Doves of Peace

Just a quick post to share some cards I've just finished.

I bought this 'Dove' stamp after seeing a card Amy Shaw's friend Jo made at a charity fund raising event.  Here's my interpretation:

Thanks for the inspiration Jo!

That's 22 Christmas cards done now, about 30 to go :)

Have a nice week xx



More Cutie Patooties

The whole Cutie Patootie range has now been released at Little Claire's.

Here are the rest of my sample cards:

Chimney Sweep:

Splashing Girl:

Boy and Girl on Tree:

The papers used on these cards is from the First Edition Isabelle paper pack and is available from Little Claire too!

That's it for me today, enjoy the rest of your week xx



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



Another Sneaky Peek ... beautiful Poppies

I'm back with my second Sneaky Peek.  Today, I'm showing you a stamp from the new Red Gingham range called 'Poppies'.  It's absolutely gorgeous and is probably one of my favourites:

I crackled the background on a piece of mountboard and painted over it with some beautiful Silkies paint (which I won in a raffle!).  Next, I stamped and embossed the image with black embossing powder.  I painted over the flowers with the Silkies paint again to give depth to the colour.

Then, I aged the edge of the mountboard with Black Soot Distress Ink and highlighted it with Wow gold embossing powder.

I added silver eyelets with my Crop-a-dile and threaded some gorgeous black and white gingham ribbon through for the loop.  Finally, I attached the calendar with two pieces of ribbon.

Hope you like it!

Remember to visit Little Claire's Blog for your chance to name and win the full set of Cutie Patootie stamps :)

Come back tomorrow for another Sneaky Peek!



Welcome Cuties ... and a competition to win them all!

Hi folks,

Today, I am showing you the first Sneaky Peek of some fabulous new stamp sets from Little Claire.  One of the sets is called Cutie Patootie and it features the most adorable girl and boy characters.

Here is a card I made with the little girl holding a flower:

As soon as I saw the stamps, I thought ... Distress Inks, swirls, shabby flowers ... et voila!!

Competition:

Little Claire is offering one lucky person the chance to win a complete set of all six of the ‘Cutie Patootie’ stamps – all you have to do is to leave us a comment on the Little Claire Blog and let us know what you think the characters should be called. On Monday 31 October we’ll pick out our favourite names and these will feature on the future packing for the stamp range.

Be sure to pop back tomorrow for another Sneaky Peek xx