Blooming Beauty

Deb here with another card for you . . The July Release from Technique Junkies has such a variety of amazing stamps that it's hard to choose which design to post first . I don't have many floral stamps ( I know, can you believe that ?!?! ) so I decided to work with Blooming Beauty . It's a gorgeous, detailed stamp that can be used for many occasions. I decided to do a bit of paper-piecing on this card . It's an easy image to fussy-cut. There are also multiple layers of petals and leaves to work with and color.

• I stamped the Blooming Beauty image on white cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink .
• It was also stamped on a piece of blue-patterned paper.
• The central floral image was fussy-cut from the blue paper.
• I used a stitched edge rectangle die to cut out the floral image on the white cardstock.
• I colored the white floral image with COPICS and added highlights to the blue floral image .
• On a light green card base, I adhered a piece of geometric-design patterned paper.
• The blue floral image was adhered over the white cardstock.
• I added golden-yellow rhinestones on the stamped image .
• The stitched rectangle was popped up on the card base with foam tabs.
• A Tim Holtz Small Talk sentiment was placed at the bottom right on the patterned paper.

I'm already thinking of different color palettes for this card .. I'm sure I'll be using it again and again .. Are you a floral stamp person  ?? I'd love to see what you could do with this stamp .. I hope you'll take a moment and look at all the fabulous stamps available from Technique Junkies . You can use my code - TJ10Deb - to save 10% on your order .Treat yourself and do some summer stamping !!

Until next time, Stay Creative .

Let's take a look at the new Concrete Texture Background stamp

  Hello Crafty Friends,

Do you ever look at a background stamp and ask yourself "What could I possibly use that for?" I bet some of you do.  If you've been making cards a long time or feel like you're in a rut, maybe these ideas will help get you into an exploratory mood. 

Lately I've gotten a little tired of plain backgrounds so now I'm doing more experimenting.  

The way I used this stamp on the cards below is subtle (to me anyway) yet gives the cards a more artful looking appearance. A little more pizzazz :)

On the three cards shown here I will explain how I used the  newly released concrete texture 3 different ways.

• 1 - The background on Rum Is Gone card I heat embossed it in gold.  
• The very first thing I did was stamp the concrete texture stamp using a clear embossing pad, sprinkled it with gold embossing powder, then heat set. 
• 2 - On the Ending Racism design I put the concrete texture stamp on a large acrylic block and randomly stamped in gray before I did anything else to the card. I also stamped it on the red matte.
• 3 - On the last card (I used a saying from the Inside Out Karma set just released) 
• I first added a little pink ink color randomly to the card using a brush so I could control how much ink was applied. 
• Next I gave it a spritz of water then dabbed with a dry paper towel. 
• I then stamped the coffee girl and saying.
• Last - I used a neutral color (light brown, but it looks gold in this picture) and stamped around the girl and sentiment. 

* You can make a mask to cover the girl and sentiment before stamping the concrete texture stamp around them or simply use a piece of a sticky note to cover them so you can stamp around. 

I hope you find these technique tips helpful. Let me know if you give them a try. I'd love to see what you do with the new concrete texture background stamp.

Thanks for stopping by today.

AJ

 

Magician Hat

Hello Junkies! 

I hope you are ready for a good chuckle.  This stamp set is hilarious.   I cut the Magician stamp into three pieces so I could use them separately.   I think this really gives you more options to maximize your creative powers. 

I used the refracted card design to put all the focus on our girl.  I used the star swoop to break up the large spaces.  I hope this inspires you to create today.   

Happy Stamping, 

Chris

 Materials:

STAMPS: use code TJ10Chris to save 10%:

Magician's Hat

Star Swoop

Paper:

paper from Stampin Up

Other:

Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue)

Tacky Glue

Copics used:

Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13

Green: G02, G00

IZINK Ice Closeout - And Amazing Ways to Use it!

 

IZINK Ice Closeout - Don't Miss Out! Aladine recently decided to discontinue the IZINK ICE product due to low volume of sales. I am so sad - this is such a wonderful, fun product. My theory is that people just didn't know what to do with it! I still have some ICE left, though - and with today's video I am showing you how to use it, along with announcing the incredible sale. Normally ICE is $6.49; you can pick up your favorites for $4.49 while supplies last. Hurry, though - quantities are limited and they are first-come, first-served! Aladine Ice may be found HERE Apologies for the delay in last weeks (this) email - we will be back on schedule Friday! The video is here ( or click on the image below):

Technique Junkies LLC | 20 MOUNTAIN WOOD RD, Stamford, CT 06903

Summer Beauty

Hello, Jeanette here with two more cards featuring stamps from the July release.

All About Summer:

I used the colors of watermelon for the layers.

Blooming Beauty:

The sentiment is from a previously released stamp set called Simple Sentiments 2A.

Please use the code TJ10JEANETTE when checking out at Technique Junkies to receive a 10% discount.

If you'd like to see other cards I've made using Technique Junkies stamps/products, you'll find them on my blog - HERE.

Just Agree

 Yup. It's just easier to agree with us. I tried to emulate a small-text licensing agreement in the back by using the ABCs Background stamp; my woman is the African Beauty, and the Sentiment stamp is the Arguing with a Woman stamp. You may find all of them here:

Arguing with a Woman: https://techniquejunkies.com/arguing-with-a-woman/

African Beauty: https://techniquejunkies.com/african-beauty/

Abcs Background: https://techniquejunkies.com/abcs/

Why Wish Upon A Star...

 

Hello everyone.  Design Team Michael here with two new card ideas using the brand new "Why Wish" rubber stamp that is part of the July 2023 Release. 

I wanted to make some cards that did not focus on any specific religion since every religion or belief "prays to the one that created it" -  the stars - so I went with scrapbook paper with stars and an embossing folder with stars.

For my first card, below:

• I made an A2 card base using white cardstock. 
• Then I adhered a piece of scrapbook paper in my stash that has gold stars on a dark blue background.  I love it!  
• I stamped "Why Wish" on a piece of white cardstock and die-cut it using a stitched rectangle die.  
• I found an old corner punch from Martha in a drawer and used that on two of the corners, then mounted it on a piece of gold mirror cardstock, and then to the card front.  

For my 2nd car, below:

• I made an A2 card base using white cardstock to which I adhered a piece of gold mirror cardstock.  
• I die-cut a piece of white cardstock using a stitched rectangle die, then embossed it with an embossing folder covered in stars (a Brasilian brand), and then adhered this to the card front.
• Next, I stamped Why Wish on a piece of white cardstock, layered it on a piece of gold mirror cardstock, and then to the card front on an angle. 
• Lastly, I added some gold glittered enamel dots and added Gold Stickles to the star.  

I hope you guys love these two card ideas using the new Why Wish stamp.  I'd love to know what you think so, please, leave a comment below.  Don't forget, if you love this stamp or anything else on the Technique Junkies website, you can get a 10% discount by using my "friends & family discount code" - TJ10Michael. 

If you want to see more ideas using Technique Junkies stamps, head over to my personal blog - World of Michael Trent.  Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Until next time...

Hugs from Brasil.

~Michael