Crumpled Pile of Leaves

 

Good morning, Junkies!  It's Holly posting today and I'm sharing this crumpled, wrinkled, torn pile of leaves card with you.  It's really fun to make distressed backgrounds like this.  First, I stamped the Pile of Leaves from Technique Junkies with a permanent brown ink and let it dry.  Then I smooshed some distress inks onto a craft mat, spritzed them with water, and pressed my stamped paper into the inks.  The distress ink colors I used are Wild Honey, Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint, and Broken China.  

Once my paper was covered with ink, I set it aside to let it dry completely.  Then I crumpled it up into a ball and carefully opened it up again, making sure to leave some of the texture in the paper.  I dragged a brown ink pad across the paper so it would catch some of the raised areas.  I also tore the edges off and dragged the brown ink pad around the edges.  After it was completely dry, I adhered it to a brown card base.  I did not flatten it down - you can see where some areas are sticking up.  I wanted to keep that awesome texture, so I used a lot of glue and pressed it down in just a few areas to make sure it stays stuck to the card.  Then I added the ribbon and the beautiful sentiment from the Leaf Corner Sentiments set.

Please feel free to use this code, TJ10Holly, when you shop at Technique Junkies.  You will save 10% off your order so have fun shopping!

 

Welcome Sweet Baby

 

I make cards. For a living, pretty much. So why is it that I never have a card for the event I need it for? I guess it's the adage: The shoemakers children never have shoes. 

So my husband needed a baby card. I had none on hand, of course. So this card resulted - just a sweet little card to welcome the sweet child of one of the ladies in his office. 

I used the Welcome Sweet Baby Set for this card - in fact, I used all 4 pieces of the set; three on the front and one inside. And as simple as this card may be, I think it is adorable! It was also really nice to make a card with a person in mind...
Pat Huntoon

TJ Inkspirations: Blended Layered Leaves

 

Blended Layered Leaves You have to try this! A Colorful Life Designs recently released a wonderful group of leaf stencils that are just awesome! Each of the sets has 3 stencils in it, giving you a veined portion, a mask, and a negative mask. Having all three of these pieces in each pack gives you great options for using multiple inks and mediums. Today I have a very short video (just 4 quick minutes!) using the stencils. Even with these fast and easy ideas, you will see that the stencils are pretty darn wonderful! As of right now, the stencils are only available in packages. I have a limited quantity of each of these, and I will order more, but for now, we are only offering the limited quantities in the packages. You can find the packages HERE. On another note, I do have a dozen order or so for people waiting for either the Shards Stencil or the Pastel Diamonds. Both of those products are in process getting here, so as for your patience. The Pastels are in a warehouse in Newark, awaiting clearance from customs, and the Shards Stencils are on a slight backorder. Both will be on their way shortly! FLASH SALE! We are discontinuing the Distress Oxide Inks from our product line-up, so all in-stock inks are 30% off! Hurry though, quantities are limited, and when they are gone, they are gone! Simply add them to your cart and the discount will automatically be applied. Start Shopping for these HERE! Ready for the Blended Leaf Stencils? Here's How: On the Road Again! Meet us on the Road at our next show: Hampton VA: October 23 - 24 Allentown PA: October 30 - 31

Gold embossed leaves

 Golden leaves are so luxurious! The Pile of Leaves background embossed in gold seems a perfect backdrop for the Leaf Corner Sentiments stamps as a focal image. The leaves on the front were just lightly colored with Distress Markers to add a bold hint of color. All stamps from Technique Junkies.

www.techniquejunkies.com Pat Huntoon

Two Halloween Witch Cards

Hello! Tracy Shultz, The Hopeful Crafter, here to share two fun Halloween Cards featuring Technique Junkies Stamps: Hang Your Broom (#SD1123) and Witch in all of Us (#SD1136) and Drippy Moons Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs. 

You can find these stamps at www.techniquejunkies.com

Don't forget to use my code: TJ10Tracy to save 10% off your order

Hang Your Broom (#SD1123) 

Witch in all of Us (#SD1136)

I created a video and posted it on my YouTube Channel demonstrating how to make these cards:  

To create these cards, I used Pixie Spray to spray the back of the stencil. This is a low tack adhesive, available at Technique Junkies, gently holds stencils in place but won't tear paper. I used Mustard Seed Distress Oxide Ink to ink blend the Drippy Moon Stencil. Then, I stamped the Sentiments on white cardstock and trimmed them with my deckle trimmer. I had some dies in my stash that I used to accent the stamped panels. I used some ink to ink blend the edges of the stamped panels. I used foam tape to adhere the panels to the stenciled card base, then adhered the finished card panel to a black A2 card base.  Thank you for visiting today! 

 

Fright Night

 

Hello folks!  These cuties are laughing it up because they are so excited, just like I am, that it is soon Halloween season.  It's so fun to decorate, make cards, and just have some fun!

This cute card is a new release for September, and if you use my code TJ10Beth, you will get 10% off of your shopping cart, as long as it is not a sale item.

Stamps used:  Ghosties Night, Fright Night

Thanks for stopping by!

TJ Inkspirations: Halloween Cards with Stenciled Shards

 

Halloween Shards Cards You have to try this! The Shards stencil from A Colorful Life Designs is simply AWESOME for Halloween cards. Today we have a video for you showing how to use this fun stencil two ways with two of the new Halloween cards from Technique Junkies. I don't have a kit for you this week, but I gathered all of the items used in the tutorial into a category and put a 10% discount on them. If you want any of the pieces or parts used, simply add them to your shopping cart and the 10% will be applied automatically. You may find them HERE: https://techniquejunkies.com/halloween-stenciled-shards-cards/ Here's how! On the Road Again! Meet us on the Road at our next show: Hampton VA: October 23 - 24 Allentown PA: October 30 - 31