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
  

Blog Award

Thank you so much to Carol, Jane and Laurence for giving me this blog award. To accept the award I need to do the following:

Link this award back to the lovely person(s) who gave it to me. I have done this in the above paragraph.

Give 8 facts about myself:

• My world evolves around crafting.
• I am 'addicted' to Derwent pencils.
  
• I love reading.
• I can get through a good book in a day.
• Mobile and iPod are my constant companions.
• I love to have scented candles around.
• One of my guilty pleasures is a good cappuccino.
• The other one is chocolate.
  

Pass the award on to 8 bloggers and leave a comment on their blogs to let them know about the award. So I am passing this award on to:

• Jay
• Cathy
• Jude
• Eiglas
• Louise
• Calv
• Sarah
• Martina
  

Little Claire on Create & Craft

Everybody at Little Claire is currently busy preparing for another show on Create & Craft. And it will go ahead tomorrow (23 February 2011) at 10.00. So you might - like me - get your recording devices ready.

During the show Steve from Little Claire will launch a couple of new stamps. And ... are you up for a sneak peek?

Here are a couple of cards made with new stamp sets from the Room with a View series.

Little Claire Room with a View - Beach Hut

Little Claire Room with a View - Beach Hut

Little Claire Room with a View - Garage

Little Claire Room with a View - Garage

Little Claire Room with a View - Wardrobe

Little Claire Room with a View - Wardrobe

I hope you like the cards, are curious to see more of the new stamp sets and can tune in tomorrow.

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.

Blog Award

The lovely Linda has really made my day when she picked me for this blog award. Thank you so much Linda.

Perhaps jump over to http://linda-linjancreations.blogspot.com/ and check out her fab blog.

There are a frew conditions for accepting this award (which I do):

You have been TAGGED and want to participate.
Then create a post where you POST the 'LOVE BLOG' image.
You should also blog the person's link that gave you the award and inform her/him that you accept the award.
You can then choose 3 to 5 favourite blogs which you also link to your post. Then each blogger will inform you that they have been tagged.

The aim of this action is to bring unknown blogs to light, so please do not consider fellow bloggers that already have 3,000 or more followers.

My chosen blogs are:
Lisa - http://wishcraftcards.blogspot.com/
Sharon - http://thelittlestamper.blogspot.com/
Carol - http://carolssussexcraftycorner.blogspot.com/
Maxine - http://maxines-arts-and-crafts.blogspot.com/
Georgina - http://kaardvark.blogspot.com/

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.