Thursday, December 29, 2022

Starry Happy New Year

  

I thought I might send 2022 out with a bang and a lot of sparkle with this blingy New Years card made with the Technique Junkies Starry Happy New Year stamp It's a quick and simple card with a ton of sparkle from black glitter background paper, holographic mat, and watercolor paper decorated with Nuvo Shimmer Powder and embossed to a shine!  Process video below.



Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Ringing in the New Year


It is almost 2023 and I am happy to send 2022 out the door! I decided to share this creation that I made with one of my favorite things to do. I love to use Brushes watercolor pigment powders. For this creation, I used a watercolor piece of paper and randomly dabbed the powders in blue and green on with a dry watercolor brush and then spritzed with water. Simple and quick!
I stamped it with Starry Happy New Year. Head over to Technique Junkies and use my code TJ10Pam.

Happy New Year!

Pam

 

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Happy New Year

Hello Junkies!  

Today I stepped (more of a creep than a leap) outside my comfort zone.  When I think Navy I usually think silver.   I've seen a lot of other card makers using gold with Navy.  I was inspired to give it try.  I have to say I LOVE it!  What do you think?  Do you have color hangups?

Materials:

STAMPS: use code TJ10Chris to save 10%: 

Other supplies can be found on my blog


Thursday, December 22, 2022

A few of my favorites from 2022



Pam here again today! I wanted to share 2 of my favorites this year.
My first card is showcasing the Side Butterfly and I think it pairs beautifully with this paper and the sentiment is from Simple Sentiments.



For my second creation I used the Holly bouquet and a sentiment from the Gifts of Christmas. This card was the first time I stamped this image and I mistakenly thought the pink portion colored in was a rose. Nope....but I will call it one!


Head over to the store and use my code TJ10Pam to fulfill all your stamp needs!
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Cheers to a happy holiday!

Pam



 

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Butterfly Beauty




Happy Wednesday and only days away from Christmas! The cards I am featuring today uses one of my fave images....the butterfly and were done using the Butterfly Beauty, Wedding Wishes and Four Little Sentiments. I did both of these butterflies by spraying distress inks in fossilized amber and pealed paint.....I mixed the colors more and turned them kind of mudding in second card. After spraying the inks onto mat, I added some water and then stamped the butterfly in the colors and onto watercolor paper. Super easy quick and addicting! Use my code TJ10Pam to get 10% off of your purchase.

I hope everyone has a happy holiday!!!!





 

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Sea Beauty

 My turn on the blog today

Hard to keep up with all the wonderful makes my teamies do

So today I am sharing a card I made using the Deep Sea collage

stamp - (ssshhhh one of my favs this year)and the saying

from the Lessons from the Ocean stamp....

Made a bit of a spotlight card highlighting the center panel

Using distress inks for colour and my Nuvo glitter gloss pen

for some sparkles

Some fine silver threads under the middle panel and around the 

green layer background


Stressed the edges of the black layer - glued on a couple of 

dew drops.  And there we go -

check out my blog for more

dar's blog (blog-dar-blog.blogspot.com)

and of course when you are shopping don't forget to use my discount code for 10% off

TJ10Darlene (case sensetive) 



Monday, December 19, 2022

Our Campfire

 


 The background was created with an embossing flder and the raised parts were highlighted with a very dense foam sponge.  The feature image is called  Our Campfire and is from the July   temperaturerelease.  It was stamped withblack Memento ink and or was added with Copic markers. 

I hope you have a warm December day, and a wonderful New Year.  And that you have a chance to get inky.

Please remeber that you can save 10% off  ur purchase by usijg the code TJ10Judy when y ou  check out!  Have a geart day!!

Sunday, December 18, 2022

Snowflakes on a Diagonal


Good morning!  It's Holly posting today.  Do you have snow outside your window right now?  I don't have any yet, but we do have some freezing cold weather coming our way later on this week.  I'm ready to hunker down and enjoy some hot cocoa and snuggle under a blanket.

I pulled out one of my favorite stamp sets from Technique Junkies called Snowflakes and played around with them.  On a white card base, I blended some pale blue ink in the upper left corner.  Then I randomly stamped the different snowflakes in different colors in a diagonal line.  I left just enough white space on the bottom half of the card so I could stamp the sentiment.  Both the snowflakes and the sentiment are from the Snowflakes set.

Today (Sunday, Dec. 18) is the last day of the big sale at Technique Junkies.  Some of the stamps have sold out, so grab the ones on your wish list before they are gone.  You can use my code, TJ10Holly, to save an additional 10% on the already discounted prices.  My code will also save you 10% off all of the regular priced stamps as well, such as the Snowflakes set that I used on the card above.  Have fun shopping and have a wonderful day!











  

Thursday, December 15, 2022

Tea With Me

 


Today I will walk you through the process of how I made this card. I use Double backgrounds to give it some extra texture then a snarky stamp to top it all off! Use my discount code to save an extra 10% TJ10Color




Process video below.




 

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

ATC's

 Today I am sharing three ATC's 

If you have never made an ATC (artist trading card)before -

you gotta give it a go !!!  Size is 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches

A little piece of art !!!  (same size as baseball/hockey cards)

and yes - you can trade them ! 


First one on the left I used Bah Humbug stamp #SD1044

and yes I do like to fussy cut out my images.

so they were embossed and coloured and cut

The second card I used Gnome for Christmas #SS126

lastly (this is ssssooo my little sister) 

First Coffee #SD900

Hope you enjoyed - be sure when you are shopping at

Technique Junkies to use my discount code

(case sensitive)  TJ10Darlene

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

O' Christmas Tree

 Hello!  

How are all of your Christmas preparations going? I just wrapped up my last craft show for the year.  I need to start focusing on wrapping presents and making some Christmas treats.   I'm still trying to sneak in a few more Christmas cards in before the season escapes us.  

I used these stamps by Technique Junkies to create this silly card.  This cat stamp has been a long time favorite. It paired perfectly with the new Christmas tree stamp.  Just to spice up the layout a little I used the vertical Merry Christmas.  I like that you can see it when the card is closed and open.  What do you think?

Materials:

STAMPS: use code TJ10Chris to save 10%: 
Christmas Carol Kitty

You can get more supply info and copic colors on my blog: 

Have a wonderful Holiday season,
Chris






Friday, December 9, 2022

Sample Artwork from Select Sale Items

  

Watch our video showing a sample of artwork from some of the sale items:
Technique Junkies Inventory Sale Artwork Samples
• Select items in the December Inventory Reduction Category - they will be discounted automatically in your shopping cart
• Grab a discount code from one of the TJ Designer Blogs (below)
• Apply the code at checkout to save an additional 10% off!
Retail, in-stock orders only.
What does 40% off plus a 10% coupon mean?

$16.95 reduces to: $9.16

$10.95 reduces to: $5.91

$6.95 reduces to: $3.78

$4.95 reduces to: $2.67

$2.95 reduces to: $1.59
Please use a code from one of the designer who have inspired you this year!

The 2022 TJ Design Team
Tracy Fear: TJ10Color
Pam Stang: TJ10Pam
Christine O'Malley: TJ10Christine
Darlene Wright: TJ10 Darlene
Tracy Shultz:TJ10 Tracy
Holly Brown: TJ10Holly
Judy Jackson: TJ10Judy

Or use: TJ10TJ

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Inventory reduction sale creation


Happy Wednesday! Today I decided to showcase a fabulous set that is included in the inventory reduction sale called Wine with Friends, set of 10. I used the sketch challenge on Splitcoaststampers.com from last Wednesday SC934,  I used some gorgeous paper from Paper Rose called Urban Garden and a very old piece of ribbon for a bit of fun and some half pearls finish it off. Such a great set. and it's 40% off.....you can use my code on top of the sale...TJ10Pam.

Cheers!

 

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Touch of Colour

My turn on the blog today with my makes

using some stamps I got awhile back

If you have followed me at all you know I have a love

for photo stamps - and TJ has some great ones.

Keeping my theme on the simple side - did 

black and white with a touch of colour.

First up this Country Church

Used a bit of blue ink on the sky background.


Next is the Summer Barn

Reminds me of my visits to my daughters


And lastly are the Buddies


If you have never used Photo stamps I hightly recommend it !

Won't disappoint!!!

Check out my blog for more details

dar's blog (blog-dar-blog.blogspot.com)

And how to get discounts !!!

use my code - case sensitive

TJ10Darlene

Sunday, December 4, 2022

Trust Yourself with Copper Dragonflies

 


Good morning!  It's Holly posting today.  I've been looking through all the great stamps on sale at Technique Junkies, and I pulled out a couple of them to play with and created this card for you.  I love this Leaves and Dragonflies background stamp, so I embossed it with copper and then watercolored over it with some deep blue and some golden yellow paints.  While the paints were still wet, I sprayed some Worn Saddle Shimmering Bliss over the whole thing.  The Shimmering Bliss spray warmed up the colors in the background and there is a gorgeous subtle shimmery-ness all around the copper leaves and dragonflies.  The sentiment is from the great Things I Want to Do set.  

Both of these stamps are part of the Inventory Reduction sale and you can get them for 40% off.  If you use my code, TJ10Holly, you will get an additional 10% off the discounted price.  You don't want to miss out on this deal!  There are hundreds of stamps in this sale, so go check them out HERE.  Just remember to add the code, TJ10Holly, to get the extra 10% off.  







 

Thursday, December 1, 2022

Kintsugi Technique

 







Kintsugi is the art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold.  A metaphor for embracing our imperfections, letting go of stress that keeps us from realizing our creative potential. 

Here are the stamps I used





Starting December 1st, Technique Junkies is having a huge clearance sale! Select items will be 40% off plus you can use my discount code TJ10Color to save even more!  Head on over to Technique Junkies while supplies last. Once the are gone, they are gone!
https://techniquejunkies.com/






 

Our Biggest Sale EVER!

 

WOW! Our Amazing Inventory Reduction Sale!
[40% OFF]

OVER 750 ITEMS ON SALE
PLUS...

Take another 10% off by using any of the TJ Design Team Coupon Codes!

The total discount amount on the sale items is nearly 50%!
• Select items in the December Inventory Reduction Category - they will be discounted automatically in your shopping cart
• Grab a discount code from one of the TJ Designer Blogs (below)
• Apply the code at checkout to save an additional 10% off!
Retail, in-stock orders only.
What does 40% off plus a 10% coupon mean?

$16.95 reduces to: $9.16

$10.95 reduces to: $5.91

$6.95 reduces to: $3.78

$4.95 reduces to: $2.67

$2.95 reduces to: $1.59
Please use a code from one of the designer who have inspired you this year!

The 2022 TJ Design Team
Tracy Fear: TJ10Color
Pam Stang: TJ10Pam
Christine O'Malley: TJ10Christine
Darlene Wright: TJ10 Darlene
Tracy Shultz:TJ10 Tracy
Holly Brown: TJ10Holly
Judy Jackson: TJ10Judy

Or use: TJ10TJ