Real Brush Markers Watercolor With Lilac Stamp

Hello, Lynda Joy here, with some watercolor inspiration with real brush markers and the Technique Junkies Lilacs stamp.

Lilacs JT017
Difficult Time SDX156
With Sympathy Set of 5  SS049

I used my Misti to stamp the Lilacs  onto watercolor paper with distress inks.  I used Arteza real brush markers to watercolor the image, and a water brush to create the loose watercolor background.

I white embossed the Thinking of You verse onto card stock, added some fiber, and added it to the panel, then layered it onto a card front.

On the inside, I stamped portions of the lilac with distress ink, and added the sympathy verse from the With Sympathy Set of 5 set.

Don't forget to use my code, TJ10Lynda, for 10% off your order, if you are doing any shopping at the Technique

Junkies store.  

AND, all summer and beach related stamps are 20% OFF with the code Summer2020.  You have until tomorrow, June 29, to enter a card in the Summer Artwork Challenge.  The theme is anything summer!  The prize is a generous $30 gift certificate to the TJ store!!!  And a grand prize of the entire June release stamps!  Hope to see you at the challenge!

Thanks for visiting, and for you wonderful comments.

Blessings,

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!