Gypsy Soul Cat ATC

Hi! Jeanne here today! 

I created the background for my ATC with Color Burst (see colors below). When my background was 

dry I stamped Vogue Kitty using my MISTI in black ink  ink and colored with Studio 71 markers. 

The sentiment is from Soul of a Gypsy.

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Have a great day! Jeanne

Butterfly Woman for Mother's Day

Happy Saturday Technique Junkies fans! Janelle Stollfus here with the new Butterfly Woman stamp and sentiments from the April release!

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Besides the remarkable Butterfly Woman stamp, I've added sentiments to make them excellent Mother's Day cards. Here's how I made them.

Happy Mother's Day Spattered Ombre Background Card (first card in my post)

• Butterfly Woman
• All The Moms
• Spattered Ombre Paper - previous post with instructions
• Two colored cardstock for the card base and image frame
• Black Ink Pad
• Adhesive

1. Stamp Butterfly Woman with black ink onto Spattered Ombre paper (mine was leftover from another project, but it's so easy to make if you don't have some prepared.)
2. Stamp sentiment with black ink from All The Moms below the image.
3. Trim to 3-1/4 by 4-1/2 inches.
4. Frame with a complementary color cardstock, mine is 1/16 inch (about .1 cm) bigger on all sides.
5. Adhere to folded 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inch card base.

Colored Butterfly Woman on Sponged Background

• Butterfly Woman
• Began to Fly
• White and colored cardstock
• Black waterproof Ink Pad
• Distress Oxide Ink Pad (Carved Pumpkin used)
• Pan Pastels or Chalks
• Alcohol Markers or Colored Pencils
• Adhesive
• Sponge or Dauber

1. Stamp Butterfly Woman and Began to Fly with black ink onto white cardstock.
2. Color Butterfly Woman with markers or colored pencils in a 3-4 color theme. Blue, orange, yellow and brown were used.
3. Trim to 3 x 5 inches and color around the woman with blue pastel or chalk on sponge or dauber.
4. On a 4 by 5-1/4 inch white cardstock sponge Distress Ink starting from the bottom or top edge until the ink is very light almost to the middle. Sponge from the edge stopping farther away from the center until the desired look. Repeat on opposite edge.
5. Adhere sponged background then colored image onto folded 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inch card base.

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TJ Inkspirations: Glitter swipe resist

Today I have a very easy tutorial for you using Nuvo Glitter Markers. This is an easy resist technique with an shimmering end result. It just so happens that I JUST received my shipment of the brand new Nuvo Glitter Markers. With this addition of 6 gorgeous markers, it brings the total number available to 15; a great number of markers for coloring a ton of images. I have a quick chart below of all of the colors. I also put the 6 new markers into a bundle at 10% off, so if you already have the other three sets of markers, this is a good way to add the other 6. I love these new colors! Nuvo Glitter Markers Color Chart Glitter Stripes with Glitter Markers Here is the artwork from the video: Love Script and Fluff your tute Vintage Flourishes and Fairy Tale Flowers and the video: Glitter Swipes with Nuvo Glitter Markers

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

Happy Mother's Day

Hello friends!! Giovana here today sharing a couple of cards especially made for Mother's day. Mother's Day is just around the corner and I think these sets are perfect for this occasion. 

For these cards I used a couple of stamps from our new April Release: Fairy Tale Flowers and the sentiment is from All the Moms.

For this first card I stamped the Fairy Tale Flowers background on a piece of watercolor paper in Jet Black Stazon, then colored the images with Spectrum Noir ColourTint pencild, then added Sparkle Pens to give it a bit of shimmer (hard to see on the picture)

Then die-cut the background and adhered it on a piece of gray cardstock with foam adhesive. Then, added the panel to a white card base.

The sentiment was stamped on a piece on vellum in Versamark Watermark and white embossing powder.

Finally, I embellished it with small pearls.

For this second card I stamped the background image on a piece of smooth white cardstock in Memento Tuxedo Black, I inked the center of the image a lot darker and fade it a bit around the edges, colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers, making it darker in the center and lighter on the outer edges. Stamped the sentiment on a piece of gray cardstock in Versamark Watermark and added white embossing powder, then heat set.

This is a 4.25" x 4.25" square card.

These are the sets I used:

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Have a fantastic day!

Frenchified Celebration

When I saw the new Frenchified Clouds stamp, I knew I wanted to ink it in multiple colors.  

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Today I stamped the Frenchified Clouds using a Distress Oxide Primary Color Palette.  I used my MISTI inking one section at a time overlapping slightly to get the blended colors.

I used the red & blue inks for my Birthday Cat & Time to Celebrate Sentiment using the same overlapping technique.

I finished with a few sequins ... because nothing says party like that kitty face ... and some sequins.

Time to Party for sure!

Stephanie Severin

Ingenious Inkling

Soul to Dance

Hello.  Beth Norman here with Poppy Bouquet which is well loved by many of you, and the design team.  If you click on the link you can see many samples of what the design team did with this card.  To get your Poppy Bouquet, or any other product at 10% off simply by using TJ10Beth.

I thought it would be fun to add Soul to Dance on my card.  It is a sentiment that speaks to my heart.

Have you joined our Facebook group yet?  We have monthly challenges and this month's challenge is a sketch.  You don't have to use a Technique Junkie technique because we are all about Technique Junkies stamps now.  Hope to see you there!

Dragonfly Collage

I used the beautiful TJ stamp called Dragonfly Collage. I used Twinkling H2Os to color in the image.   The verse is the new TJ stamp called Began to Fly - www.techniquejunkies.com/began-to-fly/  -
I added the verse on vellum and adhered it with my Xyron machine.  A ribbon and some glitter paper are the embellishments.

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Have a great day and be sure to get inky!

Judy Jackson