Oscar With Flowers

This is another card made with one of the very cute 'Oscar' images from DigiStamp Boutique - this one is 'Oscar with Flowers'.  I've used some green card and green gingham paper from Crafts Creations - the panel to the left of the card has been Cuttlebugged with the swiss dots folder although it doesn't show up that well on the photo.  I've added some white Card Candy and a peel off greeting.

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

DigiStamp Boutique - May customer competition

My Mum's Craft Shop - 'flowers'

Craft Us Crazy - 'flowers'

One Stitch at a Time - 'emboss it'

Dream Valley Challenges - 'flowers'

Less is More - Week 13

The theme for week 13 on the Less is More challenge blog is 'thank you or congratulations' - I've chosen to make a thank you card.  I've used the 'quirky flowers' image from DigiStamps Boutique which is becoming a favourite of mine (as you may have noticed!) and some pale pink card. I've die cut the image panel and the backing and then embossed the edges to give some extra depth.  The greeting is a peel off.

Fun in the Snow .....

The sun might be shining outside but I'm still making Christmas cards!  This card was made with one of my Elzybells stamps, a cute design called 'Mischievous' and I've put blue and silver paper with it although the silver (as always) doesn't show up too well on the photo.

Card Recipe

Stamp - 'Mischievous' by Elzybells

Papers - Docrafts

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Nailhead gems

Snowflake punch

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

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - 'favourite image'

Crafty Hazlenut's Christmas Challenge - 'use a die cut'

Winter Wonderland - 'snow much fun'

Cupcake Craft Challenge - 'something beginning with C' (Christmas!)

Challenge 6 at Little Claire Designs

Challenge 6 at Little Claire Designs has just been launched here and this time it's a sketch challenge - this is the sketch:

On my card I've used one of the stamps from the 'Messing About on the River' set which is available here with some pink gingham paper from Craft Creations as well as some pink and brown card.  The flowers at the bottom of my card have been punched.

Please have a look at the blog here to see the winners from the last challenge and the rest of the design team cards.

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

Cute Card Thursday - 'use a sketch'

Crafts 4 Eternity - 'anything goes'

Paper Cutz - 'anything goes'

Fairy Lights ....

I love this little character from Nutcrafters - the stamp is called 'Fairy Lights' and it's just perfect for a nice girly card!  I've used some Papermania backing paper and some pink and white striped ribbon and then a couple of paper flowers.  There is some glitter on her wings and the star - very brave for me as glitter and me do not get on!  I used Stickles which I normally struggle with but this time I painted it on and it worked much better.

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

Sarah Hurley Challenge - 'things with wings'

Totally Papercrafts - 'glitter'

Stamp Something - 'something with wings'

Meet Warren .....

The image on this card is one of two 'Warren' stamps that I bought recently from Craftwork Cards - they only arrived yesterday so today was my first chance to use them.  I only realised when I spotted some cards made with the same range in a magazine (after I'd made my card!) that Warren is actually grey and white and not brown but never mind!   The background paper I've used is from Papermania - from a pad that was a free cover gift on one of the paper craft magazines recently and I've also used brown and pink card.

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

Cupcake Craft Challenge - 'fluffy bunnies'

Sketch 'n' Stash - I used sketch 7 from the archive

For You ....

This is another card made with a DigiStamp Boutique image - this one is called 'Birthday Oscar' and I've teamed him up with some lilac card and four little black peel off dots.  The card blank is from Craftwork Cards.

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

DigiStamp Boutique April Customer Competition

Fun at Fairy Knoll - 'Birthday'

Crafty Creations - 'white space'

I Love Promarkers - 'no designer papers'

H is for Hotspot

I've just about made it in time for the latest challenge on ABC Christmas Challenge which is 'H is for Hotspot' - colouring in a section of the main image and then mounting that section on to the whole image.  I couldn't get my circles the right size to get a separate black one to go underneath so I just outlined with a fine black liner instead.  Not quite so effective but I think it still works OK.  I decided to keep the base of the card very simple - it would be easy to draw attention away from the image and I wanted it to stand out.  My stamp is from Little Claire Designs - part of the 'All Set for Christmas' set from last Christmas and my background paper is from Craft Creations.

Pink Tulips

This card was made for the latest challenge at Less Is More where the theme is 'off centre'.  My image is from a stamp made by Great Impressions (a very old wood mounted stamp) and I've used it with my oval Nestabilities and some paper from Craft Creations.

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

Sweet Stamps - 'frame it'

Crafts and Me - 'pink and sweet'

Fun at Fairy Knoll - 'Easter or spring'

Less is More - Week 11

I think I felt the same as most of the rest of the LIMettes when I saw this week's challenge on the Less Is More challenge blog was to use acetate!  Not one of my favourite craft materials but having had a think about it I've come up with this card which uses acetate behind the two circular apertures on the side of the card.  The stamps all come from a Do Crafts set which was free on the front of a magazine - I needed something that matched, was small enough to fit in the aperture and was easy to cut out!  I stamped the main image directly onto the front of the card (I'm getting better at it!) and then coloured it with Promarkers.  I stamped the two little cakes separately, coloured them and then cut them out - I stuck them to the acetate with a little bit of double sided tape.

Pink Elephant!

This is one of my all time favourite Little Claire stamps - it's such a cute image and another easy one to colour!  I've used it with some pink and brown card and Cuttlebugged the pink card with my swiss dots embossing folder.  The flowers are punched and I've added little pink pearls to the centre of each flower.

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

Anythings Goes - 'pearls'

Allsorts Challenge - I've followed their sketch

A Spoonful of Sugar - 'all creatures great and small'

Sweet Stamps - 'for the ladies'

My Mum's Craft Shop - 'anything goes'

Craft Us Crazy - 'thinking of you with a sentiment and/or animal'

Totally Gorjuss - 'no patterned paper'

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'

Little Claire Challenge 5

Challenge 5 has just been launched on the Little Claire blog - the theme is 'animals' and you can find all the details here plus a selection of cards from the DT and the winners from the last challenge.  The prize for the current challenge is a lovely selection of stamps, papers, flowers and Promarkers as you can see from this photo.

Pink Flowers

This card was made using the 'Quirky Flowers' design from DigiStamp Boutique and I've combined it with papers from the Pink Petticoat free pad from one of the card making magazines last month.

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

St Luke's Charity Card Challenge - 'Say it With Flowers'

Moving Along With the Times - I followed their sketch

Easter Grace Again ....

Here's another card made with the very cute 'Easter Grace' image from DigiStamp Boutique.  My main backing paper is from Craft Creations and I've also used a left over strip from My Minds Eye.  The flowers are Craftwork Cards colouring with Promarkers to match my coloured design.

Card Recipe

Image - Easter Grace from DigiStamp Boutique

Sentiment - Penny Black

Papers - Craft Creations and My Minds Eye

Flowers - Craftwork Cards

Pink Card

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

DigiStamp Boutique - April Customer Competition

I Love Promarkers - 'Easter'

Sarah Hurley Challenge - 'Easter'

Pollycraft Monday Challenge - 'Easter'

Craft Us Crazy - 'Happy Easter'

Another Christmas Card ....

It seems very strange to be making Christmas cards when the weather is so warm but I'm sticking to my resolution to keep making them throughout the year!  This one was made using one of my favourite Christmas stamps by Whiff of Joy - I've had it for a couple of years now and I still love it.

Card Recipe

Stamp - Whiff of Joy

Paper - Kanban

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Silver paper and nail head gems

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

ABC Christmas - 'G is for Girlie' (using pink, purple and silver

Crafty Hazlenut's Christmas Challenge - 'circles'

Take Time .....

I made this card for the latest challenge on Less is More - a one layer card with the focus on the sentiment.  I used on of my oldest and most used Hero Arts sentiment stamps - it's perfect for so many occasions.  The two little birds are from the Pink Petticoat set which come free on the latest copy of 'Simply Cards and Papercraft' - they are gorgeous and stamp out really well.

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

Pollycraft Monday - 'old stamp'

Allsorts Challenge - 'anything but square'

Saturday Challenge - 'our feathered friends'

Final Preview!

Today's cards are from one of the 'Room With a View' sets by Little Claire Designs which will be launched tomorrow morning on Create & Craft at 11.00am.  This one is the 'Flower Shop' set and for my first card I've used the shop window design and the 'shop inside' directly underneath - the view above is the card 'closed' and underneath, the card is open.

My second card was made using the other part of the set and I added a 'get well' sentiment to it - this stamp is perfect for a quick but still very pretty card.

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.

Flowers and more flowers!

Last one for today!  A quick card made with one of the Bella images from DigiStamp Boutique and more paper that I've had for years - this one is from Paper Adventures.  The sentiment stamp is one of my favourites from Hero Arts.

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

Saturday Challenge - 'butterflies'

Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'blooming blossoms'

Dream Valley Challenges - 'things with wings'

Paper Sundaes - 'spring blossoms'

DigiStamp Boutique - 'April Customer Competition' 

Spikey Flowers - Sneak Peek!

 Little Claire Designs will be on Create & Craft again this Thursday (7 April) at 11am to launch more great stamp sets.  One of the sets will be the owl set which is the current club set and there will also be two more of the 'Room With a View' sets - previews to follow in the next few days!  The fourth set is called 'Spikey Flowers' and I've used this one today to make two cards - I think the designs really suit the current 'clean and simple' trend and I've kept both my cards very simple.  The set includes both floral images I've used plus the sentiment. 

For my first card, I stamped the larger image and layered it on to red card and then stamped the sentiment direct on the base card.  I've added some red nail head gems to finish it off.

For my second card I stamped on to the card base (I'm getting better at doing this!) putting the smaller design in two corners and the sentiment in the middle.  Again I've finished the card with some red nail head gems.

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

Less is More - 'a touch of red'

Creative Cottage Challenge - 'white/blank spaces'

Easter Grace

This little character is Easter Grace from DigiStamp Boutique - a very cute image complete with a chick and Easter eggs in her basket.  The paper I've used is some I've had for a couple of years and I only had half of the sheet left - the bit with the maker's name is missing.  I've added some ribbon from Meiflowers and some pink gems to finish the card.

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

Corrosive Challenge Blog - 'pastel colours'

By the Cute and Girly - 'cute and girly'

Digi-Stamp Boutique - 'April Customer Competition'

OSAAT - Something 3D - Guest DT Card

I'm a Guest DT member at the One Stitch at a Time challenge blog today for their latest challenge which is 'Something 3D'.  All the details of the challenge together with the rest of the cards can be found here.

The image I've used is from Stitchy Bear Stamps and I've used 'Rosie the Cheerleader' from JLJ Designs which is available here.

Card Recipe

Image - Rosie the Cheerleader - JLJ Designs

Paper - Craft Creations

Greeting - Craftwork Cards

Brown card

I'd like to enter my card in the current Ellephantastic challenge which is 'anything but square or rectangle'.

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'

Little Claire Challenge 4 - Spring Celebrations

Our fourth challenge on the Little Claire Blog starts today and the theme is 'Spring Celebrations' - you can see all the details here and also see who won the last challenge.  My card has been made using the 'Duckmum' stamp set which is available here.  I die cut my base card and then used the main image from the set on the top of the card and the little basked of eggs as the 'stopper' for my easel.  The sentiment is computer generated.

Card Recipe

Stamps - Duckmum set from Little Claire Designs

Paper - Craft Creations

Green card

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

A Spoonful of Sugar - 'Easter'

Sweet Stamps - 'Easter'

Let's Ink it Up - 'Easter Creations'

Anytime is the Right Time .....

The new club set for April from Little Claire Designs has been released today and it's a very cute set of owls which is now available here.  This is one of the cards I've made with the stamps and it's featured on the leaflets sent out to club members this month.

Card Recipe

Image - Little Claire Designs

Paper - V&A Hanoverian Collection by Do-Crafts

Brown and pink card

Peel offs

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

Crafty Purple Frog - 'anything but square'

Fun at Fairy Knoll - 'whatever'

Sunshine and Smiles

I couldn't resist this very cute free digi image from the Pink Gem Designs blog - her name is Phoebe and I thought she was perfect to use for the latest Gem of a Challenge.

Card Recipe

Image - Phoebe from Pink Gem Designs

Sentiment - Pink Gem Designs

Paper - Craft Creations

Pink and brown card

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

A Gem of a Challenge - 'anything but square'

Fun at Fairy Knoll - 'happy' 

Just to Say .....

Here's another card made with one of the very cute Bella images from DigiStamp Boutique - I love these little characters!

Card Recipe

Image - Bella and Flowers by DigiStamp Boutique

Paper - Pink Petticoat

Ribbon - Meiflowers

Pink card

Peel off greeting

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

Totally PaperCrafts - 'cuddly and cute'

Totally Gorjuss - 'spring is sprung'

Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'for a special lady' (it's a get well card for a very good friend)

Digistamp Boutique - March customer creations 

Oh Baubles!

This is probably my favourite stamp of the Christmas releases from Little Claire Designs last year - I love the idea behind the stamp plus it's a nice easy one to colour!

Card Recipe

Image - 'Deck the Horns' stamp from Little Claire Designs

Paper - Craft Creations

Peel off greeting - Little Claire Designs

Red and green card

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

Winter Wonderland - 'oh baubles!'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'a square card'
Secret Crafter - 'Christmas in Spring'

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.

Birthday Amy

I discovered another digi-stamping site this week while I was looking at the gorgeous cards made by Katina and Vicky - the company is called Crafty Sentiments and they've just launched a new range of digis featuring Amy.  The one I've used on my card is available free on the Crafty Sentiments blog.

Card Recipe

Image - Amy by Crafty Sentiments

Papers - Pink Petticoat

Pink gem stones

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Pink Cardstock

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

Crafty Sentiment Designs - a card using the freebie image

Charisma Cardz - birthday card for a teen

Crafts and Me Challenges - 'anything goes'

Papertake Weekly - 'girlie'

Peartree Designs - 'happy birthday'

ABC Christmas Challenge - F is for Freebie!

The theme on the current ABC Christmas Challenge is 'F is for Freebie' which in this case is the digi image I've used to make my card.  There's also a sketch to follow.  I really like this cute little stamp - he's very easy to colour.

Card Recipe

Image - Stamp Fairy (available here)

Papers - DCWV

Red card

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Cupcake Tree

Last card for today!  This one was made using the 'Cupcake Tree' set from Little Claire Designs - the little row of cupcakes is from the same set.  I've just used pink and brown card to put the card together - the base has a scalloped oval on it although you can only see part of it and I used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder on this and the pink panel on the top of the card.

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

Wild Orchid Challenge - 'dieing to punch it out'

Charisma Cardz - 'to die for'

Sarah Hurley Challenges - 'embossing'

Alphabet Challenge - 'T is for trees'

Stamp Something - 'stamp something sweet'

Craft Us Crazy - 'cupcakes'

Let's Ink It Up - 'die cuts/punches'

Paper Sundaes - 'embossing' 



Three Waistcoats

I'm really enjoying the challenges on the Less is More blog and when I saw that this week's theme is 'masculine', I immediately thought of this stamp.  It's made by a firm called Inkwell Stamps and it's one that I've had for years and used on many occasions.  I've coloured it with Promarkers and used some brown paper, black dots and a peel off greeting to finish it off.

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

Less is More - 'masculine'

Papertake Weekly - 'triple tastic'

One Stitch at a Time - 'something for the boy's

Fun at Fairy Knoll - Birthday Challenge

I made this card today for a birthday this coming week - I wanted something 'non-cute' so I went for this stamp which I think is a Visible Image one.  I've had it for a long time but I think it was one of theirs!  The sentiment stamp is from Little Claire Designs and I've just added some pink and black card to frame it.

I'd like to enter this card in the 'birthday or thank-you' challenge currently running at Fun at Fairy Knoll.

Little Claire Designs Challenge 3 - Pink and Green

Our third challenge at the Little Claire Design blog has lanched today - you can see all the details, cards from the DT and the winners from the last challenge here.  Take a look at the photo above to see the prize for this challenge - the theme is 'pink and green'.

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

Christmas Mimi Tag Card

Another Christmas card - still keeping to my resolution to make them throughout the year!  This one is a tag card - I die cut the base using a tag die in my Cuttlebug and then die cut the paper to match.  The stamp is one of my favourites from last Christmas - part of the Christmas Mimi set from Penny Black.

Card Recipe

Stamp - Christmas Mimi by Penny Black

Paper - DCWV

Red ribbon and gold paper (scalloped circle)

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

Winter Wonderland - 'tag it with a shape' (my scalloped base card)

Anything Goes - 'die cuts' (my base card and the image and scalloped circle)

Crafty Hazlenut's Christmas Challenge - 'go for gold' (thank you for your lovely comment on my blog and for pointing me in the direction of your challenges!)

Friendship

I finally got round to using some of my new Crafty Individuals stamps today - this image is from a sheet of different images of children with some beautiful sentiments/sayings and I thought it was perfect for a vintage card I wanted to make for a swap.  The paper is from a new set I bought at G-Mex in January from Do-Crafts - 'V&A - Hanoverian' and I added some lace and little self adhesive pearls.

Card Recipe

Stamps - Image and Sentiment - Crafty Individuals

Paper - V&A Hanoverian Collection by Do-Crafts

Flowers - Prima

Lace and self adhesive pearls

I'd like to enter this card in two challenges:

Sketch and Stash - I've followed their sketch as the card layout

A Spoonful of Sugar - 'vintage'

Pearls and Lace

This is one of latest purchases from Lili of the Valley - the design is called 'Mirror Mirror' and I just thought it looked so cute and girlie!  I've used pink and green cardstock to match the background paper which is from a Pink Petticoat pad.

Card Recipe

Stamp - 'Mirror Mirror' from Lili of the Valley

Sentiment - Personal Impressions

Paper - Pink Petticoat

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder

Lace, pearl gems, pink card and green card

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

Lili of the Valley - 'say it with flowers'

Let's Ink it Up - 'embossing'

Totally Gorjuss - 'pearls and lace'

Bunny Zoe - 'lots of pearls'

Butterflies

This is my card for the current challenge on the Less is More challenge blog which is 'one layer - off the edge', certainly not as easy as you might think!  It's probably the first time I've ever stamped direct on to a card blank - I always put at least one two layers on my cards, one of which would be a piece of card with my stamped image on it!  My card was made using one of the images from 'The Flourishes Pack' by Inkadinkado - it's the same image stamped three times.  I didn't add a sentiment because I was concered it wouldn't be 'balanced' - I don't do 'random'!

I'd also like to enter the card in two other challenges:

Paper Sundaes - 'keep it simple'

One Stop Craft Challenge - 'clean and simple'

Easter Fifi

Here's my first Easter card for this year made with a digi-stamp called 'Easter Fifi' from Digistamp Boutique - another lovely image to colour in!  I've used some green striped paper from the Forever Friends spring pad and some white paper flowers coloured to match the image.  The sentiment is a stamp from Penny Black.

Card Recipe

Image - 'Easter Fifi' from Digistamp Boutique

Sentiment - Penny Black

Paper - Forever Friends spring stack

Paper flowers and pale green card

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

Ellephantastic Challenges - 'cute with a butterfly'

Sarah Hurley Challenges - 'flowers

Alphabet Challenge Blog - 's is for stripes'

Pink Flowers

This is a card I made yesterday using a peel off sticker from Little Claire Designs - it's part of their 'assorted flowers' peel off sheet which is available here.  I've also used some of the Pink Petticoat paper from the pad that came free recently with one of the magazines I bought - it's a very pale pink with a white dot which wasn't very easy to photograph!

Card Recipe

Peel off floral image - Little Claire Designs

Circular greeting - Craftwork Cards

Paper - Pink Petticoat

Pale green card

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

Cupcake Craft Challenges - 'pink polka dots'

Charisma Cardz Challenges - 'easel cards'

Totally Papercrafts - 'shaped cards'

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - 'flowers for mum'