3' if you use a Little Claire's image!



Here is my DT card for the challenge:
This is a very simple card, but I am pleased with how it has turned out :) I have used 'butterfly' stamp from Little Claire's and stamped it repeatedly onto a craftwork cards cardblank using memento ink. I have added pearls in different shades of blue, from my stash.

Thanks for looking at my card- please pop over to the blog and check out the other DT cards, and play along with our challenge :) x

Hedgehogs for July...

Here is a card I have made using the July club stamp from Little Claire's. It is called Sunny Days and comes with 3 image stamps and a sentiment stamp.

This is the first shaped Easel Card I have made using a shaped base. I was inspired by all the wonderful cards I see when looking at other blogs and decided to have a go at making my cards a more interesting shape.

I cut the easel card using my Cricut machine as well as all the layers of card and paper. The papers are Papermania 'Lemon Sorbet' Capsule collection. The sentiment is port of the set and is mounted on card cut using Lacey Circles nestabilities. Flowers are cut using a MFT die and the pearls are from my stash. I have coloured the time using Promarkers and added glitter glue to the hegehog's hat.

I was quite pleased with it as a first attempt with this type of card, but overall I think I need to work at this a bit!

Thanks for looking at my cards! :) x

Lovely Sentiments...

I meant to blog these a little while ago, but didn't get around to it! There are the cards I made with the lovely Claire's Sentiments, recently released by Little Claire's :)


This first card is a simple card using one of the sentiment stamps and 'Spikey Flowers' stamp, also from Little Claire's. Other than that, all I have used is cardstock and gems from my stash. The card blank is from craftwork cards. This is an unusual card for me, but I was pleased with the overall look :)
For this card I have used 3 of the setiment stamps as the focal point. They are coloured with ProMarkers. They are mounted on card cut with nestabilities 'Lacey Circles'. The papers are from DCWV ('Citrus Stack'). Buttons and ribbon from my stash :)

For this card I have used one of the the sentiment stamps along with 'Blissful' stamp (this is one of my favourite stamps from Little Claire's). I have used paper piecing and ProMarkers to colour her in. The papers are First Edition 'Hideaway', mounted on Core'dinations cardstock. Pearls from my stash and card blank from craftwork cards.

Thanks, once again, for looking at my cards! Hope you like them! :) x

Now that things have eased off a little at work as the term comes to an end, I am going to make more of an effort to keep this blog up to date! x

New Challenge from Little Claire's :)

This will be my third post in the last 4 days! I decided this week it really was time to try to get to grips with this blog. I visit so many lovely, regularly updated, blogs which really make me want to be better with mine :) So last night I gave it a facelift, and now I am going to carry on with my resolution of posting more often! :)

Today sees the start of a new challenge on the Little Claire's blog, which will be posted later on today. The theme is 'Cards for Men', and here my DT card for the challenge:

I have used the 'Lazy Days' stamp set, available from Little Claire's website. The main image is cut using nestabilities and the edge inked. The image is coloured using ProMarkers. The papers are Basic Grey, mounted onto Core'dinations cardstock. The sentiment 'Take it easy...' is from a different Little Claire's set (RWAV tree set). I have added buttons from my stash. This was a simple card to make and could be used for various occastions such as father's day, birthday, retirement etc.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

I Love ProMarkers- Follow that Sketch

Papertake Weekly- Anything goes

Thank you once again for taking the time to look at my cards :) x

New Baby...

I thought I would share with you a card I made for the birth of my gorgeous nephew, just over a month ago :)

The image is a digistamp from Digistamp Boutique called 'Thomas in Pram', it was a lovely image to colour using ProMarkers. The main image panel is cut using 'Lacey Circles' nesabilities, mounted onto a blue version of the same shape. I have added glossy accents onto the hearts on the design. The papers are First Edition 'Up, Up and Away', mounted onto Core'dinations cardstock. The stamps are all from a new baby set by Clear Expressions. The small label is a Little Claire's die, and the 'Baby boy' sentiment is stamped onto one of the small 'Labels One' nestabilities. I have inked the edges of both of these pieces. Ribbon and pearls from my stash.

I was really pleased with how this card came out, and it was well recieved :)

I would like to enter this card in Digistamp Boutqiue's Monthly Challenge for June.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my card :) x

Dream a Little Dream....

Well it was back to work today after a lovely half term. I'm very tired tonight, as I always am on the first day back:)

Here is a card which I made over the weekend using a lovely stamp from Little Claire Designs called 'Dream a Little Dream'. I love this little stamp and really enjoyed making this card :)

The papers are Craftwork Cards papers ('Ice Cream Parlour') with Papermania and Core'dinations cardstock. The main panel is cut using nestabilities, the edge inked with blue ink. The main image is coloured using ProMarkers. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards, again, the edge is inked. The flowers are cut using Die-namics MFT die, buttons and ribbon from my stash.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers Challenge #103- Blue and Brown
Dream Valley Challenges #8- Stamp something
Paper Sundaes Challenge #72 - Let's get sentimental

Thank you for taking the time to look at my card :) x

New from Little Claire's- The Great Outdoors

These 2 cards have been made using 'The Great Outdoors' stamp set from Little Claire's which is due to be released soon. The set includes the 2 main images you can see here, the sentiment 'enjoy every moment' as well as some smaller stamps :)

This is a really simple card, made using the sketch from a recent Little Claire's challenge. The papers are Kaisercraft (Jungle Bug collection). I have coloured the image using ProMarkers and I have used brown Papermania card stock. As I said, this is a very simple card, but I am really pleased with it! :)

This is my second card using this set. This time I used the second main image from the set- the tent and stamped the cloud (which is also included) above the tent. Other than that all the products used are the same as the previous card! :)

Thank you for taking the time to look at my cards! :) x

Special Offer at Little Claire's :)

Just a quick message to tell you that Little Claire's have a special offer on one of their lovely stamp sets. 'Spikey Flower' set is on sale until tomorrow (Friday 20th May) at 4pm for just £3.50. Head over to their website to see the set and the DT examples :) x

Time for a catch up....

Right, it is time for a catch up! I have been really bad recently at keeping my blog updated, and have quite a few cards to show, which should have already been shown! So I am going to start with these two...

This is a simple card made using the 'Elephant in Squares' stamp set from Little Claire Designs.

This is a lovely stamp set to use, with lots of possibilities. More ideas available on the Little Claire website and on the other DT blogs.

I made this card using Dovecraft 'Back to Basics 2' papers and buttons. I have also used Core'dinateions cardstock and a craftwork cards cardblank.

It really was a simple card to make, but I like how it came out in the end :) x

This card made using the 'Hedgehogs in Squares' stamp from Little Claire's. I have used Papermania 'Birdsong' papers, layered with Core'dinations cardstock. The buttons are papermania, gems from my stash.

The photo makes the card look wonky... but is is straight... honestly... :)

Thank you for stopping by to see my cards :) I am going to try my best to post some more this week & catch up with myself :) x

May Club Stamp from Little Claire...

This lovely stamp set is the May club set from Little Claire Designs, and is available on their wesbite.

I have made this card using Henbury Lane papers by Papermania, layered with Core'dinations cardstock. The sentiment is from craftwork cards, as is the card blank and the buttons are from my stash :)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog- Anything goes
Kaboodle Doodles- 'B' embellishments (buttons)

This card was made using papers from the Citrus stack by DCWV. I have used Core'dinations cardstock, and ribbons from my stack. Card blank from craftwork cards.

The sentiment is included in the stamp set :)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenge:

Papertake Weekly- Anything goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my cards, hope you like them! :) x

Spikey Flowers

Here are pictures of 2 cards I have made using the new 'Spikey Flower' set from Little Claire Designs.

This is a great stamp set for creating 'quick' cards as the image does not need a lot of colouring in! On the first card I have added touches of colour to the stamped image, and on the second one I have used gems to add detail.

The papers I have used are from dovecraft's 'Back to Basics 2 pack'. The panels are cut using nestabilities, and buttons and ribbons from my stash.

Thank you for taking time time to look at my cards- I hope you like them! :) x