Cut Borders by Judy Jackson

This fun card was created with the Cut Borders technique from the April-May 2012 TJ newsletter.

Stamp credits are Stampers Anonymous and Stampin' Up!

The verse and these fun little froggies just seemed to go together. A touch of glimmer spritz and and some googly eyes just add to the card. I had fun creating this card for you.

This is a fun new way to create a border for the focal image on a card.

I hope you have a great -- and creative -- day!

Judy Jackson

Hi fellow Junkies!! It’s Jackie Kalchert saying hello with another one of the 70 great tutorials on the Stampin’ Companion CD. Above you can see one of my favorite card folds from the CD. I have made the Accordion Pop Up Card, which is a gift all by itself, and a really fun card to make.

I used tissue paper and sides from an empty tissue box from the 99 Cent Store. The tissue paper was used on the card front background. Then a piece of the tissue box was mounted on top that.

The coat and shoes were cut on my Cricut using the Pagoda Cartridge. The red and black cardstock I used is from Paper Temptress, the Pop Tones Collection.

The inside card background is designer paper left over from another project. The geishas are from the Hearts In Touch Oriental set stamped on Cryogen White from Paper Temptress. The lanterns are from the same Cricut cartridge.

Hope you are having a great week. Thanks for stopping by to look.

Jackie

Holly Brown: Fuzzy Blossoms

Hi Junkies! It's Holly posting today, and I've used the Distressed Fuzz technique (from the 8/11 issue) on this card. I had fun die cutting all the flowers and leaves and flourishes, and I added the Distressed Fuzz to the center of the yellow flowers. Most of the supplies on this card are from Classy Cards 'n Such (a TJ vendor). I hope you have a great day!

Another Simple Swipes Card by Judy Jackson

Thanks for viewing this blog post today by Judy Jackson.

These three colors seem to just go together. My focal image stamp is from Two Nancy's Art Stamps. I love this medallion stamp.

This was a quick card to create. Sometimes we all just need a quick card! Try this technique and see if you don't agree - it is quick but creates a wonderful card!

Have a creative stamping day!

Judy Jackson

Bingo Blast!

 Hello Stampers!

Hetty here with some  ideas for your cards.

Remember the fun technique "Bingo Blast" from 

Apr/May 2009? Now with the distress inks you have many

colors to play with. But there is also the white ink now

and this makes a great background on black!

I can see some lovely Christmas cards done with this technique,

but because it is not that season yet, I made this fun card.

It is a card with a Bing Blast background and 

Zen stamping (Jan/Feb 2012) on the flowers.

 I love making black&white cards.

The image and sentiment is by Create with TLC

and the flowers are Stampin'Up!

Have a creative day!

Ink and Roll by Judy Jackson

Spring is coming -- I can just feel it! And this stamper (Judy Jackson) can hardly wait!

One of my New Year's resolutions or goals was to create a bunch of sympathy cards. It always seems like you need one just when you do not have time to create something. So this is one of those cards! I stamped and colored several of this focal image from Inkadinkadoo. I colored them with my Copic Markers. I just need to finish all of the cards instead only the two I have created.

I used the Ink and Roll technique from the February/March TJ newsletter. This is a fun technique to create with several background stamps. One of the things I like about this technique is the variety of texture you achieve. This texture adds interest and dimension to the background. Yet it enhances the focal image at the same time. Cool, huh?

Have you tried this technique yet? If not I hope you use it soon.

Judy Jackson

Holly Brown: Textured Blossom Hello

Happy Friday! It's Holly posting today. Spring is officially here, and I'm sending you a little Textured Blossom hello. :-) This Textured Blossom technique is one of many great new techniques you'll find on the Stampin' Companion CD from Technique Junkies.

You can order the cd by clicking on this link or going to the Technique Junkies website. This cd is packed with 70 wonderful techniques and beautiful artwork for each technique. You can see a full listing of all the techniques on the cd by clicking here. All these techniques use products from Stampin Up, but these can easily be adapted to use non-Stampin Up items as well.

That's what I've done with this card here. The patterned paper, the stamp, the flower die cuts, the button, and the texture on the flower petals are all non-Stampin Up products. You don't have SU tools or products? No problem! Pull out what you do have and try them with some of these techniques. It is fun to see what you can do when you bend the rules a little bit! :-)

Have a wonderful weekend!