Little Claire Designs January Designs Class

Yesterday was the first Little Claire Designs workshop day of the new year and I had a lovely but busy day!

In the morning we had 24 ladies taking part in the class and in the afternoon 21 ladies - we made six cards during each session.

I'll be sharing the cards over the next couple of months but today I thought I'd share a little calendar we made using the beautiful 'Poppies' stamp which you can find here on the website.

Here's a photo of the ladies on this morning's class:

The classes are held in Irby on the Wirral - if you're interested in coming along to a future class, keep an eye on the website here for future dates being added very soon.

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

As You Like It Challenge - 'favourite die and why' (these dies are from an Elizabeth Craft Designs set which has pierced and stitched circle dies - I use them a lot as they cut so easily and look really good)
Inspiration Destination - 'anything goes'
Createful Hearts Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'

New My Time to Craft Challenge - Halloween or Cats

There's a new challenge on the More Time to Craft Challenge Blog today and this fortnight our theme is 'halloween or cats'.  You can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

I've gone for the 'cats' option and I'm sharing a little calendar and sticky note pad holder that I designed for my Little Claire Designs class last weekend.

The photo above shows the holder open and here it is with the sticky note pad holder open:

And this is the front of the holder:

The stamp I used is the new 'Dinkies Cat Tree Silhouette' which you can find here on the Little Claire Designs website.  The paper and card I've used are from Craft Creations.

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

Emerald City Crafts Challenge - 'anything goes'
A Perfect Time to Craft - 'anything goes'
Jo's Scrap Shack - 'anything goes'
Craftaholics R Us - 'anything goes'
Love to Craft - 'anything goes'

Christmas Cards All Year Round Challenge - Monochromatic Browns

The theme for this month's challenge on the Christmas Cards All Year Round Challenge Blog is 'monochromatic browns'.  You can find all the details about the challenge here and in the reminder post here.

The prize on offer for this month's lucky winner is:

I'm sharing another of the cards I designed for my Little Claire Designs Christmas class last weekend.  For this card I used the 'Row of Christmas Robins' dinkies stamp which you can find here on the website.

I used two Cuttlebug embossing folders to make the background panel and paper from Craft Creations.  The image was coloured with Promarkers.

New Hanna and Friends Challenge - Stars

I've been a GDT member of the Hanna and Friends Challenge Team on several occasions over the last couple of years and now I've been invited to join the Design Team on a full time basis.

A new challenge started on the challenge blog last week and the theme is 'stars' - you can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I'm sharing one of the cards I designed for my Christmas Little Claire Designs workshop last weekend.  I used the very cute 'Polar Angel' dinkies stamp which you can find here on their website.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and used card and papers from Craft Creations.

Little Claire Designs Christmas Card Making Day

Last Saturday I had a great day teaching two Christmas card making classes for Little Claire designs - we had 21 ladies there in the morning and 23 in the afternoon!

We made a total of twelve different cards during the day - you'll see them over the next couple of months here on my blog and on Facebook.

This card was made using one of the stamps from the current Little Claire Designs stamp box which is available here on the website.  The stamp has the three little robins in a row - for this card I used masking tape to stamp the robins separately in three circles, completing the card with a stamped sentiment.

The paper I've used is from Craft Creations.

Here are a couple of photos from the afternoon class showing the ladies hard at work:

Our next card making class day is on Saturday 14 October - one half of the day will be Christmas themed and the other will be non-Christmas.  You can find more details about the classes here on the website.

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

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'anything goes'
Sweet Stampin' Christmas - 'anything goes'
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - 'anything goes'
Moving Along With the Times - 'things that fly'
Crafty Friends Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'
Penny Black and More Challenge - 'all creatures great and small'
Stamping Sensations - 'anything goes'

Little Claire Designs Class

I had a busy day yesterday hosting two card making classes with Steve and Gill from Little Claire Designs.  There were twenty ladies there in the morning and fifteen in the afternoon and in each class we made six cards.

This is one of the cards we made in the afternoon using the new Dinkies 'Elephants in Squares' stamp which is here on the website.

If you live near the Wirral and would like to come to our classes, the next ones are taking place on Saturday 5 August.  After consulting the ladies who were there yesterday, both classes will be Christmas themed!  

Full details about all our future classes can be found here on the website.

And here are some photos of the afternoon class including one of the shop set up for everyone to have some retail therapy!!

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

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - 'anything goes'

Addicted to Stamps Challenge - 'animals'

Kitty Bee Challenge - 'animals'

Creative Inspirations - 'anything goes'

Creative Moments - 'anything goes'

LC Designs Classes - 21 January

A big thank you to everyone who came along to my two LC Designs classes yesterday - it was a very busy but fun day and I hope everyone else enjoyed it too!

Here are a couple of photos of the ladies hard at work:

If you live on or near the Wirral and would like to come to one of the classes, we meet at a church hall in Irby.  My next classes are on 25 March and you can find all the details here on the LC Designs website.

I'll be sharing some of my class cards over the next couple of weeks.  This first one (at the top of the post) uses the new Sketchy Images 'Floral Bouqet' stamp which you can find here on the website.

The borders were cut using one of the dies from the Sweet Dixie 'Elegant Borders' die set which is here on the website.

LC Designs Classes - 23 July

A big thank you to everyone who came along to my two LC Designs classes yesterday - we had a great day and it was lovely to see everyone!

In the morning it was 'Wonderful Wavy' cards and in the afternoon 'Cards for All Occasions'.  I'll be sharing the cards I designed for the classes over the next couple of weeks.

Today I'm sharing one of the cards from the 'Wonderful Wavy' class.  For this card I used the 'Wavy Christmas Village Scene' stamp which is here on the LC Designs website.  It was stamped on white card and then part of it stamped again to make a continuous scene.  I then cut along the wavy base of the scene and matted the white card on to patterned paper.  I finished it off with a black mat and some pearls and one of the sentiments from the stamp set.

Here is the afternoon class hard at work -

and Gill from LC Designs doing a bit of stamping too! - 

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

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'use a sentiment'

Hiding In My Craft Room - 'Christmas in July'

Challenge Up Your Life - 'Christmas in July'

Dream Valley Challenges - 'Christmas in July'

My Time to Craft - 'Christmas in July'

New Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes

A brand new monthly challenge has started today on Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge Blog and I'm really pleased to say that I'm now a permanent member of the team after being a GDT member for the last couple of months!  A big thank you to Hazel for asking me to stay on.

The challenge is 'anything goes' as long as you use patterned paper - easy!

The prize on offer this month is:

You can find all the details about the challenge here.

I'm sharing another of the cards I designed for my recent LC Designs class.  I used the 'Man Squares' stamp set which is here on the LC Designs stamp set - each of the squares in the set is separate so you can use them in anu combination you want.  I've used two of them and decoupaged them adding dimension to the middle of the radio and the tie.  I repeat stamped the 'Happy Birthday' across the card.  The paper I used is from Craft Creations.

New Crafty Girls Challenge - Anything Goes

We've got a new challenge today on the Crafty Girls Challenge Blog and, as always, we've got an 'anything goes' challenge.  We don't have a sponsor for this challenge so it's a just for fun one.  You can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

I'm sharing another of the cards I designed for my LC Designs class last weekend.  The base card is one of the Elegant Rectangle Landscape cards from LC Designs here on the website.  I dry embossed the front of the card using a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  

The main image and sentiment are from the 'Wavy Wedding' outline sticker sheet from LC designs here.  The shimmer is from some of the Sparkle Glitter Sheet from LC Designs which is here.  I finished the card with some little white pearls.

LC Designs Class - Wavy Beach Huts Card

 

A big thank you to everyone who came to my LC Designs class on Saturday morning this past weekend.  It was a lovely morning - lovely to see some new faces as well as all our regulars!

 

The classes are held in Irby here on the Wirral and everything you need is provided.  We have more classes coming up in July - two different classes: one in the morning and one in the afternoon so you can either come to one or both.  All the booking details are here on the website.

 

I'll be sharing the cards I designed for the class over the next couple of weeks and this is the first of them. 

 

For this one I've used:

 

'Wavy Beach Huts' stamp set from LC Designs

'Dinkies At the Seaside' paper pack from LC Designs

paper and gems from Craft Creations

Promarkers

Card Candi

 

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

 

613 Avenue Create - 'anything goes/sights, tastes and sounds of summer'

Star Stampz Blog - 'here comes summer'

Passion for Promarkers Challenge - 'inspired by a song' ('Summer Holiday')

My Time to Craft - 'summertime'

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - 'summer'
Crafty Boots Challenges - 'summer time'
Addicted to Stamps Challenge - 'summer'

LC Designs Class - 28 May

 A big thank you to everyone who came along to my LC Designs class on Saturday - it was a great day and a busy one too!  In the morning I had a group of twenty ladies and in the afternoon another group of eleven ladies - it certainly kept me on my toes!

The classes are held on the Wirral in the methodist church in Irby - we usually have two classes running at the same time and lots of ladies stay for the day.  There's also a great LC Designs shop for anyone who wants some retail therapy!

The first photo (above) shows Gill's class in the morning and the second (below) shows part of my class:

I'll be sharing the cards I designed for the class over the next few weeks and here is the first one:

This is a very simple card using the 'Dinkies Flowerhead' stamp from LC Designs - you can find it here on the website.  It's made by fixing the pieces of white card together in a stack using temeporary adhesive.  You then stamp the Flowerhead stamp randomly over the stacked card, separate it and colour it in and then layer the white card with black paper.  The sentiment I've used is here on the website.

There are more classes coming up both on the Wirral and in Crawley - all the details are here on the website.

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

Crafty Cardmakers - 'monochrome'

Craft Your Passion Challenges - 'anything goes'

Glitter'n'Sparkle Challenges - 'flowers'

613 Avenue Create - 'anything goes'

A Beautiful Mess - 'anything goes'

Craft Rocket Challenge - 'monochrome'

Word Art Wednesday - 'anything goes'

I Love Promarkers - 'anything goes'

Little Claire Class Card - The Bees Knees Stamp Set

We had another great Little Claire day of classes here on the Wirral yesterday - a big thank you to everyone who came along!  The classes are always a lot of fun and there was plenty of laughter during the day!!

The card I'm sharing is from last month's class.  I used the brand new 'Bees Knees' stamp set for all the class cards and now that the set has been added to the website here, I can start sharing the cards.  The ladies who came to my class were the first to see the set before it appeared online.

Here's a photo of everyone hard at work yesterday:

If you're interested in coming to one of our classes in the New Year (there are dates available on the Wirral and in Crawley) have a look here on the website.

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

Crafting By Designs - 'times 3' (three images)

Brown Sugar Challenge - 'anything goes'

Creative Fingers Challenge - 'anything goes'

Pile It On Challenge  'fancy folds'

Craft Rocket Challenge - 'add a sentiment'

Creative Knockouts - 'no square cards'

Silhouette Cats

I've got two more Little Claire workshops coming up tomorrow and I've realised that I still haven't shared all the cards I designed for the last one!  I'm looking forward to another great day tomorrow - it was lovely to see so many familiar faces last time and also meet new people too.

For this card we used the 'Dinkies Silhouette Cats' stamp which is here on the Little Claire website.  We also used the Mini Ombre Paper Pack which is here and also the Ombre Paper Pack which is here.  There is some black ribbon across the middle of the card and some black gems to finish it.

The 'light' round the lamp is a white punched circle stamped with the lamp and then just glued over the main image.

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

Simon Wednesday Challenge - 'furry friends'

Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenge - 'use ribbon, lace or twine'

Clear It Out Challenge - 'anything goes'

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge - 'anything goes'

Stamping Sensations - 'feature a creature'

New Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog - Happy Father's Day

We've got a new challenge today on the Fantasy Stamper's Challenge Blog and this time our challenge theme is 'Happy Father's Day'.  For all the details about the challenge, have a look here on the challenge blog.

My card is another of the cards I designed for the Little Claire workshop I did last weekend.  It's a three fold card using one of the papers from the Little Claire 'Mini Pastel Tartan' paper pack which is here on the website.  I've also used 'Dinkies Hanging Ties' which is here and 'Dictionary Definitions' which is here.

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

Kitty Bee Designs - 'masculine/for the boys'

Brown Sugar Challenge - 'anything goes'

Creative Corner Challenges - 'just for Dad'

Simply Create Too - 'masculine'

Simon Wednesday Challenge - 'make it masculine'

Love to Scrap Challenge Blog - 'male call'

Little Claire Dinkies Class

I have had a fabulous and very busy day teaching my first Little Claire class of this year.  A big thank you to all the ladies who came along to the class - it was so lovely to see old friends and meet some new people too!

My class was 'Little Claire Dinkies' and Gill was there too with 'Heidi's Cards'.  Here are a couple of photos of the classes taken this morning:

I'll be sharing my class cards over the next couple of weeks and the first one (above) was made using the very cute 'Lady Baa Baa'.  You can find the stamp here on the Little Claire website.  I've used one of the Little Claire Mini Scallop Cards which are here and one of the sheets from the Mini Dotty Paper Pad which is here.

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

Wags'n'Whiskers - 'seeing spots'

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - 'cute plus a sentiment'

Crafty Gals Corner - 'critters'

Simon Wednesday Challenge - 'anything goes'

Crafty Creations Challenge - 'all creatures great and small'

New Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge - DIY

There's a new challenge today on the Cardz 4 Guyz challenge blog and this week our theme is 'DIY'.  For all the details of the challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the Design Team, have a look here on the challenge blog.

This card is one that I designed for my recent 'Memory Box Dies and Little Claire Stamps' class.  I've used the 'DIY' stamp from Little Claire which you can find here and also one of the sentiments from the 'Rebecca's Really Useful Male Sentiments' which you can find here.  The little tool dies are from Memory Box.

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

Hobby Cutz - 'use your favourite colour combination' (for male cards it's blue and kraft/brown)

Sweet Pea Stampers - 'for the boys/men'

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - 'layers'

Crafty Sentiments Designs - 'anything goes'

Through the Craft Room Door - 'anything goes'

New Just for Fun Challenge - Anything Goes

The challenge at Just for Fun will now always be 'anything goes' - nice and easy for everyone!  All the details of our latest challenge are here on the challenge blog.

My card is one that I designed for the recent Little Claire Sparkle and Shine class.  It's my version of a pop-up box card made using two folded pieces of card with the image panel sandwiched in between.

I've used a Little Claire outline sticker for the card - it's part of the 'Black Flower Pom Pom Dahlia' sheet which is here on the Little Claire website.  I've added Glossy Accents to the flowers - the outline stickers are perfect for doing this.

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

Sisters of Craft - 'anything goes'
Fitztown Challenge - 'shaped card'
The Kraftyhands Challenge - 'floral fancy'
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - 'anything goes'
Creative Corner Challenges - 'flowers'

New Ruby's Rainbow Challenge - Stamping

A new challenge started on the Ruby's Rainbow challenge blog on Wednesday and this time our theme is 'stamping'.  For all the details about the challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the Design Team, have a look here on the challenge blog.

I designed this card for my Little Claire Memory Box class last Saturday morning.  It's made up of two narrow strips of folded card with the image panel forming the 'bridge' between the two.  I've used 'Tulip Bunny' from Little Claire - I coloured the stamp with Promarkers and paper pieced the little heart on his tummy!  I've also used a Memory Box heart die.

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

Addicted to Stamps and More - 'anything goes'

Inky Impressions Challenges - 'anything goes'

Simon Says Stamp - 'anything goes'

Craft Your Passion Challenge - 'the bold and the beautiful'

Little Claire - Cute to Vintage Class Part 3

This is another of the cards I designed for my recent Little Claire 'Cute to Vintage' class.  One of the ladies who comes along to the classes on a regular basis had asked about doing a shaker card and this is the result of my design!

I've used 'Daisy Bear' from Little Claire which you can find here on their website.  The shaker bits inside the card are table confetti.

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

Brown Sugar Challenge - 'anything goes'

Through the Purples Haze - 'C you're a cutie full of charms'

As You Like It Challenge - 'favourite colour duo' - pink and brown (or kraft) because I love both colours and find it easy to build up layers using this combination'

CCEE Stampers - 'clear creations'

Passion for Promarkers - 'use your die cuts'

That's Crafty Challenge - 'that's krafty'

Papertake Weekly - 'oh so cute'