We all know that October is a month of cancer awareness. There many women are fighting every day to survive and to win the war with cancer.

I have some relatives who are in this fight. My prayers and thoughts go to all these women who are in the same battle. If you are one of them, I am praying that God will give you hope to survive. I am asking God will hold you in His mighty hands and give you the strength you need. You are not alone in this journey!

My card today with a project using the Wreath of Hope Stamp and Die Combo and I am sharing the tutorial on A Jillian Vance Design blog.

I hope you all will visit me there and be inspired. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! Have a blessed day!

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Hello everyone… Welcome to the Joy Clair World Cardmaking Day 2017 Challenge. We are at Joy Clair is celebrating this special event with all day full of fun cardmaking challenges, inspirations and tons of prizes!

To get all the information about Joy Clair WCMD 2017 CLICK HERE. I am hosting the Color Combo Challenge. It is a very simple challenge 🙂 All you need to do is creating a project with these 3 color combo: RED, ORANGE, and BROWN. Other neutral colors are okay to be used if necessary, the 3 color combo need to be the focal point on your project. And go to here to link up you project today!

Here’s my card for the Color Combo Challenge that I created using the Give Thanks – Bible Journaling Clear Stamps and Harvest Blessings Clear Stamps.

I used kraft cardstock as the cardbase, white watercolor paper for the background panel and for the pumpkins, and white heavy cardtock for the sentiment banner.

For stamping all the images, I used Memento Rich Cocoa Ink Pad and I used the Arteza Watercolor Real Brush Pens to color the images.

I used some very light blue color to create the faded sky on the background of the scarecrow. And I used the Spectrum Noir Sparkle Brush pen to add the glitter on the scarecrow and pumpkins.

I embellished my card with the red stripe ribbon to finish the card.

Hopefully this card can inspire you to create a project and play along with our challenge. It is your turn to create and link up your project. One randomly chosen project that is linked up will win a stamp set from Joy Clair Store!!!

Don’t forget that we have a lot more going on throughout today on Joy Clair blog, too! We hope to see you back here for the rest of the events – there will be lots of opportunities to be inspired and to get crafty with us!

Here’s how you can play along with all of our events on this World Cardmaking Day 2017:

1. We want everyone to be able to play so there is no requirement to use Joy Clair Stamps although we would be thrilled if you did.  Please make a new card though!
2. We will have all challenges open until next Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 11:55 p.m. EST to let you create a little more than just on WCMD because celebrations should never be limited to a single day, right?
3. If you are unable to participate in the challenges, simply comment on the posts.  We will be giving one prize to a randomly drawn commenter compiled from all WCMD 2017 posts.
4. Add your link to the appropriate Inlinkz Link-up tool for the specific challenge post. You may enter as many times as you wish while the challenges are open. There will a prize posted on each challenge and one card will be randomly chosen as a winner of that prize from those that Link-up.
5. Have tons of fun!

Here’s the full challenge schedule:

2:00 a.m. EST WCMD 2017 Pinspiration with Lori
4:00 a.m. EST WCMD 2017 Rainbow Color with LeeAnn
7:00 a.m. EST WCMD 2017 CASE a card with Jessica
9:00 a.m. EST WCMD 2017 Big Blog Hop!
11:00 a.m. EST WCMD 2017 Stretch Your Stamps with Lindsay
1:00 p.m. EST WCMD 2017 Make a Card for a Friend with Donna
3:00 p.m. EST WCMD 2017 CAS with Martha Lucia
5:00 p.m. EST WCMD 2017 Background Building with Kerry
7:00 p.m. EST WCMD 2017 Color Combo with Helen
9:00 p.m. EST WCMD 2017 Pick ‘n’ Mix with Steph
11:00 p.m. EST WCMD 2017 Matching Game Challenge

Winners of all the challenges will be announced as usual on a Joy Clair Blog post on Tuesday, October 31, 2016.

We really want to reward those who enter multiple challenges. The crafters who enter a different card for at least 3 of the challenges (hopefully all of them!) AND add JCGP to the name of their link (for example “Lisa Lane JCGP”) will be entered into a special pool to receive the Grand Prize.  Entering the WCMD Craftie Challenge below will qualify as 1 of those 3 challenges.

What is the Grand Prize you ask? We are giving away 6 Stamps Sets from Joy Clair Store (just in time for our upcoming next Release)!

So… what are you waiting for? Gather all of your supplies and let’s create projects! Make sure to check out the full details on Joy Clair Blog!

I also link up my card at this challenge:

• Paper Artsy Topic 14 Glitter challenge

Thank you for stopping by my blog today and play along with my challenge. Happy crafting and have a fabulous day!

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HAPPY WORLD CARDMAKING DAY and Welcome to the Joy Clair World Cardmaking Day 2017 Big Blog Hop!!! Today is the day for all of us, the card-makers, from all around the world celebrating it with super fun and creative ways.

We are at Joy Clair celebrating it with full day of card-making events, inspirations, link up parties, and lots of PRIZES!

And for this big blog hop, the team were challenge to create a project using inchies that we sent out to each of team member. This is a challenge for me for sure. Inchies is a new thing for me 🙂 I searched for ideas on Pinterest for sure. And here’s what I come out with…

I created a card with all the inchies from my team mates. Using 2 sizes of Rectangles Dies, I cut out red and black cardstock to create the frame. I stacked them together with double-sided tape and added it on the card with 3D foam tape.

Then I arranged the inchies inside the frame with double-sided tape.

I stamped and embossed the roses from the Rose Sentiments Clear Stamp, and fussy cut them with micro-tip scissors. I added them on both corners of the frame with 3D foam tape and glue liquid adhesive.

The sentiment is also from the Rose Sentiments Clear Stamp that I stamped on a white cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black ink pad, cut out the banner tail, and then I added it on the card with 3D foam tape.

My card is done 🙂 I like the result and I hope you do, too.

HOP ALONG FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN PRIZES

As mentioned, we have a fantastic line-up and three Special Guest Designers joining us today, all of them had been winners of our monthly challenges! Here are the full list of the Big Blog Hop participants:

Joy Clair

Martha Lucia Gomez

Jessica Pascarella

Lindsay Andreon

Angie Cimbalo – Guest Designer

Donna Idlet

Kerry Urbatch

LeeAnnMckinney

Nadine Carlier – Guest Designer

Steph Ackerman

Helen Gullet -> You’re Here

Next Hop -> Lori Kobular

Maria Pilar De Ancos – Guest Designer

We’re giving away three Stamp sets from Joy Clair Store! Just leave a comment on every destination along the Hop to be in with a chance to win! Comments close at 23:59 EST on 7th October 2017.

Don’t forget that we have a lot more going on throughout today on Joy Clair blog, too! We hope to see you back here for the rest of the events – there will be lots of opportunities to be inspired and to get crafty with us! Here’s the full challenge schedule of the day:

2:00 a.m. EST WCMD 2017 Pinspiration with Lori
4:00 a.m. EST WCMD 2017 Rainbow Color with LeeAnn
7:00 a.m. EST WCMD 2017 CASE a card with Jessica
9:00 a.m. EST WCMD 2017 Big Blog Hop!
11:00 a.m. EST WCMD 2017 Stretch Your Stamps with Lindsay
1:00 p.m. EST WCMD 2017 Make a Card for a Friend with Donna
3:00 p.m. EST WCMD 2017 CAS with Martha Lucia
5:00 p.m. EST WCMD 2017 Background Building with Kerry
7:00 p.m. EST WCMD 2017 Color Combo with Helen
9:00 p.m. EST WCMD 2017 Pick ‘n’ Mix with Steph
11:00 p.m. EST WCMD 2017 Matching Game Challenge

Thank you for stopping by my blog today! Have Happy blog-hopping and fabulous day!!!

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