Merry Christmas

   Good morning! Another beautiful fall morning, one of these mornings we will wake up to snow!!!

 

I am up on Techniques Junkies Blog to show you a couple more beautiful cards I made using stamps from the new October 2020 release.  My first card: uses the new Dotted Merry Christmas, love the font as well as the dots between the letters I used Santa in the Monlight  which stirs up memories of waiting for Santa as a child.  I went through my stamps and saw Good Night which I thought added to the card.   I always make my sons Christmas cards so this is the one he has chosen for me to make him this year.   I started by sponging a yellow "moon" on my blank card - then using my Misti I place my Santa in the Moonlight so that the reindeer would be in the moon.  I love to use silhouette stamps - no coloring and they stand alone.   I have a friend who has a sizzix die which I really like, of a city sky line so I die cut several of those to have on hand.  

For my next card 

I used Candy Cane and Merry Christmas .  I embossed he candy cane and sentiment using some red tinsel embossing powder - love the sparkle it added.  I fussy cut the candy cane out and popped it up on a die cut doily as well as a red doily I had in my stash. I ran my white layer with a snow embossing folder through my cuttlebug, left the script just plain white with red tinsel embossing powder .  I had some card stock in my never ending stash that was perfect for this candy cane image.  Hope you have enjoyed.

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White Christmas

 

I used Christmas Tree Sextuplet for the focal image. The trees and ornaments were painted with Twinkling H2Os.  I sponged green ink for the grass and added some heat embossed puffy snow.  The the marvelous Cloud Edger stencil helps to create the sky.  Nuvo drops are snowflakes in the sky.    The verse is from the new set O Christmas Tree. 

But if you are really enamored with all of the release -- then take advantage of the "GOTTA HAVE IT ALL!"  That sale is 25% off all of the October Release.

 

Have a marvelous day and get inky!

Holy Night Stars Stencil

Good morning, Junkies!  It's Holly posting today, and I'm sharing a quick and easy Christmas card.  Did you notice that two of the new release stamps from Technique Junkies have coordinating stencils to go with them?  I paired the new Brightly Shining stamp with the Shining Star stencil for my card today.  

I started by brushing some Speckled Egg Distress ink through the Shining Star stencil onto white cardstock, and then I lightly brushed some more of the same ink all around the background.  I stamped the Brightly Shining sentiment with the Speckled Egg Distress ink onto another sheet of white cardstock, cut it out with an oval die, and then brushed some ink around the edges while the paper was still inside the oval die.  Some silver cording was tied around the card and I affixed the oval sentiment with some foam tape.

I hope this inspires you to make a quick little stash of Christmas cards.  There's just a little over two months til the big day is here!  

 

Gnome for Christmas

  Good Saturday morning on this beautiful fall morning.  We are getting ready to go on a trail ride in our side by side to see some beautiful fall colors.  

This morning it is my turn on the Techniques blog, as guest designer, to post to share a couple of cute/pretty holiday cards that I designed with the new October fall release.  

 Using one of the cute gnomes from Gnome for Christmas, I made a Christmas card using a library card that I had in my stash, colored the gnome with copic markers fussy cut him out and popped him up on a couple of pretty design papers for the holidays.  my sentiment came from the same set and I thought that it was fitting for this library card.  I distressed the library card a bit with some antique linen distress ink and a pair of scissors.  I knew I saved the library cards for a reason.  

My next card 

was made using Wise Men  which is a beautiful stand alone stamp, and using the Cloud Edger Stencil  I made the backgound with three various colors of distress oxide inks using my blending brushes. I watched a quick from Pat Huntoons blog on some tips in using this beautiful stencil.  

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TJ Inkspirations: Stenciled Ghosts and Clouds

 

I have fallen in love with the Marvelous Masks made by A Colorful Life Designs. Each set includes 4 masks and 4 stencils in varying sizes. There are many different shapes  to choose from: hearts, ornaments, circles, squares, rectangles, stars - you name it.  I have fallen in love with the Ghosties! I was playing with them and this idea popped in my head, so of course I had to share it with you. I combined the Marvelous Mask Ghosties with the Cloud Edger for this fun tutorial. And here are the artwork pieces made from the tutorial: Marvelous Mask Ghosties with the Cloud Edger And here is how we made these: Stenciled Ghosts and Clouds Stenciled Ghosts and Clouds by Technique Junkies And just a little more artwork:

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

Wise Men Still Seek Him

 

Hello, and welcome, Lynda Joy here.  

It's my turn to post on the TJ blog.  

I love this stamp from the new release.

When I saw it I immediately new it had 

to be made with purple and gold.  

So, here it is!

 

I used the Wise Men image, and stamped and embossed it onto eggplant card stock.  I layered that onto gold, then did a little more layering for a square card.

 

It's easy, quick, and oh, so elegant with all that regal gold!

 

I hope you have enjoyed this release of fabulous stamps.  Today is the last day for the 15% discount on the new release stamps.  Of course, you can always add my discount code for an additional 10% off your entire order.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Blessings,

 

Sandy Little Christmas Card

Hello fellow stamp lovers, it's Beverly with you today.  I always say there are few rubber stamps I have met which I didn't love (and I have the collection to prove it).  But there are also certain images like flamingos I am super crazy about.  When I saw the new October Sandy Christmas, it flew into my shopping cart!  After coloring the Sandy Christmas image, I paired it with patterned paper and washi tape for a quick card.

I stamped the inside with the new Inside Out: 12 Cookies Set of 10 Stamps.  What I loved about this set is how you can use it for the insides of your cards OR for the front as well.

Be sure to check out all the new October release stamps (plus other Technique Junkies stamps).  If you use the above code you can take 10% off your order too!  Woo Hoo!  So put those comfy pants on and grab your beverage of choice and SHOP!