At Home

Here is the brand new January club stam from Little Claire.  It's called At Home and as well as featuring a fabulous house scene it also has 3 sentiments.  Here are my DT sampe cards: 

 Stamped with Memento London Fog and Memento Tuxedo Black, coloured with Promarkers and cut out the coloured house.  Papers are GCD Studios.

 Stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, coloured with Promarkers, papers GCD Studios.

 This is my first attempt at brayering and I'm pretty pleased with it (even if I say so myself!).  I brayered the background for the scene using Big & Juicy Waterfall.  I stamped the snowflakes (Stampendous) with Versamark and brayered the background too.  I watercoloured the scene using the Waterfall ink pad.  The snowflake embellishment was cut with a Marianne die and I added Glamour Dust for the snow.

This card uses just one of the sentiments from the set.  I stamped it with Memento Cocoa, used SEI papers and added a butterfly from my stash.

Pop over to Little Claires gallery to see my fellow DTs stunning creations.

Wishing you all the best for 2012 xx

Snowmen from The Cutting Cafe

Look at these fab snowmen from The Cutting Cafe!  There's a card and a matching gift box too.

Here are the cards:

 The gift boxes:

And here they are together: 

This was such a fun set to make and my sons loved them!

Hope you've all had a fab Christmas and all the best for 2012 xxx

Xmas makes

Made using a Liz Earle catalogue, gold Spray and Sparkle and a piece of florists ribbon ... simples!

Merry Christmas!

Wishing all my lovely followers, friends and family a very happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year xxx

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.

I'm In Print!!

I was so pleased when I opened Creative Cardmaking Issue 36 today, as they have  featured one of my cards :)   *happy dance*

Here it is:

I used an uber-cute chappy called 'Bert and Catapult', using one of the new Cutie Patootie stamps from Little Claires.

All instructions can be found in the magazine - here is the page:

 

... and here is the magazine - I wouldn't want you to miss it!

Also, I'd like to welcome my new followers - it's lovely to have you on board :)
Enjoy the rest of your week xx

Fabulous shoes and handbags

Here are some cards I've made using the fabulous Christmas Diva Doodles from Pink Petticoat.

The first two are made using a Handbag shaped card ...

... the papers are from Pink Petticoat too ...

 ... and there are even inserts to complete your card.

I love these downloads as they are so stylish and make a refreshing change from traditional themes.

Enjoy the rest of your week

Louise x