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New Die Cuts from Kat Scrappiness

Posted by on June 4, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Kat Scrappiness, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 0 comments

New Die Cuts from Kat Scrappiness

Hi there,  I just pop up to share some cards created with the new die cuts from Kat Scrappiness. To make this card I used several of the new products. I started with a white card base and die cut the new Under the Sea Coverplate Die onto marina mist card stock. Then I sponged the medium and lower part of the layer using two different colors of distress blue ink. I pasted it over the white card base using crafty foam tape. I die cut one the dolphins included on the Stitched Dolphin Die Set onto metallic silver card stock. Then to embellish the...

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Let’s Make Easy Stamped Cards!

Posted by on June 3, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 0 comments

Let’s Make Easy Stamped Cards!

Hi friends, I love making masculine cards! They’re are a complete challenge for me. But sometimes I just want to make a card – no technique focus, or experimenting – just make a easy handmade stamped card! So that’s what today’s post is. Card Details: To start this card I used soft suede card stock for the card base. Then, I stamped onto whisper white card stock one of the borders included on the stamp set Best Dad Ever, the tools border . I stamped the border three times with VersaFine Onix Ink. And with the MISTI, I could double stamp the...

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Easy Stamp Colored with Pencils

Posted by on May 27, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Kat Scrappiness, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 0 comments

Easy Stamp Colored with Pencils

Hi there! I love stamps that are images that need colored. I want to share with you an easy stamp colored with pencils using the stamp set My Cup Runneth Over. ABOUT THE CARD: I die cut the Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Die onto white card stock and stamped the cups and the sentiment using VersaFine Pigment Onix Ink. Additionally, I masked the lover part part of the card to blend it with two different tones of Harmony Ink. I used the colors Ocean Blue and Oasis. COLORING: For me coloring time is a relaxing time.  To make it more easy, I...

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Easy card colored with Metallic Pencils

Posted by on May 25, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 7 comments

Easy card colored with Metallic Pencils

Hi there, today I have an easy card colored with Metallic Color Pencils from Spectrum Noir.  The metallic pencils looks great in dark and clear card stock. I will show you how easy is to use them with digital images. Spectrum Noir has a box of 12 Metallic pencils perfectly to create bold, highly reflective designs. To make my card I selected one of the images included on the Cup of Joy Digital set from Joy Clair Designs. One of my favorites for this season. EASY CARD DETAILS: I printed my images in Neenah Classic Solar White card stock. The...

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Introducing First Coffee by Joy Clair Designs

Posted by on May 22, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Gina Marie Designs, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques, Tutorials | 9 comments

Introducing First Coffee by Joy Clair Designs

Who’s ready for a new Coffee stamp set from Joy Clair Designs?? If you missed this, a few days ago, Joy Clair Designs released a new Coffee themed stamp set. First Coffee is available on clear stamps and digital version. For obvious reasons, I am fan of clear stamps but I love digital stamps too. To make my card, I am using the clear stamp set. I am using the mirror stamping technique that consist in stamp the same image as reflected image. To make it easier, I used the Mirror Image Rubber. You only need to ink well your image and stamp it...

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Let’s Make a Card for Heroes

Posted by on May 22, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 10 comments

Let’s Make a Card for Heroes

Hi everyone! I’m back again with another post of the coffee lovers day, and this time I’m keeping it pretty simple. I’m sharing a simple card for Heroes using the new medical stamps from Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps. If you haven’t seen this new line, be sure to check it out HERE! This is a simple card with an easy technique. To make the mirror technique a used the  Mirror Image Rubber, the Nurse and VersaFine Onix Ink. I coloring the images with Illustrator Markers from Spectrum Noir. The colors that I used were VB2 and TB8, VB2 and VB3,...

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Let’s Make a Colorful Coffee Card

Posted by on May 22, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Kat Scrappiness, Recent Works, Techniques | 10 comments

Let’s Make a Colorful Coffee Card

Hello everyone! It’s a busy day on the blog because today start the Spring & Summer Coffee Lovers Hop. So let’s make a colorful coffee card combining some of my favorites products from Joy Clair Designs and Kat Scrappiness. As I told you before, I am fascinated with the slimline cards. To make this colorful coffee card, I used the large size of the Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Die from Kat Scrappiness. I masked the scalloped borders and inked the area inside of the stitches with Catherine Pooler Inks from the Party...

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Joy Clair is Calling all Creatives!

Posted by on May 21, 2020 in Cards, Joy Clair Designs, Promotions, Recent Works | 0 comments

Joy Clair is Calling all Creatives!

Hi there, I just pop up to share an excellent news with you! Joy Clair Designs is excited to announce a Design Team Call. We are looking for full time and guest designers for our blog team, video content team, and social media teams. We are looking for Design Team members that are passionate about stamping & paper crafting, and are active on Social Media. The Design Team members will be asked to create projects of a high quality that have a WOW factor and showcase the Joy Clair Designs product line. Design Team Member Requirements Create...

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Simple Friendship Cards with Digital Stamps

Posted by on May 20, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Kat Scrappiness, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir | 0 comments

Simple Friendship Cards with Digital Stamps

Today I have two very simple friendship cards to share with you all. This month Joy Clair Designs released many flowers and I want to walk you through how I made these very simple friendship cards. You are special card! This card is super simple. First, I printed off the Flowers and sentiment from the Floral Joy Digital Set. Once printed, I selected the flowers that I wanted to use and cut it down with one of the embossed edge squares dies from Kat Scrappiness. I repeated the process with the sentiment but this time using a embossed edge...

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Hi Card and Good bye

Posted by on May 19, 2020 in Cards, Die Cutting, Recent Works, Rinea, Techniques | 0 comments

Hi Card and Good bye

Hello crafty friends, I have a dimension card to share with you. I called it HI Card. I used one of the beautiful cover dies from Poppystamps.I cut the Meadow Blossom die onto my all times favorite Fuchsia/Gold Rinea Foiled Paper. But let me share the easy steps to create the card: 1. Cut the card base. Mine is 4-1/4 x 11 with score in 5-1/2. 2. Cut the Meadowblossom Die using Fuchsia/Gold Rinea Foiled Paper. 3. Cut the same die using white card stock. I cut three additional pieces. 4. Paste on the same place all the card stock dies. I...

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