Try That Technique

Good Morning! Nancy Dawson here to bring you this week's Try That Technique! It is such a great project from our 3D and Fun Folds CD - 3D Gift Card Box. Show someone you really care and make is super holder for their gift card.  It's all in the presentation!

This project is featured on the 3D and Fun Folds CD which contains 70 .pdf tutorials in step-by-step pictorial format, easily printable. The tutorials are for gifts, boxes, ornaments, decorative items and plenty of fun card ideas too. It is a must have for any paper crafter!

Come play along and get a jump start on your Christmas giving (or Birthday, any occasion)!

Happy Stampin'

Dotted Edges

It is Monsoon Season here in the Arizona desert which must have me feeling tropical. This is one of my oldest and most beloved stamps. It is from Commotion...remember them? The cut out frame die is from Impression Obsession and very versatile. This is another fun and fast technique that adds a bit of whimsy to this card, which I find appealing.

I was thinking today about the Technique Junkie newsletter and wondered where my stamping would be if I hadn't found and subscribed to it. It's something to think about and one thing is certain....I wouldn't be having near as much fun!

I hope you are all having a wonderful week!

TFL,

Jackie K

Ombre Watercolor Resist by Judy Jackson



This is such a fun technique to try - and I have learned from a couple of efforts that you cannot use highly detailed background stamps for this technique.  The background needs to have some detail but not highly detailed.  This background from Cornish Heritage Farms is almost too detailed.    The tree stamp is also from CHF.  This card is an example of using an existing ATC I created for a swap months ago.  When I make ATCs for swaps I always make a few extra for this very purchase. 

I am looking forward to the next newsletter - only a short time now until Pat mails it!  It will be filled with wonderful techniques as usual. 

Hope your summer has some craft time included!

Judy Jackson

A Copic Marker Fairy by Judy Jackson

We recently returned from a 12 day vacation and had a great time in three different venues!  We attended a destination wedding in Killington, Vermont, spent a couple of days in Schenectady, NY visiting with many friends as we used to live there for over 20+ years, and finally we visited some cousins as we attended a Jackson Family Reunion in Canada.  My cousin, Doris, and I shopped at Heather's Stamp Haven in Nepean, Ontario.  She had a beautiful card on display using this stamp from Whimsy Stamps but the stamp itself was not there.  One of my granddaughters turns seven today.  She cannot decide if she likes "fairies" or "princesses" the best.  When I saw this fairy stamp I knew she would love it.  However, no fairy stamp in stock!  Other fairy stamps but not this one. 

So what does a good stamper do?  I got back to Doris's house and promptly ordered this stamp.  It arrived on Wednesday!  Yahoo!  Plenty of time to create a special birthday card for my little granddaughter -- who is not so little any more!  The stamps I ordered arrived at my house on Wednesday and I was able to create this card for my precious granddaughter. 

I used a butterfly stencil with swirls on the background and used three different colors of ink and sponged the inks over the stencil.  I used another stencil with two different shades of green to create the grass.  I colored the Fairy and her wings with Copic markers. The wings were created with card stock vellum.  I spritzed glimmer spray over all and added some clear shimmery Smooch paint over the wings and parts of her dress. I used my heat tool to dry it all. 

Happy birthday Charity!

Have a wonderful day --

Judy Jackson

Ann for Chris

Chris Dickinson was to be here for today's post.  I'm filling in for me while she attends to family matters.  Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers as she deals with the unexpected death of her sister. 

Today's card uses the uber simple Technique Junkie technique called curled corners (Feb 2011).  It really gave this card the added umph that it needed.  The flower is a Gina K stamp.  The sentiment is a really cool set from Stamp Camp (who.....BTW......will be a new vendor for the TJ newsletter!!!!).    Hope you enjoy.

Yeow!

Hey, Junkies!  Ann Clack here!  Today is the birthday party for my grandson who is turning 4.  His favorite TV program is Octonauts, a darling cartoon about 8 animal friends who live in the Octopod in the ocean.  They go on adventures and discover all kinds of different sea creatures.  They end up helping them along the way.  The only problem is that all Octonaut things are sold in the UK or Australia.  So......I found this darling image from a free coloring sheet from one of the UK sites.  Since they live in the ocean, I used a piece of Simple Sumi (a Technique Junkie technique) for the background since it looked like water.  It is hard to tell but I layered the head and shoes and double layered the hat, eyepatch and nose area.  I hope my grandson loves his Kwazii (the cat) card!  Kwazii's favorite saying is Yeow!

Holly Brown: Antique Glimmers Birthday Wishes

Hi folks!  It's Holly posting today, and I hope you're doing well this week!  I'm sharing this lacy and romantic birthday card with you today.  The cards that I make the most are birthday cards and Christmas cards, and I love having birthday cards on hand when those special days pop up.

I started with an Antique Glimmers technique from Technique Junkies for my background.  The patterned paper on the left side matches my background piece beautifully, so I used that as inspiration for coloring the fancy image from the Shabby Chic Labels 4 stamp set with Copic markers.  I used a Stardust Clear Glitter Pen on the fancy vines for a sweet shimmery touch.  You can see the glitter in the close-up picture.  This fancy image was cut out with a Labels 4 Spellbinders die.  I stamped the "Birthday Wishes" from the Birthday Sentiment Set and cut it out with a circle die, and then I matted it with its matching scallop circle.  I used foam dots to adhere the sentiment to the center of the fancy label image.  Most of the supplies on this card are from Classy Cards 'n Such - a TJ vendor.  

I used two strips of ecru lace on the left side of my card and then adhered a small piece of brown cardstock in the center of the two pieces of lace.  A row of pearls really sets off the beauty of the lace.  You can see the gorgeous shimmer of the Antique Glimmers background in this picture below:

I hope you've enjoyed this card that I've shared with you today.  Have a wonderful day!