Little Claire snowman

Here's another couple of cards made with one of the new Christmas stamps that will be available on the Little Claire site soon.  For my first one I decided to make a little step card.  I've coloured the image with promarkers and added some glamour dust for some sparkle, I think the paper is Papermania, sentiment is computer generated, added a little punched snowflake with a gem centre to finish.

I've used the same stamp for my second card, again coloured with promarkers with some glamour dust.  The papers are Dovecraft 'Christmas Fancy', with DCWV cardstock.  Snowflake cut with the fab cuttlebug icicle die, then smothered with glamour dust and finished with a card candy centre.  Computer generated sentiment.

I'm entering both cards for the challenge at Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club, where they want to see snowmen, and my second card at Fab 'n' Funky, where the challenge is 'spotty, dotty & stretchy stripes'.

Happy Birthday Crafty Cardmakers!!

We're celebrating our birthday today at Crafty Cardmakers, so we have a nice easy challenge for you - we'd simply like to see your birthday creations :o)  I can't believe it's been a whole year since we had the first challenge - I'd only just started blogging and Vix was kind enough to give me a chance at my very first DT post... I'd like to think my card making has come on a bit since those early days, and a lot of what I've done since has been down to Vix's encouragement, so thank you hun!

I've made this card for a friend of mine, who also makes cards, but I'm not sure if it's good enough so I might end up making another one!  I've used a fab summery image from Digistamp Boutique, coloured with promarkers, and then used glossy accents to glaze the glass.  The papers are MME, with DCWV cardstock.  Green Tara flowers with button centres, downloaded sentiment from Cuddly Buddly, mounted on a nestie die.  All buttons and the ribbon (tied in a bow using the bow-easy) are from Crafty Emma's Store, bought with the voucher I won on the Pollycraft challenge.

I'm also entering my card for the following challenges:

• The Sweet Stop - fab sketch
• The ABC Challenge - A is for August
• Cute Card Thursday - whateva! (anything goes)
• Crafty Catz - buttons & bows
• Sweet Stampin - pretty in pink
• Challenge Up Your Life - celebrations
• The Pink Elephant - summer fun
• Sentimental Sundays - anything goes
• Digistamp Boutique - monthly competition

**I have candy at the moment - link in the top right of my blog if you'd like to enter**

More Little Claire Christmas stamps

I had a bit of a re-organisation yesterday and then did lots of crafting, and didn't get chance to blog, so I'm showing 2 of the new Little Claire stamps today.  It finally dawned on me that if I moved all my colouring stuff into the kitchen, I could get lots of colouring done while still being there for the kids, then make the cards up later.  Until now, everything was upstairs in the craft room, so I could only 'work' when they were in bed or out with hubby.  Hopefully I'll be able to get a lot more done now, without ignoring my boys :o)  Not sure why I didn't think of it before!

I've made my first card using the cute 'we three cats' stamp from Little Claire (available in the store soon), coloured with promarkers, with lots of glamour dust on the hat trims.  The papers are Dovecraft 'christmas fancy' (there's a pack of these papers & glamour dust in my blog candy...link in the top right of my blog), with coredinations cardstock.  I used an inverted corner punch around the image, and then used the punched out bits for a bit of extra detail, with some little green pearls from my stash.  The sentiment is computer generated - I've printed off a full sheet of different Christmas sentiments so I can just cut them out when I need one.

For my second card I've used this sweet polar bear stamp, again from Little Claire, coloured with promarkers, with glamour dust again (I like my sparkle, especially on Christmas cards!).  Paper is DCWV, red cardstock from my stash.  Added some ribbon tabs and the sentiment is a Pink Petticoat download.

I'm entering my cards for the following challenges:

• Papertake Weekly - white & bright
• Moving Along With The Times - Christmas

Little Claire reindeer

Here's a card I've made with one of the new Christmas stamps from Little Claire, that will be available in the store very soon.  I love this reindeer - isn't he cute?  I've used promarkers to colour him, and nesties and nellie snellen circle dies to cut him out.  Embossed some coredinations whitewash cardstock with a Cuttlebug snowflake folder, then sanded it all back to reveal some of the colour underneath.  Red cardstock from my stash.  The card base is a normal square but I've cut half of the front out to leave a triangle - the pic below shows the shape better.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

• Creative Craft - animal antics
• Simon Says - sing it baby (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer)
• Our Creative Corner - Christmas in July

**I have candy available at the moment - there's a link in the top right of my blog if you'd like to enter**

A little reveal....

Well, as I have no cards to show you yet (I'm making, but can't show anything yet!), I thought we'd have the first sneaky peak of some of my candy that's on offer - a nice little selection to get you started on your Christmas cards :o)

Go to my candy post here if you'd like a chance at winning... I'll reveal more next week!

Crafty Cardmakers - spotlight on punches

Last week's challenge at Crafty Cardmakers was a recipe challenge - use orange or yellow, an animal or fish and stickers or a punch.  This week, our spotlight is on punches and some of the DT have also followed the recipe, although if you want to play the spotlight week, you don't have to follow the recipe if you don't want to.  That probably made no sense - I have my boys asking constant questions, squabbling and pestering for food in the background... oh the joys of the school holidays!

I've used the sweet 'hello! ladybird' image from Di's Digi Downloads, available here, coloured with promarkers.  The papers are Making Memories, with coredinations cardstock.  I've used punches to make my flower and leaves - woodware daisy, x-cut flower and woodware leaf (I think it's actually called 'grass' if I remember right) - I then inked the edges of the flowers and leaves with pink ink.  MS doily lace trim punch used to cut the border.

I'm also entering my card for the following challenges:

• Sweet Stampin - fab sketch
• Pile It On - butterflies, bugs & bees
• CRAFT - hot & spicy colours
• Colour Create - hot pink, warm orange, saffron
• Charisma Cardz - something with a tail (you can't see it, but the little dog's definitely got one - hope that counts!)
• Creative Inspirations - animals
• Crafty Creations - summer lovin'
• Flutterby Wednesday - anything goes (inc a butterly, angel or fairy)

**I have candy at the moment - link in the top right of my blog if you'd like to enter**

New August club stamps from Little Claire

Here are a couple of cards made with a great new stamp set from Little Claire.  The Lazy Days set is available here as the August Club set - if you fancy joining the club you simply buy the current set and sign up to receive the new stamp/ set for 6 months, it also entitles you to 10% off all your other purchases.  You can also see all the fab cards from the other DT members on a slideshow and in the gallery on the Little Claire site.

My first card was made using the little washing line stamp from the set, curved slightly on the stamping block (they're clear stamps so they bend nicely).  I stamped it onto ivory linen card, then again onto plain white card.  Coloured the shorts on the plain white card with promarkers, cut them out, then turned them over and rubbed an embossing tool over them just to give them a little bit of dimension.  Then I covered them in glossy accents and once set, glued them into place using pinflair glue.  The sentiment stamp is also from the set, mint and brown cardstock from my stash.

For my second card I've used the hammock stamp from the set, coloured with promarkers and paper pieced using gingham paper.  The papers are Making Memories, cardstock is coredinations and again used the sentiment stamp from the set.

I'm entering my hammock card for a couple of challenges: Donna's Den (green) and One Stop Craft (patterns).

**I have blog candy at the moment - click the link at the top right if you'd like to enter**