Joy

Hello fellow Junkies.  This is the first of my New Years Resolutions: to make Christmas cards earlier.  I made 8 of these beauties.  I used Houndstooth Check, Big Flourish and Joy stamps which you can receive at 10% off simply by using TJ10Beth.

I have owned this Poinsettia die for many years and finally cracked it open.  Do you do the same thing?

I had so much fun heat embossing my Big Flourish with gold embossing powder.  It adds a whimsical feel to my card.

Are you making your Christmas cards early too?

Thanks for stopping by!

Be Frisky

Happy Monday!

My card uses Advice From a Cat and a stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called Layered Mum. It made an interesting background for the cat sprayed with Shimmering Bliss in Miami Vice and Mixed Metals! 

This stamp is part of the new release which is 15% off until the 8th. Don't forget if you are ordering today you can get  an additional 10% off by using the code TJ10Jeanne at Technique Junkies. Yep! That's 25% off all the new released stamps. You can see all of the February Release HERE

Here is a closer look.

Hope you enjoyed my project!

Layering with Stencils

Good Morning!!!!

Hope all of you experiencing this horrible blast of winter are enjoying a little reprieve from the cold. Sounds like some of your temperatures south of the border were a lot cooler than even up here in Chilly Canada!!! It's warming up here a touch, so I'm hopeful I can get back to enjoying longer walks.

I'm having all sorts of trouble with my Mac. I think it's on a slow burn, so I apologize for the quality of the photo this morning. I'll get the post up and then try to upload the better photograph I took, that doesn't seem to want to save to drop box.....ugh

Today I created this Sympathy card for my Aunt using the Vintage Botanical Japanese Stamp

I also used one of the beautiful sentiments from the with Sympathy set.

I masked off a circle and created a background with baby blue ink

Then I stamped the Maple leaves.
I added some colours to the centre with red and orange ink and did an overall watercolour wash with Vintage photo. Next, I layered the Messy Diamond Grid Stencil and  more baby blue ink
I then layered a grunge dot stencil over top of that and sprayed some Harvest Sunset Shimmering Bliss. I've got a video of the process, but of course with doing my first video, I didn't figure out the editing until this morning. It should be up on my blog later today!!!!

Lastly, I added the sentiment and then a little more stencilling along the side with the simple mosaic stencil!!!!

Hope you have an amazing day!!!

--Vicki~~

Dogs and Glittery Sayings

It's the first Saturday of February, and I'm here to spread some puppy love with all of you! First though, if you haven't seen the new release hop on over to yesterday's blog post and run through the gorgeous samples the design team shared, links are provided!

New release items are automatically 25% until February 8th, 

get a free stamp (shown on yesterday's post) when ordering $30 or more AND 

get an additional 10% off your order using code TJ10Janelle! 

Now that's a lot of savings!

My card today is a mix of old and new. I have had the adorable Doxie Guilt Trip stamp for a bit now and just needed a perfect sentiment to go with it. When this months release was revealed to the team, I found one that I think fits the attitude of the doxie face. There are new stamps this month with dogs, too! Let's see how I put this card together!

Notice in the list of supplies that there are some shimmering products to go along with the sentiment too! It's a great match of stamps and accessories!

Supplies:

• Dog Hair Stamp (New release)
• Doxie Guild Trip Stamp
• Nuvo Mousse - Gunmetal Gray
• A Colorful Life Stencil - like Stars and Stripes
• Shimmering Bliss Spray - Iridescent
• Stencil Brush or sponge
• Glue
• Black Ink Pad (safe to use with coloring medium)
• Coloring Medium ( i.e., alcohol or waterbased markers, watercolor pencils, etc.)
• White, red and kraft cardstock

Instructions:

1. Fold a 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inch kraft cardstock in half for card base.
2. Lay down stencil over the front of the folded card base and dab Nuvo mousse into stencil design. Set aside.
3. Stamp with black ink Doxie and sentiment onto white cardstock and color (alcohol markers and Memento ink were used)
4. Lightly spray colored image with Shimmering Bliss Spray and frame with red cardstock.
5. Glue onto the card base.

That's all from me today! Have a great weekend and sending wishes to you for some creative time!

Remember all the discounts mentioned above.

TJ10Janelle is entered during checkout in the code field!

See more Technique Junkies projects by me on my Rain Puddles Design blog!

Technique Junkies February Release and DISCOUNT!!!

Happy February Release!

 We have 16 new stamps in the Technique Junkies line! Be sure to check out the list below for some sweet inspiration from our Design Team! All of the February 2019 New Release stamps are 15% off through February 8th! We can all use a little bargain, right? No codes needed, just put them in your shopping cart and the discount will be applied at checkout.

New this month!
Spend $30.00 February 1 - 8th and receive this stamp for free:

Want an additional 10% off the new release?
Use code TJ10Jeanne for 10% off! That's 25% off the February Release!

 Check out the projects the Design Team made for the new release!

Technique Junkies Blog -you are here!

Beth Norman 

Ceal Pritchett 

Giovana Smith 

Janelle Stollfus 

Janine Tinklenberg 

Jeanne Streiff 

Judy Jackson

Lynda Pleckan  

Pat Huntoon 

Ro Donner 

Stephanie Severin  

Vicki Garrett

My first card uses Confident Girl on a finger painted acrylic paint background.
She was colored with watercolors.

My next card uses Friends Looking Out. I kept this one simple by stamping in black in and then did a wash of Dragon's Blood Shimmering Bliss (applied with a paint brush) on the stone wall.

Hope you enjoyed my projects!

Hugs and Kisses

Hello friends!

Giovana here today with a Valentine card, love is in the air and I think this card is just perfect for the occasion.

For this card I used Love Overlay Background and the new Hugs and Kisses stamp.

Details:

Using your Misti, stamp Love Overlay Background on watercolor paper in Versamark Watermark Ink, add white embossing powder and heat set.

Spray panel with Festive Flaming Shimmering Bliss and Dazzle Shimmering Bliss Topper.

Die-cut panel or trim it to 3 7/8" x 5 1/8".

Stamp Hugs and Kisses on vellum paper in Versamark Watermark, then add Gold embossing powder and heat set it. Add behind the vellum a piece of Stick It, then die-cut it with circle dies.

Add background and sentiment to a pink card base.

Embellish card with a red scallop piece, a paper flower that was previously misted with Gold Shimmering Bliss Topper.

Add pearls.

Card size A2.

Here you can see the gold shimmery flower, so pretty!!

Remember you can get all these products HERE.

You can use my discount code TJ10 Giovana to get a 10% discount in all these products!

Plus, today is the last day to take advantage of the Love Sale!!!

All the products in the Love Category have an instant 20% discount, use my code and add an extra 10%!! YAY!!

Have a wonderful day!

Cats and More Cats

This week I had fun playing with cats.  I wanted to try some unexpected ink and paper combinations with these fun Hipster Cats.

Remember, you can use my code TJ10Stephanie for 10% off your entire purchase at the Technique Junkies Store.

I started by stamping the Hipster Cats in Black Jack ink on a piece of hand-marbled paper I had made.

Those Hipster Cats are so fun in their glasses & bow ties.  I added a bit more of the marbled paper to frame the sentiment Cats and More Cats.

Next I stamped the Hipster Cats in Versafine Clair Twilight Ink on lavender cardstock.

This one I paired  with the Genius and Crazy Sentiment and a scrap of the hand-marbled paper.

The final group of Hipster Cats was stamped in Flirty Fuchsia on the same lavender cardstock.  I added some striped washi tape, pearls and a wrap of twine to these fun purple cats together with the Cats and More Cats Sentiment.

Hopefully you'll look at your background stamp collection differently and try some fun and unexpected paper and ink combinations.