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