WWDB Week 4 - Final Day!

Today is the last day of the What We Do Best Challenge, and I have a fun card to share with you today! I used the S743 Make Lemonade background with the SD778 Call the Girls stamp as a focal image.  I had to modify the stamp, just a little bit, as a sign of the times -- I am calling the girls ON ZOOM.  We're having a zoom cocktail party!

Thanks for playing along with this 4 week challenge. I loved seeing your artwork this month and look forward to having another challenge for you again in another few weeks. Stay healthy!
Best regards, 
Pat Huntoon

WWDB Week 4: Typewriter Encouragement

Today's encouragement card uses the Typewriter Set  as a focal image. I love this set - it contains the typewriter along with  different sentiments that fit into the paper - it works for  many occasions and cards. I thought the "It's Going to be Alright" sentiment was perfect for this week's theme. The background uses the Fat Smudged Lines stamp with different Distress Inks blended over the background using Blending Brushes. I am really happy with how this came out!
Have a great day,
Pat 

WWDB Wk 4: How strong you are

Today's card for the What We Do Best Encouragement Cards challenge uses the How Strong You Are Stamp. The butterfly wings were colored with Nuvo Glitter Markers, making them super-shiny! To create the background, I used the Showy Blooms Stencil that has Mardi Gras Shimmering Bliss sprayed through it. It has amazing shine in person!
Have a great day!
Pat Huntoon

WWDB Week 4 Encouragement - Bird and Letter Collage

We are in week 4 of the What We Do Best Challenge, and this week's theme is Encouragement cards. Today I have a card that uses the Bird and Letter Collage Background, with a Modern Encouragement Sentiment. The Bird and Letter Collage is stamped using Toner Ink from the Heidi Swapp Ink Toner Kit and Raspberry Heat Transfer Foil was added. The Dare to Begin sentiment uses Holograhic HTF.  Ink was blended around the edges of the card to make the foil pop.

Remember that we are giving a $50.00 gift certificate away this week again to a randomly selected participant! Join us - we would all love to see what you make!
Pat Huntoon

WWDB Week 3: Thinking of you Gnomies

Gnomes! They are so adorable. I made this card for the Week 3 Thinking of you theme for the WWDB Challenge. I used colored pencils on the gnomes from the Hanging with my Gnomies Card.  Keep in mind that this stamp, plus all of the stamps released in May on www.techniquejunkies.com, are 15% off through Friday May 8th at midnight Don't miss out on the discount!

A $50 gift certificate will be awarded to one randomly selected customer who played along this week!  You still have until midnight tonight to show your Thinking of Cards; next week for WWDB Week 4 we will be sending Encouragement cards, with an additional $50 Gift Certificate. Play along for both!

Pat Huntoon

WWDB Week 3: Sunflowers Thinking of you

Ready for some sunshine? Sunflowers always remind me of sunshine, so they are perfect for today's WWDB Thinking of You card. I used the Sunflowers Duo for the front of my card, and the Single Sunflower for my envelope.  They are cheerful, bright and sunny! To make them even more cheerful, I sprayed them with Dazzle Shimmering Bliss Topper - they look like they were stamped on expensive iridescent paper in person. I think you can see the shimmer a little better in this picture:

I hope your day is filled with Sunshine!
Pat Huntoon

WWDB Week 3 - Thinking of you

It's week 3 of the What We Do Best Challenge, Thinking of You cards. Today I am using the Neptune's Mond stamp as a focal image. The Messy Diamond Grid Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs was used to create an ink blended background. The Thinking of you Sentiment comes from the Difficult Time Set of Two.

Play along! We are giving away $50.00 gift certificates to the Technique Junkies store EACH week. Can't wait to see what you make!
Pat Huntoon

WWDB Friends Looking Out

Today is the last day of the second week of the WWDB challenge with this week's theme of Get Well Soon. I used the S677 Friends Looking Out stamp for the outside of the card, and the S821 Old Wall stamp for the envelope.  Inside I used the Sending Caring Thoughts stamp from the SDX156 Difficult Time Set on the inside of the card:

I really love that set -- it can be used with Get Well cards, thinking of you cards, and so much more. 
Thanks for playing along! Tomorrow we start week 3 with the theme of Thinking of You Cards. It is also our May Release Celebration!!
See you then,
Pat Huntoon

WWDB Get Well Rose Border

We are in the midst of the second week of the What We Do Best challenge, with the theme this week being Get Well Soon. Today I have this Rose Border Card combined with the Get Well Soon Sentiment from the Floral Framed Sentiments Set. The Roses were colored with Studio 71 Alcohol Markers. 
Play along! We are giving away $50.00 in Technique Junkies Gift Certificates per week for the next few weeks.  Details may be found HERE (https://techniquejunkies.blogspot.com/2020/04/tj-inkspiration-what-we-do-best-and.html)

Have a great day!
Pat Huntoon

WWDB Get Well Soon Rowboats

We are in Week 2 of the What We Do Best Challenge, and this week our theme is Get Well cards. Today I have combined the Rowboats on the outside of my card with the Get Well Soon Sentiment from the Greetings Set. The sentiment is on the envelope, AND on the inside of the card. 

When I started this, I had planned on stamping the Rowboats on Kraft cardstock in brown, and not coloring anything.  Then...I colored one rowboat with colored pencils as a kind of spotlight, and ended up NOT liking it...so I colored the entire piece.  I LOVE the way it turned out!

I hope you like this creation today and play along with us this week for a chance to win a $50.00 gift certificate to the Technique Junkies store!
Pat Huntoon

WWDB Challenge: Hydrangeas

For today's Thank You card for the WWDB Challenge (What We Do Best), I used the JT016 Hydrangeas stamp.  I colored it using blending brushes and ink. The jury is still out on this one, I really can't decide if I should rip it apart and start again, throw it out, or just send it out! What do you think? I was trying to make a quick card with minimal supplies. It WAS Quick, It didn't use many supplies, but I think it shows lol!  Have a great day.

Tomorrow we start with a new theme -- Get Well Soon. Play along! You never know, you could be the winner of a $50.00 gift certificate! 
Pat Huntoon

WWDB Challenge - Rainbow of thanks!

Today's card for the WWDB challenge...a rainbow of thanks!

This card was made using the Therm O Web Transfer Gel Duo through the A Colorful Life Designs Flower Mist Stencil. When the substance dried, I applied Rainbow Foil - and ran it through my Big Shot!  No heat required (although I could have used my laminator for the same results). I was thrilled to fin a red card in my stash, too. It is a colorful way to say thank you!

Join the WWDB (What We Do Best) Challenge today -- we are giving away a $50.00 gift certificate every week!!

Stay home, stay safe --
Pat Huntoon

WWDB Challenge: Thankful for you

Today's WWDB challenge card blends a couple of stamp sets. I used the Floral Framed Sentiments for the flower borders and the decorations on the envelope.  The flowers were simply colored with colored pencils. The Thankful for you sentiment comes from the Autumn Framed Sentiments.  I can't wait to get this into the mail for someone who has been working so hard during this current pandemic.

Please join us for the What We Do Best Challenge!
Pat Huntoon

WWDB Challenge Card - You are Amazing!

Today's WWDB card was made using Ice Crystals Foil and the Colorful Life Design Zinnia Set, using Transfer Gel Duo. The Sentiment is SDX045 you are Amazing. It is a little hard to see in the picture, but the background (and the envelope) was sprayed with Silver Shimmering Bliss. I made sure to use Pixie Spray to hold my stencil down firmly. Read on for details of the WWDB challenge!

This has been posted to the Technique Junkies Blog and The Technique Junkies Facebook Group, but in case you missed it, we have a challenge for you - and we are giving away $50.00 per week in TJ Gift Certificates! The details are below.

Hey -- we are giving away $50.00 gift certificates per week for the next 4 weeks! Read on!

Announcing the What We Do Best Challenge. Let's use our papercrafting skills to spread some love in this world!

Our challenge will run for four weeks starting today, with each of the four weeks featuring a different theme. Each week, you can make one or more cards with envelopes using Technique Junkies stamps within a weekly theme. Simply post them to the Technique Junkies FaceBook group OR email them directly to me.

Each week, one of the challenge cards will be selected RANDOMLY and will win a $50.00 gift certificate to the Technique Junkies online store!

That is $50.00 PER WEEK that we will be giving away with this challenge!

Here are the "rules" and the themes:

1. Create a card using Technique Junkies Stamps or Foils. Please, no other companies' stamps on your creations. Dies, stencils and other embellishments are welcomed, but kindly remember that it is a company-sponsored challenge.

2. You must include a decorated envelope with your card entry.

3. Email your card to phuntoon@optonline.net OR post to the Technique Junkies Facebook Group with the following hashtag: #WWDB.

4. You may post a different card every day. Cards that have been posted to the Technique Junkies FaceBook group prior to the start of the challenge may not be used in this challenge. Each card posted must be made by the poster and only be posted once during the contest.

5. One submitted entry (card) will be selected randomly at the end of the week, and a $50.00 gift certificate winner will be announced on this email and to the FaceBook group on the following Friday.

Here are the themes:

Week One: 4/17 - 4/23: Thank you card:
Thank a nurse, doctor, police officer, first responder, mailman, store clerk or other essential worker. The card does NOT need to use the words "Thank You" on the card, but the "spirit" of the challenge should be there. Entries MUST include a decorated envelope. We don't just want to make cards, we want to send them out!

Week Two: 4/24 - 4/30 Get Well Card:
Must also include a decorated envelope.

Week Three: 5/1 - 5/7: Thinking of you card:
Think shut-ins and other people struggling with the situation. Again, you need to include a decorated envelope.

Week Four 5/8 - 5/14 Encouragement card:
Pretty broad spectrum here - but inspiration, thinking of you, thank you, all encompassed here, too. Again, an envelope is necessary.

Play along! I can't wait to see what you make!