By the Sea

Yep - lets drop our blood pressure !

Using the technique that Pat shared last month using this

Sea Frame and another saying

It is so fun to make and looks great!

All the shimmer from using the Nuvo glitter gloss Aqua Pen

With this frame stamp it is so easy to pop in whatever saying you 

want - so of course this new one was perfect!!

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TJ Inkspirations: Shimmering Masked Shell Border

 

A Little Masking Makes It!

The Shell Square from Technique Junkies is one of my favorite stamps this month - mainly because you can can take that square and make sensational borders with just a small mask. Our video below shows you how to do just that! I created two kits for you so you can save a little money on the pieces and parts, if you are interested All of the pieces, parts and kits may be found HERE.

The video is here:

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Hi everyone! Today I am featuring the July 2022 release stamp from Technique Junkies called A Best Friend. For this card I used shades of brown inks to create the background and color in the flower details to give it a vintage feel!

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Blooming Dandelions

 Hi. Tracy Shultz, The Hopeful Crafter here, with a cheerful card using the new Blooming Dandelions https://techniquejunkies.com/blooming-dandelions/ stamp from Technique Junkies. This stamp is super cute and is part of the July 2022 new release: https://techniquejunkies.com/july-2022-new-stamp-release/

I created this card by first heat embossing the stamp with black embossing powder.  Then I colored the flowers with Karin Markers. I die cut this image with an oval die. I used a piece of light green paper and embossed it with a floral 3D embossing folder. I used a yellow ribbon across the middle of this. I used a piece of pattern paper with pretty yellow flowers as the layer between the embossed paper and the oval with the dandelions. I used white embossing powder to heat emboss the sentiment "Thinking of You" from the Four Little Sentiments https://techniquejunkies.com/four-little-sentiments/ stamp set onto a piece of green paper. I used the Deckle Trimmer to trim the sentiment and a white mat piece of paper to layer behind the sentiment. I adhered everything to a white card base. 

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Field Flowers- Three Ways

 Hello Junkies!

Wildflowers are just pretty.  I think they are technically weeds, but yet they have this way of captivating us.  I was instantly in love with this stamp.   I wanted to try to make a masculine card with it.  Can flowers be masculine?  I'd love to hear what you think.  

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Stamps:

Field Flowers

Its Own Beauty

Dear Friend Sentiments

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I wanted to try stamping on some patterned paper that I had in my stash.  I think I've had this for about 10 years.  I was so glad to see this paper finally get turned into a card!  Do you have that problem?

I used wood enamel dots on this one... Not sure how I feel about them.  I think I like the twine better.  What do you think?

At the River

 Doesn't this scene just make you serene? I love the feeling this riverfront stamp evokes in me, from the beauty of the flowers to the way I imagine it smells.

The sentiment and the At the River stamp are both part of our new release and may be found here:

https://techniquejunkies.com/at-the-river/

https://techniquejunkies.com/its-own-beauty/ Pat Huntoon

Musical Field Beauty

 

Good morning!  It's Holly posting and today's card has a bit of a vintage vibe with some distressing and a little shimmer.  I started by stamping the gorgeous Field Flowers from Technique Junkies onto some white cardstock.  Then I pulled out the Vintage Music background stamp (also Technique Junkies) and very lightly pressed over the flowers.  I didn't want a full impression of the music - just a very distressed uneven hint of it.

Once I was sure the black ink was completely dry, I pulled out some Shimmering Bliss sprays.  I shook up the Lapis Lazuli and Mardi Gras Purple Shimmering Bliss bottles and sprayed some onto my glass mat.  I misted the colors with a little bit of water and then pressed my stamped paper into the puddles.  I repeated this until I got the coverage I wanted and then set the paper aside to dry.

To create the matching ribbon, I cut a length of seam binding and crumpled it up into my hand.  Then I pressed this seam binding into the pool of color that was left over on my glass mat.  After I got the entire piece of seam binding colored, I crumpled it up again in my hands and left it alone to dry.

While my stamped panel and my ribbon were drying, I stamped the sentiment, Its Own Beauty, with black ink onto a small strip of white cardstock.  When the stamped panel was completely dry, I distressed the edges with a distress tool and adhered it to a black card base.  I tied the dyed seam binding around the top of the card and adhered the sentiment with some foam tape near the bottom.

This card has a beautiful soft shimmer that you can see when you move it around in the light.  There's also a subtle trace of that shimmer in the seam binding.  It's fun to have some shimmery goodness mixed with a distressed, vintage-y piece.  It's part of that shabby chic charm.  

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