Snowflake Hugs

The Snowflakes and the verse are all from Technique Junkies Snowflakes set.   They are embossed with white embossing powder on tan  card stock.  Then I used A Colorful Life Stencil Medallion Fade.   I sprayed Dazzle Shimmering Bliss Topper over the stencil to add interest to the background.

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Have a good day and get inky!

Judy Jackson

Groovy Christmas

Hello Junkies! 

It's Ceal, here to share another Christmas card with you. I am doing a series over on my blog, 25 days of Christmas Inspiration and I am sharing Christmas cards and projects.

To create my card I started with a top folding white card base and a stencil to create the background. For the focal image I used the Groovy Christmas set and watercolored it. This card will be sent to my daughter who loves VW buses.

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Happy New Year!

Yes, I do know it's not New Years yet.  But I couldn't resist going with that theme for this fabulous champagne glasses stamp from Technique Junkies November release.

The stamp is called Champagne Toast!  It is perfect for those New Years cards, but also for any celebratory occasion!  
The Happy New Year is from the Gifts of Christmas Set of 5 set.  I have been getting a lot of use from that amazing set with the five lovely scripted verses.  

On creamy shimmer card stock, I gold embossed Champagne Toast.  I also embossed the verse, and cut around it and popped it up with foam tape on the front.  I layered the panel onto a gold shimmery A2 card base.

Some pearl swirls from my stash add just the right touch of elegance to this card, don't you think?  And some champagne colored gems at the glasses stems really finish it off.  

Oh, and I brushed some Mixed Metals Shimmering Bliss inside the glasses for the champagne!

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Hope you are inspired by my card.  Thanks for stopping by today.  

Blessings,

...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!

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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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~~