Shaving Cream Tutorial (Beth Norman)

Boo to all you readers.  Halloween is just around the corner and what better way to scare your friends then to send them a scary card using Black Cat.  I paired Halloween Cuttlebug dies with this stamp.  Trees are Spellbinders leaves. 

The shaving cream technique has been around for a long time, but what hasn't been around is using black as part of this technique.  The one nice thing about this technique is that you can add three or four pieces of paper on top of the shaving cream technique before you have to add new ink.

I used a second generation background, as I discovered that by using Memento black ink didn't cover the stamp well enough to end up with a dark image, so here I used black StazOn which gave beautiful coverage.

Now on to the tutorial...

Supplies:  dish/plate/tray, foam shaving cream, alcohol ink/ink refills/food colouring, stick/straw, spatula, black StazOn

Spray a thick layer of foam shaving cream into a container/plate or tray

Drop colours of ink into shaving cream

Using a stick/straw, move colour around

Lay your paper on top of shaving cream and move paper around a little so all areas are covered

Using your spatula, scrape off all of the shaving cream

Your piece will show the ink placement

Once fully dried, stamp out your image and embellish and finish your card as desired

I hope I inspired you to try this fun technique out.  Boo!

Where I Needed To Be

 

 Hi, it's Gini and I'm back to share another card for all of the Technique Junkie fans! I love this very vintage image of Alice, but wanted to create a card that gave an antique type feel.  My solution...? I stamped the image and colored it with Spectrum Noir markers, and then placed a vellum overlay with my sentiment over the top.  It almost gives a dream-like quality. 

Technique Junkie Stamps

Stream Meeting

Needed to Be

Planner Dashboard!

Happy Saturday, Stampers!

It's me, again, Robin Redd.

It seems like it's been a LONG time since I've been here.

It feels great, all the same.

Have you jumped on the planner band wagon, yet?

Oh, boy, I sure did!

I've been trying to figure out how to incorporate 

Technique Junkie stamps into my planner.

I came up with this dashboard.  

Yeah, there's a whole new lingo to go with the planner craze.

I used one of my favorite stamps, #P006 Let's Face It 1, for my focal point.

After I stamped her, I painted her hair with Art Anthology's Black Leather Jacket Sorbet to give it some texture and dimension.  I love how it turned out.  

I colored in her face with Prisma Colored Pencils.

I also used Art Anthology's Cayman Sorbet for her eyes and Mi Bella Sorbet for her lips.

I used an old stamping trick, Pick and Omit, with #SDX001 Be Silly.

With a black Pitt Brush Pen, I inked up just the words I wanted, leaving out the word "kind".

Then, I stamped it so it would read, "Be Silly, Be Honest, Be Happy."

For more details and close-up pictures on how I created this dashboard for my planner, 

please visit my blog, Redd Robin Studios.

Until next time...

Your Heart.....

{jane bosi}  Happy Thursday, Junkies!!!  I completely adore the sentiment found on this image and often find myself drawn to use it! 

For my project today, I had wanted to use a Tape Texture technique for some added dimension and interest on my card well, project because when I started, I had no idea what was going to happen!  Who else works like that? 

I started with a precut tag and some masking tape.  After covering the tag with randomly sized bits of tape, I applied gesso to the whole thing.  When the gesso was completely dry, I added various distress inks to colorize and highlight the texture added by the tape.  I added my stamped image, Old Friend, over the top and let it dry completely.  When I got around to using the tag, I decided on a card, adding some extra hot pink ink (Pink Carmine, Faber Castell PITT pen, to be specific) around the edges to tie it to the base cardstock a bit more. 

My background is Sea Waves, which I stamped several times and then cut apart into the three panels.  The scattering a sequins was the finishing touch and really seemed to pull the whole piece together. 

Have a great day, and don't forget to be awesome!  TTFN, Jane

Birds, Leaves, and a Butterfly Journal Pages

Good morning Junkies!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend.

I have a bright journal page for your today using one of the new September releases.

I stamped the new release Oak Leaves onto my page several times, carefully matching up the edges, using Gingerbread ink.  I then painted some of the leaves with Art Anthology Velvet in Desire, Tango, Lemon Tart, and Shamrock.

Next I stamped Birds, Set of Five in several different colors of ink and cut out.  I arranged them on my page and after gluing them down (I used my Xyron sticker machine), I outlined then in black Sharpie to make them stand out.  To finish the page, I added words from the Sizzix Thinlits Adventure die set.

The front is simpler. 

I sprayed Art Anthology Wild Orchid and Salted Caramel Colorations onto my page.  Next I stamped Big Winged Butterfly on a piece of mixed media paper and cut out.  I painted the butterfly with Art Anthology Sorbets in Pixie, Coral, and Mi Bella.  Before gluing it down, I added dots using the Art Anthology Dottie stencil and Azure Sky Blue ink.  Once my butterfly was in place, I then added circles using the top of one of my Art Anthology paint bottles, Tuxedo Velvet, and white paint.  The word "life" comes from the same Sizzix Thinlits Adventure set I used above.

Until later..................
Smiles~
Marilyn

July and August Release Stamps

After my hubby passed away I was so overwhelmed with everything that there was to do.  The "tyranny of the urgent" was my life for many days and weeks.  For many weeks there were cards to be read in my mail box, bank accounts, bills, credit cards, life insurance questions, and more to do every day.  And that doesn't count planning the funeral service and all of the physical things that had to be done in my house.   So I stamped cards only as I had a need to do so -- including for my blog or the Technique Junkie Design Team blog. Needless to say, I was woefully behind  in stamping the new releases for Technique Junkie Stamps.   I have finally caught up with stamping.  I still am dealing with the financial aspects of everything but I have reached the point where I have to deal with those things as they appear in my mailbox.  It is a weight lifted on my shoulders.  So You will have to bear with me as I share a few cards today created with August release stamps.  This post will feature "doggie stamps."  Another blog post soon will feature other July or August release stamps.

This  doggie obviously wants to have fun but he must have had something not  fun happen to him. http://techniquejunkies.com/fun-and-games/   I used dye based markers to color him.  I layered him on panel stamped with an alphabet stamp.  http://techniquejunkies.com/random-abcs/

The next two cards use the same doggie stamps - http://techniquejunkies.com/dapper-doggie-couple/.

 

This cards also uses a July Release background stamp called Star Gazers - http://techniquejunkies.com/stargazers/.  Dye based markers were used to color the dogs and the flowers.  The sentiment is Believe in Yourself - http://techniquejunkies.com/believe-in-yourself/. 

The sentiment and Treble-Clef stamps are http://techniquejunkies.com/life-is-a-song/  and http://techniquejunkies.com/treble-clef-small/.

More cards to come! Have a wonderful Labor Day!

Paw Prints

Happy Saturday Junkies! Pam here today to share some DT Inspiration for Technique Junkies. While this post goes live this morning I am actually on vacation-at the beach! This is the first two week vacation I have taken in a very long time...but unfortunately we had to leave our fur baby girl at home with the dog sitter. So of course we miss her which inspired me to make this project today featuring the TJ stamp  SD641 Paw Prints.

The background is faux textured metal using Distress ink and Perfect Pearls.  The embossed portion was then inked with Archival Black.

 I just LOVE this stamp and sentiment-for those of you who follow my FB page you all know how much I love my pupsters!

Paw Prints was stamped onto Neenah Desert Storm card stock  in Versafine Black Onyx ink and covered with clear embossing powder. 

Thanks for joining me today and stay tuned here on the  Technique Junkies DT Blog as well as my blog for more great projects featuring TJ stamps!

Embrace Imperfection!

Pam