SPRING IN A JAR

April 18th and it's still snowing in Michigan. Hope it's warmer in your neck of the woods! Since it's still so cold and dreary, I needed to make a springy card and used two of my favorite stamps to do it:  Incrediball Canning Jar and Love and Laughter Floral. I tweaked it up just a little by doing a little masking.

First step was to make the card base. I took white cardstock and stamped the jar using grey ink. I placed a sticky note across the top of the jar and stamped the floral image in green. Using colored pencils I colored in both images and extended the stems to the bottom of the jar. The sentiment was stamped and the panel trimmed and attached to the card base.

For the flowers, I simply placed dots of Nuvo glue where there were buds on the stamped image and added Flower Soft petals. I love the dimension!

Here are the stamps set used:

 
Note: The flower is attached to the sentiment. I cut mine apart for more versatility. You could also use a masking technique if you don't like doing surgery on your stamps!

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If you are still experiencing the winter doldrums where you are, what better way to bring a little Spring into your world than with some fresh new stamps! If you are already getting to enjoy Spring, make it better with stamping treat for yourself!

Til next time,
Keepin' it inky!

BEGAN TO FLY

Hello Technique Junkies Stamps fans!  

So happy you've joined us today.  

I adore the April 2018 stamp release from Technique Junkies Stamps.    There's something for everyone in there.  Did you get a chance to shop for your favorites?  If you would like to shop more and would like a discount on them, please go ahead and use TJ10Cheri.  You'll get 10% off your entire order.  

One of the sentiments that I loved from this release is "Began to Fly", so I created this very simple card using that sentiment, and "Butterfly 2".  I colored the butterfly with Copic markers and lightly sponged some Antique Linen diress ink around the image.  I then stamped a white panel with the background stamp "Herringbone Tweed" in a light grey in randomly and in second and third generation stamping.  I cute a negative space in that panel and adhered my image panel behind it.  I then framed the whole piece with a frame die in dark purple.  

There's so much creativity going on using Technique Junkies Stamps as well as our FaceBook Page.  There's also a Technique Junkies YouTube Channel, hosted by our creator, Pat Huntoon where she demonstrates lots of techniques for card makers.  Check them all out. 

We also have a monthly challenge. (This month it's an adorable sketch)  In order to win this challenge you must use Technique Junkies Stamps in your creation.  You say you don't have any TJ stamps?  Well....don't forget...I have that10% discount code  which will let you get 10% off every and/or any stamps you want in the store and it also applies to the Ken Oliver Colorburst pigments.  

Technique Junkies Sketch Challenge Winner!

Thank you to everyone that entered our challenge!

Look for a new challenge later today!!!

The winner of our Technique Junkies Sketch Challenge:

Joanne Travis

Please contact Jeanne for prize information within 7 days.

Have a great day!

Gypsy Soul Cat ATC

Hi! Jeanne here today! 

I created the background for my ATC with Color Burst (see colors below). When my background was 

dry I stamped Vogue Kitty using my MISTI in black ink  ink and colored with Studio 71 markers. 

The sentiment is from Soul of a Gypsy.

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Have a great day! Jeanne

Butterfly Woman for Mother's Day

Happy Saturday Technique Junkies fans! Janelle Stollfus here with the new Butterfly Woman stamp and sentiments from the April release!

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Besides the remarkable Butterfly Woman stamp, I've added sentiments to make them excellent Mother's Day cards. Here's how I made them.

Happy Mother's Day Spattered Ombre Background Card (first card in my post)

• Butterfly Woman
• All The Moms
• Spattered Ombre Paper - previous post with instructions
• Two colored cardstock for the card base and image frame
• Black Ink Pad
• Adhesive

1. Stamp Butterfly Woman with black ink onto Spattered Ombre paper (mine was leftover from another project, but it's so easy to make if you don't have some prepared.)
2. Stamp sentiment with black ink from All The Moms below the image.
3. Trim to 3-1/4 by 4-1/2 inches.
4. Frame with a complementary color cardstock, mine is 1/16 inch (about .1 cm) bigger on all sides.
5. Adhere to folded 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inch card base.

Colored Butterfly Woman on Sponged Background

• Butterfly Woman
• Began to Fly
• White and colored cardstock
• Black waterproof Ink Pad
• Distress Oxide Ink Pad (Carved Pumpkin used)
• Pan Pastels or Chalks
• Alcohol Markers or Colored Pencils
• Adhesive
• Sponge or Dauber

1. Stamp Butterfly Woman and Began to Fly with black ink onto white cardstock.
2. Color Butterfly Woman with markers or colored pencils in a 3-4 color theme. Blue, orange, yellow and brown were used.
3. Trim to 3 x 5 inches and color around the woman with blue pastel or chalk on sponge or dauber.
4. On a 4 by 5-1/4 inch white cardstock sponge Distress Ink starting from the bottom or top edge until the ink is very light almost to the middle. Sponge from the edge stopping farther away from the center until the desired look. Repeat on opposite edge.
5. Adhere sponged background then colored image onto folded 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inch card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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I hope you're inspired to dig into your Technique Junkies stamps and supplies for some craft time real soon! 

TJ Inkspirations: Glitter swipe resist

Today I have a very easy tutorial for you using Nuvo Glitter Markers. This is an easy resist technique with an shimmering end result. It just so happens that I JUST received my shipment of the brand new Nuvo Glitter Markers. With this addition of 6 gorgeous markers, it brings the total number available to 15; a great number of markers for coloring a ton of images. I have a quick chart below of all of the colors. I also put the 6 new markers into a bundle at 10% off, so if you already have the other three sets of markers, this is a good way to add the other 6. I love these new colors! Nuvo Glitter Markers Color Chart Glitter Stripes with Glitter Markers Here is the artwork from the video: Love Script and Fluff your tute Vintage Flourishes and Fairy Tale Flowers and the video: Glitter Swipes with Nuvo Glitter Markers

I hope you are a little inkspired by today's issue. See you next week! Sincerely, Pat Huntoon Technique Junkies LLC

Happy Mother's Day

Hello friends!! Giovana here today sharing a couple of cards especially made for Mother's day. Mother's Day is just around the corner and I think these sets are perfect for this occasion. 

For these cards I used a couple of stamps from our new April Release: Fairy Tale Flowers and the sentiment is from All the Moms.

For this first card I stamped the Fairy Tale Flowers background on a piece of watercolor paper in Jet Black Stazon, then colored the images with Spectrum Noir ColourTint pencild, then added Sparkle Pens to give it a bit of shimmer (hard to see on the picture)

Then die-cut the background and adhered it on a piece of gray cardstock with foam adhesive. Then, added the panel to a white card base.

The sentiment was stamped on a piece on vellum in Versamark Watermark and white embossing powder.

Finally, I embellished it with small pearls.

For this second card I stamped the background image on a piece of smooth white cardstock in Memento Tuxedo Black, I inked the center of the image a lot darker and fade it a bit around the edges, colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers, making it darker in the center and lighter on the outer edges. Stamped the sentiment on a piece of gray cardstock in Versamark Watermark and added white embossing powder, then heat set.

This is a 4.25" x 4.25" square card.

These are the sets I used:

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Have a fantastic day!