Coffee Causes my Soul to Dance

 

I know a few people who are coffee lovers and drinking it causes their soul to dance.  I'm one of them.  For others, it's the smell of fresh brewed coffee, even when they do not like to drink coffee.  

Instructions for creating my background is below.  

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A while back, I made a tutorial showing how to colour block using Aurora Flakes.  These Flakes can be purchased for 10% off simply by using my code above. 

Instructions for Making my Card

Creating My Background:

1. Cut white cardstock to 4" x 5 1/4" and rub your embossing buddy all over the cardstock.
2. Using VersaMark, stamp Whimsical Coffee Background out and cover with clear embossing powder.
3. Using Distress Oxides in colours picked raspberry and fossilized amber, I used my Ink Blending Brushes to blend the colour onto my cardstock.
4. Spritz background with Shimmering Iridescent Bliss Topping and wipe colour away with a baby wipe.
   
5. Once fully dried, iron the decorated front by placing a copy paper on the bottom of your image, and one over top.  Use dry setting.  You will see the embossing powder stick to the top sheet, and that's a good thing.
6. Next, colour block using my video for directions.
7. Finally, add Soul to Dance to the card front.
   

 In the following weeks you will see this same background using different colours of Distress Oxides.

Thank you for stopping by!

 

 

 

 

Quoth The Raven, "Nevermore"

 

The Ephemeral Crow is very appropriate for this time of year.  After stamping the crow I die cut a circle  post it note and layered it where I wanted it to be the moon behind the crow.  Then I sponged navy ink over all the rest of the crow.  I removed the circle and place the rest of the post it note over the navy ink around the crow, and sponged in yellow for the moon.

The background is NOT a stamp.  I googled the poem by Edgar Allan Poe and chose section to print out on white card stock.  I then used the Cloud Edger  stencil from A Colorful Life Designs to create the clouds over the poem.  This is by no means the entire poem as it is long! I used navy and a grayish green and a gray ink colors to create the clouds.  

Then to top it off, I gave it a quick spritze of Dazzle Shimmering Bliss Topper.  

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Have a marvelous day and take some time to get inky!!

 

“Day 2 of the Technique Junkies 30 Days of Christmas”

Hello friends!

Giovana here today on Day 2 of Technique Junkies 30 Days of Christmas!! 

This time I used the beautiful Poinsettias Set of 4.

Details:

Stamp Poinsettias om front of white card base in Rose Ink.

Stamp Big Poinsettia on white cardstock and color it with markers, fussy cut.

Die-cut a rectangle piece, mist Mermaid Shimmering Bliss, let it dry, then stamp sentiment in Grenadine Ink.

Add sentiment and poinsettia to card.

Embellish with Nuvo drops.

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Hope you like it!

Have a wonderful day!

TJ Inkspiration: Stamped Glowing Christmas Lights

I love the new Christmas Lights stamp from the October Release. Such a simple stamp, really.  Just a little coloring and you can evoke the magic of Christmas. I had a vision for this stamp right from the beginning. I knew those lights were meant to glow, and I knew I would make a video to show you what I had in mind. That's what today's video is all about!  In the video, there are 4 main products: The S842 Christmas Lights Stamp; Copic Markers (or other markers, your choice), Glossy Glaze (or similar product) and Gold Shimmering Bliss.  That's it! Sometimes simple is better. First, here is the artwork: Holiday Lights   Ready for the video? Stamped Glowing Holiday Lights More artwork inspiration: Christmas Lights and Victorian Greetings And here are the products from Technique Junkies: Gold Shimmering Bliss S842 Christmas Lights

I hope you are inkspired by today's issue. See you next week!   Sincerely,   Pat Huntoon Technique Junkies LLC

Reindeer

Hello friends!

Hope you all are having a great day!

Today I have a Christmas card for you using this adorable Reindeer Names Background Stamp and the little Poinsettia from Poinsettias Set of 4. 

Details:

Stamp Reindeer Names on white cardstock in Versamark Watermark Ink, add White embossing powder and heat set.

Blend Grenadine, Rose and Encre Ink.

Stamp Small Poinsettia in White cardstock ink Black Ink, color it with markers and mist with Mixed Metals Shimmering Bliss.

Add banners and poinsettia to corner, add gold thread.

Embellish with clear sequins.

Use my code to get a 10% off

Have a wonderful day!

Watch the Leaves Turn

Leaf Twig is a perfect stamp to pair with Leaves Turn.  Both stamps were with Versamark and heat embossed with detail gold embossing powder.  I used Twinkling H2Os to paint the leaves on the black card stock.

However, you can gain 10% off by using my code - TJ10Judy - when you check out. 

Have a great day and get inky!

TJ Inkspirations: Howl-O-Ween Stencil Omitting

Remember when we used to create a mask over stamped images when adding color around them? Well today's video shows how to use a stencil, tacked down with Pixie Spray, along with (teeny-tiny blending brushes to get designs in the little areas around an image without masking.  Today we are Stencil Omitting. (Hmmmm. Kind of sounds like a crime, but its not!) The video today uses Ink Blending Brushes with IZINK Dye Inks, Pixie Spray and a Stencil to create a great backdrop for the wonderful Howl-O-Ween stamp that was released this month. Here is the finished piece from the video:  Howl-O-Ween   Ready for the video? Howl-O-Ween Stencil Omitting About today's products: Howl-O-Ween_ Set of 2 Grunge Dots Stencil Pixie Spray is a light-tack stencil adhesive that will change the way you create with stencils. You can create beautiful, crisp stencil projects without painter's tape. Pixie Spray The 2" x 2" Aladine IZINK Ink Pads are lovely little inks have a beautiful foam pad, and at $2.99 they are priced right, too.  All of the inks are available individually, of course, but if you are a get-it-all kind of person, you might want all 20 of the inks for just $49.99 - 15% off! Aladine IZINK Dye Inks  I blend these inks with Ink Blending Brushes in the video - also new to the TJ Store. They are, by far, the easiest and best way I have ever blended ink. We have the orignal black handled brushes ($24.95), and now we have pretty Rose Gold Handles ($27.95 - 'cause sometimes we just need pretty things!), too! Black Handle Ink Blending Brushes Rose Gold Ink Blending Brushes

I hope you are inkspired by today's issue. See you next week!   Sincerely,   Pat Huntoon Technique Junkies LLC

Thankful for you.

Hello friends!

Giovana here today with a Fall card for you!

For this card I used the new Autumn Framed Sentiments Set.

Details;

Stamp the Leaf Frame on White Cardstock in Aladine Thé Ink (tea color), then color it with markers.

Fussy cut the image , ink all edges with same ink color, then spray it with Mixed Metals Shimmering Bliss Topper. Set aside.

Spray a piece of Watercolor paper with Gold Shimmering Bliss Topper, then stamp sentiment in Thé Ink.

Adhere leaves to watercolor panel, add a stripe piece of patterned paper and gold metallic tape.

Add panel to white card base with foam adhesive.

Finally add Yellow Nuvo drops.

You can get all these products with a 10% discount using my code TJ10Giovana.

Hope you like it!

Have a wonderful day!

 

Dreaming of Wings

Hello Technique Junkies!

It's Ceal here to share a card with you today. 

To create my card I used the Dreaming of Wings, is this not the sweetest stamp! I just love this little girl and she was so fun to color. You can save 10% on this stamp and your entire order from Technique Junkies Stamps by using my code TJ10Ceal at the checkout. 

I stamped the image twice, once on the card panel and then once again on a scrap piece of paper. I colored her using Copic markers and fussy cut her out and placed her on top of the one stamped on the panel. For the background I used the Flowers Gone Wild stencil and the blending brushes.

Dream Without Fear

Happy Monday!

Sometimes a card comes together really fast and still looks great. This is a good example of that happening. I always have a stack of backgrounds in my stash. This one is watercolored. I had planned to use it for another projects but the colors seemed wrong so I put it away for later use. Well... when I saw the Summer Bouquet image I knew it would be perfect! I stamped in black ink and then added a little shading and the leaves with markers. I finished the card off by adding the Dream Without Fear sentiment. Ta dah! Done. 

Hope you enjoyed my project!

Alcohol Ink Splash

The background for this card was created on glossy card stock dripped with alcohol inks and moved around by using a tool to blow air to push the alcohol inks around.

I used Vintage Lighthouse and Make a Splash to create this card.   Both stamps are Technique Junkies June release stamps.  I colored the lighthouse with my Copic markers.

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Have a great day and get inky!

June 2019 New Release Artwork - and another discount!

We just released the   June 2019 stamps at Technique Junkies, and I am proud to share this beautiful video displaying all of the new artwork from the Technique Junkies Design Team. I hope the artwork in this video inspires you! We have many new subscribers to the newsletter this week, and because of that, we are offering a 15% discount to the ENTIRE TJ store until midnight EST on Sunday, June 9! Simply use the the code JUNE15 at checkout. (No additionaldiscounts will be applied. Not available on wholesale orders). The video below is a compilation of the Technique Junkies Design Team's artwork using the new June tamps Ready for inspiration? Here is  the video: Technique Junkies June 2019 New Release Artwork

I hope you are a little inkspired by today's issue. See you next week!   Sincerely,   Pat Huntoon Technique Junkies LLC