Take Another Shot!

Hello All Lanette Here!

I just wanted to share a fun mixed media tag that I created using one of this months new releases. 

TJ Products Used:  Technique Junkies Like a Camera 

Other Produst Used:  Watercolor Pencils, Lindy Stamp Gang Magicals, Crackle Paste, Modeling Paste, Ranger Archival Ink, Golden fluid Paint and Maya Road Wood Veneers.

A few details just for fun..

Here is a better look at the stamp I used today...

I am so in love with this set its the perfect must have for any card maker!

LIKE A CAMERA

Thank you so much for stopping by today! 

I hope that I have inspired you in some way!

Oh, February.......

Where Have You Gone....?

Yikes! This month is just flying by (haha, pun intended). And my post date sure snuck up on me! But, no worries! I have a couple projects to share with you anyhow!

First up is a fun and snarky card, featuring:  Bricks, Light (P003), Kitty Watching (SD635), and Sarcasm (SDX092).  Other supplies used: Cardstock, Distress Ink, Spectrum Noir Colored Pencils.

I stamped the background stamp with Mahogany Distress Ink and added some color with the colored pencils. I then stamped the kitty (this is one of my favorite stamps!) with Pumice Stone Distress Ink and added some color to that image as well. The sentiment was stamped on a separate piece of paper, die cut and adhered to the front of the card.

Next up is my March CD Calendar Insert, featuring two of this month's new releases: Travel Love (S727) and Fly Me Away (S716). This may have something to do with the fact that I am desperately wanting a mid-winter vacation! lol.  Other supplies used: Cardstock, Distress Ink, Vellum Quote.

I stamped the Travel Love background using Pumice Stone Distress Ink. Then using black ink, I stamped the Fly Me Away background directly over the top. I thought it would be cool to combine two background stamps into one image, something you don't often see. I then added a pre-made vellum quote and inserted it into my CD Calendar Case.

Well, that's it for me. Hope I tickled your creative mind! 

Til next time,
Keepin' it inky!

LOVE'N MY BRUSHOS

Hey there Junkies,

I've been inking up my fingers (literally) lately with my Brusho pigment ink powders....they are such fun to play with and create awesome backgrounds.  If you have them, you know what I'm talking about.  

This card was so much fun to make....

I used Strathmore Watercolor paper (cold press, 140#) for the first time.  I bought a 9x12 pad from ACMoore recently when they had a sale and this pad was only $5.00. I thought I couldn't lose at that price.  I've never used it before and was really pleased with the performance and the amount of water it could take without warping.  I'm not an expert in watercoloring, but for the price, this was great paper to use with the Brushos.  

I first gave the watercolor panel a good wash with clean water before sprinkling on the pigment powders, it allowed the crystals to "move".  If more water was needed, I spritzed it with water.  I added each color separately, and they blended very well.  

The stamp I'm using for this is #SD716 "Something Will Grow".  I love the sentiment that is attached to this floral image, and the bg certainly shows off that stamp well, I think.  I splattered some watered down black acrylic paint once the panel was dry and that finished off the design.  So easy, but I love it.  

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you can get your own hands inky soon!  

Hello Kitty!

I created the color behind the Technique Junkie Talking to You background stamp - http://techniquejunkies.com/talking-to-you/ - with the Technique Junkie Antique Glimmers technique.  It is one of my favortite techniques because it is EASY and the results are just interesting to see.  I stamped the stamp with Versafine black and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

The kitty is Technique Junkie Cat Squared 2- http://techniquejunkies.com/cat-square-2/.  She is stamped with black Memento ink and colored with Copic markers.


Layers to bring out the colors in the kitty and the background panel and a row of beads finish the card.

Hope your day is going great!  And that you are getting inky.

Judy Jackson

ATC with Attitude

Hey There Junkies!

The Crafty Nurse here with a little ATC attitude for you this month using one of the February new release stamps called, "Downtown Boy Kitty #SD705".  Wow!  Does this stamp really epitomize the glorious detail you can get in a high quality red rubber stamp.  You can see every line of fur and every cross hatch in his tweet jacket.  This is a real stunner!

For my ATC, I began by dry embossing a standard 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 size piece of card stock with a Tim Holtz embossing folder.  I applied a few layers of Daniel Smith watercolors in Quinacridone Gold, Aureolin, and Burnt Umber.  Boy Kitty was stamped using Black Soot Archival Ink, then colored with Distress Markers.

My sentiment is a Tim Holtz sticker, but Pat has also created a fabulous sentiment that goes perfectly with this stamp called "Sarcasm." 

Hope you all find time to this week to get your hands inky with a few of these new stamps from the February 2017 release. 

Until next time,

The Crafty Nurse

Happy Valentine's Day

Hello stampers, Beth Norman, here with a Valentine's Day card for you, so I'm sending out my love to all of you on this special day.

I wanted to do something a little different, and this is what I came up with.  My main stamp is called Happy Valentine's Day, and if you click on the link, not only will it take you to the stamp, but it will show you examples made by the Design Team.  I love that feature Pat added to her website.  Please forgive me for the shadows.  It was late at night when I took these photos.  Now I know never to do that again.

This is the front view.  My embellishment came premade from Michael's.

I added a pink flourish behind the main image which is called Big Flourish.  The nice thing about Big Flourish is that it covers a lot of space, making it easy to enhance other stamps, or can be used on its' own.

I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day.

One Kitty Three Cards...

Hello All! Lanette Here!

Today I wanted to share tree different cards using the same two stamps from this months release. 

First I played with my watercolors......

Second I used My watercolor pencils and some scraps from my paper bin.....

For my third card I colored with my spectrum markers and used a bit of distress ink..

Here is a better look at the stamps I used today...

Downton Boy Kitty

Sarcasm

Thank you so much for stopping by today! 

I hope that I have inspired you in some way!