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Merry Christmoose with Jess

Hello friends!

 

It's Jess here again today with one more Christmas Card share for you!  I'm a last minute shopper myself - but I hope you have all your presents wrapped and ready to go! I HOPEFULLY will by the time you are reading this post!

If you are like me and still need some inspiration to create those cards, I have one more cute card idea using the Merry ChristMOOSE stamp set from Joy Clair!  Take a peek at how CUTE this set is:

 

 

 

I started by stamping the moose onto a piece of white Neenah cardstock and coloring with my Nuvo Maker pens and trimming out the image. I had some Kaisercraft paper in my stash that was PERFECT with the pine trees, but still whimsical feeling along with some woodgrain paper, so I used that as my background.

 

 

 

Look how happy this guy is! LOVE it!  I used some really cool twines I had in my stash (thank you Dollar Tree!) and added the "Merry ChristMOOSE" sentiment, stamped in red. Finally, I haven't played with Nuvo Crystal Drops in a while, so I added a few of those just to add a little sparkle. Every Christmas card needs some sparkle, don't you think?  Thanks for stopping by today! 

 

I wish you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS with a happy, healthy and CREATIVE New Year!

Jess

Merry Christmas to all ~ a Joy Clair card!

Hi, Connie here with a festive holiday card using the Santa's Coming set by Joy Clair.  This is such a fun set and easy to make beautiful cards with the least amount of supplies.  That is a win win for me.   Ink, paper, twine, stamps and two markers ~ that's it for supplies! 

I used my Misti (stamp platform) to get the houses lined up straight and then stamped them out on gray cardstock.  I used Versa Fine Clair by Imagine Crafts.  I love the deep, rich black color it produces.  On a silhouette type stamp the ink is important. You want good coverage of color.  The wreath was colored in with dual tip markers by Leisure Arts.  This card could be backed with different colors of cardstock (like traditional holiday colors) and look amazing.  I used silver cardstock with the gray.  Love the look!!

The house were splattered with white acrylic paint.  I use an old toothbrush and watered down paint to get a good snow look.   The card is adhered together with 3D foam squares by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful holiday!!!
Connie Mercer
Joy Clair DT Member

Merry Christmas

Happy Holiday's everyone!

It's Donna here and I am featuring the "Snow Fall" and "Holly Jolly Santa" stamp sets.  I hope all of you who celebrate Christmas is ready to celebrate.  I pray you all will enjoy your family throughout the Holiday Season.  I will see you next year!

Here is how I created my card.

My card is an A2 card, I cut my first layer at 4 x 5, I used versamark along the edges of the panel and added silver embossing power and heat set it.  I then stamped the snowflakes from the  "Snow Fall" stamp set with versamark, added silver embossing powder and heat set it.  The next panel which measures 3 5/8 x 4 7/8.  I also stamped the sentiment from the "Holly Jolly Santa" with versamark, added silver embossing powder and heat set it.  I then used some scissors and cut the sentiment out and added it to my card with foam squares.

Closer look at the card.

Thank you so much for stopping by, please come back again soon.

 

Happy New Year with Three Joy Clair Sets & More Custom Stamps

Hello and welcome!  It's Angie here today with Happy New Year's cards featuring a combination of three Joy Clair stamp sets:

Joy Clair Dog-Gone Christmas, Joy Clair New Year, New Me, and Joy Clair Happy Camper sets.  All of my supplies are linked on my blog HERE if you are interested in seeing exactly what I used.  (The blue links are affiliate links - no extra cost to you.)

This first card has the top panel popped up on foam tape and features one of the cute dogs "woofing you a yappy New Year!"  Don't you just love those music notes with the paw prints?  The trees are from the Happy Camper set that I have used for many occasions and in all seasons.  Many of the Joy Clair sets are very versatile like that, not just for one holiday or event.  For example, the New Year, New Me set has a whole set of numbers so that you can use it for every new year's card, just change the year!  But you can also use those numbers for birthday cards when you want to acknowledge a certain milestone birthday or just put the recipient's age on the card.

Here's another view of my card:

I also made a 2nd card very similar to the first one, except it has a darker sky and a bright moon along with another adorable pup from the Dog-Gone Christmas set.  

Here's a look:

I hope you enjoyed these New Year's cards - for all the details, supplies and instructions on how I made these, check out my blog HERE.

Earlier this month I shared some custom stamps with my logo on them and today I want to share a couple of return address custom stamps I have that Joy Clair made.  One is with a Christmas wreath and the other was just a style they had in the shop that I really liked.  (I blocked my address in the pictures for privacy.)

Joy Clair has lots of choices in their custom stamps section HERE.  They can also make others so if you have artwork, or a logo, or one you'd like made, just email them and ask [email protected] 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope your holiday season is full of joy and happiness!

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?

How to Make a 3-D Poinsettia with Stamps

Any kind of 3-D element on a card is a good thing. I created this card with two sets of stamps in no time! Every time I see a poinsettia I think of the 1970's. Ugly sweaters were big back then and back in now. Nothing is better than mixing the two on a card.

Creating the poinsettia was simple with this stamp set and embossing powder. The raised edges make it easy to fussy cut.

The background was fun to create! I really wanted to resemble a 1970 era, so the Ugly Sweater Background stamp was perfect. I used two different colored ink pads and a stamp platform to get it even.

Here is a video I created on how to create this card. 

 

In the video I messed up. This is how I covered it!

This was such a fun card to make! It has turned out to be my favorite Christmas card I have created this year.

Until next time ~ Happy Crafting!

Betz Golden

A Savior is Born

Hello Everyone! 

It's Ceal, here to share another card with you and I am sad to say this will be my last post for the Joy Clair design team. I am taking some time off but will still be creating with Joy Clair stamps so be sure to stop by my blog Simply Beautiful. Also there is some exciting news happening at Joy Clair in the new year so stay tuned for that! 

Christmas stamps are my favorite especially those like this Away in a Manger set that tells the true meaning of Christmas. For complete details on how I created this card, head over to my blog Simply Beautiful. 

 

 

Wishing you all a blessed Christmas and a prosperous New year! 

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holiday's everyone!

I am here with Joy Clair Stamps sharing a card I created using the Joy Clair Stamps the trees and the sentiment came from the stamp set called "Merry Christmoose ", the birds are from the stamp set called "Noah's Ark". 

Here is my card and how I created it.

My card is an A2 card (4 1/4 x 5 1/2), the black layer is  4 1/8 x 5 3/4. I cut the top layer at 3 5/8 x 5 and masked a small circle with masking paper where I wanted the moon and used distress inks on the background.   I stamped the trees and the sentiment with Versafine Clair Onyx Black.  After everything dried I sprayed the background with Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray Sparkle.

closer look at the card

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

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!  

Christmas Poinsettia with Joy Clair~

Hi, Connie here with a Christmas card using the, very pretty and elegant set called 3D Christmas Poinsettia by Joy Clair.  I love all the extra  Poinsettia flower petals making it easy to layer the petals into a full flower with lots of dimension.  I used Distress Oxide inks and watered them down treating them like water colors to color the petals.  

The background, for the card, is Distress Oxides watered down and dabbed on the cardstock.  I dry the ink after each color is added.  It is really fun to layer the colors to get the exact look you like. I added stencils and modeling paste for more interest and dimension. The flower petals were stamped on white cardstock, colored and then trimmed out.  The Poinsettia flower was put together with a small brad and adhered to the card front with strong adhesive.  The card is outlined using a white gel pen.  The tag is created and attached to the card front using dimensional adhesive.

The Poinsettia flower petals are coated with a glitter pen (not showing in the picture).   The berries are acrylic red paint, applied with the small end of the stylus.  Works great and no mess!!  These 3D Poinsettia flowers are really fun to make and look gorgeous on projects!

Supplies used:
stamps: Joy Clair/ 3D Christmas Poinsettia
stencils: ARTplorations/stencils by Helen G. 
paper: cardstock
adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
ink: Distress Oxide, Versa fine Clair/Nocturne
modeling paste: Faber Castell
twine, white gel pen

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer/DT Member