Darling Daschunds

Hello its Alli here with a card make for today's Little Claire blog project and I was on Face Book the other day when I saw that someone had posted a sweet photo of a couple of sausage dogs and it reminded me of this really lovely stamp which I bought last year and I have to say I have used it again and again because it is such a great design. So here is yet another incarnation for these stamps.

what you will need:
Little Claire Darling Daschunds stamp set
Little Claire dinky sentiment stamp - Happy Birthday Mrs Lovely
8" x 6" white base card
white card to stamp onto
Versa Fine black ink pad
Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad - Spun Sugar and Cut n Dry foam
colouring in implements
dark pink heavy weight paper
Nit Wit Perfect Pair paper pad - white with pink hearts
various flower punches and dies
small butterfly punch/die
small hole punch
ring binder hole punch
wet glue
Glamour Dust glitter
white satin ribbon

Cut the base card down so that it measures 7 3/4" x 3 1/2" and now is a tent fold card.
Cut the dark pink paper to mat and layer on top of the base card and stick into place.
Cut a piece of the Nit Wit Perfect Pair paper (white with pink hearts) to mat and layer on top on the pink paper stuck onto the base card and stick into position.

Using the Versa Fine ink pad and the two large (boy and girl) Daschunds from the Little Claire Darling Daschunds stamp set stamp the images onto the white card.
Trim the image to size (about 6 3/4" x 2 1/8").
Using the Little Claire sentiment stamp Happy Birthday Mrs Lovely and the Versa Fine ink pad stamp the sentiment onto the image topper.
Colour the image in using your choice of colouring in implements.
Mat and layer the image onto the dark pink paper.
Stick the image topper onto the base card.

Cut out various flowers using your dies and punches and colour some of them using the Tim Holts Spun Sugar Distress Ink and the Cut n Dry foam.
Apply wet glue to the coloured flowers, sprinkle with Glamour Dust glitter, shake off excess and allow to dry.
Glue small white flowers to the centre of the larger pink flowers.
From the dark pink paper punch out 7 dots using the small hole punch and 1 dot using the ring binder punch.
Bevel the dots and stick onto the centre of the flowers.
Stick the flowers onto the card.
Cut a piece of white satin ribbon and fold it in two. Apply glue to the folded end of the ribbon and stick it under the petals of the large flower.

Punch the butterfly from the dark pink paper using the butterfly punch.
Crease the butterfly down the body section and stick onto the card.

Now you just need to find someone lovely to give it to - not a problem Xx

Little Claire August Stamp Challenge - Christmas

Today Little Claire launch their August stamp challenge and the theme is Christmas because as all good stampers know that's when we start preparing for Christmas. Enter your super-duper Christmas card and you could win this fantastic prize of........Little Claire Goodies

 

When Little Claire sent me this little dinkie stamp I have to admit I put it to one side and forgot about it for a few weeks, but then when I found it again I was so pleased because look at this dinkie Christmas card I have made with it. When I make a small card I have to re adjust my thinking as I always want to stick lots of things on which just wont fit, so I think the answer is to pare back the embellishments and then the card just happenes. The Quirky Quilt papers are a great base to start your colour scheme with and even though they are not Christmassy they are perfect for the job.

what you will need:
Little Claire 3 Cheers for Christmas Snowmen dinkie stamp (not sure when this goes on sale)
Little Claire dinkie mini craft scalloped card
Little Claire dinkie mini Quirkie Quilts paper pad (blue/green paper)
Little Claire dinkie text Happy Christmas stamp
Versa Fine ink pad - black
260gsm white card to stamp onto
red card
Tattered Lace Essentials Circles die No 9
Lea`bilities Christmas Foliage dies No 459920
die cutting machine
Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink & Cut n Dry foam
paper scraps for holly leaves
craft card scraps for sentiment
small hole punch
ring binder hole punch
colouring in implements
wet glue
Glamour Dust glitter

Mat and layer the blue/green square patchwork paper from the Little Claire mini Quirkie Quilts paper pad onto a piece of red card.
Stick the paper/card combo onto the Little Claire mini craft scalloped card making sure that the card opens as a tent fold card.

Stamp the Little Claire 3 Cheers for Christmas Snowmen image onto the white card using the Versa Fine ink pad.
Take the Tattered Lace Essentials die No 9 and secure it over the image (you will lose some of the bottom part of the image).
Run the die through the die cutting machine.
Colour in the image with your choice of colouring in implements.
Spread wet glue along the bottom of the image where you wish it to look like snow and sprinkle with Glamour Dust glitter then shake off the excess and allow to dry.
Stick the image onto the base card.

Cut 3 small holly leaves from paper scraps form your stash using the Lea`bilities die.
Shade the edges of the leaves using the Tim Holts Vintage Photo distress ink and the Cut n Dry foam.
Shape the holly leaves and stick onto the card.
Using the Lea`bilities die cut 1small berry (which will be used as the large berry on the card) and punch 2 berries using the ring binder hole punch from the red card.
Bevel the berries to make them rounded and stick onto the card.

Stamp the Little Claire dinkie text Happy Christmas onto a scrap of craft card.
Trim the sentiment down to size.
Using the small hole punch make 2 dots from the red card.
Bevel the red dots.
Stick the red dots onto the sentiment.
Stick the sentiment onto the card.

Swirly Bird Cage Card

This is the card I have made for the Little Claire August digi challenge, I didn't mean to post this article yet but it has posted so I will go with it. The challenge isn't launched till 5/8/15 so see if you can guess what the theme is just by looking at the card (I wouldn't have got it by looking at the card). If you want to enter the challenge just take a look at the Little Claire blog on that date and you will find all the information you need to enter. Good luck...........

what you will need:
Little Claire Swirly Bird Cage digi stamp
6" x 6" cream base card
brown paper
gold mirri card
dark pink paper scraps
cream card to print onto
260gsm white card
gold water based paint
gum Arabic
duck egg blue water based paint
random swirly stamp (I used a corner stamp from Elusive Images)
Tattered Lace Essentials circles dies 11 & 12
First Edition tag die
die cutting machine
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Vintage Photo
Cut n Dry foam
gold ribbon
Hobbycraft sentiment stamps
colouring in implements
fine tip black pen
11 small pearl embellishments
3 amber coloured crystals

Mat and layer the brown paper onto the cream base card.

Cut a piece of card to roughly the size you need for the crackle backing paper.
Paint the card with the gold water based paint and allow to completely dry (make sure that the gold completely covers the card).
Paint the card with the gum Arabic and allow to completely dry.
Paint the card with the duck egg blue water based paint and wait for the crackles to appear. Allow the card to completely dry.
Trim the card to the required size.
Tint the edges of the card using the Cut n Dry foam and Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink.
Using your random swirly image stamp and the Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink stamp the image around the edges of the card to create a vintage faded/worn look.
Mat and layer the crackle background onto the mirri card.
Stick the crackle background/mirri card onto the base card.

Open up the Little Claire Swirly Birdcage digi stamp in your graphics program and re size the image to measure 4" from one side of the vine to the other.
Print the image onto good quality cream card.
Position the Tattered Lace Essentials Circles die No11 over the image (you will cut into some of the vine) and run through a die cutting machine to cut out the image.
Using the Cut n Dry and Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink shade around the edges of the circle.
Colour the image with your choice of colouring in implements.
Cut a circle from the gold mirri card using the Tattered Lace Essentials Circles die No12.
Stick the image circle onto the gold mirri card circle but place the image off centre so that more of the mirri card is showing at the right hand side.
Stick the mirri card and the image topper circle onto the base card.
Using a fine tip black pen draw the vine tendrils coming off of the image and onto the crackle background.
Using one of the First Editions tag dies which has the cut out flowers at the bottom cut 3 large flowers and 7 small flowers from the pink paper.
Stick the flowers onto the image and the tendrils which you have drawn but leave one of the small flowers to one side to put on the sentiment.
Stick a small pearl in the centre of each flower.

Using the First Editions small tag die cut 2 tags from the cream card.
Tint the edges of the tags using Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink and the Cut n Dry foam.
Using the Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink Stamp the Hobbycraft sentiment Best onto one tag and Wishes onto the other.
Thread a piece of gold ribbon through the holes of the tags and cut to size.
Stick the tags into position on the base card.
Stick the small pink flower onto the tag to hide the hole.
tick a small pearl at the centre of the pink flower.

Stick 3 amber crystals onto the card.

Splish Spash Card

Hello its Alli here with today's digi stamp project and I just love these Little Claire hedgehogs and the colours in the patchwork papers made a really strong base to work my card colour scheme around. I apologise now if any of you haven't got a graphics program because I have used mine quite a bit for this card, but you can still get the basic idea and improvise with shop bought papers if you don't have one.

what you will need:
Little Claire digi Splishing and Splashing stamp
Little Claire Quirky Quilts paper pad - orange/green hexagon
My Craft Studio Elite CD
printer
6" x 6" base card
orange paper
black paper
good quality mat print paper
good quality card to print onto
colouring implements
1.5cm wide moss green satin ribbon
glossy accents
Tim Holts distress inks and Cut n Dry - Bundled Sage, Tea Die

Stick the orange paper to the base card and cut to size.
Tint the edges of the paper with Tim Holtz Tea Die distress ink using the Cut n Dry.

Tint the edge of the Quirky Quilts orange hexagon paper with Tim Holtz Tea Die distress ink using the Cut n Dry.
Mat and layer the Quirky Quilts paper onto the black paper.
Stick the Quirky Quilts and black paper onto the centre of the orange paper base card.

Using the My Craft Studio Elite CD (backgrounds) select design 179 from the every day section and import this into your graphics program. Open the design to A4 size and then shrink down to 6" wide and crop to 6" long.
With your graphics program re colour the design to match the green of the Quirky Quit paper.
Using the My Craft Studio CD select design 181 from the every day section and import this onto the same page in your graphics program as the previous design 179.
Crop the design to lager than the finished size and re colour to match the mustard gingham of the Quirky Quilt paper.
Print the papers onto a good quality mat print paper (I printed a small test sample of the designs onto copy paper to see if the colours match the Quirky Quilt paper). 

Cut the printed papers to the desired size.


Tint the edges of the green paper with Tim Holts Bundled Sage distress ink using the Cut n Dry.
Mat and layer the printed paper onto black paper and stick onto the centre of the base card.

Tint the edges of the mustard gingham paper with Tim Holtz Tea Die distress ink using the Cut n Dry.
Mat and layer the printed paper onto black paper.
Stick the moss green satin ribbon onto the gingham paper and secure at the back with tape.
Stick the gingham paper onto the base card.

Open the cute Little Claire Splishing and Splashing digi stamp in your graphics program and re size to 6.5cm from left puddle to right puddle.

Write the sentiment using your graphics program and re size to around 4.7cm (I use Serif Craft Artist as my graphics program and the font I have used is Troutkings BTF).
Print the image and sentiment onto card.

Cut the image to size and colour in.
Mat and layer the image onto black paper.
Cover the rain drops and puddles with Glossy Accents and leave to dry.
Stick the image topper onto the base card.

Cut the sentiment to size.
Mat and layer onto black paper.
Stick the sentiment onto the card.

Make a bow using the satin ribbon and stick onto the card.

Stick the daisy flowers embellishments onto the card. (the large flower was made using a Marianne flower die and the smaller flowers were made using a Cheery Lynn die, centres were made with a hole punch and coloured with Tim Holts distress ink Spiced Marmalade).

Hello Mr Robin Dinkie Stamp

 

 

Last week I had a lovely padded envelope drop through my door and although I know by now that this envelope is usually filled with Little Claire sample stamps I do not know what the stamps are until I open the envelope. I was delighted to find three little Christmas Dinkie stamps inside which are due to go on sale at the beginning of August. I wasn't sure what to do at first as I have not made a small card before but I told myself that it would be "just like making a tag" and off I went to my craft room. I think that the cards that resulted are fun and I loved making them (hardly had to think about what to do, it just happened and its a good way of using up scraps) and I have put three posts with full recipes on my blog so take a look at them and don't forget to make a date in your diary to order these stamps in August when they launch.

 

what you will need:

Little Claire Hello Mr Robin Dinkie stamp

Little Claire Dinkies Mini Scallop Card

Versa Fine black ink pad

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink and Cut n Dry

random swirly type stamp

white card to stamp onto

red scrap card

green scrap card

colouring in implements

Lea`bilities Holly Leaves and Pine Branches die

die cutting machine

Docrafts Bellissima Doily Frame sentiment stamp

Glamour dust glitter

Wet glue

decal edge scissors

 

Using a stamp with a random swirl  pattern and the Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink stamp around the edge of the mini scallop card (after inking the stamp I then stamped the image onto a piece of scrap paper to remove excess ink from the stamp and then stamped onto the card).

 

Cut the red card to size and tint the edges using the Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink and the

Cut n Dry foam.

Stick the red card onto the base card at a jaunty angle.

 

Using the Little Claire Hello Mr Robin stamp and the Versa Fine black ink pad stamp the image onto white card.

Cut around the image with the decal edge scissors but remember to leave a border.

Colour the image.

Apply wet glue around the decal edge of the image  and the snowman's hat and sprinkle with Glamour dust.

Shake off the excess and leave to dry.

Stick the image onto the base card.

 

Using the Lea`bilities holly die cut the holly leaves from the green card and then emboss.

Shape the holly leaves slightly.

Stick the holly leaves onto the card.

Cut three berries from the red card.

Bevel the berries and stick onto the card.

 

Using the Docrafts Bellissima Doily Frame sentiment stamp and the Versa Fine ink pad stamp the image onto white card.

Cut the sentiment out to form two separate words.

Stick the words onto the card. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Brrr.....Dinkie Stamp

 

what you will need:

Little Claire Brr Dinkie Stamp

Little Claire Dinkies Mini Scallop Card

Little Claire Dinkis Mini Quirky Quilts Paper - Pink & Green

white .card to stamp onto

Versa Fine black ink pad

colouring in implements

White Opal Liquid Pearls

Glossy Accents

1/4" pink satin ribbon

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass, Evergreen Bough & Cut n Dry foam

sentiment stamp 3.5cm long

Snowflake die measuring 6cm

Snowflake die measuring 3.5cm

die cutting machine

Glamour Dust glitter

wet glue & brush

 

Stick the Quirky quilts paper onto the centre of the mini scallop card.

 

Using the snowflake dies and the die cutting machine cut one of each of the snowflakes from the white card.

Tint the snowflakes using Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass distress ink applied with a piece of Cut n Dry foam.

Brush the snowflakes with wet glue and sprinkle over the Glamour Dust glitter.

Shake off the excess glitter and allow to dry.

 

Using the Versa Fne ink pad Stamp the Brr stamp onto card.

Colour in the image.

Cut around the image.

Dot the snow flakes on the image with Liquid Pearls and sprinkle over with Glamour Dust.

Apply Glossy Accents to the little heart at the bottom of the stamp and allow to dry.

 

Stick the image onto the base card.

 

Stick the smaller snowflake to the centre of the large snowflake.

Cut the pink satin ribbon to size and stick onto the back of the large snowflake.

Stick the snowflakes and ribbon onto the base card.

Stick the AB faceted gem to the centre of the snowflakes.

 

Stamp the sentiment using Tim Holtz Evergreen Bough distress ink and cut to size.

Stick the sentiment onto the base card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Cute Santa Dinkie

 

what you will need:

Little Claire Cute Santa Dinkkie Stamp

Little Claire Dinkies Mini Craft Card

white card to stamp onto

Versa Fine black ink pad

Collall glue

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink and Cut n Dry foam

cream/light coloured hessian

scrap of craft card

red twine

jingle bells x 2 - one smaller than the other

colouring in implements

wet glue

whit Fun Flock

 

Shade the edges of the card using Tim Holts Vintage Photo distress ink and Cut n Dry.

 

Cut the hessian to size and fray the edges. 

Stick onto the base card at a jaunty angle using the Collall glue.

 

Using the Little Claire Cute Santa stamp and the Versa Fine ink pad stamp the image onto white card.

Colour the image in.

Cut around the outside of the Santa image.

Apply wet glue (not Collall) to the furry parts of the Santa costume.

Sprinkle over the Fun Flock and shake off the excess.

Allow to dry.

 

Using the Versa Fine stamp the sentiment onto craft card.

Cut around the sentiment to make a tag (remember to shape the bottom of the tag to line up with the hessian and I rounded the top of the tag). 

Make a hole at the top of the tag for the twine to go through.

Shade the edges of the tag with Tim Holts Vintage Photo distress ink and the Cut n Dry foam.

 

Cut two pieces of red twine and secure a jingle bell to the end of each piece (I unravelled the twine and slipped the bell on and then re twisted the twine).

Put the twine through the hole in the tag and pull through till the required length is achieved.

Secure the twine at the back of the tag.

Stick the tag into place on the card.

Make a bow with the twine and glue onto the card.

 

Stick the Cute Santa image onto the card using the Collall glue.

 

 

 

 

 

 



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