Trust your Journey...

Hello All Lanette Here!

To day I wanted to share a quick tag that I created using a few stamps from this months new releases!

Products Used: Technique Junkies Trust your Journey &Hillside Pines,  Art Anthology Minx Ink, Art Anthology Colorations, Twinkling H2O, Tim Holtz Distress ink,  Archival Ink, Misc Ribbon, Button, wood veneer & Twine

Here is a closer look at the stamps I used today...

Hillside Pines

Trust your Journey 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! 

I hope that I have inspired you in some way!

Keep Calm...and Listen to the Sea

Good morning Junkies!! Pam here today to share my project featuring the TJ sentiment stamp:

Listen to the Sea

For those of you who were following the blog hop on November 1st you will notice that this background uses the same technique as my coffee card- alcohol ink, Yupo, and an embossing folder. 

There are a ton of Keep Calm sentiments out there but by far this is my favorite as I often look to the sea and beach for relaxation-love the sounds of the waves crashing into the shore.

The seahorse is a die cut from Tim Holtz/Sizzix and was cut from grunge board and covered with clear crackle paint and inked.

Thanks for joining me today and be sure to stayed tuned here to the Design Team Blog as well as my blog for more great TJ inspirations. 

Embrace Imperfection!

Pam

Black & White & Red All Over

Welcome back, Inky Friends! I hope you enjoyed the November New Release Blog Hop yesterday and found some inspiration for your craftiness!  Remember, all those new releases are on special from November 1st until November 8th. Save 15% - The discount will reflect in your cart at checkout.

For my card today, I chose to use some very basic colors and the fun new stamp Survive Together (SD752).

I began with a step card blank.  I cut black and white panels to fit and, using Versamark Ink, stamped the backgrounds with the Vintage Dictionary Page (P012) stamp.  On the black panels, I used white embossing powder, and on the white panels I used black embossing powder.  

Once they were heat set, I attached them to the card base, along with two black squares on the front.

Using Memento Ink in Morocco Red, I stamped the image Survive Together (SD752) on a piece of white cardstock. After fussy-cutting the image, I adhered it to the front of the card using foam tape.

It kind of reminds me of an old newspaper clipping. How about you?

Well, that's it for me today! Don't forget to check out the new November releases and save 15% until November 8th! 

Looking forward...30 Days of Christmas starts here on November 15th! Stay Tuned!

Til next time,
Keepin' It Inky!

November 2016 Release - Welcome to the Hop

Welcome! Today is November 1st and here at Technique Junkies we are celebrating the last stamp of 2016. All 14 stamps in the November 2016 Release Category are 15% off through November 8th.

This is the first stop on the hop, so you are in the right place! Before I kick off the inspiration, here is the full line-up of Technique Junkies Designers, so you can follow along with the hop:

Design Team Blog: http://techniquejunkies.blogspot.com <-- face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" font="">you are here

Lanette Erickson: http://stacksofscraps.blogspot.com  <--go here next

Cheri Weston: http://stampnboomer.blogspot.com

Karen McAlpine: www.dreamingncreating.blogspot.com

Kathy Stacy: https://craftynurse4u.wordpress.com

Ro Donner: http://rodonner.blogspot.com/

Beth Norman: http://www.sunflowers-dragonflies.ca

Pam DeChellis: http://journeyawakensthesoul.blogspot.com/

Judy Jackson: http://judysstampart.blogspot.com

Tonya Davidson: http://stampintonya.blogspot.com

Pat Huntoon: http://patstamps.blogspot.com

Ready to be inspired?

First all, I have this pink pretty that uses Like a Teacup as the focal image, with the Tea Time stamp as the background image. All of the cups and teapots were colored with Copic Markers:

Next are some images from the Typewriter Set (10 images) What I like most about this set is that, while the sayings are great INSIDE the typewriter paper, each of them can be used all by itself!

And Last, but not least, is Country Church (the sentiment is from the previously released Peace on Earth stamp). I colored this by stamping with VersaMarks and sweeping Pan Pastels over the images: 

 Okay - time to move on to Lanette's Blog!  I hope you are inspired today. See you on the back-end!

Pat Huntoon

Festive Wreath Card

I used the Technique Junkies Christmas Sponge set - http://techniquejunkies.com/christmas-sponge-set/ to create this wreath.  I used two different green markers and a red marker to color the leaves and holly berries.  I stamped the holly on strips of white  card stock and used a very similar curved holly punch and punched out the leaves.  Cut a larger circle for the base of the wreath.  I didn't do this and I should have as it would have made it much easier.

I traced around a round bottle for the shape of the wreath.  I adhered holly leaves down with a tape runner for the first layer.  Then I used foam tape in thin strips curved under the leaves.  I cut an interesting shape from red card stock to lay the wreath on and adhered it.  I used Liquid Pearls in a lovely red color for the berries - both where they were stamped and in other places as I thought they needed to be in place. I let it dry over night.  A multi loop wreath (with my "Bow Easy")  was adhered with a glue dot.

The wreath panel was adhered to a layer of background paper which was adhered to the base layer of red card stock.  I stamped the Technique Junkies Merry Christmas - http://techniquejunkies.com/merry-christmas-2/ - with black Versafine  ink and heat embossed it.

Come back tomorrow for the November first Technique Junkies blog hop!  Lots of terrific new stamps ahead!

Happy day to you and get inky!

Judy Jackson

Pinecones Stamped on Recycled Paper

Hello Everyone,
Hope your day is going well!  I am still busy making Christmas cards.  I have completed quite a few already.  Let's check out a batch of Christmas cards I made using stamps from the October New Releases from Technique Junkies.

Now, being the fugal crafter that I am, I reused something to make the cards. Back story--I made a trip to the post office to send out a card order and buy some stamps.  The stamps were put in a nice shiny bag.  I thought it seemed like very interesting paper and I should not throw it out.  Okay, I know, not throw out a bag from the Post office??  But, really, just look at the bag.

As, you can see, I have stamped on the bag.  I used dye inks.  They worked the best.  I tried others but they did not turn out as well.  After cutting the bag apart, I was able to stamp five of the Pinecone images.  And, I turned the stamped bag into these cards...

Materials:

Stamps: Pinecones and All is Calm from Technique Junkies

Ink: Rich Cocoa and Tuxedo Black Memento dye ink

CS: gold

DP: Striped holiday paper MME

Burlap Snowflake ribbon

Charm

Bag from Post Office

Make It:

• Make a card base with gold CS
• Stamp Pinecones on the Post office bag with Rich Cocoa ink and trim to size
• Add pinecones piece to card base
• Tear pieces of decorative paper and add to the card base on corners

• Stamp All is Calm with black ink in upper corner
• Tie ribbon in bow 
• Glue charm and bow to card front

Two more color options:

Of course, I had to try the stamp on other types of paper and CS.  I used different ink colors too.  Here are some more examples using the same layout.

Stamped on other types of papers:
Glossy White CS

 Shimmery cream CS

Regular white CS

The cards went together pretty quickly.  I spent most of the time going through all my decorative papers to find striped papers that coordinated with the stamping and CS.  LOL   I made ten all together.  They are going in my Christmas card list box.

Hope you enjoyed checking out the cards!!  See you again soon for more Holiday projects!!
Karen McAlpine
Dreaming and Creating

Mistletoe Mandala

Hello Junkies!

The Crafty Nurse here with another post showcasing the October Technique Junkies release.  When I was making this card I really wanted to use the Mistletoe stamp in a different way so I performed a bit of stamp surgery by removing the attached sentiment.  Worry not, if you want to use your sentiment again, just put it together on the stamp block and it's good as new.  Once you start thinking about different ways you can use your stamps you'll be cutting away.

Once my stamp recovered from surgery I used the leaf portion to create a mandala pattern for a background.  Before I did this, I created a background of embossed circles using the Hero Arts infinity dies. To achieve this, lay out your circle dies and washi tape them together.  Then run it through your die cutting machine using the embossing pad.   Here's what they look like so you have an idea.

For my focal image I stenciled the Hero Arts Reindeer with Mustard Seed and Fossilized Amber inks. I fussy cut him out, stamped with the Mistletoe stamp then applied additional shading to make him pop.  My sentiment is from the gorgeous "Christmas Ornaments Trio Set of 9" which I embossed.

Beginning on November 15th through December 15th here on the Design Team Blog we will be celebrating 30 Days of Christmas where we will be showcasing all the gorgeous Holiday stamps made by Technique Junkies.  We hope you'll stop by for both some inspiration! 

Happy Inking

The Crafty Nurse