Dream a little dream

This is a card I have created recently and do not want to miss to share with you.

I used the 'Dream a little dream' stamp by Little Claire and coloured in the image using ProMarkers. To give the bubbles a bit of sparkle I used a clear Sakura Gelly Roll pen.

The border strip is created using an X-Cut border punch. I wrapped ribbon round the border strip and attached the bow separately. I also threaded seed beads onto two head pins and attached these to the bow with a jump ring.

Additional embellishments are 'photo corners' created with a We R Memory Keepers Shaped Corner Chomper Photo/Angle and card candy.

I hope you like the card.

Bazoo Lions

Are big cats not just magnificient? And Helz Cuppleditch has created this cute stamp set with a lion and lion cub for the Trimcraft Bazoo collection. I just could not wait to play with it.

A product list and step-by-step instructions can be found in my Trimcraft gallery. But some of you are probably also keen to know which marker pens I used to colour in the image, so here we go:

ProMarkers:
- Terracotta
- Sandstone
- Caramel
- Burnt Sienna
- Marsh Green

Copic Ciao:
- C-0 (for the shading)

New Little Claire Floral Stamps

I think I have got new favourites when it comes to floral stamps. Visitors of craft fairs might have already seen the stamps at craft shows during the last couple of weeks, but now the daisy pitcher and the stamp set 'Good Things, Wheelbarrow' are also available on the Little Claire website.

Please remember that you can also arrange card payments over the phone in case you are having issues with the PayPal payment screen (PayPal are unfortunately blocking cards after a number of transactions and refer to the opening of a PayPal account).

Here are two cards that I created with the floral stamps. For the daisy pitcher card I also used one of the fab round Little Claire sentiment stamps.

I hope these two cards give you a bit of inspiration.

Little Claire Competition

Little Claire are currently running a competition on their blog.

In the blog post of 23 May 2011 you will find photos of some cards. Just leave a comment stating your two favourite cards and tell the Little Claire team why you like these so much. Comments submitted before 26 May 2011 will be entered into a random draw. The winner will receive the stamps or stamp sets, which were used to create their two favourite cards. Just click here to go to the blog post.

Good luck everybody!

Special Little Claire Offer

Little Claire have got a special offer for their spikey flower set. For a limited period of time it costs just £3.50! But this great offer is only available until 4pm tomorrow (Friday, 20 May 2011) or until stock lasts.

You can order the stamp set via the Little Claire website or by phoning 0844 800 4376.

Little Claire Challenge #7

The Little Claire challenge No. 7 is now live. And this time the topic is 'Sparkle'. I cannot wait to see all those glittery and shimmery creations that are possible this time round.

You can enter the challenge on the Little Claire blog up until 2pm UK time on 27 May 2011.

And here is the design team card that I created for the new challenge. I used the camellia and camellia border set from Little Claire.

I hope you like the card.

Relax

I was relaxing through crafting, but this is actually the title of a project that I added to the Trimcraft site yesterday.

I used the stamp set 'Lazy Days' from the Trimcraft Helz Cuppleditch collection for the card. These are fab cling stamps that combine the benefits of unmounted stamps with the good impression of rubber stamps.

A full product list and step-by-step instructions for this project are in my Trimcraft gallery.

Blogger

What a pain! Blogger is really not my best friend at the moment. It has not only kicked me out when I wanted to publish a new post last night, but also lost the posts and changes I added over the last couple of days.

I cannot remember everything I blogged, but can see that two cards with the new Little Claire sentiment stamp set are missing. It is really worth checking these fab round stamps out on their website. And with a price of £12.99 for a set of 12 stamps they are also excellent value for money.




I know that quite a few of you have left comments on my blog during the week. And unfortunately all these have also vanished. I feel so sorry for you, as you took the time to key those lovely messages and everything went now up into thin air.

Hopefully Blogger is now doing what it is supposed to do ...


PS: One of the posts has now re-appeared - but without the comments. What a chaos! I just hope we do not need to get through something like this again.

Little Claire Sentiment Stamps

I have admired round sentiment stamps and die-cuts for a while now. And Little Claire have just launched a brilliant set of round 'Claire's Sentiments' stamps. And as the set contains 12 stamps for a total price of £12.99 (yes, that is less than £1.10 per stamp!), it is also excellent value for money.

The set caters for many occasions and has already become one of those standard craft items for me that hardly ever gets put away.

Little Claire Club Stamp May 2011

This month's Little Claire club stamp is a fabulous bike set, which is very versatile due to the individual stamps it contains.

You not only get the bike, but also two sentiments and stamps for four items that can be placed into the basket or be used separately: a bunch of flowers, a baguette, a bottle of wine (but it could also be juice) and a wee dog.




Putting the items into the basket is possible via a simple masking technique:

* Stamp the bike twice - once onto your cardstock and a second time onto a sticky note (the sticky area should be at the back of the top section of the bike).
* Cut out the bike on the sticky note. But you do not need to cut out the entire image. I have, for example, just cut along the basket and the top line of the bike which was sufficient for my purpose. Why should we make ourselves more work than necessary?
* But the sticky note mask directly onto the image on your cardstock. The sticky section on the back ensures that it will not move around.
* Now stamp the items that you want to place into the basket. When you remove the mask you will see that the items are 'peeking' out of the basket and have not impacted on the image of the basket and the bike itself.

I know that I will use this stamp set for many cards and hope that you will enjoy it just as much.

And in case you wonder what the embellishments on the second card are: I recycle natural cork from bottles of wine or sparkling wine by cutting them into slices and using them on cards. It just requires a bit of care, as a sharp knife is needed. So instead of trying to get as many slices as possible out of a cork I always prefer to dispose of the last bit and to keep my fingers safe.