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Cards in Envy Challenge: Typography
Happy Monday! It’s time for another Cards in Envy challenge. This week our theme is “Typography.” These are cards using letters, words, or sentiments as your focal image.
As a reminder, Cards in Envy asks that your card fit into a standard A2 envelope for ease of mailing, but that doesn’t mean they have to be one layer or clean and simple.
For today’s card, I used Ellen Hutson’s “Holly Jolly” stamp set for my “typography” element. The design paper is Fancy Pants “Wish Season” by Kim Watson. I stamped the snow bursts in Simon Say Stamp white pigment ink and topped them with Nuvo Crystal Drops. My flag dies are My Favorite Things and I finished off the card with some black Distress Ink.
Hope we’ll see your “Typography” cards over at the Cards in Envy challenge. You have until November 19th to enter.
Technique Junkies – Torn Music Collage
Happy Friday!
I’m here today making beautiful music using the new “Torn Music Collage” stamp using Hero Arts “Wet Cement” repeatedly with the MISTI over woodgrain design paper until I got the depth I wanted. I then covered the entire piece with Art Anthology “Dazzle” to create a sparkly background. My sentiment, “Stay Humble” was stamped on the same design paper and embellished with stitching dies.
We hope you are enjoying the November Release hop. Until then, please join us at the Facebook group.
Happy Inking
Technique Junkies November Blog Hop!
Is it November already? Unbelievable! Have you been enjoying the annual Technique Junkies 30 Days of Christmas? I sure have. If you need some inspiration, pop on over to the T.J. Pinterest page or check out the Technique Junkie Design Team’s site. Pat is offering a discount of 20% on all holiday stamps.
For today though, the Technique Junkies Design Team is showing off the new releases for November. As usual, Pat has come up with some great new stamps for this release and I know you are going to love them. Pat is offering 15% off all November Release Stamps for one week! WooHoo!
Let’s get on with the show!
Stamp: Music Collage
Technique: “Watered Dylugions” from the Bodacious Backgrounds CD
Supplies: Fine Gold Thread, Dylusions, Stampendous Embossing Powder, Love Nicole “Thanks” Die, My Favorite Things Feather Die, Art Anthology “Sunshine” Sorbet, Simon Says Stamp Cardbase Die.
Stamp: Violin Collage, Better Things
Technique: White heat emboss over black cardstock.
Supplies: Club Scrap paper, Hero Arts White embossing powder, Versafine Black Onyx Ink
Stamp: Stay Humble
Technique: Stickers Galore from Subscriber Pages with the addition of embossing folder
Supplies: Club Scrap stickers, Art Anthology Dizzle, Tim Holtz Embossing Folder, MISTI
Stamps: Just Wing It, Paint Rings
Technique: Gold Heat Embossing, Stamping over Ombre of Art Anthology Paints
Now, that I’ve shown you what I have to offer, I don’t want you to miss any of the other design teams creativity so I encourage you to start hopping at the Technique Junkies Design Team Blog.
If you are arriving from Lanette’s Blog, you’re in the right place! Great projects Lanette!
The next stop is over at Jeanne’s Blog.
I sure hope you enjoy the Technique Junkies November Release Hop! Don’t forget – 15% off November Stamps for the next week only and 20% off the Christmas stamps until November 15th!
Technique Junkies – Beautiful & Brilliant
The Crafty Nurse here with some inspiration to spark your creative flow. Have you joined our monthly challenge? If not, we’d love to see your entries for prizes and you just may learn a new technique at the same time. You can find the challenge over on the sidebar of the Technique Junkies Blog.
We’d also love to see your cards and projects over at the new Technique Junkies Facebook Group.
Now let’s get on to the inspiration. Can you tell I love this background stamp? It’s got a vintage feel to me. This card uses a Distress paint resist technique that’s as easy as stamping with paint, drying and applying ink over the top to colorize. I also added Art Anthology “Dazzle” which is a great to add some pizazz and seals in any water-soluble inks.
Stamps:
Happy day!
Cards in Envy Challenge: Let’s Play Dress Up
Happy Monday! It’s time for another Cards in Envy challenge. Our theme is “Let’s Play Dress Up” which means you can enter any card featuring Halloween Costumes.
The Cards in Envy challenge asks that your cards fit into a standard A2 envelope for ease of mailing, but that doesn’t mean they have to be one layer or clean and simple. You have until November 5th, to enter.
My card today features a digital image by Tiddly Inks which I colored with Copic Markers. The purple features RV99, V17, V15 & V12. The Hair is a unique combination is W9, R59, R56 and E97, a combination I learned from Alyce over at Kit & Clowder in her monthly coloring classes.
We look forward to your “Let’s Play Dress Up cards over at Cards in Envy!
Cards in Envy Challenge: Blowing in the Wind
Happy Monday! It’s time for another Cards in Envy challenge. Our theme is “Blowing in the Wind” which means you can enter any card that has falling leaves on it.
The Cards in Envy challenge asks that your cards fit into a standard A2 envelope for ease of mailing, but that doesn’t mean they have to be one layer or clean and simple. You have until October 15, 2017, to enter.
My card today features WPlus9’s Autumn Leaves set which I gold heat embossed on dark card stock and then colored with primsa color pencils. I finished it off with some Art Anthology Gold spray and a “Thanks” die cut.
We look forward to your “Blowing in the Wind cards over at Cards in Envy!
Technique Junkies – Foiled Pinecone
Hello, Junkies!
The Crafty Nurse here with some Autumn splendor using gold foiling. I have a great kit from Indigo Blu, but any sticky glue and foil will do.
Stamps: Pinecone #SD821 and Autumn Set of 6
Supplies: A Colorful Life’s “Square Fade Stencil”, Delicata Gold Ink, My Favorite Things Flag Die, Flitter Glu, Tricolor foil, Distress Ink.
I love an interesting background and often just try things to see how they work. The base layer of cardstock is colored using extra Distress ink I “mopped up” from my craft mat using a baby wipe and pouncing it on card stock. The next layer is the gorgeous Delicata Gold ink on black card stock using the very detailed Autumn Set of 6 set. For the focal image, I started with more of the mopped up ink then over that I stenciled the Square Fade stencil using a light touch and making sure to heat set. I then stamped the pine cone using Flitterglu and foiled.
We hope to see you in the Facebook group and participating in our monthly challenge over at the Design Team Blog.
Happy Inking!!
Technique Junkies – Seeing Stars
The Crafty Nurse here for a midweek post to spark your creative flow. Have you joined our monthly challenge? If not, we’d love to see your cards and your entry may just win a prize at the same time. You can find the challenge over on the sidebar of the Technique Junkies Blog.
We’d also love to see your cards and projects over at the new Technique Junkies Facebook Group.
Now let’s get on to the inspiration. This stamp is perfect for both cards and art journal pages. I began by stamping “star collage” using the “Distressed Stain Direct” tutorial from the Bodacious Background CD which is on sale for $4.95. I then stamped “star collage” again on grey card stock and sprayed with Distress Mica in silver. I then cut out the stars using the My Favorite Things stitched star die and popped that up over the first panel. My sentiment was embossed.
Stamps:
Happy day!
Cards in Envy Challenge: “Penny For Your Thoughts”
Happy Monday! That means it’s time for a new Cards in Envy Challenge and this week our theme is “Penny For Your Thoughts”. These are cards feature a thought or speech bubble.
Please make sure your card fits into a standard A2 envelope without any large lumps or bumps. The challenge will run through Sunday, September 3rd and our design team will be choosing their favorite cards to feature on the Cards in Envy blog.
For my card today I used a Taylored Expressions stamp set called “Party Grumplings”. I also used the “surprise” stamp from My Favorite Things “Beary Special Birthday”, which I stamped in Hero Arts Shadow Ink in Pool. My design paper is also from My Favorite Things and my grumpling is colored in Copics use YG09, YG07, and YG03. The speech bubble is a stamp and die set also from My Favorite Things.
I’m looking forward to seeing what you come up with this week for your “Penny For Your Thoughts” cards for the Cards in Envy Challenge!
Cards in Envy Challenge – Bug Me!
For this Cards in Envy Challenge, we are bugging out with a “Bug Me” theme. Choose any insect or bug on your card to enter. Our challenge runs through Sunday, August 20th and the design team will be picking their favorites. As a quick reminder, Cards in Envy asks that you make your card fit into a standard A2 card, which is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches.
My card today features an old Close to My Heart stamp set called “Beetle Bug”. I stamped him using tombow (443 & 173) markers on watercolor paper. Once the image was stamped, I went back with an aqua brush and dropped it additional color. I then highlighted the bug with a Fabercastell pen and added back ground with Daniel Smith watercolors in Hematite. Last, I stamped a club scrap foliage stamp and cut out the design using a My Favorite Things stitched flag die. My paper pad is “We Are Family” by Echo Park and the sentiment Lawn Fawn “On the Mend”.
I hope you will join us at Cards in Envy this week and show us your “Bug Me” cards.
The Crafty Nurse 