May 2020 Joy Clair Designs Release Day 1

May 2020 Joy Clair Designs Release Day 1

Welcome to Day 1 for the new Release of Joy Clair Designs. We will start the month with 4 new digital sets that I am sure, you will love! Let me start with Cup of Joy, this is a set of 22 stamps, including images and sentiments. You can use it to celebrate Mother’s Love, Bible Journaling and more. To make this card I used only one of the flower cups included on the set. I printed it onto white card stock and colored with ColouBlend...

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Flourished Fretwork Collection by Becca Feeken

Flourished Fretwork Collection by Becca Feeken

Hello friends! Today I am sharing two new cards using the Flourished Fretwork Collection by Becca Feeken from Spellbinders.  On the above card I used the Ornamental Valance Etched Dies Flourished Fretwork by Becca Feeken.  This set includes 4 different dies that coordinate perfectly. One is a solid rectangle shape that coordinate with the decorative inlay pattern. I used a darker yellow card stock to enhance the details of the dies. Then, I die...

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Spicy Like That

Spicy Like That

I just pop up to share a good news. Joy Clair Designs is released a new digital stamp set called Spicy Like That for a good cause. I am so proud to announce that 50% of all proceeds from this digital stamp set will go directly to Feeding America.  This charity is doing wonderful things to help food banks across the country during these unsure times. Additionally, Feeding America is putting together special food boxes for low-income families...

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Slimline Card

Slimline Card

Hi there, I just pop up to share my slimline card featuring the Slimline dies from Kat Scrappiness and the Best Buds stamp set from Joy Clair Designs. This is a very different size of card. Mine is 8-1/2 x 7 with score in 31/2 on the short side. I used textured card stock for the base and designer paper for the second layer. I made it with large die from the Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Dies by Kat Scrappiness. With the Crafty Essential...

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#spreadjoynotgerms Blog Hop!

#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...

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Easy watercolors with AquaBlend pencils

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...

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Coloring on Craft Card Stock

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...

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Masking Stamped Card

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...

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Thank you stamped card

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...

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Faux Shimmer Technique

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...

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