New Home

Here's an easel card I made for my lovely Auntie and Uncle who are moving house soon:

Image & Sentiment: At Home - Little Claire

Papers: K&Co

Image stamped and coloured with Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Shabby Chic flower sprayed with Gold Spray & Sparkle

Have a fabby week x



50th Birthday Cards

Just a quick post to share some cards I made for my friend:

The sentiment reads:

The years have been kind,

It's the high heels that have done the damage

Image & Sentiment Stamps: Born to Shop (DoCrafts); Mini Diva Doodoles (Pink Petticoat)

Papers: Pink Petticoat Perfect Papers

Embellisments: Nestabilities; Promarkers; shoe charm; ribbon; gems

Image: Trailing Birdhouse stamp (Little Claires)

Papers: Craftwork Cards

Sentiment: computer generated

Embellishments: Card Candi; Nestabilities; Promarkers

Hope you're having a good week ... nearly over now ... yayy!

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

Welcome ... and this week's Blog Project at Little Claires

First of all, I'd just like to welcome my new Followers!  I've got over 50 now and I'd like to thank you all for taking the time to visit my Blog and for commenting - I appreciate your feedback :)

It was my turn to prepare this week's Project for the Little Claire Blog.  Here's the card I made:

 For details on how to make this card and what materials you will need, visit the Little Claire Blog HERE

Enjoy the rest of your week - nearly Friday yayyy!

The rest of the Swirly Whirlies :)

Good News!  Little Claire is now releasing all their new stamp sets early - so you can order yours NOW!

Here are the remaining sample cards:

Cats:

Little Tammy:

Little Harry:

Tortoise:

To see these stamps on the Little Claire website, click HERE

Thanks for looking x



Fourth Sneaky Peek!

Hi folks,

I'm back with another Sneaky Peek of the fabulous new releases from Little Claire.  It's called Swirly Whirlies Owl Family:

This stamp is so detailed and versatile.  Visit Little Claire's Blog to see the other DTs gorgeous creations, everyone has achieved a totally different look with the same stamp!

Don't forget to visit Little Claire's blog, name the new Cutie Patooties and win the complete set HERE.

Back later with more new release cards!



Sneaky Peek ... Day 3

I'm back with another Sneaky Peek of the new releases from Little Claire's.  Today, I'm showing you a card I made a sweet image from the Cutie Patootie range:

 I customised some design paper and a couple of tags using distress inks and gold embossing powder.  I stamped and coloured the image with Distress Inks and added lace and a distressed chipboard flourish to finish.

This really is such a cute image!

Remember, for your chance to win the whole set of SIX Cutie Patooties, visit Little Claire's Blog and suggest names for the little girl and boy characters!

Come back tomorrow for another Sneaky Peek xx



New Stamp Set from Little Claire :)

Wow, the new September club stamp from Little Claire is so gorgeous!  It's called Delivering Christmas Wishes and it has 3 images and 2 sentiments and I think it is excellent value for money.  I really felt Christmassy make these sample cards ;)

Card 1:

 Paper: Bearly Mine Christmas Dreams download

Card: Whitewash Coordinations

Embellishments: Marianne D snowflake; Fancy Tags Spellbinders; Card Candy

Image coloured with Promarkers

Card 2: 

 Papers: Pink Petticoat Large Snowflakes download; red card from stash

Embellishments: Spellbinders Fancy Tags; Marianne D snowflake;  Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder; Card Candy; ribbon and gems from stash.

Card 3:

 Background card made with Cuttlebug Script embossing folder, Distress inks, Sheena Douglass Wow embossing powder;

Image stamped and coloured with Distress inks;

Embellishments: Nestabilities Labels and Scalloped circles; Card Candy.

Card 4:

 

Paper: Bearly Mine Christmas Dreams download;

Image coloured with Promarkers;

Embellishments: Nestabilities: Glamour Dust; Card Candy; flowers from stash.

There are some fabulous cards using this set from my other Teamies over on the Little Claire website, pop over and take a look!

Hugs

Louise x

Oh Christmas Tree!

I used a fabulous new stamp from Red Gingham Designs, available exclusively from Little Claires. 

The detail in the stamp is exquisite and a little highlighting using atyou Spica pens was enough to emphasise the pressies, leaves and stars.

Have a lovely week xx

Manger

Another fabulous new stamp from Little Claire, simply embossed with Sheena Douglass Wow Embossing Powder and highlighted using atyou Spica pens.

Gorgeous Gerberas!!

Here is the June club set for Little Claire's Designs - it's called Gerbera Set and it's gorgeous:

The set includes a large Gerbera flower, a group of smaller gerberas and two sentiments.

I kept the first card simple: I shaded the petals with a pink Promarker and kept to a simple pink and white colour scheme.

For my second card, I used Alcohol inks to create the background and to colour the flower.

I used the Swirl cutting die from Little Claire's Designs to create the stem and butterflies ...

and added Glamour Dust for a touch of sparkle!

You can find the set at the link below:

www.littleclaire.co.uk/productdetails.asp?ID=1526

Enjoy your week xx

Happy Holidays!

Just a quick post to share a couple of cards I made using a fab stamp from Little Claire's Designs - Happy Holidays:

The funky background papers and Road Trip Bingo Card are from The Cutting Cafe.

I coloured the images with Promarkers and added Card Candy - simples!

Cant wait for tomorrow - I'm off to a Paint Fusion workshop with Sheena Douglass, yippee!!

Have a nice weekend xx

The 'Happy Holidays' stamp set can be found here:

http://www.littleclaire.co.uk/productdetails.asp?ID=524

The 'It's Road Trip Time Again' cutting file can be found here:

http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/the_cutting_cafe/2011/05/its-road-time-againprintable-stamp-set.html

Good Things

Another fabulous new release from Little Claire's Designs - it's called 'Good Things' and it has a fabulous sentiment - May your day be brimming with good things x

Card 1:

Papers: Me and My Big Ideas

Image: coloured with PromarkersEmbellishments: Roses, Butterfly & Leaves cutting dies (Little Claire's Designs); Square & Scalloped Square Nestabilities.

Card 2:
Papers: Hideaway - Little Claire's Designs
Image: coloured with Promarkers
Embellishments: Rose die; Nestabilities Labels 2; Swirl - Marianne D; Card Candy


Card 3:
Paper: Up, Up and Away - Little Claire's Designs;
Image: coloured with Promarkers;

Embellies: flowers & brad from stash

Sentiment: from Claire's Fleurs stamp set - Little Claire's Designs;

Scalloped circle Nestabilities.

All these fabulous stamp sets are available here:

http://www.littleclaire.co.uk/index.asp?category=2

Enjoy the rest of your week x

Daisy Pitcher

Here is a brand new release called 'Daisy Pitcher' from Little Claire's Designs:

I used Cosmic shimmer mists and heat embossing to create the background paper and to colour the image. The picture doesn't really do it justice - it doesn't show the sparkle :(

Nearly Friday, yayy!

Competition at Little Claire's Designs

Just a quick post to let you know that Little Claire's Designs are having a competition.

All you have to do is:

Visit the Little Claire Blog and simply comment on your two favourite cards. You could win the two stamps (sets) that your favourite cards are made with!

All comments must be received by Thursday 26 May (1 comment p/person) and the winner will be drawn at random. The winner's name will be published on the Little Claire Blog from the list of entrants.

http://littleclairesdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/05/win-prize.html

Why not give it a go - you could win 2 fabulous stamp sets!

And so to bed ...

Here's a card I made for my very dear friend:

I used the 'And so to bed' stamp set from Little Claire's Designs and also one of their fabulous Shutter cards.
I coloured the images with my Promarkers and highlighted with a white Sakura gel pen.

The silver peel-off and Bazzill card is from Little Claire's too.

Lots going on behind the scenes but I cant show you yet!!!

Hope you've had a nice weekend xx

Four Seasons - Sneaky Peek 2!

Here's another sneaky peek of a fantastic new set from Little Claire's Designs. It's from the Room with a View range and is called 'Four Seasons'. I made this little tag book to showcase the four 'through the window' images:

I used distress inks and a flourish stamp to decorate the background and to colour the white dotty ribbon.
I coloured the images with Promarkers and used Glossy Accents to create a 'tile' effect.

I finished each page off with gems....

... and used Studio G wooden peg alphabet stamps to stamp the seasons.

For my second project, I made an Easter card using the window design:

I coloured the images with Promarkers and used my Nesties to cut the scalloped squares.

The stamp set comes with a range of seasonal and general greetings too.

At only £8.99 this set is a bargain!

If you would like to pre-order your set, please ring
0151 342 5715

quoting ' Home is where my craft room is'

Have a great weekend xxx

Thanks for looking x