New Cardz 4 Galz Challenge - Think Pink

There's a new challenge today on the Cardz 4 Galz Challenge Blog and this time it was my turn to choose a theme.  I decided on 'think pink' - lots of scope for people to join in!

You can find all the details and see the inspiration from the Design Team here on the challenge blog.

I'm sharing another of the cards I designed for my recent Little Claire Designs class.  This was an adaptation of a design I saw on Pinterest - it's a narrow strip of card folded in two with squares attached to each side to form the card base.

I used the Dinkies 'Rain Hogs' stamp which you can find here on the Little Claire Designs website.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and paper pieced the umbrella.  The papers I've used are from Craft Creations.

And Some More Christmas Cards!

I've almost finished making my cards for Christmas (still a few more to go!) and here are two that I made yesterday.  They were made using a Lace template in my Cuttlebug - so much easier (and more accurate!) that cutting the templates by hand!

The first one uses blue and silver - Craft Creations paper and a circular sentiment from Craftwork Cards.

Next, the same card using a red and green colour scheme:

Craft Creations paper again and a sentiment from Craftwork Cards too.

Some challenges for these cards:

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'anything goes for Christmas'

Divas by Design - 'Merry Christmas'

Charisma Cardz - 'last minute Christmas'

Saturday Challenge - 'celebration'

Southern Girls Challenge - 'let's celebrate'

Paper Sundaes - 'celebrate'

Ice Skating Marci

I've had a lovely crafting day today - lots of new cards for Little Claire which I can't show anyone yet but also a few others including this one.  The stamp is called 'Ice Skating Marci' from La La Land Crafts and it's one that I bought with a voucher I won a little while back from a challenge blog.

She stamps out beautifully and is really easy to colour.  For my background I used some paper from Craft Creations and some silver paper and the little sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.

Some challenges for this card:

La La Land Customer Gallery - November

The Paper Shelter - 'Christmas Fun'

Charisma Cardz - 'cutesy'

Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'anything but square'

By the Cute and Girly - 'Christmas girls'

Crafty Calendar Challenge - 'Christmas wardrobe'

Paper Sundaes - 'rectangle'

Craft Your Passion - 'anything goes plus brown'

Another Halloween Card

Here's another Halloween card made with a DigiStamp Boutique image called 'Witch Zoe' - another really cute image!

For this card, I embossed the orange card with my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder and then attached a strip of Craft Creations paper across the middle.  I neatened the edges of the strip of paper top and bottom with black line peel offs.  The image has been die cut into a circle and then layered on to a black scalloped circle and I finished the card with Card Candi coloured with my black Promarker.

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

One Stop Craft Challenge - 'Halloween'

Corrosive Challenge Blog - 'Flying Things'

Paper Creations Ink - 'Halloween'

Crafty Cardmakers - 'cute with a dark twist'

Papertake Weekly - 'spooky hues'

DigiStamp Boutique - October competition

Pumpkin Bella

I couldn't resist the set of Halloween images from DigiStamp Boutique and here's a card made with my favourite of them, Pumpkin Bella.  I've used some Craft Creations black and white paper and some orange card together with Card Candi coloured with Promarkers.

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

The Poodles Parlour - 'spooky Halloween'

Crafty Calendar Challenge - 'spooky'

Dream Valley Challenges - 'Halloween'
Paper Sundaes - 'Halloween'

DigiStamp Boutique - 'October customer competition'

I'll be back tomorrow with another Halloween card made with a Digistamp Boutique image.

The Squirrel & the Fox - One for the Girls and I've Been Published!

The new challenge at The Squirrel & the Fox has just been launched and this time our theme is 'one for the girls'.  You can see all the details, plus the winners of the last challenge and lots of gorgeous cards from my fellow DT members here so please go and take a look!

My card was made using one of my Greetings Farm Anya stamps - this one is from the 'Miss Anya Collection' and I thought it was perfect for this challenge!  I've used some patterned papers from a pad that was free with one of the craft magazines and some Kraft paper from Craft Creations.  The little sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.

A couple of challenges for this card - Papertake Weekly - 'get in shape' (oval, rectangle and square) and Craft Your Passion - a card for all occasions.

And my other news - if you've got the latest issue of "Simply Cards and Papercraft", I'm featured on pages 46 and 47 of the little booklet that comes with the magazine, "Designers' Guilde to .... Christmas Cards"!  The card is one of the ones I made with the Red Gingham Christmas stamps from Little Claire, "The Robin and the Ivy".  I was really pleased with the way it looks although I must get a better photo!!

Think Pink

One of the first stands I visited at the Port Sunlight show yesterday was Nutcrafters - they have some great stamps and their prices are very reasonable.  I took advantage of their 'four for £10 offer' and my purchases included this stamp which is called 'Huddle Together' - it's such a cute image!

I've made this card for the current Nutcrafters challenge which is 'think pink'.  I've used Craft Creations papers on the card and some Card Candi coloured with my caramel Promarker.  The die cut is one from X-Cut.

I'd also like to enter the card in One Stop Craft Challenge where the theme is 'anything goes' and to Paper Sundaes where the theme is 'your favourite colour combination' - definitely pink and brown for me!!

Halloween Chloe

For this card I've used a Pink Gem stamp called 'Halloween Chloe' - it's a variation of another design of Chloe with her little cat with the addition of their hats and the stars and moon!  I love the Chloe stamps - they're so easy to colour and stamp really well too.

I've used some card from Dovecraft and black and white paper from Craft Creations plus some plain black paper.  The little accents are punched card dots.

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

Crafty Purple Frog - 'lots of layers'

Simply Create - 'older than six months' (I've had the stamp at least a year)

Crafty Calendar - 'spooky'

Saturday Challenge - 'halloween'

Paper Sundaes - 'lots of layers'

Paper Creations Ink - 'use black and/or orange'

New Challenge at The Squirrel & The Fox - Make it Sporty

Here is my first Design Team card for The Squirrel and The Fox challenge blog - our theme for challenge two is 'make is sporty'.  You can find all the details plus the great cards from the other DT members here so please go and take a look!

For my card I've used an Elzybells stamp plus paper from Craft Creations and red Bazzill card.  I've coloured my Card Candi with a poppy Promarker to match my stamped image and the little tag sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.

We're looking forward to seeing all your sporty creations so please head over to the blog to have a look!

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

Cupcake Craft Challenges - 'if you go down to the woods today'

Cards for Men - 'sports'

Cute Card Thursday - 'animal crackers'

One Stop Craft Challenge - 'just for men'

The Crafty Pad - 'one for the boys'

Ever So Lovely ....

Here's a card made with one of the new releases from Little Claire Designs, a really cute little stamp called 'Ever So Lovely'.  I've used it with the sentiment from another Little Claire set 'A Little Bird Told Me' - I thought it fitted perfectly with the stamp!

My pink spotted paper is from Craft Creations and I've also used some Card Candi coloured with my Sandstone Promarker to match the image.

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

The Poodles Parlour - 'birthdays'

Crafts 4 Eternity - 'anything goes'

Totally Gorjuss - 'birds of a feather'

Singing in the Rain and DT News!

This is one of the newer Gorjuss Girls stamps that I bought a little while back and haven't got round to using until now!  This one is called 'Puddle of Love' and has been coloured with Promarkers and then layered up using pale blue spotted Craft Creations paper and some dark brown paper.  I finished it with a tag sentiment and some white Card Candi from Craftwork Cards.

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

Stampin for the Weekend - 'what a cutie!'

Sweet Stampin - 'anything goes'

Paper Sundaes - 'anything goes'

As you may have noticed from the side of my blog, I'm also now a Design Team member for a new challenge blog called The Squirrel and The Fox.  The first challenge which is 'anything goes' is still open at the moment and the next challenge will launch on 2 October so watch this space for my first DT card!

Paper Pieced Tutti Cuti

This cute little shopaholic is from Personal Impressions and the bold lines on the stamp make it perfect for paper piecing.  I've used some pink spotted paper from Craft Creations to paper piece her hat and coat and then used the same paper on the background of the card.  The rest of the image is coloured with Promarkers and I've then added a punched flower and a die cut sentiment from Craftwork Cards.

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

I Love Promarkers - 'anything goes' (third entry)

Charisma Cardz - 'anything goes' (third entry)

Raise the Bar - 'paper piecing'
Alphabet Challenge Blog - 'P is for pretty pastels'

More Christmas Wishes

As promised, here as some more cards made with the new September club set from Little Claire Designs called "Delivering Christmas Wishes" available here on the website.  This first card is an easel card made using the postbox image and the circular greeting.  I've used papers from Doodlebug and some red card plus Card Candy coloured with my Promarkers to match the stamped design.

This second card using the Morris Minor image plus the other sentiment.  The paper is from Craft Creations and I've used a die cut for Go Kreate.  The pale blue card is Bazzill and I've also used white Card Candy.

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

Samuel Taylor's Blog - a Christmas card using a rubber stamp

Charisma Cardz Challenge - 'anything goes' (second entry)

I Love Promarkers - 'anything goes' (second entry)
For Fun Challenges - 'Christmas in August'

Bringing You Christmas Wishes

This is a stepper card that I've made with the new Little Claire September club stamps called "Bringing You Christmas Wishes" - you can find all the details of the set here on the website and see lots of cards made by the rest of the very talented Design Team!

I've used all the stamps from the set on this card - a very simple card which just uses stamped and coloured images plus some patterned paper from Craft Creations.

Following on from one of the panels on the stepper card, I also made this little robin card as I thought these cute little guys deserved their own card!  I stamped the line of robins twice, coloured them in and they layered the image on to some green card and then some Bazzill swiss dot card.  The greeting is a peel off from Little Claire Designs.

I've got a couple more cards made with the set to show tomorrow but in the meantime you can see me demonstrating how to make the stepper card (not exactly difficult!) plus some of the gorgeous creations by the other DT members in a new video on the Little Claire Designs website here - just try not to laugh too much!!!

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

Divas by Design - 'Christmas in August'

Totally Gorjuss - 'as you like it'

One Stop Craft Challenge - 'anything but square'

Passion for Promarkers - 'anything goes'

I Love Promarkers - 'anything goes'

The Paper Shelter - 'anything goes'

Just Tracy's Craft Challenge - 'things with wings' (my little robins!)

Chrarisma Cardz - 'anything goes'

Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge - Christmas wishes

More Butterfly Tree Cards

Two more cards today made with the 'Butterfly Tree' from Little Claire Designs - this time using the peel off rather than the stamp that I used before.  Both cards also use glitter sparkle sheets a brand new product which has just gone on the Little Claire website today here - great if you like glitter and sparkle but don't like the mess of using loose glitter!  It's a bit like sticky backed palstic with glitter in it.

For this first card I put the peel off on to white card and then coloured it with Promarkers.  I then put a piece of the glitter sheet over the top and put the whole thing through my Cuttlebug using an oval die cut.  The peel off greeting went on last.  

To make the card I used a scalloped card blank, pink and white dotty paper from Craft Creations, some pink and white ribbon and some brown paper.  The little punched dots are made from the brown paper with a tiny little strip of left over glitter sheet over the top.

This second card was made using the same method but this time I've used some pale blue glitter sheet which will be in stock very soon.  The paper is from Craft Creations again and the ribbon from my stash.

And if you want a bit of a laugh, have a look at the Little Claire page on Facebook to see my card making video debut making the first card in this post!!

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

The Paper Shelter - 'die cuts and punches'

Charisma Cardz - 'glitter it'

Sarah Hurley - 'bling and sparkle'

Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge - 'glitter and glitz'

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year ....

Here are two cards made with another lovely Little Claire Christmas stamp called 'The Most Wonderful Time of the Year' available here on their website.  For this first card I've used one of the Elegant Edge cards and highlighted the shaped edge by putting some Craft Creations Kraft paper on the inside of the card.  The patterned paper I've used is also from Krat Creations and I've coloured the Card Candi I used with a Promarker to match my stamped design.  The sentiment is part of the Red Gingham Christmas Text set.

For this second card I used a scalloped card base and some paper from Craft Creations.  I've used a piece of white sheer ribbon under the stamped sentiment which again is from the Red Gingham Christmas Text set.

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

ABC Christmas Challenge - 'Q is for quote'

Crafty Hazlenut's Christmas Challenge - 'anything goes'

Christmas Card Challenges

Time for Tea

This card was made with a stamp from Nutcrafters that I won in one of their challenge blogs last year - it's a really cute image and nice and easy to colour too!

I used a scalloped card from Craftwork Cards and some pale pink spotted paper from Craft Creations plus some brown paper for the frames and dots.  The little tag greeting is from Craftwork Cards - I added a black peel off dot to make it look more like a tag.

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

Crafty Ann's Challenge - 'scallops or fancy borders'

Totally Gorjuss - 'cute and cuddly'

Shopping Our Stash - 'your weakest link' (paper, especially pink and from Craft Creations!!)

Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'you've been framed'

Christmas Star

Here are three cards made with the Little Claire Designs stamp Christmas Star.  This first card was made using one of my X-Cut dies and some red spotted paper from Craft Creations.  I finished the card using some white swirly ribbon and some white Card Candy.

This second card was made using the dark blue snowflake paper from Craft Creations and some pale blue ribbon shaped into two loops and attached behind the image panel.  The greeting on this one is a peel off which again is from Little Claire Designs.

Finally, for this card I used one of the Red Gingham circular sentiment stamps and some Craft Creations kraft paper round my image.  My Card Candy was coloured with a Promarker to match the paper.  The paper was left over from last Christmas and the piece I have doesn't have the maker's name on it.

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

Christmas Card Challenges - 'Christmas cheer'

Bah Humbug - 'something new' (the stamp)

Totally Papercrafts - 'Christmas in August'

Floral ATC

A very simple ATC made with one of my favourite Little Claire stamps 'Single Flower'.  I stamped and coloured it and then die cut the image in to an oval shape.  The paper is from Craft Creations and I inked the edge of the oval and the card with brown ink.

I'm entering this in the current challene at  ATC Challenges which is 'anything goes'. 

New Room With a View Nativity Set from Little Claire Designs

This card was made using some of the stamps from the new Room With a View 'Nativity' set from Little Claire Designs - you can see the set and more inspiration from the DT members here.  I used the main image and 'inside' view to make the top part of my card.  The stopper on the base is also part of the set.  This is what the card looks like open:

I used some blue and white snowflake paper from Craft Creations and some silver sparkly paper round the main image and also the sentiment.

I'd like to enter the card in the current Saturday Challenge which is 'Christmas is Coming'.