Floral Blog Project :)

Hi there! On Friday it was my turn to post a blog project over at Little Claire's. I have chosen to make a simple card that can be done in different colour schemes, and adapted for lots of different occasions. 

I have used the ‘Spikey Flowers’ stamp from Little Claire's. This is currently available as a ‘Dinkies’ stamp and could put used as a smaller image or stamped several times for a bigger image. Alternatively you could use another  floral stamp. The sentiment is from the 'Little Beauties' Tag set. For this card I have also used Memento ink in 'Lady Bug' and 'Tangelo, the papers are My Mind's Eye 'Notable'. Gems and pearls from my stash :) 

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

Papertake Weekly- Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! Have a lovely weekend :) x

'Daisy, Daisy' Card in Quick Cards Magazine...

I am popping in today to show you a card I made which is featured as part of Little Claire's Column in Quick Cards Magazine this month:

I have used 'Daisies, Daisies' stamp set from Little Claire's and stamped the main sentiment underneath. I have coloured the the image with ProMarkers and mounted it onto kraft card. The cardblank and Card Candi are from Craftwork Cards. The papers are from Craft Creations. I have added a Simple Banner cut with a Memory Box Die and gems from my stash.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenge:
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by :) x

Spikey Flowers...

Hi! Just popping in to show you a card I made with 'Spikey Flowers' stamp from Little Claire's...

The image and light purple cardstock is cut using Nestabilities 'Labels 16'. I have added small gems to centre of each flower and to the petals of the larger flower. The papers are from Papermania capsule collection, mounted on black cardstock. Tag sentiment, part of a set called 'Little Beauties', is stamped in purple memento ink. Card candi from craftwork cards.

Thanks for taking a look! Bye for now :) 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

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

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

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

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

Blissful...

It is time for another challenge over at Little Claire's blog. The theme for challenge # 3 is 'Pink and Green'.

This is the DT card I have made for this challenge. The card blank and and circles were cut using my cricut machine (Wildcard cartridge). The papers are 'My Mind's Eye', with Core'dinations cardstock.

The Little Claire stamp I have used is 'blissful', which I have coloured using ProMarkers. For the dress I have stamped onto pattern paper, cut it out and layered it onto the stamped image. I have added flowers and sticky pearls to the edge.

I do not normally make pink cards, as I am never happy with the results, but I was pleasantly surprised with this! :)

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge #17 - Anything but square
Stampin' for the Weekend #6- Mother's Day
Digi Doodles Shop's Best #51- Anything goes

Jug of Flowers :)

Here is a card I made today using a Digi Download from Little Claire Designs ('Daisy Pitcher'). The papers I have used are from a new stack I bought, and have been looking forward to using. They are from 'Citrus Stack' by DCWV. I have layered them up using Core'dinations cardstock, and added ribbon from my stash. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Sketch N Stash challenge # 55- Sketch

Stamp Something -flowers

Creative Cottage # 33 - floral

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

Little Claire's Challenge card

We are half way through our first Little Claire's challenge- anything goes. The response has been great, so from the start of next month there is going to be a challenge every fortnight! :)

Here is my card for the mid-way point of this challenge! I have used the "I'll be there for you" stamp by Little Claire designs, coloured with ProMarkers. The frames are cut using nestabilities labels #1 & I have added some yellow and organge ribbon from my stash. The flowers & embellishments are from Papermania's Sunshine Capsule Collection. I have created the background by punching strips of card using different edger punches. It took a while to do, but I like the effect! :)

Thank you for taking the time to look at my card. Please take a look at Little Claire's Blog, to check out the cards from the rest of the DT- they are great! :) x

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Frosted Designs Fabulous Fridays challenge - no patterned papers
Simply Create Challenge #37 - bold & bright
Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge #48- punches
Delightful Challenges - animals
Digi Doodle Shop's Best- Anything goes
Papecrafting Journey Challenge #4- Anything goes
The Rubber cafe Challenge #5 - No Patterned Paper

Big Hugs Stamp Set- February Club Set

This set has just been released as Little Claire's club stamp for February. This is a lovely stamp set which includes 3 images as well as text greetings. Here are the cards I have made using these stamps:



I have created the flower for this image by stamping onto various coordinating papers (from Papermania's Sunshine Capsule collection), then cutting out the petals and sticking them onto the image which was stamped onto white card. The rest of the image is coloured using ProMarkers.









I have used Little Claire's cutting dies for the main image, along with papers and embelishments from Papermania's Heather Capsule Collection. The greeting I have used comes from another stamp set.



Thank you for taking a look at my cards :) x

New Range of Stamps from Little Claire's- 'Room with a View'

As some of you will already know, Steve has launched a new range of stamps called 'Room with a View'. He lauched the first 4 stamp sets in this range on Wednesday 12th January on Create & Craft! Here are some of the cards I have designed so far using these sets :)

Dog in Window stamp set (also the club set for January)

Cat in Window stamp set

Wedding & Christening stamp sets

I hope you like these cards- keep your eye out for more from this range :) x