Technique Junkies 30 Days of Christmas-Day 15

Happy Thursday Junkies!

Jerri here from a bushel and a hug to share a Christmas Tag I made for Day 15!

Christmas Trees Set of 6 is one of my favorite stamp sets.  This set is so versatile.  To make this tag, I began by using some of the Tim Holtz metallic stain. I smeared the stain all over the tag and then spritzed it with some water.  Once the tag was dry I stamped my trees.  I stamped the trees in the background on a piece of scrap paper first and then stamped again on the tag without re-inking. This gives a lighter stamp and for this purpose makes it seem as though there are trees in the background.  I used a stiff paint brush and some thinned down, white paint to spritz white spots all over the top.  I used a gray stamp pad to rub along the edges and a bow to finish it off.

Make sure you check out the Design Team Blog to get tons of Christmas inspiration.

Have a fantastic day
Jerri

30 Days of Christmas - Day 14

Hello Junkies!

The Crafty Nurse here celebrating the 30 Days Of Christmas here on the Design Team Blog.  I am absolutely in love with the "Christmas Dove" stamp and couldn't resist using it again for my Day 14 post.  If you didn't see my first dove, check out my personal blog.

To create the card I used the Rubbed Gelato's Technique from the Artistic Effects CD.  This begins by stamping "Christmas Dove" on watercolor paper and heat embossing with white powder.  I then applied the Rubbed Gelato Technique and created a shaker card for some fun.  The silver frame is a My Favorite Things die.  To create some additional visual interest, I stamped one of the many fabulous Snowflakes stamps on the card edges then finished with the "Merry Christmas 2" sentiment.

We would love for you to keep following the Design Team Blog for more Christmas ideas using the Technique Junkies stamps.  There is only a few days left to grab the Christmas stamps at 20% off through October 31st.

By for now,

The Crafty Nurse

30 Days of Christmas, Day 13

Hi folks.  It's Beth Norman here with another Christmas card for you.  Welcome to day 13 of the 30 days of Christmas! Are you enjoying all the Christmas cards we're posting?  Aren't they awesome?

I love to colour and couldn't resist Berries Panel and Magic of Christmas.  These two stamps make for a quick card and one that lends itself nicely for mass production.

All Christmas stamps are 20% off until October 31st.  Use the word Christmas to receive your discount at the checkout.

With the Christmas season almost upon us I'm busy making my Christmas cards, knitting and wrapping dishcloths in ribbon with handmade gift tags, and am making thank you cards to give to my sister and daughter.  What are you working on?

30 Days of Christmas - Day 12

 

Hi, it's Gini and I am here today to share with you my first take on the 30 Days of Christmas Cards! I love kraft and gold together, and thought that the Folk Art Angel would be great to use with this color scheme. I dry embossed the background and heat embossed the angel. The sentiment, Merry Christmas 2, was stamped on the kraft paper.  And what is Christmas without a big festive bow? 

We will have more ways to inspire you for your Christmas season, so check back everyday between now and the 15th of November!

The 30 Days of Christmas, Day 11

Hello Junkies , Pam here today to welcome you  to the 30 Days of Christmas with Technique Junkies - Day 11.  The holiday season is fast approaching so we are sharing some fantastic inspiration for your holiday cards from Oct 15-Nov 13! So be sure to stay tuned here and on the Design Team members blogs for new projects EVERY DAY!

For my holiday inspiration card I used the Ornament 1 stamp (SD640) to create a background for this simple yet elegant Christmas card.  It also features the Merry Christmas 2 stamp as the sentiment!

The ornament stamp has such great detail to it and it just looks gorgeous stamped with Versamark Ink and embossed using Ranger Queen's Gold embossing powder. They just come to life!  I decided to go with a monochromatic piece and use ink sprays for the background and highlight the ornaments themselves with a little bit of darker red water color. 

I hope you are enjoying our fab 30 days of Christmas inspiration! 

Embrace imperfection!

Pam

The 30 Days of Christmas, Day 10

Hello!  It's Robin Redd here with you today.  

Welcome to day 10 of The 30 Days of Christmas.

I made a simple Christmas card, for you, that has a ton of Christmas PUNCH!

I used #SDX065 Merry Christmas 2

and #S652 Winter Foliage.  

With this stamped I used the tone on tone method to stamp the background.  

This simply means I stamped it with a stamp pad that is close to the color of the paper 

you are stamping it on.

To make the trees, simply cut triangles from your choice of cardstock or paper.

You can use ANY (well, just about) embossing folder you have on hand to 'decorate' your trees.

Until next time...

30 Days of Christmas, Day 8

Welcome back to the 30 Days of Christmas! Today is Day 8 and I am pleased to use two of the new stamps from this year's Technique Junkies holiday release. The base of this stamp is the Winter Wonderland Stamp. I colored the top of this stamp with Stormy Sky Distress Ink, and the bottom of the stamp with Iced Spruce Distress Ink using the Direct-to-Stamp method. For texture,there is a dot of Stickles on each of the top snowflakes, and painted Bone Stone Effects Dimensional Medium (Art Anthology) over the snowy areas.

To add more dimension, I re-inked the bottom of the stamp with Iced Spruce ink again and stamped on a second piece of paper. I cut out a few trees and popped them on the base piece:

To finish the card, I used the Winter Wonderland Sayings (Set of 3) along the top, creating banners for each of the words.  I love that I can make these non-denominational, like the card above, or straight-out Christmas Cards by using the Merry Christmas Greeting from the same set. 

Until tomorrow--