Do Something Creative

Happy Monday!!!

I made a quick stencil card today but nobody would ever know it. :)

I used Gothic Swirl stencil from A Colorful Life Designs along with Nuvo Mousse (on sale right now while supplies last!) to make my background. Easy peasy! 

I finished my card using Do Something Creative.

Don't forget if you are ordering today you can get  an additional 10% off by using the code TJ10Jeanne at Technique Junkies!

Hope you enjoyed my project!

Beautiful and Brave Enough

Happy Saturday Technique Junkies! Today I'm sharing a flat card that has lots of subtle layers and yet super easy to put together!

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It could be intimidating not knowing how to get a layered look that is still subtle, but I've got a combination of stamps and supplies that will get us there! Let's get started!

Supplies:

• Butterfly Beauty Stamp
• Brave Enough to Fly Stamp
• Textured Newsprint Stamp
• Stencil (like Triangle Fade, Stars and Stripes or Medallion Fade)
• Shimmering Bliss Spray - Festive Flamingo and Smoldering Ash
• Colored Pencils
• Odorless Mineral Spirits (optional)
• White Acrylic Paint
• Stylus Tools or something to dot paint
• Black Permanent Pen
• Memento Ink (Black and London Fog)
• 4 by 5-1/4 inches White Cardstock
• 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches Black Cardstock
• 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches Kraft Cardstock folded in half for 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inch card base
• Adhesive Tape or Glue

Instructions:

1. Stamp Textured Newsprint with London Fog ink onto white cardstock.
2. Stamp Butterfly Beauty and Brave Enough To Fly with Tuxedo Black ink onto white cardstock.
3. Color with pencils to butterfly and background around butterfly and sentiment. Optionally blend with odorless mineral spirits and a cotton swab or paper stump tool.
4. Draw a border with a permanent black pen. 
5. Spray Festive Flamingo just over the butterfly. Let dry.
6. Cover butterfly and sentiment with torn pieces of scraps or copy paper. Lay stencil on top and spray Smoldering Ash Blish Spray around edges. Let dry.
7. Use a stylus tool and dot white acrylic paint around the outer edge of the image. Add streaks of white paint with toothpick or liner brush on butterfly and sentiment. Let dry.
8. Mat stamp layer on black cardstock and then onto kraft cardstock base with adhesive tape or glue.

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TJ Inkspirations: Shimmery Birthdays and Donuts

As many of you know, we exhibit at 20 or so retail rubber stamp and scrapbook shows per year. As such, we offer free make and takes at many of the shows, and sometimes I don't have a chance to show you what we are doing.  Today I have a quick video showing how we make one of my personal favorites using the fun Birthdays and Donuts stamp, Glitter Markers, Glitter Gel Pens (NEW to the store) and the Shimmering Bliss Sprays. Here is the card we are making: Shimmery Birthdays and Donuts I didn't start out with a plan to make a bundle for the products, then I realized that several of them were new to the store, so I bundled some of the products together and took 15% off. Just in case you want to try some new stuff!  Here is the bundle: Birthdays and Donuts Bundle Instead of bundling ALL of the markers and stencils, I excluded some because many of you already have some of them...I just put in the new 2019 colors. Ready for inspiration? Here's the video: Birthdays and Donuts Shimmer Card

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

Itoh Peony

Hey everyone! Jessie here today sharing some embossing and Brusho card making. 

I started by embossing the Itoh Peony stamp onto some Bee Watercolor Paper. 

I then wet down the paper, and sprinkled the Sunburst Yellow near the flower centers, Allowing that to dry partially I then wet the paper again and sprinkled on the Alizarin Crimson, then spraying it a little more to help it move around the page. After that, we play the waiting game, and let the watercolours dry.

Once that was dry, I cut down the front panel to fit on the front of the card. Pulling out a Hello die from my stash I cut it out of the coloured pannel and 4 times out of white cardstock to build it up. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugz

Jessie

Poppies Mother's Day

Hello friends!

Giovana here today with a Mother's Day card!

Love this Poppy Bouquet image, it's gorgeous and you can use different mediums to add color.

Position your stamp on your MISTI and ink image in JetBlack ink, color image with watercolor pencils, in this case I used Spectrum Aqua Pencils, used my heat embossing gun to speed the dry process, but you can let it sit and air dry.

After that I used a stencil to add the background circles.

Stamp the sentiment from All The Moms Set on a white banner in Red Ink.

Added Nuvo drops on flower center and Blushing Carmine Nuvo Glitter Marker to the petal edges.

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

Hope you like this project.

Have a wonderful day!

White Diamond Variations

Today I'm creating two different designs using the White Diamonds Background with Shimmering Bliss Resist.  Remember, you can use my discount code TJ10Stephanie for 10% off your order at the Technique Junkies Store.

I stamped with white craft ink on white cardstockm and clear embossed before spraying on the Shimmering Bliss.  The left one combines Chestnut Mare with Golden Olivine ... on the right is Imperial Yellow and Lapis Lazuli.

The Blue/Yellow color combination was perfect for the current Fusion Tropical Fish Card Challenge.

I paired the background with the fun underwater sentiment Octopus Face.  I pulled in the orange from the photo and scattered some sequins to bring in the *bubbles*.  I used a loose variation of the Sketch for some Fusion fun.

For my next card I cut my White Diamonds Background into a circle inspired by the Inskpirational Challenge.  The colors and textures reminded me of the stone trivets in the picture.

I stamped a sentiment from Technique Junkies Better with Coffee in Stazon Spiced Chai Ink and cut with an oval.

The horizontal piece is from a recycled magazine page (it reminded me of the table top) and a scattered some sequins to bring in the feel of the stones.

I hope I've given you some ideas for using this fun background stamp ... it is so versatile with lots of possibilities.

Fiesta!

Fiesta like there's no Manana folks!  Hope you are having a great week!  This was a fun card to make because I love sponging, and sponging over this beautiful A Colorful Life Swirl Grid turned out very festive.

The sentiment, called Fiesta, that I added is from the April new release.  Isn't this a fun card?

If you want to purchase this stamp, or any other product (excluding the clearance items), feel free to use my discount code TJ10Beth.

Thanks for stopping by!