ATSM #294- CAS

Today is the start of the ATSM Clean and Simple challenge. For today's card I used a new set from Stampin' Up that will be available in the new 2018-2019 book. I just adore the octopus and the texture I got from using the fish net die as an embossing folder. 

Don't forget to stop by the blog and play with this weeks CAS challenge, I can't wait to see what you share with us. Thanks as always for stopping by! Feel free to leave a comment and follow the blog for updates with new posts! 

Monica

Supplies:
Sea of Textures ( stamp, die, Bundle)
Dapper Denim ink and cardstock
Grapefruit Grove

Signature color with Joy Clair

Today I'm posting on the Joy Clair blog and using the new set Born To Sparkle! Check out the blog here to see the details.

Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment or follow me for blog updates! Have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:
Born to Sparkle
Encore Silver ink
VersaFine onyx black
Glitter embossing powder

Coffee lover blog hop- Coffee Anytime

Today is the start for the Spring and Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop! I'm so excited to be playing along with Joy Clair, be sure to stop by the  Joy Clair blog to sweet what my teamies made to play along! For my project I was inspired by bright seasonal colors as well as butterflies and flowers! I decided to create an art journal page in appreciation that I love my coffee anytime! ;-) This could be cute to do again to show all for seasons.

I used distress inks to color the back ground and spritzed with water. I then added some  beans (stamp) and stenciled on the coffee rings. I stamped the cup images on some coordinating pattern paper and fussy cut them. I then colored in the coffee with a copic and added glossy accents over it. I die cut two arrows from vellum to create the hour and minute hands, then glued them to the center.

Hope you get inspired by any of the stops along the blog and play along. The hop always has wonderful sponsors and it's fun to play along! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Joy Clair- Christmas Cocoa, Stiff Letters and Christmas Coffee (coffee bean)

MFT- hybrid black ink and dies

distress ink- Stencil

pattern paper

You're a Classic with Joy Clair

Today at Joy Clair we are sharing projects for Father's! To see the all the inspiration visit the blog here

I used the new set Classic Father's Day for my card today and drew inspiration from a sketch I saw on Pinterest. I stared stamping my image on three squares. Found some iridescent silver specialty cardstock and ran it through my Big Kick with an embossing folder.

I stamped my sentiment on some scratch cardstock and cut it down for the banner. I adhered the embossed panel and banner on the cardbase. I layered the stamped squares on some cardstock and popped them on the cardbase with foam adhesive. 

It ended up being slitghtly monochromatic card, but I really like how the speciality works with the blue! Thank you for stopping by and have a great week!

Monica

Supplies:

Joy Clair- Classic Father's Day

Stampin' Up- Dapper Denim(retiring) Ink and Cardstock, Whisper White cardstock

Recollections- specialty cardstock

ATSM #292- make your mark 5/12

I was looking through my stamps for a project the other day and came a across the set with these cute little guys. While looking at it I realized I've never used it! I know it's a shame, but I have a few sets that are like that. They've been sitting in my stash because I had to have them, but haven't gotten around to using them. I know I'm not the only one. ;-) 

Well since they were in my hand, I thought no time like the present to put them to use. I know it's not even summer yet and I made a halloween card... (even my youngest asked why), but when an idea strikes you go with it! 

Using a die from MFT I measured where my images should go before stamping them. Colored the images and their backgrounds with copics. For the sentiment window I decided to add coordinating colors by stamping smaller sentiments in the colors of the squares above.

Finished the card by add hearing the panel to the cardbase and adding stitching to the window borders.

Don't forget to stop by the blog and play with this weeks CAS challenge, I can't wait to see what you share with us. Thanks as always for stopping by! Feel free to leave a comment and follow the blog for updates with new posts! 

Monica

Supplies:
Stamps - Close To My Heart
MFT- hybrid black ink and die
Copics
Memento dew drop inks
Black gel pen
Recollections- black and white cardstock

Coffee Collab Hop!

Today we are joy Clair are joining forces with friends at Coffee Loving Cardmakers for a blog hop! Hope you enjoy hopping along to see what everyone is creating for the hop. I ended up making two projects for today using the new set Coffee Talk. 

The first is this tile...

I did attempt to use my misti for the project in case I needed to stamp the image again. I used a pigment ink and had to be careful to not smear the ink. I've only done this once before so I'm sure there are better tips and tricks, but so far so good.

I think it's cute and plan to make more or try different techniques. I know my parents wouldn't mind getting a set as a gift. ;-) Then I could use me second project to go with it. I used the same images from the Coffee Talk set since they were already out and added a sentiment. I created a background with a die I have in my stash, I thought it was a good addition to the sentiment. 

Here is the full list of the hop:

Joy Clair Blog

Kerry Urbatch

Helen Gullett

Donna Green Idlet

Ceal Pritchett

You are here---> Monica Maier

Angie Cimbalo

Nicole Winslow

Martha Lucia Gomez

Jenny Fruchey

Lindsay Adreon

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog

Amy Tsuruta

Laurel Seabrook

Lisa ReynoldsBzibziak

Robyn Jordan

Becca Cruger

Dana Warren

Erin Thiem

Kathy Schweinfurth

Katie Brooks

Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment or follow me for blog updates! Have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Joy Clair- Coffee Talk 

Memento- Blue Luxe, Love Letter, Rich Cocoa 
MFT- Black licorice hybrid ink
Copics
Clear embossing powder
Cardstock- black and white
SugarPea designs- Heart beat sugar cut

Transform Me Art journal with Joy Clair

Today I'm popping up with a quick post sharing a look at my Art journal for Joy Clair. I used the Fancy Letters alpha set, wood background and two sets from the new release...

Crackle background


and  The potter


Visit the Joy Clair blog for details here...

Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment or follow me for blog updates! Have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Joy Clair- Crackle background, The Potter, Fancy Letters and Wood background
Distress ink- Ground Espresso, OldPpaper and Frayed Burlap
Copics
Mixed Media paper
VersaFine- Black Onyx 

Joy Clair NEW release and Blog Hop!

It's a new month and time for a release blog hop for Joy Clair! You should be coming from Martha's blog if you are hopping in order, if not and you want to start at the beginning click here!



 Stop by the Joy Clair blog to see all the inspiration and the new sets! There are many wonderful new sets to ogle! For my post I'm show casing God's Masterpeice, I love this set!!! 

Aren't the images and sentiments awesome!

I stamped the bricks first and then sentiment. I used copics to color the sentiment so that each letter had gradient color and a few of the bricks in the back ground. Then stamped the splatters in various colors. 

I stamped the artist and colored her with copics as well, adding some color to the paint palette as well, before fussy cutting her. I adhered the panel to the card base. Then I adhered the artist using foam adhesive to pop her up a little.

Let's start the fun with the creativity and remember that we always have prizes for our readers and visitors that comment HERE in our corporate blog and in ALL the designer blogs during the hop.

Just leave your comments and tell us which is your favorite stamp set!

Here is the complete list of the Blog Hop:

Joy Clair Blog

Angie Cimbalo

Martha Lucia Gomez

You are here--->Monica Maier

Kerry Urbatch

Donna Idlet

Nicole Winslow

Jenny Fruchey

Helen Gullett

Andrea Bjork

Ceal Pritchett

Lindsay Andreon

Have fun and get inspired!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Joy Clair- God's Masterpiece, Broken Brick background

Memento ink- Desert Sand, Lady Bug. Cantaloupe, Elderberry, Bamboo Leaves, Teal Zeal and Rose Bud

MFT hybrid ink- Black Licorice

Cardstock- Ivory and black

ATSM #290- Your Kindness

It's the start of another challenge over at ATSM and it's a photo inspiration! Love the chic look of the photo with it's colors and textures on the frames.

I chose the color theme to use for my card and wanted to add the texture from the frames. I started by stamping the images on the some light green cardstock. Since I used a layering stamp set on the cardstock, I started the first layer of stamping with some white pigment ink. Then layered the other colors on top and used the matching dies to cut them out.

I ran the white panel through my die cutting machine with an embossing folder. I realized after I embossed that I had forgotten to stamp my sentiment and the little flowers first... Doh! So I used my MISTI to carefully stamp the sentiment and flowers. Which worked out great since I knew I'd have to stamp it a few times because of the embossed texture. There were a few spots in the sentiment that I couldn't get to stamp correctly, so I used a micron pen to color those areas better. I glued the stems of the leaves directly to the card panel under the carnation popping the leaf tips up with a pop dot and adhered the carnation with foam adhesive as well to finish the card!

Just love the look with the dimension and texture!

Don't forget to stop by the blog and play with this weeks CAS challenge, I can't wait to see what you share with us. Thanks as always for stopping by! Feel free to leave a comment and follow the blog for updates with new posts! 

Monica

Supplies:
Altenew- Build a Flower: Carnation
Leaves (ink)- Whip Cream (MFT), Wild Wasabi (Stampin' Up)
Carnation (ink)- Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo and Watermelon Wonder (SU- retired) and                              Peachy Keen (LawnFawn)
Little flowers- Peachy keen (LawnFawn)
VersaFine- Onyx Black
Cuttle Bug- Swiss Dots embossing folder
MFT- BluePrints #27 (Scallop panel die)
Cardstock- White and soft green