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'. 

Butterfly Calendar

I made this calendar for a challenge swap on one of the Yahoo swap groups I belong to.  The swap hostess sent us two brown paper envelopes and also a piece of leather and we had to come up with something from those items which had to include some stamping!

I had just bought a packet of these little calendar pads from Anita's so I decided to make use of them!  I put a piece of card into each brown envelope and then sealed them and inked around the edges with a brown ink pad.  I folder the top envelope in half and then scored it before folding it backwards to make the top part of the calendar - the other section was stuck to the base envelope.

The stamped panel was made using white card - I used some brown ink on it and then stamped with one of my oldest stamps - Old French Writing from Hero Arts.  The butterflies were die cut from a Tim Holtz die (with thanks to my good friend Sylvia!) and then overstamped with the Hero Arts stamp - the 'bodies' were drawn in with a black permanent pen.  Finally, I added some small black peel off dots to finish it.

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

Stampalot Challenge - 'whatever you fancy'

Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'anything but a card'

Craft Your Passion - 'anything but a card'

Creative Craft Challenges - 'anything but a card'

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'.

New Challenge at Little Claire Designs - Wedding/Anniversary

The new monthly challenge from Little Claire Designs starts today and our theme is 'wedding/anniversary' - you can see all the details here including details of our the winner of our last challenge and more inspiration from the other Design Team members.

The lucky winner this month will be receiving this bumper package of goodies:

For my card I've used the main image from the 'On Your Wedding Day' set which you can find here and I've also used one of the sentiments from the Red Gingham 'Sentiments Mix' set which you can find here.  While you're looking at the website, have a look at the fabulous range of Red Gingham Christmas stamps (just click on the Red Gingham Designs section in the sidebar) they're all super-cute designs and are very popular!

The paper I've used is from Do Crafts and I've also used some silver metallic paper and some little self adhesive pearls.

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

Cute Card Thursday - 'clean and simple' (as always!!)

Anything Goes - 'celebrations'

Good Morning Robin

I'm back with another card made with one of the new Red Gingham stamps available exclusively through Little Claire.  This one is called 'Good Morning Robin' and you can see all the details plus some more DT inspiration here.  I've used the stamp to make a mini-easel card - it's only 6cm wide but I decided this was a stamp that didn't need very much extra added to it because there's already so much detail on it.

For my background I've used some of the Kraft paper and also some cream, green and red Christmas paper from Craft Creations plus one of the Red Gingham circular sentiment stamps.  I finished the card with some red nail head gems.

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

Jingle Belles - 'shape up for the holidays'

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - 'gimme the bird'

Make My Monday - 'birds or bugs' (hope you don't mind a Christmas card!)

Butterfly Tree

This card was made with the 'Butterfly Tree' stamp from Little Claire Designs - a beautiful stamp simply made up of butterflies and flowers.  I've used it with some pink card and green gingham paper from Craft Creations plus a peel off greeting and some Card Candy.  Across the middle of the card I've used some pink seam binding and some baker's twine.

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

Crafty Cardmakers - 'flutterbies'

I Love Promarkers - 'things with wings'

Crafts and Me - 'anything goes'

Crafty Gorjuss Girl

This card was made with one of the newer Gorjuss Girls stamps which is called 'I Found My Family in a Book' (great name!).  I made the background using the Stamp TV scraps technique and added the 'stitching' with a HOTP stamp.  The card base is from Craftwork Cards and I added some pink and black card to finish it off together with a little tag greeting also from Craftwork Cards.

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

Paper Creations Ink - 'stitching'

Just Tracys Craft Challenge - 'happy birthday'

Papertake Weekly - 'anything goes'

The Stampman Challenge - 'show us some stitching'

Meet Penguin Stuart

This little guy is Penguin Stuart from Little Claire Designs - you can see him here on their website together with some more cards made by the DT.  In this first card I've used blue and silver - the blue snowflake paper is from Do Crafts.  I've also used one of the circular sentiments from the Red Gingham Christmas Sentiment set which is here on the website.

 This second card is a very simple one - I've used red spotted paper from Do Crafts and two die cut frames to make the top part of the card.  The peel off greeting is from one of the Little Claire sheets.

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

Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - 'Christmas in July'

Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'free and easy' (third entry)

Craft Us Crazy - 'anything goes'

Two More Christmas Cards

Here are two cards made with the 'Manger' stamp from Little Claire Designs which is available here on their website.  I've also used two stamps from the Red Gingham Christmas Sentiments set which is available here.  This first card was made using some blue paper from Craft Creations and some pale blue card.  The image was die cut using one of the X-Cut dies. 

This second card was made using striped Crafts Creation paper and also some of their Kraft paper which I love.

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

Crafty Creations - 'Christmas in July'

Jingle Belles - 'Blue Christmas' (first card)

Totally Gorjuss - 'Christmas in July'

Rose Arbour - New from Little Claire Designs

I made this card using the new 'Rose Arbour' set of stamps launched today by Little Claire Designs - you can see all the details and a selection of beautiful cards from the DT here.  I'd like to take full credit for this gorgeous card but I'm not quite that clever!  The card blank is from the set of 'centre step' stepper cards also from Little Claire Designs which are here on their website.  This is the side view of the card:

As well as the stamped images, I used some pink card, white Card Candy and also the pink and white dotty paper which is available here.

This is another card I made using the verse and flourish from the stamp set:

The paper on this one is from Echo Park and I added some lace which I thought went perfectly with the design.  The scalloped card base is from Craftwork Cards.

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

Craft Your Passion - 'anything goes'

Paper Creator Crafts - 'all about flowers'

Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'free and easy' (second entry)
Lexi's Creations - 'a shaped card'

Birthday Marci

Here's a birthday card made with the 'Fancy Marci' stamp from La La Land Crafts.  I've used a base card from Craftwork Cards (decorated with punched dots) and paper from Kanban.  The plain and polka dot paper is on the same sheet so the colour matches perfectly.  To finish the card, I've added some white sheer ribbon and a sentiment circle from Craftwork Cards.

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

La La Land Crafts Customer Gallery

Allsorts Challenge - 'free and easy'

Crafty Sentiment Designs - 'polka dot'

I Love Promarkers - 'anything goes'

A Little Bit of Summer ....

This is my first blog post for a little while - I've been away for a break in Scotland and then the Lake District so haven't made any cards for a little while.  It was sunny and very warm in both places - a bit too hot for me when we were in the Lake District!  Thankfully it's much cooler back here at home and I suspect it's going to rain very soon!  So I've been crafting today and here's another card made with one of the very cute stamps from the Lily at the Beach set from Pink Cat Studio.  I've used it with some paper from Pink Petticoat and a summer definite stamp from Debbi Moore.  I finished the card with some Card Candy.

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

Craft Room Challenge - 'summer holidays'

Divas By Design - 'summer is here'

Stamp Something - 'summer fun'

Crafty Ann's Challenge - 'summertime'

Oh Christmas Tree

This is my final Christmas card for a few days - promise!  This one is a Red Gingham stamp called 'Oh Christmas Tree' which again is available from Little Claire Designs.  For my first card I used blue snowflake paper from Craft Creations and some pale blue card and ribbon.  The sentiment is from the Red Gingham Christmas sentiments pack.

This second card is the same stamp but in a red and green colour scheme.  The paper is Craft Creations and the sentiment from the Red Gingham set as before.  The base card is from Craftwork Cards.

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

Paper Sundaes - 'Christmas in July' (second entry)

Paper Creations Ink - 'Christmas in July' (second entry)

Sweet Stamps - 'winter blues' (first card)

Stamping Boutique - 'cool colours' (first card)

Crafty Pad - 'Christmas in July'

I Love Promarkers - 'Christmas in July' 

The Robin and the Ivy

I'm still Christmas crafting!  The two cards in this post were made using a new Red Gingham Designs stamp from Little Claire called 'The Robin and the Ivy' - another cute stamp!  My first card is a very simple one using some Craft Creations paper and one of the sentiments from the Red Gingham set with some red card.  I've also used a scalloped card blank from Craftwork Cards.

For this second card, I used some Craft Creations green gingham paper.  The stamped image was die cut and then I cut a mat out of the next size up and put it on the base card so the top portion shows about the main cards.  The sentiment is from the same set as before.

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

CES Challenge Blog - 'Christmas'

Stamp Something - 'Christmas in July'

Paper Sundaes - 'Christmas in July'

Papertake Weekly - 'getting cute'

Little Town of Bethlehem

Here's another preview of one of the new Red Gingham Designs stamps from Little Claire and this one is called 'Little Town of Bethlehem'.  My first card is another very simple one - I stamped and coloured the image and then decoupaged the little row of buildings before putting the image on to black paper.  The sentiment is from the Red Gingham Christmas set and again is matted on to black paper.

This second card uses the blue snowflake paper from Craft Creations and some silver paper plus another of the sentiments from the sentiment set. 

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

ABC Christmas Challenge - 'n is for no nonsense' (the first card)

Paper Creations - 'Christmas in July'

Simply Create - 'Christmas Time'

Fun at Fairy Knoll - 'Christmas in July'

Introducing .... Little George!

 This is Little George one of the brand new range of Red Gingham stamps from Little Claire Designs.  Red Gingham Designs are exclusive to Little Claire and they have launched a gorgeous range of Christmas stamps - more previews to follow in the next couple of days!

This first card is a very simple one using red card and some of the beautiful green swirl and star paper from Craft Creations together with one of the Christmas Sentiment stamps, also from Red Gingham, which is on the Little Claire website here.  The sentiments fit perfectly into one of the smaller Nestability dies.

For my second card I made a circular easel card with a blue colour scheme using blue snowflake paper which again is from Craft Creations.  I've used another of the Christmas sentiments and some pale blue card.

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

Cupcake Craft Challenges - 'wish upon a star' (first card)

Papercutz Challenge - 'the sky's the limit'

Charisma Cardz - 'it's in the stars'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'seeing stars'

Craft Us Crazy - 'Christmas in July'

Bah Humbug - 'shapes'

A Bit of Retail Therapy

It has rained non-stop here today so I've spent my day making cards including some with new Christmas stamps which I will post over the next few days.  I also made this card for a swap - our task was to use a sketch which (luckily for me!) was pretty straightforward.  The stamp I used is from Personal Impressions and my paper is from Pink Petticoat and Craft Creations.  I used black peel off strips either side of the gingham strip and added a peel off greeting and some punched dots.

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

Craft Your Passion - 'just for you' (second entry)

Divas by Design - 'pastels' (second entry)

Cute Card Thursday - 'going round in circles'

Allsorts - 'free and easy' (second entry)

New Challenge at Little Claire Designs - Things With Wings

The new challenge at Little Claire Designs has just been launched and this time, the theme is 'things with wings'.  You can see all the details plus the cards from the Design Team here.  For my card I've used the main image from the Blossom Fairy stamp and the words from the Room with a View Cat in Window set.  The image has been die cut with my X-Cut die and then layered on to brown paper.  The pink paper is from Craft Creations and I finished the card with some Card Candy and brown ribbon.

I'm looking to forward to seeing what everyone else comes up with for the challenge and the lucky winner will receive this package of goodies:

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

Cupcake Craft Challenges - challenge 110 - 'pink and brown'

Spoonfull of Sugar - 'pink and brown'

Pollycraft - 'the great outdoors'

The Paper Shelter - 'for the birds'

Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog - 'colouring'

Craft Your Passion - 'just for you'

Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'free and easy'

Patchwork Mimi

The background for this card was inspired by one of the great videos at Stamp TV - Using Your Scraps which you can see here.  It's a great way to use up the strips of paper that I always end up with having cut a six by six sheet to fit onto a card blank and was really easy to do.  It's just strips of paper (I cut mine to one inch) stuck onto a piece of card and then trimmed.  On the video, a sewing machine is used on the card but as sewing machines and me do not get on (!!) I used a Hero Arts stamp to add some faux stitching instead.

The image I used is from Penny Black die cut with a X-Cut die and I finished the card with a greeting and some Card Candy from Craftwork Cards.

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

Creative Craft Challenges - 'pretty blossoms'

Divas by Design - 'pastels'

Penny Black at Allsorts - 'flower power'

Passion for Promarkers - 'gingham'

Crafty Sentiments - 'stitching' (real or faux)

Totally Papercrafts - 'girly girl'

Shep ATC

This is Shep from Little Claire Designs - a very cute dog who is the perfect size for making ATCs.  I've stamped and coloured him with Promarkers and then used some brown card and some spotted paper (a small leftover piece with no name on!) to make up the ATC.  I finished it off with some punched dots.

I'd like to enter the ATC in the current 'anything goes' challenge at ATC Challenges.

Sending You Some Sunshine

Introducing .... Lily!  This image is part of a set from Pink Cat Studio called 'Lily at the Beach'.  My shaped easel card was made using an X Cut die and I then die cut the image panel and patterned paper (from Doodlebug) in the next size down.  The sentiment is from the same set, die cut into an oval and I've kept the card very simple, finishing it with some Card Candy.

There are lots of summer themed challenges about at the moment so I'd like to enter the card in the following:

Just Tracy's Challenge Blog - 'summer holidays'

Crafty Purple Frog - 'summer fun'

Totally Papercrafts - 'the beach'

Totally Gorjuss - 'summertime'

Crazy 4 Challenges - 'summer themed'

One Stop Craft Challenge - 'summer time'

Dream Valley - 'summer time'
Lexi's Creations - 'at the beach'

Butterfly Tree - New from Little Claire

Today I'm giving you a preview of a gorgeous new set of stamps from Little Claire Designs called 'Butterfly Tree'.  I know it's been on sale at one of the shows and anyone who is on Facebook will have seen a preview of the set too.  It will be on the Little Claire website to buy next week. 

My first card (above) is an easel card made with the main butterfly tree - I've used paper from Doodlebug, some pink card and Card Candy.  The sentiment is also part of the set.

This next card is made with the same main image but I've added the little cat - he's a separate stamp but easy to line up with the tree as I have for this card.  Again, the sentiment is part of the set.  My paper is from Craft Creations layered with some purple and black card.

There are also two panels of cascading butterflies - this is the longer of the two panels made into a narrow easel card using paper from the Trimcraft Hideaway pad and some pink card, finishing it off with some pink gems.

Finally I've used the very sweet little bird house stamp to make this little card - I've decoupaged the birdhouse layered it onto pink gingham from Craft Creations with some brown paper and some Card Candy.  The base card for this one is from Craft Creations.

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

By the Cute and Girly - 'things with wings'

Stamp Something - 'something with bugs or butterflies'

Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'free and easy'

Stamping for the Weekend - 'wings and things'

In the Garden

For this card I've used the Little Claire 'In the Garden' stamp - stamped once and coloured and then the birdhouse was stamped again and decoupaged.  The sentiment I've used is from the 'A Little Bird Told Me' set.  The paper is from Trimcraft Hideaway pad - it's actually one sheet which is double sided so I cut my piece to size first, then in half and covered the join with some ribbon.  I've added some Card Candy and the card blank is from Craftwork Cards.

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

Creative Craft Challenges - 'pretty blossoms'

Charisma Cardz - 'it's all about flowers'

The Poodles Parlour - 'bird's eye view'

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

Island Girl

I spotted a new range of digi-stamps at Cuddly Buddly called 'Island Girl' and couldn't resist trying one of them!  This one is called 'Coming Up Daisies' and I thought it was a perfect image for a spring card.  I've used papers from Nitwits and Craft Creations and two pieces of seam binding - the first time I've used it on a card and I like it!  The greeting and Card Candy are from Craftwork Cards.

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

Papertake Weekly - 'anything goes'

Stamp Something - 'July digi day'

Cuddly Buddly - 'a brand new' (season and also the first time using seam binding)

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'



Warm Westie

This little guy is called Warm Westie and he is one of the range of dog stamps from Little Claire Designs.  He's very easy to colour (I just used two shades of grey and a little bit of pink for his ears) and also easy to cut out!  I paper pieced his coat to match the base of the card and used a Craftwork Cards punched out greeting label as the 'stopper' of the easel.  The paper is actually from a Christmas Do Crafts pad - I wanted something tartan and this was the closest I could find!

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

Anything Goes Challenge - 'the letter D'

Allsorts Challenge - 'free and easy' (second entry)

The Crafty Pad - 'particular style of card' (easel card)

Less is More - Shades of Blue

I've used the Little Claire poppy stamp again for this week's Less is More card - the challenge is 'shades of blue'.  Not sure about blue poppies but never mind!  I've used some Craft Creations gingham card matted on to Bazzill card and then layered the poppy design over the top and stamped a greeting on the strip.  Gingham paper is great for stamping greetings on because it's so easy to line them up!

Here's a close up of the stamped image:

The hedgehog and poppy set should be available on the Little Claire website here very soon. 

Little Claire Designs - New July Club Stamps Part 2

I'm back, as promised, with some more cards made with the Little Claire July club set.  As well as the cute hedgehog stamp and the circular sentiment, there's also a beautiful poppy design which is perfect for clean and simple cards.  For this first one, I've stamped and coloured the image and then die cut it into an oval and then matted it onto a red oval die cut.  The words are a peel off.

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

St Lukes Charity Challenge - 'black, white plus another colour'

Crafty Anns Challenge - 'thinking of you'

Corrosive Challenge - 'red and white'

Little Claire Designs - New July Club Stamps

This month's club stamp set from Little Claire Designs is a very cute little set with a lovely variety of images.  In my first card, you'll see the main hedgehog design and also the circular sentiment which is the same style as the 'Claire's Sentiments' stamps.  I've used some Forever Friends paper on this card together with some matching card and I've coloured my Card Candy to match and paper and the hedgehog's hat.  My base card is one of the scalloped card blanks from Craftwork Cards.

My second card is an easel card using the same image, this time with some paper that was free with one of the magazines and some pink card.  I've coloured the little paper flower to match my image.  On this one, I've used the sentiment as the stopper and here it is closer up so you can see all the detail on it:

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

Pear Tree Designs - 'stamp something'

Allsorts Challenge - 'free and easy'

I'll be back tomorrow with some more cards made with another of the images from the same stamp set.