Greetings Inky Friends!

Tonya here with a couple more stamps from the January NEW Release!

       First I sprayed watercolor paper with Art Anthology Sprays using Timeless, Grass and Ink Spot. I dried the piece with a heat tool and then misted the Falling Checks stamp with water using the water as my "ink" to stamp onto the sprayed piece. This reacted by lifting some of the colored spray off the paper and leaving a ghosted image. For the images I used the adorable Geek Chic set 

and heat embossed them in black.! 

     Next up I used the new Happy Valentine's Day stamp and colored it in using alcohol markers. I masked the Kitty Lovers behind the heart so it looks like they are sitting on it. For the background I used the Vortex background stamp and I heavily applied gelatos to it. I sprayed the stamp with water and pressed it onto watercolor paper. This was my second print too with lots of color still on it!  I tied it off with FSJ's Sweet Berry Crimped Ribbon.

Valentine's Day is near and both sets would be great for the tech-y geek or kitty-lover in your life!

I'll be back on February 1st with more new releases!!

Happy Creating!! ~ TONYA :)

People Will Stare

{jane bosi}

The January stamp release from Technique Junkies includes this photo stamp image of Marilyn Monroe.  She's easily one of the most recognizable people of all time.  I wanted to create a project that captured some of her spunkiness.  By combining the Kisses background and the People Will Stare sentiment, I think I've hit my mark!

For my project, I started by creating a background using the Back To Back technique.  You'll find this technique and 29 others on the Bodacious Backgrounds CD available exclusively in the Technique Junkies store.  Images used are Circus Stars and Lipstick Kisses. To finish things off, I added one of my favorite kitchy sentiments, People Will Stare.

Make It Worth Their While ;)  Jane

Bookworms

Good morning Junkies!  Hope your new year is off to a wonderful start.  For your viewing pleasure, I have a tag that can also be used as a bookmark (what I'm considering using it for anyway).

I started out by saturating my tag with Art Anthology Peacock Feathers Colorations.  Just spray a puddle on your mat and drag the tag through it until it's covered.  I then used a baby wipe to add the white "clouds".  Next, I stamped Birds on A Fence in black Versafine ink (my fave) and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I then stamped a quote from the Bookworms set at the top left of the tag.  I finished it off with some blue and black fiber.

Nice and simple.  Anything I tried to add just detracted from the tag.

Until later..................

Marilyn

Dogs Are Family Too

I clearly remember our family having dogs as I was growing up.  And all three of my siblings have or had dogs in their household as adults.  My husband and  I never had dogs in our family -- primarily due to allergies on my part.  I remember so well our dogs riding in either the front seat or the seat and often they had heads sticking out the open window with their tongues hanging out!  So this card is in memory of all the dogs our family had while I was growing up. 

I used Memento sepia ink so I could use my Copic markers to color the truck and the dog. I used my Copics to color the trunks of the trees and used a finger dauber to sponge ink on the leaves of the trees.

Background papers that reminded me of road trips are on a few layers.   And I slanted the focal image to show off some of those papers.  A few rustic type brads and the card is done!  

I used this Technique Junkie stamps: Lets Roll - http://techniquejunkies.com/lets-roll/. 

Perfect Companions

Happy Saturday Junkies!  Pam here today to share with you one of my favorite January new releases: Perfect Companions. For those of you that know me you know I LOVE dogs and have three of my own Nathan, Tanner and Charleston. So when I saw this stamp release I was ecstatic!

I am making these into a set of note cards for our vet and our dog sitter!! Fun little gifts of appreciation.

Thanks for joining me today and stayed tuned here on the Design Team blog for more great inspiration from our super talented design team!

Embrace Imperfection!

Pam

For the Book Lovers in Your Life

Hello Fellow Junkies,
Karen McAlpine here today to share a fun project perfect for all the book lovers in your life.  The sets are perfect for me as there are quite a few among my friends and family and of course, I am one too.  On my project, I used two of the new January Releases:
                Books Background and Bookworms Sentiment Set

To make this project:

• Make a card from Olive CS
• Punch small holes along the edge
• Thread large tapestry needle with narrow ribbon 
• Thread the ribbon in and out through the holes making this zigzag pattern

• On cream CS stamp the Books Background with dark brown ink
• Tear the edges and add to card base
• Stamp sentiment on velum with Stazon ink
• Tear edges and add to card base
• Tie ribbon in bow and glue to velum

Thanks for stopping by and see you next time,
Karen McAlpine
Dreaming and Creating

Book Mark Madness

Happy New Year Junkies!!!

The Crafty Nurse here with a post using some of the great new release stamps from January.  When I saw the book themed stamps, the first thing I thought about was creating some fabulous bookmarks.  

I used alcohol inks a few different ways.  First I dropped them directly onto the tag then added 91% alcohol on top with a dropper to create great movement.  Then I used the more traditional polished stone technique using the applicator and blending solution then pouncing on the tag.  

After applying the ink, I stamped "Books #S644" on a few tags and heat embossed with clear.  I then chose several of the sentiments from "Bookworms #SS054" and stamped those as well.  To finish off I created tassels with bakers twine and metallic thread.  I found a great tutorial on Pinterest on how to make these very quickly. 

I hope everyone is enjoying their new year and making time to get your fingers inky.  Also, don't forget, Pat has offered $15% off the January Release stamps until the 8th so stop by the Technique Junkies store and grab up some goodies.

Take care,

The Crafty Nurse