A Little Claire Class.....

One of our lovely DT's Heidi, ran a Little Claire class near to her home town in Crawley recently and here are a couple of her ladies all enjoying themselves creating wonderful Little Claire cards:

Heidi is in the top picture stood up in the middle holding one of her creations and she will be running more 'Heidi' classes very soon, if you would like more information about Heidi's classes please get in touch with us. 
We will be running a Day with Little Claire at the K2 Leisure Centre in Crawley on Sunday 19 June, where the Little Claire team will all be present, together with Heidi and it promises to be a jam-packed day of wonderful card making.  If you would like more information, please contact us: 0844 800 4376 or email Carol: carol@littleclaire.co.uk

This weekend will see us in Bristol at the UWE Exhibition & Conference Centre, Bristol from Friday 01 April until Sunday 03 April and Steve will be launching 4 new stamp sets live on Create & Craft on Thursday 07 April at 11am.

Hope that you are enjoying our challenges, there are 2 days left until submissions close so give it a go and thank you to everyone who has entered so far, the standard of entries is superb, you are a talented bunch!
All at Little Claire x

2 Lovely Cards!

What a lovely few days we've had here with the sun shining and spring in the air! Here are 2 lovely spring-like cards to show you. We think they are both stunning.....

'Floral Set' by Louise Hall





This lovely card was made by Kitty Frampton with our 'Armfuls of Wishes' stamp. Thanks to both of you for these beautiful cards.

We've been busy organising another 'Day with Little Claire', this time down south. It is scheduled for Sunday 19th June at the K2 Leisure Centre, Crawley

The cost for the WHOLE DAY is just £59.00, including all materials & tuition, teas & coffees (you can bring your own lunch or there is an on-site cafe), plus you will receive 2 newly launched Little Claire stamp sets to keep! The Little Claire shop will also be there, manned by Steve himself.
Just contact carol@littleclaire.co.uk if you would like to book or for more info.

No shows this weekend as Steve recharges his batteries. He'll be in Bristol next weekend though 1st-3rd April at the Crafts for All show at the UWE Exhibition & Conference Centre and as always, he would love to see you!

Before I go, yet another date for your diary - Steve will be on Create & Craft on 7th April 11am with 4 new stamp sets... not to be missed!

Challenge 3 - pink & green

Thank you for all your gorgeous entries to our 'flowers' challenge - so many beautiful cards!

Before we get on to the next challenge we need a winner, and that lucky person is...

No.183 - Chris Olsen

Congratulations! Please email Gill at Little Claire with your details (putting 'Little Claire challenge winner' as your subject)

We've also chosen our Top 3 from all entries using Little Claire stamps

No.23 - Marianne

No.48 - Jen

No.167 - Ali

Please help yourself to the Top 3 badge from the sidebar :o)

Now onto challenge 3 - PINK & GREEN

You can add touches of other colours, but your creations must be mainly pink & green.

Here's the fab prize you could win this time

We also have a bit of exciting news - the lovely and talented Donna has joined our DT, and she's made a fab card for the challenge using Lydia Goes Shopping which is currently available as a free download.

Donna's card

And here are the rest of the design team's lovely cards

Jess

using Big Hugs

Heike

using Mini Claire

Georgina

using Blossom Fairy and the Swirl cutting die

Louise

using Walkies and Sleeping Doggie

Helen

using Blissful

Maxine

using Lydia Goes Shopping

Carol

using Messing About on the River

Lisa

using Spiky Flowers

A FEW RULES

• You DO NOT need to use a Little Claire stamp to qualify for the prize draw
• However, only those using Little Claire stamps will qualify for a Top 3 badge
• You may enter the challenge UP TO 3 TIMES and you may combine with other challenges
• You must follow the challenge theme and NO BACKLINKING please, new cards only
• Please provide a link to our blog in your post
• Please leave a link to your actual card, not just to your blog
• The challenge will close at 2pm on Fri 1st April

GOOD LUCK & HAVE FUN! 

Link your entries here

1.	Claire C	31.	Michaela	61.	kurlygirl
2.	Kathleen Mc	32.	michelle	62.	Tracy NZ
3.	Madge H.	33.	Bev	63.	Denise M
4.	kimberly	34.	Tracy Valure	64.	Kobie
5.	pinky	35.	Naush~Doodlebuddies	65.	Dawn Lancaster
6.	KraftyKaren	36.	Alexa	66.	padster
7.	Jennie	37.	kozmik	67.	Debs R
8.	BethieJ	38.	Sandye Curry	68.	Audrey E.
9.	mero	39.	Dorcas	69.	Kleeblatt
10.	Kate	40.	chris v - easily amused	70.	E. Marie
11.	Carole of Brum	41.	Anita Kaartenboetiek2	71.	Claire C
12.	yogi	42.	Gill M	72.	Sarah R
13.	kurlygirl	43.	Kate	73.	CraftyC
14.	Scrappy (1 of 3)	44.	CarolH	74.	Rebecca S.
15.	Jacki	45.	Cheryl (Shestamps)	75.	Alexeya
16.	Ann D	46.	Anita Kaartenboetiek3	76.	Denise
17.	Tamara Morton	47.	NikkiByrne	77.	Karin
18.	Jen	48.	Jacqui	78.	Juliet A
19.	Crafty Fairie	49.	Bonnie O'Clair	79.	chris olsen
20.	Gale	50.	kali	80.	Naush~Doodlebuddies
21.	Judy	51.	marcea	81.	Julie C
22.	Cabio	52.	Annar	82.	Stacey G . (2 Craf-t-4u)
23.	Hazel	53.	sylvia	83.	Milnie
24.	Sandy O	54.	Gosia	84.	Debs S
25.	Kobie	55.	Miss Molly	85.	Vanja
26.	Marianne's Craftroom	56.	Anita M	86.	Deni
27.	Maria Matter	57.	Chris Olsen	87.	vicki
28.	E. Marie	58.	anne	88.	E. Marie
29.	Suzi	59.	Lizy	89.	Julie
30.	Anita Kaartenboetiek	60.	Nancy in Iowa	90.	Julie

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Here we come, Harrogate!

Just a quick hello and a reminder that we will be at The Great Northern Papercrafts Extravaganza, Yorkshire Event Centre, Hall 1, Harrogate this Saturday and Sunday.  Be sure to come and say hello if you are at the show. Steve's all packed up and ready to go...... xx

Easter idea!

Hi all
Just been sorting through old card examples to make design boards for the Harrogate show this weekend, when I came across an old favourite stamp, 'Walk in the Park' that we'd almost forgotten about! We've given the card a new lease of life, updated it with some card candy and some flowers and hey presto, a fab Easter card!

Let me know what you think...

And we'd also like to say a big thank you to all of you who have been entering our blog challenges, we are amazed at the response xxx

Come and spend the day with Little Claire!

Hi everyone! We have been busy planning our first ever 'Little Claire Day' - yes, a whole day filled with card making, fun and LOTS of inspiration!
The venue is the lovely Holiday Inn, Chester on Saturday 18th June and the whole day costs £100 (Club members will receive 10% discount), fully inclusive of all materials and TWO new little Claire stamp sets  - launched on the day - for you to keep (value: £11.00). The price also includes lots of refreshments throughout the day, including a delicious lunch. You will make lots of fabulous cards, Steve will be on hand to attend to your every whim and our Little Claire shop will be there for you to purchase any goodies!
We are SO excited about this event and hope you can join us - places are limited so if you're interested, either ring us on 0844 800 4376 or visit the website http://www.littleclaire.co.uk/ (new from Little Claire) for further info.

Steve will be at the Artstamps show at the Leisure Centre, Chepstow tomorrow 10am-5pm.  He's then off to the Papercrafts show at Leigh Leisure Centre, Leigh on Sunday. Go and say hello to him if you're in the area!

Here's a gorgeous card made by Heidi at the Farnborough show: it features our new Room with a View Wardrobe set which is proving to be very popular - we love the way Heidi has used silver mirri card on the inside of the wardrobe to look like a mirror....very effective!

That's all for now - hope you have a lovely weekend and don't forget to check out our 'day with Little Claire'!
xxx

Challenge 2 - flowers

Wow, thank you for making our first challenge SO successful - we had over 500 entries!

We decided as things went so well, we'd like to do it a bit more often, so our challenges will now be running fortnightly :o)

I can now announce the lucky winner of our first challenge....

No.269 - Betty Wright 

Congratulations! Please email Gill at Little Claire with your details (putting 'Little Claire challenge winner' as your subject)

We have also chosen our first Top 3 from all the gorgeous entries using Little Claire stamps...

No.39 - Donna

No.174 - Jackie

No.338 - Kerry

Please help yourself to the Top 3 badge from the sidebar :o)

Now onto Challenge 2 -  FLOWERS

You can use floral images, flowery paper, add some flower embellishments - anything you like as long as we can see some flowers!

A quick reminder - you can enter our challenge up to 3 times, we want to make things fair for everyone.  We were fairly relaxed about it last time as it was our first challenge, but from now on any extra entries will be removed.

Here's the fab prize you could win this time

And here are the design team's lovely cards

Heidi

using Flowerhead

Sharon

using Lilies and Flourish

Gaynor

using Pom Pom Dalia

Helen

using Daisy Pitcher

Missy

using Camellia

Kitty

using Armful of Wishes

Mary

using Single Flower

A FEW RULES 

•  You DO NOT need to use a Little Claire stamp to qualify for the prize draw
•  However, only those using Little Claire stamps will qualify for a Top 3 badge
•  You may enter the challenge UP TO 3 TIMES and you may combine with other challenges
•  You must follow the challenge theme and NO BACKLINKING please, new cards only
•  Please provide a link to our blog in your post
•  Please leave a link to your actual card, not just to your blog

GOOD LUCK & HAVE FUN!

Link your entries here

1.	Natalie Z.	90.	Anita Kaartenboetiek2	179.	Anita Kaartenboetiek3
2.	Crafty Fairie	91.	Dani C.	180.	Grace N
3.	kali	92.	semsee #1	181.	The Navy Wife #3
4.	JULES	93.	Made By Mandy	182.	Josephine
5.	Heather D	94.	Sammibug	183.	Katja
6.	Claire C	95.	LISA V	184.	chris olsen
7.	E. Marie	96.	Mona Eidhammer	185.	Dorcas
8.	San (Cherry Pickins)	97.	Sally	186.	Tina
9.	sylvia	98.	The Navy Wife #2	187.	Debra B
10.	Jan Hunnicutt	99.	Denise	188.	Peggy R
11.	Georgia E.	100.	Leanne	189.	Kate
12.	Sande	101.	Tamara Morton	190.	Scrappy
13.	Anne-Marie	102.	lalkygirl	191.	SallyB.
14.	Denise Middleton	103.	Marjo	192.	Shazza
15.	SusanLotus	104.	Sandie	193.	Scrappy
16.	Sass	105.	Lorraine A	194.	Julie B.x
17.	Rachel Hope	106.	LindaS	195.	lis-m
18.	Lagene	107.	Ali (Aqualeiga)	196.	Kraftykaren
19.	The Navy Wife	108.	kavitha	197.	Denise
20.	Benzi	109.	Dori	198.	Mrs Bjortomt
21.	Tracey V	110.	Tammy A.	199.	flourgirl
22.	cheryl	111.	Donna	200.	Lovely Linda
23.	Jenni	112.	Lisa (2nd entry)	201.	Crystal
24.	Marianne's Craftroom	113.	Sue	202.	Sharette
25.	Chris Olsen	114.	Crystal	203.	Patricia St Martin
26.	Hazel (didos)	115.	Brandy	204.	Nina
27.	sandra's crafty corner	116.	Tamara Morton	205.	Hazel
28.	Scatty Jan	117.	Wendy Ramlakhan	206.	Hazel
29.	FrancaK	118.	Melly	207.	Lesley
30.	Donna	119.	marsha	208.	Miss Molly
31.	Rochelle B.	120.	Priyanka	209.	Audrey E.
32.	Colette S	121.	Einat	210.	Lori
33.	kali	122.	ARTish	211.	patty
34.	Lori	123.	Lagene	212.	The Crafty Den #2
35.	flourgirl	124.	Sally K	213.	Donna (Toulouse31)
36.	Kathleen mc	125.	ForgottenScraps	214.	Tamidolphin
37.	Nataliya	126.	Jo Davies	215.	Nataliya
38.	Brandy	127.	Nicola	216.	Dora
39.	Chris Dickinson	128.	Made By Mandy	217.	Jenn (jaxbeanstalks)
40.	Sande	129.	Doreen	218.	Jacqui
41.	Darlene (akronstamperdpk)	130.	Samantha :0)	219.	Margreet
42.	lalkygirl	131.	CraftyC	220.	Rleen Williams
43.	Stargroves (Anne)	132.	Jacki	221.	Maria Matter
44.	Grace N	133.	Fifi Folle	222.	Anita M
45.	Margreet	134.	Lisa s	223.	Grace N
46.	SusanLotus	135.	Ukka	224.	Olive
47.	Debs R	136.	Suzi	225.	Lovely Linda
48.	Doreen	137.	Sass	226.	Sally
49.	Jen	138.	Scatty Jan	227.	Doreen
50.	Mrs Bjortomt	139.	Dawn Frost	228.	Kelly
51.	Cebelica	140.	Kobie	229.	Denise
52.	Davi	141.	Marg the Hermit	230.	Silke Ledlow
53.	Gale	142.	Audrey E.	231.	Katie Tate
54.	merry	143.	Gemma	232.	Ali (Aqualeiga)
55.	chris v - easily amused	144.	E. Marie	233.	Benzi
56.	juelmarie	145.	Lisa Jane	234.	Iulia
57.	Monica	146.	xGemmax	235.	Maria Matter
58.	Rae	147.	Amanda	236.	Sally
59.	Nina	148.	Deni	237.	Sammibug
60.	Anita	149.	Deni	238.	Sammibug
61.	KarenB	150.	Anita M	239.	Brook
62.	Kate Edwards	151.	JULES	240.	kali
63.	Karina	152.	Shelley	241.	Lynnm
64.	Jose	153.	yogi	242.	Mandy
65.	Carole of Brum	154.	Dawn Lancaster	243.	pinky
66.	Gill M	155.	linda wescott	244.	paulaholifieldcrafts
67.	Hazel	156.	Donna (Toulouse31)	245.	Jennifer
68.	Jackie Njeri	157.	anita	246.	Tracy Payne
69.	MaryB	158.	Natalie Z.	247.	chris olsen
70.	The Crafty Den	159.	Shelley Sarina	248.	Trish Lucey
71.	Miesje	160.	MarjaS	249.	BethieJ
72.	Happy Days	161.	Deni	250.	Kym\'s Crafty Cards
73.	Fifi Folle	162.	Brook	251.	CarolH
74.	Nikki C	163.	E. Marie	252.	Anniebee\'s Craft Room
75.	Tracey V	164.	patty	253.	Suzanne T
76.	Fifi Folle	165.	patty	254.	Scatty Jan
77.	Tammy L	166.	marcea	255.	Dora
78.	Made by Jacqueline	167.	linda	256.	Kathleen Mc
79.	Mindy Baxter	168.	~ Ali Watson ~	257.	Anita M
80.	Vanja	169.	Fiona L	258.	Crystal
81.	Lovely Linda	170.	Dawn Bennett	259.	Scrappy
82.	Claire C	171.	Cabio	260.	Gemma
83.	Lisa	172.	linda	261.	Gemma
84.	Anita Kaartenboetiek	173.	patty	262.	Lisa W
85.	Jo Davies	174.	Sylvia	263.	Linda (Crafty Distraction)
86.	Shelly	175.	Katalytic	264.	Naush~Doodlebuddies
87.	Shelly	176.	mandi	265.	Carola *schoki*
88.	kerry	177.	Amanda	266.	Cheryl (Shestamps)
89.	Carrie	178.	Bianca Taylor

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We've been busy!

What a busy week we've had!
We hope that you managed to see Steve on Create & Craft last week and got to see our new 'Room with a View' stamp sets.
Hello to everyone who visited our stand at Farnborough, and thank you, we hope you enjoyed Heidi's demonstrations and from tomorrow Thursday 03 March thru to Sunday 06 March, Steve will be at the SECC Hobbycrafts Show in Glasgow, stand F17 - where he will have all of our new products on show.

Here are 3 quick cards that we have made using ONE SHEET of our stickers (hedghogs):

Hope you like............

And here is a small selection of our latest Room with a View designs:

WOW! Just a small selection, we are currently uploading all the fantastic cards created by our Design Team into the gallery on our web: http://www.littleclaire.co.uk/

More cards to come............. Little Claire x