Holly Brown: Rounded Squares Cowboy

Hi Junkies, it's Holly posting today.  Our Technique of the Week is the Rounded Squares technique from the current issue (Feb 2014), and I've gone for a rustic look for my card today.  I used stamps from About Art Accents/Art Neko (the cowboy and the sentiment), one of our wonderful vendors here at Technique Junkies.  I colored the cowboy with Copic markers and I used a rustic wooden button in the center of the squares.  The star is from one of the stamps in my stash (Deadbeat Designs) and I thought it went nicely with the cowboy.

Give this Rounded Squares technique a shot.  It's really fun and easy!

Become ~ E=mc2

 As Einstein says, "Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world". So, inspired by this quote and the Technique of the week, Rounded Squares, I came up with a card:

I had to make this fun card for my sister- she is a Patent attorney but her undergrad was in Physics : )  All images are from Technique Junkies Stamps. I used SU Choc Chip and Cherry Cobbler cardstock and ink. I also added a touch of shimmer using a Sakura Gelly Roll pen.

 FYI- did you know there is an Einstein Memorial in Washington DC?  We had to go visit there when we went to DC.

Have a great day!
Shelly Schmidt

Diagonal Images Backgound: Trees

Here is another take on the diagonal images background

technique with Club Scrap Trees stamps,because today

there is a blog hop of this March kit. You can start hopping

from the Club Scrap Create Blog HERE.

For this card I used a rectegular background

stamp and light green ink and decorated that stamp

with leaves in dark green ink.

So you see you can even do this technique without

 a stamp with all lines around it. You find this technique 

Feb/March 2014 issue.

Of course I could not trow away the cut offs

and used them to decorate the inside of the card.

Happy Spring

and a creative day!

TOTW Rounded Corners

 

 

 

Hello Junkies, Jackie K here with this weeks Technique of the Week Rounded Corners. I wasn't so sure I'd like this technique, but once I tried it I was pleasantly surprised. It's really fun and makes a nice card that can be used for any occasion. I apologize for the scan but my camera is broken and my scanner hates anything that has a bit of dimension i.e. the fabric covered button in the center.

 

The Easter stamp is from Rubber Stampede, the Easter egg is from Stamps Happen and the flowers along the bottom are from Hero Arts.

 

Give this technique a try won't you? I am glad that I did! Don't forget to post your creations on the yahoo group so we can all ooh and aah over them.

 

Thanks for stopping by. See you back here real soon!



Diagonal Images by Judy Jackson

Last weekend was the Heirloom Stamp show in Allentown, PA.  I helped our fearless leader, Pat Huntoon, in her booth for the Technique Junkie newsletter and stamps.  Doing this is a lot of fun!  I am always amazed at how many folks have never heard of the Technique Junkie newsletter.  Afterward, of course I had to have some new stamps!   Pat encouraged me to try to use this stamp set of Funky Kitties.  It was not a problem as my daughter loves cats. She has four of them!   I also got this frame stamp.  I created a mask so that my kitties would stamp inside the frame.  Every frame has a different arrangement of kitties. All of the stamp used are from Technique Junkie Stamps. http://www.stampcamp.com/  Check them out.  Lots of wonderful images here.

Most of us tend to stamp our stamps in the same orientation all the time.  It is good for us and good or our brain to use our tools in different ways -- helps to keep our brains working you know!  I enjoy this technique (from the current newsletter) for that very reason -- it forces me to look at my stamps in ways I haven't thought of before. 

What stamps you have that you could make work in this orientation -- diagonally -- that you never thought of before?

Happy stamping today! 

Judy Jackson

Diagonal Images Backgrounds

Happy Sunday (night)...Tricia here with your Technique of The Week...Diagonal Images Backgrounds.  This is a fun technique that can be used with ALL of your stamps.

I have 2 cards to share with you today.

This card features a Technique Junkies stamp.

My second card is actually 2 stamps from Gina K Designs.  I used a rectangle stamp which I used first and then I used the Dream Catcher stamp and stamped inside the rectangle.  I love the look of the box around the image.  If you don't have stamps with a box around them a couple of line rectangles or squares will work great...maybe even circles...hmmm may need to try that. :)

I hope you will join us this week!

Have a crafty week!  See you next weekend.

Tricia

Acetate Panel

 

This technique is from the most recent issue of TJ. The focal image is a Technique Junkie Stamp. The verse is from Club Scrap. The swirls are a G Studio stamp. Instead of using chalks or pastels to color  the acetate I used glitter which really looks pretty IRL.

These are fun cards to make and are very effective when the card is open and you can see through the acetate.

Give it a try won't you?

Have Fun and Happy crafting!

Jackie K