5th Anniversary Blog Hop and New Release with Joy Clair~

Hi guys!!
We are celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Joy Clair along
 with a brand new line of stamps.  Doesn't get any better than that!!!
You have come from #5. Shari Gibson ~

I had the opportunity to work with the Gather set in the Color By Faith Series.

Such a beautiful stamp set!! Love how simple it is illustrated. 

The church image was created the same on all four cards, I just used different
types of paper.  One mixed media and the other watercolor paper~

These are created with watercolor paper.  Stamp the church image on watercolor
paper. Prepare the Distress Oxide inks with a small amount of water.
Run the stamped watercolor paper through the inks.  I chose different
shades of brown.  Heat dry after each color is layered on.  The background is
created using stencils and Archival ink.  The stencils are by ARTplorations / Helen
G. designer.  Once the background is created add the church and sentiment.  Double
mat on coordinating cardstock.

On this set, of cards, the background was created the same way the watercolor cards
were created, just used mixed media paper instead.  The church was created the same
 way using shades of Distress Oxide inks. The sentiments are heat embossed and then
 trimmed out and added to the card front. The stencils are by ARTplorations /
Helen G. designer.

The next set of cards is using Fall Greeting set from the
 Everyday Collection by Joy Clair.

These cards don't really look like a set but were created using the
same technique.  The backgrounds are created using Distress Oxide inks, watered down
and run the paper through the ink, doing one color at a time, and heat
dry after each color of ink.  The colors layer up so pretty!!

The leaves, from the Fall Greetings set, were stamped on the background
and then colored in with one of the coordinating Distress Oxide inks.   Several leaves
were stamped, colored in and trimmed out.  The sentiment was
 added (Archival ink) and then adhered to the cluster along side the leaves. The card front
was double matted and then adhered to a folded card base.  Finishing touches of
black ink splats were added.

The difference in this card is, stencils were used in creating the card
background.  The stamps were stamped on the background and colored
in with coordinating colors of Distress Oxide inks. The stencils are by ARTplorations /
Helen G. designer.
Your next stop is #7 Nadine Carlier~

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Thanks for stopping by~

Try It Tuesday~simple cards with the "Misty" tool!

Hi guys!!!

I have the "Misty" to share with you ~a very cool tool to try 

especially if you are making sets of cards that you want to be exactly the same.

First let me say~I purchased this, mine to try, all on my own:)

I saw some video's on it and loved the simplicity of it.  That is what peaked my interest.

 This a very simple set I did for my mom, who loves cards that are

 not embellished.

  Each one is the same just stamped on different card colors.  Once you have the stamps

 lined up and attached to the acrylic cover you are ready to stamp.

Made a cute set and took no time at all.

If you are interested~look up "Misty" on You Tube.  Tons of tutorials

 on how to use this but really, so easy and so COOL!!!

I used Carved Leaves Vol. 1 and Simple Sayings by Darkroom Door 

to create these cards.

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Thanks for stopping by~