TJ Inkspirations: Watered Nuvo Mousse

Hi Friends! I have had so much fun at trade shows this year introducing Nuvo Mousse Embellishments to so many people. If we have played together this year, you know that we have been putting the Mousse through stencils for a pretty textural,metallic effect, like this: Concentric Circles with Nuvo Mousse There are so many more things you can do with the Mousse, though! In the video in this email, I show you a couple of ways to use the Mousse with water - just a few more ways to play with this beautiful metallic product. Nuvo Embellishment Mousse with Water The video below shows how to use Mousse wit water for fun effects: as a watercolor, direct to stamp, and used with an acrylic block on paper. Scroll down past the video for the finished projects. Mousse with water Finished Artwork (from the video) Watercolored Nuvo Mousse_ Direct to Stamp Stamps: Watercolor Flowers; Life Full of Love   Stamps: Spring Daisies   Stamp: Butterfly Dreams Stencil: A Colorful Life Stamps: Watercolor Flowers; Life Full of Love

I hope you are a little inkspired by today's issue. See you next week! Pat Huntoon Technique Junkies LLC

Be Silly, Be Honest, Be Kind

Hello friends!! Giovana here with a fun card using the technique from our current challenge (with a little twist) and a deconstructed use of stamps ;) Super easy and another way to use your stamps.

Let's get started:

• First I started with a 6"x6" white card. Die-cut chapel kinda style and position my card base front, Rose Cluster stencil and die-cut, securing them with painter's tape. Then, I used Mustard Seed Distress Ink and started sponging from left to right, putting less pressure on the right side.

•  After sponging, move the stencil a bit to the right and using a marker and trace on all thw white parts.

•  You will get something like this.

•  For the beautiful roses from Rose Doodles, I stamped them on a piece of White cardstock in Memento Pink Rose and Bamboo Leaves, colored them with the new Chameleon Color Tone Pencils, then I fussy cut all of them ;) I arranged them on the left side, under I added silver thread and stamped this beautiful "Be Silly"sentiment using my MISTI and Color Burst Lamp Black Ink.

As a final touch I added pearls and the card was done!!

Now, you get these and more products over at the Technique Junkies store, and you can get 10% on your order using my code TJ10Giovana (excludes New releases and Clearance items)

Hope you like my project!
Have a fantastic day!

Shiny Pearls

The Crafty Nurse here for a midweek post to spark your creative flow.  Please join us over at the new Technique Junkies Facebook Group to share your work.  

Stamps: "Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful"

Technique: Stenciled PE from the Sensation Stencil CD

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Happy Arting

The Crafty Nurse

How to Make Faux Designer Paper

Hello, Beth Norman here with a a Faux Designer Paper tutorial which originally came from the December 2008 edition of the Technique Junkie Newsletter.  This is just one of many favourite techniques of mine.  I hope you like it too.  I made a point by going outside my comfort zone and used a colour combination that I normally do not use which is why I think I'm so happy with the end result.

Supplies:  Bold stamps, embossing buddy (not in photo), 3 to 4 pads of ink, VersaMark, clear embossing powder, heat gun, cardstock, scrap paper and iron (both not in photo)

Using your first bold stamp, stamp out your image using VersMark in one or two of the corners.   Sprinkle with embossing powder and heat emboss.

Using your darkest colour, smear ink over top of your embossed image.  You do not have to be neat.

Take your lighter colour and swipe in a horizontal fashion as seen above.

Using 1 to 3 stamps, stamp out your image with dark ink.

Using your iron with your steam off, iron the embossed portion of your card with a scrap piece of paper.  Here you will see how the embossing powder seeped through the scrap photocopy paper.

Using a dark colour (here I used black), swipe around your edges to add a distressed, shabby chic, look.  Finish as desired.

For 10% off these, or any other,  stamps and products (excludes new releases and clearance items), you may use the code above.

Technique Junkies Stamps Used:

Big Flourish

Birdie Tree

Sentimental Sayings

If you belong to the Technique Junkies FB page, I’d love to see your take on this technique.  Don’t forget, we have a challenge which you’ll find at the top of the page.  Hope to see you there!

A tribute card for Memorial Day

Just a quick reminder on what Memorial Day is all about. A salute to our men and women in the service with a sincere Thank You for what you give/have given to keep our Nation free. 
God Bless America.

Stamp: Last Breath
Pat Huntoon

Same Stamps 2 Ways

Hello All Lanette Here!

I just love our new Crazy Cat Border Stamp! So I thought it would be fun to create two very different cards using this fun stamp... Heck I even used the same verse stamp and the same papers...

First I kept it clean and simple....

Next I mixed it up a bit with a bit of Distress Oxide Ink....

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

Crazy Cat Border

Cats and More Cats

And don't forget Pat has an awesome

 deal for the complete set of Distress Oxide Ink!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! 

I hope that I have inspired you in some way!

TJ Inkspirations

If you haven't seen, Jeanne Streiff just announced the newest Technique Challenge on the TJ Facebook Group and blog. The challenge is to use the Shaped Stencils Technique (directions here) with Technique Junkies stamps for a chance to win a $25.00 gift certificate to anything in the TJ store.

Here is my take on the Shaped Stencils Technique:   I stamped and cut apart the Left Unsupervised sentiment, and used the Peeking Image over the shaped stencil. The shape is a circle die that I sponged ink through, using the Grammies's Lace stencil from A Colorful Life Designs. I colored my girl very lightly with Chameleon Colored Pencils.   I created the shaped stencil portion using the Stonework Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs through an Apothecary Die. To "grunge" my piece a bit, I sprayed the background with Timeless, Rustic and Warm Art Anthology Colorations Sprays. Once dry,  The Downtown Boy and Sarcasm stamps were stamped directly on the stenciled portion, using brown StazOn ink. The cat was colored with Chameleon Colored Pencils.

The Rules

You will have a whole month to complete the challenge. Enter as many times as you wish using the link list at the bottom of the post for a chance to win a  $25 Technique Junkies Gift Certificate!  You have until June 11th to enter. Winner will be announced June 12th. A few simple rules. You must use Technique Junkies stamps to be chosen to win a prize. If you don't have any Technique Junkies stamps feel free to play along and link your project but you will not be in the drawing for a prize. You must use the challenge technique in your project (that's the challenge!) No linking old projects. Projects must be new. Please list Technique Junkies stamps with links in your project posts. Please link directly to your project (not a general blog). If you have a problem linking to the challenge contact Jeanne Hope you were inkspired today! Pat