Chalk It Up

Good Morning, Junkies! Jane Bosi, here, sharing a card featuring the Pulled Pastels (February 2010) technique. I especially love techniques that bring new life to supplies I otherwise would neglect. Pastels....not my favorite, but this technique alone convinces me that I need to keep them close by!

My image is an awesome silhouette stamp from Whipper Snapper Designs called "Cow Girl."

Now, it's your turn! Go ahead and give it a try!

TTFN, Jane

Outside The Lines

Hello Weekend TJ'ers! It's Kathie McGuire here on your papercrafting Saturday to share a technique from 12/09 called Coloring Outside The Lines. I morphed it a tad by coloring in my image, but the COTL technique is something that I love to add. To me, it makes my image a bit more complete without the interference of a busy background. It always reminds me of a little "glow" around my image. I like it!

This card and gift box set was made for a friend who lost a dear little furry friend just recently. She adored this dog, so I thought this would help ease a bit of the pain of the death of her companion. Although the gift box doesn't have a TJ technique, I thought you might enjoy seeing the whole project. My friend told me that she put her dog's collar in the box and has it on her desk along with the card. I think papercrafting is one of most wonderful ways to give a personalized gift to someone in need of a little cheer, don't you? And TJ techniques have helped me in so many ways to make my projects more special.

The image is colored with Prisma colored pencils and blended with Gamsol.

Thanks for looking; I hope you've enjoyed the project.

Kathie

Stencilled Collage

It's Beth here with Try That Technique. Each week I post a new technique that Diana Enns and I challenge each other to use, and this week we challenge each other, and you, to do Stencilled Collage from the August 2008 issue.

I'm back on my feet, and am behind the wheel, and ready to see all of your work. One of you will be the lucky winner of having your card on the Technique Junkie Yahoo group homepage for the week. Everyone has a fair chance to win.

Please leave a comment and tell me that you have a card on your blog, or if you submitted it to the TJ Yahoo group. I don't want to miss out on seeing your work.

Happy stamping Junkies!

Symphony of Sanded Core'dinations by Judy Jackson

New things are always so much fun, aren't they? I could hardly wait until the new embossing folders from Sizzix and Tim Holtz came out! When the first one arrived in my mail box I had to use it right away! It just so happened that I had also purchased a packet of the whitewashed Core'dination card stock while I was away a few weeks ago.

I discovered something about these embossing folders that is important and I want to share it with you. When you place your card stock in the folder and run it through your embossing machine you will discover these are actually "debossing" folders and the design that you may want to sand is not the side of the card stock you think it might be. They emboss - or deboss - beautifully but you have to think carefully about which side you want to sand.

When I sanded this side I thought i must make a card with this! It is so pretty. I couldn't even wait to make a focal point and I went digging through ATCs that I had made and saved. I found this ATC and thought the colors went well with the sanded card stock. I tried some stamped vellum to add to the right hand side and took it off. I decided a ribbon and a few more pearls tied to the bow was just the right touch!

The stamp is by Impression Obsession and it water colors wonderfully. The stamp is much larger than an ATC so I remember placing the card stock on the stamp carefully to get the right part of the stamp for the focal image on the ATC.

Have a great week!

Judy Jackson

Ann's Card for Father

Ann Clack here!  I hope that your summer is wonderful.....Oregon has just started their summer with TWO days of sunshine in a row.......!!!!  Here is a card I made for my hubby's daddy for Father's Day.  I used the Technique Junkie technique called Antique Wallpaper from the most recent newsletter.  It is so easy and I just love the results.  I ended up doing the deer oval THREE times!!  I wanted to stamp the leaves and grass around the deer but didn't want the stamping on the oval's border.  After two attempts and failures I decided that I would just draw it in!!  I do LOVE my itty bitty copic multiliners.  Their fine lines really make drawing stuff wonderful!  Hope you are inspired to get cards done for your daddy's!

Hetty is into patchwork

How about some patchwork for your 4th of July cards? On this 1st card I used a FREE DIGITAL STAMP from FireCracker Design by Pamela. The digital stamp is colored with markers.The stars in the background are from a rubber Christmas set called:Season's Greetings and are stamped on top of the sponged color. The words are from an old FCD set. There is more FireCracker Design news on my Chraftchaos Blog

This patchwork card is made with only stamps from Hero Arts. The stich stamp is also used on the card above. I just love this little robot stamp.

Up and Over

Happy Tuesday, Fellow Junkies! Jane Bosi, here, sharing a card featuring the Up and Over technique (June/July 2010). This is a great technique when you are looking for something elegant and sophisticated!

I've used one of my favorite new images from I Brake For Stamps, Floral Silhouette Bouquet. This is a great stamp--very versatile and compatible with many of our techniques. I'm not sure what it is that draws the eye to a silhouette, but the combination of this image and technique actually made me gasp out loud!

The sentiment, "Nothing is worth more than this day" is another favorite of mine and can be found in Papertrey Inks set called Everyday Blessings.

I'm hoping you'll have a fantastically inspired day!
TTFN, Jane