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