Coral Seaturtle

Hello everyone!

It's Ceal, here to share with you today. It's officially summer so I thought I would share a summer card with you using one of the June release stamps, Coral Seaturtle.  You can save 10% on this stamp and your entire order by using my code TJ10

To create my card I started with a top folding white card base.  I stamped the turtle image, colored it using Copic markers and masked it off to create a background that looks like water ripples, I did that by using a stencil and the blending brushes. 

TJ Inkspirations: Challenge Winner and TBT Video Tutorial

I am pleased to announce this week's Summer Challenge winner! This Week, April Kunzelman has won a $30 gift certificate to the Technique Junkies Store! Don't forget that we are also giving one lucky winner the ENTIRE July release ($120.00 value!). You can read the details of the challenge HERE. Don't forget that ALL stamps in the Summer and Beach categories are 20% off with the discount code Summer2020 through June 30th. This week I am re-sharing a video I made a few years ago. It is pretty, and simple, and it deserves to be seen again!  This video uses the Nuvo Glitter Markers direct-to-stamp. It uses our ever-popular Swirl Turtle, Sudsy Stuff, and Sky Touches the Sea stamps:  Here is the video showing how to use these markers and stamps together: Nuvo Glitter Markers - Direct to Stamp

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

Going to be Fine

Hi there!

Today, I'm sharing a beautiful card using three of the June release stamps, 'Coral Sea Turtle', 'Inside Out: Silence is Golden', and 'Bubble Flow'.  It was fun using a sentiment from a humorous set on a serious card!

The image was stamped onto the focal panel, and colored with copic markers. A 'mask' was stamped and fussy cut out of masking paper. The focal image was masked off, and 'Bubble Flow' was stamped over the panel. A white gel pen, some designer papers, and a couple of burlap scraps finished this beautiful card off nicely!

I am SO enjoying this June release. Can't imagine what July will hold!!!

Don't forget!!! You can always save 10% on any order by entering TJ10Patti at checkout.

This was so easy to create! Hope you will give it a try!

Now, be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and check out the incredible new stamps this month!  You will use them over and over!!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Thanks for Your Service

I have a different kind of thank you card to share today. This one has a very patriotic flare which would work great for military, but would also work well for first responders and healthcare workers.

I used a few fun products to create this sparkly gem. You can see from the close-up how this card shines!

Here is what I used to make the card, along with the links:

A COLORFUL LIFE: STARS STENCIL (6X6)
and PIXIE SPRAY

BRAVE HEARTS

I also used Thermoweb Transfer Gel Duo, Diamond Chips Transfer Foil, and Nuvo Glitter Markers.

For the background, I used a black piece of cardstock. I applied Pixie Spray to the back side of the stencil and placed it on top of the cardstock. Using a spatula, I applied the Transfer Gel through the stencil. I removed the stencil and washed it quickly so the gel didn't dry on it. I let it dry while I worked on the other parts of the card.

I stamped the image from Brave Hearts (It is one stamp, but I did a little surgery and cut the words apart from the image for more versatility) using Versamark. I added red and blue embossing powder and heat set the image. I then added a little twinkle by coloring over parts of the image with Nuvo Glitter Markers.

I stamped the sentiment, heat embossed it in black, and trimmed out a banner shape.

After the gel had dried on the black cardstock, I added a piece of foil to it and ran it through my laminating machine. The beauty about this gel is that it works with a die cutting machine just as well. So you can use either a laminator or die cutting machine to adhere the foil to the gel. I removed the foil (save that piece because it can be used again with the unused spaces...I'll tell you how). I trimmed down the piece, attached it to the A2 card base, and added the stamped/embossed images with foam tape. Done!!!

Now that little piece of foil left over can be used a couple of ways. You can laser print a black square, place the foil over it and laminate it, which will give you the reverse image. You can use the transfer gel and add foil to spots. Or you could gel a square area and apply the foil to get the reverse image. Waste not, want not!

I hope you were a little inspired by my project today. I also hope you have been playing along with the card challenge here at Technique Junkies. Grand prize is a set of the whole July release of stamps!

Also, don't forget you can save 10% on all these products by entering the code below (the code NEVER expires so keep it handy!)

Til next time,
Keepin' it inky!

Love & Laughter

Happy Tuesday!

Have you seen our new Summer Artwork Challenge? 

Today is the last day to enter the Summer themed Floral, Fauna, People, and Food (basically everything summer that is not water-related!) challenge.

Tomorrow a new theme starts - that theme will be Anything and Everything Summer

ALL of the items in the Summer & Beach categories are 20% off through June 30, 2020 by using the coupon code Summer2020 at checkout at Technique Junkies.

Would you like a discount on everything else?

Use code TJ10Jeanne for 10% off at Technique Junkies! 

My card uses Love & Laughter Floral on a summery colors washy watercolor background. 

Love & Laughter Floral

Hope you enjoyed my project!

#Summer Challenge - Little Treasures

I used Pretty Pots and Little Treasures to create this card.  They were colored with Copic markers.   I used Dragon Skin stencil from the  A Colorful Life Stencils.   Ink Blending Brushes were used to color the background and the envelope. 

ALL of the items in the Summer & Beach categories are 20% off through June 30, 2020 by using the coupon code Summer2020 at checkout.  A good  way to save some moolah!  

See Pat Huntoon's  blog post on June 9 for the full details about the Summer Challenge.  There is a HUGE PRIZE at the end of the  three weeks of the challenge! 

Have a wonderful day and get inky!

You are My Sunshine

Hi Junkies!  It's Holly posting today, and I've created this sunflower card for the second week of our summer challenge on the Technique Junkies Facebook page.  I watercolored this Framed Sunflower and then added the sentiment from the Sunflower Sentiments set.  Sunflowers are blooming all over our field and you can definitely tell summer is here by the heat and humidity.  LOL

If you haven't heard about the challenges for June, here is what Pat posted on the Technique Junkies Facebook page:

Announcing our Summer Artwork Challenge!

With this new challenge, post your artwork to our group to enter to become the lucky winner of All the July 2020 New Release Stamps! $120 Value!

In addition, a $30.00 credit to the Technique Junkies store will be awarded each of the three challenge weeks!

Our challenge will run from June 10th through June 30th, with 3 weeks of challenges. Each of the weeks have a different theme. You can make one or more cards using Technique Junkies stamps within the theme during each week. Simply post them to the Technique Junkies Facebook group OR email them directly to me.

Each week, one of the challenge cards will be selected RANDOMLY and will win a $30.00 gift certificate to the Technique Junkies online store!

Additionally, EVERY entry in the 3 week period will be combined and one randomly selected lucky person will receive ALL of July 2020 new release stamps - a $120.00 value!

That is $30.00 PER WEEK that we will be giving away with this challenge, plus another $120 for the Grand Prize Winner!

Before we get to the rules and the themes, I want to make this even easier for you. ALL of the items in the Summer & Beach categories are 20% off through June 30, 2020 by using the coupon code Summer2020 at checkout.

Here are the "rules" and the themes:

1. Create a card using Technique Junkies Stamps or Foils. Please, no other companies' stamps on your creations. Dies, stencils and other embellishments are welcomed, but kindly remember that it is a company-sponsored challenge.

2. Email your card to phuntoon@optonline.net OR post to the Technique Junkies Facebook Group with the hastag #summer challenge.

3. One submitted entry (card) will be selected randomly at the end of the weekly period, and a $30.00 gift certificate winner will be announced on this email and to the Facebook group on the following Friday.

Here are the themes:

Week One: 6/10 - 6/16 Beach, Sea, Ocean, Water and Lakes

Week Two: 6/17 - 6/23 Summer themed Floral, Fauna, People, and Food (basically everything summer that is not water-related!)

Week Three: 6/24 to 6/29 Anything and Everything Summer

Pretty broad spectrum here -- just play along!

The final week is only 6 days -- the winner of the July full stamp release will be announced on June 30th!

I can't wait to see what you make!

Pull out your Technique Junkies stamps and see what you can create!  Have fun!