More Little Claire Class Cards

These are the other three cards I made for the class I taught last Saturday - again all using the Red Gingham Christmas stamps from Little Claire.

The first one (above) uses the 'Oh Christmas Tree' stamp on a centre step card.  I used paper from the Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas collection and some Bazzill card for the panels - I've kept it very simple by just added a Card Candi to the middle of each section.

This next card uses the 'Robin and the Ivy' stamp with a little bit of bling in the form of a red foil gingham peel off which I put on to green Bazill and then cut out to make a 'ribbon'.  The paper this time is from Craft Creations and the greeting is a Little Claire die cut.

And finally, a card using 'Oh Little Town of Bethlehem' - I stamped this one three times to creat the little scene.  First the whole stamp on white card, then just the sky and buildings on the patterned paper (again from Dovecraft) and then just the buildings on white card.  I layered the patterned paper over the base image and just coloured the ground and then coloured the buildings and put these on with foam pads.

A few challenges for these cards:

Sweet Stampin - 'anything goes'

Crafty Sentiments - 'more than one fold' (the first card)

Papertake Weekly - 'anything goes'

The Paper Shelter - 'Christmas fun'

Winter Wonderland - 'clean and simple' (the last card)

November Club Stamps from Little Claire

November's Little Claire club stamps are two of the very sweet new Cutie Patootie range - now named Mary and Bert!  You can find them here together with details about the Little Claire club.

My card (above) is one of those in the club pack.  I've used Craft Creations Kraft paper together with pale blue and pale pink gingham paper.  The Card Candi were coloured with Promarkers to match the colouring on my stamped images.

Just a couple of challenge for this card, both with the 'anything goes' theme - Pollycraft Monday and Dream Valley Challenges.

Little Claire Christmas Class

Here are a couple of cards from a class I taught on Saturday morning for Little Claire Designs using some of the Red Gingham Christmas products. 

This first one uses the very cute Little George stamp.  The base card is one of the Little Claire blue tag cards and some of the snowflake paper plus two of the Christmas die cut sentiments and some white Card Candi.  The ribbon is white organza with little blue snowflakes on it which fits perfectly with the rest of the design.

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

Jingle Belles - 'not a creature was stirring'

I Love Promarkers - 'tags' (second entry)

And this is my second card:

Not an easy one to photograph!  I've used some of the Red Gingham printed acetate with a piece of the Glitter Sparkle Sheet on the reverse - it's a bit like the old sticky backed plastic but sparkly rather than clear.  It's a great way to add sparkle to a card without the mess of glitter!  The backing paper I've used is from Dovecraft and across the middle of the card I've used the red and gold Gingham Peel Offs.  I used a strip of the red peel off and then placed the squares from the gold sheet into it (a bit fiddly but worth the effort!)  I used a couple of red squares in each corner and a peel off greeting.

A couple of challenges for this card:

Crafty Purple Frog - 'sparkle'

Totally Papercrafts - 'glitter it' 

New Challenge at The Squirrel and the Fox - Hats or Flowers

It's time for another new challenge at The Squirrel and the Fox and our theme for this challenge is 'Hats or Flowers'.  Click here for more details plus some gorgeous cards from my fellow DT members.



Our sponsor for this challenge is Make It Crafty and the prize for the challenge is a AU$15 voucher to spend in their online store!

The image I've used on my card (above) is a brand new digi stamp from Make it Crafty created specially for our challenge - she's called 'Chantelle at the Races' and you can find her online here.  I've also used some bakcing paper from Kanban, some white paper flowers and some tiny self adhesive pink pearls.

A few challenges for my card:

One Stop Craft Challenge - 'no sentiments'

Charisma Cardz - 'anything goes' (third entry)

By the Cute and Girly - 'anything goes'

Cutie Patootie Tag Card

Here's a tag card that I've made using two of the new Cutie Patootie stamps from Little Claire - you can find them here (the little girl) and here (the chimney sweep).  They are also available as a pair if you are a club member or want to join the club this month - see here for more details.  The two little tags are from the new sentiment set 'Little Beauties' which you can find here - they're really cute little tags that are perfect for finishing off cards.

I've used one of the new tag cards from Little Claire and some of the pale blue and pale pink spotted paper.  I added some lace at the bottom of each panel and also some Card Candi coloured to match the images.  The two figures were cut out and then added to the base card with foam pads.

Here's a closer view of the first two panels:

And the other two panels:

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

I Love Promarkers - 'tags'

Totally Gorjuss - 'I remember'

Saturday Challenge - 'whimsical'

Another Cutie Patootie

Today on the Little Claire blog it's the final day of our week showcasing the brand new stamp sets which have just gone on sale.  Have a look here for all the details plus some gorgeous cards from my fellow DT members.

My card (above) was made using the Catapult Boy stamp which you can find here and also one of the new cute little tag sentiments which you can find here - a lovely set and perfect for adding a finishing touch to cards.  I've used some blue Bazzill plus some backing paper from a Christmas pad - I thought it worked well with this image and didn't look that much like a Christmas design!

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

Passion for Promarkers - 'for a child'

Charisma Cardz - 'anything goes' (second entry)

The Poodles Parlour - 'let's hear it for the boys'

Moving Along With the Times - 'no girls allowed'

New Red Gingham Owl Family

Today I was going to give you another sneak peek of one of the new stamp ranges from Little Claire Designs but they have in fact already all gone on to the shop website so this isn't a sneak peek at all! 

For this card I've used one of the new Red Gingham stamps called 'Owl Family' with some Craft Creations paper and a little bit of pink and white ribbon.  I used some Card Candi in the corners of the die cut shape just to finish it off - nice and simple (as always!) as I wanted to showcase the lovely stamp.

Just one challenge for this card - 'anything goes' at Charisma Cardz.

Another Sneak Peek from Little Claire!

There's another sneak peek today on the Little Claire Designs blog here of the new 'Cutie Patootie' range.  Today's card uses the two little characters on the swing and this is one of the cards I've made with the stamp.

I've used gingham and kraft paper from Craft Creations plus some Card Candi - a simple card with lots of layers.

A couple of challenges for this card - Craft Your Passion 'let's get krafty' and The Paper Shelter 'anything goes'.

New Stamps from Little Claire!

Little Claire Designs will be launching four new ranges of stamps over the next couple of weeks - two different image sets plus two new sentiment sets.

If you head over the to the Little Claire blog here you'll find a gorgeous tag card made by Maxine which shows the two characters who feature in one of the new ranges the 'Cutie Patooties'.  There's also a competition to win a set of the new 'Cutie Patootie' stamps - all you have to do is tell us what you think the two little characters should be called!

Keep checking back to the Little Claire blog all week for more sneak peeks!

Chloe and Reindeer

Another Christmas card today - this time made with a very cute Pink Gem stamp that I bought a little while back and have finally got round to using!  It's called 'Chloe and Reindeer' and is so sweet - lovely to colour in too. 

I've used a scalloped card blank from Crafwork Cards and papers from a Hot Off the Press book that was free with a magazine recently.  I've added red nail head gems to the corners of the image panel and Card Candi either side of the image.

A few challenges for this one:

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - 'seeing spots' (strip across the middle of the card)

ABC Christmas Challenge - 'U is for unused stash'

Pollycraft Monday Challenge - 'girls, girls, girls'

I Love Promarkers -'ain't it cute!'

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!!

New Little Claire's Challenge - Christmas

I've had a great day at Port Sunlight today - got some lovely LOTV stamps, some new Nutcrafters stamps and twelve rolls of double sided tape!  I also bought a few bits for Christmas presents - trying to be organised this year!!  It was lovely to catch up with Maria and Gaynor and I bumped in to some others during the day too.

Today is also the start of a new challenge at the Little Claire's blog and this time our theme is 'Christmas'  You can find all the details plus the winners of the last challenge here.  There's also lots of inspiration from the Design Team.

And here's what you could win:

Included in the prize is:

Little Bear stamp

Pretty Garden stamp

Pack of Back to Basics Christmas buttons

Pack of Fizzy Moon Festive Fun buttons

Pack of self adhesive gems

1m of red dotty ribbon

1m of green dotty ribbon

1m of blue dotty ribbon

My card (at the top of this post) was made using the very cute 'Bambino' stamp combined with papers from the 'Christmas Back to Basics' pack.  I finished it off wtih a couple of peel off greetings plus some Card Candi coloured to match my stamped image.

 

Just a couple of challenges for this one - Totally Papercrafts where the theme is 'animals' and Raise the Bar where the theme is 'furry friends'.



Something a Little Bit Different and Port Sunlight Show

Just to prove that I don't just do stamping, here's a card I made at the weekend using a Lacé template I bought a little while back and have just started experimenting with!  I've got a couple of the traditional templates that you cut with a blade but this one goes through the Cuttlebug machine and cuts the shape out as well as the little pieces to fold to make the shape - very clever!!

I've layered the card up with black and white card - the main white layer was put through the Swiss Dot Cuttlebug folder but it doesn't show up too well on the photo.  I finished the card off with some Card Candi coloured with my black Promarker.

A couple of challenges for this card:

Dream Valley Challenges - 'monochrome'

Anything Goes Challenge Blog - 'use die cuts'

And if anyone is going to be at the HSNW show at Port Sunlight on Saturday, please say hello if you spot me!  I'll be around most of the day and will be at the card competition table at the end of the day if you're still around by then!

Happy Mail!

This is one of the stamps I bought recently from 'Simon Says Stamp!' with a gift voucher I won on a challenge blog.  It's called 'Happy Mail' and is a Belles and is a Belles and Whistles stamp - I couldn't resist it!

I've kept my card fairly simple (as usual!) because there's so much detail on the image itself.  The paper I've used is from Pink Petticoat and I've also used some pink, white and black card for my layers.  I've coloured the Card Candi with my Caramel promarker.

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

Just Tracy's Crafts Challenge - 'anything goes'

Crafty Cardmakers - 'anything goes'

Sweet Stamps - 'anything goes'

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'

New Little Claire Designs Club Stamp

The October club stamp from Little Claire Designs has just been added to the website here and it's a beautiful design called 'Christmas House' from Red Gingham Designs.  If you have a look at the link, you'll also see lots of gorgeous cards from the Design Team members - a really lovely range of colours and designs.

My card (above) is the club card which can be made from the materials included in the October club mailing.  I've used one of the pre-embossed snowstorm cards - it comes with the lines and dots embossed on it and is really elegant.  I've also used paper from Craft Creations and some white Card Candi.

A couple of challenges for my card:

Crafty Hazlenut's Christmas Challenge - 'card suitable for a male'

Christmas Card Challenges - week 43

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'

You Deserve a Treat!

I couldn't resist this stamp when I spotted it at the Harrogate Show - it's perfect for at least half a dozen people I can think of!  It's a Crafter's Companion SWALK stamp called "You Deserve a Treat".

For this birthday cards for one of my friends, I've kept the design fairly simple - just some pink floral paper (from a free paper pad) and a little bit of striped ribbon across the middle of the paper.  I used some brown paper round the edge of this layer and Card Candi coloured with a Promarker.  The little tag is from Craftwork Cards.

A couple of challenges for this one:

The Paper Shelter - 'for the girls'

Sweet Stampin - 'anything goes' (second entry)

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!

Designer in the Spotlight at Winter Wonderland

A big thank you to Winter Wonderland for inviting me to be their 'Designer in the Spotlight' for today's new challenge which is 'Across the Miles' - you can see all the details of the challenge and a little bit about me here.  There's lots of other gorgeous inspiration from the DT plus details of the challenge itself.

My card for the challenge was made using 'Mr Darcy's Christmas Post' from Little Claire Designs - one of my favourites of their older designs.  The paper I've used is from Doodlebug and the sentiment is computer generated.  I've finished the card with some red dotty ribbon and Card Candi which I coloured with my Promarkers to match the colouring on the image.

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

The Corrosive Challenge Blog - 'using punches or dies'

Anything Goes Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'

Crafts and Me Challenge Blog - 'stripes'

The Paper Shelter - 'anything goes' 

Another Little Claire Class!

Today I've done another Little Claire class but on a much smaller scale than Saturday's classes!  Six ladies came to the home of Little Claire for a Christmas card class and I think everyone enjoyed it.  We made five different cards and I'm sharing three of them in this post.

The first one (above) uses the 'Star of Wonder' stamp - I decoupaged the whole image and then just the scarf on the bigger bear to give it some extra dimension.  It's layered with some Bazzill card and the purple scrolls paper which I really love.

This second card uses the 'No Peeking Now' stamp which I've paper pieced with the red dotted paper to match the background.  It's layered with Bazzill again and I've added one of the die cut Red Gingham sentiments plus some Card Candi to finish it off.

Finally, for this last card I used the 'Little Claire's Snowman' stamp and also some of the Red Gingham sentiment stamps.  I made the base card out of Bazzill and then added some blue dotted paper.

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

ABC Christmas Challenge - 'S is for a shaped card plus spots' (final card in this post)

Papertake Weekly - 'Creature Comforts' (first card)

Craftroom Challenge - 'anything Christmas'

Jade

This stamp is Jade from The Greetings Farm 'Roll Call' set.  I've used it to create a very simple one layer card using a scalloped card blank from Craftwork Cards - it's just stamped and coloured with Promarkers.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts - one of my favourites from them.

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

Totally Papercrafts - 'clean and simples'

Alphabet Challenge Blog - 'Q is for quick and easy'

Less is More - 'anything goes'

Saturday Challenge - 'one layer card'

Mimosa Hello

This card was made using of the two new Bildmalarna stamps I bought at the Harrogate GNPE show last weekend - this one is called "Mimosa Hello".  I've used it with some paper which was free in a pad from one of the craft magazines recently and some brown ribbon, finishing it off with Card Candi coloured with Promarkers to match the design.

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

The Squirrel and the Fox - 'anything goes'

Cute Card Thursday - 'anything goes'

One Stop Craft Challenge - 'girlie'

My First Little Claire Class!

Today I've had a very busy but very enjoyable day teaching my first ever card making classes!  Together with my fellow Design Team members Gaynor and Helen R, I've taught three classes making Christmas cards using Little Claire stamps.  Thirty one ladies came to Thornton Hough village hall on the Wirral to spend the day with us and I think everyone enjoyed themselves!

The card above was one of the ones I did in my class - it was made using the very cute 'A Little Bird Told Me' stamp which I paper pieced using the same paper as I'd used on the background.  The sentiment is one of the Red Gingham 'Christmas Text' stamps and I finished it with some white swirly ribbon and some Card Candi.

This is one of my other cards made using the "Will He Find Us?" stamp.  The base is a piece of six inch square card folded in half and the circle and scalloped circle were cut with Nestabilities.  I've added a little bit of Card Candi to finish it.

I've really enjoyed teaching my first classes and I'm looking forward to my next one which is this coming Thursday!

I'd also like to enter my first card in the current challenge at Winter Wonderland which is 'girly Christmas'

Time for a Hug!

This week it's my turn to make the weekly project card at Little Claire Designs and here's the card I've made - you can see all the details plus my instructions here on the Little Claire blog.

I've used the very cute "Time for a Hug" stamp set plus the "Claire's Sentiments" set and of course some gingham paper!

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

Crafty Creations Challenges - "anything but square"

Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog - "make yourself uncomfortable" (the card shape!!)

Craft Your Passion - "use the F word" (F is for folds!)

New Challenge at Little Claire Designs - "Black and White"

There's a brand new monthly challenge on the Little Claire blog and this time our theme is "Black and White".  For my card I used the "Single Flower" stamp which is one of my favourite Little Claire stamps.  It's not all that clear from the photo but I stamped the flower head twice and then decoupaged the bottom part of the flower to give the image more depth.  I've used some black and white papers - black stripes on white and white dots on black and where I overlapped the papers, I added a black peel off line to neaten up the card.  I coloured white Card Candi with my black Promarker to finish the card.  The peel off wording I used is also from Little Claire

For all the details and to see who won the last challenge, please click here - you can also see all the beautiful cards made by fellow DT members!

This month's prize is a great range of goodies:

Our winner will receive:

1. 4 x Christmas baubles paper (6" by 6")

2. 4 x Jingle Bells paper (6" by 6")

3. 4 x Crimson Bazzill (6" by 6")

4. 4 x Pine Bazzill (6" by 6")

5. A sheet of handmade stickers

6. A sheet of Red Gingham die cut Christmas sentiments

7. A gorgeous Poinsettia corner stamp

Good luck and I look forward to seeing everyone's beautiful cards!

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

Crafting When We Can - 'do it your own way'
Craft Your Passion - 'anything goes - with flowers as a twist'
Papertake Weekly - 'anything goes'

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'