Little Claire Designs January Designs Class

Yesterday was the first Little Claire Designs workshop day of the new year and I had a lovely but busy day!

In the morning we had 24 ladies taking part in the class and in the afternoon 21 ladies - we made six cards during each session.

I'll be sharing the cards over the next couple of months but today I thought I'd share a little calendar we made using the beautiful 'Poppies' stamp which you can find here on the website.

Here's a photo of the ladies on this morning's class:

The classes are held in Irby on the Wirral - if you're interested in coming along to a future class, keep an eye on the website here for future dates being added very soon.

I'd like to enter my calendar in the following challenges:

As You Like It Challenge - 'favourite die and why' (these dies are from an Elizabeth Craft Designs set which has pierced and stitched circle dies - I use them a lot as they cut so easily and look really good)
Inspiration Destination - 'anything goes'
Createful Hearts Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'

New My Time to Craft Challenge - Halloween or Cats

There's a new challenge on the More Time to Craft Challenge Blog today and this fortnight our theme is 'halloween or cats'.  You can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

I've gone for the 'cats' option and I'm sharing a little calendar and sticky note pad holder that I designed for my Little Claire Designs class last weekend.

The photo above shows the holder open and here it is with the sticky note pad holder open:

And this is the front of the holder:

The stamp I used is the new 'Dinkies Cat Tree Silhouette' which you can find here on the Little Claire Designs website.  The paper and card I've used are from Craft Creations.

I'd like to enter my project in the following challenges:

Emerald City Crafts Challenge - 'anything goes'
A Perfect Time to Craft - 'anything goes'
Jo's Scrap Shack - 'anything goes'
Craftaholics R Us - 'anything goes'
Love to Craft - 'anything goes'

Christmas Cards All Year Round Challenge - Monochromatic Browns

The theme for this month's challenge on the Christmas Cards All Year Round Challenge Blog is 'monochromatic browns'.  You can find all the details about the challenge here and in the reminder post here.

The prize on offer for this month's lucky winner is:

I'm sharing another of the cards I designed for my Little Claire Designs Christmas class last weekend.  For this card I used the 'Row of Christmas Robins' dinkies stamp which you can find here on the website.

I used two Cuttlebug embossing folders to make the background panel and paper from Craft Creations.  The image was coloured with Promarkers.

New Hanna and Friends Challenge - Stars

I've been a GDT member of the Hanna and Friends Challenge Team on several occasions over the last couple of years and now I've been invited to join the Design Team on a full time basis.

A new challenge started on the challenge blog last week and the theme is 'stars' - you can find all the details here on the challenge blog.