I love the colors in the Joy Clair November Mood Board (it's been the palette of my fall wardrobe as well). #joyclairdesignsmoodboard #joyclairmoodboard I decided to use the inspiration for a Thanksgiving card. I went shopping my stash for a pink & Orange plaid inspired by the table cloth under the place setting, … Read more
I love the October Mood Board Photo at the Joy Clair Challenge. The grey and black spooky feel reminded me of the Suminagasi Japanese hand-marbled paper I made, so I used that for my card base. I stamped the Witch from Joy Clair Keeping It Real in black ink on light … Read more
Today is Day 1 of the 12 Tags of Christmas at Ellen Hutson, which is a tag inspired by the holiday carol, Christmas in a Coffee Shop. I started with Joy Clair Christmas Coffee, which I paired with a scrap of Gel Press Print for my tag. I added snowflakes from … Read more
Today I broke out my Halloween Drawer. I pretty much keep all other products integrated together, but Halloween is pretty much only for Halloween, so it gets it's own drawer. It's also the drawer filled with the most vintage products because I love what I have in there, so I seldom buy new Halloween other … Read more
I tried one more Monoprint experiment, but the background stamp I tried didn't have enough solid space to pick-up enough ink to work … but the stamped-off image worked perfectly. Oh well, you never know until you try. I used the reject monoprint to mat my sentiment for a masculine Coffee Card for the Spring … Read more
Since I was on a roll, I decided to do the 3rd and final challenge at the Joy Clair Blog for World Card Making Day. The theme is Break the Rules and Open Your Window! … Create something different that moves you from your comfort zone. I went hunting through my craft stash for things … Read more
If you're reading this blog, it's likely that you already know it is World Card Making Day. After going to the gym, grocery shopping and doing some laundry, I've settled into my studio to find some space to create … as you can see from the photo below (taken for the Joy Clair Challenge) … … Read more
I was thrilled to be asked to join the Product Focus at SplitcoastStampers for the new My Sweet Petunia Cut-Align. And to celebrate, My Sweet Petunia is offering 15% off the entire store (full disclosure, I design for My Sweet Petunia, so if you click through to buy using one of my links, I will … Read more
The theme for Tag #4 of the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist is Embossing. I created an Emboss Resist Tag by stamping Joy Clair's Ugly Sweater Background Builder Stamps with my MISTI using White Ink on White Cardstock and embossing with detail embossing powder. The I applied Peacock Feathers … Read more
My body decided to ignore the fact that it is Saturday and wake-up bright and early, so I joined the SplitcoastStampers Inspiration challenge to make a card inspired by something from Fair Indigo. I chose these adorable organic Stuffed Animals to inspire my design. I used Penguins inspired by Icy the Penguin and vibrant … Read more