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