I Need Some Cupcakes ...

I have created two more projects using the Dovecraft Piece of Cake collection for Trimcraft. These yummy items have really become my 'feel good' and 'pick me up' products.

Product listings and full step-by-step instructions can be found in my Trimcraft gallery.

I hope you like the cards.

Ready for another teaser?

Here is another teaser from the new Little Claire Christmas stamp range:



It was so much fun to work with the cute snowman and dog stamp. And as not the entire image needs to be coloured in, it is very useful for effective yet relatively quick Christmas cards.

Christmas without a Reindeer? No way!

Little Claire are bringing out a cute reindeer stamp called 'Deck the Horns!' as part of their new Christmas collection. It is a stamp that just makes one smile, and I really enjoyed working with it.

Here are two projects as a wee teaser:





The new Christmas stamps will be on the Little Claire website soon.

New Little Claire Christmas Stamp 'The Most Wonderful Time of the Year'

Yes, it is once again time to start thinking about those Christmas cards. And Little Claire are bringing out a great range of new Christmas stamps.

The quality of the stamps is great. They are nice and firm clear stamps and are producing clear images every time.The stamps are a real joy to work with.

Here are two cards that I created with the new stamp 'The Most Wonderful Time of the Year'. For both cards I have coloured in the images using Derwent Coloursoft pencils.




All stamps of the new Christmas range will be available on the Little Claire website soon. And watch out for more projects that will get added to this blog over the next days.

Lazy Days

Well, not for me ...

'Lazy Days' is the name of the August club stamps from Little Claire. You can see all the stamps belonging to this set on their website.

I have made the two projects below with the new stamps and hope you like them.



This desktop calendar is made like an easel card. I used the following products:

• Little Claire stamp set 'Lazy Days'
• Snow linen cardstock from Southfield
• Glass smooth card (200gsm) from Southfield
• Brown cardstock
• Light blue textured cardstock 'Gemstones'
• ProMarkers
• Black Memento ink pad
• QuicKutz die for the flourishes
• Oval cutting die
• Scalloped oval cutting die
• We R Memory Keepers Shaped Corner Chomper deco/stub
• Fabric flowers
• 2 brads
• Calendar tab
• Velcro dots, so that the calendar can be exchanged easily at the end of the year
• Adhesive including Dovecraft clear squares
• Toolbox essentials

Materials used for this project:

• Little Claire stamp set 'Lazy Days'
• Centura Pearl cardstock in snow white slight gold effect
• Brown cardstock in two shades
• Glass smooth card (200gsm) from Southfield
• QuicKutz label dies
• QuicKutz dies for beer mugs and flourishes
• 2 Tim Holtz mini fasteners
• ProMarkers
• Black Memento ink pad
• Card Candy
• Adhesive including Dovecraft Hi-Bond double sided tape (12mm) and silicone glue
• Toolbox essentials

Piece of Cake

I just cannot resist those yummy Piece of Cake products from Dovecraft and have created more projects using this collection.

Product listings and step-by-step instructions for all three cards are again in my Trimcraft gallery.





Thanks for looking.

And have a great start into the new week.

Guilt-free Treats for the Weekend

Are things like cupcakes, chocolate and ice cream not lovely? If only the calories were not there.

A yummy pleasure without calories comes in form of the new Trimcraft collections Back to Basics (this one provides lovely background papers) and especially Piece of Cake.

The first card is created with Piece of Cake products, the second one with a combination of Piece of Cake and Back to Basics products. Full instructions and lists of required products are in my gallery on the Trimcraft website.

But I am not giving up on the real treats just yet ...