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Hello everyone, I was counting the days to share with you my creations with the new images from So Suzy Stamps. I am crazy with the new release and I think it has images for all type of designers and all styles of creativity. Today I have a card that I made specialty for coffee lovers and and inky lovers like me.  Take a look at my clear and simple card: To create this card I used the technique called Basic Pulled of color, that you can easily...

Welcome crafty friends, today I want to share a new Bible Journaling Page that I made using of the new stamp sets from the Color by Faith Collection of Joy Clair Stamps. It is called Washed by the Blood and the best part is that you can use this set not only for journaling, you can use it also to create cards or another type of projects. I made this Bible Journaling page using a paint bubble technique. With this technique you can obtain a soft...

When you have the new ink pads of VersaFine Clair in your hands you want to use all the colors at the same time. These are brilliant and give you the opportunity to stamp your images and layer them until you create your perfect design.  Take a look at my card: Directions: Step 1 Stamp the solid images over whisper white card stock. I used Versafine Clair Charming Pink.  Let the ink dry for a few minutes. If you want to speed the process use the...

Hello crafty friends, today I want to share with you a cute card that I made combining two stamp sets from Joy Clair, New Baby and Be Brave. They are from different collections, the first one is a new release from Everyday Collection and the second is an “old” set from Color by Faith Collection, but together are perfect to create a New Baby Card with Joy Clair. I made this using the accessories images included on the stamp set New...

Refuel My Soul is a new stamp set from Color by Faith Collection by Joy Clair and it is also a great set to create to create cards or projects inspired on adventures. Today I want to share with you a fun and quick technique that you can use over your Bible or journal to create a colorful background using watercolors and a plastic bag. Take a look at my page: Maybe you are asking a plastic bag? for what? Well it is for smooth the color. It is...

Hello crafty friends, today is the big day on So Suzy Stamps. We are celebrating the first So Suzy Stamps New Release Blog Hop of 2018 and this release is simply spectacular and big, we have over 70 new stamps and some of them were designed by Olesya. For today I selected images that I love as soon as I saw. They are perfect for coloring and totally different from the images that usually I have on my cards. The sentiment is a...

Hello everyone! The new Versafine Clair is a fantastic translucent pigment ink that gives you a shiny touch on your projects with vibrant colors. On today’s project I decided to use ink splatters over a designer crumb cake card stock and my big surprise was seeing the prints of the paper through the splatters. Take a look at my card: On this card I used several colors Versafine Clair, Verdant, Purple Delight, Charming Pink, Cheerful,...

Hello everyone, as always is a great pleasure to share with you my projects using So Suzy Stamps and Crackerbox Palace Stamps.  Today I have something special to you, I am not sure if one of these stamps is part of the snarky collection but it is an adorable sentiment. Take a look at my clear and simple card: This is one layer card that I made using Whisper White card stock and a combination between Victorian Velvet Distress Ink and Versafine...

Hello everyone, today I have a card that I made using the fantastic flowers designed for Olesya by So Suzy Stamps and colored for me with color pencils. Nooo, seriously, you knew that I love to create my cards using flowers and now that we are near to San Valentine I found the perfect opportunity to make again something special with these images without use the traditional combination of red and white. Take a look at my card: The base of my...