Challenge 6 - a sketch!

Thank you for all your gorgeous entries for our 'animals' challenge - they were all just fabulous!

The lucky prize winner is....

No.149 - NancyD

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 the entries using Little Claire stamps

No.51 - Marianne

No.68 - Denise M

No.88 - Sarah-Jane Spencer

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

Now onto Challenge 6 - SKETCH

As it's my first ever sketch, I've got everything crossed that lots of you will join in!
You can turn it, add embellishments, etc - as long as we can see the basic sketch that's fine.

And here's the fab prize you could win

Ooh, super sweet Little Claire dies, gems and a selection of papers and cardstock :o)

Here are the DT's lovely creations

Missy

using Messing About on the River

Heidi

using On Your Wedding Day

Mary

using Drive My Car

Helen

using Messing About on the River

Sharon

using Victoria

Kitty

using Splishing & Splashing

Jen

using Georgia

Gaynor

using Beach Huts

Lisa

using Oh Man!

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 13th May

GOOD LUCK & HAVE FUN!  

Link your entries here

1.	Piali	12.	Lisa Jane	23.	Donna (Toulouse31)
2.	Ali (Aqualeiga)	13.	Debs xx (Pink Dandelion)	24.	Ardilla
3.	Marianne MW	14.	Marianne's Craftroom	25.	Claire JL
4.	Gill M	15.	Jenny Sabine	26.	Marianne MW
5.	Renee Lynn ONeill	16.	Stargroves (Anne)	27.	Lizy
6.	debs m	17.	Angélique	28.	Autumn Mist
7.	coops	18.	Dawn Lancaster	29.	Margreet
8.	ellie jay	19.	Anita Kaartenboetiek	30.	TT.Scraps
9.	Fiona L	20.	Where's my table (Abi)	31.	Jayne (Eskimo Frosting)
10.	Made By Mandy	21.	Dora	32.	Sammibug
11.	Crafty Fairie	22.	Sarah R

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Challenge 5 - animals!

Thank you so much for all your lovely entries for our Spring Celebrations challenge - we've loved looking at them!

There can only be one winner, and that lucky person is...

No.126 - Aqualeiga

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 the entries using Little Claire stamps

No.3 - Jen

No.93 - Amanda

No.152 - Sarah 

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

Now onto Challenge 5 - ANIMALS

Fairly self explanatory really... anything with at least one animal on will be fine!

Here's the absolutely FABULOUS prize that you could win

Wow... Promarkers, prima flowers, stamps and a gorgeous selection of papers!

Here is some inspiration from the design team

Louise

using Duck Mum 

Heike

using Shep

Helen

using Footballing Hedgehogs (digistamp)

Carol

using Room With a View Tree

Georgina

using Wishing on a Star

Donna

using 3 Monkeys (digistamp) 

Maxine

using Armfuls of Wishes

Jessica

using Blooming Lovely

Heidi

Lisa

using Silhouette Dogs

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 29th April

GOOD LUCK & HAVE FUN! 

Link your entries here

 

1.	juelmarie	53.	clare	105.	Agnieszka/ Ona_i_ja
2.	Heather Sparey	54.	Anita M	106.	Lorraine A
3.	Sandy O	55.	Sammibug	107.	The Crafty Den
4.	Jennifer	56.	Sammibug	108.	Sammibug
5.	Lisa Jane	57.	chris olsen	109.	America
6.	Elaine SBR	58.	Gill M	110.	Donna
7.	Carol	59.	Ali (Aqualeiga)	111.	Claire
8.	Kym's Crafty Cards	60.	coops	112.	heaney
9.	Cheryl (Shestamps)	61.	jovita	113.	Dorcas
10.	E. Marie	62.	Chris Olsen	114.	Crafty Teacher
11.	Sande	63.	Made by Jacqueline	115.	Crafty Teacher`
12.	Larisa	64.	Denise	116.	Katalytic
13.	Tracey V	65.	Rachel x	117.	Kleeblatt
14.	Amanda	66.	Rebecca S.	118.	Anita Kaartenboetiek 3
15.	Ali (Aqualeiga)	67.	Cebelica	119.	Chrissyxx
16.	Kate Edwards	68.	Denise M	120.	Lorraine A
17.	Carole of Brum	69.	Kleeblatt	121.	Karen Howard
18.	Linda Wescott	70.	Anita M	122.	Marianne MW
19.	Crafty Fairie	71.	E. Marie	123.	Karin
20.	Jen	72.	heaney	124.	Pat P
21.	padster	73.	Jennie	125.	Lori
22.	Nicola	74.	Donna	126.	Kate Edwards
23.	Anita Kaartenboetiek	75.	Julie W	127.	padster
24.	juelmarie	76.	Anita Kaartenboetiek 2	128.	Deloris
25.	Karen Mar	77.	Cheryl (Shestamps)	129.	Ardilla
26.	Sazzlecraft	78.	Marianne MW	130.	patty
27.	Rachel B	79.	DesigNeAl	131.	Fiona L
28.	KraftyKaren	80.	Anita M	132.	Kim B
29.	Stampersue	81.	E. Marie	133.	Vixykins
30.	kurlygirl	82.	pinky	134.	ARTish
31.	chris v - easily amused	83.	Rachel x	135.	chris v - easily amused
32.	Scrappy	84.	Amber Joy	136.	Agnieszka/ Ona_i_ja
33.	Lisa s	85.	Tracey V	137.	Hazel
34.	NikkiByrne	86.	Steph	138.	Carrie On Crafting
35.	kulrygirl	87.	Ali (Aqualeiga)	139.	Sally
36.	The Navy Wife	88.	Sarah-Jane Spencer	140.	Gemma
37.	Katie Tate	89.	Cheryl (Shestamps)	141.	Donna
38.	The Navy Wife #2	90.	juelmarie	142.	SarahR
39.	Flying Fresian	91.	Nicola	143.	Lisa s
40.	Tammy A.	92.	cris	144.	Lisa s
41.	K. Joy	93.	lalkygirl	145.	Katie Tate
42.	Anne	94.	Susan's Crafty Chaos	146.	Lori
43.	Scrappy	95.	Sue	147.	Scatty Jan
44.	Karina	96.	Boryana	148.	Tammy A.
45.	Gemma	97.	Beth	149.	NancyD
46.	Marianne MW	98.	Gingerbeary8-CarolH	150.	Gail
47.	Glenda Atkins	99.	kurlygirl	151.	Deloris T
48.	Ambrella	100.	Scrappy	152.	JanR
49.	Monica	101.	Sally	153.	Debs S
50.	Zoe	102.	D'Anne	154.	NikkiByrne
51.	Marianne's Craftroom	103.	Susan (aka TomsMom)	155.	valary
52.	Lovely Linda	104.	kozmik

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Elsie helping out!

Hi and thank you to everyone who visited us at the Alexandra Palace show this weekend, it was a super show and the sun shone too, which was great!

We are busy sorting ourselves out before our next show at Thetford this Sunday 17 May, but thought we would share this picture of Elsie sitting on Carol's knee:



Elsie & Carol hard at work!

I think we will have her answering the phone soon and maybe designing some stamps - any guesses what her preference would be?

More card inspiration coming with next blog, bye for now...........xxx

Create & Craft - 11am Thursday 07 April

A quick reminder for you to try and catch our show on Create & Craft tomorrow (Thurs 07.04 @ 11am).

Steve will be showing another 4 NEW Stamp Sets (how do we do it?) and we would love it if you could tune in and see him doing his demo's and pls send emails......

Here's a peek of what will be launched tomorrow:



Designed by Donna Mosley



Designed by Heike McIntosh



Designed by Louise Hall

The three cards above are from our RWAV 'Bistro' Set, with the Bistro window, interior, bay tree, hanging basket & text,



Designed by Donna Mosley



Designed by Heike McIntosh



Designed by Helen Nile



Designed by Georgina Sweetenham

The four cards above are from our NEW RWAV 'Claire's Fleurs' set and below we have cards made from our NEW 'Spikey Flower' set:



Designed by Helen Richards



Designed by Donna Mosley



.....and, or course, our NEW Owl Set, which you have seen previously.

So, four NEW SETS being launched by Steve on Create & Craft tomorrow at 11am - more cards to see on the show, and our fabulous DT cards are currently being uploaded to our web: http://www.littleclaire.co.uk/ during today & tomorrow (too many to do in one go!)

Note to our DT's: Thanks girls, you are so talented and you have done us proud x

Watch our web for our new 'Meet our Design Team' section where you can find out a little more about our wonderful team, take a link to their blogs & see all the cards that they have made for Little Claire.

Have a great evening xxx



Challenge 4 - spring celebrations!

Thank you for all your gorgeous entries for our 'pink & green' challenge.  We loved seeing all your lovely creations!

So we need a winner... and that lucky person is...

No.72 - Sarah R

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 the entries using Little Claire stamps

No.18 - Jen

No.58 - Anne

No.72 - Sarah R 

(must be your lucky day Sarah!)

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

Now onto Challenge 4 - SPRING CELEBRATIONS 

Spring colours, spring images, Easter cards - anything that says spring to you!

And here's the fab prize you could win this time

Here are the design team's lovely cards

Missy

using Messing About on the River

Kitty

using Georgia

Jen

using Camellia & Camellia Border

Helen

using Duckmum

Mary

using Duckmum

Gaynor

using Blooming Lovely

Heidi

using Geranium

  

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 15th April

GOOD LUCK & HAVE FUN! 

Link your entries here

1.	Jacki R	56.	Crafty Fairie	111.	Miss Molly
2.	Kym's Crafty Cards	57.	Amber Joy	112.	Kathleen Mc
3.	Lisa jane	58.	Kelly-Anne	113.	Melissa Sackman
4.	Jen	59.	Peggy R	114.	Ms. Petersen
5.	karen wilson	60.	tina	115.	Anita Kaartenboetiek3
6.	Cebelica	61.	Lisa Sumpter	116.	laney
7.	Spyder	62.	Colleen Holmes	117.	Grace N
8.	Grandma's Pearl	63.	Kobie	118.	Einat
9.	yogi	64.	Mary C	119.	dj1952 (Debra)
10.	heaney	65.	Carol	120.	Shirley
11.	Judy Rozema	66.	Janet B	121.	Debs R
12.	Georgia E.	67.	E. Marie	122.	Nicecrane Designs
13.	flutterbytrina	68.	Ellie	123.	Jenni
14.	Lauren	69.	Neha Jain	124.	Tamidolphin
15.	The Navy Wife #1	70.	Sammibug	125.	Linda Wescott
16.	Claire C	71.	Sammibug	126.	Sandie
17.	Iulia	72.	Vixykins	127.	Ali (Aqualeiga)
18.	Beacarona	73.	An	128.	Rochelle B.
19.	karen fowler	74.	Tracy Creedy	129.	Kleeblatt
20.	Anita Kaartenboetiek	75.	carisa	130.	Lisa s
21.	Debs R	76.	Dora	131.	Dawn Lancaster
22.	Angélique	77.	Rachael T	132.	america
23.	Glo	78.	Katya Kovacheva	133.	Georgia E.
24.	Scatty Jan	79.	Julie W	134.	Georgia E.
25.	Jo Davies	80.	Gopi	135.	Made By Mandy
26.	Denise M	81.	KristineB	136.	Margreet
27.	paulaholifieldcrafts	82.	Made By Mandy	137.	Lori
28.	Kleeblatt	83.	pinky	138.	paulaholifieldcrafts
29.	Cricut Butterflies	84.	Lisa s	139.	michelle
30.	Gale	85.	Rachel x	140.	Lorraine A
31.	Hazel	86.	Cheryl (Shestamps)	141.	Pankti
32.	Melissa Sackman	87.	Made By Mandy	142.	Lauren
33.	Gale	88.	Shelley Sarina	143.	paulaholifieldcrafts
34.	Lovely Linda	89.	Kobie	144.	Agnieszka/ Ona_i_ja
35.	Nina	90.	heaney	145.	Darlene P.
36.	Sande	91.	Allison	146.	Audrey G.
37.	kozmik	92.	Audrey	147.	Denise M
38.	D'Anne	93.	Glennis F	148.	Tracy Payne
39.	Melly	94.	Amanda	149.	Sarah
40.	Janice	95.	Kym's Crafty Cards	150.	Stacey G . (2 Craf-t-4u)
41.	Milnie	96.	E. Marie	151.	Kleeblatt
42.	Kelly	97.	Naush~Doodlebuddies	152.	SarahR
43.	Jan Hunnicutt	98.	E. Marie	153.	Sue
44.	Marianne R	99.	gale	154.	Margreet
45.	Rainmac	100.	An	155.	Sazzlecraft
46.	Miss Molly	101.	Stargroves (Anne)	156.	Stempelientje
47.	Gill M	102.	NikkiByrne	157.	Donna
48.	The Crafty Den	103.	Debra B	158.	kali
49.	Kathleen Mc	104.	Sammibug	159.	Maria Matter
50.	sally k	105.	Shelley Sarina	160.	Sazzlecraft
51.	sylvia t	106.	Annika	161.	ForgottenScraps
52.	Hazel	107.	Sandye Curry	162.	Ambrella
53.	Katalytic	108.	Elaine SBR	163.	Audrey E.
54.	Anita Kaartenboetiek2	109.	Kerry Roberts	164.	Audrey E.
55.	Karuna	110.	Min	165.	Debra B

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Little Claire's Owls - our Club Set for April



Card designed by Heike McIntosh

 Here is our new club set for April, our lovely set of owls called 'The right time' as the text included says 'Any time is the right time for a hug x'


Card designed by Helen Richards



Card designed by Gaynor Bloor



Card designed by Donna Mosley


 

Card designed by Carol Staples

This is a super set of 5 stamps, you get the mother & baby owl, the lovely floral corner, the little owl which fits onto the floral corner or can be used alone, the moon & stars and the gorgeous text.

Stamp set available now from our web: http://www.littleclaire.co.uk/

Just to remind you that we are at Bristol this weekend (01 - 03 April) at the UWE Exhibition & Conference Centre and next weekend we will be at the Alexandra Palace, London for two days, Saturday & Sunday 09 & 10 April and we will be demonstrating lovely card making ideas, so do try to pay us a visit.

Steve will be on Create & Craft this Thursday 07 April at 11am and he will be launching 4 new stamp sets, so do try to catch him and see the great selection of new cards created by our talented DT's.

More card ideas for this New Owl Set are on our website now, please take a look......

http://www.littleclaire.co.uk/

Before I go, here is a pic of one of my cats; Elsie, she made a home for herself inside a piece of carpet - sooo cute x
 

Best wishes x