Mr Darcy

This is Mr Darcy (clearly not Colin Firth!) from Little Claire Designs.  For this card I die cut my stamped image using one of the new X Cut nesting dies and then layered him on to some Dovecraft paper and green card.  The sentiment is one of the new Christmas Text sentiments from Little Claire Designs which you can see here which stamp beautifully and work really well circle dies.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Craft Us Crazy - Christmas in July

Moving Along With the Times - Christmas in July

Winter Philip

Introducing 'Winter Philip' a very cute digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs!  I've coloured him with Promarkers and then die cut the image using a Go Kreate die.  My backing paper is from a Dovecraft pack and I've added some green card, red ribbon and two different sizes of red gems from Kars.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Jingle Belles - 'stripes'

Winter Wonderland - 'Christmas buffet' (paper, ribbon and gemstones)

Sweet Stamps - 'Christmas in July'



Christmas Flowers

I haven't made any Christmas cards for a few weeks but when I spotted a 'Christmas Flowers' challenge I thought of this stamp straight away.  It's one of the 'All Set for Christmas' stamps from Little Claire Designs and is one of my favourites.  The green paper is from a Dovecraft pack and I've used a Personal Impressions greeting and some red nail head gems to finish it.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Winter Wonderland - 'Christmas flowers'

Crafty Ann's Challenge - 'Christmas in June'

New for this Month from Little Claire Designs ...

The June club set from Little Claire Designs is now on their website here and this month it's a floral set - a large gerbera flower, a smaller collection of flowers and two sentiments.  My first card was made with the main image and one of the sentiments 'from me ... to you'.  The paper I've used is from the Dovecraft 'Sugar and Spice' pack which is available here and I've also used some pink card.

My second card is made with the smaller group of flowers and the second sentiment which is 'nature nurture love'.  For this card, the paper I've used is from the 'Hideaway' pad which is available here and I've also used some pale green card.

Finally, I also made this very simple card using the main image stamped in Versamark ink and embossed with detail clear EP.  I think swiped a pink metallic ink pad over the top and matted the image on to white and then black card.

I'd like to enter these cards in the following challenges:

Craft Room Challenge - 'anything goes'

A Spoonful of Sugar - 'flower power'

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - 'whatever'

Divas by Design - 'floral'

The Great Outdoors - Another Sneak Peek!

Here's another preview of a new set of stamps called 'The Great Outdoors' which will be launched on the Little Claire website next week.  I've used two of the images from the set on this card - the main image of the walker reading a map and also the boots - as well as the sentiment.  My background paper is from an old atlas!

On this second card I've used the walker again and also the signpost - I've put a peel off greeting on it!  The paper this time is from Dovecraft.

There is also a compass and tent on the stamp sheet and the set will be on the website next week.  But if you can't wait until then, you can phone Little Claire on 0151 342 5715 and buy them before them.  If you mention my blog, you will also receive a free gift!

I'd like to enter these cards in the current 'anything goes' chalenge at One Stitch at a Time.

I Love Promarkers - Animals

The current challenge at I Love Promarkers is 'animals' so I thought I'd enter one of the cards I made recently with some of the new brown and gold peel offs from Little Claire Designs.  The peel offs on this card come from the 'Lots of Fun' sheet which is available here - I've used one of the main images, the boat border and one of the sentiments.

I've coloured my image with Promarkers, die cut it in to an oval and then used some Dovecraft paper and some coloured card.

Pink (and Purple) Elephants!

This card was made using the 'Elephants in Squares' stamp from Little Claire Designs together with one of the new circular sentiment stamps which is available here on the Little Claire website.  I've used two of the elephant designs here with pink card and paper from Craft Creations.

This second card uses the stamp as it stamps out so you can see all four elephants.  Again I've used one of the circular sentiments and this time my paper is from Dovecraft and I've also used a punched flower and a couple of gems to finish it.

I'd like to enter the cards in the current challenge at Crafty Creations which is 'anything goes'.

April Showers

I noticed that a couple of blog challenges had either 'April Showers' or 'weather' as their theme this week so I immediately thought of this Little Claire stamps, 'Rainy Days' - it's one of my favourites and so appropriate for the weather in this country!!  I've used some Dovecraft dotty paper and navy and paler blue card with it.

I'd like to enter the card in the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers - I've followed this week's sketch

Cute Card Thursday - 'weather inspired'

Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog -'April Showers'

Stamp Something - 'April Showers'

Another Preview!

This card was made with one of the new 'Room With a View' sets from Little Claire Designs which will be launched on Create & Craft on Thursday this week.  This one is the 'Bistro' set and I've made this first card using the main 'outside' image and then used 'inside' image as the 'stopper' on my easel card.  My paper is from the Dovecraft 'Sugar and Spice' collection.

This tree image is also on the sheet and I thought it worked really well as a card by itself - quick and simple to colour and it could be used for lots of different occasions.  Again my paper is from Dovecraft - this time the 'Back to Basics' pack.

Happy Mothers Day

This is the card I've made for my Mum for tomorrow - she loves flowers and she also likes the 'clean and simple' style so hopefully she'll like this card!  I've used one of the flower digi stamps from DigiStamp Boutique called 'quirky flowers' and teamed it with some paper from Dovecraft and some purple card and gems

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Digistamp Boutique April Customer Competition 

Stamp Something - 'April Digi Day'

One Stop Craft Challenge - 'spots and dots'

Less is More Sketch Challenge

I'm having some problems getting my photo to show up in my post but it must be there somewhere because it appears when I click on the little dot which shows where it should be!  So I've decided to post and see whether it reappears tomorrow - fingers crossed!  This is my card for the Less is More sketch challenge - I've used paper from Dovecraft and a circular sentiment stamp from Pink Gem Designs stamped with purple metallic ink.  I used the same ink to edge the circle and the purple card which is underneath my patterned paper.

I Love Promarkers - Challenge 57

The theme on I Love Promarkers this week is 'cards for men' - this is the card I made for my Dad for his birthday which was today.  I used a digi image from Pollycraft Designs called 'Cuthbert and Car' and papers from the Dovecraft 'Back to Basics 2' pack.

Card Recipe

Digi stamp - Pollycraft Designs

Paper - Dovecraft

Circular greeting - Craftwork Cards

Black paper and peel off greeting

Little Claire Designs Challenge 2 - Flowers

The second challenge at Little Claire has just been launched today and we're now running on a fortnightly basis.  Our theme for this challenge is 'flowers' and you can see all the details plus the DT cards and the winners for the first challenge here. 

I've made my card using one of the new digi designs from Little Claire called 'daisy pitcher' which is available here - I finally got myself a new printer last weekend so I can now do some more experimenting with digi designs.

Card Recipe

Digi stamp - 'daisy pitcher' by Little Claire Designs

Paper - Dovecraft 'Sugar and Spice' collection available here

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Martha Stewart punch - using the little punched hearts as accents

Bazzill Bling Card

I'd like to enter this card in the current challenge at Stamp Something where the theme is 'digi week'.

Messing About on the River - Second Card

And here's my second card made with the 'Messing About on the River' set - this is the second image on the sheet used with the sentiment. 

Card Recipe

Stamp - image and sentiment - Little Claire Designs

Paper - Dovecraft

Ribbon - Meiflower

Blue gems and blue card

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Pear Tree Designs - "ribbon"

Papertake Weekly - "anything goes with something old" - mine is the ribbon which I'd had for ages and have only just started to use!

Let it Snow!

I'm still keeping to my New Year's Resolution to keep making Christmas cards throughout the year rather than having a mad rush in December and here's the latest one made over the weekend.

Card Recipe

Stamp - "Christmas Pals" by Little Claire Designs

Tartan paper - Crafthouse Press

Card - Dovecraft

Peel off greeting - Little Claire Designs

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - I've followed the sketch

Craft Us Crazy - "winter"

I Love Promarkers - "stitching" (faux stitching my case!)

Totally Papercrafts - "paper piecing" (the dog's coat!)

Winter Wonderland - "includ an animal"

Moving Along With the Times - Challenge 87

This week's challenge at Moving Along with the Times is 'fashion' which fits perfectly with this card which I made with the new Room with a View 'Wardrobe' stamp set from Little Claire Designs which is now available here - this was another of the sets launched on Create and Craft on Wednesday this week.

I cut the doors on the wardrobe with a craft knife and when they are opened the card looks like this (with apologies that my photo isn't too good!):

Card Recipe

Wardrobe stamp, heart and inside view - Little Claire Designs

Paper - Dovecraft 'Sugar and Spice' pack here

Pale pink card

Go Kreate cutting dies

Ribbon - Meiflower

Take It Easy - Another New Stamp from Little Claire Designs

If you saw the Little Claire Designs show on Create and Craft this morning, you will have seen Steve making this card right at the end of the programme - he even managed to stick on all the little dots that I'd punched out!!  The image and the words are from one of the new 'Room With a View' sets  based around trees which is now available here.

Card Recipe

Stamp (image and words) - Little Claire Designs

Paper - Dovecraft

Brown card

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Creative Craft Challenges - 'card for a teen'

Stamp Something - 'stamp something funky'

Easy Craft Projects Challenge - 'something for the boys'

Another Valentine Card

Here's another valentine card made with one of my Greetings Farm stamps - if you look closely, she's holding an envelope with a little heart on it! I've used some Dovecraft heart paper, punched hearts and some ribbon on a scalloped Craftwork Cards blank. I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

A Spoonful of Sugar - valentine

Charisma Cardz - valentine/love

Bunny Zoe - love is in the air

Paper Sundaes - valentine

Cat in the Window - Second Card

And here is the second card that I've made with the other stamps that accompany the main image in the 'Cat in the Window' set. On this one I've used paper from Dovecraft and paper pieced the vase - the vase and flowers are two separate stamps so it's very easy to do this. I've put black peel off lines at the top and bottom of the strip of paper across the card to emphasise it and added peel off dots in two corners to balance the words in the other corners.

Little Claire Designs January Club Set - Card 1, Part 1

The new January club stamps are now available from Little Claire Designs here and its called "Dog in Window". This is the first view of the card I made using the main image showing the windows almost closed. As well as the stamped image, I've used paper from Dovecraft and the sentiment 'home sweet home' from the Little Claire set 'A Place in the Sun'.