Where Flowers Bloom

 

Good morning, Junkies!  It's Holly posting today, and I'm here to share this shimmery ombre card I created for Technique Junkies.  This beautiful new stamp is called Where Flowers Bloom, and I embossed it with white powder onto some white cardstock.  I sprayed the top area with Festive Flamingo Shimmering Bliss and the bottom with Just Squeezed Shimmering Bliss.  This created a beautiful ombre effect with a gorgeous shimmer which you can see in the picture below.  

I used the Festive Flamingo Shimmering Bliss to spray some seam binding as well.  I covered the ribbon with the spray and then scrunched it up with my fingers before letting it dry.  I love that distressed look of the ribbon with the shimmer everywhere. 

Please use this code, TJ10Holly, when you shop at Technique Junkies to get 10% off your order.  There are hundreds of stamps to choose from as well as the Shimmering Bliss sprays and foils and A Colorful Life Designs stencils.  

Garden Tools

 Hi there!

It's my day to post on the Technique Junkies Design blog.  I have two cards to share today, just in time for the planting season! Things are beginning to pop out of the ground and bloom, here in Southeast Missouri. What fun this stamp was to create with!   

For the first card, the background was spritzed with Chestnut Mare Shimmering Bliss, over top of 'Brick Wall', A Colorful Life Stencil'. I adhered the brick panel to a card base, and set it aside to dry. Next, S902 'Garden Tools' was stamped onto white cardstock, colored with Copics, distressed with Ink Blending Brushes and a variety of Distress Oxide Inks, and a circle was cut out of the panel. One of the garden tools, and the hose were also fussy cut from what was left over after the circle was die cut. The sentiment was stamped onto a piece of cardstock, the same as the base color, and was spritzed with Chestnut Mare Shimmering Bliss. The circle, tools, and sentiment were then adhered to the card base. This will be fun to send to a gardener that we know!

Next up is another card made with S902 'Garden Tools'. The image was stamped, colored with Copics, and the background was added with A Colorful Life Designs Stencil 'Grunge Dots'. The panel was then distressed with Distress Oxide Ink and Ink Blending Brushes. 

The sentiment on the inside is from SS134 'In the Garden'.  

Here is the inside of the second card:

I am SO enjoying this April release, and hoping that you like it, too!

Don't forget that you can ALWAYS save 10% on any order by entering TJ10Patti at checkout!

Now, be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and check out the incredible March release!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

3 Shadow Oxide Wildflower Card & Kit

 

3 Shadow Oxide Wildflower Card & Kit You have to try this! The new Wildflower Border stamp from the April release is delicate and beautiful! It is one of my favorites from this release, and I am VERY excited to share what I did with it! The 3 Shadow Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs, colored with blended Distress Oxide Inks, is a great backdrop for the stamp. Not only that, but you can use the same inks to color the stamp, too! I actually put together two kits for this tutorial -- one with the inks included and one without the ink, since some of the colors here were used in previous kits. All of the products may also be purchased individually HERE, too, if you just need a few things to round out your supply. https://techniquejunkies.com/3-shadow-rectangle-wildflower-kit/ Let us show you how!

Big and Pollack

Today's Technique Junkie Design Team post comes from Tracy Shultz, The Hopeful Crafter. The stamps used include "Big" https://techniquejunkies.com/big/ and "Pollack" background stamp https://techniquejunkies.com/pollack/ They are part of the April 2021 New Release. I also used a few other miscellaneous Technique Junkies Sentiment Stamps, all linked below. 

 All of the new release stamps are 15% Off through April 8th.

Use my code: TJ10Tracy for 10% off anything else ordered.

https://techniquejunkies.com/april-2021-gotta-have-it-all-bundle/

Here are several other cards that I made with the "Pollack" background stamp. 

For the sentiment, I used: 

"Faith In Your Dreams" https://techniquejunkies.com/faith-in-your-dreams/

Sentiment "Big" https://techniquejunkies.com/big/

Sentiment "Hope is Stronger:" https://techniquejunkies.com/hope-is-stronger/

Sentiment "Beautiful Minds:" https://techniquejunkies.com/beautiful-minds/

Sentiment "Hope is Stronger:" https://techniquejunkies.com/hope-is-stronger/

How I created these cards:

1. I stamped the Pollack background using various colors of Catherine Pooler inks. 

2. I die cut that panel using a rounded corner die from my stash.

4. I stamped the TJ sentiment using Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink and die cut the sentiment using either a die from my stash or the Tim Holtz Deckle Edge Trimer. I then used matching ink to ink the sides. 

5. I popped the sentiment up using foam tape.

6. I mounted the panel on to an A2 card base (4.25" x 5.5").                                                                                         

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Thanks so much for visiting the Design Junkies Blog!

Grow with Love

Today’s card is perfect for spring.  Fresh green and pink colours were used to create my 3-D card.  The background paper is not designer paper.  It is a background stamp called Garden Party, which was coloured with pencil crayons.  Grow with Love focal point was placed into my Misti (what tool do you use?) and each word on my stamp was watercoloured with watercolour markers.  I huffed on the colour to reactivate the colour, and pressed down, repeating the process two or three times more.

Added to this card is one of my handmade flowers and leaves.

Have a great week, and stay safe.

 

April New Stamp Release

 

No foolin' - Today is release day at Technique Junkies, and we have a wonderful collection of new stamps for you today! As always, the new stamps are 15% off trough April 8th, so when you find your favorites, get them before the discount runs out! Simply add them to your shopping cart and they will be discounted automatically. You can find all the stamps HERE.

We also have a release celebration with the TJ Designers - their links are below. Make sure to check out all of their wonderful artwork. The links are at the end of the email.
Ready to see the new stamps and some inspiration? First, the full release for those of you who "Gotta Have it All":

Ready for a little inspiration? First I have this pretty card made by Nancy May using the Loss of a Beloved Pet Set of 2:

Next, Designer Holly Brown made this pretty Wildflower Silhouette card and combined it with the Big Stamp:

Next, I have this simply done Garden Tools Stamp paired with a sentiment from the In the Garden Sentiment Ser from Designer Tracy Schultz:

I have this Sympathy card using the Brighter and Better Place combined with the Wildflower Border stamp:

There is so much more to see! Here is a taste of what else we have in store for you with the TJ Team:

TJ blog (You are Here)

Holly Brown

Patti Gilliam

Tracy Schultz

Beth Norman-Roberts ‎

Judy Jackson

Pat Huntoon

And Tracy Schultz has a great video for you here:
Tracy: https://youtu.be/8ycUO0RjJik

I hope you enjoy this release and don't forget to pick up your favorites with the discount!

Pat Huntoon

Increasing in Value

 Hi there!

 Hi there! 

It's my day to post on the Technique Junkies Design blog.  

I have a pretty card to share today, using the 'S882 Spring Flowers' background stamp. What a lovely stamp this is to work with - just look at all of the details! This card also features a new release sentiment 'SDX182 Increasing in Value'.

The image was stamped first on a white cardstock panel. I used 'A Colorful Life Cloud Edger Stencil' to create a bit of sky prior to coloring the panel. All coloring was done with Copic markers. The image was actually stamped on both the focal panel, and again on another panel. Each panel was colored, then  I fussy cut the larger flowers and popped them up over top of the first stamped image. Once the card was completed, I used Glossy Accents on the larger flowers, then stamped, matted, and adhered the sentiment to the card front.



I've enjoyed this March release! Hope you have too!!!

So glad you stopped by today!

Don't forget!!! You can always save 10% on any order by entering TJ10Patti at checkout.



Now, be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and check out the incredible March release!

Thanks for stopping by,
Patti J.