Nutcrafters Challenge Reminder - Show Us Your Colouring Skills

Just a quick reminder that there's still time to enter our current challenge at Nutcrafters - our theme is 'show us your colouring skills'.

You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.  

For my card I've used one of the new Nutcrafters digis which will be on the website very soon - the sentiment is included in the set.

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

Crafty Sentiments Designs - 'anything goes'

Crafty Boots Challenges - 'sweet treats'

Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog - 'so sweet'

Addicted to Stamps and More - 'anything goes'
Eureka Stamps - 'anything goes'
Crafty Blogger's Network - 'anything goes'

New Little Claire Outline Stickers - Robin and Snowdrop

Today I'm sharing a card I've made with one of the new outline stickers from Little Claire called 'Robin and Snowdrop' - you can find it here on the Little Claire website.  You get three of the designs on each sheet and they're great for colouring in because the edge of the outline sticker acts as a guide and stops you going over the lines!

The paper I've used is from My Mind's Eye and I've finished the card with a couple of sentiments from the outline sticker sheet, some die cut corners and gems.

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

Papertake Weekly Challenge - 'two by two' (two types of embellishments - gems and die cut corners)

Passion for Promarkers - 'snow is falling'

Created With Love Challenges - 'any holiday' (Christmas)

Paper Creator's Crafts - 'dies or punches;

A Creative Romance - 'fairies or winged creations'

Crafts-Too Challenge You - 'Christmas festivities and create a scene'

Delightful Challenges - 'holiday spirit'

Southern Girls Challenge - 'sing' ('When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbing along')

Wednesday Night Craft Club - Dahlia Calendar

This is a very simple calendar which I designed for the craft club I go to on a Wednesday night.  The stamp I've used is 'Pom Pom Dahlia' from Little Claire which you can find here on their website.  

The papers and card I've used are from Craft Creations and the little calendar pad is from Do-Crafts.

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

Kitty Bee Designs Challenge - 'flowers'

Cards Galore Challenge Blog - f'lowers'

Inky Impressions Challenges - 'blue as the main colour'

Top Tip Tuesday - 'flowers'

Chocolate Coffee and Cards - 'flowers'

Happy Campers Craft Collective - 'show us your flowers'
Crafty Blogger's Network - 'anything goes'

GDT Card for Here Come the Boys - Sketch Challenge

Here's my GDT card for the latest challenge at Here Come the Boys and this time it's a sketch challenge:

Our challenge has been sponsored by:

You can find all the details about the challenge and see the cards from the rest of the Design Team here on the challenge blog.

For my card I've used an image from Dr Digi called 'Naughty or Nice' which you can find here on their website.  The papers I've used are from the Dovecraft 'Tis the Season' paper pack.

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

ABC Challenges - '3 or more patterned papers'
Christmas at Sweet Stamping - 'here comes Santa'
Christmas Cards All Year Round - 'getting ready for Christmas'
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra Challenge - 'anything goes'
Di's Digi Designs - 'show off your colouring skills'
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - 'one for the boys'
Crafts-Too Challenge You - Christmas festivities/scene'
Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog - 'use a digi'

New Squirrel and the Fox Challenge - Things With Wings

It's time for another challenge at The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge blog and this month our theme is 'things with wings'.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

I've made an easel card calendar for the challenge using a Little Claire stamp called 'You're So Tweet' which you can find here on their website - the little sentiment comes with the main stamp.  For the base, I covered a Craftwork Cards card blank with kraft paper and then attached two circles of red polka dot paper followed by the stamped image.  

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

A Creative Romance - 'fairytale or winged creations'

Charisma Cardz - 'bingo' (kraft, circle card and gems)

Simon Says Stamp - 'we're going dotty'

Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog - 'no square or rectangle cards'

Wordplay Saturday Challenge - 'anything'
Scribbles Designs Challenge - 'world card making day'
Stamping Sensations - 'all creatures great and small'
Penny Black and More Challenge - 'anything goes'

New Pink Gem Challenge - One for the Boys

Another new challenge has just been launched on A Gem of a Challenge and this week our theme is 'one for the boys'.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

For my card I've used 'Andy With Guitar' which you can find here on the Pink Gem website.  The paper I've used is from the 'Sugar Kraft' paper pack from Pink Gem which you can find here.

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

Totally Gorjuss - 'anything goes with stars'

Stamp n Doodle - 'boys and their toys'

Passion for Promarkers - 'lots of legs'

C is for Challenge - 'boys and men'

Paper Crafting Journey - 'for a boy!'

Digisketch Challenge - 'for the boys'

CRAFT Challenge - 'cats and dogs'

Hanna and Friends - 'best friends'

New Crafty Calendar Challenge - Halloween

It's time for another challenge on the Crafty Calendar Challenge Blog and this time our theme is 'halloween'.  Our challenge is sponsored by:

For all the details about the challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the DT, have a look here at the challenge blog.

For my card I've used 'Chloe With Cauldron' from Pink Gem which you can find here and the 'Halloween Calendar' digi stamp which you can find here.  The papers I've used are from the 'Halloween' digital paper pack which you can find here.

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

Crazy 4 Challenges - 'halloween'

Card Makin Mamas - 'trick or treat'

Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog - 'halloween'

Ladybug Crafts - 'halloween'

My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenge - 'halloween'

CRAFT Challenge - 'cats and dogs'

Bearly-Mine Challenges - 'halloween'

Emergency Crafters - 'halloween'

The Stamping Boutique - 'halloween'

Little Claire October Club Stamps - Second Card

This is my second card made using the new club stamp set from Little Claire - it's called 'Christmas Geese' and you can find it here on the Little Claire website.

The first photo above shows the front of the card and then I've shown the inside with the great sentiment which is part of the set.  The paper I've used is from the Back to Basics Traditional Christmas paper pack which you can find here.

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

Crafty Catz - 'anything goes'

Delicious Doodles - 'shaped cards'

LEJ Designs Challenge Blog - 'things with wings'

Passion for Promarkers - 'lots of legs'

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

Christmas Cards All Year Round - 'getting ready for Christmas'

Crafty Creations Challenges - 'winged things'
Eureka Stamps - 'wings and things'

Little Claire October Club Stamps - Christmas Geese

This month's Little Claire club stamp set is the gorgeous 'Christmas Geese' - three great stamps and a really useful sentiment too.

You can find the set here on the Little Claire website together with details of the club.

This is the first of two cards I've made with the set and is a circular easel card cut using different sizes of circle and scalloped circle dies.  I've used silver and blue snowflake papers and have paper pieced the little star using a scrap of silver paper.

I'll be back tomorrow with my second card made with the stamp set.

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

Crafting Muskateers - 'Christmas in October'

Inky Impressions Challenge - 'use blue as your main colour'

Crafty Creations Challenge - 'winged things'

LEJ Designs Challenge Blog - 'things with wings'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra Challenge - 'anything goes'
Moving Along With the Times - 'anything goes'
4 Crafty Girlz Challenge - 'anything goes'
Jingle Belles Rock - 'shape up for the holidays'

New Ruby's Rainbow Challenge - Autumnal Colours

This is my second DT card for the Ruby's Rainbow Challenge Blog and this time our theme is 'autumnal colours'.  For all the details about the challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the DT, have a look here at the challenge blog.

For my card I've used a digi called 'Cleaning Autumn Leaves' which you can find here in the Milk Cofee etsy shop.  The paper I've used is from the First Edition New Leaf pad.

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

Come and Get It Challenges - 'autumn colours'
Dream Valley Challenges - 'autumn'
Pile It On Challenge - 'leaves'
Simply Create Too - 'fall/autumn'
Heck of a Challenge - 'autumn colours'
Feeling Crafty Challenge - 'autumn'
Tuesday Throwdown - 'colours of fall'
Parade Your Crafts - 'fall or autumn
Creative Moments - 'anything goes/autumn'
Perfect Sentiments Challenge - 'autumn birthday'

New Nutcrafters Challenge - Show Off Your Colouring Skills

Our challenge for the next fortnight at Nutcrafters is 'show off your colouring skills' so we want everyone to use a hand coloured image.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

For my card I've used one of the new digis which will be on the website very soon.  The paper I've used is from the First Edition Blank Canvas pad.

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

Creative Fingers Challenge - 'food, glorious food'

Simon Says Stamp - 'let's go dotty'
Crafting by Designs - 'anything goes'
Inky Impressions Challenge - 'use blue as your main colour'

New Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

It's time for another challenge at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog and this week our theme is everyone's favourite 'anything goes'.

Our challenge has been sponsored by:

and

You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

For my card I used a digi from Penny Blossom called 'Pink It Is' which you can find here in their shop.  The papers and die cuts I've used are from Craftwork Cards.

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

That Craft Place Challenge - 'baby'

Shopping Our Stash - 'pink'

Crafty Sentiments Designs - 'favourite colour combination' (pink and brown)

Lexi's Creations Challenges - 'pink'

Paper Makeup Stamps Blog - 'pretty in pink'

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Anything But a Card

Another new challenge has started today at Sparkles Christmas Challenge and this month we want to see 'anything but a card'.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

This month our sponsors are:

who are offering $10 of digis to our challenge winner.

For my project this month, I've made a little tag post-it note holder.  I've used two panels from one of the Little Claire tag cards (which you can find here).  I scored along the top of the tag just above the patterned paper and then stuck them together above this line.  I stuck the post-it note pad on to the inside base of the notebook and then tied some ribbon through the top.  This is a photo to show the inside of the holder:

To decorate the front I've used the 'Joy, Hope and Wonder' stamp from Little Claire which you can find here and some paper from the Back to Basics Traditional Christmas paper pack which you can find here.  To finish off I've added a peel off sentiment, some red gems and some Glossy Accents over the bauble.

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

Papertake Weekly - 'anything goes'
Creative Craft Challenges - 'anything goes'
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'
Creative Card Crew - 'tag'
Lisa B Designs - 'traditional Christmas'
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - 'anything but a card'
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'use 3 main colours' (red, green and brown)
The Glory of Christmas Challenge - 'Christmas balls'
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra Challenge - 'anything goes'

New Cutie Pie Challenge - Birthday With a Sketch

It's the 2nd birthday of the Cutie Pie Challenge and we're celebrating!  If you head over to the challenge blog here you'll find our latest challenge plus there's some great candy on offer in the side bar.

This week we've got a sketch and a theme - our theme is 'birthday' and this is the sketch:

Our sponsors for the challenge are:

and

For my card I've used a very cute digi from Just Some Lines called 'Walk With a Little Friend' which you can find here.  The papers I've used are from Craftwork Cards and I made the little flower with two sizes of punches.

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

Crafty Catz Challenge - 'birthday card'

Digi Makeover Challenge - 'pretty in pink'
Lexi's Creations - 'pink'
OLLCB - 'f is for .... festivities and feeding the birds'
I Love Promarkers Challenge - 'make your own flowers'
Hiding in My Craft Room - 'woman's birthday'
Sweet Stampin Challenge - 'things with wings'

Crab Apple Crafts Birthday Demo Day - Part 2

Today I'm sharing three more of the cards I made for last Saturday's demo day at Crab Apple Crafts showcasing Little Claire stamps.  First of all (above) an easel card made using the main image and sentiment from 'Feed the Birds' which you can find here on the Little Claire website.  I've paper pieced the little girl's hat and coat to match the background paper.

Next a very simple card made using one of the 'Christmas Tags' sentiment stamps which you can find here.

Finally a tag card made using the Christmas Changing Tree embellishments which you can find here and the new 'Christmas Postcard' sentiment stamps which are here.  The tag cards are also available on the website here.

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

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'use 3 main colours' (first card - red, green and brown)

Jingle Belles - 'shape up for Christmas' (third card)

Sweet Stampin' - 'things with wings' (first card)

Crafty Ribbons Challenge Blog - 'monochrome' (second card)

The Perfect Sentiment - 'snowflakes'

Sisterhood of Crafters - 'tag' (last card)

Creative Craft Challenges - 'use ribbon' (second card)

Craft Your Passion Challenge - 'no coloured in images' (second card)

Eureka Stamps - 'tag, you're it'

Crab Apple Craft Birthday Demo Day - Part 1

Last Saturday I was at Crab Apple Crafts near Frodsham taking part in their big birthday demo day showcasing Little Claire stamps.  It was a really busy day and it was lovely to see so many familiar faces and meet some new people too.

Today I'm sharing two cards I made for the demo day using the Butterfly Tree stamp set which you can find here on the Little Claire website.  The first one uses the main image in the set, the little cat, the two birds and one of the sentiments.

Nest a very simple card using the bird house stamp from the set.  I've decoupaged the little birdhouse.

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

Polkadoodles - more than one fold (first card)

Imagination Crafts Challenge - 'butterflies' (first card)

Crafty Cardmakers - 'winged things' (first card)

Pile It On Challenge - 'warm colours' (second card)

That Craft Place Blog Challenge - 'things with wings' (first card)

Top Tip Tuesday - 'get into shape' (first card)

Simon Wednesday Challenge - 'anything goes' (first card)

Deck the Horns - Again!

I'm back today with another card made with one of my old favourites from Little Claire, the very cute 'Deck the Horns' stamp.  You can find it here on the Little Claire website.  I've also used one of the new 'Christmas Postcard' stamps which you can find here.  The paper I've used is from the Nordic Christmas pad.

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

Pattie's Creations Designs - 'animals'

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

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'stamp, stamp, stamp'

Through the Craft Room Door - 'anything goes'
Crafts 4 Enternity - 'anything goes'
Sister Act Card Challenge - 'anything goes'
Oldie But a Goodie Challenge - 'dies and punches' (main image stamp is more than 6 months old)
Country View Crafts Challenge - 'layers'
Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge - 'anything goes'

GDT Card for A.R.T Challenges - Anything Goes

This is my GDT card for the new A.R.T Challenge - the theme is 'anything goes'.  You can find all the details and see the cards from the Design Team here on the challenge blog.  Many thanks to the team for letting me be part of this week's challenge!

For my card I've used a digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs called 'Knitting Sheep' which you can find here on the Pink Gem website.  I made the sentiment myself - couldn't resist it!

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

Southern Girls Challenge - 'monochrome'

Crafting For All Seasons Challenge Blog - 'make it funny'

Divas by Design - 'monochrome'

Inky Impressions Challenge Blog - 'sports and hobbies'

Pattie's Creations Designs - 'animals'

Through the Craft Room Door - 'anything goes'

Parade Your Crafts - 'it's all about birthdays'

Sister Act Card Challenge - 'anything goes'

Tammy's Scrapin' Corner - 'happy birthday'

Creative Moments - 'anything goes'

New Penny's Challenge - Waterfall or Easel Cards

The theme for our new challenge on Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog is 'waterfall or easel cards'.  It's ages since I've made a waterfall card so I decided to give it a go and here's the result!  You can see the front of the card in the photo above and I've also taken a photo of the side of the mechanism below.

You can find all the details about the challenge and see the cards from the rest of the Design Team here on the challenge blog.  This week we're sponsored by:

and

For my card I've used one of the cute little 'Christmas Stamps' which you can find here in the Christmas section in the Limited Runs shop.

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

LEJ Designs Challenge Blog - 'lots of layers'

Bearly-Mine Challenges - 'anything goes'
Simon Wednesday Challenge - 'anything goes'
Top Tip Tuesday - 'get into shape'
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - 'Christmas trees'
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra Challenge - 'anything goes'
Creative Card Crew - 'Christmas'
Paper Makeup Stamps - 'anything goes'

GDT Card for Creative Inspirations - Your Favourite Stamp Brand

This is my last GDT spot for Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog - I've really enjoyed taking part in the challenges over the past month so a big thank you to the DT for allowing me to be involved!

The theme for this challenge is 'your favourite stamp brand' - I couldn't choose so I made three cards!  You can see them all in the photo above and below too.

You can find all the details of the challenge here on the challenge blog.  The challenge is sponsored by:

and

So here are the cards in more detail:

First of all (above) a card made using one of the cute new Nutcrafters digi stamps which will be on the website very soon.  The papers I've used are from Dovcecraft.

Next a circular easel card using one of the stamps from the 'Feed the Birds' set from Little Claire which you can find here on their website.

And finally a card made using the 'Jolly Robins' digi stamp from Pink Gem which you can find here on their website.  Again, the papers I've used are from Dovecraft.

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

Party Time Tuesdays - 'anything goes' (first card)
Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog - 'die cuts/punches'(second card)
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'stamp, stamp, stamp' (second card)
Winter Wonderland - 'the holly and the ivy' (second card)
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra Challenge - 'anything goes' (all three cards)
Crafty Cardmakers - 'winged things' (third card)
LEJ Designs Challenge Blog - 'lots of layers' (third card)

Nutcrafters Challenge Reminder - Use Your Favourite Colour Combination

Just a quick reminder that there is still time to enter our current challenge on the Nutcrafters challenge blog.  Our theme (as chosen by me!) is 'use your favourite colour combination.

You can find all the details about the challenge here on the original challenge post here on the blog and there's more inspiration here in our challenge reminder post.

I've used one of the gorgeous new digis which will be on line very soon.  The paper I've used came from a magazine freebie pack and I've added some paper flowers and Card Candi.

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

Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge Blog - 'kids'

Anything Goes Challenge Blog - 'out with the girls'

Corrosive Challenge Blog - 'maiden, mother, crone'

Crafting By Designs - 'anything goes'
Pollycraft Challenges - 'birthday girls'
Tammy's Scrapin Corner - 'happy birthday'
Come and Get It Challenges - 'happy birthday'
Totally Gorjuss - 'dotty'

Little Claire Quick Christmas Class - Part 2

Here are three more of the cards I designed for the recent Little Claire 'Quick Christmas' class.

First of all a very simple card (above) made with one of the images from 'We 3 Ships' die cut sheet which you can find here on the Little Claire website.

Next a snowman easel card made with one of the images from the 'Christmas Snowmen and Polar Bear' outline sticker sheet which you can find here on the website.  I've also used one of the new 'Christmas Postcard' sentiment stamps as a stopper for the card.

Finally another die cut card - this time with an image from the 'Three Geese' die cut sheet which you can find here.  I've also used some of the wonderful 'Glitter Sparkle Sheet' over the image to give it a wonderful sparkle and shine - it works really well with darker images.

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

C is for Challenge - 'make it sparkle' (third card)

Paper Creator's Crafts - 'make it Christmassy' (third card)
Bearly-Mine Challenges - 'anything goes' (second card)
Party Time Tuesdays - 'anything goes' (second card)
Crafting When We Can Challenges - 'seasons' (third card - winter)
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra Challenge - 'anything goes' (all three cards)
As You Like It Challenge - 'favourite sentiment' (Happy Christmas - third card - my favourite time of the year to make cards)
Delicious Doodles - 'gems and bling'

Little Claire Quick Christmas Class - Part 1

Today I'm sharing three of the cards I designed for the recent Little Claire 'Quick Christmas' class.  In all we made ten cards during the afternoon - only one of them was stamped and for the rest we used a range of Little Claire die cut images and outline stickers.

Our first card (above) was the only stamped one of the afternoon using the very cute Dinkies stamp 'Row of Robins' which you can find here on the Little Claire website.  The image has been stamped twice to create the longer row and then layered on to patterned and kraft paper.

Next (below) we made a card using one of the die cut images from the 'We 3 Ships' die cut sheet which you can find here on the Little Claire website.  I created the die cut circular easel card blank from red card and layered on kraft and patterned paper.  The little sentiment is from the 'Christmas Postcards' sentiment set which you can find here on the website.

Finally (below) a card made with one of the images from the 'Three Geese' die cut sheet which you can find here.  

I'll have more cards from the class to share tomorrow.

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

The Crafty Bloggers Network Challenge - 'things with wings' (second card)

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'stamp, stamp, stamp' (first card)

Crimbo Crackers - 'quick and easy' (third card)

ABC Christmas Challenge - 's is for stocking' (second card)

Crafty Cardmakers - 'winged things' (first card)

Pile It on Challenge - 'warm colours' (first card)

Paper Creator's Crafts - 'make it Christmassy' (first card)

As You Like It Challenge - 'favourite sentiment' (third card 'Happy Christmas' because this is my favourite time of the year for making cards)

Charisma Cardz - 'favourite colour combo' (first card - red and kraft)