Aged Tiles and Technique Junkie Stamps by Judy Jackson

There are certain images that just lend themselves to the Aged Tiles technique from April/May 2008.  Lots of images will look just fine using this technique but vintage  images just add a different dimension and the technique enhances the vintage look of the stamp.

I have three cards for you today -- and in all cases all of the stamps are Technique Junkie stamps.

I used a variety of embellishments.  All of the stamps were inked with a dark brown dye based ink and stamped on glossy card stock.  I used a brayer to ink the stamped image and I brayered in both directions to ensure full ink coverage of all the fine lines in a photo stamp. I used a light touch with chalks to add some light color here and there. The background on the Christmas card uses the Antique Glimmers technique from December 2009/January 2010.

The Praying Child (page 8) and the Young Girl (page 17) can be located in the Big Stamps section on the TJ Stamps web site.  Father Christmas is in the Holidays section.  The Merry Christmas stamp is in Simple Sentiments section on the Technique Junkies Stamps website - http://www.stampcamp.com/index.html  .

I hope you will come back soon -- the August/September newsletter will be live tomorrow! The DT will be showing more cards soon.

Have a terrific stamping day!

Judy Jackson

Aged Tiles Christmas Cards by Judy Jackson

 

 

Good day from Judy Jackson.  Because the base card layer is white card stock, it is hard to see in a scan.  So I scanned the back of a blue children's book sitting on my desk.  That way the white edge will show up. There is no blue card layer. OK, now I have explained this.  I feel better and can go on with this blog post! 

 

 

Years ago I unmounted a bunch of stamps (nearly every wood mounted stamp I own) and forget to make a note of some of the stamp companies who made the stamp.   So I do not know who makes this stamp. I have tried to find which company made this stamp but I have been unsuccessful so if you know please let me know.  Ann Clack has let me know this stamps is from Stampendous!  Thank you Ann!

 

I wanted to get a head start on Christmas cards this year so I have been working at it bit by bit.   This is a fairly easy technique -- a bit fussy but really not too time consuming at all. Plus it has the additional advantage of being flat without a lot of necessary embellishment so it mails quite easily.  The technique is "enough" all by itself.   As you can see I made two versions. I know the first one is nice all by itself - its simplicity has an elegance of its own. But I decided I wanted another layer behind the tiles.  Only a very small amount of the focal image is colored and I colored those little areas with my Copic markers after it was put back together.  Then I added a bit of glimmer spray on both cards.

 

The Aged Tiles technique is from the April/May Technique Junkie newsletter. 

 

Which one do you like best?  Hope you have a creative day!

 

 

Judy Jackson

Beth Norman here with Aged Tiles. I felt my graffiti cried out for red distressing. I'm a fan of graffiti which is why I bought this stamp from I Brake for Stamps.

Thank you for stopping by.

Aged Thinking by Ann

Ann Clack here! 

The technique of the week is Aged Tiles.  Here is my rendition.  I called it Aged Thinking!  ;-)  I've wanted to use this stamp from RubberStampAve like for-ever!!  Hope you enjoy!

Try That Technique: Aged Tiles

Hi, it's Beth here with Thursday's Try That Technique challenge. This week Diana Enns and I challenged each other to use the Aged Tiles technique from the April 2008 issue. What a delight it was to use this technique again. It is such a quick, and fun, one to do. We hope you will join in on the fun.

Prize: One week on the TJ Yahoo Group home page.

How to Win: Submit your card using this technique to our Yahoo group. One winner is chosen at random.


Congratulations Barbara Washington. You are the winner for the Wet Stencil technique. Your card is on the home page of the TJ Yahoo group.