Merry ChristMOOSE with Joy Clair

Hello friends!

I hope you have all your Christmas shopping and creating finished (or at least in full swing!). I know I'm a last minute shopper/prepper - so I'm still going strong! haha  

If you are like me and still need some inspiration to create those cards, I have one more cute card idea using the Merry ChristMOOSE stamp set from Joy Clair!  Take a peek at how CUTE this set is:

I started by stamping the moose onto a piece of white Neenah cardstock and coloring with my Nuvo Maker pens. He's just so darn cute!  Then I cut out the image leaving a bit of a white border. 

I had some Kaisercraft paper in my stash that was PERFECT with the pine trees, but still whimsical feeling along with some woodgrain paper, so I used that as my background.

Look how happy this guy is! LOVE it!  I used some really cool twines I had in my stash (thank you Dollar Tree!) and added the "Merry ChristMOOSE" sentiment, stamped in red.

Finally, I haven't played with Nuvo Crystal Drops in a while, so I added a few of those just to add a little sparkle. Every Christmas card needs some sparkle!!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I wish you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS with a happy, healthy and CREATIVE New Year!

xoxo

Jess

Fall Family Football with Joy Clair

Hello friends!

I have a brand new card to share with you for Joy Clair stamps today!  Now, I've been making Christmas cards like crazy lately, so I took a little break away from sparkle and tinsel to create a super cute Football themed card!  

It is the end of our CFL Football season here in Canada now, and for anyone who follows the NFL - it's just getting amped up! So a football card seemed totally appropriate. I used the "Fall Family Football" stamp set to create this card. I love this set - it's a perfect fall/masculine/sporting themed set!  Great sentiments for all occasions - and you can modify it to apply to most sports too!

I stamped the football, helmet and sentiment stamps onto some white cardstock and colored with my Nuvo Markers, then cut them out.  I had some really adorable football themed paper from Echo Park in my stash, so I used the football field to make a backround and randomly stamped the goal posts, score play and some sentiments randomly on it to add some interest.

I really like how this card turned out!  It can be so hard to make a simple, yet interesting "masculine" or sports card with little embellishment. I mean, everyone likes SPARKLE, but not everyone wants to receive a football card decked out with rhinestones, right? hehe

Of course I had to make the helmet green in honor of my home province's beloved football team, the Saskatchewan Roughriders!  Go RIDERS!!! I'm sure you've been to a sporting event and have seen someone wearing a rider jersey. If not, I challenge you to look around next time - there is ALWAYS one!  It's a great game to play.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope that you enjoyed my stories and this card. Be sure to grab your fave JOY CLAIR stamps today!  I promise, you will have so much fun using them!

See you again really soon!  Hugs!!

Jess

Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hello friends!

I'm so excited to be joining the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog hop with Joy Clair Stamps!

Joy Clair is giving a way two stamp sets of your selection to one random winner that left your original comment on Joy Clair blog post and the 9 designers participating on this hop. In your comment you need to mention the name of the stamp set that designer used as main image to qualify to the prize. This will be open since November 1st until November 8th. Winner will be announced on November 30 here in Joy Clair Blog.

Tonight I will be posting the image to promote the sales. All the store will be 25%, during the week of blog hop.

I created a cute card using the Coffee Lovers Stamp Set! It's perfect for this hop!  Don't forget to check out all the other fun Coffee Themed Stamps that Joy Clair has to offer.

Here is my card:

I kept it fun and simple. Not all cards need to be over complicated - especially when you make them first thing in the morning BEFORE you've had your first cup of coffee ;).

Thanks for stopping by! I know you will be inspired by all the coffee themed creations today!

See you again soon!

Jess

Wish Big with Joy Clair

Hello friends!

I have a quick new card to share with you for Joy Clair stamps! I am using the beautiful NEW ARRIVAL stamp set called "Wish Big" on this card.  Aren't the images and sentiments just so darn pretty?

I was inspired to use a black & pink palette for this card, and here is what I created:

 

It's hard to see, but I sprayed the final card front with some really pretty shimmer spray to make it sparkly! It's a really iridescent shine - I love it!  I embossed the flower images too.

I really love how pretty this card turned out! I hope you like it too. Thank you for supporting small businesses like Joy Clair Stamps!!

See you again next time!

Jess

World Cardmaking Day with Joy Clair - Outside the Box

Hello friends!  I'm back with CHALLENGE #3!

Click HERE to find all the information about Challenge #3. For this challenge, we are thinking OUTSIDE the box with our stamps!  That's right - open your window wide and create! SOOO - I set about create a vinyl covered altered notebook using the Mermaid at Heart stamp set!

I started by watercoloring the vinyl after it was adhered to my notebook and lightly sealed with a spray sealant. I added some super thick emobssing powders for dimention and texture.





There mermaid tail was stamped twice - once with ink and once with Versamark so I could emboss with a glitter embossing powder.  I stamped the sentiment onto the vinyl with Versamark and embossed with Gold Detail EP.  I repeated the same process on a piece of paper and fussy cut to fit on the original stamped image.





  

On the inside, I just added some simple stamping and started writing!  Both inside covers were covered with some mermaid patterned paper as well.

  Did you know that you can win a prize simply by hopping along with us?  Good luck!  Here is a little more information about all the Challenges of World Card Making Day with Joy Clair.

1. 1. Our challenges will be open until next Sunday, October 13th, 2019 at 11:55 p.m. EST to let you create a little more, because celebrations should never be limited to a single day, right?
2. 2. We want everyone to be able to play so there is *no* requirement to use Joy Clair Stamps for Challenge #3 but for Challenge #2 you must use only Joy Clair Stamps. Please make a new card or project though!


3. Add your link to the appropriate Inlinkz Link-up tool for that post. You may enter for Challenge #2 many times as you wish while the challenge is open. Just remember that ONLY NEW PROJECTS are considered to the prize.
4. For Challenge #1 and Challenge #3 you can link only ONCE while the challenges are open.
There will a prize posted on each challenge and one card will be randomly chosen as a winner of that prize from those that Link-up.
5. If you are unable to participate in the challenges, simply comment on the posts. We will be giving one prize to a randomly drawn commenter compiled from all WCMD 2019 posts.
Have tons of fun!

>>>SCHEDULE & CHALLENGE LINKS<<<

9:00 a.m. EST WCMD-19 Challenge #1: My Crafty or Work Space OPEN NOW!

12:00 m. EST WCMD-19 Challenge #2: My Versatile Joy Clair Stamp Set. Just stretch your stamps and create your idea. Open NOW!

3:00 p.m. EST WCMD-19 Challenge #3:Break the rules and Open your window! Create something different that move you from your comfort are. YOU ARE HERE! Open NOW!

EDITOR'S NOTE: Winners of all the challenges will be announced as usual on a Joy Clair Blog post on October 31, 2019.

You can also save 25% off of all Joy Clair stamps today too!!

Thanks for stopping by!!! Happy World Cardmaking Day! :)

xoxo

Jess

National Coffee Day 2019

Hello friends!

It's that time of the year again - time to celebrate all things COFFEE! AHHH - coffee!  One of my fave treats!

I'm celebrating with the Joy Clair Coffee Stamp extravaganza! I created the following two cards using two of my favorite coffee themed Joy Clair Stamps - Coffee Love and Coffee & Jesus!

I used the Welcome Home paper pack from Carta Bella as my base. The images were stamped and colored with Tonic Nuvo Marker Pens. I hope you like them!

Did you know that Joy Clair has TONS of coffee themed stamps? There is a full category of them! You can find them HERE.  You can save on all your coffee purchases using code NCD2019 and shop here.



Thanks for checking out my COFFEE love post!  See ya soon!

Jess

Mermaids, Joy Clair & Rinea

Hello stamping friends!

I have a brand new card to share with you today for Joy Clair Stamps!  PLUS - we are collaborating with Rinea all month long too!  So you are in for a treat - shiny, pretty foils combined with gorgeous stamps make for some amazing creating!

Today I'm using a new release called "Mermaid at Heart". I think this is going to be one of the most popular of this release - it's just so pretty and I love all the sentiments!  I combined it with the Princess Foiled Paper Variety Pack from Rinea.

Check out the HANDMADE CARD I created:

I used some ShinHan Alcohol markers to color the tail - it works perfectly on the Rinea Foiled Paper!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I really love reading all your comments :) 

Until next time,

Jess

Rinea Fall Burlap Banner

Hello friends!

Happy September!  I have a beautiful Rinea creation to share with you today!  We are having fun this month collaborating with Joy Clair Stamps!  I hope you enjoy all the designers have in store for you.

Here are the products you will need for this project:

Autumn Foiled Paper Variety Pack

(I used these colors from the pack:
Starstruck Marigold Orange
Glossy Ruby/Gold
Glossy Marigold/Gold
Glossy Mocha/Gold)

Joy Clair Fall Greetings Stamp Set

Liquid Adhesive

Burlap

Jute Twine

Stazon Ink

Chipboard Pieces

For this project, I did a few different techniques.  First, using the Glossy Mocha/Gold foiled paper, I covered two leaf/feather style chipboard pieces. I sanded off the edges to mold to the chipboard, then inked the edges with Stazon Ink & did some random stamping with a leaf stamp.



I used a chipboard tag and covered with Glossy Marigold/Gold. Set this aside for another step.

I stamped a few of the different leaf images onto all 3 glossy colors, then fussy cut them out.

 

I handcut a pennant shape from my burlap fabric (I just picked this up from our local fabric shop).

I used the "Give Thanks" sentiment from the gorgeous stamp set for my tag, using Stazon on stamp it. I used a variety of the fussy cut leaves to decorate the tag.  Once I had all my pieces, I tied some jute twine around the elements, then glued them down to my burlap pennant.



 



 

I love how beautifully this turned out!  Sometimes simple is beautiful, don't you think?

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog!  I love to read your comments -they are always an encouragement.

Have a great day!

Jess

#bossbabe with Joy Clair Stamps

Hello stamping friends!

I have a brand new card to share with you today for Joy Clair Stamps!  Today I'm using another new release called "Bossbabe". I just LOVE LOVE LOVE this set! In fact, it happened to be one of my special requests!  We all have girlfriends and women in our lives that we may want to encourage, uplift and congratulate!  This stamp set fits the bill perfectly!

Check out the HANDMADE CARD I created:

Aren't the muted colors from Kaisercraft's Greenhouse paper line gorgeous? They fit this sentiment perfectly!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I really love reading all your comments :)

Until next time,

Jess

Baby Shark...Doo Doo Doo

Hello friends!

Now that I have that song stuck in your head....hahahah.....I have a super cute card for you today for Joy Clair stamps!  I'm using the new release stamp set called "Baby Shark" - and you are just going to LOVE this ADORABLE set!

Here is the adorable handmade card I created:

I used my ShinHan TwinTouch markers to color up the sweet little shark. To make my watery background, I did a simple ink smear straight to paper and stamped the waves on top, trimming away the excess. I found some super adorable sun and fishy background papers in my stash - perfect for this card.  Did you check out all the fun sentiments you get with this set? SOOO many combos!!  I know you will love it.

Sometimes you try different color combos - and they don't really work! LOL

 

Thanks for stopping by!

See you again next time.

Jess

Whale Hello There

Hello friends!

I'm here today to share another cute card for Joy Clair Stamps!!!  I am featuring the  "Whale Hello There" stamp set today - isn't it adorable?

Here is the card I created:

I loved this sweet image! Once I stamped the scene, I used some watercolors to color the panel and then I added some ribbon and bling to decorate.  The background paper has foil elements, so I felt that it didn't need much more than that!

See you soon!

Jessica