Bless Your Heart!

Hey, Junkies! Toodle Noodle Ro here with you today. I hope your New Year has been kind to you. Since I received a brand new grandson on New Year's Day, I am filled with a whole lotta love! So of course I want to share a Valentine with you!

In case you missed out on the Blog Hop sale, and there are still some goodies on your "want list", you can still save 10% by using the code TJ10Ro. Just click HERE to go shopping!

Well, Valentine's Day is just a little over a month away and I was feeling very in love with the new stamp set, Butter My Butt.  What does that have to do with love, you ask? Oh, this set of sentiments has a little fun for everyone. With 8 sentiments from which to choose, you're sure to find a something fun and fitting for any type of card. I chose "Bless Your Heart". A great southern term to cover a LOT of meanings! lol

Here is a little peek at the sentiments that are included in this fun set:

To start my card, I used Messy Love for my background. Using Gelatos in three shades of red and pink, I randomly colored the stamp and stamped onto some white cardstock. I generously sprayed with water, then dried it with a heat tool. I loosely stamped the whole panel with Versamark and added some chunky clear embossing powder. I then added a little Merlot Colorburst and sprayed it lightly with water. After drying and trimming down the piece, I die cut a heart in the center. 

On a slightly larger piece of red cardstock, I lightly marked where the heart would fall that was die cut from the stamped panel. Using masking, Versamark, and white embossing powder, I added the "Bless Your Heart" sentiment. I erased the pencil marks, added dimensional tape to the stamped panel and adhered it to the red panel. That was then adhered to the white card base.

I hope you're inspired to spread a little love of your own. Don't forget you can save 10% on your orders using the code below. 

Thanks for visiting!

Til next time,
Keepin' it inky!

PARCHMENT CRAFTING HAPPY WINTER WISHES

Hello Junkies, 

I've got a fun technique for you to try.  Have you ever heard of Parchment Crafting (Pergamano)?  It's a parchment paper art which came from the Netherlands.  You can find lots of interesting examples on Pinterest, so I won't link any here.

The proper way to do this is with parchment paper, but not having it, I decided to try it on heatable vellum paper because it's heavier than regular vellum and not easily torn.  I really like the results and will be doing more of it, but thought I'd share this attempt using "Happy Winter Wishes" stamp set from the new January 2018 release with you.  

After stamping the bunny with VersaMark ink and heat embossing it with white ep, on the vellum, I turned the piece over, face down, on a foam board I use for piercing.  Taking a stylus I used for dry embossing, I rolled it around the interior of the bunny's body.  Once that was done I decided I would color the scarf and coat with Copic markers (again on the reverse side).  When I was satisfied with the look, I fussy cut the bunny out of the vellum and mounted it on a pale blue cs panel I had already prepared with inked "hills" and the sentiment.  A touch of Copic markers for shadow/grounding, a few sequins and this card was done.  

Don't you love Technique Junkies Stamps?  There are so many creative ways to use them.  Go grab a bunch and use my discount code TJ10Cheri for 10% off your ENTIRE order!!!! 

When you get your new stamps, (using my discount code) come on over to our Design Junkies blog and join in on our monthly challenge for a chance to win even more Technique Junkies Stamps.   

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you found some inspiration here and if you did please join us on our FaceBook page and share your creations with us.  We love seeing them.  

Have a happy day!

  

Dutch Door Valentine

If you are like me, you want your Valentine to receive a special card with a little more thought than just a few hearts stamped on it.  This is true for me even though my Valentine cards primarily go to my grandchildren and their parents.  So when I saw a Dutch Door card on another blog I knew I wanted to use that idea for a  Valentine.  There are tons of tutorials with a variety of measurements on the internet including on Splitcoast Stampers and Pinterest.  So have a search, but I will give you the measurements I used. 

I used three Technique Junkies Stamps to create this card.  I used Love Heart - http://techniquejunkies.com/love-heart/  , Love Harlequin - www.techniquejunkies.com/love-harlequin/, and Happy Valentine day -  

http://techniquejunkies.com/happy-valentines-day/ .

Did you notice the goof I made in creating the background with the Love Harlequin stamp?  I stamped it ONCE and then accidentally dropped the stamp onto the card stock.  It created this perfect double image.  I liked it so I used it! It was a "creative opportunity."

These are the measurements I used:

1. The larger red panel is 4 1/4 by 8 1/2 inches. Score at 5 1/2 inches.

2. The smaller panel at the bottom is 2 inches by 8 3/8 inches. Score each end at 2 inches.

3.  The interior white panel is 4 inches by 5 1/4.

Directions:

1. Score each piece as directed above.

2. Using secure glue or tape adhere the bottom panel to the bottom of the card.

3. Cut background paper or card stock to an appropriate size for layering and adhere. 

4. Create a flap to open the bottom "doors" with any design that appeals to you.

This is the last day to choose several stamps and take advantage of the 15% off sale of new stamps through January 8 but you may also use the TJ10Judy and get 10% off of anything else in her store.

Have a wonderfully creative day and get inky!

Judy Jackson

Catching The Kiss

Happy Saturday everyone! It's Janelle Stollfus here today with a little furbaby love called The Kiss from January's release. Isn't it a priceless catch between two friends!

Right now the entire January release is 15% until Monday no codes needed just drop them in your cart, and it's applied during checkout. Use code TJ10Janelle for non-release products in the store!

My card went together quickly with alcohol markers and Valentine theme papers, so it's ready to go in the mail. 

Color the feline with Y11, YR31, YR23, YR27.

Color the pups ear with E04 and both mouths with RV91 and R83.

Blend the pups ear with W5 and shade the fur with W1.
Add a shadow under the chins on cats fur with BV11 and W1.

Color the background with BG000, BG01, FBG2.

Glue the finished image behind a stitched frame die cut and pop it up onto a square card with layers of pattern paper and colored cardstock. Tie a bakers twine bow around the bottom before gluing altogether. The fun dots are made with Nuvo Caribbean Ocean Crystal Drops.

TJ Inkspirations

This week I have a tutorial on my computer -- but alas, I have no voice. I have a cold that has robbed my voice box of reliable sound. Snce the cold has been with me for a week, I haven't been able to edit the video I had filmed (and trust me, it needs editing!). So instead, today I did something different.  I have a video for you, but I don't talk!  As you may have seen, we had our January 2018 release on Monday, with 15 new stamps. I decided to combine all of the beautiful artwork from the Technique Junkies Design Team in one quick video so that you can see them all in one place, and hopefully get inspired! The work is gorgeous and I hope it stirs your creative muse. I would love to hear your feedback about this video, and whether you would like to see one each month when we release stamps. I want to hear from you! Before I show you the video, note that all of the January 2018 New Release stamps are 15% off through Monday January 8th. Simply add them to your shopping cart and they will be automatically discounted at checkout. Want something that is not in the sale? You can still take 10% off everything else by grabbing a code off of one of the TJ designers blogs (and all of them are listed below). I have also been remiss in introducing the new Technique Junkies Design Team! These ladies are fabulous. I have a link to each of their blogs below. If you have a chance, take a look at their artwork - they are amazing! But first, here is the video showing you the artwork : Technique Junkies New Release Artwork Samles 2018 Technique Junkies Design Team I am so proud to have these ladies on my team. Please click on their names to visit their blogs and to view their fabulous work: Jeanne Streiff, Design Team Manager Janelle Stollfus Lee Ann Barrett Lynda Pleckhan Ceal Pritchett Stephanie Severin Cheri Weston Judy Jackson Ro Donner Beth Norman Giovana Smith Pat Huntoon

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

Birthdays and donuts

Hello friends! Hope you all are having a great day! Giovana here today with a birthday card and much better it this one includes donuts!! This fun stamp is from our brand new release and it's called "Birthdays and donuts"

This card was super easy to make, here are the details:

• Make a card base from white cardstock. A2 size. Top folded.
• Die-cut a couple of background layers in Gold and Ocean Blue Cardstock.
• Stamp image on a piece of cardstock in Jet Black Ink sing your MISTI, clean your stamp without removing it from your MISTI, then ink the stamp in Versamark Watermark and add clear embossing powder, heat set.  (This way your image will be a bit shinier)
• Add color to image, I used Sparkle markers to give a shiny glittery look, sadly the picture didn't catch that.
• Die-cut panel, then adhere them to card base with foam adhesive.

Remember the new release has an instant discount of 15% OFF until January 8th!
Of course you can get other stamps from the Technique Junkies store and use my 10% off code TJ10Giovana

Hope you like this project!
Have a fantastic day!

Butter my Butt

When I first saw the Butter my Butt Set of 8 Stamps, I could almost hear each one being said out-loud by one of my relatives (usually with a southern accent ... at least as from as far south as southern Missouri where I grew-up).

Remember, if you go shopping, all of these new stamps are 15% off until January 8th (and you can use my discount code TJ10Stephanie for 10% off you regularly priced items).

The first sentiment is something my step-mom said to us at least once a week (what can I say, there were four of us kids, and we were a handful) ... I'm pretty sure each time she said it, it was likely well deserved.

I thought the sentiments from this set paired perfectly with vintage images.  My background is some Gel Press deli paper.

This one features another Gel Press print with a picture of some cute kittens having breakfast ... you know there is some gossiping going on with those eggs ... Just Sayin'.

This vintage picture is of two women buying some "Canned Joy" at the grocery store ... if only it were that easy ... because we all know this sentiment is true.

Have fun shopping all of the fun new release stamps.

Stephanie from 

Ingenious Inkling