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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!

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!

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.

 

Simple Cards by Martha Lucia

Hi crafty friends, Martha Lucia here with you. I prepared two different cards to show you how easy is create with Joy Clair stamps using different textures. Let me start with one of my favorites designs:

To make this card, I used the stamp set You're a Gem. I stamped it onto whisper white card stock using VersaFine Onix and clear Embossing Powder. I really like the lineal design of these gems and I decided to keep it clean. Then using Orange Flock Transfer Sheets from Therm-o-Web I created the strips. Then I resized the layer and created a mat using the same tone of orange.

I pasted the decorated layer over the basic black card base using double sided foam tape to give to it more high and dimension. As final touch I added some Orange Jewels from Kat Scrappiness.

My next project is card that I made using the stamp set October Fun. I used this card to other of my design teams but I just wanted to share it with you. To color the background I used Illustrator Markers from Spectrum Noir and for the Halloween characters, I used the Tri-Blend Markers.

October Fun is one of my favorites Halloween stamp sets and my dear friend Donna Idlet inspired me to color these!

Thank you for stopping by and see you soon with more creativity!

Martha Lucia

You Rock with Joy Clair's You're a Gem & Crystal Background Stamps

Hello and welcome!  It's Angie here today with a "You're a Gem" card using 2 of the newly released stamp sets from Joy Clair.

First, let's look at the new "Crystal" background stamp:

It's such a cool stamp and works really well as a frame for a sentiment.  You can use the free cutting files that come with every set you purchase, but I decided I wanted to cut it really close to the edges so I fussy cut my watercolored paper with scissors.  I think it would look great either way and my next card I plan to use the free cutting file and try it with a little white edge for the frame.  For my watercolored look, I used the smooshing technique with Leisure Arts Watercolor markers and water.

And here's the brand new "You're a Gem" stamp set where my sentiment came from:

Here's a closer look at my card where you can see the watercolored paper and the shiny gems.  I also used textured blue card stock for the center and to heat emboss my sentiment.  I popped the whole framed sentiment up on fun foam for dimension.

I also used a black marker to color in the edges where I cut the background out so it would stand out against the white of the card base.  I've linked all my supplies used on my blog if you are interested, check it out HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by and happy crafting my friends!

 

 

Joy Clair and Leisure Arts | More Card Ideas For Her

Hello crafty friends... Hope you all are well! Today I have couple more card ideas for her that you can make and send out to your friends to cheer them up and to lift them up.

October is Cancer Awareness Month. Joy Clair released a new stamp set, Hope. This stamp set is dedicated for those who are fighting the cancer. I love this stamp set. The sentiments are very uplifting and encouraging, especially the Bible Verses. The ribbon and gloves are just perfect!

I stamped the Broken Brick Background Stamp on a light pink cardstock with White Unicorn Pigment Ink Pad and Mini MISTI. After that, I dried the ink with craft heater and trimmed it slightly smaller than the card base. I added it on the hot pink card with E-Z Runner Gran Adhesive.

I stamped the gloves and sentiment on a piece of white cardstock with VersaFine Clair Charming Pink Ink Pad and Mini MISTI. I dried the stamped image and sentiment with craft heater. I fussy cut the gloves with my fine point scissors and I trimmed the sentiment into sentiment label.

I added the gloves on the top left corner card and the sentiment at the bottom right cornet with 3D tape. I tied up some of the natural twine around the top, made a bow and glued it with some permanent glue adhesive.

My second card is created using one of the newest stamp set also called Mermaid At Heart. I paired it up with the Mermaid Tail Background Stamp.

This stamp set describes my two girls who are mermaid at heart. They love water and swimming in any season! I am thankful for them...

I started with creating the watercolored background using Leisure Arts Double Ended Markers and water. I used smooshing technique. I scribbled the markers on a craft mat and sprayed some water that turn the marker color into watercolor paint. I added the watercolor paper in it and smooshed around. I dried it with craft heater and then did it the same step to build up the colors.

After that, I stamped the Mermaid Tail Background on it with VersaFine Clair Warm Breeze ink pad and MISTI. And then, I stamped the sea plant image with VersaFine Clair Green Oasis using second generation stamping technique. I added the background panel on a white card with E-Z Runner Grand. 

Using the same smooshing technique, I created another watercolored background with Leisure Arts Double Ended Markers and water. This time I tried to create sort of mermaid color combo with blue, teal and purple markers. After I dried the watercolored background, I stamped the mermaid tail image with Fantasia VersaFine Clair and then fussy cut it. I stamped the sentiment with Purple Delight VersaFine Clair ink pad and then fussy cut it, too.

I cut out a piece of light blue cardstock with Rectangles Dies to create the frame. I added on the card with permanent adhesive glue. And then I added both mermaid tail and sentiment with 3D foam tape. I embellished the card with some clear dots.

I hope these cards give you more ideas what to make for your friends and family. 

Easy technique to color with Leisure Art Markers

Hi friends, Martha Lucia here with you!.

Today I want to share an easy and quick bible journaling page that I made using on of the Gather Together  stamp set by Color by Faith from Joy Clair and colored with the Double Ended Markers from Leisure Arts.

I have a package of 60 color Double Ended Markers from Leisure Arts. They are good to color over coloring books or hard paper surfaces but for the bible paper they are very strong hindering the mixture of colors. This does not mean that you can not use them, you can use and enjoy your markers, just taking care of your paper and combinations.

PROCESS:

The first thing that I made, was stamp the images from the stamp set Gather Together onto my Bible with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and then, here is technique, I colored my craft mat with my selection of colors from the Leisure Arts Double Ended Markers.

I colored the mat color by color and with a blender pen, I took the ink from the mat and transferred it to my design on the bible journaling. It let me to mix the colors and gave a soft touch, just like the paper requires.

The process was consuming time but I enjoy my time making this bible journaling page. At the end, I enhanced some details of my coloring using the Watercolor Pencils from Leisure Arts. Also, using this technique I got the control of the colors/ink.

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy your day!

PS: If you are curious with the right side page of my bible journal. It was one of my first pages created and you can find all the details HERE. I used the stamp set Grow with Faith.

Rest & Relax with Joy Clair's Shadow of the Almighty

Hello and welcome!

 

It's Ange here today with a card featuring the new stamp set called:  Shadow of the Almighty.  It's one the new Color by Faith series stamp sets released at the end of last month.

 

Here's a look at the new stamp set:

 

 

This set is perfect for Bible journaling and card making as well as scrapbooking.  So many possibilities with the images and sentiments.  I wanted to send a card to a friend who has been really stressed out lately and wishing she could go on vacation.   I wanted her to send her this beach scene to let her know I was thinking of her, and what better way than to send a card!

 

If you would like to know exactly how I made my card, please visit my blog, Cimbacreations, for all the details.

There on my blog, I've also linked all my supplies if you would like to know exactly what I used.

 

Here's a close look at my card:

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

I hope you enjoyed my beach scene card and be sure to check out all the new release stamps from Joy Clair's latest release HERE!

Special Gift Tags by Martha Lucia

Hi crafty friends, Martha Lucia with you today! 

I have some special gift tags ideas featuring the stamp set Fall Family & Football from Joy Clair Stamps in combination with Rinea Foiled Paper.

I used the Fold Over Tag Confetti Cuts from Reverse Confetti. I cut it from different colors of Glossy Rinea Foiled Paper:  Ebony/Gold, Marigold/Gold and Ruby/Gold.

After decide which out side of color I wanted to use on my gift tags, I start the decoration of each piece using other colors of starstruck Rinea Foiled Paper. On this opportunity I used Silver/Silver, Sapphire/Sapphire and Jade/Jade Starstruck Rinea Foiled Paper. I stamped some images included on the stamp set Fall Family & Football using Piano Black StazOn Pigment Ink.

I combined the colors and pasted all the pieces with liquid glue.

The best part is that you can use these gift card for a secret message or special gift.

I embellished my gift tags pasting some designs of sprinkles from Kat Scrappiness that were according with the different messages.

Thank you for stopping by!

Mermaid at Heart and Rinea Foilde Paper

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here with you.

I am super excite with my today post, I am featuring a new stamp set from Joy Clair over Rinea Foiled Paper, one of my favorites combinations.

Mermaid at Heart is a new stamp set from Joy Clair that was releases a week ago and as soon I received it I was totally sure that I wanted to use with Rinea Foiled Paper. My ideas was not clear but I love the different shades that we can get using Rinea Foiled on stamped images. 

I stamped the Mermail Tail image from the Mermaid at Heart stamp set over different colors of Rinea Foiled Paper using Snowflake StazOn Pigment Ink. The colors of Rinea Foiled paper that I used were Fuchsia/Gold, Sapphire/Gold, Gold/Gold and Violet/Gold Glossy Foiled Paper. I let the ink dry and fussy cut the images with scissors.

To create the  faux watercolored background, I just colored my mat with the new Double Ended Markers from Leisure Arts. I used different tones of blue and sprayed the mat with Ink Potion No. 9. If you are not familiar with the Ink Potion No. 9, it is  blending solution from Imagine that help the migration of any water based ink or marker. I let the paper dry naturally and resized using the Making Waves Cover die from Mama Elephant. For the sentiment I used Paris Dusk Memento Ink.

Then, I pasted the cover die with double sided foam tape over the card base and splattered it with two different colors of Fireworks. I arranged the the foiled stamped images inside of the waves and decorated with some blue droplets.

Thank you for stopping by and remember that you can also stamp over the foiled paper, just experiment with different inks and different images to obtain an extraordinary effect.