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Elegant Twist Cards with Spellbinders

Posted by on June 18, 2020 in Cards, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Rinea, Spectrum Noir, Spellbinders, Techniques | 0 comments

Elegant Twist Cards with Spellbinders

Today I have a set of Elegant Twist Cards with Spellbinders by Becca Feeken. I love the different style of this these unique dies. My first card is featuring the Elegant Twist Ovals Etched Dies. It is a set of 7 oval dies. Additionally, you can create beautiful braided ovals and layer them with other oval designs for dimension. This set die-cuts three elegant twist ovals when nested together. I die cut the two larges braided ovals onto white card stock to use it as top layer. Then, I inked the with rainbow colors of ink the top layer of the...

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Sweet Card with Digital Stamps

Posted by on June 17, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Digital Art, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 0 comments

Sweet Card with Digital Stamps

Hi there, today I have a Sweet Card with Digital Stamps. I am using one of the favorites sets during this season, the Cup of Joy from Joy Clair Designs. First, I created a card base using white card stock. Then, I die cut the Funky Die Coverplate onto crumb cake card stock. Additionally, I marked the borders of the Funky die with a soft pencil line to know where they are on the white base. After that, I masked the borders on the card base and inked inside of them with different colors of Harmony Water Reactive Ink.  I used Pale Fig, Winter...

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Easy and Fun Love Stamped Card

Posted by on June 16, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 0 comments

Easy and Fun Love Stamped Card

Today I am up with an easy and fun love stamped card. I made this featuring the stamps Giraffe Hug and Just the way you are from Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps. Additionally, I use the stencil Water Ripples from Joy Clair Designs. CARD DETAILS: To create the background, I just placed the Water Ripples Stencil over the top layer of the card base and inked the free areas with a blender brush and Honey Pot and Burdeaux Harmony Water Reactive Ink. This process is too simple, easy and fun because you can enhance some details of the stencil. Then, in...

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Dimension with stencil and inks

Posted by on June 15, 2020 in Cards, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques, Tutorials | 1 comment

Dimension with stencil and inks

Hello there, today I have a card that I made creating dimension with stencil and inks. I used the Harmony Water Reactive Inks from Spectrum Noir and the Diamond Fade Stencil. This is an easy project that you can create using a regular stencil. It add dimension to your design and is very fun to make. ABOUT THE CARD: Fix the stencil over the card stock and secure it. Additionally select 4 colors of Harmony Water Reactive Ink by pairs. Mentally, divide your layer in two sides. For the right side I used Fuchsia and Crushed Velvet for the left...

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How to make a clean and simple card

Posted by on June 12, 2020 in Cards, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

How to make a clean and simple card

Hi there, today I want to share how to make a clean and simple card. This is a real beautiful style of cards and very fun to create. CARD DETAILS: Normally the CAS or clean and simple cards are white but you can also use different colors. In my today’s sample I decided to have a tone to tone design with a lot of white. I first stenciled the top layer with the Deco Flower Stencil and the Texture Paste Opaline from Aladine and let the piece of paper dry naturally. Then, I cut the Hello Word Die onto white card stock and created several...

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Easy Card with stamps from Joy Clair

Posted by on June 10, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Easy Card with stamps from Joy Clair

I just pop up to share an easy card with stamps from Joy Clair Designs. I am using the Life is Sweet stamp set in addition with the Diamond Fade Stencil. Yesterday, I share how easy is to create texture with stencils and paste, you can find it HERE. Today, I am using the stencil with the Citronella Texture Paste from Aladine. THIS CARD! Citronella is a special yellow color that works great with the tone of my background. I just secured the stencil over the card stock with washi tape and applied the paste up to down,. After that, I just need...

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Shadow Dies from Kat Scrappiness

Posted by on June 10, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Kat Scrappiness, Recent Works, Techniques | 0 comments

Shadow Dies from Kat Scrappiness

Hi there, I just pop up to share the new shadow dies from Kat Scrappiness. These are cool words that include a second layer that can be used as shadow or base of the word. Right now, we have three new designs and I can’t decide which is my favorite. I love shaped cards and this design is very easy to make using the embossed edge circle dies. I just cut it in two different colors that I coordinated with some images from the Wok On stamp set. Additionally, I cut the shadow of the You Rock Shadow Die onto basic black card stock and the...

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Stencil and paste – a how to

Posted by on June 9, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques, Tutorials | 1 comment

Stencil and paste – a how to

I love using stencil and inks in my cards. For me it is one the perfect combinations to make something unique. But did  you know that you could use the stencils with paste and gels to create special texture? It’s so easy and today I want to share one of my samples using this technique. Actually you can find different and very good textures on the market. Some of them are available as paste, mediums and gels. In today project, I am using Texture Paste from Aladine. DETAILS ABOUT THE PROCESS: Start securing your stencil on top of your...

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Watercolor with pencils and stamps

Posted by on June 8, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques, Tutorials | 1 comment

Watercolor with pencils and stamps

I love coloring and watercolor with pencils and stamps is an unique technique to make all your images pop up. I am using the AquaBlend pencils from Spectrum Noir with one of my favorites stamps, Martha’s Flowers from Joy Clair Designs.  Additionally, I am featuring the spotlight technique and the result is always fantastic!  It’s so easy, and that is what today’s tutorial is all about. TECHNIQUE TUTORIAL: Stamp the image onto white card stock and watercolor card stock. I used Finesse Water Proof Dye Noir Black for the watercolor card...

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Easy Embossed Stamped Card

Posted by on June 5, 2020 in Cards, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Techniques | 0 comments

Easy Embossed Stamped Card

Hi there, I just pop up to share an easy embossed stamped card using the stamps from Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps that are featured this month. I started with the decorated layer. I just die cut the large size of the Heart Lace Frame onto white card stock. Then I masked the detailed border with post it tape. Additionally and using a blender brush I applied three different colors of Catherine Pooler Ink onto the delimited area. With VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink, I stamped the Two Cats in the Tree stamps. Additionally,  I covered the image with...

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