Challenge 16 at Little Claires

The theme this month is for 'Family Christmas', so I decided to use the 'Room With A View - Nativity' stamp set.  Here's my card:

I used Kraft paper to give a rustic feel but glammed it up with Kaleidascope embossing powder - love this stuff!  The circle sentiment and crown stamp are all from the set.  I coloured the image and sentiment with Promarkers.

Hope you're all ready for Christmas!  I have a few odds and ends to get but I'm just about done now.  Just as well really, as I've had a bad cold/cough for the last few days and haven't had the energy to do anything.  Moan over ... !

Have a fab week xx

PS.  The prize for this month's competition is a £10 voucher from Little Claire whoopee! and just to let you know, there is a sale at Little Claire with some very yummy goodies, be quick though, they wont hang around at those prices.  Click HERE to look at the sales items.

Challenge 14 at Little Claires

This month's challenge at Little Claire is 'Christmas' - a great way to kick-start your Christmas card making if you've not already started!

Here's my DT card:

I used Pointsettia cluster.

Pop over to the Little Claire Blog to have a look at the other gorgeous DT cards for inspiration :)

The prize this month is fantastic:

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




Good luck and Have a nice weekend xx

The Great Outdoors - Sneaky Peek 1!

Here is a sneak peek of a brand new stamp set from Little Claire's Designs. It's called The Great Outdoors and is such a fabby set. It has 5 image stamps and a sentiment all for just £8.99. The Great Outdoors will be released next week but if you cant wait til then, ring 0151 342 5715 and quote 'Home is where my craft room is' to place an advanced order.

I stamped and coloured the first card with distress inks and distressed and embossed the map.

I coloured the second card with Promarkers and cut the sentiment with a Spellbinders Fancy Tag:

Check back later for another sneaky peek!

All things sparkly!!

Over at Little Claire's Designs this week, their challenge is 'Sparkle'. What a fabulous challenge!

For my DT card I used the ever-so-cute Blossom Fairy stamp and sparkly papers from the Hideaway paper pad (both from Little Claire's Designs).

The sentiment stamp is also from Little Claire's.

I coloured in the image with my Promarkers and added extra sparkle with lots of glitter and glamour dust!
Why not join in? There is a lovely prize for the winner.

http://littleclairesdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-7-sparkle.html

Have a nice weekend xx

Oh Man!

Hi folks,

I've had to keep this card under wraps for a few days, just in case my hubby had a sneaky peek!!

I made it using the 'Oh Man!' stamp set from Little Claire's Designs. It's such a fab set and could be used for so many different occasions.

I was inspired by a demo I went to recently to use shrink plastic again (thanks Amy x) and it came in very handy for this card. I used the tie and beer mug stamps to make embellishments.

I paper-pieced the chair and footstool using paper from the 'Up, Up and Away' pack, which I also used for the backing paper.

The rest of the image and the beer glass were coloured in with my trusty Promarkers.

Thanks for looking :)
Nearly the weekend, yayy!

Happy Birthday, Pete xxxxx

Bike Set

It's May at last and here is the new club set from Little Claire's Designs. It really is a fabulous set, suitable for male and female cards.

For my first card I chose a simple black and white colour scheme, stamped and cut out the image 6 times to achieve a 3D effect:

I added silver card candy and added dots with a white gel pen.
Finally, I added Glamour Dust around the base layer.

For my second card, I made a circle easel card. I stamped the little dog too and sat him in the basket - how cute!!

Here is the side view:

Click on the link below to see the stamp set:

http://www.littleclaire.co.uk/productdetails.asp?ID=1474

The DT have made some fabulous examples, so pop over to the gallery for a look.

Hope you're having a good week xx

Little Claire's Challenge 5 - Animals

Here's my DT example for Challenge 5 over at Little Claire's Designs blog.

The theme is ANIMALS and I used the ever-so-cute Duck Mum. I chose a simple colour scheme, coloured the image with Promarkers, atyou Spica pens and a white gel pen, then finished off the card with my lovely new MS Zig Zag punch.

Thanks for looking and have a lovely weekend xx