Christmas !!

My word peeps...hope you are enjoying the lovely sunshine like we are here in Bucks, but my word it has turned chilly at night with frosts !! Brrrrrr....

Time for this months Little Claire Challenge which is

"Christmas"

 

 I've used "Owlgate" which not only has three owls, but three little super cute mice as well !! Can you spot them ??

I didn't want to do a tradional christmas card so stamped my image onto kraft card and then coloured in using promarkers. You get much softer colour tones ( apart from red ) doing this and it blends well with the card. The snow was created using a Sakura Pen-Touch white pen, the best white pen I have found !! mat and layered several times then mounted onto kraft card base. Finished off with faux stitching, ribbon with die cut snowflake and holly leaves topped with a few red jems !!

 

The prize for this months challenge is

 

Dovecraft Christmas Tree Stamp

Little Claire Swirly Flowers Stamp

Little Claire Feed the Birds Stamp Set

36 Assorted Die Cut Sentiments

Assorted Christmas Greetings Sticker Sheet

5 12 x 12 Sheets Christmas Papers

 

 What a fab bundle of Little Claire goodies !! So why not make one extra christmas card and enter !!

Would love to enter:

Creative Corner: let it snow

Crafty Ribbon: anything goes with ribbon

ABC Christmas Challenge: winter wishes

Crafting For All Seasons: stitching real or faux

Divas By Design: something snowy

Deep Ocean Challenges: winter

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenges: use kraft cardstock

Competition !!

Ok - here's a competiton just for fun !!

Can you guess what stamp Steve is making in this photo

 ???????

Have a go and if you put the link from our website to your chosen stamp onto our NEW facebook page 

Little Claires Designs

 

and tell us which stamp you think it is,  then we will announce the winner/s on

 Monday 18th November

  just take a guess, choose your stamp and you never know it may be sent out to you !!

Blues

Blues is our challenge theme over at

and I have used "Rainy Days" which is just right for the challenge this week which I chose as its my turn to host !!

Coloured in with promarkers,  all papers from Stampin Up, lots of faux stitching, sentiments by Wild Rose Studio, card candy which I coloured blue just like the weather at mo......

The prize this week is

Someone has to win and it just might be you !!

Would love to enter:

LORi Designs; ribbon and bows
Love To Scrap: anything goes
My Craft Creations: anything goes

Fab Day !!

My word what a horrible day today, wet and windy !!

Yesterday was completely different with lovely sunshine and I spent it at the NEC !!

The first stand I came across was "Little Claire"

Had a natter with Steve, he's a lovely guy !!  So strange to see some of my work on display....

Just had to have these two to add to my collection !!

Then came across lovely Lindsay Mason who was busy as ever, but we had a good laugh and long natter as well as a big hug !! 

Aunty Diane didn't forget the two terrors either !!

Then met Lynda Chapman from Cupcake Crafting who has just made a CD using Suzettes Crafty Sentiments Designs images called " Her Comes The Girls"

Lynda said the CD was selling really well, so please look out for it !!

Look at these fab wooden buttons I found !!  Aren't they super cute !!

Super moulds from Martha Stewart

A bargain punch only £5 !!

Another bargain only £5 as well !!

Just love the socks on his ears !!

I did have a great spend up, but far toooooo much to show you !!

These also jumped into my bag !!

What are they ?? ....... well tea and coffee stir'ers from the cafe'.  Now there must be a crafty use for these !!

Can't take me anywhere....

FREE P&P this weekend !!

This offer does inclued

 International orders

 as well as UK !!

Deck The Horns !!

 Morning peeps !!

 It's my turn for the friday project at Little Claires and I thought I'd show you how to make this fab door hanger for Christmas using "Deck The Horns"

 You will need:

A wooden door hanger blank

Little Claires "Deck the Horns" stamp

Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas paper pad

White and black card

Promarkers

8 buttons

White dotty and red dotty ribbon

Twine

3 gold bells

Black "Happy Christmas" stickers

 Spellbinder dies-Snowflake Pendent and Labels Eight

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1- Cover your wooden hanger with chosen paper, I've used the red and green spotty paper and distress the edges with a craft knife.

2- Stamp"Deck The Horns" image onto a piece of white card and colour in using promarkers, then die cut out with Labels Eight die. Using the same die onto a piece of black card draw round outside and cut out. Distress edges and glue both pieces together, add "Happy Christmas" stickers and then mount onto front of door hanger.

3- Tie a piece of twine through each of the 8 buttons, glue 6 in a line along front of hanger.

4- Die cut one large snowflake from piece of white card.

5- Cut one legth of whit dotty and one length of red dotty ribbon and tie a big bow. Gently heat with heat gun to crinkle ribbon. Now glue snowflake and one red button onto bow and then glue onto top of door hanger.

6- Onto a piece of red dotty ribbon, thread three gold bells and then crinkle ribbon with heat gun and glue to front of hanger.

7-  Make a bow using white dotty ribbon and then crinkle with heat gun and glue on top of red ribbon with bells. Now glue last red button in centre of bow.

 Little Claire have so many christmas stamp that would look great on this door hanger, why not have a look and make your own fab door hanger in time for christmas !!

Would love to enter:
ABC christmas challenge: reindeer
Bearly-Mine challenges: anything goes
Jolly Holly Christmas Challenge: traditonal colous
Papertake Weekly: anything goes
Ribbon Carousel Challenge: holidays and celebrations
Bunny Zoes Crafts; ribbon

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Chilly

Last Saturday at AMOM it was Scrap Club and an Autumn theme, so I thought it would be fab to use my photo's of  my cute woolly hats for the Innocents Big Knit for Age UK.

 You would'nt believe this started out as a plain piece of card !!

We coloured with Pan Pastels, stamped with distress inks to make our backgrounds.

Embossed colour core card and coloured with Pan Pastels. Made a couple of tags.

Then finished off with some twine and eyelits to make a border !! Great fun  !!