JOY CLAIR - SUMMER COFFEE LOVERS BLOG HOP

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I am here with Joy Clair playing along with the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! Joy Clair is a Super Sponsor and you have a chance to win a gift card to spend at the Joy Clair's store. The Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is from June 23-30. I hope you will play along, who knows you could be a lucky winner.

Please stop over to the blog and see the wonderful projects the design team has created. You may also want to stop over at the Joy Clair store, Joy Clair has several "Everyday" stamp sets, bible journaling line called "Color by Faith" and custom stamps.Who knows you may be a lucky winner and you will already know what you want, because you've been making your list, while browsing the store!

I am using the stamp set "Coffee Lovers" stamp set. 

How I created my card:

1. Base of the card is A2, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2,
2. The design paper is MFT, I cut this piece 3 1/2 x 5 1/2,
3. The solid blue color is cut at 1/2 inch and attached to the design paper,
4.I die cut the stitched die and stamped my sentiment in red from the Coffee Lovers set,
5. I stamped and fuzzy cut the coffee cup three times, the first cut was white, then blue and red from the Coffee Lovers stamp set,
6. I paper pieced the red to the white cup, 

7.  The red piece I fuzzy cut just the center piece, I stamped the stars from the new Joy Clair set called Happy Fourth and heat embossed the stars with white embossing powder,
8. Finished my card off by adding the red stars.

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Thanks so much for stopping by, please leave me a comment if you like my card, I love reading them. If you are not a follower, please follow my blog to stay up to date on what's going on.

Joy Clair Blog Hop - Stars and Stripes

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I am here with Joy Clair and we have two new stamps sets commemorating Independence Day - July 4th.   The sets are a background stamp called Grungy Flag and Happy Fourth.  And there would not be a blog hop without prizes.   Just be sure to leave comments during the hop so you can be entered to win one of two $25 Joy Clair Stamps Gift Cards.

Here is my card for your inspiration:

My card is an A2 card, I stamped the images from the Happy Fourth stamp set with red and blue ink.  I added some stickles to the fireworks to give them some sparkle.  I colored in the rocket images and to finish off the card I added some stars. 

Here is a closer look:

Don't forget in order to win the prizes you must leave a comment on each of the Design Team blog.  Here is the list and good luck:

Lindsay Andreon

Martha Lucia Gomez

Lori Kobular

Donna Idlet - You are here

LeeAnn McKinney

Steph Ackerman

Kerry Urbatch

If you have not had a chance to join the "anything goes" challenge, please take a minute and join.  Joy Clair will be giving away one $25 gift card to the Joy Clair Store, randomly selected to give everyone a chance to win.

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Retro Rubber Challenge Blog #65 - Sketch Challenge

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I am here with Retro Rubber Challenge Blog and we have a sketch challenge.   I hope you can join us, just make sure the stamp set is over a year old.   If we feel you are using newer stamps, you may be disqualified from the challenge without notification.  For more details on the rules, you can find them over on Retro Rubber Challenge blog.  I hope you can join in with the challenge, please be sure to stop over at the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog to see what the design team has created, I am sure you will be inspired.

Here is my take on the sketch.  I am using the Impression Obsession rubber stamp called Bird on a Branch released in January 2016.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up called A Dozen Thoughts which was released in June 2013.

Thanks again for stopping by, please don't forget to stop over at the Retro Rubber Challenge blog and join the fun and check out the beautiful projects the design team members have created. You have until June 16th to join in on the fun!

Joy Clair - Anchor of Hope

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I am here with Joy Clair. I am featuring  a stamp set called "Anchor of Hope".  This stamp set is part of the  Joy Clair's Bible Journaling line.  I have created a card for your inspiration.  There are some really beautiful pages the design team has created in their bible.  Please be sure to stop over at the Joy Clair blog or the store for more ideas on using this stamp set.

Joy Clair has a new Challenge this month. The theme is always anything goes and our Design Team uses a photo inspiration to create their project that you can use too. If you would like to join the challenge, you can find all the details here. As always, you will have a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Joy Clair Store.

Here is my card for inspiration. This months theme for the design team is "bling".  I hope you will stop by and play along in the challenge and stop over at the Joy Clair blog to see what "bling" the design team has used.

closer look of my card

How I put my card together:

1.  A2 card 4 1/4 x 5 1/2,
2.  I cut the top layer 3 7/8 x 5 1/2, and embossed this piece with an embossing folder,
3.  I die cut a tag out and used some distress ink on the tag to look like water,
4.  I stamped the image from the Joy Clair Anchor of Hope stamp set and colored them with copics, 
5.  I stamped the images I wanted to use and then stamped the sentiment from the Joy Clair Anchor of Hope stamp set, 
6.  I added some twine to make it look like the hook was floatingt,
7.  I finished off my card with some blue enamel dots.  

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Thank you for stopping by, please come back again soon!

Joy Clair - Flawless

Hello everyone!

I am back again this month with Joy Clair. I am featuring one of the newest stamp set called "Flawless".  This set is part of the Bible Journaling "Color by Faith" stamp line.  As you can see below, I have chosen to make a card.  I love how it turned out.  Please be sure to the Joy Clair blog to see what the design team has created.

There is still time to play along with the  Joy Clair Challenge this month. The theme is always anything goes and our Design Team uses a photo inspiration to create their project that you can use too. If you would like to join the challenge, you can find all the details here. As always, you will have a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Joy Clair Store.

Here is my card for inspiration. This months theme for the design team is "bling".

Closer look at my card, I wanted to make sure you saw all the bling!

How I put my card together:

1.  A2 card 4 1/4 x 5 1/2,
2. The Black layer measure 4 x 5 1/4, the design paper measures 3 7/8 x 5, 
3.  I die cut the scallop piece from the Lawn Fawn Scallop die set,
4.  I stamped the images from the Joy Clair Flawless stamp set using the digital files that you can have if you purchase this set, I colored them with copics, 
5.  I die cut two oval pieces of card stock, and stamped the sentiment with black ink,
6.  I added all the images to my card popping up some with dimensional.,
7.  Since the theme is "bling", I added some rhinestones to the perfume bottle and the handle of the brush.   

Please follow Joy Clair's facebook page, Color by Faith Bible Journaling Facebook page, Instagram and Twitter, be the first to hear the news, sales and giveaways! They also have a Pinterest page and YouTube channel for your inspiration!

Thank you for stopping by, please come back again soon!