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Using Your Electronic Cutting Machine - Refuel My Soul and Gnome is Where the Heart is

While I love the look of die cuts, every now and then I like to use my electronic cutting machine to help make my cards. This time, I'm showing you two very different ways that my cutting machine helped me out. The first card is more advanced, but was so much fun mixing digital designs with the new Refuel My Soul stamp set. The second card I kept very simple in design and only used my cutting machine to create circle to go along with the adorable house in the Gnome is Where the Heart is stamp set. 

Refuel My Soul

 

This has to be one of my favorite cards that I have made so far. I have a background in Graphic Design, so anytime I can play around with designs on the computer, and then mix it with handmade designs, is a win in my book! After picking out some fun patterned paper, I found a handful of matching designs within my electronic cutting machine design shop. I started by playing around with the objects to see where they would work best, and ended up doing a print and cut of some of the designs right on the background, and others I did print and cut of the design itself. 

I also cut out the fuel gauge and car stamp on patterned paper  using my machine, and then stamped onto them. 

Then, I used my MISTI to stamp the sentiment onto my background piece, on the lower right corner with navy blue ink. 

 

Now it's time to put it all together. I used foam dots to adhere the fuel gauge, car, and arrows to the background. Lastly, I used double sided tape to place my card piece on top of a coordinating patterned paper for a boarder, and then placed that onto my card. 

I love mixing mediums and processes to create such a fun card. The Refuel My Soul stamp set has so many amazing stamps included that you can create some wonderful designs!

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Gnome is Where the Heart is

 

This simple card can be done with or without an electronic cutting machine, but since I didn't have circle dies and my circle punches wouldn't reach the appropriate places, I decided to use mine. 

The first step was to use a wood grain embossing folder on a piece of white cardstock. Then, I used my electronic cutting machine to create 1.5" and 1" circles in the center of my card. I  did use my circle punches first so that I could get a feel of where I'd like the circle to be in conjunction with my house stamp. 

Then, I used this beautiful Broken China blue oxide ink to create the background that I adhered behind the white paper. 

Next, I used my MISTI to stamp the house and fence from the Gnome is Where the Heart is stamp set. I then fussy cut both objects. I used my Prisma Color pencils to create a bright, fun, charming little house that looked great in front of the blue circles. I adhered both to the front using foam dots. 

Lastly, I added the sentiment and the two adorable little gnomes into the inside of the card using my MISTI. 

This is such an adorable card for either a Welcome Home or New Home gift. I love the simplicity of the design, mixed with the fun circular background. 

I had so much fun creating both of these cards using the Refuel My Soul and the Gnome is Where the Heart is stamp sets. I hope these cards inspire you to use your electronic cutting machine for card making as well as other fun crafts!

Happy Crafting, 

-Nicole

Simple Layered Card and Magic Slider Card With Joy Clair Stamp and Mini MISTI

Hello everyone...Helen is here today. I have couple projects to share with you that I created with Joy Clair stamp sets and Mini MISTI stamping tool!

My first project is a simple layered card to share with you that I created using the Chain Breaker stamp set and Valentine Background Builder stamp set. Making my card today, I used the Mini MISTI stamping tool and MISTI Creative Corners. 

First, I created the background. I cut a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white cardstock and put it on the Mini MISTI. I used on of the triangle ruler from the Creative Corners to create the diagonal background. I added the ruler on the Mini MISTI, and then I added the the hearts stamp from the Valentine Background Builder Stamp Set.

I stamped it with Memento Dew Drop Ink. Since I used background builder clear stamp, I have the black foam and laminated grid paper on the MISTI, too.

I moved the paper up to stamp the next row of the hearts to fill up the rest of the empty space. Next, I trimmed the panel to fit the stamped background. I added a wood grain patterned paper on a white card base, and then I added the stamped background on it at the center of the card with adhesive glue.

Next step, I worked on the sentiment. I stamped one of the sentiment from Chain Breaker stamp set on a white cardstock using Versafine Onyx Black ink pad. One of the best use of Mini MISTI is that you can stamp the image multiple times on the same spot to get crisp solid result. That's what I did with my sentiment. I added the stamp in the middle of the paper, picked it up with the lid, and stamped. First impression is okay, it looked like distressed sentiment. But then I stamped it again second time and I got the solid sentiment and that's I go for :)

I want to cut the sentiment with an oval die. It is kindda tricky. You can just eye-balling the position of the die in the center. But I used my MISTI to help me to do that. I had this printed grid plastic acetate that I put it right on top of the die, adjust the position, then I added post-it tape to hold the die on place. And then I run it through my die cutting machine. I added the die cut sentiment panel on the card with 3D foam tape.

I finished my card with some gold assortment sequins and some natural twine ribbon.

My second card today is a fun Magic Slider Card that I created using Washed By The Blood stamp set. I found couple YouTube videos and wanted to try. You can check out this video and this video. I used ODBD Double Stitched Rectangles Dies to create the window for this card.

To create the inside card, I cut out a white cardstock that fits inside the card for the slider panels, also I cut a piece of plastic acetate in the same size. I stamped the images with StazOn Jet Black which works both on cardstock and plastic acetate. For the duck, I made a mask and stamped the duck that will look like it sits on top of the soap bubbles :)

I colored the images with watercolor pencils and Tombow blender pen. Once they all ready, I put the card together following the steps in the YouTube video. Oh.. for the adhesive, double-sided tape works the best, but liquid adhesive also works. And check out how fun it is to see the colors show up when I pull the tab out :)

I hope you all can enjoy this card and tutorial today. Come back again tomorrow to see more inspiration projects from my teammates :) Thanks for being here today!

Gnome is Where the Heart Is and Get Well Wishes

Hi, Jenny from Jen's Crafty Place here to share with you my fun little card. This is a great card to send to someone to brighten their day! It can also be used for a birthday or a thank you card. I used two of the new stamps sets from Joy Clair one called, "Gnome is Where the Heart Is" and the other one is "Get Well Wishes". They are both great sets. Go on over to Joy Clair and check them out as well as all the new sets in this release!

This card is pretty straight forward. I stamped all my images out on Copic friendly paper and use Memento ink which is also Copic friendly. I colored my images in with Copic markers. (For a list of exact colors go to my blog, Jen's Crafty Place.)

I used a white gel pen to add some dots to the girl gnome's hat and fix any bleed overs I had with my markers. (This is a good Copic tip)

I cut out a piece of light blue cardstock 3.25 x 4.25 inch and used a stitched rounded rectangle die to cut. I ran the blue piece of cardstock as well as my card front (A2) though a Sizzix machine with a cloud embossing folder. I adhered them together with some glue. I then added my colored images, after I fussy cut them out, with foam adhesive.

 

 Lastly, I stamped my sentiment from, "Get Well Wishes" with my MISTI from My Sweet Petunia, on to thick vellum and cut it in a banner shape with my scissors and used foam adhesive to apply it under the mushroom house to give it some lift. (I also love glitter so I used some Wink of Stella on the sun to give it a little shimmer.)

Just a hint with clear stamps and MISTI. If your sentiment is not lined up the way you want it, you can cut it apart like I did. (see above) It does not hurt the stamp to cut it so you can manipulate to fit your space. If you don't want to cut your stamp, that is fine too. You can use the MISTI to line up your words before you stamp. I lined up my words on my vellum, closed the door to get the stamps to stick to the door.

Once your stamps are stuck to the clear door, open it up and ink your stamp. Next, close the door and your words are perfectly stamped exactly where you wanted them. (see above image, I closed the clear door with my inked stamped words on to my vellum banner.

Open the door and your image is EXACTLY where you wanted it. If by chance you didn't apply enough pressure and you get a "dead space" in your stamping. Just open the door, reink and close the door and it will line up PERFECTLY again. That is the beauty of the MISTI.

That's it! I hope you like this cute little card as much as I do!

Be sure to stop by my blog for more detailed instructions on this and other cards!

Until next time.....Keep Crafting!!

 Jen's Crafty Place 

Joy Clair with Misti - Everyday Stamps

Welcome to Joy Clair & MISTI Event!

It's Donna here and welcome back to the collaboration  with My Sweet Petunia!   

I have two projects to share today, using the Joy Clair stamp set called "Get Well" and "New Baby". These two sets are from the Everyday line of stamps. These are very versatile and could be used together if you wanted.

For my first card, I am using the original MISTI which is 8x10. For more information on this MISTI, you can go to the Misti store. I stamped all my elements with Black Memento, cut them out using my Brother Scan & Cut and colored them with copics. I stenciled the background piece of card stock, then die cut the next layer, created the cloud background and added my elements. I added some NUVO black drops on the cat's eye.

Here is a closer look at the card.

Here I am using the large bar magnet to hold my card stock down while I stamp the sentiment.

After I stamped the sentiment, I layed my elements where I wanted them to be and added the flying birds.  

My second card, I am using the Everyday stamp set by Joy Clair called "New Baby".  This is an adorable stamp set, there are so many possibilities.  I stamped the shirt on some design card stock using the MISTI and I fuzzy cut it out with scissors.  I then embossed the background with an embossing folder, added a couple of layers and added my elements to the card.

Closer look of the card.

I am using the Mini MISTI for this project.  If I only have to stamp small sentiments, I use the Mini MISTI.  I stamped the sentiment I used on my card and the giraffe.  

 Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope I have inspired you in some way!  Please come back again soon for some more inspiration using the wonderful tool the MISTI!

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Joy Clair Stamps & Misti are together!!!

Hello everyone! Martha Lucia here with you.

Today is the official start of the month with this big Collaboration between Joy Clair Stamps and My Sweet Petunia, the creators of Misti!

 I have two projects to share with you. The first is one of my classic CAS cards using the stamp set Best Buds. Let me show it to you:

The spring is around the corner and I am crazy with images and sentiments of the stamp set Best Buds. I decided to create a background using a combination of inks. First I defined the inked area with masking tape and then I applied the ink with blending tools. I used a combination of Distress Oxide and Distress Inks. I started applying Distress Oxide Wilteed Violet on the lower part and then moved to Distress Ink Seedless Preserves and Distress Ink Victorian Velvet to obtain this range of colors. I sprayed only the inked area with Clear Shimmer Spritz from Imagine and believe me the photos don't show how beautiful this background is.

Then I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set Best Buds using Versafine Clair Nocturne using the Misti and let the card base aside for a few minutes.

In a separate piece of Whisper White card stock, a very small piece of card stock, I stamped the image from the stamp set Best Buds and colored with Prismacolor Premier color pencils and fussy cut with my scissors. One of the advantages of Misti is that you can use papers of any size and you always can place your images in different ways to use your scraps of paper. You never waste your card stock!

After painted the bunnies images and cut it, and pasted over the card using dimensionals or double sided foam tape.

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My second project was made using the stamp set Fishers of Men and the Regular Misti too.

 I inked the center of of a layer of Whisper White card stock using four different colors of Distress Ink. I used Cracked Pistachio, Blueprint Sketch, Picked Raspberry and Peacock Feathers.

Then I placed the piece of card stock inside of my misti and centered the image of the net included on the stamp set Fishers of men. I moved the card stock to the left and right to stamp the complete panel.

Another advantage of use the Misti is that you can stamp several images at once. For this card I stamped this two fishes using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink over a small piece of Whisper White Card stock. I used Memento Ink because I wanted to colored with Prismacolor Premier color pencils.

I cut two pieces of Island Indigo card stock using the one of the borders included on the die cut set Stitched Hillside Borders. I pasted these pieces over the stamped whisper white layer. Then I pasted this layer directly over the card base. I used two of the sentiments included on the same stamp set, Fishers of Men to complete the card. I stamped them at once using the misti and paste the fishes using dimensionals or double sided foam tape.

Now be sure to leave comments during this month in our Joy Clair blog and in my Stampartpapel blog! We are giving away two $25 Joy Clair Stamps Gift Cards or Certificates and My Sweet Petunia is giving away a MISTI (original or mini, your choice).

Joy Clair winners will be announced in Joy Clair Blog at the end of the month and MISTI winner will be announce on this page .

See you soon!

Martha Lucia

 

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March Challenge - Anything Goes

Anything Goes!  This is the theme that all our readers and followers love and the design team this month used as inspiration a mood board with a magic colors that you will love. You can also use it for your inspiration or you can surprise us with your own idea. This challenge will be open during this month and you could have the opportunity to use old and new stamps from different companies!

But before to star our Challenge we need to share with you a very good news. During March Joy Clair Stamps and My Sweet Petunia will work together. 

We have two different design teams, full of talented ladies that will surely inspire you along of this month. And of course we will offering amazing prizes to share with you!!! Just be sure to leave comments during this month in all our posts, so you can be entered to win one of two $25 Joy Clair Stamps Gift Card or Certificate and a MISTI (original or mini, your choice)!!!

All the projects created for our March Challenge have been created using My Sweet Petunia Products in combination with Joy Clair Stamps. For more details  on how to create these projects, please head on over to designer blogs for that info.

Play with us is very simple, you only need to create a project using Anything Goes as theme, post your project on your personal blog or online gallery and link to us. You can use any brand of stamps!!!

• MUST directly link to the Joy Clair blog in your post. (Or entry will not count)
• Projects must be NEW, no back linking, please.
• Number of entries is unlimited.
• Add a direct link to your project using the InLinkz below.

Martha Lucia Gomez

Jenny Fruchey

Angie Cimbalo

Monica Maier

Helen Gullett

Nicole Winslow

Donna Idlet

Andrea Bjork

Ceal Pritchett

Lindsay Andreon

You have until March 30, 2018 to create a new project and enter it into Inlinkz below. 

By entering you will have a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Joy Clair Store.

ONE lucky winner will be announced on March 31, 2018!!!

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Good Luck!!! 

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Joy Clair Washed by the Blood - Renew My Spirit

Hello and welcome!  I'm here today featuring the new Joy Clair's Washed by the Blood stamp set!  This set has cool clean images in it and I especially love all those bubble images!  And of course, what bath set would be complete without rubber duckies!  There are 3 different sizes of rubber duckies to choose from.  

For my card I wanted to make an uplifting card and especially wanted it to look really clean and fresh.  That's why I chose shade of teal, turquoise and blue.

Here's a closer look the new set:

 

I started by stamping the tub, the "Renew My Spirit" sentiment, and lots of bubbles on white card stock in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I colored the images with Spectrum Noir markers, using lots of grays so that I could get some shading and dimension on the tub.  After I colored it, I die cut the panel using a MFT scalloped stitched rectangle die.  

I mounted that on a black mat, then chose plaid patterned paper from Papertrey Ink.  I liked the look at that paper with the stamps because it looked really clean.  I decided to mat the plaid to black too, then put it together on the white card base.  I love how the tub image has bubbles flowing over the top edge.

I used a lot of Scotch foam tape on the back of the tub panel to pop it up and give it some dimension.

Lastly I added a thin bow die cut from Simon Says Stamp and some Spectrum Noir sparkle pen to the water.  That bow die is so thin it actually looks like thread or twine - love that look!  It's the ribbon part of this SSS Chisholm Wreath Die.

And here's my finished card using the new Joy Clair Washed by the Blood stamp set:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Joy Clair Everyday Stamps - Best Buds and Gnome Is Where the Heart Is

Hello everyone,

It's Donna here with Joy Clair stamps featuring a couple of newly released stamp sets called "Best Buds" and "Gnome Is Where the Heart Is".  These two sets are so adorable, the design team has created some really cute projects with them, check them out while you are here.  

Here is my first card, which is Joy Clair "Best Buds", this may be my favorite of the whole release.

Here is how I put my card together:

1. I started with an A2 card (4 1/4 x 5 1/2),

2. The die cut the heart layer and adhered it to the base of the card,

 3. I stamped the cute cats and heart from the Joy Clair "Best Buds" stamp set with 

Black Memento then colored them with copics,

4. I then stamped the sentiment from the Joy Clair set "Love Languages" and die cut the

sentiment and layered it with black card stock,

5. I die cut a circle out of vellum and then added all the elements to my card.

My next card is the stamp set from Joy Clair called "Gnome Is Where the Heart Is".  This is a very versatle set, again the design team has created some wonderful projects with it.  

1.  For my card, I found the background paper in my stash, I cut it at 4 1/4 x 5 1/2, 

2 . I then stamped all the images with Memento black ink, and colored them with copics,

3.  I stamped the sentiment from the Joy Clair "Gnome Is Where the Heart Is" and die cut it

out and added it to the card,

 4. I then added them to my card and finished it off with some Dew Drops.

Closer look of the card

I hope you will play along with the Joy Clair Challenge this month. The theme is always anything goes and our Design Team uses a photo inspiration to create their project that you can use too. If you would like to join the challenge, you can find all the details here.  Two lucky winners will have a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Joy Clair Store.

For more inspiration make sure to follow Joy Clair on their social media platforms: Joy Clair blog,facebook page, Joy Clair Stamp Projects, Color By Faith Facebook Group, Instagram and Twitter, Pinterest and Youtube channel to be the first to hear the news, sales and giveaways!

Thank you for stopping by, please come back again soon!

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Scriptures of Love in a card

Hello Everyone,

It's Ceal, back with you today to share more inspiration from our newest release. Today's card uses the sets Love Languages,from our everyday collection and Scriptures of Love from the color by faith series which is the bible journaling line. Did you know that all of our sets come with a free SVG file for dies to aid in your crafting. Along with my card today I will also share a tutorial on how I created the background for my card, I call it the distress splatter background. I am addicted to distress inks both oxides and regular, I love how they blend to give you a beautiful background for your stamps. 

To make my card I started with a top folding white card base and a watercolor paper panel cut to 3 1/4 x 5. The first step is to randomly stamp the hearts using Versamark ink, when embossing I always use the MISTI stamping tool so if I do not get a clean image I over stamp it again. Next you will need your heat tool and gold embossing powder and heat emboss all the hearts on your panel. 

After you get them all embossed then its time to make it prettier by using distressed inks. For my background I used Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral and Fossilized Amber in that order from top to bottom. After I got them all blended then I spritzed the panel with water and blotted it dry with a paper towel, this creates that fun element to your background

Next I stamped the greeting from the set Scriptures of Love and them cut it out using a postage stamp die.  I added some foam tape to give it dimension on the front of the card. Two valentine cards down and lots to go. 

Sets Used:

 

 Thanks for stopping by! 

Recessed Framing with Joy Clair Stamps - A Video Tutorial

Hello Everyone! It's Lindsay from the DT with another video tutorial. Today, I want to share how to add recessed framing and matting onto your cards for more interest and a great way to highlight your focal points. I have several examples for your today, and a few different ways to go about adding this element to your cards! Also, I will be using several of the new Joy Clair Stamp Sets that will be highlighted by the recessed , so be sure to watch the full video tutorial below! 

 

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If you want to watch the full process of these cards, you can watch the video tutorial above. Here are a few pictures of the finished cards and a quick explanation of each! 

For my first card I knew I wanted to make a quick scene with the new Get Well Soon stamp set. This set is just too cute and such an easy way to pull together a quick Get Well card. I added a bit of extra dimension to this scene by overlaying fussy cut images onto the stamped image. And by adding a few stamped clouds and birds to this scene, it completely pulls it together.  As for the recessed frame on this card, I added dimension to both layers.

The second card I made, I put together a little differently. I first made my own patterned paper with the new Valentine Background Builder stamp set. This set is perfect for creating quick patterned paper to match your cards in any color or design. Also, for this card I added a bit of dry embossing to the inside frame, which was made from kraft card stock. For my center, I kept it simple with a saying from the Scriptures of Love stamp set. The recessed framing on this card is different from the first as well. Instead of adding dimension to both layers as I did with the first, I added no dimension at all and adhered both layers flat against the card base for a nice flat card.

For my final card I used a new set from the Color by Faith Series, Call on the Lord, and mixed it with one of my favorite sets from the Everyday Line, Hello Sentiments. I stamped the phone receiver and colored it in with Distress Inks before quickly fussy cutting just the receiver. On the card base I stamped the hello sentiment and also little lines that makes it appear as if there is sound coming from the phone. I added the phone with dimensional adhesive and made a phone cord with baker's twine. For the recessed framing on this card, I did a mixture of the last two. I adhered the two frames, one black and one white, to each other with plain adhesive. Then, I adhered the two onto the card base with dimensional adhesive for more dimension.

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If you haven't already, be sure and watch the full video tutorial for the full run down on all of these cards. They were so much fun to put together! But the great thing about the recessed framing technique? It can be used with any and all of your stamps to create a fun and interesting way to frame out your focal point!

If you are interested in any of the Joy Clair Stamps I used on my card today, you will find them all linked below! Thanks for spending a bit of time with me today, and until next time, Happy Crafting!!

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