Cluck, Cluck, Cluck!

Happy February 7th, everybody! Not that it's any kind of special holiday or anything, but we may as well enjoy life while we are here!

And speaking of enjoyment, I have been enjoying the heck out of the new Keep Chickens  set. Did you know that you can still save 15% on this and the other new releases until tomorrow, February 8th. So you'll want to hurry. If there are other goodies on your radar, you can save 10% on those by entering the code TJ10Ro at checkout. This code is good any time throughout the year...no expiration!

If you haven't checked out this set yet, there are a whopping 13 stamps in it!! Chickens, roosters, chicks, eggs, and sentiments. Something for every occasion! I have had so much fun playing with these adorable stamps. I have used five of them on the card I have to share with you today!

To create this card, I started with a gray card base. To that, I added a piece of vellum that I dry embossed with a cute chicken-wire pattern. I used my cutting machine to cut out Happy Birthday in vinyl and attached that to the vellum, along with a little black jewel.

For the chicken panel, I did a little masking. Using my stamping tool, I stamped the chickens on the right and left and then added a mask to them. I then stamped the middle chicken and the chick. These were all done in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Using a grey ink, I randomly stamped the "cluck cluck" and then trimmed down the piece. I swiped the black ink across the top and bottom border to give it a little definition, and attached the panel with foam tape.

I opted to keep the card monotone so it could be used for a feminine or masculine birthday. The hardest part about making this card was deciding which of the adorable chickens to use! Here is the whole set.....see what I mean?

I absolutely love this set. Have I mentioned that? I love it! lol 

Hope you enjoyed the card today and are inspired to have some fun! Remember...

And the new releases are 15% off until TOMORROW (February 8th).

Til next time,
Keepin' it inky!

How to Make Scrappy Spots

Hello, it's Beth Norman here with a tutorial that was originally printed in the June 2009 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter.  For 10% off your order please use TJ10Beth.

I love this technique because it's so unique.  It may look like a lot of work, but trust me, it goes together quickly.

I used Birthdays and Donuts.  Ah, donuts, my weakness in life.

Supplies:  5" x 5" cardstock, black ink, three colours of coordinating ink, scissors, round stamp (or punch), brayer, fine black pen (not in photo), copier paper (not in photo)

Stamp out circles all over your cardstock

Stamp out a circle in the center of your full-sized copier paper.  Cut out the circle with your scissors to leave a hole.

Place your hole over top of your coloured circle and stamp out the words on your circle.  Repeat until every hole is covered.

Stamp out your circular stamp on a sticky note, ensuring you have the sticky part on the edge of your stamp is placed in the same direction

Cover all of your circles with the circles you just cut out.  TIP:  Make sure the sticky part of the circles are all in the same direction so that when you brayer, your circle does not lift

With your third colour, brayer over top of your cardstock.  It will need several coats to ensure a nice crisp even colour.  TIP:  Brayer in one direction.  If you rol back and forth you risk the lifting of your circle.

Using your fine pen, draw around your circles once, or twice, to cover up white space, or simply to add interest.

I hope I have inspired you to try this technique out.  It's a fun one!

Cheers for Gelato Rub

Hi there.  It's Beth Norman with a Gelato Rub technique which can be found on the Artist Effects CD.  True to my nature, I used bright coloured Gelatos and paired it with a bright coloured flower. 

I wanted my Gelatos background to show itself beautifully so I used Leafy Swirls (click on the name to be taken to the stamp) with a lot of open area.  Finally, I added the "cheers" stamp, called Simple Sentiments 2a..  My pink paper is Designer Paper from SU.

Have a good week and don't forget to check back to see what the Design Team has for you.

Jenny's Coat

Hello, it's Beth Norman here with today's card, using the Jenny's Coat technique.  All stamps are from the Technique Junkies Stamp line.  Don't you just love the cool flourish? It's called Black and White Swirls.(click on the name to be taken to the stamp). It also uses Butterfly Quotes and Butterfly 2.  I thought it would be perfect for this technique as I wanted a lot of Designer Paper to show through.  My DP is from Stampin' Up!

You can find Jenny's Coat technique on the Designer Paper Perfection CD, one of my favourite CD's.  I don't know about you, but I consider myself to be a paper piggy because I'm a sucker for paper of any kind.

I also used the Whisped Frames technique on my sentiment; a much-used technique that I find myself using over and over again. 

Burnished Embossing

Hello folks, it's Beth Norman here with Burnished Embossing which can be found on the Stampin Companion CD.  I love how the burnishing highlights my favourite branch stamp.  I used this particular sentiment because I thought it paired well with the branches, where one would expect to find a bird or two.  It's spring and it just felt springy to pair these two stamps together.

I'm leaving late winter behind today (I live in Canada) and am flying to Atlanta, Georgia, to visit with my mom and sisters for the week.  It's been four years since my last visit and I thought I should use up some of my accumulated vacation to go and visit.

Have a great week!

Stamps:  Technique Junkies Stamps

As Cute as Can Bee

Good morning friends, it's Beth Norman here with the cutest technique called Paper Peek Through which can be found on the Bodacious Backgrounds Stamps CD.

I had insomnia on the weekend and woke up at 3:00 a.m., and worked on backgrounds from then until bedtime, so now I have lots of backgrounds to turn into cards.

When I chose my stamps I went looking for this particular paper in my stash, and as luck would have it, it was my last piece of paper, which is so appropriate for my card.

All stamps are from Technique Junkies Stamps.

Have a good day.

White on Watercolor

Hi TJ stampers, Hetty here

with a Christmas cards for you.

I used the White on Watercolor technique

from the Oct/Nov Technique Junkies newsletter.

For the background I used Technique Junkies 

Maroccan Medallions #S515 stamp

and the girl is also a TJ stamp called

Vamps and Vixens set #SS015.

The girl is stamped in black

and colored with green and red pencils.

The sentiment a digital stamp from

Create with TLC and printed with the computer.

Thanks for looking

and have a creative day!

TOTW Splattered Ombre Watercolors

 

Hello Hetty here with a card

for the Summer! The bckground of this card is done in the

technique of the week, that you can in the June/July 2014

Newsletter called Splattered Ombre Watercolors.

For this card I used Club Scrap Picnic papers and

UM stamps.

This card is a gate fold card and above you

see the inside of the card

where I used some left over piece of 

the technique background.

Here a close up of the right panel fro the

front of the card.

Today there is a big blog hop from

Cub Scrap with lotsof fun projects

using this Picnic kit.

You might want to take a look for

inspiration and can start on the

  Club Scrap Blog.

Have a creative day!

Emboss Gelatos

Hi Technique Junks!

Today I share with you the

Embossed Gelatos technique

with paper and stamps from Club Scrap's

Dungarees kit. It is a great boys kit!

Today there is a big blog hop

starting at the 

Club Scrap Create Blog

with all kinds of projects from this kit.

Maybe you want to take a look.

Thanks for looking!

Have a creative day!

Layered Paper Pieced wedding card

Hetty here with a wedding card for 

those of you who were or will be married

on March 17.

If it is your anniversary date,please let me know

and I will send this card to you!

For this card I used the Layered paper pieced technique

which you can find in the TJ Newsletter from 

Dec 2013/Jan 2014.

The wedding couple is a very old SU! stamp

that i just love using and works very well for

this technique.

Have a creative day!

Washi shape for Christmas

Hello Technique Junks!

Hetty here and as of lately I am addictad

to washi tape. Just can't get enough of it

and luckily there is a tutorial in the latest

TJ Newsletter called Washi Shapes.

This card is made with the flower die by Michael

Strong as well as his leave stamp and the sentiment.

For the background I used some musical paper

out of a book I got at a flea market sale.

If you want to see another sample please

come over to my Craftchaos Blog.

Have a creative day!

Chevron for Club Scrap Blog Hop

Hi,

Hetty here and today being part of the Club Scrap

Take Wing Blog Hop with a Technique Junkies card.

As the chevron design is so popular at the moment,

we of course had to share a tutorial about this

and you find it in the in the

April/May 2013 newsletter.

For this card I used Club Scrap Take Wing papers (September '13)

and stamps (sentiment and birds). 

The background is done with a Great Outdoor

stencil (by Club Scrap) and green distress ink.

Hope you take another look at this tutorial, it is just

one of those quick and easy ones.

You find all the blog hop participants here:

http://clubscrapcreates.blogspot.nl/

Have a creative day!

Broken Borders: an easy and fun technique

Hi Stampers!

Hetty here with a card that is with such an easy technique,

you should give it a try, just grab your punches,

take a look at your August /September 2012 Newsletter

and find that 

~Broken Borders~ tutorial.

Here is my card with Club Scrap Tribal papers and 

stamps and also the butterfly stamp by Michael Strong.

I used a spiderweb border punch and a geometrical 

border punch for this card.

Here a close up of the bottom part of the card.

I used some washi tape in the middle of the border for

decoration. I made this washi tape myself.

You find some instructions HERE

on how to make your own washi tape.

Have a creative day!

Embossed Alcohol ink

Hello technique lovers, Hetty here with another sample of a technique from the

August/September 2013 newsletter that is just full with wonderful techniques.

Have you tried the embossed alcohol technique. I noticed lately that the alcohol ink 

is getting populair again, soget out those bottles, embossing foldersand

a sheet of acetate for this new technique.

My sample is made with the woodgrain embossing folder and

a stamp by Art Neko.

Have a creative day!



Cutaway Windows - Technique of the Week

I am happy to announce the Technique of the Week -- Cutaway Windows (June/July 2013 Technique Junkie Newsletter). The only real trick to this is picking the right embossing folder. I happened to have this one right on my desktop since I picked it up at a recent Stamp Show. Truly, I have an addiction to Embossing Folders, so I could have picked several with that would have worked!

I decided to add my color with the Smooch Painted Texture (December 2011/January 2012 TJNL). I have to tell you, I made a couple of cards for today's post. In one of them, the coloring was PERFECTION. I played around with embossing the inside of the folder, adding different papers, and other embellishments, too. Then I stamped the sentiment (a different one from the one above). I "eyeballed" it when stamping - and of course, I stamped it VERY crooked. Dang! I even tried cutting the card asymmetrically, but basically, it was toast! Note to self: Use the stamp positioner!

Can't wait to see what you make!

Try that Technique Thursday

Good Thursday Morning Ladies!

Nancy Dawson here with today's Try that Technique. This 3D Shadow is located on the Stampin' Companion CD. If you don't have this CD it is a MUST-HAVE addition to your technique collection especially if you are an SU Demo!

I used the new Stampin' Up Two by Two stamp for the focal point accented by Baja Breeze cardstock and Bashful Blue cardstock is the main color. It would be great to see any of your creations so please play along!

Thanks for stopping by. This challenge will run for he next two weeks so you have lots of time to try it out!

Nancy

Noel

Pat here -- My card today uses the Antique Bookplate from the October 2011 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. I love this easy technique! Such a stunning result, and you don't need alot of supplies to do it, either! I think I will make a bunch of these for my Christmas cards (I make 70 or so cards; and I get bored making all of the same kind, so it is fun to have a variety!).  That is assuming, of course, that we still have a Post Office by Christmas (my worst nightmare, of course).

All Stamps from I Brake for Stamps. If you order -- make sure to use TJ10 for 10% off, too!  Have a great day!