Little Claire Club Stamps February 2011

Blimey, what happened to the month of January? Now it is already February!

But the good thing is that it is once again time for a new Little Claire club stamp - or better a stamp set called 'Big Hugs' (yes, it is again good value for money). The stamp set is available on the Little Claire website. And please remember that every stamp also has its own gallery, i.e. there is plenty of inspiration to be found.



And a quick reminder:

Tomorrow (5 February 2011) marks the start of the monthly Little Claire challenges. So why not hop over to the blog and see what is happening? I cannot wait to see all you entries.

Thank you card inspired by nature

One of today's makes is a thank you card in more muted colours that is suitable for a man. The bird image is dry embossed and than emphasised using black ink. I used

• Textured cardstock in white, black, brown and olive green
• Gold metallic card
• Gold coloured peel-off
• Dreamweaver bird stencil LS94
• Sakura Gelly Roll pen in Clear Star
• VersaFine ink pad
• Round and scalloped round cutting dies
• Joy Crafts cutting die 'Leaves Nr. 1'
• We R Memory Keepers shaped Corner Chomper Deco/Stubs
• Lightbox
• Small stencil brush
• Adhesive
• Toolbox essentials

I hope you like the card.

Candy on the Little Claire Blog!

It is time for some fab candy on the Little Claire's ideas and inspiration blog. Why not jump over to the blog right away and see how easy it is to enter and to be in for a chance to win the stamps and flowers in the picture? The winner will be announced on 5 February 2011.

Good luck everybody!

Little Claire Room with a View - Cat in Window

Was the Little Claire show on Create & Craft this morning not brilliant? Steve did a great job and received so many e-mails. I hope you could watch or record the show.

Here are two projects created with a further Little Claire stamp set from the Room with a View series ('Cat in Window'), which could also be seen on Create & Craft.

The quality of the stamps is just amazing and provides clear images every time. On both cards they are coloured in using ProMarkers.

Little Claire Room with a View - Christening

Now it is just a few hours to go until the Little Claire show on Create & Craft (12 January 2011 at 11.00). And here is another sneak peak on one of the new stamp sets.

I know from craft forum discussions that many are struggling with ideas for christening cards. But there is no need to worry with this set, as it gives so many options.

For the first card I used Dovecraft Back to Basics papers and created a cross from 0.6mm brass wire. The wire ends are used to secure the cross on the card like a brad. The image is coloured in using ProMarkers.

The second card is again coloured in using ProMarkers. But this time I used a masking technique for the stamped image. I stamped the image of the bible onto the piece of smooth white card and then onto a sticky note. I cut out the image on the sticky note, placed it over the image on the white cardstock and stamped then the christening gown.

I hope you can tune into tomorrow's show.

Little Claire Room with a View - Wedding

It is not long now until launch of exciting new stamp sets by Little Claire. They are all part of the 'Room with a View' series.

I am very pleased to reveal already two cards, which I created with the new wedding stamp set. The set is amongst those launched in a Little Claire show on Create & Craft on 12 January 2011 at 11.00.


I hope you can tune in on Wednesday to watch Steve from Little Claire launching the new sets.

Little Claire Club Stamp January 2011

Happy New Year and best wishes for 2011 to all of you!

And with the beginning of a new month it is once again time for the new Little Claire club stamp. And this time it is something really special - a so called 'Room with a View' stamp set. The stamps from the 'Dog in Window' set can be used individually or in combination with each other, which creates cards where the window can be opened to reveal the view into the room. Plenty of scope to let the imagination run wild!

For the two cards below I combined the stamp set with LLB Venaissance papers from Trimcraft.



And watch this space. Other surprises for interesting and more unusual craft projects are just round the corner. No, I am not giving away anything else at the moment, but more will be revealed soon ...

By the way, Little Claire will also be on Create & Craft next week.