Wednesday, August 19, 2015

The Right Shoes...

Hello Fellow Junkies!!

It's The Crafty Nurse here with a clean and simple card share for you using the gorgeous Technique Junkies stamp called "The Right Shoes #SD610."  I colored them with Copic Markers in R05, R27, R46, which is one of my favorite red combinations.  The bottom of the shoes are C3, C5, and C7 and the skin colors are E50, E51, and E21.

The background was stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with clear powder using "Faint Scratches #SD518." This background stamp is perfect for so many design types and I find myself reaching for it often to add great texture.

The Right Shoes stamp is so striking on it's own I wanted to showcase it with a clean design.  The angle piece was cut using My Favorite Things Blueprint #15 die and I finished off the card with waxed linen bow.


Thanks for stopping by the Design Junkies Blog today and I hope you are finding some time to get inky.

The Crafty Nurse

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Finding Our Way


Good morning fellow stampers.  Beth Norman here with a Watercolor Distress card for you.  You can find the Watercolor Distress technique in the February 2007 edition of the Technique Junkie Newsletter.

My Dragonfly, set of 2, was heat embossed using a purple/pink embossing powder and is overlapping a leaf.  I love those leaves and am sorry we can't buy them any more.

After distressing my background I stamped Curved Bamboo over top in black VersaFine and added Find Our Way sentiment.

Edging was distressed with Distress Ink.

Thanks for stopping by.  Don't forget to come back to see what the rest of the design team has in store for you. 

Monday, August 17, 2015

Just Buzzing By

Hi, it's Gini and I have to admit, I have a thing for bees, so when I saw this Botanical Bee stamp, I had to have it.  To complete the scene, I added a honeycomb die cut background.It's a great image stamp with really fun sentiments.

Saturday, August 15, 2015

La La La!!!

I love the crispness of a black and white design.
Robin here with you today.

I used a couple of 'musical' stamps released in July, 2015

http://techniquejunkies.com/treble-clef-small/

http://techniquejunkies.com/life-is-a-song/
What are YOU going to do with these stamps?  #TechniqueJunkies 

http://robinredd.typepad.com/reddrobinstudios/
 





Thursday, August 13, 2015

Lots of Buzz....

{jane bosi}  Hello, Junkies!!!  That's right!  Lots of buzz is being generated at Technique Junkie stamps!  Today, my project features the Botanical Bee set and tutorial from the Sensational Stencils CD!

The tutorial is called Pasted Dylusions.  I chose a stencil of  hexagonal shapes to add to the bee theme of the card--I think it is very hivey looking :)  After allowing the paste to set, I used three different shades of yellow and orange to create the colorful background.  Once that was finished, I added some Vintage Photo distress ink to highlight the stencil shapes.  I love this technique for the extra dimension and color it adds to any project.

I'm sure you can tell that the bee in this set is HUGE!!!  I surely would not want to meet him in real life, but he is perfect for this card along with the witty saying!  And, just in case you do not yet have a bunch of stencils (like some people I know.....) to use with this fabulous CD, Technique Junkies has some super cool ones for you to grab!  They ARE generating lots of buzz.................

TTFN, Jane

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Prills and Bricks - Living on the Edge


I'm taking my teenage niece to NYC for the first time this week. I made a fun card to give her along with an itinerary for the trip.

Stamps:
P013 Vintage Music stamped in Stazon Midi, Ganache ink
P002 Bricks, Dark stamped in Stazon Midi, Claret ink
P003 Bricks, Light stamped in Essential Glue Pad, used to adhere...
Prills, in Taken for Granite color assortment
SD351 Living on the Edge for the sentiment in Stazon Midi, Ganache


Here is a closeup of the texture of the card with the Prills. I love it!

Other embellishments:
Mica Tiles
Rusted Vine metal embellishment
Bead cap
Flat-backed crystal embellishment
Sage spray ink


Sally Lynn MacDonald
http://www.sallylynnmacdonald.com

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Weird ATC and a Dog of a Tag

Good morning Junkies!  Today, I've got a couple of items for your viewing pleasure.

Up first, is an ATC I created using the  new Double Weird and Double Weird Sayings August releases.


I sprayed the background with Art Anthology Colorations in Plush and Ink Spot.  Then I used the Distressed Removal Stencil Technique found on the Sensational Stencils CD to add some interest to the background.  Next I added some white distressed rubons on the sections of the ATC I knew would show.  I stamped Double Weird onto a piece of card, cut out, and painted with Art Anthology Velvet in Lemon Tart and Fiji (left side) and Fiesta and Fiji (right side).  Their faces were painted with Portobello to give them a flesh tone.  Next, I stamped one of the sentiments from Double Weird Sayings in Versamark ink, embossed with burgundy embossing powder, then cut out and put in place.

Next, I created a tag with with the new Fun and Games release.


I sprayed a tag with Art Anthology Colorations in Glorious and Heart, then mixed some Fiesta Velvet into Mud texture paste and added some interest with the Art Anthology Such a Drip Stencil.


I thin stamped Fun and Games onto a piece of card, cut out, and painted.  The dog is painted with Art Anthology Kona Velvet, the cone with Cotton Velvet, and the sentiment with Art Anthology Timeless Colorations.  I added a few pieces of washi tape for interest and two pieces of matching fiber to drape from the hole in the tag.

These were fun to create and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Until later........





Marilyn