Little Claire's Design Team!!

I'm so excited and proud to have been asked to be on the Design Team for Little Claire Designs! I have admired Little Claire's work for a long time now and feel privileged to be joining such a talented team.
If you haven't discovered Little Claire yet, just click on the Blinkie on the side-bar.
Little Claire design their own clear stamps, decoupage, design sheets, backing papers and cutting dies and they have a fantastic membership scheme too! They also supply a whole variety of crafting tools and accessories at low prices.
I cant wait to share my new projects with you all :)
Louise x

Father's Day Cards

Here are the cards I made for my sons to give their dad! I think he probably appreciated my efforts more than they did ;)

Football card recipe:

Paper & image: freebie

Embellishments: gems; ribbon; Nestabilities; copics

Dad card recipe:

Dad word block paper and Father's Day Coupon: The Cutting Cafe

Embellishments: Distress Inks; shimmers;

The Cutting Cafe to the rescue again!!

Hi, I just wanted to share a card I made for my Uncle's retirement - he loves sailing and has a long-boat - perfect!

Thanks for looking

Louise x

Recipe:

Sail boat cutting file: The Cutting Cafe

Paper/Card: Bazzill, Funky Fairies

Sentiment: The Cutting Cafe

Embellishments: gems, ribbon, walnut Distress ink

Cute Girlie Shopping Card

Just a quick post today to share a card made using 3 new goodies - the stamp, the Happy Birthday frame and the paper.
Thanks for looking x

Recipe:

Celebration Frame from The Cutting Cafe;
Lydia Goes Shopping stamp from Little Claires;
Backing Paper from swap;
Embellishments - gems; coloured with Copics.

Fantastic Banners!

Here's a quick card I made using the All Occasion Banner set from The Cutting Cafe. It was such an easy card to make but I think it looks quite effective :)

It's also the first time I have used distress inks - quite pleased with the result.

Hope you all had a lovely, sunny weekend

Louise x

Recipe:

Sentiment: The Cutting Cafe

Papers: Pink Petticoat

Embellishments: gems; rafia; Tim Holtz distress inks

3 more cards ...

Here are 2 Christening cards and my hubby's birthday card.
Thanks for looking x

Birthday Card Recipe:

Image from Pollycraft;
Sentiment from The Cutting Cafe;
Papers from stash;
Embellishments: rafia

Teddy Christening Card Recipe:

Stamp: free with a magazine;
coloured with water colour pencils;
Gingham paper from Funky Fairies;
Embellishments: gems; nestabilities; computer-generated sentiment.

Giraffe Christening Card Recipe:

Papers and image from Pink Petticoat;
Coloured with chalks and water-colour pencils;
Embellishments: ribbon; buttons from Ribbon Mad; Nestabilities

Some more cards!

Recipe:

Stamps/Images - Jewel Journal Tags (SJs Little Musings); Camelia, Rainy Days, Little Bear (all from Little Claire Designs)

Embellisments - copics; watercolour pencils; gems; ribbon; Glamour Dust

Gingham paper - Funky Fairies