Butterfly Dreams

Hey Junkies!

The Crafty Nurse back with some inky inspiration for this wonderful almost spring day!  I hope you all get a chance to play a little in your craft room while you enjoy the coming of great weather.

For my card today I went monochromatic using the new March Palettini release "Vintage Butterfly Collection #P035."   The technique today is from the Bodacious Backgrounds CD called, "180 Degree Stamping,"  The two inks are Altenew Deep Iris and Lavender Fields.  This technique is super easy and creates fabulous depth to your card.

The sentiment is from "Simple Sentiments Set 3a  #SS03A" simply stamped and popped up on foam. I added two panels of ribbon by Ellen Hutson and finished off with sequins filled with Stickles (I prefer not to see the holes).  I also added a line of Stickles on the edge of the card stock for a little added bling.

Thanks for stopping by the Technique Junkies Blog today and we all wish you lots of creative play today and always.

Bye, Bye for now!!
The Crafty Nurse

Color Burst Stencil Tutorial

Hello, Beth Norman here.  I couldn't resist using Too Many Options sentiment with Oh La La Kitty.  Somehow this little stinker looks full of trouble, don't you agree?

Today I have a tutorial on one way to use your Color Bursts.  Hope you enjoy this quick and easy technique.  

Supplies:  Stencil, white card stock, Color Bursts, water spritzer.

Place your stencil over top of your white card stock.  Blow puffs of air-filled Colour Burst on your desired spot over top of your stencil.

Add as many colours as desired.  For my card I just used yellow and orange.

Spritz with water and see the magic happen.

Lift your stencil and see the beautiful results.  Finish your card as desired.

Too Many Options...

Greeting Inky Friends!!

Today I am sharing a card using February's Mug Shot as well as couple March NEW RELEASES!!!
The background is Chain Link Fence and the Sentiment is so fun!!

I stamped the background in Versamark and heat embossed Clear Embossing powder. I then sprayed the background piece with Fun Stamping Journey's Silver Color Splash which allowed the embossed part to resist the spray. I added splatters using FSJ SILKS in Silver and Cranberry. I added GLAZE on the Inmate Number for extra dimension.

Until next time...

Happy Creating,
Tonya :)

A Quick Thank you!

Hello All, Lanette Here!

I'm just stopping by to share quick thank you card using on of this months New Release Stamps!

So let's take a look.....

Products Used: Vintage Floral Collage Stamp, Art Anthology Buttercream Sorbet, Art Anthology Bubbles Stencil, India Ink Pad,  Watercolor Pencils,  Pink Paislee cardstock.

I stared my stamping my Vintage Floral Collage Stamp using a India Ink Pad because I wanted to color with my watercolor pencils.

After my image was colored I added a bit of Art Anthology Sparkle through a stencil. 

After everything was dry I layered my image on a bit of Pink Paislee cardstock added a die cut from my silhouette. Finally to finish it I added just a touch of stitching.

And there you have it easy peasy, a sweet little thank you card!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

I hope that I have inspired you!

Black Fajitas

{jane bosi}  I just read one of those "pick your name" thingys on Facebook--Name Your Band.  You arrive at your band name by noting the color of your pants and the last thing you ate.....LOL!!  Black Fajitas would be my band name and we would sing our heads off!

It made me think of this card I made with the last of my Gel Printing Plate paper---time to have more gel printing fun!  For this one, I stamped over the colorful background with the Barbed Wire stamp.  I added Free My Soul and a few sequins for a little shine...

What's your band's name???
LOL--Be Awesome!  Jane

Walking in the Rain

Hello, Stampers!  

It seems that weather has been following me around lately.  

A couple of weeks ago, the nice warm sun followed me from Southern California to Dallas, Texas.  This week, the pouring rain followed me from Northern California 

to back home in Southern California.

And, I love it all!

As soon as I saw this stamp,  SD668 Bring Your Own Sunshine, I knew I wanted the boots to be yellow and I wanted them to be shiny!

I stamped it with black ink onto white cardstock.

I stamped the boots again.  This time on yellow patterned paper, cut them out, and used foam tape to pop them up from the stamped image on white cardstock.  Once, that was done, I added Liquid Glass to the top of the rain boots to make them shiny.

For the umbrella, I stamped it onto the back of the patterned paper of my choice, cut it out and inked the edges with the black ink.  I used foam tape with the umbrella, as well, to make it pop up.

Until next time...

Always

Good morning Junkies!  I stepped away from the color palette I normally used and went with something bright and cheerful.  I was in a contemplative sort of mind and when I saw the new Hydrangea Collage stamp, I knew it would be perfect.

I started by stamping the new Hydrangea Collage stamp in the middle of my page.  I then made sure my brush was very wet and using Art Anthology Colorations in Granny Smith, Patience, Glorious, Warm, and Wild Orchid mixed with water, began painting my image.  I then re-wet my brush and carried those colors around the edges of the image, adding Sandcastle Colorations to the top and bottom of the page,  I stamped Always Be There in black ink and then added some bright Prima Flowers.

So simple, yet I love looking at this page.  It just makes me smile and feel so upbeat.

Until later......................

Marilyn