It's a Treasure Hunt!!

Welcome to the 3rd Technique Junkie Newsletter Treasure Hunt. Today we are offering a wonderful prize package designed to give you some of the items needed for the October 2009 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter, which is being mailed today! I hope you enjoyed the eye candy from the new issue while you were "on the hunt."
Now, if you STARTED here, you will need to go back to the beginning of the Treasure Hunt, by starting at the Technique Junkie Design Team Blog: http://techniquejunkies.blogspot.com/ and picking up the clues along the way to leave your final clue here. I'll still be here when you get back! Today's package includes:

• A gorgeous large stamp from Innovative Stamp Creations - "Walk in the Woods" - great for the Burnished Backgrounds Technique;
• A Set of 3 stamps from Chapel Road Artstamps called "Large Artishapes 2, which would be great for the Rubber Thwamping Technique;
• A set of 8 stamps from Art Neko, great for the Crinkle Technique;
• A sheet of Wonderfilm and a jar of Glitter from PK Glitz, perfect for the PK Glitz Ornaments Technique;
• A jar of Silver Smooch, for the Smooch Direct Technique;
• A jar of Pearl Ex, for the Jeweled Acetate Technique;
• A package of white lightweight modeling clay, perfect for Petroglyphic Sculptures, and finally;
• A $10.00 Gift Certificate from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, so you can buy what you need for the other Techniques!

In the meantime, the card on the right is one from the October Newsletter using the Jeweled Acetate Technique. The adorable stamp used here is from Clear Artistic Stamps, and it was colored with Copi Markers, which are available at Croppinsville. See the sidebar of my blog (or on the TJ, Patstamps, or Subscriber-only homepages) to view the discounts from these and other sponsoring vendors.

You have followed the hunt... You have a word/phrase. Please note that Beth's letter should have been an O...All you need to do is to leave a comment on this post by 9 am EST Friday, October 2nd and you will be entered to win the prize package and card above. Make sure to leave enough information for me to tell who you are -- be aware that the comments on this hunt will NOT be visible -- I have the comment moderation feature on so that you can leave the word you hunted for privately. Good luck!

Congratulations, Tonya Davidson! You are the lucky winner of the giveaway!

Weekly Giveaway: Pearl Earring

I am thrilled to have these gorgeous stamps to giveaway this week. Our Sponsoring Giveaway vendor is Chapel Road/Class Act Stamps. This stamp company is two combined -- Chapel Road Artstamps, and Class Act Stamps. Carol Harrison owns them both -- make sure to take a peek at both websites for some great stamp eye candy!

The set above, Girl with a Pearl Earring, is a representation of the painting by Johannes Vermeer. This stamp set is on the Chapel Road site. With these stamps, you can start your own "museum" of stamped images : ) The original painting is on display at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, though!

The card I made with these beautiful stamp uses the Dragged Madras Technique from the April 2009 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. I have to tell you, when I developed that technique, I had envisioned it as a accent background for "fun" style stamps. And yet here, with more somber colors, it works pretty darn well with these elegant stamps, doesn't it?

Okay, just for fun, when you leave your comment to enter the drawing for these stamps, let me know ONE of two things: take a browse through the Chapel Road site and tell me which stamps you love most OR let me know what museum in the world you are dying to visit : )

Carol at Class Act has a great offer for you, too: If you purchase 2 Chapel Road Artstamp sets, you will receive a 10% discount OR If you purchase 3 or more sets, you receive a 15% discount. Make sure to let Carol know that you found this from the Technique Junkies!

Here is how you enter:

To enter this giveaway for the card and stamp sheet, place a note in the comments section with your entry. Enter by 11:59pm EST on Tuesday, April 28th. No other entry methods will be included in the give away. If you email me to enter, your entry will NOT be considered a valid entry. When you leave the comment, make sure to put your NAME in the comment -- if you enter your comment as "Anonymous" - or you just enter with your first name, I cannot give you the prize! Blogger does NOT record your email address for me, so you will need to check back to find out if you have won or include your email address in your comment so that I can notify you. A good way to do this is like so: phuntoon at optonline dot net -- it will help protect your privacy! I will have a random number generator pick one number from the comments to select one winner. Enter today -- good luck!

Congratulations to Alice Arterburn, the winner of these stamps and the card!