Flossie in Circles

This card was made for a sketch challenge in one of the online groups I belong to - I wasn't sure about the sketch before I started but now I've made the card I quite like the result!

The main image I've used is 'Flossie Daisychain' from Little Claire - I stamped the image and then die cut a circle so that you only see Flossie and her little cat.  The line of 'stitching' across the bottom of the card is stamped with 'Georgina's Buttons and Stitching' set which is also from Little Claire as is the pink button.  This was stamped, coloured and then cut out - far more practical for posting than attaching a real button!  The papers I've used are from Craft Creations and, as always (!), my Card Candi was coloured with one of my Promarkers.

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

One Stop Craft Challenge - 'button it'

Crafty Purple Frog - 'pink and girly'

Moving Along With the Times - 'cute as a button'

A Little Bit of Christmas ....

This card was made for a swap in one of the online craft groups I belong to - we do a Christmas swap every month of the year.  

For my card I've used the very cute 'Christmas is Coming' from Little Claire - one of my favourite Christmas designs and one I've had for a long time.  The paper I've used is from DCWV and I've added some red card, Card Candi coloured with Promarkers and a peel off greeting.

Some challenges for this card:

Sparkles Christmas Forum - 'use a peel off'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'seeing red'

2012 Christmas Challenge - '#week 14'

Crafting When We Can - 'animals'

Flossie and Butterflies

It's a grey and miserable day here today so I thought I'd share a card which hopefully will make everyone think of spring!  The stamp I've used is one of the brand new Flossie range from Little Claire - this one is called 'Flossie and Butterflies' and can be found here on the website.  

 

I made the easel base card using some Go Kreate dies and the paper I've used on the base is from Craft Creations.  The card itself is made from Bazzill and I've added some Card Candi coloured with my Orchid Promarker.  The sentiments are peel offs.

 

A few challenges for my card:

 

DYSU - 'things with wings'

Cute Card Thursday - 'signs of spring'

Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'spread your wings'

Crafts and Me Challenges - 'things with wings'

Chloe in the Garden

I hope everyone is enjoying their week so far - I managed to get lots of crafting done yesterday including this card made with one of the very cute Pink Gem stamps called 'Chloe in the Garden'.  The paper I've used is from the latest issue of Creative Cardmaking magazine - there's a lovely selection of coloured toppers and papers from Pink Gem in the middle of the magazine.  The sentiment stamp is also from Pink Gem and I've layered the card up with some kraft paper and pink card.  I've coloured my Card Candi to match the papers.

Some challenges for my card:

Pink Gem Challenge - 'perfect pastels'

Divas by Design - 'spots or stripes'

Passion for Promarkers - 'for Mum/female relative'

Craft Your Passion - 'anything goes'

 

Afternoon Tea

The current challenge on the Nutcrafters Challenge Blog is 'Just for Mum'.  I've used the very sweet 'Afternoon Tea' stamp layered up with some pink and blue gingham paper and the image panel die cut with a X-Cut die - nice and simple because it's such a lovely stamp!  My finishing touches are some Card Candi and a little peel off greeting.

As well as the Nutcrafters challenge, I'd also like to enter the card in the 'drink up' challenge at Chocolate, Coffee, Cards and 'mother's day (female themed creation)' at Dream Valley.

I'm off for a day of card making - a perfect way to spend my day off!

Less is More - Neutrals

It used to be a standing joke when I first started making cards that everything I made was brown!  That was in the days before Promarkers and I could never use watercolour pencils or any of the markers that were on sale properly so I played it safe and used brown!

This week's challenge over at Less is More is to use neutral colours so I opted for browns.  I used the 'Silhouette Cats' stamp set from Little Claire and stamped my main image in sepia Versafine.  I then placed a circle punched out of a post-it note on top of the street light and then applied Adirondack hazelnut ink with some Cut 'n' Dry foam.  The little sentiment is from an Elzybells set.  This panel was then matted on to a piece of white card which I edged with brown ink and I also edged the card blank to match.

More Class Cards!

As well as the 'Made for Men' class last Saturday, we also had another class running using the very popular 'Butterfly Tree' stamp set from Little Claire.  The cards for this one were a combination of designs from Heidi (one of the other DT members) and myself and here are the three cards I designed:

first of all, a very simple card using the little birdhouse which I decoupaged:

next, a tag card using one of the butterfly images:

and finally an easel card using the main tree image:

Some challenges for my cards:

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - 'pink and girly' (final card)

Passion for Promarkers - 'pastel colours'

DYSU - 'things with wings'

Crafty Catz - 'punches and dies' (dies used on first and second card)

New March Club Stamp from Little Claire Designs

The new March club stamp set from Little Claire has just been launched on the website today and this month it's a great men's set called 'Man Squares'.  You can find the stamp set plus full details of the club here on the Little Claire website.

Here's the first of my cards made with the set - this is the club card for March so anyone who's a member of the Little Claire club will receive instructions and materials to make the card:

I've decoupaged the wine bottle and the tie and finished the card off with some Card Candi coloured with my Sandstone Promarker.

Here's the second card:

I've used some of the new 'Newsprint Card Candi' on this one - I really like these and the white ones can still be coloured with Promarkers!

Some challenges for my cards:

Creative Craft Challenges - 'boys will be boys'

Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog - 'it's a man thing'

Cupcake Crafts - 'boys and their toys'

Divas by Design - 'spots and/or stripes'

Some More Class Cards

Here are some more of the cards I designed for the Little Claire class that I taught on Saturday of last weekend - these are also from the 'Made for Men' class.

The first one (above) is a tag card made using the 'Seascape' stamp set.  It's one I hadn't used before but I really like the images and the little life saver and anchor fitted perfectly on the bottom of the panels of the card.

Next an easel card using one of the new Super Six Men stamps - this one is called 'DIY'.  A very useful stamp for men's cards - you probably can't see it in the photo but the little sign hanging on the stepladder reads 'gone to the pub'!!  I also used some buttons from 'Georgina's Buttons and Stitching Stamp Set' - coloured, cut out and then glazed with Glossy Accents.

And finally a card made with one of the images from the new Men's A4 Die Cut Sheet - I wanted to use the 'Man Tree' image as part of the class but because it takes a little while to colour in, I decided the die cut was a good compromise!  Again I've used the buttons and some cross stitching from 'Georgina's Buttons and Stitching Stamp Set' - the gingham paper makes the stitching stamps really easy to use!

Some challenges for my cards:

Dream Valley Challenges - 'just for men'

Crafty Sentiments Design - 'shaped not square'

The Stamping Boutique - 'shaped cards'

The Paper Shelter - 'fancy folds'

Oh Man!

Today I'd like to share a couple of cards I made for the 'Made for Men' Little Claire class I taught on Saturday of last weekend.  We made a total of six cards during the three hour class but today I'm sharing two we made using the 'Oh Man' stamp set from Little Claire.  

In the first card (above) I paper pieced the chair and foot stool and then decoupaged the newspaper and the little dog.  

For my second card (above) I made a twisted easel card using the tie image and also the little socks image.  I used some of the new Craftwork Cards newsprint Candi coloured with Promarkers to finish the card off.

I'll share some more of my cards plus the ones I made for the other class (using the 'Butterfly Tree' stamp set) later in the week.

Some challenges for my cards:

Dream Valley - 'just for men'

Crafty Creations Challenges - 'fancy folds' (second card)

Sweet Stampin Challenge - 'it's a man thing'

The Stamping Boutique - 'fancy folds' (second card)

Craft Your Passion - 'paper piecing' (first card)

Crafty Sentiments Design Challenge Blog - 'shaped but not square'

Shopping Our Stash - 'sentiments required'

New Challenge at The Squirrel and the Fox - Autumn

A brand new challenge has just been launched on The Squirrel and the Fox challenge blog today and for this challenge, we want to see autumn themed cards.

The challenge has been sponsored by:

 

 and the prize for the challenge winner is 7 free digis!

Have a look here on the challenge blog to see the cards created by my fellow Design Team members.

For my card I've used the 'Autumn Sign' digi which you can find here on the Bugaboo website.  I've also used some paper from a K&Co pad I bought a few weeks back - the papers are made from recycled materials - together with dark brown paper and Card Candi.

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

Allsorts Challenge - 'it's your choice'

2 sisters challenge blog - 'anything goes'

I Love Promarkers - 'time' (time of year, seasons etc)

Sparkles Forum - 'things with wings'

As Seen in Papercraft Essentials!

If you've seen the latest issue of 'Papercraft Essentials' magazine, you might have spotted a collection of hedgehog cards using Little Claire stamps in the 'cut out and keep' section in the middle of the magazine.  The cards were made by members of the Design Team and this is my card made using the very cute 'Splishing and Splashing' stamp.

The base of the card is half of a 5" square card blank folded in two and then I've rounded the bottom corners and added layers of kraft and patterned paper.  The image was stamped and coloured with Promarkers and then I've paper pieced the umbrella to match the patterned paper.  The image panel was then layered on to kraft and I finished the card with Card Candi coloured with a Promarker.

Here's how the card looks in the magazine:

Some challenges for this card:

Craft Us Crazy - 'favourite colour/embellishment' (Card Candi and paper piecing if that counts as an embellishment!)

2 Sisters Challenge - 'anything goes'

Allsorts Challenge - 'it's your choice'

I'll be back tomorrow with a brand new challenge from The Squirrel and the Fox!

Final Day of the Flossie Showcase - New from Little Claire

Today is the final day of the Little Claire Flossie showcase and we're launching the final two stamps in the series.

The first one (above) is called 'Flossie and Daisychain' and you can find the stamp here on the website.  I've used some paper from the Back to Basics III paper pack (also available from Little Claire), a scalloped card base and some white Card Candi.

For my second card I used another shaped card blank and some paper from the 'Princess Fairytale' paper pack (which is on the Little Claire website).  I put some ribbon and self adhesive gems across the middle of the card and used a Little Claire peel off for the sentiment.

Some challenges for these cards:

I Love Promarkers - 'time' (second card - 'take time to enjoy life')
Cute Card Thursday - 'winged things' (second card)
Moving Along With the Times - 'lots of layers' (first card)
Crafty Catz - 'something beginning with B' (second card - butterflies)
Alphabet Challenge - 'B is for busy bugs' (second card)

Meet Flossie and Winnie!

Today's new Flossie stamp from Little Claire is called 'Flossie and Winnie' - it features the very cute Flossie all wrapped up for winter with the sweet little Winnie.  I think she'd have been a bit overdressed for the weather we had today - it's been like a summer's day!

You can find today's stamp here on the Little Claire website and don't forget to look at the blog here for more great cards from my fellow Design Team members plus a chance to win one of the stamps.

Today's card uses one of my favourite techniques - paper piecing.  I've paper pieced Flossie's coat and also Winnie's little coat.  For the background I've layered up blue gingham paper to match the paper piecing and kraft paper.  The sentiment is one of 'Claire's Super Six' from Little Claire and I've die cut the mount again using kraft paper.

Some challenges for the card:

Paper Creations Ink - 'favourite technique' (paper piecing and stamping)

Papertake Weekly - 'get krafty'

Moving Along With the Times - 'lots of layers'

Introducing Flossie and Pootle

Today's newly released Flossie stamp is called 'Flossie and Pootle' and you can find it here on the website.  If you head over to the Little Claire blog here you'll see lots more cards made by the other members of the Design Team and there's also the chance to win one of the stamps if you leave a comment before midnight tonight!

I've stamped Flossie and coloured her with Promarkers and then decoupaged her book.  The sentiment I've used is from the die cut 'Sentiment Mix' set from Little Claire.

Some challenges for this card:

The Poodles Parlour - 'card for a female'

The Corrosive Challenge Blog - 'another dimension'

The Paper Shelter - 'add a sentiment'

I'll be back again tomorrow with another brand new Flossie image!

Flossie Showcase Day 2 - New from Little Claire Designs



Here's my card for today's new Flossie stamp which is called 'Flossie Skipping' - isn't she cute?

I die cut the card base and then the layers of brown and patterned paper.  The image is stamped and coloured with Promarkers and then I added some Card Candi and a little button made from 'Georgina's Buttons and Stitching Stamp Set'.  The set is perfect for making button embellishments for cards as they are flat and cheaper to post than using real buttons!  Plus you can colour them to match your design.

You can find today's stamp here on the website and have a look at the blog for more card examples and a chance to win one of the stamps too here.

Some challenges for today's card:

The Crazy Challenge - 'use a die or punch'

Allsorts Challenge - 'anything goes'

Crazy Catz - 'favourite things' (stamps, pink, dies, Promarkers, patterned paper)