Zen Sea Turtle with Background Stencil

Hello, Tracy Shultz, The Hopeful Crafter, here to share two cards that feature stamps from the June 2021 Technique Junkies new release. There are so many wonderful ocean themed cards in this release. I paired the Zen Sea Turtle stamp with the Ocean Frame Sentiments, Set of 5: to create several cards:

I stamped the Zen Sea Turtle using Versafine Clair and Catherine Pooler Ink (Lime Rickey). I heat embossed the turtle with clear embossing powder and cut the turtle with my scan and cut machine. I colored the Circular Motion stencil from A Colorful Life Designs with Catherine Pooler Inks (Tranquil and Cove Blue). I stamped one of the sentiments from the Ocean Frame Sentiments Set of 5 on a piece of blue shimmer cardstock and then trimmed the sentiment with the Deckle Trimmer. I layered the stenciled background on a piece of turquoise glitter card stock. I used foam tape to pop both the turtle and the sentiment up off the card base. These layers I adhered to an A2 top folding landscape card base. For my second card I followed the same steps but used different ink colors for the turtle and the stencil, a different sentiment and green glitter card stock as a mat base. 

All the new June 2021 stamps are available here: https://techniquejunkies.com/june-2021-new-stamp-release/

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 Thanks for visiting, have a hopeful day!

 

Escape the Ordinary

 

Hi friends!  I love escaping the ordinary.  How about you?  Leave me a message and tell me how you love to escape the ordinary.  Me?  I like to go to our boat and jump off the side into the cold water.

This was a very fun background that I created for Technique Junkies Framed Seascape stamp and Ocean Frame Sentiments.

 

As always, you can use my code below to get 10% off your shopping cart. 

Steps to making my card:

1.  Cut a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ piece of watercolour paper
2.  Smoosh  ink onto a silicone mat in a big area and spritz with water.  I used 3 colours of distress inks.
3. Dip watercolour paper into your inked area and smoosh around.
4. Dry with heat gun.
5. Dip watercolour paper lightly onto beaded areas of ink and heat with heat gun.
6. Repeat steps 2 to 5 until you are happy with your background.  My background was created by repeating these steps four times.
7. When background is dry, ink Framed Seascape onto your background with VersaMark and sprinkle with white embossing powder.  Heat set.
8.  Using a sentiment from Ocean Frame Sentiments, ink up your stamp with VersaMark and sprinkle with gold embossing powder.  Heat set.
9.  Die cut an anchor or other sea die, and ink up the diecut with VersaMark and sprinkle gold embossing powder over top.  Heat set.  Now it looks like a real charm and not paper.  Just a little trick that will surprise the recipient of your card.

Thank you for stopping by!

Clean and simple Sketched Beach

Clean and simple - this is just one layer on top of the blue cardstock base - can be effective! The Sketched Beach stamp was inked with Versafine in light blue, and the Escape the ordinary stamp from the Ocean Framed Sentiments set was stamped over that. Simple, yet it fills the whole card. Simple doesn't have to be dull!

Pat Huntoon

Joyful Fish Frame

Good morning, Junkies!  It's Holly posting today and I'm sharing this Joyful Fish Frame card with you.  I stamped the gorgeous new Framed Seascape onto white cardstock with some green dye ink.  Then I stamped the sentiment from the Ocean Frame Sentiments set with the same green dye ink.  I colored the fish and coral with Copic markers, and then I colored the outside of the frame with a pale blue Copic marker.  The contrast of the white note against the blue sea with the colorful fish just makes me smile.  

Please feel free to use this code, TJ10Holly, to save 10% when you shop at Technique Junkies.  You'll find all kinds of stamps to inspire you as well as stencils, Shimmering Bliss sprays, and Distress Oxide ink pads.  Have a great day!

 

Pelican Can-Do

 My Pelican card today is part of a 2 piece stamp set called Be a Pelican. I masked the sentiment off the pelican and just used the extra saying and the bird, which was colored with Copic Markers. The background is Harvest Sunset Shimmering Bliss, and the Pollack stamp was stamped over the bliss a few times with Distress Oxide Ink. Pat Huntoon

Fish or Mermaid??

 

Are you a mermaid or a fish? Just a little reminder to revel in your sparkling self. The Mermaid tail and water on the Fish or Mermaid stamp were colored with Nuvo Glitter Markers. The background is blended ink over A Colorful Life Designs Stencil called Art Fish, with Distress Oxide Inks. Today is the last day for 15% off the June new releases - don't miss out!

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Ocean Shaker Card

 

I created this shaker card using the new June Technique Junkies release of Framed Seascape.  I stamped twice on two 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 white panels.  I colored all of the elements the same with Copic markers.  I used the Turbulent Water Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.  The view above is the card laying down after shaking it.  And the view below is the card standing up.

I used a tiny black rhinestone on each eye of the fish. I used my trimmer and cut away the excess around the frame and prepared it for the top layer of the shaker card.  I used a die and cut out a scalloped circle circle in the top layer.  Then I adhered a scrap piece of acetate  from packaging  and adhered it on the back of the top layer.  Then I used thin strips of foam tape around the edges of the top layer and around the circle.  I used a tiny spoon and placed a small amount of the tiny blue stars in the middle of where the window would cover on the bottom layer.  I positioned the top layer so it lined up perfectly with the bottom layer.  

There is an excellent deal if you "gotta have them all!"    You save $26.45!!!  Wow! What a savings!

Please remember that ALL of the June stamps are on sale for 15% off -- without any coupon through June 8. That is tomorrow! The discount will be taken when you check out. And should you find some other treasure you want to have you can use the code TJ10Judy, and a 10% discount will be taken on anything that is NOT already on sale.

Have a wonderful marvelous day, and get inky!!