Gnomes in Action

 If you like action cards, you're in for a treat today. Because I have an adorable double z-fold wiper card featuring Gnomies Forever. Here is the card in it's closed position...

Cute, right? But check it out when it's opened...

Hey! Where'd that fourth guy come from? It's magic! Here it is in action...

While this card is a little more complicated than a regular fold card, it is attainable. I google double z-fold wiper cards and found a ton of great tutorials. I chose not to create my own tutorial since I didn't feel the need to reinvent the wheel. The trickiest part of this card is getting the wiper mechanism positioned and attached. The rest of the card is easy peasy.

I assembled the card using some fun papers. I stamped and fussy cut four of the cute lil gnomies and attached them to the card and wiper mechanism. I decided not to color them because they really stood out in just black and white. The birthday sentiment is Donuts Happy Birthday. The other sentiment is from the Gnomies set. I simply inked only half the sentiment "Gnomies Forever" and hand wrote "from Your" with a black marker.

I am just loving these characters! 

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Hope you enjoyed this action card today. 

Til next time,

Keepin' it inky!

Paint with Peace!

This card uses Faces of Diversity and Celebrate Diversity.  The verse was heat embossed.  I will  not lie and say coloring these faces was quick, but how I did it made it faster!  I did it assembly line style.   Using my Copic markers I chose a skin color and then chose faces for that skin color.  Then the next skin color, and so on.  Then I did the hair. Last was the clothing.   I found the colored the strip of paper and thought it went with the verse.   We certainly live in a diverse culture.  

I also spritzed the top with Dazzle Shimmering Bliss Topper!  Love this stuff!!

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Walk in my Garden

Hi Junkies!  It's Holly posting today, and I'm sharing this shimmery watercolored card with you.  I stamped the gorgeous new Floral Card Frame with permanent green ink onto some watercolor paper, and then I stamped the sentiment from In Full Bloom in the center of the frame.  

While the ink was drying, I pulled out some shimmery, iridescent watercolor paints and picked a pink, a blue, and a pale green color.  I covered the entire paper with water and then added the paints randomly for a soft, ethereal look.  The shimmer on this card is just gorgeous.  Hopefully you can see a bit of the shimmer in the picture.  Have a wonderful week!

 

TJ Inkspirations: Using Transfer Gel with Stamps and Foil

 

Back in the Good Old Days (pre-COVID) we had a make-and-take in our booth using Transfer Gel Duo, Stencils and Foil. While very popular, we were constantly asked whether the Gel could be used with stamps.  There were two reasons why I discouraged people from using the gel on their stamps. First, I was afraid that the gel would ruin people's stamps. Secondly, finding a way to apply the gel was a challenge -- it is important to apply the gel fully, without any (or much) excess pooling around the edges of the images. I finally figured out how to resolve these two issues.  First, the gel DOES come off the stamps, provided that the stamp is IMMEDIATELY cleaned. Second, I found that using a un-inked stamp pad as the applicator was the ticket to controlling how much gel was placed on the stamp. So today I have a quick video for you showing how to use Foil and Transfer Gel with your stamps to create pretty backgrounds. I made up a quick kit for you, too, so that you can try this for yourself!  Here is the kit, the artwork, and the video:     The video is here: Using Foil with Stamps and Transfer Gel And here is the kit: Foiling with Stamps

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

Joy

Hello friends!

Hope you are having a great day! 

Today I want to share this card I made using the new Circular Vines and he Joy sentiment part of Love, Faith and Peace Set. 

Details:

Drag your yellow inks on white cardstock, do it in different directions and strength to get a variety on the intensity.

Stamp the Circular Vine in dark blue ink.

Stamp Joy in Red Ink.

Trim panel and adhere it to a white card base.

Finally add red enamel and white nuvo dots.

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Hope you like it and have a fantastic day!

We ARE Better Together

It was pure joy for me to release the Celebrate Diversity set with the Faces of Diversity stamp this month. We are all better together are we not? 

My rainbow effect was achieved with inks that were masked off in sections and applied with Ink Blending Brushes. I hope you like the effect I was trying to achieve.

Let's just simply be BETTER.

Pat Huntoon

Gnomies!

 Hi, TJ Friends! Hope everyone has been enjoying some crafty time! I have been playing a LOT with one of the new releases...Gnomies Forever.  This is such a cute and fun set.  It comes with five absolutely adorable gnomes and six phrases/sentiments. That's 11 stamps in one set! How awesome is that! Here is the card I created...

I created an embossed background and gave it a good swipe using an IZink Dye Ink Pad.  I trimmed down the panel, added a solid matte and attached it to the card base.

I stamped a couple of the gnomes and colored them with Kaisercraft Gel Pens (the glittery guy on the right) and Nuvo Glitter Markers (the shimmery guy on the left).

After trimming them down, I glued one guy flat and the other popped up on some foam adhesive.

I stamped the sentiments and used a die to cut out the decorative piece which was then also mounted with foam adhesive.

Something about this cheery card just makes me smile. Hope it gives you a grin as well!

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Til next time,

Keepin' it inky!