30 days of Christmas Day 14

Good Morning!

Welcome to Day 14 of the 30 days of Christmas!

 Every day through November 13th you can check in with us on the Technique Junkies Design Team blog for inspirational Christmas cards.  Additionally, all of the Christmas stamps on the Technique Junkies site are 20% off through November 13th! Simply add any stamp from the Christmas Category and the stamps will be automatically discounted at checkout.

I created the background for this card using various shades of blue ink!!! 

I stamped the main image and the sentiment in Navy Blue and added some Washi tape to split up the space. The images I used are  The Stockings were hung and Vintage Mantle

Quick and Easy!

If you'd like an additional 10% discount use the code TJ10VICKI at checkout!

Happy Stamping!!!!

--Vicki~~

Day 13: Amazing Embossed Gilding Flakes

I display cards from my classes at most shows, and cards from my Gilding Flakes class are always included. The cards from this technique are almost always the ones I get the most questions about, and people are always astonished when I tell them about the ease of the technique. Note that I finished my piece as a Christmas card - because  it is Day 13 of the 30 days of Christmas. Every day through November 13th you can check in with us on the Technique Junkies Design Team blog for inspirational Christmas cards.  Additionally, all of the Christmas stamps on the Technique Junkies site are 20% off through November 13th! Simply add any stamp from the Christmas Category and the stamps will be automatically discounted at checkout. Here is the stamp I used on the finished card today: Embossed Gilding  Flakes This is the finished piece from the video: Merry Christmas Wishes And here is the video tutorial: Amazing Embossed Gilding Flakes

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

30 Days of Christmas: Day 12 - Merry Christmas

Hello friends!! Welcome to day 12 of out 30 Days of Christmas celebration! Today, I want to share a gold card I created using this super cool background stamp "Texture Stars". This time I used a different technique and I will share it with you.

• Use glue pad on your stamp, then press your stamp on a piece of cardstock.
• After that, apply a piece of foil, in this case I used gold foil, use your finger tips to press the foil, then with the help of your heating tool, heat the foil (not to close) using circle motions, just for few seconds.
• Let it cool for a bit and then lift the foil from the cardstock and voila!! all the stars will be revealed.
• Stamp sentiment from "Gifts of Christmas" set  on a piece of Ivory cardstock, add Gold Metallic tape to the sides and adhere it to foil background piece.
• Adhere panel to an Ivory A2 size card. Finally add a little red snowflake.

And now the great news! EVERY stamp in the Christmas category is discounted 20% during the 30 Days of Christmas! Just add them to your cart and the stamps will be discounted automatically. Plus you can get an extra 10% by adding my discount code TJ10Giovana

Have a fantastic day!!
Hope you like my project.

30 Days of Christmas - Day 11: Vintage Christmas

Hello Junkies!

The Crafty Nurse here with some holiday spirit.  I love to get my Christmas cards done early so I don't have to rush around in December when I need them.  I've used some new and old Technique Junkies stamps to create this vintage style card.

Stamps: Arabesque #S767, Gifts of Christmas #SS081, and Snowflakes #S235

Supplies: MISTI, A Colorful Life's "Square Fade Stencil," Distress Paint in Frayed Burlap, Distress ink in Antique Linen, Gold Foiling, Holographic EP, Versamark, WPlus9 Die, Neenah Cardstock, gold cardstock, flitter-glu, and gold flakes.

Directions:  Stamp Arabesque using Distress paint on cardstock using MISTI, ink with Distress, DRY completely with heat tool, apply versmark through stencil,  apply holographic EP and heat, stamp sentiment using MISTI (a must because of texture), cut card panel using circle die, pop-up center die, stamp snowflake with flitter-glu, foil, buff, and back with gold cardstock.

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!

30 Days of Christmas, Day 10

Hello fellow stampers and friends.  Are you following  30 Days of Christmas?  Pat and her Design Team are showing off Christmas cards for 30 days.  Not only are all Christmas stamps 20% off but if you use the code TJ10Beth, you get an extra 10% off, so that is a 30% savings.

Here I used Cocktail Joy.  I placed it in my Misti and coloured individual areas with Tombow markers and huffed on the coloured area and stamped it out.  I coloured and huffed three times in each of the areas I coloured with marker.  The holly leaves were coloured in lightly with a light green Chameleon coloured pencil.

I added Frantage Encrusted Jewels to the sides of my image and as recommended I heated from underneath my image.

Don't forget to come back tomorrow to see more fun Christmas cards and projects.

Peace Be Your Gift - 30 Days of Christmas Day 9

I wish you could see the chevron style embossing folder effect of this card  -- but alas it does show up!  The verse comes from Technique Junkies Gifts of Christmas - www.techniquejunkies.com/gifts-of-christmas-set-of-5/ .  Punched out stars  and a gingham bow finish this simple but lovely card!  

And remember you can get an addition 10% discount with this code - TJ10Judy.

Hope your day is great and please get inky!

Judy Jackson

30 Days of Christmas: Day 8- Safari Christmas

Those who know me well know that I love, love, love giraffes.  That's why this stamp makes me so very happy!  I used the Safari Santa stamp with Studio 71 Alcohol Markers, and highlighted them with the silver and red markers from the Nuvo Glitter Markers. This is shimmery in all the right places in person!

I hope you have been enjoying the 30 days of Christmas...and taking advantage of the 20% discount on all the stamps in the Christmas category. 
Enjoy the weekend!
Pat Huntoon