Little Claire Challenge #3

The third Little Claire challenge is now underway. This time creations need to be held mainly in the colours green and pink. Details and a photo of the tempting prize are on the Little Claire blog.

Why not give it a go and see what you come up with? I cannot wait to see all your projects.

And here is the card that I created in line with the motto of the current challenge (but as Design Team card it is obviously listed outwith the competition). I used the Little Claire stamp 'Mini Claire'.

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.

A Day with Little Claire

It is a whole day of making the most amazing cards with the Little Claire team! Everything is provided to give you the best time - you will be guided step-by-step to make your own gorgeous Little Claire cards, and you will be the first to use AND KEEP two NEW Little Claire stamp sets, never seen until the day. All materials (more stamps, lovely ribbons, stickers, sentiments, papers, etc.) are included and Gill and Steve will be there to look after you and will provide food and drink throughout the day together with a buffet lunch.

Classes will run from 9am to 12pm and from 1.30pm to 4.30pm. The Little Claire day will be held at the Holiday Inn in Chester on Saturday, 18 June 2011. Places are limited to just 40. The day costs £100 which is fully inclusive of all materials, two NEW Little Claire stamp sets, food and drink and lots and lots of ideas and inspiration peppered with a smattering of fun! A £50 deposit is payable at time of booking and £50 to be paid by 31 May 2011. Club members will receive a 10% discount. If you would like to stay over the night before, a room can be booked for you at the hotel. To book onto this amazing day please call Little Claire on 0844 800 4376 or e-mail carol@littleclaire.co.uk, and this will secure your place.

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.

Little Claire Club Stamp March 2011

At the beginning of March Little Claire have again launched a great stamp set as their monthly club stamp. 'Messing about on the river' contains two adorable images and is therefore great value for money.



You can find the stamp set and more information about the club on the Little Claire website. And should you not have a PayPal account or should you be unable to process card payments via the PayPal site (I know from own experience that cards are blocked after a number of transactions and they ask you then to open a PayPal account), please remember that you can also order over the phone using a debit or credit card.

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