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I Adore You!

Hello everyone,

It's Donna here with a cute Valentine's Day card or you can use it for a friend or family member to let them know you love and adore them.  I am using the Joy Clair Stamp sets, Valentine Background Builder, Best Buds and Love Quotes.   If you have not check their website, they have some very nice Valentine, Friend, and Love stamp sets, you can see the whole line of love and friendship stamps here.   

Here is my card and how I put it together:

Closer look at the card

1.  My card is an A2 card, measuring 4 1/4 x 5 1/2,

2.  I cut a panel at 4 x 5 1/4, I stamped the love stamp from the Background Builder stamp set, and used my stamperatus to stamp the image down the panel so that everything was even,

3.  I die cut a heart and stamped the sentiment from the Love Quotes stamp set using Versamark and heat set the sentiment with black embossing powder,

4.  I then stamped and cut the cute image from the Best Buds set, I used my scan and cut to cut them out and then colored them with copics.  I used some foam tape to pop them up onto the heart and adhered the heart to my card.

Love how my card turned out, clean and simple but adorable! 

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

Listed below are the products I used. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I have used compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

 

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Valentine's Day Cards with Joy Clair You're s'Whale, Valentine Background, Best Buds & Love Languages

Hello and welcome!  It's Angie here with my first Joy Clair post for 2020!  Happy New Year to you all!

I'm so happy to be here and to share my love for Joy Clair Stamps with you!  There are so many exciting things happening this year - stay tuned - you won't want to miss a thing!  

I decided I better get busy and make Valentine's Day cards for next month so I pulled out some of my favorite sets and made 2 cards.  

Here's how I made my first card:

1)  I stamped and colored the narwhal from Joy Clair's "I Think You're s'Whale" stamp set and the fussy cut him out.  I decided not to use the free cutting files to cut him out, because I wanted no white edge on him.  Sometimes I like the edge and other times, I don't!  

2)  Next I cut some dotted wave dies from watercolored patterned paper, stacked and glued 3 of them on the same patterned paper sheet of 4.25" by 5.5"

3)  I did use the cutting files to cut out two of the underwater plants, but that was just to help me decide the layout of my card.  I often use the free cutting files just to cut the shapes out so I can play with my layout before I decide what I want to do.  Below I have pretty much decided I wanted to affix everything, then cut out a rectangle from the the large panel.

4)  Next, I moved the cut files and stamped the plants right on the wave die cuts.

5)  I used more Zig Clean Color brushes to highlight and shade the leaves in the water, the cut the large dotted rectangle section out.

6)  Next I stamped the green hearts (behind the pink and purple ones) from the Joy Clair "Love Languages" stamp set.  That particular heart stamp (one of many hearts in that set) had a bottom edge that looked like "splashing" to me so I thought it would look like the heart was splashing out of the waves!  I added little die cut hearts to the centers so they wouldn't be teal hearts, but pink and purple hearts with teal edge and teal "splashes."  

7)  Last, I added the rectangle to a white card base, added some pink dots for his cheeks, added Glossy Accents to the hearts and clear Nuvo drops for more splashes!  Here's a closer look so you can see his cheeks, and all the shine on those hearts and water drops.

And I included this picture so you can see the texture of the papers and even more detail- it's a very pretty paper pack from Pink Paislee called "Summer Lights."

I included one more picture because I made a matching envelope and for my return address stamp, I used a custom Joy Clair stamp.  Joy Clair has quite a few styles of these they can make for you and they can even make special stamps from your logo, etc.  (I've blocked out my address with a post it for privacy.)

I did make a 2nd card for today's as I am working to get all my Valentine's Day card made.  Here's a look:

This card was much quicker to make.  I used Distress Ink, blender brush and stencil on a 4.25" by 5.5" piece of white card stock.  I blended it darker at the top and faded out as I went down the paper.  Here you can see I am deciding where to place by sweet kittens from the Joy Clair "Best Buds" stamp set, after I finished the stenciling.

To add some interest, I die cut a dotted square from the front of the card from white and then a smaller one from watercolored paper from the same pack.  I stamped the kitties on that top one and colored them, then added lots of red hearts and stamped the bottom edge with a stamp from Joy Clair's "Valentine Background Builder" stamp set in Distress Oxide Fired Brick.  The red hearts match because I cut them from card stock that I inked with the same color ink.  I added Wink of Stella to the hearts, then some Glossy Accents for shine and dimension.  Here's a closer look:

I hope I have inspired you to create some Valentine cards!  My grandkids always love getting them and so do other family members - it's nice to be remembered on holidays!  If you are interested in my supply list, please go to my blog - Cimbacreativefun - and scroll to the bottom for links to all the goodies I used on my projects today.  

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Thanks so much for stopping by!

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!

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!

Festive Christmas Cards by Martha Lucia

Hello friends, Martha Lucia here with you!

I prepared some Festive Christmas Stamped Cards combining different stamp sets. Let me start with this festive and traditional Christmas card.

I arranged some images or borders included on the stamp set Ugly Sweeter  Background over my stamping tool and inked them with Memento  Rhubarb ink to stamp the images onto very vanilla card stock. After that, I resized this layer using the large Embossed Edge Rectangle die cut from Kat Scrappiness and pasted it over a real red card base.

In a separate piece of very vanilla card stock, I stamped two other images. The three is from the stamp set Happy Camper and the fabulous car from the Refuel my Soul from the Color by Faith Collection. I colored the images with Illustrators Markers from Spectrum Noir. I fussy cut the images and pasted over the decorated card base.

For my second card I used the tone to tone technique. I stamped some of the borders included on the stamp set Ugly Sweeter with Memento Rhubarb onto red card stock. Then, I resized the layer with the Embossed Edge Rectangle Die and pasted it directly over the card.

I die cut several layers of the Joy Etched Die from Spellbinders using Garden Green card stock. I pasted all the pieces on the same place to give more dimension to the die cut image an finalized the card, adding on top of the decorated card base the die cut.

My third card is using the stamp set Vintage Christmas Ornaments. I stamped several times one of the branches included on the same stamp set using two different colors of green Memento  Ink. Then I resized the layer with a medium size of the Embossed Edge Rectangle Die. After that, I inked the entire layer with a soft touche of green ink and I pasted this layer over the card base using double sided foam tape.

In a separate piece of Very Vanilla card stock, I stamped one of the ornament images included on the stamp set Vintage Christmas Ornaments using Early Espresso Classic Ink. With Illustrator markers the border of the ornament and with Memento Rhubarb stamped the sentiment on the center of the ornament. To embellish the card I die cut one tiny bow onto red glitter paper using one die from the Spellbinders Large Club.

Thank you for stopping by and see you soon with more inspirational ideas!

Snowmen Cards with Joy Clair's Cozy Snowmen Wishes & Some Custom Stamps

Hello and welcome!  It's Angie here today with some fun snowmen cards made with Joy Clair's Cozy Snowmen Wishes.  I love snowmen stamps and these cute guys are just my favorite!  Here's how I made this card:

1)  Stamp the snowmen out on white card stock and then cut them with the cut files from Joy Clair with my Scan n Cut.  (You can also fussy cut with scissors them if you prefer.) 

2)  Stamp the snowmen on plaid paper so you can paper piece the parts you want to.  (I did some of the hats, scarfs and shirts.)

3)  Color parts of the snowmen that you don't use paper piecing on.

4)  Mask off a straight line and ink the top of a piece of cardstock with Distress Oxide Inks in Evergreen Bough and Tumbled Glass.

5)  When it's dried, swipe Versamark ink over the blue section and then add glittery clear embossing powder.

6)  Heat embossing powder till melted and set aside to cool off.

7)  Cut the panel with two different sized rectangle dies.

8)  Stamp the sentiment on top panel (before you put it together) and add the snowmen on either side.

9)  Add the biggest panel to the card base with adhesive, I used glue.

10)  Pop up the top panel on foam tape, add a few snowflake sequins, and you are done! 

Here's a closer look: 

It's hard to see the glitter of the blue section but in real life it is VERY sparkly!  Don't you just love that sentiment with the snowflake for the "o" in snow?  So cute.

Here's a second card I made with the same set:

The main difference is I used dark gray card stock for the background instead of inking one.  I cut that gray card stock with a snowy background die from my stash.  I also cut snow drifts out of white card stock with scissors and added them to the bottom.  No paper piecing on this one, just colored with Zig Clean Color Markers.  And on these snowflakes I added silver Nuvo drops in the snowflake centers and in the snow dots on the back panel.  

I love this sentiment from the Joy Clair Cozy Snowmen Wishes set "angel kisses" - so sweet!   Here's another look:

If you are interested in my supplies, I have them all linked on my blog HERE.  (Those and the blue links here are affiliated links - no extra cost to you.)

I wanted to share with you also some "custom stamps" I had made from Joy Clair with my logo on it.  I had a logo made a few years back by a graphic artist and Joy Clair turned it into 2 different stamps and and return address stamp for me.  Here's a look at them.  I use the bigger two on the back of my cards:

And here is the smaller return address one they made for me - I blocked out my address for privacy, but you can see the smaller logo on the top.

Joy Clair has a whole section of custom stamps HERE, plus they will make just about any stamp you need, just email them at [email protected] and ask!

I hope you are staying warm and cozy in these winter months and have a wonderful holiday season!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Three Wise Men

Hello everyone!

It's Donna here sharing a card I created using the "Three Wise Men" stamp set. This month the design team has been collaborating with Imagine Crafts products.  I have enjoyed using their products on my cards this month, but truthfully I use their products on my projects every month. 

Here is my card and how I created it.

My card is an A2 card, I first masked off the moon before using the Versafine Paradise Ink to create my background on the edges I used Versafine Clair Onyx Black.  I lifted the mask and used Versafine Cheerful Ink to create the moon.  I then stamped the sentiment with Versafine Clair Onyx Black.  I then used the Delicata Golden Glitz for the stars.  After everything dried I sprayed the background with Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray Sparkle.  I set the panel to the side to dry and stamped the three wise men from the "Three Wise Men" stamp set and colored them with Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend markers.  I used the scan and cut to cut them out, I used foam squares on the back and added it to my card.  

Closer look at the card.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you have been inspired and will start making your Christmas cards.  There is only 32 more days to get created.

Listed below are the products I used. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I have used compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

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Tips and Tricks for Creating Simple Scenes

Hi everyone! It's Lindsay here, from Crafting While Caffeinated Blog and YouTube Channel, and I am super excited to be back and share another video with you all! I love to create scenes on my cards and Joy Clair stamp sets really lend themselves to making really fun scenes. But I don't always have an hour to mask, color, and die cut a ton of pieces to create really intricate scenes for my cards. But, there are so many easy and quick tips and trick on creating very simple, but still beautiful scenes that take very little time. You can watch the video below for all the details!

 

 

There are several ways to make your scenes easy and quick to put together. The first is to have a plan. I like to use my stamps, lay them out on my panel to get a good idea of what I want to use in my scene and where I want it to go. I keep checking back to my design throughout the project so I'm not left with any surprises when I'm putting it together.

Another thing to consider with some of my scenes is what coloring medium I will be using. This will save you time in the long run and help you to choose the right ink to use! If you aren't sure what medium you want to go with, try and choose an ink that will work with a variety of coloring mediums. On my first project, I still wasn't sure what medium I would be using so I used Versafine Clair Ink in Nocturne to stamp my images from Gnome is Where the Heart Is stamp set.

Something else I really love to do to with my scenes is frame them. That's what I did on the second card today. If you don't have any frame dies you can easily make your own with nesting die sets. Be sure to watch the video for all the info! On this card I used the Blessed Harvest stamp set and to help let the simple scene shine, I used a frame to set it apart from the background.

My final tip I will leave you with is to not make anything more complicated than it needs to be! On my final card, I wanted to create a die cut scnene. Alot of times I would inlay separate pieces, to create a one layer background, however you don't need to! I only die cut a few pieces through simple layering I was able to create what looked like a lot of dimension, but is really just one piece of foam! On this card I only used one stamp from the Turkey Talk set to create this scene!

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Scene making definitely does not have to be difficult and I hope you all found a few tips and tricks that help you create really fun, simple and quick scenes! If you are interested in any of the supplies or stamp sets I used on my cards today, you can find them all listed and linked down below. Until next time, happy crafting!

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Affiliate links used

• Gnome is Where the Heart Is Stamp Set
• Blessed Harvest Stamp Set
• Turkey Talk Stamp Set
• MISTI
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink Pad
• Schpirrer Farben Colored Pencil Set
• Gamsol/OMS
• Blending Stumps
• Blending Brushes
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
• Craft Knife
• Finger Daubers
• Memento Dew Drop Ink Pads
    Sky Blue, Bamboo Leaves, Toffee Crunch
• TCW Plaid Fringe Stencil
• Jumbo Ink Dauber
• Picket Fence Die
• Cloud Dies
• Hill Border Die
• Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
• Foam Adhesive

Rejoice with Joy Clair's Thankful & Blessed and Fall Greetings

Hello and welcome! 

 

It's Angie here  today with one of my favorite fall cards using two Joy Clair stamp sets along with some amazing products from Imagine.  Here's a short list of what I used.  (Complete list and links can be found on my blog.)

Affiliate Links:

Joy Clair Fall Greetings

Joy Clair Thankful and Blessed

Imagine MBoss

Versamark Ink

Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink

 

Here's how I made my card:

 

1)  I masked off the edges of the panel and sunflower with a mask so I could partially stamp the border stamp along the edges.  I ended up only using a smaller rectangle from this panel after I finished coloring it.  

 

2) For the sentiment, I used Versafine ink and MBoss embossing powder in Rose Gold and for the 3rd layer of the front panel.  There are 3 layers, the focal image and sentiment panel on top of black and layered on the embossed rectangle.

To save embossing powder, I only heat embossed the part you would see of the bottom rectangle.

 

3)  Below is the picture of the embossing before I cut it out with the dotted rectangle die.

 

 4) I colored the images with Zigs and added sparkle pen to the center of the sunflower.

 

Here's a closer look at my card, isn't that rose gold MBoss amazing looking?

 

 

If you are interested in my supplies I have linked them on my blog.

 

I love how this turned out because the colors mixed with that rose gold embossing really pop.  Check out all of the 38 amazing embossing powder colors, the incredible inks and more at Imagine Crafts!

 

"This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it."  Psalm 118:24

 

I hope you are enjoying your day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Don't forget to stop by the Joy Clair store and check out all their holiday stamps for your upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas cards.

 

 

Hello Winter

Hello everyone!

It's Donna here with a holiday card I created using Joy Clair Stamp  set called "Snowy Greetings".  This is such a cut stamp set.  I love the snowmen in the set and lots of wintery sentiments.

Here is my card and how I created it.

My card is an A2 card, I stamped the background using Joy Clair Background Stamp Christmas Lights, I used Imagines Delicata White Shimmer, Versamark and Mboss Embossing Powder Champagne and heat set it.  I colored in the lights with some Jelly Roll Metallic pens from my stash.  I then sprayed the black panel with my favorite imagine products Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray Sparkle.  I set this to dry.  I then used my scan and cut to cut out the snow men from the Snowy Greetings set and colored them with copics,  I stamped the sentiment with Imagine's Versafine Clair Onyx Black and die cut it with a bubble die.  

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope my card has inspired you to start making your holiday cards.

Listed below are the products I used. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I have used compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

SUPPLIES USED: