Vellum Sentiments by Judy Jackson

Good day from Judy Jackson.

Bold stamps colored with bold colors work the best for this technique. Often markers work the very best because of their frequent intense hues. You need to choose to stamp with a bold image, and then you need to decide where over the image is going to be the best place to place your sentiment. This image is not large but I think I found the right place for the sentiment don't you?

I really like this stamp but it is certainly not within my usual "style." Stamp credits belong to Stamp Impressions and Sweet and Sassy Stamps. But it works very well for certain techniques and style of of cards. I think this is one of them! Have you tried this technique? It is fun!

Judy Jackson

Another Splash and Stick by Judy Jackson

Here is another card using this technique (from August 2010) -- from Judy Jackson. I didn't write or film the technique and I can only claim I made this card (and others!).

As I used the inks to splash around on the glossy card stock, I decided the colors were right for the parrot stickers. I added a few punched and die cut images and stamps to finish the card.

The parrot is unique - never going to be one exactly like him! -- and so are each one of us!

Stamps are from Stampin' Up and the sticker from Outlines.

Hope you have a great day filled lots of creativity!

Judy Jackson

Side Step and Bandanda Techniques

Good morning friends. Beth Norman here with a double technique card. First, I created my Bandana technique and then adhered it to the Side Step card. You can find the directions for the Side Step card on the Fancy Folds and Motion CD.

There are three different stamps used on my card: the small butterflies are from Hero Arts, the large butterfly is from My Favorite Things stamps and the sentiment is from Stampabilities.

Try That--Mulberry Magic!

{Jane Bosi}Greetings, Stampy Friends!! It's time for another Try That Technique Challenge! This week, we are using a great technique from the Feb/March 2011 edition of the TJ Newsletter, Mulberry Magic! I adore this technique! The results are funky, soft, wild, vivid.....just about anything you want them to be!!! Give it a go!

About my card, the images on the technique piece are from a few different Amuse sets. The main image is an awesome Kenny K stamp from I Brake For Stamps!! This one is called "All That," but dont say I didnt warn!! A few new Kenny K images were added to the IBFS website this week and they are ALL fabby! Don't forget that as a TJ subscriber, you can save some $ when you shop. Check your newsletter for the current code :) and, have fun!
TTFN, Jane

Apples for the Jewish New Year

Hello Stampers!

Hetty here with two card ideas for the Jewish New Year.

For both cards I used the "color-sandwich"- technique

from newsletter June/July 2011

If you want to know more about the Jewish New Year and its symbols

please go HERE for further reading.

One of the symbols you see on many of the Jewish cards is an apple.

We eat a sweet apple with honey to wish each other a very sweet year.

This weekend I was at the StempelMekka in Hagen, Germany. A big stamp show

and I met Judy from Judikins and found she had this sweet apple I just had to have

for my New Year cards. 

The color sandwich technique was perfect for the card I wanted to make.

The apple is from their new  Posh Impressions range of stamps

and I already had the bee. So this was a great combination.

I added some glossy accent to the apples to make it look like

the honey drops of the aplles.

The Hebrew sentiment translates to: A happy and prosperous year

and is embossed with gold embossing powder. 

For the second card I used an image by Create with TLC

and the apple by Judikins. The are hjust beautiful together.

You might wonder about the numeber on the apples: 5772.

Well, that is the numeral  of the new Jewish Year. 

For the inside of my cards I used this fun stamp

that is  from Zum Gali Gali.

Have a creative day!

Splash and Stick by Judy Jackson

Good day from Judy Jackson! We have been enjoying sunshine in our area -- which is a very welcome relief from all the rain and flooding we had last week. In our area, it was better than it was over in Lancaster county and north of us in Pennsylvania. We had 12 inches of rain in just about 2 days and that is just too much. Other days last week, it drizzled and rained off and on.

Last Saturday I was able to go the ScrapStampArt rubber stamp convention in Westminster, MD. I enjoy that stamp show because they have different vendors than the Heirloom show. Heirloom will be in my town in October -- and alas I won't be there.

At the booth for the Outlines company I discovered that they had a special on their Outline stickers. I immediately remembered the Splash and Stick technique from August 2010! I bought 3 sheets of stickers which were very different from each other. This is a very cool technique with interesting results! You will see more cards using this technique!

I used the card sketch from Techno Stamper by Mary Jo Price Williams. I don't always use the sketch but today I did. I used my own cloud stencil to sponge the clouds behind the giraffe. The Get Well Wishes stamp is the only stamp on the card and it is from Stampin' Up.

Have a great day!

Collaged Circles by Judy Jackson

This is another Collaged Circles technique post by Judy Jackson.

Aren't these little girls cute as they have fun on another warm summer day? Can't you just smell these flowers blooming on the bush?

Watercolor pencils add the coloring to this Stampin' Up stamp -- retired for years now but I still use this stamp quite a bit!

The colors in the circles coordinate nicely with the image colors.

Are your hands and fingers inky today? If not then let hands and fingers feel some stamps and ink today!

Judy Jackson