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

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