Dream a little dream

This is a card I have created recently and do not want to miss to share with you.

I used the 'Dream a little dream' stamp by Little Claire and coloured in the image using ProMarkers. To give the bubbles a bit of sparkle I used a clear Sakura Gelly Roll pen.

The border strip is created using an X-Cut border punch. I wrapped ribbon round the border strip and attached the bow separately. I also threaded seed beads onto two head pins and attached these to the bow with a jump ring.

Additional embellishments are 'photo corners' created with a We R Memory Keepers Shaped Corner Chomper Photo/Angle and card candy.

I hope you like the card.

Bazoo Lions

Are big cats not just magnificient? And Helz Cuppleditch has created this cute stamp set with a lion and lion cub for the Trimcraft Bazoo collection. I just could not wait to play with it.

A product list and step-by-step instructions can be found in my Trimcraft gallery. But some of you are probably also keen to know which marker pens I used to colour in the image, so here we go:

ProMarkers:
- Terracotta
- Sandstone
- Caramel
- Burnt Sienna
- Marsh Green

Copic Ciao:
- C-0 (for the shading)

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 Competition

Little Claire are currently running a competition on their blog.

In the blog post of 23 May 2011 you will find photos of some cards. Just leave a comment stating your two favourite cards and tell the Little Claire team why you like these so much. Comments submitted before 26 May 2011 will be entered into a random draw. The winner will receive the stamps or stamp sets, which were used to create their two favourite cards. Just click here to go to the blog post.

Good luck everybody!

Special Little Claire Offer

Little Claire have got a special offer for their spikey flower set. For a limited period of time it costs just £3.50! But this great offer is only available until 4pm tomorrow (Friday, 20 May 2011) or until stock lasts.

You can order the stamp set via the Little Claire website or by phoning 0844 800 4376.

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.

Relax

I was relaxing through crafting, but this is actually the title of a project that I added to the Trimcraft site yesterday.

I used the stamp set 'Lazy Days' from the Trimcraft Helz Cuppleditch collection for the card. These are fab cling stamps that combine the benefits of unmounted stamps with the good impression of rubber stamps.

A full product list and step-by-step instructions for this project are in my Trimcraft gallery.