Neighbourwood Hedgehog

The weather over the last few days was so bad (dark, wet, very windy and cold) that I needed to cheer myself up with those cute and adorable Neighbourwood products by Trimcraft. And they really managed to put a smile back onto the face.

For this diamond fold card I put together a product list and step-by-step instructions, so that you can re-create the card. You can find the details in my Trimcraft gallery.

And perhaps a bit more information in case anybody wants to source items I used: The swirl dies are from a set of Marianne Design dies. The ribbon roses are from Hobbycraft.

Why are weekends so short?

What happened to this weekend? It only seems to have started and is already over again. And next weekend promises to be pretty hectic ...

I just cannot wait for my long Christmas break, so that I can properly catch up with everything.

Here is one of the cards I made this weekend.


I used the Little Claire stamp 'Cutie Patooties Boy Catapult' and coloured it in using ProMarkers and Spectrum Noir pens.

For the background and the mat I used Core'dinations cardstock in two warm grey tones plus a piece of patterned Laura Ashley paper. For the decorative corners I used a Marianne Design die. I mounted the boy with the catapult onto the card using my favourite large 3D foam squares by Dovecraft (I would be lost without them). I then finished the card off with Card Candi that I attached with a bit of Pinflair glue gel.

Neighbourwood by Helz Cuppleditch

I think I am in love with craft products. The images of the new Neighbourwood products by Trimcraft are just too cute. I should perhaps get everything twice, so that I can make cards with one set and keep the other one for admiring and stroking puposes ... LOL

Acetate card

I hope you like these cards. Full product lists and instructions for all of them are in my Trimcraft gallery.

And more Neighbourwood projects will follow soon.

Little Claire Challenge #15

After the massive response to the Little Claire Christmas challenge (thank you so much to everybody, who entered projects) it is now time for the new monthly challenge. The topic for challenge No. 15 is 'Shaped Cards'.

You can enter up to three new projects by 6pm on Friday, 9 December 2011. The winner and the Little Claire top three projects will then be announced on Saturday, 10 December 2011. So there is plenty of time to get the creative juices flowing.

For my DT card I opted for a diamond fold and used the Cutie Patooties Girl stamp, which was launched recently and is currently also part of the Little Claire November club stamps. I coloured in the image using ProMarkers and Spectrum Noir pens. The embellishments are paper flowers, Dovecraft adhesive gemstones, Woodware organza ribbon and die-cuts created with Marianne Design dies.

Little Claire Blog Hop

Swirly Whirlies Little Tammy
in combination with Red Gingham Super Six Sentiments
and Little Claire Gingham Peel-Offs

Welcome to the first ever Little Claire blog hop! The entire Design Team is sharing lots of gorgeous cards with you, all made with the new Red Gingham stamps which you can find on the Little Claire website.

The lucky winner will receive a full set of the new designs!

This is what you need to do to take part in the blog hop:

1. Visit each of Design Team members’ blogs (you can find all the links on the Little Claire blog) and leave a comment on all posts about the blog hop. You also need to leave a comment on the post on the Little Claire blog.
2. Each Design Team member will include a letter in their post. Once you have all the letters, you need to rearrange these to form a word.
3. Once you know what the word is, send your answer to the e-mail address in the main post about the blog hop on the Little Claire blog – PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWER IN ANY OF YOUR COMMENTS!
4. The blog hop will close at midnight on Sunday, 13 November 2011. The winner of the stamps will be announced on the Little Claire blog on Tuesday, 15 November 2011.

My letter is: T

Swirly Whirlies Little Tammy

Good luck everybody!

More Cards with Swirly Whirlies

Swirly Whirlies Tortoise

Have you had already a closer look at all the gorgeous Swirly Whirlies stamps on the Little Claire website or even treated yourself to some? Perhaps during a craft shopping spree at the NEC?

Here are some more cards that I created with these beautiful stamps. I hope you like them.

Swirly Whirlies Poppies
in combination with an X-Cut die and Marianne Design corner dies

Swirly Whirlies Cats

Swirly Whirlies Cats
in combination with Little Claire Gingham Peel-Offs

More Cutie Patooties

Here are now a few more cards made with the brilliant new Cutie Patooties stamps by Little Claire. They are just such a good starting point for cards and keep the imagination flowing.

I hope you like the projects I show you today.

Cutie Patooties Splashing Girl

I created this card using Nestabilities label dies, a Woodware sakura flower punch, a Crealies die for the leaves as well as a Marianne Design die. The colouring is done using ProMarkers. The card is completed with Dovecraft adhesive gemstones and a Viva Decor Paper Pen, which I used for the centres of the flowers.

Cutie Patooties Chimney Sweep

Here I used a sheet from an older Dovecraft paper pack, Spectrum Noir pens, Candi chips coloured in with Spectrum Noirs, a Marianne Design corner die and a QuicKutz die for the toolbox.

This stamp is also one half of the November club stamp that has just been launched by Little Claire.

Cutie Patooties Girl

For this card I used Spectrum Noir pens, oval and scalloped oval cutting dies, a Marianne Design border die, thin gingham ribbon and Crealies daisy and leaf dies. The centre of the flower is made with a Viva Decor Paper Pen in 'sand'.

This stamp is also the second part of the Little Claire club stamp for November.


All of these stamps are now available from Little Claire.