Thursday, February 24, 2011

Try That Technique: Penciled Twinks

This week's Try That Technique Challenge is to use the from the Penciled Twinks techniqueFebruary 2008 issue.

Submit your Penciled Twinks card to our Yahoo group to enter our contest. What is the prize? A week on the Technique Junkie Newsletter home page. Your card will be in the spotlight and so will your name.

This week's winner is Beth Ullman who submitted her Mini Kissing card from last week's challenge. Congratulations Beth Ullman, your card is now on the home page.


The Technique Junkie Newsletter is this week's sponsor at Stampotique. You can read the deets on their blog. The challenge is to use the Faux Barnwood Technique from the upcoming issue. My stamp is from Stampotique.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Under the sea by Hetty

Hello Technique Junkies,

I have dived down the ocean to find you this card.
You see here the Texture Duet technique from the
October 2010 Newsletter in combination with the
Cuttlebug Highlight technique from the
October 2008 Newsletter.
You might find that you cannot see the image very well
on the front of the card, that is true. I have created a window
in this card with some gell in it, to give it a "sea"-look.

The backgroundpaper on front and inside was made with
watercolor paint (just the cheap children's one).
After painting the paper and it was drie, I stamped and
embossed with clear and white embossing powder.
Than again I colored on top with watercolor paint.
When everything was dry I ran it trough the cuttlebug.

And Ollie the Octopae is colored with copic markers
and glued on top of a background like the front.
used stamps:
bubble stamps: smARTworks
sentiments: Create with TLC

Have a creative day!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Wonderful

Hellloooooo, Junkies!!!
{Jane Bosi} here sharing a Neutral Shadows (Feb 2011) card I put together today! I thought these stamps from I Brake For Stamps would be perfect for this technique! My colors are a bit hard to see--the card base is a dark purple as is the Names of Jesus background (sorry for the crummy pic!) It's pretty in real life--some ribbons and charms engraved with "celebrate" and "love" to finish things off.

Have a great day! Jane

Monday, February 21, 2011

Totally Texture Butterflies by Judy Jackson


Three different embossing folders were used to create this card. The background is created with the Plum Blossom embossing folder. The frame was embossed with brick embossing folder and then cut out with a Cuttlebug frame. The butterflies were embossed in a long strip embossing folder and then I cut them out by hand.
The card stock is a pale pink and the embossed parts with lightly burnished with a brown ink. I also sponged brown ink on white lace which is layered under the frame and butterflies. Brown ribbon is tied around the frame.
Pearl halves and stick on "bling" add the embellishments on this card.
I just love the vintage look to this card and i hope you do as well.
Have a wonderful day and do something creative!
Judy Jackson

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Another Side Step Christmas Card




Hello TJer's!! Kathie McGuire here on your stamping Saturday with ANOTHER Side Step card. Why so many posts from me using this same technique??? It's one of my favorite techniques of all times...and so I used it for Christmas cards this year. Hence, the seemingly never-ending collection (I'm nearing the end, though).

I want to mention in this post that my Christmas cards were made almost entirely from scraps and bits and pieces and odds and ends from my craft room "stash". The Side Step card is just perfect for helping you use what you've got among your stamping supplies. Remember that you can still purchase the fabulous Fancy Folds and Motion CD from Technique Junkies. Not only does it have a great tutorial for this card, but dozens and dozens and dozens (and probably more than that!) of other great projects!!

The Christmas tree is from Stampin' Up! and I'm unsure of the sentiment. I added some stickles to the pre-printed base and a decorative snowflake button to the ribbon. Fun and easy!

Hope you've enjoyed the project and thanks for stopping by!

Thursday, February 17, 2011


Good morning stampers. This is Beth Norman posting for the Try That Technique challenge. This week's challenge is Mini Kissing from the 2008 CD and is a bonus technique. This technique is a lot of fun and so easy to do.

Each week a winning card is selected to be on the Technique Junkie homepage for a week. How can you win? Simply submit a card, using the Mini Kissing technique, and post it to our Yahoo group. It's that simple.

Congratulations to Juliet Arrighi. She is the winner for the Level Up technique from the August 2010 issue. Juliet, your card is now on our Yahoo Group home page.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

A little millefiori in the morning...

Millefiori is so easy! My "million flowers" card uses all smARTworks stamps. The technique is from the February 2011 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter.  Isn't it cheerful? 

Have a great day!