Competition Winners & Little Claire Likes - 'Baby Changing Tree'

Good morning,

firstly, thank you to all of the lovely crafters that visited our stand at the Sincerely Yours - Biggin Hill show yesterday.  It was great to see so many familiar faces!

 

Secondly,

we must announce the three winners of our last competition, to win a set each of the lovely new May Club Stamp Set - 'Freedom'.

 

Jane, who said ......

Oh this is such a great set of stamps. It's lovely to see the butterflies coming out of the birdcage...great idea. If I had a day of freedom I would sit out in my little garden studio creating cards and jewellery all day long. I would be able to see the butterflies in the bushes, I would have my radio on and my cat Billy would lie in his basket beside me purring....bliss ;0) xx

 

Rachel, who said ......

such a gorgeous stamp set - I love mine and if lucky enough to win another \i would give it to my lovely mum - she's a crafter - and she is the one I would choose to spend a day of freedom with.... I would take her somewhere of her choosing and spend it as she would like. Mum has a hard time looking after my dad - it would be great to spoil her! hugs rachel x

 

Lucy, who said ......

I have Severe ME and have been bedridden and unable to talk to my family, eat food, leave the house or even go downstairs for over 2 years now so freedom would mean more than ANYTHING to me!!
I'd speak to all my friends and family give them all huge hugs, drive my mini to the coast and eat fish and chips smelling the fresh sea air and listening to the seagulls! Oh gosh I would cry with happiness!!!  P.s I love these new stamps!! The girl and bird cage are gorgeous! And what stunning DT cards!xx

 

Well done ladies! Three such worthwhile reasons to win the stamps.

 Please contact Carol (carol@littleclaire.co.uk) who will forward your stamp sets to you.

 

Lastly,

 

we are showcasing a little set 'Baby Changing Tree' in our 'Little Claire Likes' project today.

 

 

Heidi has made a little baby card using an embossed card blank, a pink tag and the 'Daisy Dot Alphabet' along with some gorgeous pink card, papers and white dotty ribbon.

 

This little set can be used together with the 'Little Claire Changing Tree' set or on its own as Heidi has shown by using the elements stamped, around the card below.

 

 

You can purchase the 'Baby Changing Tree' elements at the special price of £2.99 (normally £3.99) until Thursday, 15th May or whilst stocks last.  The original 'Changing Tree' set can be found HERE on the website at £8.99.

 

Here are a list of products used on the card :

 

Little Claire 'Baby Changing Tree' elements - £2.99

Little Claire 'Changing Tree' stamp set - £8.99

Little Claire 'Daisy Dot' Alphabet - £12.99

Dovecraft 'White Daisy Embossed' Cards - £1.99 (per ten)

Pink Tag Cards - £4.50 (per ten)

Pink Bazzill Cardstock - £0.50p per sheet

Craft Creations 'Pink Check' Paper - £0.50p per sheet

White Dotty Ribbon (per reel) - £3.80

Memento 'Rich Cocoa' Inkpad - £3.90

Promarkers Used : Blossom, Dusky Pink, Putty, Pastel Beige & Khaki - £1.70 per each

 

Card Instructions :

 

(1) Cut half of the white card blank away.

(2) Cut two pieces of pink tag, score one 2cms in from scallop.

(3) Cut a square of Pink Bazzill to fit inside of card, then paper and stick together.

(4) Attach one side of tag to back of card and fold over. Stick other inside down into card blank.

(5) Stamp up three small elements onto a oblong of white card, colour in.

(5) Stick to some Pink Check paper and stick to edge of tag.

(6) Stamp up 'B, A, B, Y' onto white card, colour in and cut out.

(7) Stick letters onto check paper and pink card, stick to left edge of card.

(8) Stamp small elements around edge of card onto Pink Check paper.

(9) Tie bow through tags.

 

We do hope you have enjoyed our blog project today.

 

The Little Claire Team

 

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Little Claire Monthly Challenge # 45 - 'Spots & Stripes'

 Good morning,

We are launching another new challenge today.

Thank you for all of you that have entered our challenge last month 'Lots of Layers'.

Our winner of the Little Claire goodies is :

Entry # 29 - Tracey's Corner Cards

Tracey has used some Little Claire peel offs on her card.

Well done Tracey! Please contact Carol (carol@littleclaire.co.uk) who will forward on your prize.

Our May challenge theme is 'Spots & Stripes'.  We would like to see lots of different papers with spots and stripes on your entries.  Please follow the rules below and if you are the lucky winner, you could win the following Little Claire goodies.

 

 Wooden Charms 50 p/pack

DCWV Mat Stack 36 Sheets Double Sided paper

Santoro Butterfly stamp set

LC Silhouette Picnic stamp

 

Now for our Design Team's creations for this month, wow they are stunning!

First of all,

Diane has used
'Henny Penny' stamp set

 

  

Doreen has used
'Cherish, Hugs & Dreams' and 'Postcard Sentiment's stamp sets

 

  

Gaynor has used
'Good Times' stamp set

 

  

Heidi has used
'Butterfly Blossom' stamp set

 

  

Helen N has used
'DIY' stamp & 'Dictionary Definitions' Sentiment set

  

Lozzy has used the
new May Club stamp Set - 'Freedom'

 

 

 

 Marianne has used
'Butterfly Blossom' stamp set

 

 

Here are the challenge rules to follow :

 

Can we please ask that your card/creation is an original design of your own and not a copy or remake of another card. This is plagiarism and these entries WILL NOT be included. 

(1) You DO NOT need to use a Little Claire stamp to qualify for the prize draw.

(2) Only those using Little Claire stamps will qualify for a Top 3 badge.

(3) You may enter the challenge UP TO 3 TIMES ONLY PLEASE and you may combine with other challenges.

(4) You MUST follow the challenge theme and NO BACKLINKING please, new cards only.

(5) Please provide a link to our blog in your post.

(6) Please leave a link (via link below) to your actual card, not just to your blog.

(7) Please turn off Word Verification on your blogs, it makes it so much easier & quicker to leave a comment on your blog.

(8) The challenge finishes on Friday, 13th June 2014 @ 16.00pm and the new challenge (# 46) will be open on Saturday, 14th June 2014.

We are looking forward to seeing your entries, good luck and enjoy getting creative!

The Little Claire Design Team

xxxxx


 



Weekly Blog Project - Dinky Camellia Book Card

Hello, Heidi here to share another Friday Blog Project with you.

 

I have made a small book card, using one of the new 'Dinky' stamps 'Camellia'.  This cute little stamp is great for decoupaging and edging, as I have shown on my little card.

 

 

Here is the front of the little book.  It measures : 8cms x 8cms.  It is great to make using lots of spare scrap white card and some left-over dotty white ribbon.

 

 

I have cut out three of the flowers, these form the central element. I have coloured them in with Promarker's and then stuck them on top of each other using sticky pads.  Lastly, adding glossy accents.

 

Here are the products used :

  

 

Little Claire 'Dinky - Camellia' stamp - from website HERE

Little Claire 'Sweetest Wishes' Stamp Set - from website HERE

White A4 card scrap pieces

Dotty White Ribbon

Memento 'Rich Cocoa' Inkpad

Promarker's - Putty, Sandstone Pink, Khaki, Pastel Beige & Mustard

Glossy Accents

Small white pearls

Strong double-sided tape

Score-board and tool

 

(1) Stamp up three of the images onto white card (shown below), colour in.
(2) Cut three white squares measuring : 7cms x 7cms.  Stamp up image centrally, colour in.
(3) Cut another square : 7cms x 7cms, stamp images over two corners, colour in as before. Add small sentiment.

 

 

(4) Cut four oblongs to measure : 6.5cms x 1cms.  Score vertically at each 1cm increments. Score edges well.

 

 

(5) Fit in edges together, as shown tightly.  Stick together using strong double-sided tape and edge with inkpad.

 

 

(6) Cut the base of the book-card in white card.  This measures : 8cms x 17cms.    . 

(7) Score at  8cms and  9cms, score edges well.

(8) Edge with the brown inkpad

(9) Stick one of the coloured image squares to back of frame, stick inside book.

(10) Stick two of the pre-cut flowers together with sticky pads.  Stick into frame.

(11) Attach ribbon to back of square and stick down to front of book.

 

 

(12) Stick other panel inside front cover.

(13) Add frame centrally to inside, over stamped images, stick well.

(14) Ensuring all elements are stuck down, add pearls and glossy accents, leave to dry overnight.

 

I do hope you have enjoyed my little blog project today.  Please feel free to leave me a comment.

 

Heidi & The Little Claire Team

 

xxxxx

 

 

 

 



It's about time we showcased our May Club Stamp set...

...or else before we know where we are we will be going into June!

Here is our lovely stamp club set for May - 'Freedom':

it's a great set full of lots of images with some super text too and our teamies have made a lovely selection of cards:

designed by Doreen

designed by Diane

designed by Gaynor

designed by Heidi

designed by Helen H

designed by Lozzy

designed by Marianne

and here is the card which our club members made using their packs:

designed by Helen N

We have 3 sets of these stamps together with the card packs to giveaway - just leave us a comment telling us what you would do if you had a day of complete FREEDOM!
and we will pick 3 lucky winners to be announced on Monday 12 May 2014 - good luck x

The Little Claire Team x

Little Claire Likes - Footballing Hedgehogs

Good morning and welcome to another 'Little Claire Likes', where we showcase a new or favourite stamp set from our range at a reduced price.

 

 

Today, is the turn of 'Footballing Hedgehogs'.  A great little stamp, ideal for male themed cards for any age.  Heidi has also used the 'Manphabet' stamp set and has spelt out 'GOAL', colouring in the letters with Promarker's.

 

 

You can snap up 'Footballing Hedgehogs' stamp at the special price of £3.50 (normally £4.50) until Thursday, 8th May or whilst stocks last.  You can visit the website HERE.

 

Products Used :

 

Little Claire Footballing Hedgehogs - £3.50

Little Claire 'Manphabet' stamp set - £12.99

White 6" x 6" card pack (x10) - £1.99

White A4 Stamping Cardstock - £3.50

Memento 'Rich Cocoa' Inkpad - £3.90

Promarker's Used : Pastel Blue, Denim Blue, Sandstone, Caramel, Almond, Putty, Pear Green, Spice, Khaki and Ice Grey I

- £1.70 per pen

Bo Bunny Paper from stash

Bazzill Bling from stash

Green card

Grass & Banner dies from stash

Sticky Tape and sticky pads

 

Card Instructions :

 

(1) Cut a piece of blue Bazzill Bling to measure : 14.5cms x 14.5cms.

(2) Cut a piece of the 'Bo Bunny' paper to measure 14cms x 14cms, stick to blue card.

(3) Cut a smaller piece of card : 9cms x 5cms and a piece of the other side of the paper as shown.

(4) Stamp up image onto white card, back with a piece of blue card, colour in. Edge with inkpad along with card blank.

(5) Die cut a piece of grass from green card, stick to front of image.

(6) Stamp up a small sentiment to top corner of card.

(7) Stamp up 'GOAL' using 'Manphabet' stamp set, colour in and cut out.

(8) Stick card and papers down onto white card blank.

(9) Die cut three small 'Banners' from blue card and paper, stick to back of image.

(10) Stick all elements down, raising letters onto small sticky pads.

 

Hope you have enjoyed our project today using our very cute 'Hedgehogs'.

 

The Little Claire Team

 

xxxxxx



Beautiful Buddleia - Little Claire Friday Blog Project

Morning everyone - beginning of May and a long weekend ahead for some.

I have used two elements from the latest project stamp set from Little Claire and confess that for ease of use I cut the butterfly free from the single Buddleia flower stamp......so 2 stamps but three elements!

 I have taken loads of piccies which I hope illustrates how the card "came" together.

 A multitude of stamps in this month's project club pack.

I have used a "Fanciful" card blank from Little Claire and cut black matting card to 10cm x 10cm and 13.5cm x 4.5cm.

White stamping card 9.5cm x 9.5cm and a strip of coordinating backing paper 13cm x 4cm.

I randomly stamped 3 images with the Buddleia stamp and then created a mask on a post it note.

By carefully placing the mask over a stamped image multiple layers of images can be added.

I positioned the butterflies approaching the Buddleia flowerheads and shaded in using  Promarkers. I also ran my lime green Promarker around the border for added dimension and layering.

Carefully traced round all the stamped elements with a pastel blue Promarker.....to add depth and dimension.

 Assembled the card as shown, using 3D foam pads on the stamped tile - sentiment stamped in each corner, adhesive gems and glitter glue.  I used a fineliner promarker to suggest flight paths of the butterflies.

Similar cards - different backing papers!

I hope you like my little make and have lots of fun with the latest project kit if you are already a club member. If not and you would like to regularly receive a new release monthly stamp set with a pack to make up one design plus additional ideas sheets pop over to Little Claire for further information.

I'm off now to have a nosey at other DT's make on the Little Claire website.

Whatever you are doing this weekend...............have a lovely time.      xx Gaynor

Hello everyone

today we have some new products and happenings to tell you about - firstly we have new dates for our monthly classes:

Our classes are held on the Wirral in a fabulous hall with lots of free parking and one of the new classes in July involves using lots of dinkie stamps - should be good fun! 

New Products:

Together with Kits 1, 2 and 3 of the Tim Holz Mini Distress Inks, we now stock Kits 4, 5 and 6 and very nice they are too!

Kit 4 contains Spun Sugar, Scattered Straw, Evergreen Bough & Shaded Lilac
Kit 5 contains Barn Door, Pumice Stone, Faded Jeans & Peeled Paint
Kit 6 contains Rusty Hinge, Broken China, Gathered Twigs & Victorian Velvet

All lovely colours and very useful to have in stock each pack £7.99

And look at these!

Wood Charms, Tiny Text

Wood Charms, Tiny Text. Wood veneer for every type of project. 52 per pack

Wood Charms, Happy Mail

Wood Charms, Happy Mail. Wood veneer for every type of project.  50 per pack.

Packs £4.50 (less 10% discount for club members)

Best wishes
The Little Claire Team x

Happy days everyone x

Hello, first off today we would like to say a very Happy Birthday to our lovely Carol (this is the lady who you will usually speak to on the phone and who posts out all the orders amongst a whole host of other things!)

Carol with our kitty (baby) when she was a kitten (baby, not Carol!)

 
She's got the day off, it's her birthday and the sun is shining - how good is that?

We have lots of Dinkie stamps on our web now all selling for just £2.00 each and we have added two new ones this week:

Flowerhouse Dinkie - just £2.00:

and Robin Doggie Dinkie also just £2.00:

Click here to see our full range of lovely dinkies x





We also have added two new dates for our classes in July to our web, we have a super Dinkie class running with Helen N and a new class 'Everything Changes' running with Helen H based on our Changing Tree themes (and a new changing concept to be revealed soon!)




The Little Claire Team x