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! 

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



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! 

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