Hello crafty friends and welcome to Joy Clair Stamps and Quick Quotes Blog Hop Day 1! During the entire week these companies are working together to bring us amazing projects created for both Designs Teams using their stamps, decorated papers and powderpuff chalk inks. I will be with you the first two days because I have the pleasure to be part of both Design Teams. For today I prepared a set of Card with favors using the 49 Shades of Grey...

Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share with you my new succulents. I had an idea that has been running through my head for a long time and here it is using Emerald/Gold Glossy Foil Paper and a cube from FloraCraft: To make this I used a 3″x3″ cube from Floracraft. With a plastic knife I cut the lateral borders to change the form a little and then I painted with a sponge using Iridiscent Shimmer Paint Gold from Earth Safe...

Hello crafty friends, today I have a CAS card that I made using some of my favorites stamps from So Suzy Stamps: the Flower Flourish as the main image and Hello Friend as the sentiment. First take a look at my card and then I will share with you how to make it: This is one layer created over Pool Party card stock. The first thing that I did was stamp the image of the Flower Flourish using Versamark and White Embossing Powder. This is a big...

Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share with you a Christmas in July project that I made using July Club Q from Quick Quotes! This month the kits came perfectly for Independence or patriotic celebrations but they can also be used for other things, so I decided to use the red and white paper to make tree decorated frames with tridimentional die cuts all with Christmas theme. Basically this is a 12×12 page of the red and white paper...

Embossing is one of the most elegant and sophisticated techniques. Today I combined embossing and ombre technique in a single project. It was easy; for this I only used Versamark Ink and Memento Ink, in other words pigment ink and dye ink. Come with me and see how this Clear and simple model of a card can be easily made. Take a piece of very vanilla card stock and stamp a border image using Versamark Ink and Gold Embossing Powder. Melt the...

Hello Autumn on Green! I know that we are in summer, but since this month is the month to use our favorites stamps, I decided to use Hello Autumn from Joy Clair stamped with green inks. Take a look at my card: Hello Autumn is a great stamp set that can be used not only during autumn or fall season, but also whenever you want. Just use your imagination and the colors of ink that you love. I stamped two of the leaves included on the stamp set...

Hello friends, today I have a very fun technique to share with you, how to create your backgrounds using plastic and Fireworks. You will love how easy it is and how versatile it can be. Simple and delightful!!! Make this is very easy: 1. Cut the pineapple die cut using whisper white card stock, but don’t discard the negative parts – keep all the pieces in place. Apply Electric Yellow Radian Neon Ink directly over the body of the...

Hello everyone, Martha Lucia here to share with you a double gate fold card inspiration that I made using the new Serenade papers from Quick Quotes that you will find available on the store very soon and I am sure you will love!. Take a look at my card: Don’t think that this is a complicated card. It is very easy to make and I will try to explain to you how to make it: Cut a piece of Serenade 101 or any other decorated paper. The size...

Shapes and texture in one card is the project that I have to share with you today.  Sometimes I want to enhance a great sentiment and need to create a special “background” for it. This is the perfect sample to do this: I made my card using very vanilla card stock for the base but the rest of elements are very special. Let me share with you: Cut a second layer using Rinea Foil Sapphire/Gold Glossy. I used part of the sheet included...

Happy Independence Day! I love to create and celebrate this fantastic day, and today I made a card combining Joy Clair Stamps and die cuts. I love these mini envelopes created by Waffle Flower and originally designed for planners but today, I used them in a card. Making this card was very easy and fun. I used the patriotic colors red, blue and white and a new set from Joy Clair Stamps called Stars and Stripes, perfect for this type of...