TJ Inkspirations: Color-Intense Dye-Based Get Well Card

 

Incredible Color! I am so impressed with the amazing intense colors of the Aladine IZINK Dye Ink Sprays! These are beautiful rich color sprays that are fabulous with rubber=stamped cards. Today's tutorial shows you how to create an amazing colorful, gold Get Well Card using the sprays. If you think you will love them as much as I do, I created a kit for you here: https://techniquejunkies.com/color-intense-dye-sprayed-get-well-soon-card-kit/ If you already have the stamps in the tutorial, you many find the sprays here: https://techniquejunkies.com/products-and-accessories/aladine/izink-dye-ink-spray-seth-apter/ The video is HERE ( or click on the image below): Your copy should address 3 key questions: Who am I writing for? (Audience) Why should they care? (Benefit) What do I want them to do here? (Call-to-Action) Create a great offer by adding words like "free" "personalized" "complimentary" or "customized." A sense of urgency often helps readers take an action, so think about inserting phrases like "for a limited time only" or "only 7 remaining"!

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It Gets Better

Deb here with a fun card for you .. I laughed out loud when I saw the Having Children stamp set from the January Release . I work with several people who either have very young children or pre-teen/teens and they are all pretty much overwhelmed/frustrated on a daily basis !! Of course, they love their children but let's face it; juggling work and home and trying for a nice work/life balance is a hard job. I remember being in nursing school with early clinicals at the hospital and an elementary school age son . AND a Navy sailor husband who had duty pretty often overnight . Time for myself was at a minimum but as I got older I realized that ME TIME was important not just for me but for the entire family !! And as the inside of my card says - "Hang in There - It Gets Better".

• I stamped the images with Nautical Blue Memento ink - the larger sentiment on White Mixed Media paper and the inside saying on a piece of pink plaid paper. I'll be giving this card to a co-worker with a pre-teen daughter !!
• The larger image was cut with a Big and Little Chain Rectangle Die .
• I adhered a piece of American Crafts paper to a yellow card base.
• The large sentiment was popped up on the front of the card with foam tabs.
• I adhered the sentiment to the inside of the card.
• The heart was made using a paper punch with a piece of the patterned paper I used on the front of the card . I adhered it under the sentiment.

Have you started off 2024 with some creativity ?? If you take a look at the January Release  ( and all the other stamps available ) and find something you can't live without , be sure to use my code - TJ10Deb - for a 10% savings.. Valentines Day is coming up  - make a card and send some snail mail to a friend to let them know you are thinking of them. 

Until next time, stay creative.

Having Children is like…

Hello TJ stampers 😃

 

There are two fun things I’d like to point out about this card…wait, make that three.

1) Quick & Fun

2) The sentiment is TRUE!!!! (Hang in there!)

3) All of the colors you see are from dragging mini ink pads across cardstock. Swipe, Swipe, done!  

The sentiment is from the release this month and can be found here.

The ink pads I used are Catherine Pooler set of 8 minis (Spa collection/Urban Oasis). The beautiful colors are made to harmonize together. And last time I checked there were a few sets left if you’re interested.

To save 10% off use my design team code (TJ10AJ) at checkout.

~ Have a crafty 2024 ~

    Art Cards with AJ

What Little Girls are Made of...

 Hello! 

I love this new stamp "What Little Girls Are Made of".  My dad had two girls but he was determined that we were going to be able to take care of ourselves.  He used to wrestle with us, teach us to use power tools, and change the oil in our cars.  He said we could be anything but fragile.   At the time, I didn't really think anything of it, but now as a grown woman I appreciate all the things I can do.  Mostly, I'm thankful that I'm not afraid to try.  I'm glad the words we use to describe women are changing.   Look out world... a new generation of strong, talented, and confident women are on the way... 

Materials:

STAMPS: use code TJ10Chris to save 10%:

Little Girls are Made of

Little girls

Paper:

paper from Stampin' Up

Ink:

Versa clair: Amazon

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

Copics  are listed below

Other:

Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue)

Tacky Glue

Frame die is by Our Daily Bread

Copics used::

Skin: E34, E13, E11, RV34

Hair: E44

Yellow: Y15, Y13, Y11

Little Girls, Children, and Babies

 Hello. Jeanette here with three more cards featuring stamps from the January release.

Technique Junkies Puffball Girl and Little Girls:

Technique Junkies Having Children:

I also used the Technique Junkies Painted Background stamp from a previous release.

Technique Junkies Ruffled Fabric and Littlest Feet:

If you like saving money - and who doesn't - please use the code TJ10JEANETTE when checking out at Technique Junkies to receive a 10% discount.

If you'd like to see other cards I've made using Technique Junkies stamps/products, you'll find them on my blog - HERE.

Little Puffball Girl

 

Isn't this Puffball Girl stamp the greatest? I paired this cutie with one of the Little Girls Sentiments (set of 3) and layered it over a colorfully-sprayed Ruffled Fabric Background. All three of the stamps were part of the Technique Junkies January 2024 stamp release and may be found here:

https://techniquejunkies.com/january-2024-stamp-release/

Use Your Background Stamps | Sympathy Card Ideas | Carnations and Pray On It

 

Happy Saturday y'all.  I love using background stamps for cards.  But I hate making sympathy cards.  Today, two stamps from Technique Junkies whispered in my ear - the Carnations background stamp and the Pray On It stamp - and I used both of them to make 2 sympathy cards.   

I even have a video showing how I made these cards and also showing other cards I made using the Carnations background.  

Let me explain how I made them.  Both cards are made almost the same.  The only difference is that I glued flowers on the horizontal card.

• Using black cardstock, I made two A2-sized card bases.  One vertical and the other horizontal.  
• I die-cut two pieces of white cardstock using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die and adhered one inside each card to the message.
• Using Archival Jet Black ink by Ranger, I stamped Carnations twice - once on a piece of textured pink cardstock and again on a piece of yellow cardstock.  
• Then I die-cut each of them using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die.
• I cut two pieces of black fun foam, a little smaller than the die-cut Carnations background, and adhered one to each of the stamped images.  Then I adhered one ot each card front. 
• For the sentiments - I stamped Pray On It on a piece of white cardstock - twice.  I trimmed them down and layered them on a piece of black cardstock.  
• Then I die-cut each of them using the 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die to get the stitched sides.  Make sure to align your die either vertically or horizontally depending on which card you are making.  
• I adhered a piece of black fun foam to the back of each sentiment and then to the card front.  
• Lastly, I adhered a small heart sticker I had in my stash to the sentiment and I colored in the letters using a yellow or pink marker.

For the horizontal card, I adhered the sentiment so there was space on the right side.  Then I used a hot glue gun to adhere some paper flowers and a heart hat pin.

I'd love to know what you think of these cards and which one is your fav?  If you want to pick up anything on the Technique Junkies website (www.techniquejunkies.com) - you can save 10% by using my code at checkout - TJ10Michael.  

Thanks for stopping by the blog today and, until next time...

Hugs from Brasil.

~Michael