Bright Blooming Wildflowers

 

Our Blooming Wildflowers stamp is stunning with Catherine Pooler Inks applied direct to stamp. Sentiment from the Inside Out: Size Matters set.

In the Meadow

Hello friends!

I'm here today to share two pretty cards that I made, using some great new stamps, In the Meadow, Inside Out: Size Matters, and Born to Garden, from the April Release. 

Here's my first card:

For this card, I used the Cloud Edger Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs, to get a soft, whispy skyline on a panel of white cardstock. Then I finished the panel by stamping In the Meadow with a pretty green ink.

I couldn't resist using the 2nd half of the sentiment for the card inside. You all know a

friend or family member who simply canNOT pass up a yard sale or auction! This

stamp would be perfect for them!

And here's card number two:

I cut a panel of green checked paper for the focal panel and used the pattern on the back side to create the small strip of flowers at the bottom of the panel. A strip of narrow purple Washi Tape held the two panels together on the front. These were adhered to the card base, prior to stamping Born to Garden on the top section with Catherine Pooler's Over Coffee ink pad.

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Patti J.

Things in the Garden

Pam here...sharing two fabulous stamps from the month of April. The first card showcases Born to Garden and my second card, In the Meadow. 

My first creation I used Distressed oxides with a floral stencil and then hi-lighted a bit of the greenery with  matching markers.

This card I stamped the In the Meadow in black and then used liquid pearls to accent the flowers. Added a floral embossed green layer and will add a sentiment when I know what I want it for!

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Sarcasm? Profanity?

 This stamp is so me...Did you know that women who use profanity are more intelligent (I will keep repeating that to make myself feel better...) I used the woman from the Decaf Coffee stamp and the ACLD Grunge Dots stencil with the Three Languages stamp to make my card.

Ocean Kisses with Video Tutorial

Hello Junkies!  

This is my first post on the Technique Junkies Blog.  I'm a new member of the Design Team and will be posting regularly.  I'm an avid stamper and teach/run a regular card class.  My favorite tool in my craft room are my copics, but I love experimenting with new products.  I hope you will pop by my blog  (www.purplelakestamps.com) and my youtube (Purple Lake Stamps) and say hello.   I can't wait to chat and get to know all of you!! 

Next week we will be showing you all the new stamps from the May release.  This card has been bouncing around in my head for a while.  I wanted to see if I could make a realistic looking beach.   The best news is that it took less than 15 minutes to make!   You can check out the video here. 

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You can see a full materials list on my blog 

I'm Here for You!

 

I cut the verse and the dog apart  from Ruff Life.   That way  I could stamp each part as I might wish to do.  And I did.  I stamped the dog three times and die cut three circles and then three scalloped frames.  I used Copic markers and colored only one dog.  Then the verse was stamped and framed it with black cardstock.  I scored and folded  wood grained card stock in half.   Small flat self sticky brad tops were used as the embellishments.  

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Distressed Boho She Believed

 

Good morning!  It's Holly posting today.  Here's a colorful card to gaze upon while you drink your coffee (or tea or water).  I stamped the wonderfully versatile Boho Dots Background from Technique Junkies onto some white cardstock.  Then I pulled out some Colorful Blending Brushes and some yellow, blue, and pink ink pads and applied color to the stamped background.  Look closely and you'll see where some of the ink color lifted - that's where I flung some water over the card with my fingers.  This Boho Dots Background is perfect for distressed techniques like this.

The sentiment, She Believed She Could, was stamped with black ink and matted with some black cardstock.  I really didn't want to cover up the colorful background so I kept this card very simple.

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Born to Garden...

 

For the consummate gardener, there is nothing like sticking your fingers into the dirt! Our Born to Garden stamp celebrates that, and is perfect with the Garden Tools set as a background. I used Kaisercraft Glitter Pens to outline the words.

Let's hear it for the dirt!

TJ Inkspiration: Ask a Woman Stenciled Card

 

So Saucy! Today I have a very quick video and a little baby kit to make the saucy card above (FYI - my husband called it "saucy!). The video is only two minutes and it is well worth the time! And yes, our superpowers, as women, are being women. Now THAT is Saucy! All of the pieces, parts and kits may be found HERE. The video is here: ‌ Finally -- Our Tradeshow Schedule for the remainder of 2022! 2022 Tradeshows   April 30, May 1 – Akron OH Adventures in Stamping   May 20, 21 – Syracuse NY Too Much Fun Promotions   July 16, 17 -- Pittsburgh PA Stamp Scrap Art Tour   August 5 - 6 – Cincinnati OH (check out our classes!) Stampaway USA   August 27, 28 – Hamburg NY Stamp Scrap Art Tour   September 10, 11 – Westminster MD Stamp Scrap Art Tour   October 7, 8 – York PA StamperCon   October 22, 23 – Hampton VA  Stamp Scrap Art Tour

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Today I am featuring Technique Junkies #SD1087 Born to Garden and #S960 In the Meadow stamps.

I started off by stamping the In the Meadow stamp on to some 80lb white cardstock in the color Pink Peony Ranger Archival ink.  I trimmed it down to 4 inches wide and trimmed off the bottom so there was about 3 1/2 inches. I glued that down to another piece of white cardstock 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 on the top half. I trimmed some roses cardstock from my stash down to 4 inches wide then glued it on to the bottom then trimmed everything to fit 4 x 5 1/4.  I grunged up the whole thing with Vintage Photo ink then sprayed with a little water and some Shimmering Bliss spray in Iridescent and set it aside to dry.

Next, I stamped out the Born to Garden on a piece of 120lb white cardstock also in the Pink Peony. I set that aside then stamped just the garden part in Versafine Clair Acorn then heat embossed with clear embossing powder then fussy cut and edged the garden plank.  I cut out the feature phrase with a die from my stash and then lightly bordered it with the Vintage Photo ink.  

Next, I used some double sided tape to stick the sari ribbon down and then popped the panel up onto a Kraft card base with some foam tape.  I then used more foam tape to pop up the phrase in the middle of the card and also some more foam tape to pop up the garden plank.  I finished it off with 3 little pearls.

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Blooming Wildflowers

 Hello!  Tracy Shultz, the Hopeful Crafter, here with a bright and beautiful card today! I paired the gorgeous new stamp Blooming Wildflowers with a beautiful scripty sentiment from the previously released In Full Bloom Sentiments, Set of 6 available at: https://techniquejunkies.com/  Save 10% off your order with my coupon code: TJ10Tracy

To start, I heat embossed the beautiful Blooming Wildflowers background stamp with black embossing powder. I also heat embossed the "Life Life in full Bloom" sentiment with black embossing powder. I then used Catherine Pooler inks to ink blend the embossed panels. Technique Junkies has a large selection of Catherine Pooler inks: https://techniquejunkies.com/catherine-pooler-ink/?sort=featured&page=2  I used the following colors (from top to bottom): Chiffon, Catching Rays and Pucker Up.  You can also use: Limoncello, Tiki Torch and Rouge to get a similar effect (yellow, orange and pink inks). Next I used my favorite stitched rectangle dies to die cut the ink blended background and the ink blended sentiment. I adhered the background panel to a black A2 card base. I used a stitched rectangle die again to create a black mat and placed that behind the sentiment. I adhered the sentiment and the mat to the background and the card is ready to go out in the mail! In case you missed the new release (April 2022), here is a photo:

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I hope you enjoyed my card - have a hopeful day!

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Hope in the Meadow

 

Good morning!  It's Holly posting today.  Today I'm sharing a card I created with the new In the Meadow stamp from Technique Junkies.  This gorgeous floral stamp is so fine and delicate and perfect for ink-blended backgrounds.  That's what I've done here on this card.  I used the Colorful Blending Brushes and several different colors of inks to blend a soft dreamy background onto some white cardstock.  I stamped the In the Meadow with black ink onto my ink-blended background, trimmed it down, and added a die cut scallop frame around that.  Then I stamped the "Hope" sentiment from the Dream Hope Wish Wonder set and trimmed it down, added some foam tape to the back and adhered it to my landscape.  This landscape scene was affixed to a white card base.

Please feel free to use this code, TJ10Holly, to save 10% off your order when you shop at Technique Junkies.  You can fill up your cart with this gorgeous In the Meadow stamp, the beautiful Blooming Wildflowers background stamp (another favorite), some sentiments, the brushes, and some colorful Catherine Pooler ink pads.  You'll be all set to create some gorgeous cards!  Have a great day!

 

TJ Inkspirations: Iced Corner Blooms

 

Translucent or Opaque! This beautiful Corner Bloom stencil is so beautifully inspirational, I had to make TWO cards! Today I paired this beautiful stencil with the new Aladine IZINK Ice colors with amazing results. I have 5 new colors of ICE - plus a refresh of our in-house supply of the other colors, and I can't wait until you see them used in the video. Out of the 5 new colors, 3 are Opaque and 2 are Translucent -- all are gorgeous. We have 3 kits today - one for each color grouping, and one that has all of the colors used on both cards in the video. I hope you love these as much as I do! Scroll past the kits to see the video. All of the pieces, parts and kits may be found HERE. The video is here: ‌ Finally -- Our Tradeshow Schedule for the remainder of 2022! 2022 Tradeshows   April 30, May 1 – Akron OH Adventures in Stamping   May 20, 21 – Syracuse NY Too Much Fun Promotions   July 16, 17 -- Pittsburgh PA Stamp Scrap Art Tour   August 5 - 6 – Cincinnati OH (check out our classes!) Stampaway USA   August 27, 28 – Hamburg NY Stamp Scrap Art Tour   September 10, 11 – Westminster MD Stamp Scrap Art Tour   October 7, 8 – York PA StamperCon   October 22, 23 – Hampton VA  Stamp Scrap Art Tour