Little Claire Blog Hop and Challenge

Morning, one more week until half term - and a lesson observation and performance management meeting this week to look forward too..........good job I can escape to my crafting when I need to "chill!".

Okay - escape time:)

I have created my card using this month's project stamp set - Happy Days, coloured with promarkers, Tags Sentiment, additional butterflies from the Blossom Stamp Set and the bottles from the Gentleman's Tree Embellishment Set.

This month, Little Claire are offering two prizes, which doubles your changes of winning some lovely Little Claire goodies!

LC have a normal challenge with an 'Open Theme' and a 'Blog-Hop'.

Prize for the challenge of 'Open Theme'

1 x Men A4 Die Cut sheet

1 x Man Squares stamp set

(including circular sentiment ‘Man’)

1 x You’re so Tweet stamp

and  for the winner of our 'Blog Hop'

 3 x A4 Design Sheets

2 x Scallop Circle Easel Cards & Envelopes

Tulip Cat Stamp

Butterfly Blossom Stamp

Family Ted Stamp

Poppies Stamp

1m of Crafted with Love Ribbon

1m of Pink VW Campervan Ribbon

To enter the LC challenge, make a card and leave a link. To also enter the blog-hop, visit all of the Design Team blogs, where they will each have a letter highlighted in their posts.  Collect all of the letters (eight in total) and once you have worked out the popular stamp name, email your answers to :

info@littleclaire.co.uk

Making sure you title your mail - Blog Hop!

Both winners will be notified in the July challenge post.

My letter is U, now please go to Gemma's blog where another letter can be found.

xxGaynor

Little Claire's Friday Project

Just back in from a fantastic retail crafty fix at Port Sunlight - gosh the Happy Stampers show is so busy - and also wonderful.  It was really lovely to say hi to so many crafty colleagues many of whom enjoyed the Little Claire Wirral Workshop Day last Saturday.

Yesterday is was my turn for the weekly LC Friday blog project.  I have used one of the projects that I designed and created last weekend.  I had a lovely time and really enjoyed myself, spending a day with craft minded folk a real treat.

I have used the cheery Tulip cat stamp recently released, the two little doggies stamp also works equally well......oh decisions, decisions, so we had both stamps on the table during the workshop!

I added a red border using my poppy promarker around the red and white spotty paper, the card for the stamped image and the green backing paper mount as shown.  This lessened the weight and bulk of the finished card

Promarkers used as shown.

Everything but the Fleur Die is currently available from Little Claire.

  Please do check out the Little Claire website for bargain prices on Nestabilities Dies......fabulous assortment, the hardest part actually choosing!

Hope you like my little project................comments always welcomed.

Off now to have a play with some lovely new stamps I purchased this morning.....:) xxGaynor

Little Claire Day on the Wirral,

Had an amazing and fun day yesterday at the Little Claire Wirral Day.  Thought I'd share the cards which were made...............am sharing 3 of the 4 cards I designed for the day.....the fourth I shall share on Friday for the Friday Blog Project.

Using the blossom stamp................one of my favourites which has also been used to create the background paper.

 

Using the delicious tree stamp set with embellishments "man" and a Little Claire sentiment.

 

Cherish, Hugs and Dream stamp set using a zig zag folded card.

 

xxGaynor

Poppies and Bears - from Little Claire

Evening - 1 work day down 4 more to go........exciting afternoon with a visitor in school "from the Amazon Rainforest!"  We had land snails, hissing cockroaches - learnt so much about these guys.....nope still don't like them much:(  A python, tarantula and a skunk.....Rosie the skunk was my favourite she is so sweet - honestly.  The opportunities for youngsters today in their learning is brilliant........hopefully will generate amazing work from everyone......took great pics too....

Onto a couple of shares today using 2 new stamps from Little Claire:

 

Our garden is blessed with yellow and orange poppies every year and so I chose to colour the poppy stamped image in these tones.  I have also added a Memory Box die, tiny ladybirds that have been in my crafty stash for years, coloured the adhesive pearls with promarkers to match.  I have also coloured a little organza ribbon with promarkers for additional interest.  Backing papers are from Craft Creations also available through Little Claire.

 

The second stamp is the cutie teddy bears:

 

 

Not such a good picture - sorry!  The bears are coloured in toning lilac shades.  The deep punch used is from Martha Stewart.  Little sentiment tag also from Little Claire as is the lilac backing paper.  Mounted onto a Nestabilities Die and some dotty organza ribbon and adhesive tiny black pearls added for interest.

 

A couple more makes to share later in the week.......now back to sifting through all the pics taken this afternoon...................................xxGaynor

 

Quickie makes......

Yes I have been a very bad blogger - sorry!  Sort of hit the ground running so to speak since Easter.......busy with both family and work..................anyhow a couple of makes to share.

A card for yes Nick, the 3 toppers from LOTV pretty much sum his lifestyle up.....couldn't choose between and so used all 3.  I cut a stepper card and used Nestabilities and alphabet and greeting sentiment from Little Claire.

The second card also used a LOTV topper plus backing papers from LOTV.  Nestabilities die a little garden twine and card candy........

Saturday 4th May- a Day with Little Claire on the Wirral.  I'm all prepped and ready, looking forward to a fun filled day, meeting up with fellow Little Claire teamie Helen, Gill, Steve and all the fabulous crafters booked on the workshop day..............  Also pleased the Monday is a Bank Holiday.......feeling spoiled already :)  xxGaynor

Little Claire Challenge Spring Theme and Sketch

Happy Sunday - the sun is shining and signs of spring........back to work tomorrow, I have so enjoyed the Easter break.

The latest challenge over at Little Claire is a Spring Theme and Sketch.  I have used the latest project stamp, with Little Claire sentiments.  I rarely follow sketches when I am in a creative mood.....but this sketch is beautiful and I shall definitely be using the format again and again.

 

I have embellished with flowers from the stamp design, a few adhesive pearls, organza ribbon coloured using promarkers.  The die is a nestabilities, Martha Stewart border punch and backing papers freebies with a craft magazine.

Please do pop on over to the Challenge Blog and check out my team mates fabulous creations, if you would like to enter our challenge this month the prize is this little lot :-

 

So many beautiful creations using the same sketch and theme........

Off to take some cat pics now for my local Cats Protection branch..........xxGaynor

A quickie share!

We have just returned from a week in Cornwall - weather beautifully mixed - crossing the Causeway to St Michael's Mount in Marazion - wearing a woolley hat, hood and sunglasses to stop my eyes streaming from the cold wind.......................but we have had a wonderful time......didn't need my woolley hat after Sunday!

A little share of a quickie card I made using LOTV toppers, which I have had for a long time.....couldn't decide which image suited so chose 3 which are very apt for the recipient.

Alphabet Letters and Sentiments are from Little Claire...............

Another share tomorrow - new blog challenge at Little Claire is revealed.....and it is a fabulous challenge with a mega prize...............Please join in at Little Claire.  xxGaynor