National Coffee Day Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to my blog.  Today I am here with Joy Clair Designs creating along with the National Coffee Day Blog Hop. Joy Clair is a Super Sponsor in the blog hop.  Take time to check all the great creations on the Coffee Lovers blog hop for a chance to win a great prize.

Please be sure to check out the Joy Clair Designs Blog and see all the wonderful creations made by the design team members.  Joy Clair has a great collection of coffee stamps, both digital and clear stamps. In honor of the hop, Joy Clair is offering a 25% discount on all coffee themed stamps, digital and clear, from September 29th to October 2nd, 2020 using the code NCD2020.  One $15.00 gift card to Joy Clair Designs for stamps only, will be given to one lucky person who left a comment on the Joy Clair Designs Blog only.  Good Luck!

I am using the "Coffee First" digital stamp set for my card. 

  

To create this card I die cut the Polka Dot Cover Plate Die from a heavy piece of card stock.  I used this die cut as a stencil and stenciled onto a white piece of card stock using difference shades of brown ink.  I cut this piece to fit inside of the brown frame made by using the Pleated Lace Rectangle Die and a brown piece of card stock.  I glued the polka dot piece to the rectangle die cut piece and sprayed that with a glitter mist.  I cut a piece of navy blue card stock to 5 1/4 x 4 inches to layer onto the A2 white card base.  I glued the brown polka dot piece to the navy piece and placed that onto the white card base. I printed the download onto an 80# piece of white card stock and fussy cut the sentiment and the cat image.  I colored the cat with copic markers and glued to sentiment to a piece of navy card stock.  I popped up both of these with foam tape and placed them on the card.  I used a thin blue line sticker to ground the image.

I have linked to the "First Coffee" digital stamp set below.  There are lots of fun images and sentiments with this stamp set!

First Coffee

Thank you for taking time to check out my blog and the National Coffee Day Hop!    Please make sure you follow Joy Clair's Facebook Page, Color by Faith Bible Journaling Facebook Page, Instagram, and Twitter.  Joy Clair also has a YouTube Channel and Pinterest Page. You can find great inspiration on any of these sites.

I hope you have time to check out this great stamp set and all the other crafty goodness at Joy Clair. Joy Clair is also carrying lots of fun dies and stencils.  If you have any questions, please feel free to comment below or email me at lindahpd@aol  Stay safe and stay well!

Happy First Coffee!!!

Linda

Clean and Simple Christmas Cards with Joy Clair

 Hello Everyone!

Thank you for taking the time to check out my blog.  Christmas will be here before we know it so I thought I would get started on my Christmas Cards.    I made a set of four of these.  It is so much fun making clean and simple cards!

I started these cards by using a simple dot cover plate die from my stash.  I cut a white piece of 80# card stock to 4 1/4  inches by 5 1/2 inches (an A2 card size front).  I die cut this and glued it to a white A2 card base.  I used the ink smooshing technique on another piece of white card stock with green ink and cut it with a square die measuring 1 1/2 inches.  I stamped the the image of the pine cone onto the square and the Christmas sentiment from the Rustic Christmas Sentiments Stamp Set and the celebrate sentiment from the Rustic Occasions Stamp Set onto white card stock.   I cut out the sentiments and ink blended around the edges with green ink to make them stand out. I also sprayed them with a glitter spray.  I glued these onto the card base and used gold NUVO drops to accent the card.  I made a set of four of these cards in about 30 minutes.  This card would be very easy to mass produce and it doesn't need any extra postage to mail it.  

Both of these fun stamp sets are on sale and so versatile!  

Rustic Occasions Sentiments

Rustic Christmas Sentiments

Thank you for taking the time to check out my blog.  Please make sure you follow Joy Clair's Facebook Page, Color by Faith Bible Journaling Facebook Page, Instagram, and Twitter.  Joy Clair also has a YouTube Channel and Pinterest Page. You can find great inspiration on any of these sites.

I hope you have time to check out this great stamp set and all the other crafty goodness at Joy Clair. Joy Clair is also carrying lots of fun dies and stencils.  If you have any questions, please feel free to comment below or email me at lindahpd@aol  Stay safe and stay well!

Happy Creating, 

Linda

Creating with Joy Clair Stamps

Hello and welcome to my blog!

I had a lot of fun creating with two stamp sets from Joy Clair Designs.  Unfortunately, the second set I used, Little Monsters, is sold out.  I really loved the card, so I decided to keep it in the blog.  The first card I am showcasing is from the Wish Big stamp set which is one of my favorites!

I decided to make a slimline card so I used the Loopy Rectangle Die by Gina Marie Designs (which can be found at joyclair.com) to cut out two difference panels.  I used the two largest dies to cut out the panels.  I cut the smaller panel using white card stock and the larger panel using yellow card stock. I used a piece of low tack tape on the bottom of the smaller panel to keep the stamped image from going out of the stitched area.  I stamped the sentiment and flowers with black ink and embossed them with clear embossing powder.  I stamped the flowers again on copy paper and cut a mask for the flowers so I could make the sky background.  I used a cloud stencil from my stash to make the background. I colored the flowers with Copic Markers.  I glued the smaller panel to the larger yellow panel and glued that to a white slimline card base, measuring 8 3/4 inches by 3 3/4 inches.  I sprayed the card with a glitter mist and added sequins for a little bling.  Slimline cards are all the rage right now and they fit nicely in a business size envelope!


The second card I used is an A2 card. 

I used a white piece of 80 pound card stock cut to 4 1/4 inches by 5 1/2 inches.  I stamped the monster images with black ink and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder.  I  also stamped the sentiment on a scrap piece of white card stock and heat embossed it.  I stamped the words on the background in a medium grey ink. I colored the monsters with Copic Markers and used a glimmer pen to make them sparkle.    I cut out the sentiment out and glued that to a black piece of cardstock.  I popped it up with foam tape.  I die cut the panel with a die from my stash, glued that to piece of black card stock cut slightly smaller than the white A2 card.  I glued this panel to the card base and accented the card with black NUVO drops. 

I really enjoyed making these cards.  I have linked the first stamp set below. 

Wish Big

Thank you for taking the time to check out my blog.  Please make sure you follow Joy Clair's Facebook Page, Color by Faith Bible Journaling Facebook Page, Instagram, and Twitter.  Joy Clair also has a YouTube Channel and Pinterest Page. You can find great inspiration on any of these sites.

I hope you have time to check out this great stamp set and all the other crafty goodness at Joy Clair. Joy Clair is also carrying lots of fun dies and stencils.  If you have any questions, please feel free to comment below or email me at lindahpd@aol  Stay safe and stay well!

Happy Creating,

Linda