Glimmer Lace by Judy Jackson

The Glimmer Lace technique is such a fun and easy way to add that wow factor to a background. I have even used plastic lace doilies from the dollar store for the lace! Easy to rinse off and use again and again! I chose the colors for the technique to coordinate with the colors in the background paper and other colors used to create this focal image. The flower stamp is a retired stamp from Stampin' Up! and the word Art on the tag is from Heather's Stamping Haven in Nepean, Ontario. Tiny beads are attached with Crystal Effects.

Enjoy your week! I hope some creative time finds its way into your schedule!

Judy Jackson

Pencil and Ink by Ann Clack

Ann Clack Here!  I hope you enjoy this card.  It uses the Pencil and Ink technique from the recent August 2010 newsletter.  It also uses the Veined Marble technique from August 2007 newsletter.  I had a LOT of fun with the Veined Marble technique and have been slowly working my way through my stash!  The stamp image is from I Brake for Stamps.  This technique is just perfect for this type of stamp....even though it isn't a background stamp like the technique directions show.  Hope you enjoy!

Hi fellow stampers, it's Beth here with TRY THAT TECHNIQUE, where Diana Enns and I challenge each other to use an older technique each week. This week's challenge is to use the Gated Tag technique from the February 2008 issue.

So does this Gated Tag interest you enough to play along with us?

WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN

Each week one card from participants is selected to be on the Technique Junkie Yahoo Group home page for the entire week. How cool is that?

Please link your card Gated Tag card to this post. You can post your card to the Yahoo group too.

CONGRATULATIONS LaVerne Wilson. You are this week's winner. Your Textured Tape card is on the Yahoo group home page.


Good luck to everyone.

Hetty goes back to school!

As a teacher, I always I liked it when the kids came back to school and would find a nice  (but not to expensive) little present on their table with their name on it. This year they will find a little notepad on their table. You could also slip a post-it block in it's place. I have been doing these little blocks before, so if you like to see the other version, please go HERE.

I have made two versions: one for girls and one for boys.
You need a book clip and a (beer) coaster. The pupils are a digital stamp by FireCracker by Designs ( it is free this week until Friday!!) and the technique I used is called acrylic emboss from the new Newletter August 2010.
The text "welcome back" I made with the computer.

The girl and the boy I colored with copic markers and depending on the gender I used the right colors. The background is made with some nestibillities and stuck with some foam tape to the book clip.
For the girls notepad some flowers are added and for the boy I added a pen ( this is a stamp from Club Scrap), but you could also use a die of a pencil or an apple. But I quess you have your own ideas as to decorations.

If you are wondering about the size of the coaster, it is 3,5 x 3,5 inch.

On the boy version, I also used the acrylic emboss technique as a background to the picture. And no, the text is not a mistake, it is welcome back to school in Dutch!

Hope your class will be surprised seeing this and have a wonderful schoolyear 2010-2011!

Paper Tole

Hello TJ friends!! Kathie McGuire here today with an oldie from 6/03 called Paper Tole. I love this technique today as much as I loved it 7 years ago!! It's so fast and easy and adds such a great dimension to your cards and other paper craft projects.

This card was fast and easy because I used background paper on the base card. The Paper Tole flower was layered onto a large Prima type flower, giving it much more interest and dimension.

I hope you'll try Paper Tole!

Have a great weekend!!

Kathie

TRY THAT TECHNIQUE: Textured Tape

Hi, it's Beth here with TRY THAT TECHNIQUE. This week Diana Enns and I challenged each other to use the Textured Tape technique from the October 2005 issue.

It's an old technique, but one I think should come out again because it is so easy and pretty.

I have a tutorial, using this card, on my blog.

Each week we offer a prize of being on the Technique Junkie Newsletter Yahoo Group home page. All you have to do is create a card or project using this technique and link up to this post. You can post it to the Yahoo group, but please try to link up to this post too. I don't want to miss your card.

CONGRATULATIONS Barbara Washington. You are the winner because you created a card using the Ink Wash technique. Your card is on the Yahoo group home page.

TRY THAT TECHNIQUE: Ink Wash

Hi, it's Beth here with this week's TRY THAT TECHNIQUE challenge. This week Diana Enns and I challenged each other to use the Ink Wash technique from the April 2007 issue. So pull out your issue and join us this week.

After I stamped out my main image, I stamped out the flowers three more times, and layered them up. It's all about the layers for me.

If you have the April 2007 issue then why not play along this week for your chance to be on the Yahoo group home page for the week.


Congratulations Cheryl Miller, your card is on the home page for the week. Thank you for playing in last week's challenge once again.