Stampin' Unicorn - A Glimpse of Spring

This was another make for Craft Stamper Magazine using stamps from Stampin' Unicorn.

I wanted to recreate a the feel and look of a woodland glade filled with Bluebells.

I used the Heavenly Bluebells, Small Beginnings and Harvest clear stamp sets. For full details please see April's Craft Stamper Magazine.

 Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

Stampin' Unicorn Perfect Petals - Black Magic

So who's stolen the year? I'm truly shocked that I haven't posted since January!!! My intentions were all good for this year, but sadly I lost my Gran in January and then have been in hospital, so blogging sort of fell completely by the wayside!

I'm glad to say that I've not been completely idle craftwise. Infact I've been super busy creating and demonstrating. Some of you may have spotted a couple of pieces of work I had published in Craft Stamper Magazine. Here's one of my projects using the Perfect Petals stamp set from Polkadoodles.

Whilst I'm here I'll just give you the heads up that I'll be in Clarkes Stationers, Bond Street, Brighton on Saturday 28th April from 10am til 4pm demonstrating some fabulous goodies from docrafts. If you're passing please pop into say "hi" and see what I'm getting upto.

I'll be back tomorrow to share another project, so it would be great if you stop by.

Claire xxx

Stamped Candle

So did you catch the launch shows from Stampin' Unicorn on Hochanda today? If so you might have spied this candle that I made as a sample.

All products are available from here , here or here. Don't forget to pop over to the blog and our Facebook page. We also have a DT call out at the moment.

I'll be back later with another sample.

Thanks for stopping by.

Claire

Rocking those Polka Doodles Stamps and Dies!

That's it folks!! My final make from Papercraft Essentials Magazine. I hope you've enjoyed my projects?

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

All materials available from here.

Elegant Shaped Card

This is my penultimate make from Papercraft Essentials Magazine. I think it's possibly one of the cutest little cards I've made (I actually didn't want to send this one off to the editor).

It was surprisingly difficult to photograph, so I've uploaded two images as one clearly shows the card free standing, whilst the other shows more of the detail.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

All materials can be found here.

Simply Elegant!

I'm nearly done sharing my makes from Papercraft Essentials Mag issue 148, another 2 and that's it! I absolutely love the way this one turned out, which is good in all honesty as it was an experiment! Would you believe that it uses the little bird stamp again? It looks totally different everytime I use it!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

All materials available here.

Polka Doodles Bird and Cage Card

Sharing another make from Papercraft Essentials Magazine using Polka Doodles stamps and dies. I love how versatile the little bird is, you wouldn't think he was the same one used on the card I shared here.

I'll be sharing another card tomorrow, so don't forget to swing by.

Claire x

All materials can be found here.

Pretty in Pink!

This was another quick and easy make for Papercraft Essentials Magazine issue 148 using dies and stamps from Polka Doodles.

I've still got a few more cards from the magazine to share with you, so please check back over the next few days.

Thanks for stopping by.

Claire

All materials can be found here.

Pretty Little Things!

Just thought I'd share one of my recent makes from Papercraft Essentials Magazine Issue 148 using stamps and dies from Polka Doodles.

It's not my usual style but I really love how this card turned out.

These dies and stamps are fabulous to work with and incredibly versatile.

Can you see the little opening door on the birdhouse? Cute huh?

I'll share some more of makes from the magazine over the next few days.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

All materials available here.

Belle Papillon the final cut!

Yep we've come to the end of my samples using this fabulous new kit. I hope you've enjoyed seeing my creations?

This card was fairly quick and easy to make. I distressed the papers with scissors and rolled and scrunched the edges.

The cage was die cut, painted with gold acrylic paint and once dry stamped with Stazon.

The elegant nest die cut has been edged with acrylic paint prior to stamping the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

Things got a little inky!

So I'm not sure how why this happened, but I got my Distress Inks out to play and ended up with this. Lots of stamping and masking (made super easy with the doublet dies), then a bit of Glossy Glue and Glitter to finish.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

Materials
Polkadoodles Bella Fleur Stamps and Dies
Distress Ink
Docrafts Glossy Glue
Glitter

Up, Up and Away.....

Yep I did a little disappearing act again! I've been busy creating but just haven't had the time to blog. A few things have changed creatively for me, not least of which is that I'm now an official Docrafts Expert and will be demonstrating in various locations in the South East.

Anyway, enough about me and lets get on with showing you a TV sample that I forgot to blog for the launch of Polkadoodles Stamp Soup collection. This was a really quick and easy make and came out heaps better than I could ever have imagined!

This project uses 5 of the stamps from the collection, Distress Inks, Fantasy Paints and a mini box frame.

To create simply stamp the curly leaf and elongated heart leaf stamp several times onto plain card, cut out and colour as desired. I've added a trunk to the tree in the foreground.

Using Stazon Ink, stamp the sentiment, balloon and basket. Add the ropes using a permanent marker pen. Paint the balloon and basket, set aside to dry.

Using glue and foam pads layer up the scene. Create a backdrop piece using a square of card and that's it you're done.

I hope you like this little box frame, I had a lot of fun making it and it was one of those projects that I didn't want to let go!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this project into the following challenges:
Dragonfly Journeys - Up, Up and Away
Penny Black & More - Anything Goes
ABC Challenges - L for Layers
Altered Eclectics - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - Create a Scene
Noor Design - Anything goes

Oh so pretty......

Another card created using Polkadoodles Stamp Soup for Create and Craft TV show.

I stamped the images using Archival Ink onto cartridge paper and then coloured them using Distress Inks. I couldn't not add a little sparkle and shine so added some Stardust Stickles and Glossy Accents to the dragonflies. I'm not sure if the picture below shows this off slightly better?

Thanks for stopping by.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Craft Stamper - Spring Flowers

A Quick Monochrome Card

Sorry...... it's yet another Stamp Soup sample! This was another one made for the Create and Craft TV launch. It's super simple and yet (I think) really effective.

I've simply used the 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation stamp impressions to create the flower, added a couple of leaves and a stem and then stamped the sentiment. The image has then been matted and layered onto some silver glitter tape and black card.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks - anything goes
Crafty Girls - anything goes
Crafting by design - anything goes
Inspiration Destination - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
Artistic Inspirations - anything goes
613 Avenue Create - anything goes
Amusing Challenges - anything goes

Simple Tile Card

This is a really simple tile card. I'll be honest it didn't start out as a tile card but I made a mistake with it and I didn't want to or have time to bin it so I did the best I could with what I had!

The flowers and background have been created/coloured using Stamp Soup and Distress Inks. I've then cut the image into squares and heat embossed each square before mounting onto white card.

Thanks for dropping by today.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything goes
Lemon Shortbread - Anything goes
Stampart - Anything goes
Through the craft room door - Anything goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes
Colouring in scrapland - Anything goes