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October 18, 2018

Thermoweb and Joy Clair Pumpkin Card

joy clair stamp and thermoweb foil pumpkin card

Using ThermOWeb Foils For The First Time Creating a modern pumpkin card with Joy Clair stamps Have you ever seen those shiny foil papers and thought, “how pretty, but I’m not sure I can do that?” Well guess what? I got the chance to try them out and overcame my fear of trying something new, and it was SO easy! Joy Clair has teamed up with Therm O Web to teach you and inspire you. Today I’m showing you how to create a modern fall card using a sentiment from the newest Joy Clair Thankful and Blessed stamp set along with the Deco Foil Pumpkin Patch toner sheets and gold foil. Directions: Start by using a stitched rectangle die cut. Cut out one large black sheet, the next size down black and white stripe paper and same size using the Deco Foil Pumpkin Patch toner sheets. Creating your foil sheet – Since I’m completely new to foils, I decided to do some research and learned that you can simply use any kind of laminator. I picked one up fairly cheap on Amazon. To apply the foil, cut a sheet of Deco Foil a little larger than the size of your toner sheet. Fold a sheet of printer paper in half, place a scrap piece of cardstock down for reinforcement, then place your toner sheet (dull side up) with the foil (color side up), and finally close the flap of the printer paper. Carefully guide your paper through the laminator with the seam side first. Once it comes out the other side, remove the foil sheet to expose your design. It IS that simple. Next, take your sentiment from the Joy Clair Thankful and Blessed stamp set, stamp it on a sheet of white cardstock using black ink. Then, take one of the gold Deco Frames, trim your sentiment to fit, and adhere together. Lastly, assemble your card by layering the black sheet on the bottom, the striped, the pumpkins, and then the framed sentiment. For a final touch, I added a few orange enamel dots. I hope you “FALL” in love with Therm O Web foils and Joy Clair stamps just as much as I did. They are so easy to use and there are so many wonderful products available. Check them out and share your Therm O Web and Joy Clair stamp projects with us!

October 13, 2018

Joy Clair Falling Love Thanksgiving Placecards

Thanksgiving Place Cards Using Joy Clair Stamps and Therm O Web Foils Falling in Love with these beautiful, elegant, Thanksgiving place cards I created using a couple of the newest Joy Clair stamps and Therm O Web foils and toner sheets. Catch all of the designers’ projects by visiting the Joy Clair blog (HERE). Stamp Sets Used: Falling Leaves Background (HERE) Thankful and Blessed (HERE) DIRECTIONS: Start by stamping the leaves onto vellum using embossing ink and then heat embossing with gold powder. It is the most magical sight to watch! Then, using your Gina K. Foil Mates and gold foil, create your background. You can use a simple home laminator if you have one. Next, cut a sheet of white corrugated paper to the size that you’d like your place cards to be, and fold in half so that it stands. Cut your foiled background paper a bit smaller and your vellum sheet a tad smaller than that. Using a die cut that says “thankful” or “blessed” create your saying with some gold sparkly paper. Die cut small black rectangles and adhere behind the words. Layer your paper as shown to create your elegant Thanksgiving place cards. Instead of your words “Thankful” and “Blessed” you can die cut each persons name to place on them. These are so simple to make, but will make such an impact on your Thanksgiving table. I’d love to see what you create for Thanksgiving using your Joy Clair Stamps!

October 6, 2018

Card Making Day with Joy Clair

Challenge: Letters Donut Worry, Be Happy Joy Clair Card Welcome to the Joy Clair World Card Making Day Challenge! Hopefully you’ve been following along all day and have been participating in all the fun. You’ll have plenty of chances to win some great prizes, so make sure you head over to the Joy Clair blog to find out all the details. Incase you missed it, hop on over to my Craftroom Tour {HERE}. I try to make the most of the space I have in order to create all my projects to share with you. Right now, it’s my turn to challenge you! Lets see what you can create with just letters. You can use die cuts, letter stamps, and sentiments. I’m using two stamp sets from Joy Clair, Dancing Donut Background(which I’ll be using to create my own patterned paper) and Sprinkled with Love. This challenge will show you that you can create a cute card without all the stamped images. DIRECTIONS: Start by using the Dancing Donut Background on a piece of what cardstock. Color in the donuts using markers or colored pencils, in your choice of colors. I wanted to keep this card night and bright, so I chose a pink and purple color scheme. Next, I used my rectangular stitch die for the boarder, to add a nice finished look, and then used my letter die cuts to cut out the word “Donut”. Choose a coordinating solid color paper and cut out two more sets of the word “Donut.” Glue or tape the three sets of letters together to build dimension. I used the original donut paper letters as the bottom layer and added the two solid colors on top. Time for embossing. I used the “Worry, Be Happy” sentiment that came in the Joy Clair Sprinkled with Love stamp set and embossed it on black cardstock. Lastly, adhere the donut background to a coordinating solid color cardstock, glue down the letters, and then use foam tap to add the sentiment. Even though we used the Dancing Donut Background stamp, it’s used more as a creative way to make your own pattern paper. But, by using only sentiment stamps and letter die cuts, you can still create such a fun card for any occasion. Now it’s your turn! Lets see what you can create by only using letters (stamps/die cuts/sentiments). Make sure you link your…

October 6, 2018

Craft Room Tour

Welcome To My Craft Room Enjoy the tour! As a part of the World Cardmaking Day event over at Joy Clair Stamps, we’re giving you a craft room tour to see where all the magic happens. If you’re expecting a well organized, color coded, craft room palace, you won’t find mine on your Pinterest Inspiration boards! But, if you’re excited to see what my real life craft room/office looks like, then I’ve got all the details for you today. The Art Gallery Section One of my favorite spots in my room is my small, but growing, art gallery wall. I love going to places like Painting-with-a-Twist, to create bright and fun art pieces. The painting of myself was done during one of my first college art classes, and will forever be treasured. I also enjoy finding pieces at stores that speak to me; like the two dog prints on the right. Under the art gallery wall is where my trusty heat press sits. This use to be where I staged all my photos, but I haven’t found another place for this massive beast to sit yet. Side note: I also refurbished the side table myself. The bookcase is filled with old school books, more crafting supplies, and random office items. When my little guy started to become mobile and inquisitive, I decided to grab a bunch of colored cubes to put everything in. Didn’t stop him, but at least everything is contained. The Desk/Craft Table My poor desk has seen better days, but since I’ve been crafting more than working, it’s now considered my craft table. Over the past couple years, I’ve slowly tried to minimize the amount of {lets call it what it is} JUNK on my desk, and most recently purged a bunch of non working pens and markers into a small clear container. My Silhouette Curio is my main working machine, so she sits in the middle of my desk, while my Original Cameo is hiding under her cover to the right. I’ve been wanting a new Cameo for a while, but haven’t pulled the trigger yet. The Crafty Cabinets I hit the jackpot when I found this set of IKEA cabinets at a moving sale. The set was only $80 and they fit perfectly in this space. There are plans of changing the fabric behind the glass doors to possibly all white so that I…

October 4, 2018

Joy Clair October New Release Blog Hop

Joy Clair October New Release Living Water Stamp set card

Joy Clair New Release Living Water Stamp Set Wow! I can’t believe we’re on our last New Release Blog Hop for the year. I’m so amazed at how great each release continues to be, and excited to share with you the newest Living Water stamp set from Joy Clair. This stamp set has a very traditional feel but can be used for so many occasions. I immediately knew that I wanted to use gold emboss with the tree illustration, which I think turned out beautifully. If you’re ready to participate and view all of the newest Joy Clair stamps, head on over to the main post {HERE} . Also, look for the next release blog down at the bottom of my post to hop on over to see more! DIRECTIONS: Start by using your stitched rectangle die cuts to cut out one larger kraft paper and the next size down on vellum. Use the tree illustration stamp, positioned on the upper left of the vellum, and stamp with embossing ink and then heat emboss with gold powder. Then, using VersaFine Clair Nocturne, stamp the large deer image on the bottom right of the kraft paper. I love using this ink because the pigment is so saturated that you rarely need to stamp twice, but if you do, that’s where your MISTI comes handy. Next, using a smaller stitched rectangle that fits the sentiment of your choice, cut out on kraft paper and stamp the Joy Clair sentiment from Living Water stamp set with the same black ink. I positioned my sentiment a little more towards the right side of the rectangle since I’ll be adding some scrap paper and washi tape to the left side. For the final touch, tear a small piece of black scrap paper and gold washi tape, and adhere to the left side of the sentiment rectangle. Start assembling each piece by first taping or glueing the velum to the kraft paper, then adding the sentiment rectangle. When I was done, it felt like it was missing something, so I added a few black enamel dots to the edges. I mentioned before that this stamp set has a traditional feel to it, and since I’m not a traditional person, I added my own touches with the gold flower washi tape and black enamel dots, to give it a little more edge. The Living Water stamp…

October 1, 2018

Joy Clair October Challenge

Joy Clair Blessed Harvest Stamp Monthly card challenge October

Monthly Card Challenge Blessed Harvest Stamp I’ve been a bit busy the past couple months, so I decided I need to take a few minutes to play along in the Joy Clair monthly card challenge. Since I’ve still been quite busy getting ready for an epic vacation, I made a simple, yet still really pretty card. This design was actually inspired by my mom; she sent me a few cards she made using this technique, so I wanted to try it out. I used a color scheme that matched the challenge inspiration photos and the Blessed Harvest stamp set worked great as well. Be sure to head over to the original Joy Clair blog post to submit your card in order for your chance to win some great prices! {HERE} Directions: Start by masking off a rectangle in the middle of a piece of white cardstock. Blend two colors of distress oxide inks, I used cracked pistachio and spiced marmalade. Then, use the same two color inks to stamp the corn stalks from the Blessed Harvest Stamp Set on each end of the rectangle as shown. Next, run this sheet through with a stitched rectangle die cut first, then with a wood grain embossing sheet. I wanted to add some sparkle to this card, so I wiped the middle of the design with some bronze Perfect Pearls. This gives such a beautiful shimmer that I couldn’t quite capture on camera. Cut out a coordinating bronze cardstock for the background. Next, stamp your favorite sentiment onto a white circle, and use the spiced marmalade ink to blend the sides of the circle. Add a piece of bakers twine or natural twisted paper twine for embellishment and adhere the sentiment using foam tape. This card was so easy to make and can be used in so many different ways by switching up the colors, embossing folders, and stamps. I’d love to see what you created for this months card challenge!

August 29, 2018

Joy Clair Anniversary Showcase – Party Animals

Joy Clair Stamps Party Animal Card Anniversary Showcase

Joy Clair Showcase – Party Animals Stamp It’s party time over here at Joy Clair Stamps with a PARTY ANIMALS card blog hop. Look at all these filthy animals that have come out to party with us! Read below how I kept my card simple but fun, then head on over to all the other Design Team members blogs to see what kind of fun they’re having on their pages. Click —> HERE to start at the Joy Clair Blog DIRECTIONS: These crazy party animals are so over the top, that I wanted to keep this card as simple and clean as possible. I started by using my MISTI to stamp them on both a white card base, and then kept them in the same position to stamp on a separate sheet of cardstock. This technique of showing the same image in the same position in the background, is where your MISTI comes in handy big time! It helps keep the stamps in the same position. Next, I trimmed down my single sheet that I stamped to about 1.5″ , enough to where a little bit of the background image will show on each side. Then, I used a mixture of my Tombow markers and AQUA Spectrum noir markers to color these party animals. I kept the coloring fun by simply outlining the animals and blending them a bit towards the center. Next, I stamped two sentiments onto black cardstock and heat embossed using white embossing powder. I hand cut them into two small ribbon shapes. Now, time to put it all together. Simply, use foam tape to adhere the colored party animal strip to the front of the card, making sure to line everything up to the background image. Then, use the same foam tape to adhere the two sentiment ribbons to the right side. Party Animal Fun I love how this card came out! It’s a little bit of fun, with a little bit of unexpected. Now, hop on over to the other design team members’ pages to continue the Joy Clair Anniversary Party Showcase. SUPPLIES USED: MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most Incredible Stamp Tool Invented Shop at: SB | AZ Ranger Ink – Basics Embossing Powder – Super Fine – White Shop at: SB Ranger Emboss It Foam Pad, Clear Shop at: AZ Core’dinations – 8.5 x 11 Cardstock – Value Pack – Black…

August 23, 2018

Joy Clair Anniversary Blog Hop

Joy Clair stamps heartfelt sympathy alcohol inks card

Join The Anniversary Fun Learn a Little More About Joy Clair Stamps Welcome! We’re celebrating Joy Clair Stamps today with an Anniversary Blog Hop. If you’ve been following me this past year, you’ve noticed that I’ve been posting more handmade cards. I’m part of the Joy Clair Design Team and it’s been such a different experience for me since I’m more of a DIY home and party decor crafter. My mom was the one who sent me the link to their application process for this past year and I decided to give it a shot. Why not challenge my creativeness and try something new? Can we talk about how addictive card making is, and how I now see why so many people go crazy over stamps? The Joy Clair stamps, that we as design team members have received, have been so amazing. They have a wide range of designs and come out with new releases every quarter. Our design team members and those who design and organize everything have also been top notch! So, if you’re a designer, I would highly recommend applying the next time they have a design team call. My Top Five: It’s a tough choice, but here are my top five cards that I’ve designed so far, in no particular order. Coffee Because Crack is Bad For You {HERE} Valentine’s Day Background {HERE} Best Buds {HERE} Get Well Wishes {HERE} Good Vibes {HERE} HEARTFELT SYMPATHY Even though this is an Anniversary Blog Hop to celebrate Joy Clair, I wanted to do a quick photo tutorial using their newest stamp set called Heartfelt Sympathy. This stamp set works beautifully with the alcohol ink background I created. PRIZES To celebrate this 4th Anniversary, Joy Clair is giving away a $25 gift certificate to 4 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Joy Clair Blog by Sunday, August 26th for a chance to win. TWO winners will be announced here on the and TWO on our Facebook Page the last day of the month, August 31st, 2018. BLOG HOP Your first stop on the hop is with our Design Team Coordinator, Martha Lucia Gomez. Below is a complete list of the amazing designers/guests who are participating today: Joy Clair Stamps Martha Lucia Gomez Cornelia Wenokor Donna Idlet Steph Ackerman Lindsay Andreon Monica Edwards Kerry Urbatch Jessica Pascarella Helen Gullet Angie Cimbalo Nicole Winslow (YOU ARE HERE) Andrea Bjork Monica Mier Jenny Fruchey Ceal Pritchett SUPPLIES USED:…

August 12, 2018

Ripple Street LEGO DUPLO Dino Party

August 3, 2018

DIY Wooden Watermelon Coasters

Add Some Refreshing Decor To Your House Easily Create Wooden Watermelon Coasters It has been so hot this summer, here in Florida, and I’m sure everywhere else. I don’t normally complain about the heat being a natural Floridian, but it’s really kicking my @ss lately. So, I decided to create a refreshing DIY project this week, with wooden watermelon coasters. This project takes no time at all since the paint dries extremely quick, and you can let loose with your design. I’ve seen these on Pinterest where other crafters have added glitter to the middle, which turn out so cute, but I wanted to keep it clean with this project. I have half a plan of creating a serving tray to match, but we’ll see if this heat doesn’t keep my memory in a fog! All my materials were found at Jo Ann Fabrics either in the clearance aisle {paints were $1.97} or with a coupon {had one for the coasters, go get the app!}, or of course I had some extra supplies laying around. So if you’re like me, this project comes out on the budget friendly side. After I finished making these watermelon coasters, I immediately wanted to make all the round fruits that I could! Maybe for another day, but how cute would a set of limes, lemons, and oranges be with my hand painted citrus napkins I made a while back {find the post HERE}. {This post contains some affiliate links. Every little bit helps this stay at home mom out!} DIRECTIONS: Gather your materials. You’ll need small round wooden pieces, as many as you’d like for your coaster set Pink (Fruit Punch) (or red), Green (Sublime Lime), White, Black paint Pencil Mod Podge Matte Finish Thin Paint Brush Foam Brush Start by drawing your watermelon circles. They don’t have to be perfect since the wooden pieces most likely aren’t perfectly round. I drew two thin circles for the Green and White paint. Then, start painting in your green ouster circle. I only had to do two coats with the acrylic paint that I used. It dried super fast, pretty much by the time I got around the the beginning it was already dry. Next, rinse your brush thoroughly so that no green paint is left on it, and start painting in your white circle. My paint was probably little old or…

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