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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Joy Clair New Release Day 1

Hello everyone and welcome to Day 1 of the New Joy Clair Release. Today I am showcasing cards from the Cup of Joy Digital Stamp Set and the Floral Joy Digital Stamp Set. I also have a bonus card featuring the Spicy Like That Digital Stamp Set, where 50% of the proceeds will go to Feeding America to help food banks during these most difficult times.

My first card features the Cup of Joy Digital Stamp.

To make this card I colored the images with Copic markers and fussy cut them out. I stenciled a white piece of card stock with a rose stencil using pink ink. I tied a bow and placed it on the stenciled layer, popped up the cup of flowers with foam tape and placed it partially over the bow. I also popped up the sentiment. I placed the stenciled piece onto a black piece of card stock and adhered this to an A2 white card base.

My second card features the Floral Joy Digital Stamp Set .

To make this card I colored and fussy cut the images from the digital stamp set. I used a cover plate die with hearts to cut out a violet piece of card stock. I left some of the cut pieces in the die to add a little detail. I adhered the die cut to my A2 white card base. I used foam tape and popped the flowers up in the center of the card. I framed the sentiment with a piece of black card stock and used foam tape to pop it up.

My bonus card features the Spicy Like That Digital Stamp Set.
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To make this card I used a stenciled background that I made with silver glitter glaze. I colored the images with Copic markers and fussy cut them. I used foam tape to popped them up on the stenciled background. I used foam tape on the sentiment too. I framed the stenciled piece with green card stock and red card stock. This was all placed on a white A2 card base.

***For all my digital downloads I use an 80lb white card stock and print them on a laser printer. If you don't have a laser printer you can take them to an office store to be printed. Make sure you bring your own paper. An ink jet printer is fine, but the laser makes it so much easier to use your alcohol markers with.

Links for the digital stamp sets and for the blog hop are listed below. There are two great prizes up for grabs in this blog hop.

PRIZES:

I have a great surprise for you. To celebrate this new release, Den Nichols, owner of Simply Charming Everyday, a fabulous place dedicated to creating beautiful and functional products for crafters and our supplies, is giving us a
Walking on Sunshine Junkie Bunkie and Accessory ZIP Bag to be combined with our regular prizes.

This hop will have two winners, one will receive the above fabulous set from Simply Charming Everyday , plus, a surprise package from Joy Clair Designs. The second winner, will receive a gift card of $20 dollars valid for stamp only at Joy Clair Designs Store.

To be entered to win, all you need to do is hop along with us and comment on each blog. In other words, leave an original and creative comment and not simply "I liked, beautiful card, etc". Therefore, hoppers must comment on all stops along the way both days.
Comments are due by 05/6/2020 at 11:59 PM EST. Winner will be announced on the Joy Clair Designs Blog on 05/13/2020. Best of luck to you all and remember, you need to leave original and creative comments!

If you didn’t hop yet, you are going to want to. I promise it will be worth it! I hope you enjoyed it and are walking away loving the projects and feeling inspired with Day 1. Here is the full hop line up just in case:

Linda Gorman- you are here

LeeAnn McKinney

Joy Clair Designs -

We hope you enjoyed our new products

Cup of Joy

Floral Joy

Spicy Like That

Thank you so much for taking the time to check out the new release. Come back tomorrow for more of the new release.

Happy Creating,

linda

Thursday, April 23, 2020

New Joy Clair Challenge-Mothers Day

Hello everyone!

It's time for another Joy Clair Challenge on the Joy Clair Stamp Projects Facebook Page. An album for each challenge will be posted on the Joy Clair Clear Stamp Projects Facebook Page. Please upload your entries to this album.

The CHALLENGE today is MOTHERS DAY. Create a card or project using a Joy Clair stamp or digital download showcasing anything celebrating Mothers. A winner will be randomly picked on May 6, 2020. The winner will be able to pick a free digital download of their choice. All entries must be uploaded to the Challenge Album by midnight EDT on May 6, 2020.

Here is an example of one of the cards I made.

To make this card I used the Digital Download My Heart. I ink blended the background with several pink inks on a piece of white card stock, 4" x 51/4", and embossed it with a heart die. It's hard to see the hearts in the picture but they are there I tied. I colored and fussy cut the heart image with the same inks. I popped it up on the background with foam tape. I used a piece of ribbon from my stash and glued it on the card. I popped up the sentiment from the Mother's Day Love Stamp and put it over the bow. I glued some small hearts on the card as an embellishment. I adhered this to an A2 size white card base.

My second example is another card.

To make this card, I started with a white piece of card stock and die cut it with a die from my stash. I also die cut a scrap of green card stock and pink card stock to add to the white card stock. I colored and fussy cut the pigs hugging from the Mother's Day Love Stamp Set. I cut the piece of green card stock to look like a grassy background and matched it to the white die cut piece. I cut a strip from the piece of pink card stock and matched it to the top of the white piece. I popped up the image with foam tape and placed it on the grassy area. I used an oval die cut and centered it around the image. I glued small hearts inside the oval. I fussy cut the sentiment, shadowed it with a piece of black card stock, and popped it up on the center top of the card. I glued the entire piece to a black piece of card stock measuring 41/4" x 51/2". This was then placed on a white A2 card base.

***The card stock I use to print my downloads on is 80lb Neenah Solar White. Any layering weight card stock would work.***

The links to these products will be listed below.

My Heart Clear Stamp Set

My Heart Digital Stamp Set

Mother's Day Love

Have fun creating. I am looking forward to seeing everyone’s creations. Have fun and Happy Mothers Day!!!

Stay safe. Stay well.

linda

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Fun with Joy Clair Designs NEW "Succulent Frame" Digital Download/Stamp Set

Hello Everyone,

Today I am featuring Joy Clair Designs NEW "Succulent Frame" Digital Download/Stamp Set. I decided to make a long card which will fit into a business size envelope.

For today's card, I started with a piece of blue card stock cut to 3 1/4" x 8 1/4". I printed the digital download image out three times and fussy cut each frame image along with all three sentiments and some leaf sprays. I colored the images with COPIC markers and adhered them to the blue card stock cascading down the card. The middle image was popped up with foam squares. I placed the leaf sprays cascading down the card too. I used black NUVO Drops for an accent., After the drops dried, I adhered the blue card stock to a white card base. The card base was made from a piece of white card stock cut to 7" x 8 1/2" , folded in half at 3 1/2".

It's so much fun to experiment with new card sizes! If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments or email me at lindahpd@aol.com. Please take a minute and check out all the great new products at www.joyclair.com.

Here are the links to the Succulent Frame Stamp Set and Digital Download.

Happy Creating!

linda

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Joy Clair Stamps Think Spring Challenge

New Joy Clair Challenges

Hello everyone!

Starting today and continuing on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays every month is the New Joy Clair Challenge on the Joy Clair Clear Stamp Projects Facebook Page. An album for each challenge will be posted on the Joy Clair Clear Stamp Projects Facebook Page.

The CHALLENGE today is THINK SPRING. Create a card or project using a Joy Clair stamp or digital download showcasing anything that reminds you of spring. A winner will be randomly picked on April 23rd. The winner will be able to pick a free digital download of their choice. All entries must be uploaded to the Challenge Album by 8AM EDT on April 23rd.

Here is an example of a card I made.

To make this card, I ink blended the background, cut a pink oval with an oval die set, and colored the image from the Bunny Greetings Digital Download. I fussy cut the flower pot and sentiment and glued them to the oval. I then glued the oval to the ink blended background and placed that on the white A2 card base.

To make this project I colored and fussy cut the images from the Bonnie Bunny Digital Download. I glued the images to a purple piece of card stock 1" wide and 12" long. I wrapped it around each candle, glued the ends together and cut off the excess.

Both of these projects were made using the digital downloads by CraftyMelinda.com

Have fun creating. I am looking forward to seeing everyone’s creations. Have fun and Think Spring!

Linda

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Joy Clair Stamps New Release: Succulent Frame

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to Day 2 of the Joy Clair Stamps new release. Today I will be featuring two projects showcasing the Succulent Frame set.

My first project is using the Succulent Frame Digital Download. I enlarged the download on my computer until it was a little bigger than an A2 card (4 1/4" x 5 1/2"). I printed it with my laser printer onto a piece of 80lb white card stock. I cut out all the images on the download with my Scan-n-Cut cutting machine and colored all the images with Copic markers. You could use any coloring medium you have in your stash. I am using a white card stock base cut to 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4" on the 8 1/2" side and folded into an A2 card base. I die cut a piece of card stock from my background stash that I had used ink smooshing on with several colors of blue inks. I also cut a piece of vellum to cover the die cut piece which measures 4 1/4" by 5 1/2". I decided to use the vellum to tone down the background. I glued the vellum to the blue piece and then popped out the cut out succulent frame to the card. I arranged the other flowers and leaves around the frame. I fancy cut out the "Hello" sentiment and popped it up in the middle of the frame. I used silver stickers to add extra dimension to the frame. I sprayed the entire piece with glitter spray and adhered it to the card base. I cut pieces off the top and bottom of the frame to make it fit into an A2 envelope.

My next project using this download is a place card holder. I printed the download twice on white 80lb card stock and cut out the succulent frame. I colored the frame with Copic markers similar to my first card. I cut pieces of colored card stock to 3 3/4" by 5 1/2", scored at 2 1/2" on the 5 1/2" side and folded to make a place card holder that stands. I die cut a piece of the same card stock with a stitched die that was almost the same size as the place card holder. I glued that to the card holder and then glued the colored frame to the card holder. I used Nuvo Dream Drops Gold Lux to add a little sparkle. You could use these on a buffet and write what the dish is on the card holder or write your guests names on them at your dinner table. They could even be used as name tags without putting them on the card base.

***The card stock I use to print my downloads on is 80lb Neenah Solar White. Any layering weight card stock would work.***

The links to these products will be listed below.

To celebrate this new release, Joy Clair is giving away a $25 gift card valid for stamps only at Joy Clair Designs Store. We are offering our new release with a 20% OFF until April 5th. You don’t need to use a code. The prices are automatically reduced. In order to be entered to win, all you need to do is hop along with us and comment on each blog. Hoppers must comment on all stops along the way. Comments are due by 04/5/2020 at 11:59 PM EST. Winner will be announced on the Joy Clair Designs Blog on April 8th, 2020.

Here is the list of names for the hop:

Succulent Frame Clear Stamp Set

Succulent Frame Digital Stamp Set

Thank you all for taking the time to stop on my blog. If you have any questions about any of the projects, please leave a comment or email me at lindahpd@aol.com. I hope you all have a crafty day and STAY SAFE-STAY WELL during these challenging times.

HAPPY CREATING!!!

linda

Monday, March 30, 2020

Joy Clair Stamps New Release: Go There and My Heart

Hello everyone,

I am so happy that I get to help introduce Joy Clair Stamps new release! Today I am featuring Go There and My Heart releases. These new stamps and digital downloads are amazing ! Let's check out Go There first.

For my first card, I chose the Jelly Bean Background Digital Download and the Go There Digital Download. I printed both downloads on a laser printer and foiled them with my laminating machine. I cut a 3 3/4" square from the foiled Jelly Bean Background download and placed it on a piece of black card stock cut to 3 7/8 " ( or just big enough to add a small frame around the background). I fancy cut the cow and sentiments out and used pop dots to place them on the background. I used Nuvo Dream Drops Gold Lux on the necklace and set it aside to dry. After it was dry, I used a liquid glue and adhered it to a gold glitter card base which I cut to a 4"x 4" square.

My second project using the Go Happy Digital Download is a bookmark. I chose an ink smooshed background from my stash and cut it into a 2 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece. Next I cut a piece of kraft card stock to the same measurements. I glued these two pieces together. I cut angles on the top of the bookmark and punched a hole in the center top with a hole punch. I fussy cut the cow image and sentiment from the download and adhered them to the front of the bookmark. I used Nuvo Crystal Drops (Violet Galaxy and Bubblegum Blush) to accent the necklace. I drew an edge around the whole piece with a black, thin-lined marker. For the back I used the same marker and wrote "Just a note..." and added the dotted lines. I used a purple piece of ribbon and looped it through the hole on top. This would be fun to give to someone who is trying to catch up on their reading and they can add notes or are make a list of the books they read on the back.

My next cards feature My Heart.

I decided to make this a square card also. I first cut the card base out of a piece of white card stock measuring 8 1/2" x 4 1/4" , scoring at 4 1/4 " on the 8 1/2" side and folding it into a 4 1/4" square card base. I cut a 4" square from the digital download which included all the above images except the sentiment. I foiled all the images with a pink foil and then colored them with watercolor markers. I used Zig Clean Real Brush markers but you could use any markers or colored pencils in your stash. After the background was colored, I sprayed it with a sparkle spray and adhered it to a 4 1/8" square piece of black card stock.. I adhered that to the white card base. I cut out the sentiment and popped it up with foam strips and placed it on the card.

My second card is an A2 card (5 1/2" by 4 1/4"). I cut a piece of white card stock measuring 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4 on the 8 1/2" side, and folded to make the A2 card base. I watercolored a piece of white card stock using a variety of pink inks and die cut it with Gina Marie Designs Loopy Frame die. I adhered that to a piece of black card stock cut to 4" x 51/4". I enlarged the digital image on my computer before printing. You could also take it to an office store and have them enlarge and laser print it. I always take my own card stock to the office store, it makes it less expensive and you know what it is being printed on. I fussy cut out the thread and needle and foiled them with pink foil. I adhered them to my die cut piece. I took a piece of twine and glued it to the card around the needle. I didn't have a pink piece of twine so I used a pink ink pad to make the twine pink. I cut out the sentiment , glued it to a piece of black card stock, and then cut around the sentiment, leaving a black frame. I used foam strips to pop it up and adhered it to the die cut piece. I sprayed the piece with glitter spray and glued the entire piece to the white card base.

***The card stock I use to print my downloads on is 80lb Neenah Solar White. Any layering weight card stock would work.***

The links to these products will be listed below.

To celebrate this new release, Joy Clair is giving away a $25 gift card valid for stamps only at Joy Clair Designs Store. We are offering our new release with a 20% OFF until April 5th. You don’t need to use a code. The prices are automatically reduced. In order to be entered to win, all you need to do is hop along with us and comment on each blog. Hoppers must comment on all stops along the way. Comments are due by 04/5/2020 at 11:59 PM EST. Winner will be announced on the Joy Clair Designs Blog on April 8th, 2020.

Here is the list of names for the hop.