Advice from a Dog

Hello. Jeanette here with another card featuring a dog stamp. This one is especially fun because it gives some great advice for life. The stamp is appropriately called Advice from a Dog.

I really try to take some of this advice to heart. For instance - Play Daily. I do that. And my form of play is card-making. Who wants to join me?

Thanks for stopping by today!

If you'd like to see other cards I've made using Technique Junkies stamps/products, you'll find them on my blog - HERE.

Falling In Love At The Beach | Valentine's Day Card | Beach Card

 

Hey y'all.  So, the holidays are over.  Time to put those Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year stamps to the side and make cards for love - falling in love at the beach this summer,  an anniversary, maybe a wedding, or for Valentine's Day.  

Summer is right around the corner and lots of people will fall in love at the beach this year so...let's make a card to celebrate summer love.  I used Love Harlequin as my background and Stays At The Beach as my focal image.  I also had a stash of adhesive hearts that went perfectly with the card. 

Let's make the card...

• I made a top-folding A2 card using red cardstock.
• I die-cut a piece of white cardstock using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die and adhered it to the inside of the card for a message.
• I stamped Love Harlequin on white cardstock, die-cut it using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die, adhered a piece of fun foam to the back, and then adhered it to the card front.
• Next, I stamped Stays at the Beach, die-cut it using a circle die, colored in the image, adhered a piece of fun foam to the back, and then to the card front.  
• Lastly, I adhered glossy accents to the water droplets near the hears, and the adhesive hearts to the background image.  

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  If you decide to go shopping, remember to use my discount code - TJ10Michael - at checkout to save 10% on your whole purchase.  Until next time...

Hugs from Brasil.

~Michael

This Too Shall Pass

 

A friend from my book club is in need of some cheering up, so I thought this funny bookmark would do the trick.  I stamped the Woman Waiting Panel on cream cardstock and added the front and back sentiments from Inside Out: Live Forever.  Mounted on gold cardstock, encased in clear packing tape and added ribbons for the pulls.  Get these fun stamps at techniquejunkies.com and use my code TJ10FAITH for 10% off your order!

Never Stop Flying

 Hey Crafty Friends - 

I am sharing two cards I created using the Never Stop Flying stamp set. This is a beautiful image with a powerful sentiment. 

For both cards I paired it with a few of my favorite pieces of patterned paper. I stamped the image, colored it with alcohol makers and fussy cut it out. 

For this card I added the stamped image to the center of a heart cut from a die. I added a few gold pearls to embellish the card. 

Here is an up close picture of the stamped and colored image. I added a few white accents on the wings of each card using a white gel pen. 

I stamped the sentiment on a lighter piece of card stock and popped it up with 3D foam tape. 

 I heat embossed this sentiment white as well as added a few pink rhinestones to embellish. 

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                Merry Be Your Christmas

However you celebrate the holidays I hope it is all you want it to be.  Maybe it’s a quiet day at home in your craft room sipping a nice beverage listening to music.  Or maybe it is spent with family and friends.  However you spend it - I hope it’s a relaxing day for you.

This card came together fairly easy.  Take a look at your pretty papers or background stamps.  I had some holly paper so I grabbed a piece of that, wrapped some cotton string around one side, layered with red behind it and put that on a brown (kraft) card base.

I found the stars at a dollar store and I used miscellaneous holiday shapes behind my sentiment.  Don’t overthink it.  Rummage around and see what you’ve got and use it.  Three strips of red glitter card stock would look perfect behind the sentiment too. 

And to finish this you could add a few little gems, glitter, or nuevo drops if you think it needs something extra.

If you’d like to go shopping for holiday stamps here’s the link 

To save 10% off your order use discount code TJ10AJ when you checkout.

Happy Everything crafty friends!

AJ 

Cold Noses and Warm Hearts

Hello. Jeanette here. I have a daughter who is dog-crazy so I'm always excited when I find a dog stamp. The one on today's card is Technique Junkies' Cold Noses. 

Doesn't he look wise? I'm pretty sure Brittney will like this card even though he doesn't look like either of her dogs - Hagrid or Ruth.

Thanks for stopping by today!

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If you'd like to see other cards I've made using Technique Junkies stamps/products, you'll find them on my blog - HERE.

Who Wore It Better? Christmas, Hanukkah, or Pepsi?

 

Who Wore It Better? 

Hello everyone. Welcome to Who Wore It Better...Christmas, Pepsi, or Hanukkah?

You might be wondering where this idea came from. 

Let me explain. 

The other day I noticed this Pepsi Twist can on the shelf and I immediately thought of the Vortex stamp in my stash at home, and I started to think of ways to combine this stamp and the Pepsi can into a card idea.  

Then I thought of those "Who Wore It Better" memes and decided to make a Christmas and Hanukkah card, coloring each with only 2 markers representing the colors of each holiday - and see, "Who Wore It Better".  

And that, my friends, is where this out-of-this-world idea came from.  LOL

To make the cards:

• I stamped the Vortex stamp on white cardstock using Tuxedo Black ink from Memento because that ink is one of the inks that work well with Sharpie markers.  Then I die-cut each stamped image using a 3.75" x 5" stitched rectangle die.
  
  

  

  
  
• I colored the Christmas piece using a red and green Sharpie marker.  I also colored the Hanukkah piece using a blue and yellow Sharpie marker.  Turned out the yellow was Neon...but I think it worked?

To finish the Christmas card:

• I made an A2 card base using red cardstock.  
• I die-cut a piece of gold cardstock using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die and adhered it to the red card base.
• I adhered a piece of fun foam to the back of my colored Vortex and then to the card front. 
• I stamped a Merry Christmas sentiment (sadly, sold out) but you could use A Very Merry Christmas,  Season of Joy, or the Season's Greetings Sentiment, in place of the Merry Christmas.  I die-cut it using a circle die, then the next size up to die-cut a piece of red cardstock.  I adhered a piece of fun foam under the sentiment and then to the card front.
• Lastly, I added some red crystals to the card front.   

To finish the Hanukkah card:

• I made an A2 card base using blue cardstock.  
• I die-cut a piece of silver glitter cardstock using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die and adhered it to the card base.
• I adhered a piece of fun foam to the back of my colored Vortex piece and then to the card front. 
• Using Happy Hanukkah, Set of 2, I stamped Happy Hanukkah on a piece of white cardstock, layered it on a piece of blue, then to the front of the card.  Then I stamped the inside sentiment on a piece of white cardstock and adhered this to the inside.  
• Lastly, I adhered some blue crystals to the card front. 

So, be honest, which card wore the can of Pepsi Twist better?  Christmas or Hanukkah?  Or both!  Let me know in the comment section.  

Thanks for joining me on the blog today.  Until next time...

Hugs from Brasil.

~Michael