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