FEB

 Hello all and welcome to Feb and our newest Challenge! Here is our fun sketch for this month...

I pulled out an older paper pad for my card. I'm working on finishing the pad... only a few sheets left. The heart I had was a little bigger, but I was ok with that since everything else was to small in my opinion. I used a larger sentiment strip to balance the heart and think they work together nicely. Added some sparkles and called it done! 

Hope to see you over at Stick It Down with your card based on the card sketch or one of our scrapbook layouts! Love to see how you use the sketches. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

Mini Easter treat box with Joy Clair

 Here is a quick peek at my project today over on the Joy Clair blog. How cute is this box?!

Hop on over and take a look!

Monica

Easter blessing side step card with Joy Clair

Here is a look at my card today over at the Joy Clair blog! Love these adorable bunnies for the Easter Greetings set as well as the flowers in the set as well!

Hop on over to the blog to see all the details! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day! 

Monica

Supplies:

Joy Clair- Easter Greetings

Cutting Cafe- Step Card

Fruitful journal page with Joy Clair

Today is a special post for Joy Clair as we are having a blog hop! We all are sharing projects using sets from Joy Clairs Color by Faith line. I chose to create another page for my faith art journal and I decided to use the set Fruit of the Spirit.

I started by stamping all the sentiment in the middle of my page before stamping the fruit. Once I was done I realized that I got a little to close with an orange to the sentiment, so I stamped it again on a separate piece of paper and rounded the corners.

Then I colored all of my fruit with Arteza watercolor markers. Once I was done coloring I added the sentiment panel to the page and lined with some gray and a thin line from a black pen. I then adhered my decorated panel to the page in the journal.

Giveaway info!!!

To celebrate the Color by Faith Blog Hop, Joy Clair Stamps is giving away a $25 Gift Card to One lucky winner. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on participating blogs, so make sure to visit each stop and leave a comment. Leave comments by 11:59 pm ET 04-05-2019 on all participating blogs. Winner will be announced on Joy Clair Blog on 04-30-2019

Here is the hop line up, so you can continue on or start back at the top if needed!

Joy Clair Blog 

Martha Lucia Gomez

Connie Hyde Mercer 

Angie Cimbalo 

Karen Letchworth 

Jessica Kaiser

You Are Here

--->Monica Maier <---

Kerry Urbatch

Donna Idlet 

Betz Golden 

Lindsay Adreon 

Ceal Pritchett

Jowilna Nolte

Helen Gullet

I hope you are enjoying the blog hop and getting inspired. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! 

Monica

Supplies:

Fruit of the Spirit

Arteza watercolor markers

A card and planner layout with Joy Clair

Today I'm over on the Joy Clair blog with not one but two projects. Here is a peek at the card...

And a look at the planner layout

Hop on over to the Joy Clair blog to see all the details of the card! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Hosanna

Reckless Love

Whale Hello There

Lighthouse

Distress Oxide inks- Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo

Recollections- White Cardstock

Colored pencils

Rainbow in the clouds with Joy Clair

Here is quick peek at my card for the Joy Clair blog today. Hop on over the the blog here to see the whole card and get the details since this post is short and sweet! 

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

Monica 

Supplies-

Joy Clair- God's Promises
MFT- Black hybrid ink
VersaFine- embossing Ink
Embossing powder- 
Copics
Recollections- White and light blue cardstock

March St. Pat's planner with Joy Clair

Hello and Happy first day of march! Today we are all sharing the set Lucky Charm and we used it for Joy Clair. I used the stamp set in Jan to make a birthday card which you can see here. Today I decided to use it and create a St. Patrick week layout in my planner.

I stamped various images from the set on my planner pages. I used VersaClair inks in greens and a gray to stamp the images. To color some of the images I used some glitter gel pens. I feel it helps to leave the spread from lookin to cluttered and I still have plenty area to write.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop by and see everyone's project using the adorable Lucky Charm set from Joy Clair!

Monica!

Welcome Spring with Joy Clair

Hello all, I'm poppin' today with a quick look at my card for Joy Clair. Today I'm using Spring stroll, be sure to visit the Joy Clair blog to get all the info on my card!

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

Monica 

Supplies:

Joy Clair- Spring Stroll

Prismacolor pencils

Recollections - cardstock

Thinking of you with Joy Clair

Hello crafty friends! Today I have two cards using the Martha's Flowers stamp set from Joy Clair's recent release. Visit the Joy Clair blog here for my full post and all the details!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! 

Monica

Supplies:

Joy Clair- Martha's Flowers

Various Copics

Cardstock- White, Black, and light blue

Joy Clair Mardi Gras hop

 Today we are showcasing some Mardi Gras projects over a Joy Clair! Everyone made anything but a card, be sure to stop by and check out the fun projects! I used the set Unashamed to create a fun little banner using the mask images.

I stamped and colored the images before fussy cutting them, since there was only 5 it didn't take long. I then tied them together and hung them between to shish kabob sticks. They would be super cute in a bigger flower pot or on top of a cake for decoration!

BLOG HOP LIST:

Joy Clair Blog

Martha Lucia Gomez

Connie Hyde Mercer

Kerry Urbatch

Karen Letchworth

Angie Cimbalo 

Jessica Kaiser

Betz Golden

Lindsay Adreon

Donna Idlet

Ceal Pritchett

Helen Gullet

Have fun hopping along and have a great day!
Monica

When I rise with Joy Clair

I've got a lot of Joy Clair posts this week, but this the last one... for this week anyway! ;-) Today I'm using the new set Rise and Shine. Instead of making a card I decided to decorate a little scene for a little shadow box frame! Be sure to visit the Joy Clair blog here for all the details!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!
Monica

Happy St Pat Birthday with Joy Clair

It's another blog hop day! Today I'm using Lucky Charm! I adore this set and so does my youngest who's birthday is St. Patrick's Day.



I started by stamping the clovers in green ink to create a background. I then stamped the leprechaun and sentiment on a pre cut layer, then colored him with copics. Once the coloring was done I layered the panel on a piece of gold foil paper from my stash and then popped the layers on the card base with foam tape.

I then stamped the inside of the card and added my lucky charm to the inside since it's for my little guys birthday! I think he'll love it!

Here are the links for todays designers inspiration:

Betz Golden

Kerry Urbatch

Monica Maier

Martha Lucia Gomez

Helen Gullett

We are picking one winner for each day of the release – a total of four lucky commenters! 

Happy stamping!


Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the HOP!
Monica

Rejoice and Blossom with Joy Clair- Art Journal page

Here is my first project ( an art journal page) with Joy Clair's first release of 2019! I'm so excited to be a part of the team for another term and I just love this set, Blossom! The sentiments are great and I was probably just a little too excited about finally having a set with Cacti in my stash... finally! ;-) You can see all the stamps here.

I started by added color to the page to create my scene. 

I then stamped the cacti on a peice of green cork paper I've had in my stash.

I then also stamped my sentiments and cacti on the background where they would go. So I didn't have to worry about the trying to not cut the needles off, when I fussy cut them. 

I decided I didn't like how flat the cacti looked, so I used some copics to add a little shading to them (as you can see the in the picture with and without shading).

To finish the project I just added my page to my little journal and dated the bottom corner!

Angie Cimbalo (you are here)

Donna Green Idlet

Connie Hyde Mercer

Jessica Kaiser

Karen Letchworth

Monica Maier

We will have a GIVEAWAY at the end of the reveals so keep checking the blog.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you've enjoyed the blog hop today! To see the release visit the Joy Clair shop here. Don't forget to check out the Joy Clair blog tomorrow for more! Have a great day!

Monica

Winter Wishes with Joy Clair

I've got a card up over at Joy Clair blog today, be sure to check the blog out for the details!

Thanks for stopping by, hope you are having a wonderful season! 

Monica

Jesus is the Reason with Joy Clair

Today I'm posting for Joy Clair and using Vintage Christmas Ornaments. I love this set!

Be sure to stop over at the blog here to see all the details of the card! 
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

ATSM #321- Anything Goes

It's time for anything goes with Addicted to stamps and more! Here is my card for the challenge.

I saw sketch online and used that as my starting point for my card. I found some pattern paper that I thought would work well with Tea Time stamp set from Joy Clair I wanted to use. I started to leave the background plain, but felt that it needed a little something. So I used an embossing folder that reminded me of steam from a hot cup of tea or coffee. 

Thanks for stopping by hope you have a great day!

Monica

Living water with Joy Clair

I'm sharing two projects over on the Joy Clair blog today using Living Water. My first project is this card....

My second project is a bible journal page with the same set.

To see all the details on the projects visit my post on the Joy Clair blog.Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment or follow me for blog updates! Have a great day!

Monica 

Supplies:

Joy Clair- Living Water

Perfect Pearls- Heirloom Gold, Forever Blue and Cappucinno

Lawn Fawn- Woodgrain backdrop

VersaFine Clair

Prismacolor Pencils

A holly Jolly ornament with Joy Clair

Hello and here is quick peek at my card for Joy Clair today!

To see all the details on the projects visit my post on the Joy Clair blog. I want to let you know about the Joy Clair sale going on until the end of the month! Many stamps are half off, just follow this link here to check them out.  



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

Monica 

Christmas Showcase with Joy Clair

Today is a special post at the Joy Clair blog ... it's all about Christmas and we are all showcasing newer Christmas products from Joy Clair. For my card I used Penguin Tropical Christmas and Christmas Lights Background.

I started by stamping the lights on one layer and my tree with some lights on it on my main panel. I then stamped the palms and coconuts on a scrap piece before coloring them copics..

I then colored the tree on my main panel and used a pen to darken my light strings. Then stamped the penguin and his shorts. I did color the lights red although I don't show it in this picture. Once everything was colored I then fussy cut all the palms and coconuts from the scrap.

After I stamped my sentiment I began layering all the palm on my tree. I used liquid glue at the base and foam tape towards the top to create some dimension on the tree. For the coconuts I glued the first on flat while popping the last two on with foam tape.

After I adhered the light background to the cardbase I used some stickles to add some sparkle, once they were dry I added the rest of my layers. I didn't feel the background lights gave it enough Christmas Sparkle so added some red stickles to the lights on the front of my card and called it done!

Be sure to check out what my teammates have made for the event at the blog here. Thanks as always for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Joy Clair- Penguin Tropical Christmas and Christmas Lights Background

Copics

Ranger- Stickles

Recollections- Red, Black and white Cardstock

NOV JC challenge

 It's time for a new challenge over at Joy Clair blog! Love this months inspiration. I was drawn to the mug on the bottom right with the white on white look and the peppermints! I love to add a little candy cane to my hot cocoa so that is what I decided to base my card of off to fit the theme.



I picked some pattern papers that would fit the theme I was going for and used a sketch I found flipping through an old magazine that I have. I used an older Joy Clair set called Christmas Cocoa. I stamped my mug, snowflakes (with some masking) and marshmallows with Versamark and heat embossed it with Pearl embossing powder. I then stamped the candy cane with Rockin' Red and embossed with the same embossing powder.

I cut out the marshmallow and candy cane. I adhered all of my layers, adding the twine and attaching my cut elements to finish my card. 

I hope you stop by the Joy Clair blog to see what my teammates created based on the inspiration photo and to play along for your chance to win! Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment or follow me for blog updates! Have a great day!

Monica 

Supplies:

Joy Clair- Christmas Cocoa

VersaMark Ink

Catherine Pooler ink- Rockin Red

Hero Arts- Pearl embossing powder

Twine

Cardstock

Pattern Paper