Happy Birthday Gill x

Hello everyone - we have a birthday here at Little Claire - 

Gill has turned 50 and to celebrate we are offering the first
50 callers who spend £25 or more a whopping 25% discount and free p & p – so call 0151 342 5715 and wish Gill a Happy Birthday today!

Little Claire Likes ..... 'Mice in Squares'

 

 

Good morning, welcome to another 'Little Claire Likes' ..... This week we are featuring 'Mice in Squares, another recently launched stamp set with cute little images.  You can purchase the stamp HERE from our website for only £6.50.

 

 

 Here is a quick and easy card using the little mice.  We have listed the products used and some instructions, should you wish to make the card.

 

Products used :

 

Little Claire - Mice in Squares Stamp - £6.50

Craft Creations Paper - Small White Dots on Lilac - £0.50p sheet

Craft Creations Paper - Small White Dots on Green - £0.50p sheet

Dovecraft Embossed Flower Cards & Envelopes (x10) - £1.99

White A4 Stamping Cardstock - £3.50

Promarkers Used : Khaki, Pastel Beige, Lilac, Orchid, Sandstone, Tan & Caramel

Flower punch, Dies and pearls from stash

 

 Card Instructions :

 

(1) Stamp up image and colour in with Promarker Pens, edge with Pastel Beige Promarker.

(2) Die-cut large scallop square, Butterfly & Flourish from papers, put to one side.

(3) Punch out three flowers using punch.

(4) Stick scallop square shape to 'Embossed Flower' card blank, stick image on top.

(5) Arrange die-cut shapes, stick down and attach lilac pearls.

 

We do hope you have enjoyed our quick project today, please feel free to leave us a comment.

 

The Little Claire Design Team

 

xxx



Little Claire Monthly Challenge # 34 - 'Male Theme'

Welcome to another challenge here at Little Claire.  Thank you to everyone who joining in our Challenge & Blog Hop last month.  The winner of the Blog Hop will be announced on here on Monday 17th June when Gill returns from her holiday.

 

We had lots of wonderful entries in our challenge, the winner of which is drumroll .....

 

 # 23 - Kay Griffin

 

Well done Kay - here is her lovely card :)

Please contact Carol@littleclaire.co.uk who will send you your prize.

 

Our Top Three Are :

# 7 - Lucy
# 33 - Diane W
# 39 - Rachel Fisher

Well done ladies! Please take the blinkie for your blogs.

 

Before we get to our new challenge theme.  We have to say goodbye to two lovely teamies.  Donna & Lyndsey
who have recently left our Design Team.  They had both been with us for some time, so goodbye and we are all missing you already.

 

It is also Hello!!! to our lovely new teamie - Lozzy! Welcome to our lovely team, please go take a look at her blog HERE, she is a fabby crafter and we are so lucky to have her on board, so welcome Lozzy!

 

For our new challenge, we would like to see your 'Male' themed projects.  Just right for this weekend with Father's Day fast approaching.  Please follow the rules and leave us a link below.

 

Here is the prize you could win this month :

  

 

 Three die cut sheets

One Pack of 20 mini Kraft cards and envelopes

Five brand new 'Dinky' image stamps


Now to our DT's Creations :

Gaynor has used
'Tulip Cat Peel-Off'

Gemma has used
'Georgina's Rosette's',  'Oh Man' Stamp sets and 'Dictionary Definitions' sentiment set

Georgina has used
'Cherish, Hope & Dream's' Stamp set

Heidi has used
'Happy Day's' Stamp Set

Helen N has used
'DIY' Digi Download & 'Dictionary Definitions' Stamp Set

Lozzy has used
'Westie's in Squares' Digi-Stamp
'

There they all are, lots of great inspiration for you crafters out there!

Here are our rules for entering the challenge :

Challenge Rules :

(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, 12th July 2013 @ 16.00pm and the new challenge (#35) will be open on Saturday, 13th July 2013.

 

 Good luck entering, the Design Team are looking forward to seeing all of your entries and reading your comments left below.

The Little Claire Design Team

xxxx

 

 

 

 

 



Friday Blog Project - Post-It Note Holder

 

Happy Friday, here is a little Post-It-Note Holder made by myself,  Heidi.  It was made using scrap card, some little sticky buttons and the gorgeous little 'Dinkie' - 'Pincushion Birdy', which is available on the website HERE for only £2.00!

 

It is very quick and easy to make and they make great gifts for teachers etc.

 

Products Used :

 

'Pincushion Birdy' Dinkie Stamp

Post-It-Note Block - 5cms x 5cms

'Bluebell' Bazzill Cardstock

Small piece of white cardstock

Spellbinders Shaped Die

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Promarkers - Denim Blue, Powder Blue, Blossom, Rose Pink, Pastel Beige & Khaki

Sticky Buttons from stash

Strong double-sided tape

Sticky Foam Pads

 

Holder Instructions :

 

(1) Cut a piece of 'Bluebell' cardstock to measure : 6cms x 14.5cms. Score at 6cms and 8.5cms, fold on score lines.

(2) Stamp image onto white cardstock, die-cut out and colour in with Promarkers.

 

(3) Stick post-it-note pad down using strong tape, to inside of holder.

 

(4) On foam pads, stick image down onto top of holder and add three small sticky buttons.

 

I do hope you have liked my little project today, please feel free to leave me a comment. I do hope you enjoy making these little fun gifts.

 

The Design Team will be back with another challenge tomorrow, so do stop by to join in.

 

Heidi & The Little Claire Design Team

 

xxxx



Butterfly Flourish Card

 

Good morning, Heidi here! Am sharing a quick card I have made using the gorgeous June Club Stamp 'Butterfly Flourish' (£8.99) and a new 'Dinkie' sized stamp called 'Flowerhead (£2.00)'.  The 'Dinkies' are smaller sized stamps of already popular images that we sell.

 

On my card, I have paper-pieced the dragonflies and the 'Flowerhead' images onto Craft Creation's paper - Pink Gingham.  I have made an aperture card which shows of the lovely sentiment that comes in the set.

 

 

There are lots of other 'Dinkies' on the website HERE.

 

Thank you for stopping by and a comment left.

 

Heidi & The Little Claire Design Team

 

xxxx

 



Little Claire Likes ..... 'Daschund's in Squares'

Good morning, hoping you all had a wonderful crafty weekend?  We are showcasing a recently launched stamp set for our 'Little Claire Likes' ... today.  'Daschund's in Squares'.  If you are a dog lover or know someone that is, these little dog images are just right for you!

 

You can stamp them up as a 'foursome' or individually as shown on our card today.

 

 Products Used :

 

Little Claire 'Daschund's in Squares' Stamp - £6.50

Little Claire 'Postcard' Sentiments Stamp Set - £12.99

Bazzill 'Cinnamon Stick' Cardstock - £0.50p per sheet

Bazzill 'Romance' Cardstock - £0.50p per sheet

White A4 Superior Stamping cardstock - £3.50

Promarkers Used : Tan, Caramel, Pastel Beige, Khaki, Dusky Pink, Blossom, Pastel Blue, Warm Grey II & Ice Grey I.

Pink/White Dotty Ribbon - £2.80 per reel

White Pearls - £1.80   per pack

(Dies from Memory Box - from stash)

 

Card Instructions :

 

(1) Stamp up 'Daschund's' image, colour in and cut out into individual squares. Matt and layer these onto brown cardstock.

 

(2) Cut a piece of brown card to measure 10cm x 30cms. Score at 10cm and 20cms.

(3) Cut three squares in pink cardstock to measure : 9.5cms x 9.5cms.

 

(4) Matt and layer brown and pink card.  On central piece, stick ribbon to back of card and tie a bow at front, as above.

(5) Stamp up 'Postcard' sentiment, colour in butterfly and matt & layer onto brown card.

(6) Die-cut Butterfly, Floral Vine and Flowers, stick together and attach to card.
(7) Attach a small amount of ribbon to two of the images, stick down and stick to card in top corners.
(8) Attach all elements and pearls to card.

We do hope you like our little card today, please feel free to leave us a comment.

Pop back on Wednesday, when we will share another project.

The Little Claire Team

xxxx



Little Claire's Weekly Project with Gemma making a 'Thinking of you' card

Hello Crafters

Its Gemma here with this weeks Little Claire's Weekly Project for you, something bright and cheery and it's a card for those times you need one that just lets someone know that you are thinking of them and hopefully it will put a smile on their face too!!

I am also using a 'Just been Released' stamp set and these are called 'Postcard Greetings'...aren't they just fabulous?!?! 

 Righto me lovelies no more waffle, lets get giving you the deets of how to make this card so without further ado, here's it is....

Ingredients

Little Claire's Flowerhead stamp

Little Claire's Dinkie Flowerhead stamp

Little Claire's Postcard Greetings stamp set

Tuxedo black memento ink pad

White card blank

White card for stamping

Promarkers - gold, honeycomb, burnt sienna, mustard, vanilla, buttercup, primrose

Ribbon and Gems {stash}

Sticky notes 

Ruler 

A pencil

Eraser

Recipe

1) Cut a piece of white card to 14cm x 14cm square, next put a mark at 4 inches up one of the side's of this piece of card and then do the same on the opposite and now join these to marks, you should now have a small and large section.

2) On the small section of this card stick some sticky notes over it to protect it from any inks.

3) Now stamp some of the large flowers using your Flowerhead stamp on this large section of the card, going slightly off the edge of the card but remember to leave some space for some smaller flowers using your Dinkie Flowerhead stamp...just like the photo above.

Now take off your sticky notes!!

4) Next step is to colour your flowers with any colour products you have and the ones i have used Promarkers, the large flowers i have used burnt sienna, honeycomb, gold and on the little flowers i have used mustard, vanilla, buttercup and primrose, going from darkest to lightest when colouring.

5) Now rub out the pencil line you created before and then attach some ribbon where this line originally was using extra tacky tape. Next you can attach this piece to your main card blank using foam pads to give it a bit of dimension.

6) Now make a bow and attach this to your card, next stamp out your chosen sentiment which mine happens to be the {Just been Released} Postcard Greetings and now cut around the sentiment leaving a little white border.

7) Next attach the sentiment to your card but tucking it under your ribbon, like in the photo above and now attach some gems to top righthand side of card...Now your card is finished!!

I hope i have inspired you to make this card and if i have and you are in need of some products please don't forget to stop by Little Claire's shop...you wont be disappointed believe me as they have lots of gorgeous products and at fantastic prices too :)

Thank you for stopping by Little Claire's today and for any sweet comments you may leave me :)

Take care me lovelies...

hugs and xxx

Gemma

We are enjoying the wonderful sunshine...

...and this morning we opened our copy of PaperCraft Essentials issue 95 and on page 70 we have a great feauture designed by one of our teamies, Helen N, made using the birdtable stamp from our Happy Days stamp set:

Papercraft Essentials issue 95

Helen has made a really pretty card and you can find step by step instructions together with some info about Little Claire.

Here is Helen's card close up, the sentiment 'you make me happy' is also part of the Happy Days stamp set:

Helen N

Thanks for a great project Helen and we think that this design perfectly matches the good weather we are enjoying just now!

Little Claire x

Little Claire Likes .... 'Geranium'

 

 

 

 

Good morning, our 'Little Claire Likes' .... stamp today is 'Geranium' . You can purchase it for the reduced price of £3.50 (normally £4.50) until Thursday 6th June.

 

Give the office a call on 0844 800 4376 or you can order on the website - HERE

 

Here is a card made using the stamp and also one of the brand new 'Postcard' sentiments, which you can purchase from the website. We have given you a list of products used from our website and instructions on how to make the card. 

 

Products Used :

 

Little Claire 'Geranium' Stamp - £3.50

Little Claire - Postcard Sentiments Stamp Set - £12.99

First Edition 'Summer Breeze' Paper Pack - £7.50

Spellbinder's 'Floral Ovals' Dies - £15.99

White Dotty Organza Ribbon - £3.80 per reel

Cinnamon Bazzill Cardstock - 0.50p per sheet

Promarkers - Sunkissed Pink, Putty, Khaki, Pastel Beige & Ice Grey I

(Card blank, brown inkpad, brown button, pearls & linen thread from stash)

 

Instructions for Card :

 

(1) Stamp image onto white cardstock, die cut around.  Colour in with Promarker's.

(2) Cut paper to fit card blank, one brown piece and one patterned.

(3) Cut a smaller piece of brown paper 6cms x 14.5cms and a piece of pink paper 5.5cms x 14cms. 

(4) Stamp 'Geranium' head around pink paper with brown inkpad, stick papers together and onto card. (5) Ink around all edges of paper and image.

(6) Die-cut large 'floral oval', stick image onto it and then to card.

(7) Stamp up 'Postcard' sentiment, edge with ink, stick to card.

(8) Tie ribbon, add linen thread to button and stick together onto card.

(9) Add pearls.

 

We do hope you like our project today.

 

The Little Claire Team

 

xxx

 

 

 



Weekly Project - You're so Tweet! card

Hi! It's my turn this week (Georgina) for the Weekly Project. I have made a card using the lovely You're so Tweet! stamp.

 

 

To make this card you will need:

You're so Tweet! stamp from Little Claire

Georgina's Buttons & Stitching stamp set from Little Claire

Save the Date! stamp set from Little Claire

148x148mm white scalloped card black

Purple tag card from Little Claire

Smooth white card

Kraft card

White dots on purple paper from Little Claire

White dots on pale purple paper from Little Claire

10mm dark purple ribbon

Faux pearl

Foam pads

Scalloped edge punch

Glossy Accents

White gel pen

Black fineliner pen

Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad

Dark purple ink pad

Screw punch

ProMarkers: Orchid, Bluebell, Lilac, Purple, Aubergine, Walnut, Forest Green, Yellow, Cocoa and Pastel Yellow.

 

 

1. Stamp the You're so Tweet stamp twice onto smooth white card using the Memento ink pad. Colour the images with ProMarkers.

 

2. Cut one tag from the purple tag card. Cut out one of the coloured images and attach it to the tag.

 

3. Cut the large birds, large flower and heart from the second coloured image and attach to the tag with foam pads. Draw in white faux stitching. Add Glossy Accents to the heart and centre of the flower.

 

4. Cut a piece 13.5cm x 14cm of purple dotty paper, a piece 12.5cm x 13.5cm of white card and a piece 11.5cm x 13cm of pale purple dotty paper. Attach together as show below.

 

5. Stamp the button stamps onto kraft card and also onto the dotty paper. Stamp the stitching onto the dotty paper as shown below. Cut out the kraft buttons and use the screw punch to add the holes. Attach the buttons to the dotty paper.

 

6. Cut a strip 6.5cm x 12.5cm of white card. Punch the two long edges with the scalloped punch. Cut a piece 3.5cm x 12.5cm of purple dotty paper. Attach to the centre of the dotty backgrounds.

 

7. Thread the ribbon through the top of the tag. Attach the tag to the dotty papers. Attach the ends of the ribbon behind the dotty paper.

 

8. Cut a piece 5cm x 1.5cm of white card. Stamp the sentiment with a purple ink pad. Cut off two corner to form a tag shape. Use the screw punch to punch a hole in the top of the tag. Add faux stitching. Attach to the top of the tag. Attach the dotty panel to the card blank.

 

9. Stamp the sentiment and age using the Save the Date! stamp set. Cut out the circle and add to the card with foam pads.

 

10. Tie a bow from the purple ribbon and attach to the tag. To finish add a pearl to the bow.