A Positive Mind

This is a July Release Technique Junkies Stamp called Positive Mind - http://techniquejunkies.com/positive-mind/.  I tried to think of what would picture this emotion of a positive mind.  I decided that nature would do that. So I used the Technique Junkies Creaking Trees stamp (http://techniquejunkies.com/creaking-trees/) without the words at the top.

I used markers to color the trees directly on the stamp being careful to not add color to the words.  Then I tore a long post-it note for the grass and the sky line. I sponged in color for both.

Layers and card stock and a ribbon finish the card.

Tomorrow is the big reveal for the August stamps!  Be ready to Blog Hop!

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Have a great day and get inky!  

Judy Jackson

Beautiful Humming Bird Tag

Hello All Lanette Here!

I just wanted to share a fun mixed media tag that I created using  a few of my favorite art supplies.

Products Used: Technique Junkies Life is Beautiful  & Watercolor Hummingbird. Prima -Oil Pastels, Patter Paper & Flowers. Ranger/Tim Holtz Dirstress Oxide Ink & Alcohol Ink, Creative Embellishments Chipboard. Misc.-Ribbon, Twine & Embossing Powder.

A closer look just for fun....

Here is a better look at the stamps I used today...

Life is Beautiful

Watercolor Hummingbird

Thank you so much for stopping by today! 

I hope that I have inspired you in some way!

Colorless Calendula!

Hello!

It's Chris, sharing a card today featuring the new July stamp, Calendula!  Calendula is such an amazing background stamp!  I had colored it with Copic Markers for the Release hop, (if you missed it, you can see if fully colored here).

But today, I chose to use a variation of the chalkboard technique along with a pop of color.

I stamped the Calendula stamp with white pigment ink and heat embossed using a glittery white embossing powder.  I added some faint coloring to the highlight areas with a white Chameleon Colortone pencil.

Calendula, Things I Want to Do

The card was assembled on a bright yellow card base.  I added a greeting on a matching piece of deckled trimmed cardstock.  The sentiment is from the set Things I Want To Do.  I added a doodled border with a Copic Multiliner pen.

Thanks for stopping by today!
Chris

Cat Collection

Hello, fellow Junkies! Toodle Noodle Ro here today with some crazy cats! Lots of 'em!
So let's take a look right meow!

I love cats (...and dogs...and bunnies...and giraffes...and llamas...and...well, you get the picture). And I thought using several of the TJ stamps from the cat family would be fun. I have used five stamps here, starting upper left and going clockwise:

1. Crazy Cat Border
2. Cats and More Cats
3. Coffee Kitty
4. Kitty Watching
5. Downton Boy Kitty

To make the card, I die cut the blue frame and placed it on the yellow cardstock to lightly draw pencil lines where the openings would be. Then, using post-it notes to mask off the various areas, I stamped the images in black ink.

The frame was then adhered to the yellow cardstock, which was adhered to the orange cardstock. I wrapped some twine and attached the layers to a white card base.

An aside about me, I work in a very laid back office and we have an office cat. My boss is an ER doctor (who is also an animal fanatic) and when I found this little stray kitty he said she could stay. So we named her Ativan (in case you don't know, Ativan is an anti-anxiety medication) and we call her our "therapy cat."  And she is my constant assistant...she has even been known to send text messages all by herself!

Hope you enjoyed my post today. Don't be afraid to mix and match your stamps. You just may come up with a fun result!

If you'd like to save 10% on these or any other stamps at Technique Junkies, feel free to use my very special code for you:

Til next time,

Keepin' it inky!

One in a Melon

Happy Monday!

Nothing says summer like watermelon! I used the Watermelon Summer (set of 3) stamp set for today's card. I created a washy background with watercolors (I used the same colors for the watermelon slice. I used my MISTI to stamp the watermelon. I watercolored the image and then restamped in black ink for a nice crisp image before cutting the slice with scissors. 

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Have a great day!

Jeanne

Beautiful Calendula

Happy Saturday!!!

Vicki here with a share of the beautiful Calendula Stamp that was recently released.

I just LOVE the pretty flowers and exquisite leaves!!!!

I coloured the image and background with my Zig Clean Color brush markers and a waterbrush.

I wanted to add a sentiment, but I didn't want to take away from the pretty colouring, so I embossed my condolence sentiment onto vellum and mounted it with a touch of clear glue.

Lastly, I added some Irresistable pico embellish dots in black to the centre of the flowers

Hope you enjoy and have a wonderful weekend!!

--Vicki~~

Life is beautiful

Hello friends!! Hope you all are having a fantastic day! Today is a great day to celebrate, it's my Anniversary! Yep, a day like today my husband and I got married in a very breezy and chilly winter night in Lima, Peru, it has been 15 years and I am more than happy I am spending my time with him, many more years to come (with crafting too {wink, wink} )

Anyway, today I have a very simple card with one of the new stamps from the July release, this is Sunflowers stamp, beautiful background!

OK, let me show how I did it.

• First, cut a piece of watercolor paper, sprinkle little bits of Color Burst, here I used Tangerine, Sepia, Yellow Ochre and Alizarin Crimson, then mist the powders and voila! Let the magic begin! You can let it air dry or use a heat tool to speed the process.

• Then use a couple of the new Nuvo Glitter Markers and color the stamp with it, using your MISTI, stamp the image, here I covered the image twice with the reddish marker and once with the gold marker for the center of the flowers. Set aside to dry (it dries super fast)

• To finish the card, I die-cut the edge with a border die, added foam under the big piece and tape on the thin side to create a little contrast. Then, embellish it with pearls and twine. Stamp the super cute "Life is beautiful" sentiment.

And to wrap this up, this is a sunflower from my garden from a couple of years ago! I love sunflowers!!

Now, if you would like to get these products with a 10% discount, use my super duper amazing code TJ10Giovana

Hope you like my project!
Have an amazing day!

Inky Mermaid

The Crafty Nurse here!

Have you seen the new stencils in the Technique Junkies store by A Colorful Life? So fun.  I played around with the Circle Mosaic Stencil using the Alcohol Stencil and Grunged Stencil Tutorials on the Sensation Stencil CD.

Stamps: Be A Mermaid "SD803"

Join us over at the FaceBook Group to share your creative play.  If you need more inspiration, check out our Pinterest page.

The Crafty Nurse

How to make Stenciled Stamping

Hello there.  It's Beth Norman here with a tutorial for you using a background stamp and stencil.  I used the background stamp from Technique Junkies called Fancy Floral and my stencil is also from Technique Junkies from A Colorful Life series.  I used A Garden Gate stencil.

Supplies:  background stamp, stencil, 2 colours of ink, sponge, tape, white cardstock.

Using my Misti I stamped out my image using Stampn’ Up’s River Rock.

Sponge your colour over the entire surface of the cardstock.  Here I used Stampn’ Up’s Sweet Sugar Plum.

Next, trim cardstock and finish your card as desired.

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A Masculine Happy Birthday

Hello Everyone, This is a relatively card to create.  I used a die cut, and sponged the sky and water on a small rectangle piece of white paper.  I brushed some Wink of Stella over the sky to have the early evening stars shimmer.  I used the Nuvo Glitter Markers  and DOTTED - not brushed the color. I discovered that on dark areas when you brush the color on, it appears silver and not the color of shimmer you want.  Then the scan doesn't show the color very well either.  I used a Technique Junkies stamp from the Grand Greetings set -  http://techniquejunkies.com/grand-greetings-set-of-5/ . It is a lovely masculine card and easy to mail.  

Have a great day, and get inky!

Judy Jackson

Deep Water Mixed Media Tag

Hello All Lanette Here! 

Today I wanted to share a mixed media tag that I created, using two stamps from June's release. 

Lets take a look....

 

Products Used:  Techinique Junkies Advice from a Sea Turtle & Swirl Turtle Stamps. Stazon Ink, Dylusions Acrylic Paint pens, Prima Patter Paper, Color Bloom Sprays & Art Stones. Art Anthology Sorbet. Sea Shells & Ribbon.

First I stamped my Swirl Turtle using my stamping platform & Stazon Ink

Next I colored my Turtle using Rangers Dylousions Acrylic Paint Pens. 

Its so easy to layer color, I just love these pens!

After my Swirl Turtle dried I re-stamped him and I stamped him again on my tag. I added some extra bubbles for fun and I stamped my Advice from a Sea Turtle verse stamp.

Next I added shells and art stones to build up my tag.

A bit of Art Anthology Sorbet on the bubbles and a 

mix color bloom spray colored my background.

I placed my turtle and my verse.

before you go lets have closer look just for fun...

  Isn't he just too cute!! 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! 

I hope that I have inspired you in some way!

Find your Zen!

Good morning!  Chris here, sharing two cards created with a few of the new July stamps!

Today I am focusing on the new July Zen Waves background stamp.

My first card uses Zen Waves as my background panel for a peaceful shaker card.

I stamped the background in a medium blue ink, and overstamped it with Versamark ink and heat embossed it in clear.  I then added color to the waves with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers.  I used a scalloped die to create a decorative opening in my light blue panel for my shaker card.   I trimmed a flag from lavender cardstock and added a greeting from Dream Quotes.  I attached this flag to the back of my shaker front before assembling the shaker with clear acetate and two layers of foam tape.

My second card uses a Gel Press, acrylic paints and the Zen Waves background stamp for a more intense and active background.

I used Bristol Smooth card stock and three shades of acrylic inks to create the background with my Gil Press.  Once my panel was dry, I stamped Zen Waves directly over the paint with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  I also used another of the new July stamps, Be A Mermaid.  To create the focal image, I stamped the Be A Mermaid in Versafine and colored her with Chameleon Colortone Pencils.  I truly love how simple these pencils are to use.  They make coloring so quick and easy!  The small mermaid focal image was trimmed, matted with black cardstock and added to my card with dimensional foam tape.

That's all from me today!  Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time,
Chris

ONE STAMP, TWO VERY DIFFERENT LOOKS

Good Day, Junkies! Scraphappy Ro here with you today to share a couple of cards made with one of the July Releases, Zen Waves.

I really like the versatility of this stamp. I achieved two very different looks with just one stamp. What do you think?

If you didn't look closely, you would not think these were both the same stamp!

For the first card, I stamped and embossed the background on white cardstock using Zen Waves, Versamark Ink and Nuvo Embossing Powder in Serenity Blue. I then stamped again on a black piece of cardstock using Zen Waves, Versamark Ink and Nuvo Embossing Powder in Shimmering Pearl.

Using a set of circle dies, I cut out four areas from the black cardstock in four different sizes. From the largest circle, I cut a smaller offset circle to use as a frame for the sentiment.  Each of the four circles was mounted using foam tape, aligned with the background image.

I then stamped the sentiment from the set, Things I Want To Do, using Versamark Ink and Nuvo Serenity Blue Embossing Powder. I again used a circle die to cut out the sentiment. That was mounted with a slightly thicker foam tape. I also mounted the circle frame (turning it so the pattern did not match up the bottom layers) with thicker foam tape.  I added the layers to a black card base. I love how the shimmery on black really stands out from the blue on white background.

For the second card, I stamped the image on white cardstock using Zen Waves, Versamark Ink and Nuvo Embossing Powder in Glitter Noir.  I used the Zig Wink of Stella Markers to color in the various areas of the background. These markers have a shimmery effect and gave the background a nice shine. I trimmed the piece down and mounted it on a white card base.

I stamped the sentiment, Advice From A Sea Turtle, on white cardstock using Versamark and Nuvo Embossing Powder (Serenity Blue), trimmed it down and adhered it to the base. See how twinkly that background is!

Let's see those two cards one more time, side by side:

What a difference using just one background stamp!  I hope I gave you some ideas on how to maximize your stamp collection. If you would to save 10% on these or any other TJ stamp, simply use the code below!

See you soon!
Til next time,
Keepin' it inky!