Monday, December 7, 2015
Wine With Friends
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Permission to Play Cover
Hello, Stampers! How is your December coming along?
Today, I'm sharing how I completed the cover of an art journal I'm working on.
I think this lady is so beautiful.
I love these alphabet stamps!
I stamped them in black, then painted yellow around them so they would pop,
making it more easy to read.
Until next time...
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Sweet and Simple
{jane bosi} Happy Thursday, Junkies! I'm having a hard time believing it is December already! Today, I have a simple little card that makes good use of scrap paper and features my favorite, Merry Christmas 2!
May the rest of your holiday preparations be as sweet and simple!
Have an awesome day! Jane
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Stare Journal Page
Good morning Junkies! I've got another journal page up today for your viewing pleasure.
For more great stamps, visit the Technique Junkies web store!
I misted a watercolor journal page with water then rubbed on Art Anthology Cayman, Pumpkin Spice, and Leaf Sorbet using a makeup sponge. Once that dried, I stamped Winter Foliage onto the page using Fern Leaf ink.
Next I stamped Contemporary Floral directly onto the page and painted with Art Anthology Mia Bella, Baby Blue Eyes, Pumpkin Spice, and Ferrari Sorbets. I then inked up the People Will Stare (small) stamp, and stamped it at the top of the page.
It looked bare, so using the Almano Upper and Lower Alphabet with Numbers stamp set, I randomly added numbers all over the page.
Next I stamped Contemporary Floral directly onto the page and painted with Art Anthology Mia Bella, Baby Blue Eyes, Pumpkin Spice, and Ferrari Sorbets. I then inked up the People Will Stare (small) stamp, and stamped it at the top of the page.
It looked bare, so using the Almano Upper and Lower Alphabet with Numbers stamp set, I randomly added numbers all over the page.
Well, that's it for today.
For more great stamps, visit the Technique Junkies web store!
Until later.........................
Marilyn
Monday, November 30, 2015
Are Rules Made To Be Broken?
Now we are almost into the month of December, My Christmas cards are mailed. The Christmas decorations are almost out. Presents are bought and wrapped (I hope - I am writing this post in early November), and I have moved on to other things than Christmas cards.
When I was at the York Heirloom show and shopped at Pat Huntoon's Technique Junkie booth I bought some new stamps. I am only now getting to make cards with these. This is one of those new stamps I bought.
Then I must also confess - sometimes as stampers we just hit a dry spell, when we cannot think of a new card layout or a new placement of element on the front of the card. There are some things you can do about this when it hits. You can give up until inspiration hits you. That is not a good option in my opinion although it has happened tome this way in the past when I have been ill for a while.
Or you can look for new card front layouts and new ways of presenting the focal image. There are lots of places on the internet to do this. I subscribe to a lot of blogs for this purpose. I follow those blogs whose author pays attention to detail and the way they create fits my own creative thinking. Sometimes they do not show cards with stamps I like (or own for that matter) but I will like the layout. I will save those images.
You can look on Splitcoast Stampers for cards made with a specific stamp set or with a particular theme or subject matter in their search box. I have searched both ways. And in the last few years you can look on interest. I rarely just "go" to Pinterest but use the email they send me to find new things. And that was how I found this layout. I thought it was perfect for this stamp set from Technique Junkie Stamps!
The Technique Junkie focal image stamp set is The Rules - http://techniquejunkies.com/the-rules/. I also used the Vintage Dictionary stamp http://techniquejunkies.com/vintage-dictionary-page/ for punching out the small squares. Then I stamped - Love My Shoes http://techniquejunkies.com/love-my-shoes/ . I only colored in the flowers because most of the shoe image would be tossed away. I used a small flower punch and ;punched out an area within the stamped flower image.
All stamped images were colored in with Copic Markers. I used a border punch and 2 layering square punches. I stamped the lady first, then placed the layered squares, and then stamped the two sentiments. I swiped my Winkastella pen the dress and the hat, and the decorative part on the shoes.
When I was at the York Heirloom show and shopped at Pat Huntoon's Technique Junkie booth I bought some new stamps. I am only now getting to make cards with these. This is one of those new stamps I bought.
Then I must also confess - sometimes as stampers we just hit a dry spell, when we cannot think of a new card layout or a new placement of element on the front of the card. There are some things you can do about this when it hits. You can give up until inspiration hits you. That is not a good option in my opinion although it has happened tome this way in the past when I have been ill for a while.
Or you can look for new card front layouts and new ways of presenting the focal image. There are lots of places on the internet to do this. I subscribe to a lot of blogs for this purpose. I follow those blogs whose author pays attention to detail and the way they create fits my own creative thinking. Sometimes they do not show cards with stamps I like (or own for that matter) but I will like the layout. I will save those images.
You can look on Splitcoast Stampers for cards made with a specific stamp set or with a particular theme or subject matter in their search box. I have searched both ways. And in the last few years you can look on interest. I rarely just "go" to Pinterest but use the email they send me to find new things. And that was how I found this layout. I thought it was perfect for this stamp set from Technique Junkie Stamps!
All stamped images were colored in with Copic Markers. I used a border punch and 2 layering square punches. I stamped the lady first, then placed the layered squares, and then stamped the two sentiments. I swiped my Winkastella pen the dress and the hat, and the decorative part on the shoes.
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Christmas is coming...
Happy Saturday Junkies! Pam here today and I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with their loved ones. Have we all recovered from the turkey and stuffing overload?? I know I haven't yet! And of course the days after Thanksgiving mark the start of the Christmas season. I have a fun card project today featuring just that!
I created an artsy background using the Christmas Trees, Set of 6 stamp set, alternating stamping with Ranger Dye Inks Electric Lime and Green.
To add a bit of pizzaz I sprayed the entire panel with red, green and white ink sprays to give it an abstract artsy feel.
The sentiment is from the Simple Sentiments 1b which contains so many great sentiments for every occasion- a must have!! I added some stars for a bit of dimension and interest to the trees.
A simple yet artsy Christmas card to send to friends and family!
Thanks for joining me today and remember only 27 more crafting days left till Christmas!!
Embrace imperfection!
Pam
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Let It Be
Happy Thanksgiving! Jerri here from A Bushel And A Hug. I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day. I will keep today's post short so you can get those turkeys in the oven!!
Today's card was made using the stamp set Bee Quotes.
Today's card was made using the stamp set Bee Quotes.
To make this card I first ran a piece of white card stock through my Cuttle Bug with the embossing folder called Honeycomb. Then I ran a dotted turquoise paper through the Cuttle Bug using the same embossing folder. I used the outline on the patterned paper as a guide and cut out about nine of the honeycomb shapes. I randomly placed those on my white paper and glued them down. Next I used the bee from the stamp set and stamped it on a piece of vellum using Archival Ink. I fussy cut the bee out and then put it on the yellow patterned paper and pop dotted that piece onto the card front. Using one of the many quotes from this stamp, I stamped Let It Be and cut it out with a label die and placed it on the card. I chose a dark Turquoise Blue card stock to matt the card.
Have a Wonderful Day with family and friends
Jerri
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