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April 2022 Mood Board

4/1/2022

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Hello crafty readers and happy April!   The Design Team at Joy Clair Designs is excited to share the mood board for this month.  Mood boards (also commonly called "inspiration" boards) are a combination of colors, images, textures and patterns that can offer guidance or direction.  If you feel like you don't know where to begin a project, try looking at a mood board and let the creative juices flow.  You might just be surprised by the end result!

​Let's take a look at the April 2022 Joy Clair Designs mood board:
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This month's mood board is inspired by all things pink, fuchsia, rose, blush, purple and magenta!  It's dreamy and magical.  It's beautiful and elegant.

Here is a fun card that I made using this month's mood board colors:
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Card details: 

The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  I cut a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" piece of the same white cardstock for the first matted background.  I ran this cardstock through my Big Shot using a linen printed embossing folder to give the paper some added texture.  I printed out the Mandala Love digital stamp set on Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  I colored one of the mandala's using Copic markers in the colors of this month's mood board.  I fussy cut the entire mandala and then cut the mandala in half.  I placed one half of the mandala at the top left of the card and the other half at the bottom right.  Then I die cut a bunch of different sized stars from purple and pink cardstock and glitter paper.  I added the stars randomly over the card.  I added a sentiment strip on the lower right side of the card.  Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the mandala image for addes sparkle.  
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We would love to see YOU create using this mood board as inspiration too!  Feel free to use similar colors in whatever brand of cardstock you have readily available.  We'd love for you to use your Joy Clair Designs stamps if you have them!  And if you don't have any yet CLICK HERE TO START SHOPPING TODAY!
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Be sure to tag us on social media using the following hashtags so we can see your cards or other papercraft projects:
#joyclairdesignsmoodboard
#joyclairmoodboard
Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!  For more inspiration, you can follow me on my website, Instagram, Facebook and on my YouTube channel.
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XO, Crystal 

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A Rainbow of Mandalas

5/27/2020

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Hello and welcome! Today's post is all about coloring the beautiful Thankful Mandala stamp set by Birch Press Design. If you love to color, then these cards will be perfect for you to try. And, well, if you don't love to color so much (Hi, Karla!) then you can simply admire the beauty of someone else's coloring!
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I will be the first to admit that I have a love/hate relationship with coloring. There are times when I find it peaceful and soothing, yet there are also days when I find it can be simply dreadful! So, listen to how YOU feel. If you feel like coloring today, then go for it! If you'd rather sit back and eat a hot fudge sundae, you won't find me judging you! : )
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For this yellow mandala I used Copic marker numbers V17, R27, Y02 and YR68.
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For the green mandala I used Copic markers numbers YG06, G21, G05 and BG13. ​
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For the purple mandala I used Copic markers number RV19, RV55, RV66, V9 and BV02.
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For the blue mandala I used Copic marker numbers B02, B24, B52 and B12
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Each of these cards begins the same way. I stamp the large Thankful Mandala on a 5 1/2" x 3 1/4" piece of Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock in Memento Tuxedo black ink. Then I selected 3-4 colors of Copic markers in complimentary hues and color away. There is no rhyme or reason to my madness! In all honesty, each mandala took me about half an hour to color and then I adhered various colored rhinestones for added sparkle. ​
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Here is the Thankful Mandala stamp set from Birch Press Design that I used to create these cards: 
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I hope you have enjoyed these cards and will maybe try coloring some too! Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day.

XO, Crystal 

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Thankful Mandala

5/5/2020

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Hello friends!  Today I am over on the Birch Press Design blog sharing these two cards using the Thankful Mandala stamp set.  I chose to work with this stamp set because it was something very different for me, and I'm so happy that I decided to challenge myself because I love how these cards came out!  

The very first thing I did after receiving this stamp was to actually cut it down!  Yes, this was equally as scary as it sounds!  I knew this could go wonderfully right, or horribly wrong really quick and that I was taking a chance at potentially ruining a $25 stamp set!  But, I didn't particularly like the large square shape of the mandala, so I trimmed off the outermost layer to give more of a peacock edge shape.  I regret that I did not take a picture of this process so you could see exactly what I mean.  
​Fortunately, it worked out just fine! Phew!​
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Card details: 

The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I stamped the large mandala in Versamark ink on black cardstock and then heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. I cut the mandala in half in order to separate it on the card. I adhered each half to the top and bottom of the card base. I die cut the larger outline word "thanks" from gold foil paper and the smaller word outline from black cardstock. I mounted the two together using a Tombow tape runner and adhered both to the center of the card using foam adhesive. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment "for all you do" in the middle of the card in Memento Tuxedo black ink. ​
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Card details:

For the second card, my card base is a sheet of turquoise cardstock. I stamped the mandala in Versamark ink on another sheet of turqoise cardstock and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I trimmed the image down to 5" x 3 3/4" and mounted this stamped mandala onto a scalloped sheet of white cardstock. I adhered both sheets to the card base. I die cut the word "hugs" from both gold foil paper and white cardstock, layering the two together using a Tombow tape runner. I stamped the words "it's your birthday" in Versamark ink on a thin strip of turquoise cardstock and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I notched both ends before adhering it to the card below the word "hugs" using 3M foam adhesive. 
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Thanks for visiting and I hope today's post will encourage YOU to try using a stamp set that might be a bit out of your comfort zone!  You just might find that the end results were worth it. 

XO, Crystal 

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