Joy Clair - Hello Autumn - Guest Designer

Hello everyone!  Starting today and for a couple of days this week I'm thrilled to be Guest Designing for a New company, Joy Clair.  They have a wonderful New Release and a great line up of Guest Designers so I hope you will join us this week.

Today, the stamp set that we are featuring is called Hello Autumn.

This is the card that I designed using of the the leaf stamps and a sentiment from the Hello Autumn Clear Stamp Set.  I started with a piece of Strathmore Mixed Media paper.  I love using this paper for watercolor because it is so smooth.  It is a very thick and heavy paper and I love the results.  I used painters tape to mask off the outer edges.  Then I stamped the leaf image with Jet Black StazOn ink.  

I used Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors to paint the image and the background.  After the watercolor was completely dry then I watered down some of the black paint and added the tiny black paint splatters to the image.  Once everything was dry then I carefully removed the painters tape. Then I stamped the sentiment using Jet Black StazOn ink.

For the base of the card I used black cardstock and I added a few bits of black bling to the top corner.

Please be sure to visit the Joy Clair Blog to see all of the New Releases and for a chance to win some stamps!  Also please be sure to visit the link list below with some wonderful Guest Designers.

Joy Clair Blog

Debbie Olson

Heidi Blankenship 

Michele Kovack 

Darsie Bruno

Kathy Jones 

Kristi Schurr 

Angela Barkhouse

I will be back on Wednesday with another card to share with you from the Joy Clair New Release.

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Hugs & Smiles,

Heidi

Supplies

Stamps:  Joy Clair Hello Autumn

Paper:  Strathmore Mixed Media, Black Cardstock

Ink:  Jet Black StazOn

Paint:  Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors

Accessories:  Black Rhinestones, White Fun Foam