Floral Border

I love it when you can take plain black cardstock and make it look elegant. That's just what happened on this card. With the stunning Floral Border Stamp (SD914) and a sentiment from the Anniversary Set (SS100), and some Versamark with a twist, the card turned out very elegant (in my very humble opinion, lol). 

To create this card, I started with a piece of black cardstock cut to 4" x 5.50". The image was stamped on the MISTI using Versamark, then dusted with Perfect Pearls (Pearl). I wanted a little more shimmer, so I dusted the entire piece of cardstock with Perfect Pearls then took a soft brush and removed the excess powder, which left it with a beautiful sheen across the whole piece. To add even a little more glam and glimmer, I added more shimmer to the flowers and leaves with a Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss Pen. Just look at this closeup! So pretty.

I stamped the sentiment with Versamark and shined it up with some silver embossing powder. To finish off the card, I attached the black panel to a gray card base and added some pearls for a little extra elegance.

The stamp sets I used were just two of the 15 new releases for April! All these wonderful stamps are on sale for 15% off only until the 8th of this month, so you better hurry! No need for a code as the discount will be automatically applied. And don't forget, spend $30 before taxes and automatically receive the free I Like To Party stamp which you can see a sample of HERE. And to top it all off, you can save a cool 10% off all the extras you may want by using my code below:

Now how is that for some bargain shopping! 

Thanks for visiting today! Hope you found some inspiration!

Til next time,
Keepin' it inky!

DALIAHS FOR SPRING

Hello!!! 

Did you catch the new release yesterday?  Holy smokes, there were some fabulous works of art on display.  If you missed it, you can still catch all the goodness here and link to all the blogs.  

I'm so in love with this new stamp "Dahlias" from the April 2019 release.  I colored it with my Chameleon ColorTone Pencils after stamping it in a soft gray colored dye ink.  The sentiment is a masked portion of a stamp from the "How Blessed I Am Set of 8" .  

All the stamps from the new April 2019 release can be purchased for 15% off until April 8.  Grab them at that price while you can.  Also, for the month of April, get a free stamp with a $30.00 order.  For more discount options, all other stamps and some supplies can be purchased with my personal discount code of TJ10Cheri.  

Technique Junkies April Release AND Discount!

Happy April Release!!!

We have 14 new stamps in the Technique Junkies line!

Be sure to check out the list below for some sweet inspiration from our Design Team! 

All of the April 2019 New Release stamps are 15% off through April 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. 

Spend $30.00 in April & receive this  FREE stamp!

My first card uses the free with $30 purchase stamp (I Like to Party) and Floral Border 2

Use code TJ10Jeanne for an additional 10% off
That's 25% off the new release until April 8th!

My next card uses Lily of the Valley Background and Anniversary Set (Set of 7)

Go and see what our Design Team made!

Beth Norman-Roberts

Ceal Pritchett

Cheri Weston

Giovana Smith

Janine Tinklenberg

Jeanne Streiff

Judy Jackson

Lynda Pleckan

Pat Huntoon

Ro Donner

Stephanie Severin

Vicki Garrett

Hope you enjoyed my projects!

Spring Bunny

Good Morning!

Today I'm featuring the Spring Bunny Stamp

Just a little hint: When working with this stamp, I would recommend you

stamp her in a light color. I stamped the image in grey and I actually stamped off first. 

I coloured the image with Prism Pencils to keep it soft.

I just wanted the image to stand out on it's own, so I mounted it on some pretty Ribbon.

Because of the abundance of linework in the bunny, it doesn't require a lot of colouring!!!!

Hope you have an amazing day!

--Vicki~~

Be Creative Every Day!

Hello Technique Junkies! Janelle dropping in today with two cards to inspire you! It seems like we just shared the new stamps for March and now in only two days, there will be NEW stamps in April!

Did you all catch the new stamp bundle? The Stained Glass Metallic Mousse Rubber Stamping technique shared by Pat Huntoon on Wednesday's post has a really cool package to see that will save you 35%!

Shop today at Technique Junkies for all stamps, Shimmering Bliss Sprays, and more with a 10% discount -- use code TJ10Janelle at checkout.

Now for some crafting creativeness! The first card for today, I wanted to have something for those of us who have little time lately but want cards mad fun and fast! What's better than actually creating a card about being creative! Check out the supplies and instructions.

Supplies:

• Do Something Creative Stamp
• Weathered Wall Background Stamp
• Iridescent Shimmering Bliss Topper
• Waterproof Brown ink (Ranger Archival Coffee used)
• Waterproof Black ink (Versafine Clair Nocturne used)
• Bright, colorful ink pads (3 is a good number)
• Sponge
• White, black and kraft cardstock

Directions:

1. Stamp Weathered Wall with waterproof brown ink onto white cardstock.
2. Sponge bright ink randomly covering the entire stamped surface.
3. Stamp Do Something Creative stamp with waterproof black ink three times. Use stamp positioner if desired.
4. Trim to edge of stamped image and frame with black cardstock. Spray with Shimmering Bliss Iridescent.
5. Glue to the kraft card base.

It may or may not be early for Mother's Day card, so I'm sharing a fun technique with the Flower Trio stamp that just happens to use a pretty font sentiment that's for Mothers Day. It's a detailed but dense image, so I used it to my advantage to color with ink! 

Change up the color cardstock to white and whatever array of ink pads you have for a fun and quick card.

Again supplies and instructions.

• Flower Trio Stamp
• Happy Mother's Day Stamp
• Iridescent Shimmering Bliss Topper
• Bright water-based ink pads for flowers and leaves
• Waterproof Black ink (Versafine Clair Nocturne used)
• Spray bottle with water
• Stamp positioner (optional)
• Sponge
• Kraft and Pink cardstock.

1. Ink up Flower Trio with bright color ink, use a sponge if needed.
2. Mist with water from spray bottle and stamp onto the top half of kraft cardstock. Repeat as needed with stamp positioner for deeper colors.
3. When dry, stamp black over colored image. 
4. Rotate to stamp image again in previous steps.
5. Stamp sentiment with black ink and glue to pink card base.

Remember to shop with code TJ10Janelle for a 10% discount!

Check out more Technique Junkies projects on my blog at Rain Puddles Design. Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a great weekend!

Live like its Spring every day

Hello friends!! Giovana here today with a card that makes me think and dream of Spring over and over again.

Even though Spring is here, still cold in this part of the PNW, it's always like that and then BOOM, Spring is here, lol.

I love gardening and this year I am planning for a smaller but a much better organized garden, let's hope everything goes as plan.

For this card I used Pretty Pots Background and the sentiment is from In Full Bloom Sentiments. 

Stamp the Pretty Pots Background on White cardstock in Black Ink, color imaged with Alcohol markers.

Die-cut panel and adhere it to an orange A2 size card.

Stamp sentiment on white cardstock in Cherry Ink, die-cut sentiment and adhere it to card with foam tape.

Embellish card with Nuvo drops.

You can get these stamps with a 10% discount using my code TJ10Giovana

Hope you like it.

Have a wonderful day!

TJ Inkspirations: Stained Glass Metallic Mousse Rubber Stamping

It may seem a little odd to have your weekly email arrive on Wednesday instead of Friday, but I missed last week, and since NEXT Monday is April 1st (which is our new release), Wednesday seems like the perfect day for some inspiration! I have a video and a kit again for you this week. I wasn't planning on having a kit for you again so soon, but since I was able to work with the pricing on this one, it seemed right to give you that great discount! This kit is 35% off the normal price. Just be aware that I have a much more limited quantity of this kit -- so if you want it, grab it quick.  Here is the kit: Stained Glass Metallic Mousse Whether of not you purchase the kit, the video shows how to use the Mousse again in another fun way -- easy clean-up, non-messy, too.  And the card takes only minutes to complete! Ready for inspiration? The video: Metallic Stained Glass Rubber Stamping And the card: Stained Glass Mousse

I hope you are a little inkspired by today's issue. See you next week! Sincerely, Pat Huntoon Technique Junkies LLC