Leaves Turn

Autumn is fast approaching. One thing I love about the seasons changing is the beautiful colors Mother Nature has to offer. The Fall goes by so quickly though. I hope you follow the advice of this beautiful card and take time to watch the leaves turn.

I love the rich colors of Fall and it was so easy to bring them into my project using the products you see here:

My new favorite product, Pixie Spray, makes using stencils amazingly easy.  No more taping down your stencil. Spray your stencil back, let it dry 60 seconds, and it becomes lightly tacky. Just place your stencil down and ink away. Toss your tape! Even the intricate details of your stencil will gently adhere to your surface and remove without harming your paper. And these amazing Ink Blending Brushes make ink application so smooth and easy. I have ditched all my sponge daubers. No learning curve with these brushes...rub them in your ink and brush on just like you would apply makeup. They are soft bristles (not sponge) and clean up with just soap and water. And with ten brush sizes in the pack, there is one for every type of application from broad area to fine detail.

I used my Memento Inks when creating this project because my fabulous new Aladine IZink Ink Pads had not yet arrived. I like Memento, don't get me wrong, but these IZink pads are to dye for (pun intended...they are dye ink pads). They go on so beautifully creamy and smooth. You will see many projects with me using them in the future!

If you're curious how I created this seasonal card, here are the details.

I sprayed my Colorful Life Stencil (Big Leaves) with the Pixie Spray. On a piece of cream colored CS, I placed my stencil and inked the various colors using the brushes and Memento Ink. The images came out crisp and clean because the spray held down all the intricate parts while I brushed on the ink.  I added a generous spritz of Shimmering Bliss Spray (Imperial Yellow) and let it dry. I trimmed down the piece and distressed the edges, then added a brown mat and attached it to my card base.

The sentiment, Leaves Turn, was stamped on cream cardstock, and I added some colored highlights to some of the words using Kaisercraft Gel Pens.  That piece was then sprayed with Shimmering Bliss, trimmed and matted, then attached to the card.

To finish off the card, I added a few pearls.  If you look closely, you can see the beautiful shimmer and royal tones.

Would you like some good news? The stamp I used is on special (only until September 8th!) and will automatically be discounted 15%, along with any of the other new releases you may like. And, you can save an additional 10% by adding my special code below. This code is good on ANY PRODUCT on the Technique Junkies site, and there is NO EXPIRATION! See...good news!

I sure hope you enjoyed my project and are inspired to try creating some beautiful Fall cards. Thanks for letting me visit today!

Til next time,
Keepin' it inky!

Leaves Turn

Hello, Kia here with you today. 

I am using a new stamp called Modern Foliage for my card today along with the sentiment called Leaves Turn. 

I took inspiration from the trees I see outside my window. The sun is getting lower and as it hits the trees in the late afternoon I see these beautiful colours. 

 Using Oxide inks I did smooshing on watercolour paper using cracked pistachio, peacock feathers, twisted citron and blueprint sketch. I then stamped the leaves on the background using VersaFine Clair ink in Green Oasis and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I used left over watercolour paper to stamp my sentiment, which is stamped in the green and heat embossed as well. 

For my card base I used peacock feather and cracked pistachio and a small amount of water to allow the ink to move as I smooshed it into my Neenah card base. I then attached the leaf panel along with the sentiment pieces to finish.

Thank you for visiting today. 

Technique Junkies September Release and Discount!

Happy August Release Day!

We have 15 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 September 2019 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. 

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

My first card uses and Walk Through Fire & Drizzle Dots

My next card uses Sweeter. I used a stencil (from A Colorful Life Designs) and Izink Diamonds paint in Nacre for a little shimmer. 

Here's a closer look so you can see the sparkle

Check out what the Design Team made!

Beth Norman-Roberts

Ceal Pritchett

Giovana Smith

Holly Brown

Janine Tinklenberg

Jeanne Streiff

Judy Jackson

Kia Gibson-Clapper

Lee Ann Barrett

Lynda Pleckan

Pat Huntoon

Ro Donner

Stephanie Severin

Hope you enjoyed my projects!

TJ Inkspirations: Ink Blended Stenciled Backgrounds

First, I must apologize. You haven't heard from me for a few weeks, and my absence is both professional and personal.  From a professional standpoint, the video editing program I have been using suddenly died on me, without hope of recovery, forcing me to learn a new editing program that is more complicated. The good news is that the videos will (should) be better as I master the program in the next few months!  From a personal standpoint, I have traveled every weekend in August (only once for personal reasons, the rest were trade shows) and the remainder of my time in the office has been overwhelmingly hectic. I promise to make up for it!  I have already filmed tutorials for most of September and I am prepping them all for future publication.  Before I get to the video and artwork, I would like to mention that Sunday is September 1st - meaning that we will have 15 new stamps for you.  Wait until you see these! I have a couple in this next release that are my favorite stamps so far...stay tuned for Sunday. You will receive another email from me reminding you of the release celebration (and the discount) Sunday (9/1) morning. Today's video shows you how to use the Ink Blending Brushes with IZINK Dye Inks, Pixie Spray and a Stencil to create a multicolored, blended background. The finished piece I did for the video is below, plus I have included an additional project that uses the technique with one of the new stamps available September 1st.  Live in Color Peacock Feather Stencil And the Sneak Preview (stamp available September 1):   Ready for the video? Ink Blended Stenciled Backgrounds About today's products: Pixie Spray is a light-tack stencil adhesive that will change the way you create with stencils. You can create beautiful, crisp stencil projects without painter's tape. Pixie Spray The 2" x 2" Aladine IZINK Ink Pads are lovely little inks have a beautiful foam pad, and at $2.99 they are priced right, too.  All of the inks are available individually, of course, but if you are a get-it-all kind of person, you might want all 20 of the inks for just $49.99 - 15% off! Aladine IZINK Dye Inks  I blend these inks with Ink Blending Brushes in the video - also new to the TJ Store. They are, by far, the easiest and best way I have ever blended ink. We have the orignal black handled brushes ($24.95), and now we have pretty Rose Gold Handles ($27.95 - 'cause sometimes we just need pretty things!), too! Black Handle Ink Blending Brushes Rose Gold Ink Blending Brushes

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

Sorry, I've been so Prickly

Hello friends!!

Giovana here today using this super fun stamp! 

For this project I used the new "Prickly" stamp.

I used Cactus Green and St. Valentine Stazon Ink to stamp the image on watercolor paper.

Colored the image with watercolors.

Die-cut image using rectangle dies, add image to a scallop orange piece.

Stencil front card using Bubble Stencil.

Embellish with Nuvo drops.

Hope you like it!

You can get this stamp with a 10% discount using my code TJ10Giovana!

Have a wonderful day!

Vintage Floral Collage Thank Yous

I love this gorgeous Vintage Floral Collage Stamp ... it is so lovely and versatile.  Remember, you get 10% off your entire order at the Technique Junkies Store with my discount code TJ10Stephanie.

For the first stamping I used Seedless Preserves and Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide Ink and my MISTI.

Next, I cut it into a 4" circle for this week's Sketch from The Paper Players.

I paired it with coordinating cardstock, a paper flower and the Grunge Thank You Sentiment.  

I had another circle sketch in my feed from Sunday Sketch Challenge, stamped Vintage Floral Collage a second time using Aged Mahogany Distress Ink with some Seedless Preserves.  This time I cut a 3" circle for the sketch.

This time I added a Thank You from Simple Sentiments Style B and finished with some sequins.

I hope you'll look at your background stamps to see how you can highlight sections for some of this week's fun sketch challenges.

Fur Baby

Hello to all, Kia here with you today to share this card using I'll Be Watching You and Fur Baby.

I'll Be Watching You includes another sentiment, but for today I wanted to use Fur Baby, so I masked off the sentiment when stamping in my mini Misti, which I did on white card stock.   

On the card base I did some smooshing using Twisted Citron and Salty Ocean in opposite corners. I wanted a Clean and Simple look, so I wanted to leave white space. As this was done using Neenah card stock I used only one spritz on each puddle to keep the water to a minimum.

I let the card base dry naturally as I find in doing so the card does not distort like it would in using a heat gun.

Using fun foam I attached the dog panel to my card base, then placed the card back in my mini Misti and stamped the sentiment.

 To finish I added a few gumdrops in the blue and greens. 

A simple and easy card to share with you today. 

Thank you for visiting and I will see you next time.