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March Winners!!!

Hello crafty friends! Welcome to our day of winners announcement. March was an excellent month for us. We had the My Sweet Petunia & Joy Clair promotion during the month and we were so happy sharing with us all the fabulous things that you can use to create with our stamps.

Today is the day to announce the winners of the March Challenge and My Sweet Petunia & Joy Clair Promotions!!! Wooohooo!

Special thanks for all the participants and to all our commentators because you are the energy that our Design Team needs to create!

From our March Challenge:

#10. Ksenija@Sweet Kobylkin

And from My Sweet Petunia & Joy Clair Promotion:

DANA M.

Ksenija and Dana

please sent an email to sales@joyclair.com to claim your $25.00 gift card from Joy Clair Store. 

Include on the subject March Winners.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

See you tomorrow with a lot of inspiration in our March Challenge and a big surprise to you!

A Mixed Media Card and A Bible Journaling Page With Joy Clair Stamp Sets and Mini MISTI

Hello everyone...Helen is here today. I have a Mixed Media Card and a Bible Journaling Page to share with you today that I created using Joy Clair Color By Faith stamp sets and Mini MISTI.

For my first project is a mixed media card using Refuel My Soul stamp set and Fishers of Men stamp set. Both stamp sets are new Color By Faith stamp sets. They are perfect for not only for the Bible journaling projects, but also for making cards, and more encouragement themed projects.

To create the background, first step is I scribbled some of the Gelatos on a piece of watercolor paper. The blue is the sky and the green is the grass. And then I blended the colors with my finger that I wetted it with baby wipe. I dried the panel with craft heater.

Next step, I stamped the criss-crossed wired stamp from Fishers of Men stamp set with Mini MISTI and Versamark Tuxedo Black ink pad to create the wire fence look on the background.

When you buy stamp sets from Joy Clair, you will receive SVG cutting files for free that you can use with any electronic machines such as Silhouette or Cricut. This is very great to create the die cut elements and sentiments. Also... please remember that No Need To Resize the image, they already sized to fit your stamps.

I cut out the SVG files from Refuel My Soul stamp set with my Silhouette Cameo. I used the negative to stamp with Mini MISTI. I trimmed my negative cardstock down to fit inside the MISTI, then I added the die cuts that I wanted to stamped in the negative spaces. Next, I added the stamps on top of the die cuts, picked them up with the lid, and stamped them all at once.

After that, I colored them with watercolor pencils and Tombow blender pen. For the sentiment, I added some Distress ink around the edge of it with make up sponge.

All pieces are done and ready to be made into the card... So First, I added the background panel on the white card base with strong adhesive glue becuase watercolor paper is thicker than any other regular cardstock. Next, I added the gas tank on it with 3D foam tape and then I added the card overlapping on it with 3D foam tape. Then I added some natural twine ribbon on the right corner where the sentiment will go, and on top of the twine I added the sentiment die cut on it with dries clear adhesive glue. I finished this card with some more blue glitter sequins for extra sparkle on it :)

For my second project is a Bible journaling page that I created using Fishers of Men stamp set, Gelatos and Stamper's Big Brush Pen. I did not prepare my page this time becuase I did not use a lot of water on this page. When I work with Gelatos on Bible journaling page, Baby Wipes is my to go blender tool :)

I have 2 craft mat pieces that I trimmed down to use with my journaling Bible. I added the mats under one page and the other on top of the page to cover it from any mediums.

I added the circles around the Bible verses that I want to highlight using shades of blues Gelatos. I tried to create a background that looks like swirl of ocean with the Gelatos.

Using baby wipe I blended the colors with circular motion. Using baby wipe is also not making the page wrinkle. I added some more Gelatos and blended again to get the look I imagined. The page dries quickly since I only use baby wipe, but if you use water brush to blend the color, you can let it sit to dry or you can use craft heater to dry your page before move on to the next step, stamping.

Stamper's Big Brush Pens are one of my favorite pens to use on journaling Bible, they are india ink, dries permanent, and do not bleed through the page.

I added the foam from Mini MISTI and laminated grid paper under the journaling page. They are helpful with stamping. I added the ink on the stamp and stamped the fish on the page to frame the verses, and then I stamped the sentiment on the journaling space.

That's all my projects to share with you today :) I hope you all can enjoy  them and inspired to use Joy Clair stamps and Mini MISTI. Make sure to come back again tomorrow to see more inspiration projects from my teammates! Have fabulous and blessed day! 

Love Grows Here

Hello Everyone, 

It's Ceal back to share with you another clean & Simple card.

 

For today's card I used three different stamps sets. Doodle Flower, Love Languages and Gnome is Where the Heart is from our latest release. I have a confession to make, I just could not make myself use the gnomes in this set. Y'all gnomes are creepy to me, does anyone else feel the same way? One year for Mother's day my daughter got me a ginormous gnome to go in my flower bed, I was like there is no way this creepy thing is going in my garden lol.  I have a couple of fairy garden that I make with seasonal pieces and they are gnome free! Even though I think gnomes are creepy I think mushroom houses are super cute! The two houses in this set are so cute and fun to color. 

To make my card I started with a white top folding card base, a scrap piece of  80 lb Neenah Solar White cardstock, a piece of Lawn Fawn plaid patterned paper,  Chameleon pens and of course the three sets I mentioned at the beginning of my post, Doodle Flower, Love Languages and Gnome Is Where The Heart Is.

I placed a piece of Neenah Solar white in the Misti and stamped the mushroom house using Brutus Monroe Raven ink and colored it using Chameleon pens, then I fussy cut it out, next I stamped the leaf stems from the Doodle Flower set and since my greeting is "love grows here" I had to grow some hearts, the hearts are from the Love Languages set. For the grass I used some plaid paper by Lawn Fawn and cut a hill using a stitched border die by My Favorite things. To finish the cad I added my greeting and popped up the mushroom using foam tape. I love how cheery this card turned out

 

Joy Clair and MISTI: Scriptures of Love and New Baby

Hello there Joy Clair friends!  It's Kerry here and I'm back with another fun project featuring two of the newest sets from the Joy Clair Collection.  Scriptures of Love and New Baby are two sets that work PERFECTLY together so it was no stretch to make these stamps dance together on one page!  

To start off the stamping adventure, I stamped the stitched heart from the New Baby set onto some whip cream cardstock using Memento Ink (Lulu Lavender and Angel Pink).  I tried to keep and overlapping cluster vertically down the center of the cardstock.  After finishing that, I stamped the sentiment using my mini MISTI and some Tombow Tuxedo Black ink. 

Next, I watercolored a thin strip of canvas using some watered down Tombow marker ink (pink and purple) and then dried the ink with my heat gun.  I used my sewing machine to stitch the edge of the canvas, then glued it to the edge of my stamped panel. I splattered some pearlescent ink onto the canvas and card panel then used my heat gun to set the ink before attaching some light pink ribbon next to this canvas. 

The cardfront looked a bit bare for my linking so I stamped a few more stitched hearts with the Tombow ink then fussy cut them and attached them just above the knot in the ribbon.  I accentuated this cluster of love by adding an assortment of silver pearls.  

I just love how soft and pretty this car came out.  
And look!  Just look at that shimmer!  It's so gorgeous in person!  Thanks so much for stopping by again and for checking out this card.  I hope my project inspires you to create something fabulous and I look forward to seeing you here again soon!  Have a LOVEly day!  

Joy Clair Scriptures of Love and New Baby Cards with the Mini Misti

Hello and welcome!  We are collaborating with My Sweet Petunia this month showcasing the Mini Misti and I'm so excited to share my love of this product with you!  This stamping tool has made such a huge difference in the world of stamping!  

For the month of March, make sure you leave comments on both the collaborative posts (that have this collaborative graphic below) on both the My Sweet Petunia Blog and the Joy Clair Blog and don't forget to comment on both their design team's blogs) for chances to win prizes!

I'm also showcasing the new stamp set from the latest Joy Clair release - Scriptures of Love for my first project today.  This set has really pretty font and wonderful verses of love from the Word.  

Here's a good look at the stamp set:

Here's how I made this card:

I took a We R Memories Next level heart embossing folder and embossed a piece of white card stock.  Next, I used Hero Arts Soft Pink Shadow ink inked and rubbed it all over the embossed paper.  It looks darker in the picture below because shadow inks go on splotchy at first, but even out to a soft pretty shade when dry.

With my Mini Misti I stamped the verses to decide which one I would use for my card.  I didn't get a good first impression with my stamping because my ink pad was dry!  So I re-inked it, because of the Mini Misti, I was able to re-stamp it exactly over the first try!  Love that you can do the with the Mini Misti!  

After stamping several verses, I decided on "I love you at your darkest" Romans 5:8

I used a window die from MFT in the bottom right corner and put the sentiment behind the opening.  After trimming the embossed panel down, I adhered it to the top left corner of my card.

For the final touch, I added a thin black bow (SSS die) in the window's corner. 

Here's my completed card:

Now on to my 2nd project using the Joy Clair new release set:  New Baby

   

So many cute sentiment and images give you limitless possibilities for cards and projects!

Here's how I made my cards.  Using patterned paper from Echo Park and Papertrey Ink I stamped the onsie on different prints.  After cutting them out, I chose sentiments for them.

I laid them out on the card front so that I could still see the words on the front of the onesies, and then stamped "Congrats on your" at the top with my Mini Misti.

I used some of the same papers to cut thin strips for the sides of the cards.

The card on the left was made with all Papertrey Ink papers, and the card on the right with Echo Park papers.

Here's my finished cards:

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Don't you just love these stamp sets?  Check them out Joy Clair!

Joy Clair with Misti - Color by Faith Stamps

 

Hello everyone!

It's Donna here and  I am back with My Sweet Petunia and Joy Clair's design teams sharing projects featuring the MISTI as well as many of the fantastic products from Joy Clair! Please be sure to stop over to Joy Clair's Blog to see all the wonderful projects the team has created using the MISTI.

I have two projects to share today, using the Joy Clair stamp set from the Color by Faith collection called "Praise the Lord" and "Refuel My Soul". 

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 am using the My Sweet Petunia Creative Corners for this project.  I created a background with the words for the Joy Clair Praise the Lord stamp set.  See below for the steps I used to do this with my Misti.

I cut the piece with the hands and placed it at the bottom of the page.  To finish off the card, I added some color sequins.

 I started out with the My Sweet Petunia Creative Corner in the corner of my Misti, I began stamping with several colors of ink.  

I moved the Creative Corner up the page as I randomly stamped the words.  

I then added the creative corner with the magnets at the top of the Misti so my paper would not shift.  I then randomly stamped the words on the other half of the paper until the page was full.  I love the colorful words on the page.

I then stamped the hands from the Praise the Lord stamp set with Versafine ink using the Misti Bar Magnet, because the image is solid, I wanted to make sure the paper did not move, so I used the extra magnets that came with the Misti.

My next card is using the Joy Clair Refuel My Soul stamp set, this is a CAS card. I am using the Mini Misti for this project.  I cut the piece with the hands and placed it at the bottom of the page.  To finish off the card, I added some color sequins.

I wasn't sure what how I was going to layout my card, so I stamped a few images using Memento ink.  

I stamped my background with the stamp from the Refuel My Soul stamp set, I then placed my image where I wanted it to go and stamped the sentiment.  I colored the fuel tank image with copics and popped it on my card.  

I hope I have inspired you!  If you don't have a Misti, you should hop right over to My Sweet Petunia and get one, I do not do any stamping without it.  You always get a clear crisp image when using it.  

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Joy Clair and MISTI: Fishers of Men

Hello there Joy Clair stampers!  It's Kerry here and I'm back with another fun creation featuring one of the newest stamp sets to the Color By Faith line.  This set is called Fishers of Men and it's a gorgeous stamp set complete with koi, goldfish, nets, fish hooks and touching sentiments and bible verses! 

I started out by stamping the netting onto some white cardstock using Memento London Fog ink.  After the netting was completed, I secured the paper into my mini MISTI using a long Bar Magnet and a few smaller round magnets, then stamped the fish hooks and the sentiment with Tuxedo Black Memento ink.  I set this panel aside and started on my Koi image.  I wanted the koi to have a variety of colors as well as some glossy shine and dimension so the mini MISTI would help me achieve this perfectly!  

I selected a few colors to use when creating this multi colored koi.  Memento's Dandelion, Tangelo, Bamboo Leaves and Black Licorice ink were the perfect choice.  

I stamped the Dandelion first and then I inked a portion of the stamp up with the Tangelo ink.  I stamped that portion over the Dandelion image and then moved on to color # 3.  

The next color was the Bamboo Leaves.  I chose to ink up the fins and a section of the scales towards the back of the fish.  

Up next was London Fog ink.  Just inking up the "whiskers" and the edges of the tail did the trick!  

To finish the colorful koi off, I used some Tuxedo Black to color the eyes and the edges of some portions of the stamp (fins and edges).  

Once the Koi was finished, I fussy cut it and burnished (from the back) to create some dimension.  I curled the tail and the pectoral fins up a bit to mimic movement.  After that, I mounted the fish onto the main stamped panel and grabbed the bubbles from the Washed by the Blood set to create some little bubbles for this little fishie.  

To finish the card off, I used some glaze and some microfine glitter to create shine, sparkle and dimension to the fish and bubbles.  

Popping this fish up with foam squares really helps tell the story on this card!  The sparkle and shine help too!  
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.  I'll see you again soon!  

The best of use Clear Stamps

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you my experience using Clear Stamps and some tips.

Not all clear stamps are identically produced, the polymers vary and with them the quality of the stamps and the quality of the stamping. We have the privilege to use the best clear stamps produced on USA because if you notice, the Joy Clair Stamps are completely clear. They are designed and produced for the printing industry, so they are perfect to carry and transfer ink. Low quality stamps are produced to be clear but not to provide a crispy impression.

Work with clear stamps is always easy. You can use them apply directly over an acrylic blog or take advantage of tools like MISTI. The first thing you should do is take care of them and use in correct form to avoid any damage. For example, they can reaction to the UV light exposure, also with different inks and different cleansers but if you take the normal cares, I can say you that  Joy Clair Stamp should last as long as traditional rubber stamps.

INKS:

Always is important the type of ink that you use for the stamping process. Some times the Dye inks tend to bead up. That is fine if you want to have this look but if you want to have a very crispy image, Inks like Mementos, Versafine, Brillance, VersaMagic and Chalk inks are high recommended. One that I and other stampers don't recommend to use with Clear Stamps is the StazOn Ink, because it is very hard to remove and the StazOn cleaner can damage or break down your clear stamps. But remember, the StazOn is a wonderful in for non porous material and permanent stamping. Pigment inks are great but don't saturate your clear stamps of ink.

Another important thing is the type of cardstock and weather in your location. Believe me if you are in a really humid part of the country, like me - I am in Florida, you may notice that your inks take more time to dry or will bead up. My suggestion is that explore your inks with your stamps and decide which are your best options. Also don't over press your stamps. First because you don't want to saturate of ink and second because they don't have the "normal cushion" that the rubber stamps have. For me the best way is a normal or natural pression and a nice hard surface. Now with tools like MISTI, is very easy to obtain the perfect stamped image.

CLEAN CLEAR STAMPS:

To be honest a lot of companies offer cleaners to stamps, Joy Clair has one Stamp Cleaner,  but the most important thing is that the cleaner that you use with this purpose works soft with your stamps. Never soak of let any of your stamps sit in solvent or alcohol based cleaner. They can break down all types of stamps. Additionally, if you noticed that you clear stamps lose their tack properties and don't cling as usual the solution is very easy: wash them with soft soap and water or the clear stamp cleaner or try to wipe the back with a little bit of water to revive them. Just don't use wipes with aloe vera or alcohol.

My last suggestion is about storing. I always try to keep all my stamps organized by categories but the most important thing is keep them away from heat and direct sunlight.  One of the advantage of Joy Clair is that our packages are safety and we can organized in store bins or clear boxes. Also they include instructions about the care and use in each single sheet of stamps if you forgot these suggestions. These suggestions and tips will help you to preserve your clear stamps. Remember, Joy Clair stamps are designed and produced for stamping...our passion! See you soon!

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

Multiples with MISTI & Joy Clair Stamps - Bible Markers

Hello Everyone! It's Linday from the DT here with you today, sharing a few projects! There are so many wonderful techniques to use your MISTI for, but I am still in awe of it's main and first purpose, making multiples of a project and having it stamp perfectly and in exactly the same place each and every time! So today, that's exactly what I'm sharing in this video tutorial. Two different Bible Markers, made with Joy Clair Stamps, but making multiples of each. And with the help of my MISTI, each and everyone turned out beautiful! I also have a few bonus techniques thrown in, so be sure to watch the video tutorial below!

 

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The first set of markers/bookmarks I made I  used the Praise the Lord stamp set, from the Color by Faith Series. This set is so much fun and is perfect for teens and youth groups!  I stamped my images in black pigment ink so I could heat emboss with clear embossing powder for a fun emboss resist technique. I kept the image the same, but switched up the sayings across the top.

With my images stamped and embossed, I used my ink brayer to lay down some distress ink I had spritzed with water. This made a fun and color watercolor background on each bookmark. I also switched up the colors across each one to make them all a little different. With this set, it might be a good idea to laminate, just to be extra cautious, and no color transfers at all.

My next set was soo simple and made with the Chain Breaker stamp set. I stamped and colored the chain onto the markers and added my sentiment over the top that I had heat embossed with white on black cardstock.

 

For each bookmark, I wanted to attached it to a slightly larger mat that I had created. To dress it up a bit, I added some die cut stitching to both sides that were on the mat. The final touch to add to all of the bookmarks was a hole punch in the top and a few strands of baker's twine through each!

 

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Both sets of bookmarks that I made today are super simple in their own rights, but with the help of my MISTI, they are a snap! If you want to check out all the products in the MISTI family, be sure and head over to the My Sweet Petunia Online Shop. And if you are interested in either of the Joy Clair sets I used on my projects today, you will find them linked below! Thanks so much for spending a bit of time with me today!
Happy Crafting!!

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