Wednesday, November 28, 2018

...and to All A Good Night!

All of Santa's elves are busily getting ready for Christmas at my house...including making a bunch of Christmas cards! This one happens to be one of my favorites (right now, lol). The three stamps used here go perfectly well together.


Even though it was done on a white cardstock background, it still highlights Santa at night.

I started out with a piece of white CS and, using my MISTI, positioned and stamped the SANTA IN MOONLIGHT (SD811) using Versamark. I then positioned and stamped the FIR FOREST (S806) across the lower section of the CS. Using black embossing powder, I heat embossed both images.

Then I pulled out some Memento Ink Pads in Dandelion, Cantaloupe and Nautical Blue. Using a sponge dauber, I added color to the moon with the light colors. I cut out a circle mask for the moon and sponged on the blue, adding just a little bit on the moon to tone it down and give it a more ethereal look.

With a white Jelly Roll Pen, I added snow to the trees and a little highlight around Santa's sleigh. I watered down a little white acrylic paint and flicked "snow" across the panel with a toothbrush. I then sprayed the entire panel with IRIDESCENT SHIMMERING BLISS. I unscrewed the bottle and dribbled a few larger dots of the spray creating some shiny snowfall. I attached the panel to a black A2 card base.

On a black piece of CS, I stamped and embossed in white the GOOD NIGHT (SDX105) sentiment. I trimmed the piece down and attached it to the card with some foam tape.

I really like how great the paint and toothbrush flicks complement the Shimmering Bliss drips. The snow looks so dimensional. 

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Hope you are having fun in your holiday preparations and got a few ideas and some inspiration from my post today.

Til next time,
Keepin' it inky!


Tuesday, November 27, 2018

CHRISTMAS CACTUS

Hi Junkies!  

I'm here today showing off a fun stamp in two ways, to add some variety in your card making using the same stamp.  

If you love this stamp, "Christmas Cactus"  you'll love all the stamps in the Technique Junkies Store and if you'd like to purchase any, please use my discount code (TJ10CHERI) so you can get a 10% discount.  




What a lovely stamp this is.  It's from the Mitten State Stamp Collection and makes a dramatic image for a Christmas card.  I love Christmas Cactus plants.  They live forever and are so easy to care for.  
I water colored this on 140# watercolor paper using Distress Inks.  It took no time at all after stamping it with Archival ink "Fern Green".  As a final touch of dimension and sparkle I added a layer of Shimmering Bliss Gold Topper over the panel before mounting the layers.  
Now this:




How cool is this contrast?  Same stamp...I stamped it in white pigment ink on a medium gray card stock panel.  I used a white PrismaColor pencil to add the light areas.  A dark gray colored pencil was used to outline and give depth to the image.  I have a 2 inch paint brush that I use for soft backgrounds and I used it to soften the image again with the white pigment ink.  

To add sparkle, I bordered the image with my Nuvo Glitter Pen and then took the same paint brush I used as described above, and added Delicata silver ink in the same manner I added the white pigment ink in the background. 

I hope you found some inspiration here today.  Thanks for stopping by and don't forget you have my 10% discount on all TJ Stamps, Nuvo Glitter Pens (and products) and Shimmering Bliss Sprays, if you'd like to use it.  



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Sunday, November 25, 2018

Raise your glass!!!


Good Morning!!! 
You've seen a lot of Christmas and Holiday cards so this morning I decided we'd think about ringing in the New Year!!!!
I created this fun and festive New Year card using the Champagne Toast Image! To make it super classy, I embossed it with Gold Detail Powder/
I created the frame and added the Raise your Glass sentiment

Lastly, I finished up by adding some pretty gold sequins to add some bling and mounted it all onto patterned paper for a little more interest.








Happy Stamping

--Vicki~~

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Just For You!


Saturday is here already! It's time for a quick project that will catapult your gift giving and keep you crafting at the same time! Hi, I'm Janelle with a post today using some new November stamps!

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There is a holiday tag challenge happening on our blog! 
Join along and you may win a gift certificate!

Get the supply list and instructions right here!

Supply List:
  • Palette Knife Stamp
  • Just For You Stamp
  • Two different green ink pads
  • One red ink pad
  • Watermark/Embossing Ink Pad
  • White Embossing Powder
  • Kraft Cardstock
  • Red Cord or ribbon
  • Gift bag or box
  • Stamp Positioner
Instructions:
  1. Stamp Palette Knife with inks one at a time using a stamp positioner to adjust the placement of each color... or just wing it!
  2. Cut out a rectangle tag the size you need and punch a hole or use a die cut if you have one.
  3. Use a static remover tool across the bottom of tag and stamp Just For You with embossing ink, sprinkle with embossing powder, tap off excess into container and heat set sentiment on tag.
  4. Tie on the tag and you're ready to go.
That's it from me today!
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Oh Christmas Tag

The current Technique Junkies Challenge is to make a Christmas Tag.   I love Christmas Tags ... and I love turning them into cards.  Remember, you can use my Discount Code TJ10Stephanie at Check-Out for 10% off you Technique Junkies order.



I started with a Kraft Tag, the A Colorful Life Rough Edge Circlezz Stencil, and my MISTI.

I  love using my MISTI for stenciling ... everything stays where I want it to and clean-up on my MISTI mousepad is super-easy.

I applied some temporary adhesive to the tag to hold it in place, since I specifically wanted to position it where one of the circles was over the circle at the top of the tag.


I combined Evergreen Bough and Mowed Grass Distress Inks to create my tag background using my favorite Make-Up Brush (it seriously change my ink-blending life).


Once I finished my tag, I stamped A Very Merry Christmas on another Kraft Tag (it was actually the back side of the first tag I tried to stencil with Distress Oxide Ink that turned out paler than I wanted ... so I recycled).

Once I put my tag together, I realized I had managed to cover-up most of my stenciling, so I used the same inks and Rough Edge Circlezz Stencil and a lighter Kraft Cardstock to create my background.

I love that with my MISTI, I can peek as I go along to see that I'm getting the variation in color that I was hoping to achieve.



I assembled my tag/card using flowers from Little Birdie and a coordinating card base.


Remember, if you join the Technique Junkies Holiday Tag Challenge you have a chance to win a $25.00  Gift Certificate to the Technque Junkies Store.