Dalmation in Flowers Card

Hello is`s Alli here and this is my digi stamp blog project. Its a card with a lot of ingredients and a big set of instructions but I have made all the embellishments and if you wanted to simplify things you could use bought embellishments from your stash. I have made this for a darling little girl who loves the film 101 Dalmations and I can`t wait to see her face when she opens it.

what you will need:
Little Claire Dalmation in flowers digi stamp
Little Claire Rebeccas Really Useful Female Stamp Set
Hobbycraft General Sentiments Clear Stamp
Tattered Lace Essentials Circles Dies - No5
Joy Crafts Floral Flourishes Leaves die 6003 0001
Marianne Creatables Flower Die LR0110
die cutting machine
Versa Fine black ink pad
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads - Picked Raspberry, Tumbled Glass,
Salty Ocean, Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn, Evergreen Bough
Cut n Dry foam
Nit Wit Pastel Dreams paper pad - dark pink paper
spotty paper
6" x 6" white base card
white card to print onto
good quality mat print paper
pink card
black card scraps
Tonic butterfly boot punch
Glamour Dust glitter
wet glue & brush
ring binder hole punch
colouring in implements of your choice

Cut the Nit Wit Pastel Dreams dark pink paper to mat and layer onto the base card but do not stick down.
Using a piece of Cut n Dry foam shade the edges of the pink paper with the Tim Holtz Picked Raspberry Distress Ink.
Stick the paper onto the 6" x 6" base card.

Go to the link Black and White Spotty Background Paper (which will take you to a page on my blog) and select the image and save the image to the pictures file on your computer.
Open the spotty background paper file in your graphics program and re size to 12.5cm x 12.5cm and print onto good quality mat print paper.
If the spots appear fuzzy go over them with a black fine tip pen to sharpen them up.
Cut the image down to 12.5cm x 12.5cm.
Stick the spotty paper onto the base card at a jaunty angle.

In your graphics program import the Little Claire Dalmation in Flowers digi stamp and re size it so that the grass at the bottom of the image measures 8cm from side to side.
Print the image onto good quality card.
Cut the image to size (8.5cm x 7.5cm).
Colour in the image with your choice of colouring in implements.
Mat and layer the coloured image onto pink card.
Stick the image topper onto the base card at  jaunty angle.

Using the Little Claire Rebeccas Really Useful Female Stamp Set "Gran Daughter" and the Versa Fine black ink pad stamp the sentiment onto white card.
Cut the sentiment out using the Tattered Lace Essentials Circles Die No 5.
Tint the edges of the sentiment with the Tim Holts Tumbled Glass Distress Ink applied using a piece of Cut n Dry foam.
Using a paint brush apply wet glue to the outside edge of the sentiment, sprinkle with Glamour Dust glitter, shake off the excess and allow to dry.
Stick the sentiment onto the base card.
Using the Tonic butterfly boot punch and a scrap of the Nit Wit Pastel Dreams dark pink paper punch out a butterfly.
Bend the butterfly wings back and stick onto the sentiment.

Using the Marianne Creatables Flower Die LR0110 cut one flower from white card.
Tint the flower using Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress Ink on the outside of the petals and Tim Holtz Salty Ocean Distress Ink at the centre of the petals.
Shape the petals slightly.
Brush the flower with wet glue.
Sprinkle Glamour Dust glitter over the flower, shake off the excess and allow to dry.
Cut a circle of the Nit Wit Pastel Dreams dark pink paper and bevel it.
Stick the bevelled pink circle onto the centre of the flower (I always use a glue gun when gluing onto glitter. With this centre I put a circle of glue around the middle of the flower to hold the bevelled pink centre and when I was happy with the position I turned the flower over and through the hole in the centre I squeezed more hot glue to fill the void).
Stick the flower onto the card.

On a piece of white card stamp the Hobbycraft sentiment using the Versa Fine black ink pad.
Cut the sentiment to size.
Mat and layer the sentiment onto black card.
Stick the sentiment onto the base card.

Using the Joy Crafts Floral Flourishes Leaves Die 6003 0001 cut out both leaves.
Using the Cut n Dry foam and the Tim Holts Distress Inks Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn and Evergreen Bough colour in the leaves.
Shape the leaves and stick onto the base card but remember to place the stalks of the leaves under the flower petals.

Punch out 3 dots from black card using the ring binder hole punch.
Bevel the dots and stick to the top right of the card.

Little Claire September Stamp Challenge

September is well and truly upon us and the cold snap early on in the week made me realise how we are heading toward autumn and all the lovely colours that brings. Little Claire have launched their September stamp challenge and the theme is "Autumn" so here is the card which I have made as inspiration for all the crafters who might be stuck for an idea, although I have been told that hot air balloons only fly in summer but who cares because it is such a lovely stamp. The lucky winner of the challenge will win these fantastic prizes so have a go and GOOD LUCK........

 

Spellbinder die: ‘Shining Star’

Dinky Paper Stack: ‘Christmas Quilts

Irresistible Images: ‘Floral’
 

what you will need:
Little Claire Hot Air Balloons clear stamp
Little Claire Postcard Greetings - just for you
Zendoodles String Theory CICSA6192 clear stamp
Versa Fine black ink pad
6" x 6" white base card
black card
white card to stamp onto
moss green linen card
Creative Expressions Delicate Daisies dies
die cutting machine
rounded corner punch
colouring in implements
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads - Tea Dye, Ripe Persimmon, Spiced Marmalade
Cut n Dry foam
ring binder hole punch

Cut the black card to mat and layer onto the 6" x 6" base card.

Cut the moss green linen card to measure 14cm x 14cm.
Using the Zendoodles String Theory stamp and the Versa Fine black ink pad stamp the image along all four edges of the moss green linen card.
Tint the edges of the moss green linen card with the Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink using the Cut n Dry foam to apply the ink.
Stick the moss green linen card onto the base card.

Using the Little Claire Hot Air Balloons stamp and the Versa Fine black ink pad stamp the image onto white card (this image comes as 4 individual stamps and I stamped each image separately so my finished picture may be a different size to yours).
Colour the image in using your own choice of colouring in implements.
Cut the image to size (mine is 9.3cm x 11cm).
Using the rounded corner punch cut the two right hand corners.
Mat and layer the image onto black card.
Stick the image topper onto the right hand side of the base card.

Stamp the Little Claire Postcard Greeting "just for you" onto white card using the Versa Fine black ink pad.
Cut out the postcard image.
Shade the edges of the postcard greeting using the Tim Holts Distress Ink Pads Tea Dye, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon and a piece of Cut n Dry foam.
Stick the post card sentiment onto the card.

Using the Creative Expressions Delicate Daisies dies cut various sized flowers from white card.
Tint the daisies using the Tim Holtz Ripe Persimmon and Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink pads.
Assemble the daisies to form 4 separate flowers.
Punch 4 circles from black card using the ring binder hole punch.
Stick one black circle in the centre of each assembled flower.
Stick the flowers onto the card.

Little Claire September Digi Stamp Challenge

Today Little Claire are launching their digi stamp challenge and this months theme is "Christmas" and as all good crafters know summertime is when we make our Christmas cards. This is the card that I have made for inspiration and the Polar Bear is such a lovely image and really easy to colour in. Have a go at making your own Christmas Card and enter it into the competition and you could be a winner. Take a look at the fantastic prize that someone will win ...............

FIVE DIGI-STAMPS OF CHOICE
 

what you will need:
Little Claire digi Star of Wonder
Little Claire Falling Snow paper pack - dark blue paper
Little Claire Dinkies Text Happy Christmas
black Versa Fine ink pad
6" x 6" white base card
dark navy blue card
good quality white card to print/stamp onto
colouring in implements
Marianne LR0271
die cutting machine
star punch/die
wet glue
Glamour Dust glitter
blue multi faceted gem

Mat and layer the Little Claire Falling Snow dark blue paper onto a piece of the dark navy blue card and stick onto the centre of the white 6" x 6" base card.

Using your computer graphics programme re size the Little Claire Star of Wonder image so that the line of snow that the Polar Bear is stood on measures 5cm from one side to the other.
Print the image onto good quality card.
Cut the printed image to size (7 1/2cm x 9 1/2cm).
Colour in the image with your choice of colouring in implements.
Mat and layer the image onto the dark navy blue card and stick onto the base card.

Using the Marianne LR0271 die and the dark navy blue card cut out 2 of the lager die shapes.
Spread some wet glue over the die cut shapes and sprinkle with Glamour Dust glitter. Shake off the excess glitter and allow to dry.
Stick the glittered die cuts onto the base card but remember to allow space at the bottom corner of the topper so that the multi faceted gem can be added.
Stick the blue multi faceted gem at the bottom left corner of the topper.

Using the Little Claire Dinkies Text Happy Christmas and the black Versa Fine ink pad stamp the sentiment onto white card.
Cut the sentiment to size and stick onto the card.