Little Owls!

The challenge at Less is More this week is for a one layer card with the theme of FUR or FEATHERS.  This gave me the ideal opportunity to use a sweet stamp from Little Claire's Designs that hadn't seen an inkpad yet! As it is a one layer card I coloured it with Aquamarkers so there was no bleed though to the inside.But I really do prefer Promarkers and Copics!! I am also entering this into the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays which is for a square card, and Lawnscaping Challenge which is also for a one layer card.

Little Claire's monthly challenge - Summer!

Litle Claire's current challenge is "Summer/Holidays" I have had this set for ages and never used it so it finally got inked up as it seemed perfect for the theme.  Coloured with Promarkers . The paper is from DCWV - again had it for ages!

Little Claire's Challenge

I have had the coloured image for this card on my desk  for over a week. Despite the enormous number of papers I've got I couldn't find one that I liked to go with it so in the end made my own! I was also convinced that this month's challenge was red, white and blue but now I've checked it also says Jubilee/Olympics!! Never mind it's close! The stamp of course was from the Little Claires' Lovely Jubblies collection coloured with copics. The background paper I made with a Creative Expressions stamp (but can't remember what set it is from - it had elements to make flowers).

Little Claire Monthly Club

I love receivingt he monthly stamp kit from Little Claire Designs.

This is the May card from the Loverly Jubblies range.

Andt his is the June one.

Fishing!

I love this little boy from the Little Claire Designs Loverly Jubblies range. I have coloured him with Copics on a Spellbinders Square mounted on a piece of tartan paper from my stash. Card candy in each corner finishes it off. No sentiment as I don't yet know who I will be using it for!

PTW Sketch Challenge

It is quite a long time since I joined in with the Papertake Weekly challenge. This week it is a sketch challenge and here is my entry for it. The papers are from a Papermania pad, the stamp is by Creative Expressions and the sentiment is from Little Claire. Coloured with copics.

Lazy days

Hereis another card I made for the monthly challenge at Little Claire's.

This time I used the Little Claire Designs Lazy Days stamp (I think that is what it is called) , coloured with Promarkers . I stamped it on a circle cut with nesties and mounted it onto a scalloped circle of mauve pearlescent card. The paper is some that I've had since I first started cardmaking and it is from a Hot Off The Press paper pad. Some matching card candy  finished it off.

 

Less is More - Week 67 - One Layer

This week the theme for the Less is More challenge is to create a one layer card using 3 stamps.I like doing one layer cards but the 3 stamps proved rather more of a challenge!! Eventually having got lots of possible stamps out I settled on some Little Claire ones. They were the monthly kit stamps back in March I think. So they were all from the same set but were individual stamps - so hope that's OK.

I'm also entering this into the challenge at Little Claire as their theme this month is for a male themed card.
The search for the stamps also made me realise how many I'd got and also how many still had to see an ink pad!!

Another Henny Penny

 Just love this stamp! So here's another Henny Penny card.

Less is More Challenge - Week 50

Well Christmas and New Year are over - do hope you all had enjoyable ones.

The challenge at Less is More this week is for a "One Layer Card" featuring "Birds".  My first thought was that I didn't think I had any bird stamps but guess what I had some I'd forgotten all about! Then after all that searching used the one that was on my table already. A recent purchase from Little Claire Designs called Henny Penny which has really appealed to me. So here is my card:

Hope you like it. No sentiment yet as I haven't decided whether to use it as aValentine (heart-shaped wing) or a birthday card.

New Home Card

Yesterday I was asked for a "new home" card at short notice ie to be posted today! Fortunately I had still got this month's club stamp kit  from Little Claire sitting on my desk  which was absolutely perfect. So here it is - exactly as the kit said! I love getting my monthly envelope from them!

Birthday Card

At last I can show you this card which I made for a friend's birthday . I had to wait till quite some time afterwards as she didn't open any of her cards on the day.  Instead she had an "official" birthday a week later after her son got back from holiday! I used the very pretty stamp set "Butterfly Tree" from Little Claire Designs and coloured it with the new Letraset Flexmarkers. The paper is from Docrafts Me to You range. I hope you like it.

Little Claire' s Designs Challenge 10 Pink and Brown

Litle Claire's Designs challenge is to use pink and brown. I covered a card blank with a pearlised textured brown card. On top of this I layered a patterned paper from K & Co and punched the top and bottom edge with a Martha Stewart punch. I added a strip of the brown card, which was also punched on the edges, across the centre and another narrow strip of the paper down the middle. I used the Little Claire's gerbera stamp from the June monthly kit and added it to a circle of brown cut with nestabilities. The image was coloured with Copics.

Cards for men

This is the card I have made for the current Little Claire's challenge which is "Cards for men". I have used a Little Claire's Designs stamp from the "RWAV- Tree" set, coloured with Copics and cut out with nesties. I edged the white nestie with a touch of DI in Antique Linen just to take away some of the whiteness.Some card candy provided the finishing touches.I am alos entering it into Papertake Weekly's challenge which is Dads and Lads.

Little Claire's Monthly Kit

This is the June Little Claire's monthly kit. A gorgeous gerbera stamp set. This is the actual kit made to their instructions with the exception of the ribbon. I replaced that with some raffia which I thought went well with the stamp and colours. (Also because I couldn't tie a decent bow with the ribbon supplied! Nothing wrong with the ribbon - just me!)

I've also just realised that I never posted last month's so here it is as well.

Yellow Easter Elephant!

I've been making this card for about 4 days! Something always seems to interrupt! So I was determined to get it finished today and uploaded. The stamp is Little Claires, the papers from Ppaermania Capsule collection, flowers and ribbon from stash. I wanted to put some small yellow buttons in the middle of the flowers but can I find them anywhere? Nooo. So it had to be brads instead.

I'm entering it in the following challenges:

Little Claires - Animals
Papertake Weekly - Spots n' stripes

Spring Owl

The current Little Claire challenge is "Spring Celebrations" so I decided to use their April club stamp (even though that is the prize!) as I think it is a gorgeous stamp! I'm also going to enter it into this week's Papertake Weekly Challenge "Truly Dimensional". Now I have to tell you that despite what the photo looks like it really is dimensional. The front image panel across the gatefold is raised as is the owl and the flower.

Pretty in Pink!

I've used the lovely stamp from this month's Little Claire kit and I'm entering it into this week's Little Claire Challenge - the theme is flowers.

Cupcake Tree!

This was made with the stamp kit from Little Claire Designs monthly kit. I can see me using this stamp set a lot as it is such fun to use.  I used it as a "get well "card for a forum friend