New Release: Joy Clair's No Problama!

Hey!  Have you seen the new release by Joy Clair?  This month Joy Clair is releasing so many new and fabulous sets!  Check out the full line-up of inspiration on the Joy Clair Blog today.  We're hopping for DAY 2 of the releases.  If you've arrived here from Connie's Blog, you're on the right track.  If not, just check out the blogroll at the bottom of my post.

Today I get to share the "No Problama" set!  It's such a fun and festive set!

Look at those adorable llamas!  And oooohhh...Look at that fun Pinata, Maracas and party banners! WOO!  I chose to create a fun little birthday party card featuring the pinata (in fun traditional pinata colors), and a fabulous and festive maraca background.

Do you notice the card base and the banner?  This fun Apple Tart Dotted Swiss Cardstock from Bazzill Basics is the PERFECT cardstock for a festive party themed card.  It's like the dots are fun confetti just falling!

After coloring my images with Copic Markers, I added a bit of gloss and bling to add some sparkle then mounted everything just so.  I attached the "pinata" to some string and tied it to the banner so that it could swing, swing, swing!  SO fun!

Thanks for hopping over!  Please pop over to Angie's blog and check out what she has to share.  Remember, comment on all blogs and have a chance to win a 25$ Gift Certificate to the Joy Clair Store.  I hope this set inspires you to get your fiesta on!

Blog Roll:

Joy Clair Blog 

Martha Lucia Gomez - 

Jowilna Nolte 

Connie Hyde Mercer 

Kerry Urbatch 

Angie Cimbalo 

Betz Golden

Karen Letchworth 

Jessica Kaiser

Ceal Pritchett

Lindsay Adreon

Helen Gullet

Donna Idlet

Happy May Day! Posies for YOU!

Hello there crafty friends!  Today I'm welcoming in a new month...The month of MAY!  Happy May Day!  

I have special memories of this day from my childhood.  May Day celebrations have ancient roots and in my family, we celebrate and welcome Spring and all HIS goodness now and to come.  Do you celebrate May Day in your family?

You see, when I was a child, sometimes we'd visit my Grandparents on May Day and my Grandma would help us prepare little treats for the neighbor kids we played with there.  We would craft a little cone and Grandma would pop some popcorn and we'd gather some dandelions and flowers from her yard, fill the cone with popcorn and posies and deliver them to the neighborhood kids.  It was such a fun thing to do.  Such a great memory.  

Now that I am grown and left with only memories of those days, I try to bring back this tradition every now and then.  Sometimes, I share this tradition with my students.  This year, I plan to share the tradition with my students and we will try to surprise our other kinder classes with some May Day treats.  

I created this card with memories of times passed...Just coloring the flowers made all those fun memories come back...

This gorgeous stamp set is called Martha's Flowers and it is a beautiful floral set by Joy Clair.  It's the perfect set that will give you all the feels for sure! 

I paired up this pretty stamp set with the beautiful (retired) 6x6 printed paper pad called Vanity Fair.  It's just the perfect match, don't you think?

To finish off this card, I added some shine by randomly applying some gloss to the floral spray and added some pearls too. 

Thanks for stopping by!