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Cards in Envy Challenge: Winter Chills
Happy Monday and Happy New Year! Over at Cards in Envy, we are celebrating the challenge with cards that focus on “Winter Chills”. That means we’d love to see cards that showcase anything about winter cold. Snowmen, snowbirds, snowflakes, scarves, hats, mittens, or anything else you can think of that represents winter chills. Don’t forget to make sure your card fits into a standard A2 size envelope.
My card today features a few different stamp sets to create this scene. The snowman is from Lawn Fawn’s “Making Frosty Friends”, the penguin is from Lawn Fawn’s “Toboggon Together”, and a few of the embellishments are from Paper Smooches, “Swanky Snowdudes”. I colored them all with Copic Markers and paper pieced with Carta Bella’s “Bundled Up” design paper.
You have until Sunday, January 14th to enter the “Winter Chills” challenge over at Cards in Envy. Can’t wait to see what you do.
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!
Technique Junkies – Silhouette Swing
The Crafty Nurse here to boost your creative flow. As we close out the month of July and get ready for our biggest release yet, here’s a little inspiration to tide you over.
Stamps:
- Perspective #SD748 (Use Discount Code TJ10Kathy)
Technique: Gelato Wipe from the Sensational Stencil CD
Supplies: A Colorful Life “Stone Work Stencil”, Art Anthology “Splashed” Gelatos in Lemon, Butter Cream, Melon, Tangerine, and Mango. CTMH Sunny Yellow embossing powder, Simon Says Stamp card front die.
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.
Happy day!
Entered in: Simon Says Stamp
Technique Junkies – Masculine Themed Nautical Card
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. I’ve combined both new older Technique Junkies Stamps for a masculine themed card. I used die cuts to create interest and added depth with distress inks.
Stamps:
Happy day!
Cards in Envy Challenge: White on White
Happy Monday! That means it’s time for a new Cards in Envy Challenge and this week we are celebrating White on White cards! Please make sure your card fits into a standard A2 envelope.
The challenge will run through Sunday, July 2nd. Our design team will be choosing their favorite cards to feature on the The Cards in Envy blog.
For my card I started with a Spellbinders Die and created a shaker card with white sequence. My sentiment is from WPlus9 called, “Doodle Buds”, stamped in Hero Arts Silver.
White on White cards are so fun to create, but hard to photograph. I ended up using a filter to get that tonal white on white feel. I’m looking forward to seeing what you come up with this week for the Cards in Envy Challenge!
The Crafty Nurse 