In Everything Give Thanks

Hello friends! Fall is here, pretty leave colors, amazing weather (I am a fall weather person), pies and great bakes! Thanksgiving is just around corner, and what a better occasion to send a special card to your special people using the new Give Thanks stamp.

So today, I have a quick tutorial for you, so let's get started.

• Start dusting little bits of Color Burst powders onto a piece of watercolor paper, then mist the cardstock until you like the result, set aside to air dry or use you heat gun.

• After that, stamp image in jet Black Stazon Ink using your MISTI, it will take 2 or 3 pressures to get a goo impression (Remember watercolor cardstock is not as smooth as regualr cardstock)

• After that, stamp the image in Versamark Watermark ink, then add Clear Embossing powder and heat set. (This give your image a shinier look) 

• Finally, die-cut the stamp piece and adhere it to a Kraft card base, add white and patterned paper panel and a scallop border. Add ribbon and dew drops.

And just in case you want to get any of the wonderful technique Junkies Stamps, you can use this code to get 10% off (excludes Ocotber release)

Hope you like it!
Have a fantastic day!

irResistable Heart

Hey there Junkies!

The Crafty Nurse here with some mid-week inspiration using the lovely October release stamp, "Grace in Her Heart".  I stamped her on cardstock I colored with Copic markers and popped her up over cork.  My background is the irResistable Stencils Tutorial from Artistic Effects CD.

We'd love to see your cards and projects over at the Facebook Group and in our Design Team challenge where you can win prizes for your entries!

Happy Inking!

Happy Birthday Pat

Hi, it's Beth Norman here with a birthday card for the owner of Technique Junkies, Pat Huntoon.  She recently celebrated her birthday so I made this card for her.  Canada Post is slow so and I was slow in getting it made, so it will be a little late in the mail.

The stamp I used was from Hello Cupcake, set of 7.  After stamping the image out with my Misti I coloured the image with Prismacolor pencil crayons.

Pat, I hope you had a great birthday.

Deepest Sympathy

Unfortunately, we all need to send sympathy cards now and then.  I try to have several on hand  at all times.  It seems like when I get behind in having some at the ready, then I need several all at once. 

The base card is white card stock.  The flower panel if framed in navy card stock.  I sponged blue ink for the sky and some green ink for the grass.   The flowers are a Technique Junkies stamp and I applied ink to the stamp with markers.  The name of the stamp is Daisy Garden - http://techniquejunkies.com/daisy-garden/  . I inked the stem with a shade of green and the flower in blues.  I stamped it over and over.  It is border with a dark blue card stock panel layered on the white base card.   The verse is from Technique Junkies Stamps With Sympathy - http://techniquejunkies.com/with-sympathy-set-of-5/    .  

Have a wonderful day -- and get inky!

Judy Jackson

Eclipse Explained

No, I'm not talking solar system. I'm talking technique!

I came across this technique this past weekend and liked it so much I had to give it a try. I'll explain the step-by-step process so you can try it too!

Here's how it came together:

1.  First I set up a file in my Silhouette Design Studio (you could do this with die cuts as well). I set up a box measuring 4" high by 5.25" wide (which happened to be the size of the background stamp). I then added "JOY" text to the center of the box. I then loaded my mat with plain white cardstock and sent the cut file to my Silhouette Cameo.
2. Before removing the cut out images from the mat, I placed it in my Tim Holtz Stamp Platform (the open sides allowed me to place the whole 12x12 mat in there).  I carefully laid the background stamp, Snow Swirls, in the area to be stamped and closed the lid of the platform to pick up the stamp. I inked the stamp with Memento Ink (Summer Sky) and stamped the cardstock, reinking a few times to get full coverage.
3. I then removed the cut out elements from the mat. The letters were set aside temporarily. The rectangle was adhered to a blue cardstock mat cut slightly larger than the stamped image. That was then attached to my card base.
4. Foam tape was added to the back of the three letters and they were attached to the cut out spaces. I inked the edges before placing them down. The center of the "O' was then put in place (no foam tape).
5. The sentiment was stamped on the same cardstock used for the mat. The stamp, All Is Calm, was done in Memento Ink (Paris Dusk). The piece was then trimmed out and foam taped to the front of the card. I added a little clear Wink of Stella to the letters to give it a little shine, although, sadly, I couldn't capture it in the photo.

I love the simple elegance this technique gives to the card. I sure hope you give this one a try. Would love to see your finished projects!

Til next time,

Keepin' It Inky!

Giving Thanks!

Hello All Lanette Here!

I just wanted to share a quick fall card with an amazing message, featuring one of October's New Release Stamps!

Technique Junkies Stamps Used: 

Give Thanks

Here is a better look at this beautiful Stamp.

Give Thanks

Thank you so much for stopping by today! 

I hope that I have inspired you in some way!

TJ Inkspirations - White Emboss Resist Colorations

I have been working a long time with the Art Anthology Colorations sprays, and it is no secret that I love them. They have so many beautiful applications and the colors are sublime. My favorite technique to use with them is resist. Today I am showing you how beautiful they are with a white embossed resist. The backgrounds I am using are from the new October Release stamps, which are still 15% off through end-of-day on October 8th. One of the questions I am asked frequently is whether the Art Anthology sprays come in kits...well now they do! Art Anthology has created 3 kits exclusively for Technique Junkies - each kit has 5 colors of sprays plus a bottle of Fairy Dust.  In my opinion, each kit gives you the opportunity to create beautiful projects with a nice selection of tone-matching colors. You can choose from Bright, Vintage and Royal Kits. And just for the next week, you can use the code sprays at checkout to receive 10% off the kits. Here are the stamps used in this email: Arabesque Background   Texture Stars Turn on the Light The Greatest Story - Previously Released Colorations White Resist This technique starts with just a white-embossed background stamp: The Colorations sprays are added, then wiped off the embossing when the whole piece is covered with color: I recommend embossing and spraying more than one piece at a time (it minimizes the spraying "mess": Theses pieces can air-dry, or be dried with a heat tool: Arabesque_ Greatest Story Texture Stars - Turn on the Light I hope you are a little inkspired by today's issue. See you next week! Sincerely, Pat Huntoon Technique Junkies LLC

Present this coupon for a $2.00 discount on any order over $25.00 in the Technique Junkies Booth.  This coupon MAY be combined with other show specials.  One $2.00 coupon per customer.  Additional Show Specials: Buy 5 Stamps, get 6th Free (lowest priced stamp) Purchase any combination of 6: Stencils, Art Anthology Colorations Sprays, Nuvo Mousse and/or Nuvo Embellishments, receive 10% off those products