Technique of The Week - Punched Border Stand-up Cards

Hi Junkies, Tricia here...

It's that time of the week again, Try That Technique of The Week.  This week we are showcasing the Punched Border Stand-up Cards.

I used this Humerous Seniors Stamp from I Brake For Stamps called "Slot Machine Jane".  I colored it up with copics.  The punch is from Martha Stewart.  The background is from the Bodacious Background Stamp CD called Watered Dylusions.  What a fun and cool technique.  I did this card up for our Nana for Mother's Day.  She loves a good slot machine. 

I hope to see the wonderful cards you all come up with this week.

Have a crafty Sunday!

Tricia

Shaped Stencil Giraffe by Judy Jackson

One of the things I love about the Technique Junkie newsletter (and there are many!) is how Pat - and others - come up with ways to use the tools and supplies we have in fun and new ways.  This is one of those techniques!

Stencils have been the "in thing" during the last few years.  We have had brass stencils available for a long time but these stencils are the thin plastic kind.

This technique sparked my creative thinking in how can I make a background that will not only enhance the foreground image but coordinate with it?    I started with looking through my stencils and then chose my focal image stamp.  It worked!

Stamp credits are Prickly Pear for the giraffe and Stampin' Up for the verse.   The giraffe is colored in with Copic markers.


I hope you have a wonderful weekend and that you are able to take some time to get "inky!"

Judy Jackson

Birds and Anique Glimmers by Judy Jackson

One of the things I love about the Technique Junkie newsletter is -- well it should be obvious -- learning new techniques!  And every  now and then, there is a technique that just becomes a "go to technique" that I use over and over and over. And one of those techniques is the Antique Glimmers technique from the December 2009 issue. I love the way the backgrounds come out.  I love the way that every background paper is unique.  I love that you can layer on it, stamp on it, layer with it, and a lot of other things. It is one of those very versatile techniques.

I stamped the man looking at the bird in the tree on some card stock on which I used the Antique Glimmers technique. This whole stamp is one of the many stamps form the Technique Junkie line of stamps - and you can find this stamp here -- http://www.stampcamp.com/atc2.html  .

The man and birds image focal point is then layered on a background which was stamped on glossy paper.  I used a Kaliedacolor pad of blues and greens, brayered the ink directly to the stamp before stamping the image. After the ink dried, I applied Versamark ink all over the image and covered it with clear embossing powder.   I had some funky bling type glitter stuff ready and as I embossed the background, I sprinkled on the bling. Then the embossing powder became the adhesive holding the bling in place.  This background stamp is also a TJ stamp and can be found on this web page -- 

http://www.stampcamp.com/bigstamps29.html.

I hope you have an enjoyable day and you get "inky!"

Judy Jackson

Bodacious Background Stamp Blog Hop - by Judy Jackson

Good morning from Judy Jackson.  This is a very good  day!  A super duper Blog Hop kind of day!  The terrific Technique Junkies Design Team welcomes you to another fabulous Blog Hop beginning at 6:00 AM EST!! We are showcasing the newest addition to the Technique Junkies CD series called the Bodacious Background Stamp CD. 

 Do you have background stamps that do not see ink very often?  Do you have background stamps you "love" but can't seem to find a fun way to creatively use them?  Do you have art supplies in your craft area that you wish you knew how you could use them with your background stamps?  Well, today can be your lucky day!  Today you can see some gorgeous cards prepared for your viewing pleasure on this Blog Hop!  You do not want to miss any of these blogs! 

This new Bodacious Background Stamp CD contains 30 ways to use your background stamps in fun and creative ways!  Learn how to color, stamp and transform your background stamped images.  The CD contains 20 brand new tutorials plus 10 techniques from the TJ archives.  All 30 tutorials are in step-by-step pdf format - compatible for Macs and PCs alike.  All the tutorials are printable to 8-1/2” x 11” paper.  This is the link for the table of contents for this lovely new CD -

http://techniquejunkies.com/CD_indexes/1-Bodacious_Background_Table_of_Contents.pdf

It is available for order TODAY by using the dropdown on the side bar.  The CD will be shipped in less than 2 weeks!  This is the direct link that will tell you all about this new CD.

http://techniquejunkies.com/bodacious-background-stamps-cd.html



I have four samples for you to see today.  The techniques for these cards use techniques found on this Bodacious Background Stamp CD.  This first card uses the Distress Stains Direct technique.  The stamps are from Impression Obsession (the background stamp) and Technique Junkie Stamps (the flower and the verse).  You can find the flower on this web page: http://www.stampcamp.com/nature1.html, and the verse on this web page - http://www.stampcamp.com/wordsandsayings2.html.  The flower stamp was colored with marker directly to the rubberstamp.

The next two cards  use the Soft Sponged Photo Stamp technique.  All of the stamps are Technique Junkie stamps.  http://www.stampcamp.com/bigstamps17.html, http://www.stampcamp.com/bigstamps8.html, http://www.stampcamp.com/wordsandsayings2.html, and http://www.stampcamp.com/quotationsets2.html.

This last card uses the Whitewashed Gelatos technique and this was quite the fun technique to use!  I love the results!  The stamps are from Technique Junkie Stamps (background) http://www.stampcamp.com/bigstamps30.html and Stampin' Up (flower). A curved section of "bling" is my accent!  

Did you have a favorite card of the four cards?  Let me know if you would please?   I will write down your names if you comment and send your one favorite card to you!  I will do this on Thursday, May 1. I must have your email address in order to contact you for your address.  Please leave it like this in your comment - PrettyStamper at junkie dot net. Then you true email address is not easy to hack. Of course this was not a "real" email address but written so you can the format.

All of the rest of Design Team members participating in this Blog Hop are listed below.   I hope you enjoy the Blog Hop and know that you find some beautiful cards for some wonderful stamping eye candy!  When you are here you are at the beginning of the log Hop.  Here is a list of ALL of the participants - including me: 

Judy Jackson      http://www.techniquejunkies.blogspot.com/

Hetty Sanders   http://craftchaos.blogspot.com/

Ann Clack            http://createdbyann.blogspot.com/

Tricia O’Bin          www.thepassionatestamper.blogspot.com

Shelly Schmidt   http://shellymc2.blogspot.com/

Holly Brown        http://www.glitterstampsandink.blogspot.com/

Nancy Dawson  http://creativewishes.blogspot.com/

Pat Huntoon      http://www.patstamps.blogspot.com/

 If you get lost you can come back here and find your place again.  Enjoy the Blog Hop!

Have a great day!

Judy Jackson

Shaped Stencils

Happy Sunday...Tricia here with your technique of the week!

This week's technique is SHAPED STENCILS.  I love creating projects with this technique.  I like choosing the perfect shape to go with the stencil I want to use.

I cut a cog out with my Silhouette Cameo.  I used  my new cog stencil.  I just love Steampunk.

I hope you will join us this week!!

Have a great day!

Tricia

Card in a Box

 I joined in a Mingle in the Oriental Stamp Art Yahoo group recently for Different kinds of folds cards. One of our Sponsors at Technique Junkies is About Art Accents- and I used a newly released stamp plate for Spring and made a Card in a Box.

  Here are the sides of this card:

And side 2:

And here is the back:

I used a number of Technique Junkies techniques on this card, including Embossed Wax Paper Resist, Salt and Pepper and Simple Sumi (dragonflies).  I stamped the images and colored some using Copics, others (tulips) were watercolored.

What is really neat with these cards, is that they fold down flat to put in an envelope to mail.

Have a fabulous weekend!
Shelly Schmidt

Male and Female Aged Text Boards

Hi there, Hetty here with one of the

great techniques from the April/May 2014 TJ Newsletter.

As a design team member we get a number

of techniques assigned to do for the newsletter,

so that always leaves some we did not do.

I love to try all the techniques and I must

say this is one of my favourites from this newsletter:

Aged Text Boards.

I had somuch fun making these cards.

I made a male and a female version,

so you see this technique is absolute

multifunctional.

For both cards I have used

a background from a very old magazine

that I once bought on a flee market with using

it for cards in my mind. This technique

is just perfect for it.

All the stamps you see here are

from my Stampers Anonymous/ Tim Holtz collection.

Hope I have inspired you to give this technique

a try.You won't regret it.

Have a creative day!