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#spreadjoynotgerms Blog Hop!

Posted by on April 17, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Kat Scrappiness, Promotions, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 158 comments

#spreadjoynotgerms Blog Hop!

Hello crafty friends and Welcome to #spreadjoynotgerms Blog Hop! Thanks so much for coming over and share with us. We are really excited about spreading inspiration and joy to our community, friends and stampers that are at home, alone, anxious or just bored! I’m so happy to be a part of this event and represent my small business Joy Clair Designs. You can also find this post at Joy Clair Designs Blog. Let the fun start and for today I have a very special card that I made using the recently released stamp set Go there! in combination with...

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Nurse and Medical Stamps

Posted by on April 17, 2020 in Cards, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Promotions, Recent Works | 0 comments

Nurse and Medical Stamps

Hi there, I just pop up to share the new Nurse and Medical Stamps from Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps. This is a new and extra release available since today. This month, the stamps included on this release are 20%OFF and with the current promotion the shipping is FREE.   You can combine these stamps with all the other stamps included on the monthly promotions. See you soon with some samples to inspire you!

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Easy watercolors with AquaBlend pencils

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

Easy watercolors with AquaBlend pencils

Hello friends, I just pop up to share an easy watercolor technique with AquaBlend pencils from Spectrum Noir. I am featuring a sentiment from the Faith Quotes stamps set from Joy Clair Designs and more. INSTRUCTIONS: Stamp the images onto Premium Watercolour card stock from Spectrum Noir using Finesse Water Proof Dye Ink Noir Black. I used two sentiments from the Faith Quotes Stamp set and the Hydrangea Large stamp from Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps. Select the AquaBlend colors that you want to use to color the flowers. I am using Blush,...

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Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps New Release Week 3

Posted by on April 15, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Die Cutting, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 8 comments

Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps New Release Week 3

Welcome to Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps New Release Week 3. If you are arriving from Vicky’s Blog you are in the right place to start the hop. However, I will have the complete line up at the end of this post! To make my card I used two different stamps the Cup with Flowers and the sentiment Mom always said . I stamped both images at the same time using VersaFine Onix onto Shimmer White card stock. Then, using Illustrator Markers from Spectrum Noir, I colored some details of the Cup with Flowers. I die cut some splash shapes using the same...

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Coloring on Craft Card Stock

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

Coloring on Craft Card Stock

Hi there, I just pop up to share a card that I made using the Coloring on Craft Card Stock. I am featuring the Wish Big Stamp set from Joy Clair Designs. I used craft or Crumb Cake card stock and stamped the Broken Brick Background using white pigment ink. After the ink dry, I colored with a white color pencil some of the bricks. Additional to this, I stamped the Wish Big Flowers twice on the lower part of the card using Fadeout No Line Coloring Ink from Ink on 3. I colored the bricks, flowers and grass with ColourBlend color pencils from...

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Masking Stamped Card

Posted by on April 14, 2020 in Joy Clair Designs, Perfectly CAS, Recent Works | 4 comments

Masking Stamped Card

Hi friends, I just pop up to share the Perfectly CAS card of this month. I am featuring the stamp set Best Buds from Joy Clair Designs with the Masking Technique. This month the technique of the challenge is masking and I used in two different ways on this car. First when I stamped the double turtles and second when I inked the rainbow border on the lower part of the image. I stamped the images with VersaFine Onix. The Perfectly CAS Challenge requires to use only one third of the card space. I believe that our works will inspire you to make...

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Thank you stamped card

Posted by on April 13, 2020 in Cards, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Techniques | 0 comments

Thank you stamped card

Hi there, I just pop up to share a Thank you stamped card that I realized with the Thanks big sentiment from Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps. This is a very simple card. I stamped the Thanks big using VersaMark Ink and Gold Embossing Powder. After melted the powder I used one of the shadow layer of the Layered Butterfly Die available at Joy Clair Designs, to cut two areas of the stamped layer. I pasted the decorated layer over a neutral card base using crafty foam tape. Then I die cut the second layer of the Layered Butterfly Die onto textured...

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Spring Stamped Card

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

Spring Stamped Card

Hello crafty friends, today I have a spring stamped card to share with  you. I am featuring several products from Kat Scrappiness. I used a combination of stamp sets. The rabbits are from Build a Bunny , the flowers are from Hoppy for You and the tiny sentiment from Friendship Greetings. I stamped all the images onto whisper white card stock and colored them with Illustrator Markers from Spectum Noir. In addition to that, I fussy cut all the images and covered the borders with a Black Marker. With the large size of the Zig Zag Stitched...

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Faux Shimmer Coloring

Posted by on April 9, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Recent Works, RG Avenue, Spectrum Noir, Techniques, Tutorials | 1 comment

Faux Shimmer Coloring

HI there! I just pop up to share with you the easy faux shimmer coloring with shimmer paper and illustrator markers from Spectrum Noir. I am fascinated with this faux technique and a lot of you have been asking how to make it. It is real simple and the trick is use shimmer paper to stamp your images. In my sample I stamped the new Blooming Texture stamp from RG Avenue into White Shimmer using Finesse Alcohol Proof Dye Ink Noir Black from Spectrum Noir. Then I start coloring with Triblend Markers from Spectrum Noir. It is the most easy way to...

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Faux Shimmer Technique

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

Faux Shimmer Technique

Hello crafty friends, today I have a faux shimmer technique to share with you. I am featuring Martha’s Flowers from Joy Clair Designs and Illustrator Markers from Spectrum Noir. Take a look of my first card: I stamped the large image of Martha’s Flowers over White Shimmer card stock using VersaFine Onix. This card stock is perfect to create a special shimmer over the images after colored them. To color the image, I used Illustrator Markers from Spectrum Noir. I used markers from the same family like DP1 , DP2 and DP3, PP1, PP2 and...

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