Thursday, October 25, 2018

New home with Joy Clair

Hello everyone, today I'm poppin' in with a card and planner spread using some new items from Joy Clair! First up is the card I made for my parents using Dwelling Place.


Next up is a planner layout where I used both the Dwelling Place and Light Bulb Moments.


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- Dwelling Place and Light Bulb Moment
MFT- Hybrid black ink
Copics
VersaClair Ink- Medieval Blue
Catherine Pooler Ink- Polished

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

ATSM #315- photo inspiration

Today I have a post for Addicted to Stamps and More and its time for our Photo Inspired Challenge.



I mostly chose the colors as a starting point for my inspired card. I like the look of yellow black and white together. I made a Halloween theme since I'm in the mood for it and its only a week away!



Here is a closer look at my glittered house and the dimension of the layered die cuts that I stacked slightly of center.


Don't forget to stop by the blog and play with this weeks Photo Inspired 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

Linking to the following:
SimonSaysStamp Monday- Halloween/ spooky
Die Cut Divas- Autumn/ Halloween
Dies R Us- #107 Anything Fall



Supplies:
Ranger- Fossilized Amber distress oxide
Recollections- Halloween die and stamp set as well as black cardstock
Stampin' Up- Ribbon

Monday, October 22, 2018

SID Oct. Sketch- Trick or treat


I'm popping in today with a card for Stick It Downs October sketch.

This sketch is perfect for me to break out some pattern paper. I used new stuff from Stampin' Up, I adore this collection they have the seasonal catalog for Halloween.


I added some of my scraps of paper from the front of the card to the inside to finish it up!


Don't forget to stop by the SID blog and play along with the sketches. If cards aren't your thing there are two scrapbooking sketches to play with as well! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Monica

Adding to the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge- Halloween/Spooky
Die Cut Divas- Autumn/Halloween

Supplies:

Stampin Up- Cauldron Bubble Bundle, Toil and Trouble DSP and Cardstock, Gorgeous Grape and Gray Granite. I also used a circle for Stitched label Framelets




Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Eat more beef with Joy Clair

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It's Collaboration week at Joy Clair and we are working with Therm-o-web!!! If you couldn't tell by the graphic! Here is a look at my foiled leaves!


Here is a peek at my card, but to see my full post and details visit the Joy Clair blog here.


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

Monica

Challenges: 
Die Cut Diva's- Autumn/ halloween


Supplies:
Joy Clair- Turkey talk
Therm-o-web- Lime satin and Amber watercolor deco foil
Lawn Fawn- Large Stitched Leaves and Large Stitched Ovals
Copics

Saturday, October 13, 2018

Fall-ing in love event with Joy Clair

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Hello all and welcome to a special event with Joy Clair, Fall-ing in Love! We are all sharing projects to celebrate fall. I used the new sets Thankful and Blessed and Falling Leaves background



I started by making my background... which was maybe a not so succcessful attempt at an Alcohol ink background. ( I need more practice!) I so love the look the of the orange and yellow for a fall back ground. I decided to use some Thermoweb foil to dab onto the somewhat wet areas to get the foil to stick for green spots. After that I inked the Falling leaves background in my misti and stamped it on the background. 




Next I stamped and image from the Thankful and Blessed set onto some vellum. Since I used VersaFine I made sure to heat set the image so that I wouldn't smear it. My next step was to "color" in parts of the image using my stylus. For the flowers I colored the petals heavily to make them white. Then for the pumpkin I used a lighter hand to add some texture and shading.


Next I stamped the sentiment... it's not pretty in the picture but I left it in to show you what it looked like before I "fixed" it. I used the same ink for the sentiment as I had for the image, the major difference is I didn't heat set it. I honestly didn't think about it, I stamped it after I adhered the vellum to the background and left it alone while I went to work. Came home to this mess... DOH! 

I attempted fixing it by stamping over it with VersaMark (luckily the sentiment was still in the Misti!) and heat embossing with white powder. I covered most of the smudging creating a slight shadow effect behind the embossing. Layered my panel first with some white cardstock before adding it to an orange cardbase.


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

Monica


Supplies:
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Thermoweb- Lime (Satin)
Ranger- Alcohol ink

















Tuesday, October 9, 2018

ATSM #313- holiday





Here is my card for the Holiday challenge from Addicted to Stamps and more!


I used a new Christmas stamp and die from Stampin' Up. I loved the image of the house and can see it being colored fully or partially like I did. I wanted to keep it simple so added some red to the ribbons and colored the greenery. I used some stickles to the lights for a little sparkle.



Don't forget to stop by the blog and play with this weeks Holidays 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

Saturday, October 6, 2018

It's world card making day with Joy Clair!

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It's world card making day and we are celebrating all day. This morning I was part of a hop sharing our crafty spaces and mine was shown in it's messy glory! This post is part of a project blog hop and with some special guests as well as the current team. 


For the card I decided to mix some new and old stamps. I wanted to use the feathers from Dream Big so I started laying them on the card panel. I used all of the feathers from the set, but kept them all to one side. I used my Misti so I was able to layer the colors of yellow, orange and red so they faded into each other. I then layered the panel on colored cardstock. Stamped the birthday from Hello Sentiments, while the rest of the sentiment is from New Year New Me. Cut out the panel for my sentiment and layered it with black as well. 


To finish my card I added some sequins and dots of Nuvo Drops. 
Hope you are having a wonderfully creative day and enjoying all the blog hops and crafty posts! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

Supplies:
Catherine Pooler- Shea Butter, Orange Twist, Rockin' Red
Nuvo Drops
Sequins 
cardstock- white, black and yellow