Out of the Abyss

Hi everyone, believe it or not I am getting out of the Abyss. Follow the link over to the Joy Clair blog to see my write up on these three creations for today's post. 

Happy Birthday to ME, and my new toy the STAMPOHOLIC Nano

Welcome to the Abyss and hope you enjoy my project. Someone asked me this week what I was going to do for my birthday (Hi Sarah), well this is what I want to do while I am home. Play in my craft room and make more creations. SO, let me tell you about my toy. The Stampoholic Nano is manufactured by my friend Mansi in India. She is a really great person, and hey, don't you love the color? Let me just say this has helped me more than I thought it would. The price was right and in January I purchased it for myself, as an early birthday gift. SO, using the Stampendous stamp and die set I made this card for a great friend of mine, who's birthday happens to be next week. I will be spending part of the day with her today so will give it to her then. Now on with my project.

I didn't show what I did first but that was use the included dies to cut the puppy's body, head and a bone, with my big shot. I then put the Nano to work. First with the body part, I lined the cut out section with the side and bottom of the nano on the inside, then closed down the piece of acetate I have taped to the top. I positioned the stamp in the space and closed the lid to pick the stamp up. I was then able to drop the cut piece in the whole and was assured that the stamp would be in the right spot after inking up and closing down again.

 I then did the same with the head and bone. 

 This is the three parts once stamped out. I then went to work with coloring. First I used Watercolor paper cut to 4.25 x 5.5 and used my distress inks to create the background. Green Clover and Cracked Pistachio were the colors of choice for the grassy area and The sky was created with Weathered Wood, Stormy Sky, Broken China and Chipped Sapphire. I used a baby wipe to blend well and moved on. While that dried I colored my little guy. Chase is the pup I got for my birthday 2 years ago so he is the one I usually end up coloring for my cards. Using my Spectrum Noir Marker True Black I added the black touches, and using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers in Mustard I did the bone and Light Gray for Chases body. The fence line and grass is from Seaside Stamps. The ink for the sentiment and the dog/bone images is stamped with Versafine Onyx Black and the grass was done with AMuse Studio's Grass color.

As the sentiment says, I feel STAMPOHOLIC Nano is the best ever, thank you so much Mansi for bringing this to us, and making it affordable. 

• The Stampoholic NANO measures 7.25" X 6"  with an inside stamping area of 4.75" X 6"

• The Stampoholic measures 8" x 10" with an inside stamping area of 6.25" x 8.5"

and soon to come is the Jumbo which will have approximate stamping area of 12" x 12"

Clicking on the link above will take you to my friend Kat's shop which is where my friend the Nano was purchased. Get one today and you to can have a new best stamping friend.

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Joy Clair April 2016 Blog Hop

It's a wonderful day here in the Abyss. I had such a great time working on this Mother's Day card for my dear Mother in law. 

Using the Joy Clair Mothers Love stamp set and a few items from the Abyss, I was able to have a fun time creating.. 

First thing was using my Darice embossing folder to take care of the pink card stock from Recollections. I then used a sizzix die to cut it apart. I used the Joy Clair svg file to cut out this cute little grater and stamped it and the sentiment with Gina K Black Onyx. I colored the grater with my IG 1,2,and 4 Spectrum Noir markers and the banner with PP 1, 3 and 5. I then covered it with Glossy Accents to give it the glossy shine. The grater, I then went over with my clear Wink of Stella. I stamped the hearts with Ink It Up red. I then used my ATG to put the creation together with 2 foam bits to hold the grater. 
I sure hope you liked my project!!!

We will be giving away THREE $25.00 gift certificate to the Joy Clair store. To be a winner you must comment on JC blog and each DT blog. Increase chances of winning by sharing the blog post with your friends!
All new sets will be on sale April 1st thru midnight April 8th.

Hop along and see what everyone else has done, I am sure you will love them all, I know I do!!!

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Crystal

Jessica

Dawn

Martha

Cornelia

Alicia

Steph

Monica Edwards 

Donna

Crystal

LeeAnn McKinney YOU ARE HERE

Penny

Joy Clair "Armor of God"

 Hi everyone, another great day here in the Abyss. Working with this stamp set was really fun, coming up with ideas and putting them to work. The stamp set is from Joy Clair, and it is called Armor of God, and was part of our March release.

For my card I used the Soldier Stamp, Gina K Black Onyx ink and my Stampoholic Nano to make sure I was able to restamp if necessary. I then used Ink It Up Red to stamp the "Faith" in the middle of the shield. I polished the sword with Silver Glitter "Wink of Stella" and mounted my white Neenah cardstock panel, on Gina K Black Onyx panel, on a Hobby Lobby Paper Studio colored pre-folded card base in Red.

Hope you enjoyed my project and take a look over at the Joy Clair Blog, shop and Pinterest for other great stamps and ideas.

We will be back next week with more new stamps.

Joy Clair "Sunshine Flower"

Hi Everyone, back with another great set from Joy Clair... this one is called Sunshine Flowers and it took me a couple tries to actually figure out what I wanted to do with it. But once I figured it out, it came together pretty easy. Hope you enjoy!!!

First I used Kromecote paper and the svg file from the shop to cut the sunflowers and centers. I then used Gina K Designs Black Onyx ink to stamp the images with my Stampoholic Nano. 

The background is Broken China Distress inks on Neenah white cardstock as the base. I had some colored craft sticks to use as the stems, and painted the flowers with Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors. A little foam tape and my ATG allowed me to adhere it all together. 

Be on the watch early April for the next stamp set release, I love the new sets and think you will too.

Let's Get Crafty!!!

Joy Clair "Lion and the Lamb"

 Fun times over here in the Abyss. Started a new job and seems like I forgot my brain sometimes. Sorry my post is late coming live, I wrote it and forgot to transfer it.
SO... today I am showing my card using the Joy Clair Stamps "Lion and Lamb" stamp set. I worked on a few ideas before finally coming up with the ONE I wanted to use.

Watching some Jennifer McGuire video's I was enticed to try the clear card stock window rather than a shaker card this time. The background is made with distress inks to reflect the grass and sky. I used the Lion and Lamb digital die to cut the little lamb out, and then used my Stampoholic Nano to position it for stamping. I then also stamped the little lamb on the inside of the card as well, and the sentiment "The Patience of a Lamb"

I hope you have enjoyed my card and will go take a look the Joy Clair blog and what our other design team members have created.

Joy Clair "Letter To God"

Hey everyone, Lee Ann here one of the members of the Joy Clair/Color by Faith design team and excited to share a special project today. This stamp set is called "Letters To God". I sat for a while thinking about what I was going to do with this set, and first I used different colored inks and stamped all over the inside of my Bible cover. A few days later, it hit me... without further adieu, this is the stamp set...

And this is my project...

 I am really hooked on these Kaleidacolor ink pads these days. For this card I used kromecote paper cut to 4 x 5.25. Used the Bouquet color ink pad and my brayer and had fun making the background first. It is really easy to do, ink up the brayer then roll it out on your paper, shiny side works best. Once dry I decided which stamps I wanted to use, and layed them out on my Stampoholic Nano positioner. I was then able to use my Gina K designs Black Onyx to ink up the stamps and stamp them down. With both inks used being dye inks drying did not take but a few seconds. I then affixed the colorful card topper to the yellow card base with my atg and all was complete.

I hope you enjoyed this little glimpse into my fun crafty day, and come back again soon. My next post will be on Thursday the 17th of March.

Later y'all... get out there and get creative!!!