Jen's Crafty Place: water coloring

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

"The Reason" New Release from Joy Clair Stamps

Let's make a Christmas card with water color and Joy Clair Stamps!

I stamped the image from "The Reason" stamp set from the new release on watercolor paper and Stazon ink. Then I proceeded to watercolor the image.

Next, I cut out some navy blue card stock to fit the card and then trimmed off the center section to mimic the raise of the star. I lined the edges with some gold foil paper and stamped the angel from the set in VersaMark and used clear embossing powder on it to blend in the background a bit.

After that, I stamped in VersaMark the sentiment from the set in the lower bottom right hand of the blue paper then used black embossing powder on it to stand out a bit more then the angel.

Lastly, I cut out a black and a gold star using my Cameo 3 (you can hand cut one if you don't have a cutting machine). I glued them together for more stability and mounted it on a foam adhesive square. Mount the card front on an A2 card base and you are done! If you want to fit this card into an envelope either make a larger envelope or cut down your card before you glue on the star and make sure it will fit in your envelope before you glue on the star or Move the star down into the card a bit.

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Thursday, October 4, 2018

Joy Clair Stamps New Release Blog Hop

It's New Release Blog Hop Day!!

https://www.joyclair.com/collections/new-arrivals/OCT2018?aff=31

I am excited with this new release from Joy Clair Stamps. I made my card for the hop with 2 sets from the release. I used "Vintage Ornaments" and "Christmas Lights". I love both of these sets for the versatility.

I stamped the branch from "Vintage Ornaments" with my Tombow water color markers onto water color paper. I then moved my stamp and only colored a few branches of the stamp to extend my branch a bit more.

I then used some water to bleed out the branches a bit. After I stamped my ornament and then the hook that came in the set to hang my ornament. I love that little hook!! So cute! Next, I stamped my sentiment into the ornament. There are many sentiments and images you can stamp inside the bulb or use them separately. That is what makes this set so versatile.

I used StazOn ink since it is water proof. I painted all elements with some water color paints. When it was dry, I cut out a mask of the ornament (stamping the ornament on sticky note paper and cutting it out to cover the image to protect from other techniques) and covered the ornament. I also ripped some scrap paper to cover my branches and then "FLICKED" some metallic silver, metallic gold and some black paint to form my background.

For the fun bulbs I used the "Christmas Lights" background stamp. I stamped the image on some card stock and added some Deco Foil adhesive to all the light bulbs and let it dry. Then I added some Deco Foil from the rainbow foil paper to make my lights shinny. (Click HERE to read more about this technique) I then cut out each light bulb to adhere to my Christmas tree that my ornament is hanging from. I glued them on with some white glue. Lastly, I matted my card front on some gold and then black card stock and mounted it on an A2 card base.

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PRIZES

To celebrate this release, Joy Clair is giving away a $25 gift certificate to ONE lucky winner! Please leave a comment on the Joy Clair Blog and ALL Designers Blog by Sunday, October 7th, for a chance to win.

The winner will be announced on the Joy Clair Blog on 10/31/2018.

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