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Joy Clair...Summer Down Under...

Hello there Joy Clair friends!  It's Kerry here and today I'm taking a break from the winter festivities to celebrate a little with my friends on the other side of the hemisphere.  Yeppers, it's SUMMER down under and I thought I'd create a little sunshine today! 

 

It actually started out as a challenge.  I wanted to challenge myself to work with a random stamp set from my JC stash.  SOOOO...I went to my JC Stamp stash and with my eyes closed, I grabbed a random stamp set.  I flipped it around and discovered I picked a nice and fruity/summery set called :Life Is Sweet" . Alrighty!  Sooo.  How was I going to work with this set in the middle of winter, right before Christmas and the New Year?  Then it hit me.  It actually slapped me right across my face!  The SOLSTICE!  It just happened and reminded me that While we're enjoying winter up here in the NORTHERN hemisphere, down SOUTH, they're basking in the sunshine!  SOOO...There you have it, I figured it out.  I'd make a nice sunshiny card for all my friends waaayyyy down south!  :)

I started out by stamping the Hello Summer sentiment onto a little white tag.  I then blurred it up a bit with a blending brussh and flicked some black acrylic paint on it.  I attached a scrap of some limey iridescent watercolor paper from my crafty scrap stash and then added some lace, twine and a bow.  After working on the tag, I picked some BRIGHT yellow cardstock for the card base and stamped some lemons faintly in the background.  I attached my tag to this card base and then added some "sunshine" by tucking a golden candy cup wrapper under the tag.  To finish things off, I added a few sparkly gems here and there.  

I like to curl the edges of my tags when I place them on a cardfront.  I think it helps add a bit more dimension and aids in the shadow effects I like to have when taking photos.  Of course, finding the right props for summer...during winter is a pretty big feat so I ended up with grabbing some sour candies and a little lime green bucket.  Candy's important during the summer, right?  

Thanks for hopping over today and I hope your last few weeks of 2019 are fabulous.  I'm looking forward to many great happenings in 2020!  See you around!

Happy New Year Rainbow Card

Hello everyone... I cannot believe it that New Year is in 10 more days!!! This 2019 has been a wonderful and also challenging year for me. I know it will be a super long list to write down what GOD has done and taught me in this year. And I know well that God has not done with us yet and I am so looking forward to see and experience what He has stored for me and my family in 2020.

Today, I have this clean-and-simple New Year card. I would like to start the new year with some colors... what is more colorful than rainbow, right? The New Year New Me Stamp Set is perfect for any New Year themed projects for sure.

I use the Kaleidacolor Bouquet In Pad to stamp the colorful Happy word on the background. I stamped them directly on a white card base one color at the time. Since it is Kaleidacolor ink pad, the ink strip pads close to each other in one case, so I cover the ink strip pad with post it note so the color won't blend each other.

For the sentiment, I stamped the word and phrases using MISTI on a white cardstock with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink pad and then I cut it with the scallop die. After that, I used VersaMarker to add the ink around the corner of the die cut, dipped the edge in gold embossing powder, and then heat set it with craft heater. I did it on each edge of the sentiment die cut. You can do it all edge at the same time, but I found this way is easier because I can hold it at the clean space instead touch the powder accidently.

I added the sentiment on the card with 3D foam tape and it is done. I hope this quick and simple card give you an idea to cheer someone up with your handmade card. 

And this will be my last project as, Joy Clair design team member. I would like to take this opportunity to say a HUGE THANKS to Amanda, Christy, and Martha for giving me a wonderful journey for being a part of your Joy Clair family in the last couple of years. I treasure your friendship and generous hearts. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Handmade Gifts: Christmas Card and Ornament

Hello hello hello... December is here and Christmas is coming near... Today, I would like to share couple handmade gift ideas with you all that you all can make with Joy Clair Stamps for this Holidays!

I use the Vintage Christmas Ornaments stamp set to create this CAS Christmas card. I stamped the ornaments with Antique Linen Distress Ink on a watercolor paper 140 lbs. I did not use any masks to create that stacked ornaments becuase when I painted them with watercolor paper, the Distress ink reacted with the water and blended in. But if you use non-reacted dye inks or pigment inks, you will need the masks.

I painted the ornaments with Shimmerz Inklingz Watercolors (I'm Not Limon, Blue My Mind, and Good As Gold). These watercolor paints have the shimmering, metallic look. I dried the paints with craft heater, and then I sprayed it with some water using the Distress Sprayer. I dabbed the water off with paper towel to get more distressed, vintage look on them.

I added some extra gold splatters on the background with the Good As Gold Shimmerz Inklingz. After that, I dried it again with craft heater and cut it with Double Stitched Rectangles Dies.

I stamped the ornament again three times (just the top of the ornament) on a white cardstock with VersaMark Ink Pad and then I added some silver embossing powder. I heat set the embossing powder with craft heater and then fussy cut them with scissors. I added them on the ornaments with dries-clear permanent glue. I drew the stings with Posca Metallic Silver Paint Marker.

I stamped the sentiment on one of the ornament using MISTI with Delicata Silver Ink Pad, and then I stamped it again with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink Pad. I dried ink with craft heater. I added this finished background on top of a green card base with 3D foam tape for extra dimension to it.

Second handmade gift than you can make with Joy Clair Stamps is this chalkboard wood slice Christmas ornament. On this wood, I used The Reason Stamp Set and Snowy Greetings Stamp Set.

First, to paint the base color. I used Chalk Paint for the base. The paint dries fairy quickly. I usually paint the base twice, but if once is enough for you and that is okay, too.

To give the white chalk look on the background, I dibbed my finger in a white paint and lightly painted on the chalkboard. I had wet (not too wet) paper towel to remove the paint so not too much on the background.

After that, I stamped the images and sentiment on both side with white acrylic paint, too. I put the stamp on acrylic stamping block and I added the paint with mini brayer. I put the stamp directly in a bowl with warm water so the paint won't dried on the stamp and will be easy to clean.

I tied up the twine and done. You have a handmade Christmas ornament that you can also mass-produce this ornament as gifts.

I hope these projects give you some ideas to get crafty this Holidays. What would you make for this Holidays?

Fall Family Football by Jess

Hello friends!

 

 

It's Jess here today with a fun new card to share! Since I have been in Christmas mode, I decided to take a quick step away and make something NON Christmas using a newer release stamp set.  Football season is in full swing, so a football card seemed totally appropriate. I used the "Fall Family Football" stamp set to create this card. I love this set - it's a perfect fall/masculine/sporting themed set!  Great sentiments for all occasions - and you can modify it to apply to most sports too!

 

 

I stamped the football, helmet and sentiment stamps onto some white cardstock and colored with my Nuvo Markers, then cut them out.  I used some football field themed patterned paper to stamp a random pattern background using quite a few of the images from the set.

 

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope that you enjoyed my card. Be sure to grab your fave JOY CLAIR stamps today!  I promise, you will have so much fun using them!

 

See you again really soon!  Hugs!!

 

Jess

New Year Resolutions and more

Hello friends Martha Lucia here with you!

I am up with my Resolutions card for Joy Clair. Today I choose  two different stamp sets, New Year New Me and Born to Sparkle, two of my forever favorites. Let me start with the first, My Resolution card.

The base and second layer of this card are basic black card stock. I used a Hero Arts stencil with IzinK Diamon Turquoise from Aladine to decorate the second layer of the card. After the Izink dried, I resized the layer and pasted it directly over the basic black card base. I love the glitter touch that this added to my card and turquoise is a great color to start a new life.

In a separate piece of Very Vanilla card stock I stamped some sentiments or resolutions for the next year included on the stamp set New Year New Me, using VesaFine Onix. I resized this layer with a Embossed Edged Rectangle Die.

My next card  also have my favorite colors, Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight. I stamped the stones included on the stamp set Born to Sparkle using different colors of Delicata Ink from Imagine over a Very Vanilla card stock. To obtain the sync with all images, I used the Wreath builder from Gina K. I pasted this layer directly over the Melon Mambo card base.

In a separate piece of Daffodil Delight card stock I stamped one of the sentiments included on the stamp set Born to Sparkle with VersaMark and MBoss Embossing Powder New Years Eve from Imagine. This color of embossing powder add the perfect sparkle touch to my card along with the two metallic strips that I added to this piece. To finalize the card, I added the Daffodil Delight piece with double sided foam tape.

This is my last post for this year with Joy Clair. I have wonderful news for 2020 and many changes are around the corner for this fabulous brand. Thanks for been always with us and for your continue support. Keep in touch and be part of my new adventure!

Joy Clair: The King Is Born

Hello there Joy Clair fans!  It's Kerry here and I'm back to share another fun project featuring the gorgeous Christmas set called The Reason.  It's one of my most favorite Christmas sets.  This set includes angels trumpeting their Heavenly praises and Mary/Joseph/baby Jesus and several perfectly perfect sentiments for this joyous season.  I just love it!!!

I wanted this card to focus primarily on Mary/Joseph and baby Jesus so I kept the rest of the background pretty plain (and white).  I did add some elegant reds/golds for the patterned paper on the bottom to help coordinate with the clothing.  Of course, I had to add some sparkle too so I added a strip of golden glitter paper separating the patterned paper and the white paper.  I also gave Mary and baby Jesus' golden halos a bit of shimmer and shine with some microfine glitter.  
I colored the image with Copic markers and tried to give the images a watercolor-like treatment so I didn't blend perfectly with this image.  To finish my card off, I tied some satin ribbon around the image and mounted it onto a burgundy card base.  

Thanks for hopping over to check out my card.  I hope it inspires you to create something perfect for this season.  See you again soon!  

Joy Clair Make Waves and Imagine Crafts

Hello there inky friends!  It's Kerry here and I'm back with a fun collaboration post featuring stamps of Joy Clair and Ink/embossing powder by Imagine Crafts!  All this month we're featuring fun projects that combine these two fine products and I'm excited to share my first one with you today.  This card combines the fun Mermaid at Heart stamp set and the yummy Versafine Clair inks and Embossing powders.  

I used the perfect Versafine Clair Nocturne and Warm Breeze ink and    ink and the Iridescent MBossing Powder  as with all other Versafine inks, the images stamp crisp and clear and provide a perfect foundation for embossing powder.  I love the ink so much.  I chose the Iridescent embossing powder for this project because it creates such a fun sparkly water effect over my ink.  

To create the background, I blended the Warm Breeze ink onto the cardstock (I applied it sparingly but purposfully to create a water-like effect.  After distressing, I applied some embossing powder over this ink and heat it up to create the permanent sparkly sheen on my paper. 

I trimmed the panel down to allow for a more centrally focused card and stamped/colored and fussy cut the mermaid tail image to apply to the card panel.  Next, I added some stitching for an additional textural layer.  I stamped the sentiment and applied some bling for additional sparkle.

To finish my card off I attached the panel to my card base and tied some coordinating ribbon around the top. 

Thanks for popping over to check out my card.  I hope you were inspired by my creation!  See you again soon!

Fall leaf card with Joy Clair and Imagine Crafts

Welcome to today's blog post. Today I am sharing a card with a kraft cardstock base. I always love the look and end result but don't use it often. For this card I embossed the leaves on the background and then inked over it for a darker look.

A sentiment raised on top of the embossed background adds dimension. I finished off my card with a few embellishments.
For more info and details on the inks and embossing powders used you can visit my blog. And as always here's the gorgeous stamp set I used and love more each day.

Thanks for stopping by! Love Jowilna x

Dogs for Christmas Cards

Hello friends, Martha Lucia here with you! I am sharing some Dogs for Christmas Cards and more today!

Let me start with my first card. It is a Christmas card that I made using the stamp set Dog Gone Christmas. This is a great set that include a series of Dogs for Christmas. Take a look at my card:

This month Joy Clair is making a Cross Promotion with Imagine. For me it is the perfect combination of the best stamps with different types of ink. I decided to use VersaMark clear to create my background and I stamped with it some of the images included on the Dog Gone Christmas over my second layer. With the VersaMark I created the tone to tone effect. I resized this layer using one of the Embossed Edges Rectangles. I pasted this piece directly over a Real Red card base.

In a separate piece of whisper white card stock, I stamped some of the images included on the stamp set Dog Gone Christmas with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I colored all the images with Illustrator Markers from Spectrum Noir, fussy cut them with scissors and pasted over the decorated card base using double sided foam tape.

Joy Clair is super sponsor of the Fall & Winter Coffee Lovers Blog and I created a second card using the  Feeling Slothly stamp set. I created the background with Fireworks and stamped the images with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. The sloth was colored with Illustrator Markers from Spectrum Noir and I just cut the decorated layer with the large size of the zig zag stitched rectagle die.

As final touch, I stamped on the background some tiny stars using Delicata Ink Golden Glitz. The sentiment is a message included on the stamp set Fall Greetings stamped with VersaFine Onix .

Remember that until today, all our stamps are 25%OFF and you will find amazing stamp sets coffee related and not related because Joy Clair has all that we want!

2019 Fall & Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hello crafty friends and coffee lovers! One more time we are proud to be Super Sponsors of 2019 Fall & Winter Coffee Lovers Blog. This fabulous event meet a lot of stamp companies in one place to enjoy the best coffee show. This is show created for many designers to inspire us to have love for coffee.

Today we have amazing things to share with you. First our store is 25%OFF from November 1st. to November 8th. We want to celebrate with you and all our stamps are ready to go to your hands!

Then our amazing design team prepared some inspiration cards to share with you the coffee theme stamps that are available in our store. Let the fun start!

Martha Lucia Gomez

Angie Cimbalo

Connie Hyde Mercer

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Idlet

Helen Gullett

Betz Golden

Jessica Kaiser 

Jowilna Nolte

GIVEAWAY:

Joy Clair is giving a way two stamp sets  of your selection to one random winner that left your original comment on this blog post and the 9 designers participating on this hop. In your comment you need to mention the name of the stamp set that designer used as main image to qualify to the prize. This will be open since now, November 1st until November 8th. Winner will be announced on November 30 here in Joy Clair Blog.