Hello there! Today’s tutorial is about a Birthday Card using a background stamp but adding texture and color. To make this, I used VersaFine Clair Nocturne, Clear Embossing Powder and Memento Markers.     Directions: Take a piece of white smooth cardstock, ink well your background stamp with VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink and stamp your image pressing hard to obtain a crispy image. You can use any stamping tool.     Cover the...

Welcome to Day 2 for the new Release of Joy Clair Designs. Today we have two additional sets to share with you! My first card is using the Bumble Bear Digital Set. This has 14 stamps between images and sentiments. The base is textured card stock and the second layer is an inked layer that I prepared with Catherine Pooler Inks. the tiny Dark Brown Teddy Bears, are part of the exclusive collection of Kat Scrappiness. The top layer is an slimline...

Hi there, Bee-cause you’re special I have a new card to share with you. I have a few hours and decided to color this new stamp from Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps. It was part of the April releases and the name is Honey Pot Large. This is available in two different sizes and I have the large. To color the honey pot, I used my TriBlend Markers from Spectrum  Noir. It is a layering card with dimension. I just created the card base and pasted...

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...

Hi there, I just pop up to share a Mother’s Day Card with the Mom and Dad stamp set from RG Avenue. This is a fabulous stamp set that includes 16 different images, that can be used on Morther’s or Father’s Days projects. I used the digital version of the stamp and just printed the images and colored them with Illustrator Markers from Spectrum Noir. To create the background, I die cut the So Smitten Studio Die from RG Avenue. I...

Hello crafty friends, I just pop up to share a Make a Magic Stamped Card using the stamp set Dream Key from RG Avenue. The images of the Dream Key stamp set are full of floral and stone details. I am using one of the two images included on the Dream Key Stamp Set. This is the digital version of the stamp. The image was colored with Illustrator Markers from Spectrum Noir. To make the card base that is Sour Watermelon color, I scored it with...

Hello friends, today I want to share a card scenery that I create combining some images from the Lava You Digital Stamp Set from RG Avenue. The first thing that I made was inked the top layer of my card. I used Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron for the lower part and Broken China for the top. I tried to left a clean space in between of both areas. I printed and colored the images from the Lava You Digital Stamp set and colored them with Illustrator...

Hello friends! Today I have an stenciled card using images from the Lava You Digital Stamp Set from RG Avenue. I am featuring the Balloons Celebration Stencil. I secured the Balloons Celebration Stencil over the top of my card and inked the free areas in diagonal with Twisted Citron and Broken China Distress Ink. I removed the stencil and stamped the sentiment from the Fiesta Live Stamp Set from RG Avenue with VersaFine Onix. I printed the...

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...

Hi friends,  flowers and markers are very important in my craft room. Today I want to share a Floral Card colored with Alcohol Markers. I am featuring the Heartfelt Blooms from RG Avenue and Illustrator Markers from Spectrum Noir. I am using the digital version of the stamp set Heartfelt Blooms from RG Avenue. I printed the images over whisper white paper and colored the flowers with the Illustrator Markers PP5 and MG4 for the pink branch and...