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Monochromatic Stamped Card

Posted by on February 28, 2020 in Cards, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Techniques | 0 comments

Monochromatic Stamped Card

Hello dear friends, today I am featuring a Monochromatic Blue Stamped Card using the Those We Love stamp. This month Monochromatic is the theme on Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps and I have to confess that I loved! For this card I am using Night of Navy card stock for the base and Balmy Blue for the second layer. I die cut the second layer with the large size of the Big & Little Chain Rectangle Dies. And after die cut the layer, I stenciled it with the Woodware Quatro Stencil using Harmony Ink Ocean Blue from Spellbinders and a Brush...

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New products

Posted by on February 27, 2020 in Coloring, Joy Clair Designs, Promotions, Recent Works, Style | 0 comments

New products

Hi there, today I want to share some new products that are making my life more easy and organized. During Creativation, I discovered the fabulous Blush Blender Caddy. I have the blender brushes and initially, I bought the circular holder that is very popular in Amazon but definitely I didn’t like it. Why? simple, because the circular holder don’t stock the brushes on place and is not practical to use. I decided to give a change to the Blush Blender Caddy created by Make it by Marko. They come in different and attractive colors but...

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Funny Mother’s Day Card

Posted by on February 26, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Recent Works, RG Avenue, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 0 comments

Funny Mother’s Day Card

Hello there! I just pop up to share a funny Mother’s Day Card. I made this with the new  digital stamp sets from RG Avenue. It is the Lava You stamp set and it’s simply adorable! Details: I masked the lower area and inked the upper of the card with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink. Then under the inked area, I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set Greetings From with VersaFine Onix. This sentiment worked perfectly with my idea. In a separate piece of white card stock, I printed some of the images included on the Lava You stamp set and...

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Cut & Emboss Folders to Cards

Posted by on February 26, 2020 in Cards, Die Cutting, Recent Works, Reviews, Spellbinders, Techniques | 0 comments

Cut & Emboss Folders to Cards

Hello there! I am so excited to share with you this post. I am fascinated with these new products from Spellbinders, the Cut & Emboss Folders to cards. These are embossing folders with etched dies embedded inside to cut and emboss in one pass. Everything is one single step and in the same easy way that you always use your die cut machine. On the above card, I used the Kyoto Cut & Emboss Folder. This is 5×7 folder with a Japanese design. Well, I decided to turn it and make an horizontal card. I embossed the second layer and pasted...

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Friendship One Layer Card

Posted by on February 26, 2020 in Cards, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Imagine, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 0 comments

Friendship One Layer Card

Hello crafty friends, I am up with Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps to share a Friendship One Layer Card using the stamps Spire Sage, Beach Grass and Be. This month the friendship stamps are in automatic promotion at Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps Store and I decided to combine one of the most beautiful and always favorite sentiments with some nature. To create this card I am using white card stock and I masked a top are with post it tape to create a rectangle on top. Then I stamped several times and with different colors of Memento Ink two...

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Mother’s Day Love Stamp Set

Posted by on February 21, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Gina Marie Designs, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Mother’s Day Love Stamp Set

Hi there! I am featuring in my today post several of products available in our Joy Clair Designs Store. If you have not recently visited the store, assure them that you will like what you will find in it. Let me show you the new products:   Details: You knew that I am a lover of die cuts and flowers and this cover plate is simply gorgeous!. It is the Flower Tiles Background and you can use it partially cut as well as cover plate. I used it in a complete way to show you how it really look. To make my card I used whisper white card stock...

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Occasions Cards

Posted by on February 20, 2020 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques, Tutorials | 0 comments

Occasions Cards

Hello there, I am up with Joy Clair Designs Blog and I prepared two different occasions cards, Mardi Gras & St. Patrick Celebrations. I used the stamp sets Unashamed and Lucky Charm. Let me start with the Mardi Gras card. Unashamed is a Color by Faith stamp set that can be also used for Mardi Grass. This set also includes amazing sentiments that you can use in your journaling and bible journaling. But let me give you more about this card. Details: I randomly stamped the masks included on the Unashamed stamp set with VersaMark Ink and...

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Monochromatic Card with Flowers

Posted by on February 17, 2020 in Cards, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Imagine, Recent Works, Techniques | 0 comments

Monochromatic Card with Flowers

Hello there! I am up with a monochromatic card with Flowers. I am using the first stamp that I had from Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps. I love this Tulip Steam combined with one of the friendship sentiment in promotion this month, the stamp Bad Ideas. Details: My card is one layer card created with a masking technique. On this opportunity I used three different colors of Ink to create the monochromatic effect. Memento Ink in colors Lulu Lavender for the shadow, Lilac Posies for the Tulip Stem images and Grape Jelly for the Bad Ideas sentiment....

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Shape stamped card

Posted by on February 14, 2020 in Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Kat Scrappiness, Perfectly CAS, Recent Works, Techniques, Tutorials | 2 comments

Shape stamped card

Hi there! Today I am up with the Perfectly CAS Challenge and I prepared a Shape Stamped Card featuring the Saved by Grace Stamp set from Joy Clair Designs and the Embossed Edge Rectangle Dies. Directions: The base of my card is basic black card stock and the second layer whisper white. To create the shapes that is the theme of this month in Perfectly CAS Challenge, I stamped first the big flower included on the Saved by Grace stamp set using Party Dress Ink from Catherine Pooler. I also stamped the same image in masking paper and placed the...

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Non Valentine Stamped Card

Posted by on February 14, 2020 in Coloring, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 0 comments

Non Valentine  Stamped Card

Good morning and Happy Valentines Day! Don’t hate me but I am up in Joy Clair Designs Blog featuring a Non Valentine Stamped Card! Yes, is not valentine because I am featuring the #Single Stamp Set and the Just Kitten Around Stamp Set. As usual, I colored my images with my favorite alcohol markers, the Illustrator from Spectrum Noir. Directions: This is a single layer card and to create more attraction, I inked the lower part of the layer with two different colors of distress ink. I used the mustard seed and spiced marmalade. I inked...

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