All is Calm as we head into December!

 

Greetings TJ fans! I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. I did and now I am excited for Christmas and getting together for some family time! My card today is with the Bird and Poinsettia Border from the Oct 2021 release and the All is Calm sentiment. I began my stamping my image on watercolor paper using my Misti to make sure I got a really good image. Next, I set about watercoloring the image. Once dry, I sprayed gold Shimmering Bliss. I then embossed the entire image, matted in red and stamped the sentiment on watercolor paper, too with some gold shimmering mist. The sentiment is mounted on dimensionals. I love this stamp. Love the bird!

Technique Junkies is having their annual Inventory reduction sale starting today. Everything in the inventory reduction category will be 35% off -PLUS you can use my code on the sale items ( TJ10Pam), along with everything else. The sale starts today and will run through December15. Here is the link for the 

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Courage

 

 

Hello fellow stampers!  Technique Junkies came out with an awesome November release. I think there’s a little bit of this verse in all of us these days, whether it be mentally exhausted or letting COVID restrictions get to us.  We all could use a bit of courage.  This Courage stamp comes with the verse and lion as one stamp.  The background I felt would best go with Courage is called Seagrass Mat.  Seagrass Mat is not a new release but can be purchased at 10% off just by using my code TJ10Beth.

My background that has Courage stamped onto it, is one of my many Color Burst backgrounds.

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello Friends - wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving has slipped up on us so quickly, and you know what that means...Christmas is almost here! It's time to get those holiday cards created!

I'm up on the Technique Junkies blog to share a beautiful card, made with a beautiful new sentiment stamp '#SDX174 Retro Merry Christmas' from Technique Junkies. I also used a favorite from the September release, 'SD1016 Beautiful Mandala'.

The Mandala was stamped in red and Catherine Pooler's Deck the Halls green, and once more with Versamark Ink, and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The sentiment was also heat embossed in gold, and matted with some gold cardstock.

I sure do love creating for Christmas, and love this release!

So glad you stopped by today!

Don't forget!!! You can always save 10% on any order by entering TJ10Patti at checkout.

Be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and do a little crafty shopping!

Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

A Sweet Baby and Holiday Cheer

One of my daughter's best friends is having a little girl in January. She loves sunflowers, so I decided to play on that theme. I stamped the image from Welcome Sweet Baby, Set of 4 in T.H. fossilized amber using my Misti. Next, I stamped just a portion of Summer Barn to get the sunflower image from it and fussy cut it out. I then colored it in amber, too. Black glitter was placed in the center. Two sentiments from the set were used and distressed a bit. I used an embossing folder for some more interest and both the main image and sentiment were placed on dimensionals.

This image is from the November 2021 release and is called Night Snow. Laying in bed recently, I'd been thinking of how to ink it up with multiple inks. I used berry burst, gorgeous grape and night of navy and then spritzed iridescent Shimmering Bliss over it. The sentiment is new this month, too Warmest Wishes.

I have quite the stack of discarded items in my craft room and I've been trying to utilize them. This embossed image was one such item! Using teal ink spot and antique linen ink pad, I rubbed the embossed image and then for the bg I used not quite navy. The sentiment All is Calm was stamped with antique linen as well.

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Create "Anyday" Cards All Year Round!

 

We MUST remember to create “anyday” cards to keep on hand, and today I am sharing a lovely variation with the “Leaves and Berries” stamp. This stamp is part of the November 2021 New Stamp Release from Technique Junkies. 

I suppose it is intended to produce more “holiday-themed” projects, but when I saw this stamp I immediately thought of bright oranges, pinks, yellows and navy blue. 

First, I stamped “Leaves and Berries” in VersaMark ink and embossed with a navy blue embossing powder. This creates significant border lines inside all the leaves, which is essential when coloring in with watercolor or ink.

To color in the leaves, I simply used my Nuvo Water Pen and my Distress Oxide Inks. I just “smooshed” the ink onto a slick surface (I use an acrylic block or my craft mat). Then, I treated the ink like watercolor and just colored in the lines. For final touches, I used the remaining smooshed ink to create a “spatter” around the edges.

The “Thinking of You” sentiment is one of the “Four Little Sentiments” set. I stamped it with Archival Ink and die cut with a Spellbinders die that I had in my stash. Honestly, this card design is perfect to make a set of cards and then customize each card with a different sentiment from the set. I really like the nice font and it stamps beautifully!

Before I adhered all the parts together for my card, I used scrap pieces of navy blue and yellow cardstock to create some grounding for my sentiment. Just imagine this card without the navy blue strips of cardstock… the sentiment would be “floating” around on the background. If your cards look like they “need something”, try adding a solid color strip or two (or three) across the entirety of the card and THEN add the sentiment. It should be just what your project needs!

Thank you for looking!

Technique Junkies Stamps Used:

Leaves and Berries Stamp Set

Four Little Sentiments Stamp Set

What Courage Is!

 

 Courage is something we have heard a lot about lately.   There are many reasons to summon courage and bring it to bear in our individual circumstances.   But this definition on Courage 1 is certainly true. I used  Stitches, Set of 6 to create the background frame for the focal image.   The lion is colored with Copic markers.  I sponged around the edges.

You can see all of the new TJ November stamps here.  And if you have to have them all now at a great price you can see that deal here.

All items - not on sale - can have another 10% off by using the code TJ10Judy in the coupon box as you check out.  

Have a terrific day -- and get inky!!

Distressed Vintage Pine Greetings

Good morning, Junkies!  It's Holly posting today.  When I saw this new Big Cracks background stamp from Technique Junkies, I knew I wanted to make a distressed vintage Christmas card with it.  I stamped the Big Cracks with a soft brown ink onto some white cardstock and then I stamped around the edges with the pine branches from the Season's Greetings set.  I sponged some kraft ink and some brown ink around the edges toward the center of the card for that distressed look.

The sentiment, also from the Season's Greetings set, was stamped with Versamark and covered with gold embossing powder.  I tapped off the excess and melted the powder with my heat tool.  Once the sentiment was cool, I dragged the Versamark ink pad around the edges of the panel and covered them with the same gold embossing powder.  After I melted the powder on the edges, I set it aside to cool for a few minutes.  Then I put this panel into a box and flicked some white paint all over the piece for that snowy look.  

Please feel free to use this code, TJ10Holly, to save 10% when you shop at Technique Junkies.  You can pick up all the stamps I used on this card as well as hundreds of other wonderful stamps.  You will also find the gorgeous Shimmering Bliss Sprays and stencils and Catherine Pooler ink pads in the store.  Have fun shopping!