Patchwork Stockings

One of the things I consider when I am designing Christmas cards is how easy will this design be to mass produce?  I mail out about 115 cards every year, and they are all hand made.  I make several designs only because I get bored making the same thing for more than 20 or 30 cards. This card would be easy to mass produce.

I used an embossing folder that creates quite deep embossing. Punched out stockings and ribbon bows create the focal image.

I used one of the five sentiments in the Technique Junkies Gifts of Christmas set - www.techniquejunkies.com/gifts-of-christmas-set-of-5/.  

Please remember that there is a 15% discount on all Technique Junkies September Release stamps, and in addition you can gain a 10 % discount on everything else if you use the code TJ10Judy!

There will be some wonderful prizes during the new release Blog Hop. If you haven't gone through the Blog Hop already -- begin here:  http://techniquejunkies.blogspot.com/2017/09/technique-junkies-september-release-hop.html .   

Technique Junkies will be giving away 2 (yes, two) $100 TJ Gift certificates. To enter, all anyone has to do is to comment on a blog. You may comment on ALL the blogs to get multiple entries. Gift Certificate winners will be chosen on September 5.  So comment away and leave the designers some "love"  on their blogs.  YOU just might be the winner!

Have a great day and get inky!

Judy Jackson

New Stamps and a Fun Technique!

Happy Saturday!

I have a fun card to share today that uses the Bleach Blocking technique that is from

our current challenge. You still have some time to enter so check it out HERE.

If you haven't already hopped for our September Release Hop make sure you do! We have

TWO $100 Technique Junkies Gift Certificates to give away to someone who comments! 

Click HERE for the start of the hop! 

I used the brand new Christmas Dog stamp along with a phrase from

Christmas Ornament Trio for my first project. Isn't he cute? 

My next project uses Skull Frame for a quick and easy Halloween card.

All of the September Release stamps are 15% (no coupon needed) until September 8th. If you need anything outside of the release use coupon code TJ10Jeanne for a 10% discount!!!

Have a great day!

Jeanne

Technique Junkies September Release Hop and GIVEAWAY!

Happy September Release Day!

We have 21 new stamps in the Technique Junkies line! 

We are so thrilled with the new release we decided to do something extra special! 

We will be choosing TWO lucky people who comment on this month's release hop - those two people will each win a $100 Technique Junkies gift certificate!!! 

The more you comment the more chances you have to win, so don't miss a single stop along the hop! Gift Certificate winners will be announced on September 5th.

Only one comment entry per blog please. 

All of the September 2017 New Release stamps are 15% off through September 8th!
We can all use a little bargain, right? No codes needed, just put them in

your shopping cart and the discount will be applied at checkout.

Here are some projects from Jeanne to get the party started! 

My first card uses Christmas Cocktail. I used swiped dye ink and then bleach for my background. The drink image was watercolored, cut out and layered on top. 

My next card uses Rustic Pine and Gifts of Christmas (set of 5). This is another ink and bleach background. This time I used a paintbrush to apply the bleach. Make sure and check out our current challenge HERE for a variation of this technique. 

Now hop on over to our very special Guest Designer...

Lydia Fiedler!!!

Hop List:

Design Junkies Blog (you are here)

Lydia Fiedler

Lanette Erickson

Cheri Weston

Kathy Stacy

Jeanne Streiff

Ro Donner

Beth Norman

Judy Jackson

Vicki Garrett

Giovana Smith

Chris Dayton

Pat Huntoon

Have a great day!

Golden Beauty

The Crafty Nurse here with mid-week inspiration.

Today, I've used the "Vine Beauty" to create a golden beauty.  

My background is gold glitter paste applied through a marque stencil. You can also use translucent embossing paste and apply gold embossing powder over the top.  I then sprayed with Distress Mica Spray in Tarnished Brass.  My "Vine Beauty" is stamped with Delicata Golden Glitz using my MISTI and also sprayed with Mica.  I then hand doodled a frame using the BEST gold marker called, "Extra Fine Point Paint Marker" by Pilot.

We are getting ready for the BIGGEST holiday release yet on September 1st.  Until then, please join us at the Facebook group and over on the Design Team Blog for our challenge.

Happy Inking

Strong Women!

Hello All Lanette Here!

I just wanted to share a small Mixed Media canvas that I created using on of this months New Releases.....

Technique Junkies Stamps Used: 

Strong Women 

 Watercolor Flowers

Here you can see some of the stunning details our beautiful 

Watercolor Flowers stamp adds to my background.

I just love  our Strong Women  stamp its such a great message!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! 

I hope that I have inspired you in some way!

Head Up!!

Good Morning!  Chris here today with a simple encouragement card using the new stamp, Head UP.

Every one needs a crown once in awhile, right?

To create this card, I masked off the greeting, so I could stamp the girl only onto Hammermill paper with Memento ink with my MISTI.  I then simply added a bit of skin tone and hair color with Copic markers.  I used a Gold Wink of Stella pen on her crown and added tiny adhesive rhinestones to bling it up.

The greeting was stamped separately, masking off the girl, with Versafine ink on black cardstock, and heat embossed in white.

The simple striped background and the yellow frame make both the image and the greeting really pop.

Head Up

Thanks for visiting today!  I hope you adjust your crown and wear it proudly all day!

Until next time,

Chris

LLAMA LLOVE

Who doesn't llove a llama??? This new release has quickly become one of my favorites (and I'll bet one of yours too!).

Be Cool Llamas (SD818) comes as a single image...

...but with a little careful snipping, I turned it into three separate images. If you don't like doing stamp surgery, you can also use masking techniques.

For the first card, I created a background using the Dot Matrix stencil from Art Anthology and some Nuvo Embellishment Mousse (Persian Red) on some orange cardstock. While that dried, I stamped the black and white llamas several times on white cardstock using a grey ink and cut them out using my Brother Scan-N-Cut. I then stamped the "Cool" llama in purple, and then again in black and cut them out. From the black image, I carefully colored and cut the sunglasses and added some craft lacquer to the lens area and let it dry thoroughly.

Once everything was dry, I added embossed panel to the card base, and attached the neutral llamas. I curled their ears forward a bit to give them a little dimension. I added some decorative trim, then placed the colorful llama wearing his sporty sunglasses on the front with dimensional tape.

For the second card, I alternately stamped the black and white llamas around the edge of the card base. On a separate piece of cardstock, I stamped and embossed the "cool" llama using Nuvo Embossing Powder in Blue Odyssey. Using alcohol markers, I colored in the sunglasses and lenses. I then die cut him out along with a matting panel and attached it to the card with dimensional tape.

These cool guys are so adorable. I can see using them on all kinds of cards and scrapbook layouts.

If you want to add these llovely llamas to your collection, or any of the other fun stamps at Technique Junkies, simply enter the code below at checkout and save 10%.

I hope you found a little inspiration today! I'll see you soon! Be sure you visit us on September 1st when we will have a fun hop full of brand new stamps! In the meantime, stay tuned for the next post by one of our talented Design Team.

Til next time,
Keepin' it inky!