Birthday Dahlias

Hello Junkies! 

It's Ceal, here to share a card with you. When I saw this dahlia stamps I just had to make it one of my choices for the release. It's super fun to color and I have two daughters who love floral cards so it was a must have for my collection. You can save 15% off this stamp and all new stamps (15 of them) from now thru the 8th of April and save an additional 10% by using my code TJ10Ceal

To create this card I started with a top folding white card base and a white pane cut down a quarter of an inch smaller. I stamped the dahlia image using Gina K's Black Amalgam ink and colored it using Copic markers. I created the background using the Classic Harlequin stencil from A Colorful Life,  the Life Changing Blending Brushes by Picket Fence Studios, which really are Life Changing and some Prickly Pear ink by Gina K designs

Being a CAS stamper I very rarely use patterned paper although I have a ton of it. Stencils are a great way to give you card a subtle background and still be clean & simple. 

TJ Inkspirations: April 2019 Artwork

We just released the  April 2019 stamps at Technique Junkies, and I am proud to share this beautiful video displaying all of the new artwork from the Technique Junkies Design Team. I hope the artwork in this video inspires you! Before you take a peek, make sure to take advantage of the 15% discount on the new April 2019 stamp releases.  Because I am out of town this weekend, I am extending the 15%  New Stamp discount through Monday, April 8, 2019 until midnight EST.  Add the stamps to your order and the discount will be added to you shopping cart at checkout. Ready for inspiration? And the video: April 2019 New Stamp Release

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

Floral Border

I love it when you can take plain black cardstock and make it look elegant. That's just what happened on this card. With the stunning Floral Border Stamp (SD914) and a sentiment from the Anniversary Set (SS100), and some Versamark with a twist, the card turned out very elegant (in my very humble opinion, lol). 

To create this card, I started with a piece of black cardstock cut to 4" x 5.50". The image was stamped on the MISTI using Versamark, then dusted with Perfect Pearls (Pearl). I wanted a little more shimmer, so I dusted the entire piece of cardstock with Perfect Pearls then took a soft brush and removed the excess powder, which left it with a beautiful sheen across the whole piece. To add even a little more glam and glimmer, I added more shimmer to the flowers and leaves with a Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss Pen. Just look at this closeup! So pretty.

I stamped the sentiment with Versamark and shined it up with some silver embossing powder. To finish off the card, I attached the black panel to a gray card base and added some pearls for a little extra elegance.

The stamp sets I used were just two of the 15 new releases for April! All these wonderful stamps are on sale for 15% off only until the 8th of this month, so you better hurry! No need for a code as the discount will be automatically applied. And don't forget, spend $30 before taxes and automatically receive the free I Like To Party stamp which you can see a sample of HERE. And to top it all off, you can save a cool 10% off all the extras you may want by using my code below:

Now how is that for some bargain shopping! 

Thanks for visiting today! Hope you found some inspiration!

Til next time,
Keepin' it inky!

DALIAHS FOR SPRING

Hello!!! 

Did you catch the new release yesterday?  Holy smokes, there were some fabulous works of art on display.  If you missed it, you can still catch all the goodness here and link to all the blogs.  

I'm so in love with this new stamp "Dahlias" from the April 2019 release.  I colored it with my Chameleon ColorTone Pencils after stamping it in a soft gray colored dye ink.  The sentiment is a masked portion of a stamp from the "How Blessed I Am Set of 8" .  

All the stamps from the new April 2019 release can be purchased for 15% off until April 8.  Grab them at that price while you can.  Also, for the month of April, get a free stamp with a $30.00 order.  For more discount options, all other stamps and some supplies can be purchased with my personal discount code of TJ10Cheri.  

Technique Junkies April Release AND Discount!

Happy April Release!!!

We have 14 new stamps in the Technique Junkies line!

Be sure to check out the list below for some sweet inspiration from our Design Team! 

All of the April 2019 New Release stamps are 15% off through April 8th! 

We can all use a little bargain, right? 

No codes needed, just put them in your shopping cart and the 

discount will be applied at checkout. 

Spend $30.00 in April & receive this  FREE stamp!

My first card uses the free with $30 purchase stamp (I Like to Party) and Floral Border 2

Use code TJ10Jeanne for an additional 10% off
That's 25% off the new release until April 8th!

My next card uses Lily of the Valley Background and Anniversary Set (Set of 7)

Go and see what our Design Team made!

Beth Norman-Roberts

Ceal Pritchett

Cheri Weston

Giovana Smith

Janine Tinklenberg

Jeanne Streiff

Judy Jackson

Lynda Pleckan

Pat Huntoon

Ro Donner

Stephanie Severin

Vicki Garrett

Hope you enjoyed my projects!

Spring Bunny

Good Morning!

Today I'm featuring the Spring Bunny Stamp

Just a little hint: When working with this stamp, I would recommend you

stamp her in a light color. I stamped the image in grey and I actually stamped off first. 

I coloured the image with Prism Pencils to keep it soft.

I just wanted the image to stand out on it's own, so I mounted it on some pretty Ribbon.

Because of the abundance of linework in the bunny, it doesn't require a lot of colouring!!!!

Hope you have an amazing day!

--Vicki~~

Be Creative Every Day!

Hello Technique Junkies! Janelle dropping in today with two cards to inspire you! It seems like we just shared the new stamps for March and now in only two days, there will be NEW stamps in April!

Did you all catch the new stamp bundle? The Stained Glass Metallic Mousse Rubber Stamping technique shared by Pat Huntoon on Wednesday's post has a really cool package to see that will save you 35%!

Shop today at Technique Junkies for all stamps, Shimmering Bliss Sprays, and more with a 10% discount -- use code TJ10Janelle at checkout.

Now for some crafting creativeness! The first card for today, I wanted to have something for those of us who have little time lately but want cards mad fun and fast! What's better than actually creating a card about being creative! Check out the supplies and instructions.

Supplies:

• Do Something Creative Stamp
• Weathered Wall Background Stamp
• Iridescent Shimmering Bliss Topper
• Waterproof Brown ink (Ranger Archival Coffee used)
• Waterproof Black ink (Versafine Clair Nocturne used)
• Bright, colorful ink pads (3 is a good number)
• Sponge
• White, black and kraft cardstock

Directions:

1. Stamp Weathered Wall with waterproof brown ink onto white cardstock.
2. Sponge bright ink randomly covering the entire stamped surface.
3. Stamp Do Something Creative stamp with waterproof black ink three times. Use stamp positioner if desired.
4. Trim to edge of stamped image and frame with black cardstock. Spray with Shimmering Bliss Iridescent.
5. Glue to the kraft card base.

It may or may not be early for Mother's Day card, so I'm sharing a fun technique with the Flower Trio stamp that just happens to use a pretty font sentiment that's for Mothers Day. It's a detailed but dense image, so I used it to my advantage to color with ink! 

Change up the color cardstock to white and whatever array of ink pads you have for a fun and quick card.

Again supplies and instructions.

• Flower Trio Stamp
• Happy Mother's Day Stamp
• Iridescent Shimmering Bliss Topper
• Bright water-based ink pads for flowers and leaves
• Waterproof Black ink (Versafine Clair Nocturne used)
• Spray bottle with water
• Stamp positioner (optional)
• Sponge
• Kraft and Pink cardstock.

1. Ink up Flower Trio with bright color ink, use a sponge if needed.
2. Mist with water from spray bottle and stamp onto the top half of kraft cardstock. Repeat as needed with stamp positioner for deeper colors.
3. When dry, stamp black over colored image. 
4. Rotate to stamp image again in previous steps.
5. Stamp sentiment with black ink and glue to pink card base.

Remember to shop with code TJ10Janelle for a 10% discount!

Check out more Technique Junkies projects on my blog at Rain Puddles Design. Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a great weekend!