Ever so lovely

The 'Ever so lovely x' stamp in combination with patterned paper, raffia ribbon,
silk flowers and swirls created with QuicKutz dies.

Have you already spotted the brand-new outdoor inspired stamp that has just been brought out by Little Claire? It is called 'Ever so lovely x' and gives a nice spring-like and summery feel, so it is ideal for a break from making Christmas cards.

The 'Ever so lovely x' stamp in combination with patterned paper, die-cut shapes
created with Spellbinders Nestabilities and Marianne Designs dies, paper flowers
on crackle paint in 'picket fence', adhesive gemstones and a die-cut
Red Gingham sentiment.

The Red Gingham die-cut mixed sentiments also work well with this stamp and are a nice and quick way of personalising a card.

This new stamp is now available from the Little Claire website. There you can also find the die-cut sentiments. But you can, of course, also order over the phone.

Little Claire Monthly Challenge #12

The new Little Claire challenge is now live. This month the theme is 'wedding /anniversary'.

Now during the summer months there are probably quite a few of us, who need to make wedding or anniversary cards anyway. So why not enter up to 3 of your projects into the challenge? Just go to the Little Claire blog and link your entry before 18.00 on 9 September 2011.


For my design team card I used the Little Claire stamp 'Lilies', the Little Claire cutting die 'Book, Rings & Cross' and a sentiment stamp. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. For the background I used a Darice embossing folders. The corners are created with a We R Memory Keepers shaped corner chomper. Embellishments are adhesive pearls and Woodware organza ribbon.

Little Claire Club Stamp August 2011

With the beginning of a new month it is again time for a new Little Claire club stamp. And this time the team has brought out the gorgeous 'Rose Arbour' stamp set with lovely and delicate images.

The stamp set is now available from Little Claire.

I hope you like the two cards below for which I used the new set. I have coloured in the images using ProMarkers and the new ultra-fine nibs, which came in very handy for the detailed stamps.

Little Claire - Club Stamp June 2011

Time is really just flying by. Now it is already June. But at least it is also time for a new Little Claire club stamp.

And for this month the team came up with a very versatile gerbera set that contains a large flower, a small flower, a floral corner and two sentiments. It is great for experienced stampers, but also for new stampers with smaller stamp collections who might especially appreciate that the set can be used for so many different occasions.

The stamp set is now available on the Little Claire website. But you can, of course, also just phone the team who will be more than happy to talk to you.



You can find more inspiration in the gallery for this stamp on the Little Claire website.

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 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.

Little Claire Launch 7 April 2011

Spikey Flower Set

Spikey Flower Set

I hope you all had the chance to watch the Little Claire show with Steve and Leonie on Create & Craft - live or as recording. It was again a great show.

And the fabulous new stamp sets are now available from Create & Craft and the Little Claire website.

Little Claire Club Stamp for July

This month's stamp for Little Claire club members is a great wee set with a lily stamp and a flourish stamp.

I now had a play with the stamps. I hope you like the cards.

Materials used for the card above: Little Claire stamp 'Lily & Flourish', white embossed linen card from Southfield, silver metallic card from Southfield, Moondust card from Southfield, white glass smooth card (200gsm) from Southfield, 7mm organza ribbon in 'lavender' from Woodware, ProMarkers, black Memento ink pad, oval and scalloped oval dies, Papermania embossing folder 'Victorian Fleur', adhesive, toolbox essentials.

Materials used for the second card: Little Claire stamp 'Lily & Fleurish', white embossed linen card from Southfield, white glass smooth card (200gsm) from Southfield, Dovecraft 6"x6" textured cardstock, silver metallic card from Southfield, Dovecraft adhesive gemstones, 7mm organza ribbon in 'gold' from Woodware, ProMarkers, black Memento ink pad, circle and scalloped circle die, We R Memory Keepers Shaped Corner Chomper (stubs/deco), adhesive, toolbox essentials.