Little Claire Challenge and Blog Hop!

Hi there! This month over on Little Claire's Blog we are having an 'open theme' for our challenge as well as a blog hop!

So to start with here is the card I have made for the challenge:

I have used the very versatile 'Changing Tree' stamp set with the 'Education' embellishments, coloured with ProMarkers and mounted on dark brown cardstock. For the sentiment I have used one of the tags from the 'Little Beauties' set, gently inked in blue. The papers were free from a magazine, star and banner die by Memory Box, pearls and Candi from my stash :)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:
One Stop Craft Challenge #229- Anything Goes
Charizma Cardz Challenge #19- No Digis Allowed

So this month we are offering 2 prizes, one for the challenge and one for the blog hop!

                Challenge Prize                                          Blog Hop Prize

           

For more details of what each prize includes, please see the main post on Little Claire's Blog.

You can enter our challenge as normal, by linking your card over on Little Claire's Blog. To also enter our blog hop, you need to visit all of the Design Team Blogs as well as the main Little Claire Blog and collect a letter from each blog. Once you have all 8 letters, rearrange them to spell out a popular stamp name and e-mail your answer to: info@littleclaire.co.uk, putting 'Blog Hop' as your title. Both Winners will be notified in the July Challenge post.

The letter you need from my blog is: T
If you have followed all the blogs in order, starting from the main blog then you will have all the letters now, so don't forget to e-mail your answer! If you are missing any letters, there are links to the other DT blogs in my sidebar.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my card, I hope you will join in our challenge and blog hop. Have a lovely weekend :) x

Birthday Bear... :)

Hi, I am stopping by on this sunny bank holiday Monday, with a quick post to show you this birthday card I made:

I have used the lovely 'Mini Bear' stamp from Lili of the valley, coloured with ProMarkers and mounted on dark brown cardstock, cut using Nestabilities. The sentiment tags are also from LOTV, stamped onto green linen card. The papers were from a magazine, twine and buttons from my stash :)

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges: 

Lili of the Valley Ideas to Inspire- Boy oh Boy

I Love ProMarkers #166- Put a Button on it

Hope you have all had a lovely bank holiday and enjoyed the sunshine :) x

Butterfly Blossom...

Hi! I am calling in today to show you a card I have made with the gorgeous 'Butterfly Blossom' stamp, recently released by Little Claire's :)

I have coloured the image with ProMarkers, and cut it out using Nestabilities. I have teamed up Craft Creations paper and cardstock in pastel lilac colours and gently inked around the edges. I have used my favourite Memory Box corner bow die (I really struggle to make a card without it at the moment!) I have added Card Candi and a pearl from my stash to finish off :)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

I Love ProMarkers #162- Favourite Colour

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Thanks for taking the time to look at my card! I hope you all had a relaxing Easter weekend! :) x

Quick Cards Magazine March 2013...

Hello to you all! I have been such a bad blogger recently, so I was determined to stop by today and share a card with you :)

I am sharing a card that I made for Little Claire's column in Quick Cards Magazine. It is appears in this months edition (March 2013), along with instructions to make the card and the latest news from the Little Claire team. it also got a small spot on the front cover :)

Here is the card:

I am sorry, the light wasn't the best when I took this photo! To make the card I have used the gorgeous 'Changing Tree' Stamp set from Little Claire's, along with the 'Easter' embellishments that you can add to the tree. I love the changing tree stamps so much as you can make the image whatever you want it to be :) I have coloured the image with ProMarkers and mounted on dark brown cardstock. The papers are from Craft Creations and sentiment is from the 'Little Beauties' set by Little Claire's. I have used my favourite Memory Box die, and then added ribbon, pearl and Card Candi from my stash :)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:
I Love ProMarkers- Anything Goes
Passion for Promarkers #190- Butterflies
Papertake Weekly- Easter Treats
Craft Your Passion #153- Ribbon or Lace
Simon Says Stamp - Easter/Spring

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you like the card- not that it feels like Easter is approaching with all this snow! :) x

More Lovely Stamps from Little Claire's :) x

Hello there! I am such a bad blogger at the moment! I haven't posted for such a long time, I must do better! :)

Well today sees the release of some lovely new stamps from Little Claire's: 'Little Doggies' and 'Girl Cat'.

Here is a very simple card I have made using the gorgeous new cat stamp:

This is a little 10 x 10 note card, I have coloured the image with ProMarkers and stuck it to the card base. I have then mounted the gingham paper onto card and then cut out a circle using Nestabilities. I have raised the patterned panel with 3D foam pads and stuck it over the main image. This is a technique I have seen on a couple of blogs and in magazines, but never tried myself, so I enjoyed having a go at this :) The little sentiment is included in the stamp set too, pearls from my stash :)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges: 

I Love ProMarkers #156- 'Four Legged Friends'

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - 'Pearls and Flowers' 

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you all have a good week :) Don't forget to stop by Little Claire's Blog to see more ideas with their new releases and details of a new competition to win some of these gorgeous stamps :) x

New Releases from Little Claire's...

This week Little Claire's are releasing gorgeous new stamps everyday! One of the new stamps to be released today is the gorgeous 'Yes Miss' and here is one of the cards I made with this stamp:

This stamp is coloured with ProMarkers and mounted on dark brown cardstock. The papers are from Papermania's capsule collection, inked with pale blue ink. The sentiment tag is from the 'Little Beauties' set, also from Little Claire's. The banner die is by Memory Box and corner die is a Wimsey Die. Pearls and ribbon from my stash :) 

Here is a second card using this stamp: 

Again, the stamp is coloured with ProMarkers and mounted on dark brown cardstock. The yellow paper is Craft Creations, green from my stash (can't remember where it's from!) Again I have used a tag sentiment from the 'Little Beauties' set. I have also used some ribbon, Card Candi & my favourite Memory Box die :)

I would like to enter my cards in the following challenges: 

I love ProMarkers #152- Anything Goes (1st card)

Passion for ProMarkers #182 - Favourite Colour Combo (2nd Card- I'm making lots of yellow & green cards at the moment- I'm loving the spring colours!)

Thanks for stopping by to see my cards! Don't forget to check out Little Claire's Blog and the gallery on Little Claire's website for more DT inspiration :) x

Elephants in Squares... Friday Project :)

Hi! Today it is my turn to create the Friday project over at Little Claire's and this is the card I made:

I have used the gorgeous 'Elephants in Squares' image from Little Claire's, coloured with ProMarkers and mounted onto black cardstock and then a red scalloped square. The sentiment is part of the 'Little Beauties' set, also from Little Claire's. For full details of the ingredients and method, please pop over to my blog post on the Little Claire's Blog :) x

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges: 

I Love ProMarkers #151- Lots of Layers

Dream Valley Challenges #48- Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! Have a lovely weekend- especially if you have lots of snow where you are! x