And another digi stamp card

I am really on a roll at the moment when it comes to using digi stamps for my cards. For the one below I selected the Little Claire image 'Birdhouse & flowers'.


The ingredients:

• Little Claire digi stamp 'Birdhouse & flowers'
• Textured cardstock in white, dark brown, plum, lilac, purple and green
  
• Smooth white cardstock
• Faber-Castell Polychromos - blended with Sansodor
• Crealies flower dies
• Little Claire leaf dies
• Marianne D lace die
  
• QuicKutz label dies
• Tim Holtz alphabet die
  
• Tim Holtz embossing folder 'Rays'
• 2 adhesive gems
• Adhesive
• Toolbox essentials

I hope you like the card.

Sleeping doggie with a bit of sparkle

We have just brought a dull and rainy afternoon and evening behind us, so I really fancied making a sparkly and glittery card to lift my spirits a bit.


I still had a piece of dark red pearlescent card that I had enhanced with Crafter's Companion gold glitter spray. I combined this with white and dark brown textured cardstock. The image is called 'Sleeping doggie', a digi stamp by Little Claire that I coloured in with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and blended with Sansodor.

For the flower and swirls I used Crealies dutting dies plus a dark brown piece of card candi for the centre of the flower.

Sunday's Quick Make

The digi stamp 'Walkies' by Little Claire is great for quick results in between more time consuming projects or cards that need to be made in a hurry, as it is not too detailed. But as it also brings great results with just a few colours, it is also ideal for crafters who have only just started to collect coloured pens or pencils. I have, for example, used just five ProMarkers (burgundy, warm grey 2, warm grey 4, cool grey 2 and ice grey 1).



The ingredients:

• Little Claire digi stamp 'Walkies'
• Textured cardstock in white and a berry colour
• Glass-smooth white cardstock (200gsm) from Southfield
• Embossing folder
• Oval and scalloped oval cutting dies
  
• ProMarkers
• 2 silk flowers
• Brad
• Raffia
• Adhesive
• Toolbox essentials
  

Little Claire Digi Stamp 'Lydia Goes Shopping'

I have now had my first ever play with a digi stamp. I was wary how the printer ink might react to ProMarkers, but I let the print dry for a couple of hours and did not have any problems at all. I used the digi stamp 'Lydia Goes Shopping' that is currently available as free download on the Little Claire website.

If you have not tried out digi stamps before, this is the perfect opportunity to give it a go. And digi stamps are not causing storage problems like so many other stamps. I just recommend that you back them up using a CD ROM, external hard drive or USB stick, so that you do not lose them in case of computer problems.


Card ingredients:

• Little Claire digi stamp 'Lydia Goes Shopping'
• White card blank square
• Southfield glass smooth white cardstock (200gsm)
  
• Dark brown cardstock
• Dovecraft 6x6 Sugar & Spice papers
• Dovecraft 6x6 paper pack - Colours
  
• Dovecraft Sugar& Spice paper blossoms
• Card Candy
• Tonic Studios 2 in 1 punch Royal Fleur
• Marianne D and QuicKutz cutting dies
• Corner rounder
• ProMarkers
  
• Adhesive
  
• Toolbox essentials

And by the way, Little Claire is now also on Facebook. So why not become a friend? Just search for 'Little Claire' and look for the elephant image.

Little Claire Digi Stamps

Are you amongst the growing number of crafters, who like digital stamps?

Little Claire have now also brought out a range of digi images. They have received their own section on the Little Claire website. Prices depend on the image, but many downloads are available for just £1 and some cost as little as 50p. So they are great for a wee treat in between.

And it is even more worthwhile to check out the range of Little Claire digi images, as there is a FREE download hidden amongst them - perfect for adding to your collection or those crafters, who have not tried digi stamps before. Enjoy!

And why not have a play with your new Little Claire downloads and enter your projects into the monthly Little Claire challenge for February? There is still time, and you can enter up to 3 new projects.