Day 28 - Double Deal Day!

Today is Day 28 of the TJ Newsletter month-long10th Anniversary Bash. We are giving something away every day during the month of October 2012.

Today I am showing you a Scrapbooked page that uses two techniques from the Stampbooking CD: Glimmer Masking and Inked Masks. I included closeups of both areas on the sides.

So before we get to the giveaway, I have something for you! For the next 24 hours, you can purchase the Stampbooking CD and the Mini Album Mania CD together for only $29.95! That is a savings of 10%. This offer ends on Thursday, November 1st - order today using the code below:

 

Now for the giveaway -- one lucky winner will receive one free year of the newsletter! To place your entry for the giveaway, simply leave a comment on this blog post and my random number generator will select one winner on Tuesday October 30th. Good luck!

The winner of the free year is Bonnie Sherwood - Congrats, Bonnie!

Bash Day 17: Pretty as a Peacock

Welcome to the 17th day of our month-long birthday bash. We are giving away something every day during the month of October 2012  to celebrate 10 years of the Technique Junkie Newsletter!

Simple Fold Album, Closed

It is no secret that I am a HUGE fan of Club Scrap/Club Stamp. I have subscribed for years (June 2002 was my first!) and I find them to be the most beautiful and elegant of all of the things in my (extensive) stash. And today, I am going to share it with YOU! The winner of today's giveaway will receive a Club Stamp kit! You will receive all of the lavish papers and goodies that come with the kit for a month. You don't need to be a scrapbooker, either (but you can be, of course), because everything you will receive is geared toward stampers. It also includes a cool project with all the materials. You will be amazed by this kit, I assure you!

Simple Fold Album, Open

The little scrapbook you see above was made with the October Club Scrap Kit. This whole Album took me less than an hour to make, and truth be told, 1/2 hour of that was searching for and printing the pictures! This is the Simple Fold Album from the Technique Junkie Mini Album Mania CD.  The coolest thing about this little album? It used so few supplies that I can make MANY more things from my kit!

Here is what the book looks like when you open it (the full page opened is above):

Okay, now it is your turn. To win the Club Stamp kit, just leave your name and email address in the comments. My random number generator will select one lucky comment and that person will be lavished with the Club Scrap/Club Stamp experience! Good luck!

The winner of thie Giveaway is Leslie G  Congrats, Leslie!

Serenity in Herringbone

I am a lucky girl. Club Scrap asked me to be the guest blogger for them today. I was please to create a mini album using the September Serenity kit. You can see the album -- and all of the pages, on the Club Scrap Blog. I used the Pocket Flip Album from the Mini Album Mania CD. Go look at the pages on the CS blog!

I love the kit I was working with. It is a beautiful, melodious kit (can you call a pack of paper melodious? This one "sang" top me, so I think you can!). After making the album (and yes, I included a link to the pdf to make the album right in the post) I still have a ton of paper left to make more pages, albums and cards.  That is the beauty of Club Scrap -- it really is a very good value.

This is  a card that I made from the scraps after the album was done. It uses the Herringbone Technique (December 2005 Technique Junkie Newsletter), the Frayed Ribbon Technique (August 2012 issue) and the Brush Wash Technique (from October 2002's issue).

Okay, finally, if you have been thinking about the CD, you should know that the index to the CD is available on the TJ homepage, or the Mini Album Mania Page. The index has a picture of each of the 35 projects on the CD.  I hope you will consider it -- the $14.95 (plus shipping) for the CD is well worth it!

Many thanks to Club Scrap for hosting me today!

Mini Album Mania Blog Hop!

Welcome to the last stop on the Mini Album Mania Blog Hop. If this is where you started, please take a moment to go to the Design Team Blog and start at the beginning. If you arrived here from Allie's blog, you have arrived at the final stop!

All of the participants in this hop created albums using tutorials from the Mini Album Mania CD. The CD contains 35 Mini Album tutorials in pdf format, created to print on 8-1/2"x 11" paper. The ideas are wonderfully creative and come in all shapes and sizes!  You can order your CD right here:

The album I am showing you today is the Gatefold Accordion Album. This neat album does not need any sort of binding tool -- you create your own! The pages fold into one another, creating a gorgeous flap-type effect. Here are some more views for you (click on any of these images to see them close up).

The front:

The album, top view:

 

More of the inside:

I hope you enjoyed the hop! Take a minute and leave a comment here; one random winner will receive her very own CD! Make sure to leave your email address so that I can contact you if you win.Thanks for joining us today!

Pat

Stamps: I Brake for Stamps, Stampin' Up!, Rubber Stamp Plantation

Announcing: Mini Album Mania!

I could not be more thrilled to announce the newest CD from the Technique Junkie Newsletter: Mini Album Mania. This CD is a collaboration between myself and Jane Bosi, and it contains 35 wonderful tutorials for creating fun Mini Albums! It is at a mini price, too: $14.95 for 35 tutorials. All with step-by-step pictures, great dimensions and creative samples! I am proud to feature the artwork of Jane Bosi, Shelly Hickox, Allie Gower, Nancy Dawson and Hetty Sanders.

You can order your CD right here:

The sample above is the Toe-Jammer album. Isn't it FUN? This is a great album to make after a beach vacation, to give to a hostess, and just plain as a conversation keepsake piece. This Album took me less than 3 hours to complete! Here are some more views of the album (click on any of the samples to make them bigger:

 This Cd was the most fun to work on out of any of the CDs we have done so far.  Hope you will consider joining us on our Mini Album Mania Adventure!

Stamps: Club Scrap