Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Blog Hop Celebration: New Rita Barakat Designs!


I am so pleased to have a new illustrator for Technique Junkies: Rita Barakat. In celebration of the 10 new stamps being released today that Rita designed, we have a HUGE blog hop! Not only are the TJ Designers hopping, but Rita has 10 of her friends playing along, too.

If this is your first stop, please take a moment and start at the beginning of the hop on the TJ Design Team Blog. The artwork all along is great, and you are sure to be inspired!

Rita has a wonderful design style and I am proud to be offering her stamps. They are so upbeat and happy!  If you have gone through the hop, I think you agree with me.

So here are my contributions to this wonderful hop...
 First, the card above uses the Rita Barakat Sweetie Stamp as the focal image.  I popped the image on a panel that uses the RB Floral Border stamp, along with one of the sentiments from the Sweet Fairy Tale Set.  This is layered over a Love Script panel that was colored with using the Glitter Marker Resist Technique.

My second piece uses the Zoe Stamp as the focal image. I popped Zoe over the Floral Border. Both were colored with Nuvo Glitter Markers.  The sentiment is one from the Typewriter Set.

I hope you enjoyed the hop today and are inspired by all the artwork. Make sure to grab a 10% discount code from one of the TJ or RB designers to get 10% off your purchase today, too!

Hope your day is as happy as these stamps are!
Pat Huntoon

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

May 2018 New Release Stamps!

It is May 1st and I am proud to present our brand new stamps! Today the Technique Junkies Design Team is having a blog hop, and I am the last stop on the hop. If you started at the TJ Design team blog, you are at the end of the hop. If this is your first stop, I recommend jumping on over to the team blog so that you don't miss any of the artwork.

To celebrate the new stamps, all of the stamps in the May New Release Category are 15% off through May 8th. Just add the stamps to your cart and the discount will be applied automatically.

Ready for some more inspiration?


First up is this easy-peasy card. I stamped the Sketched Flowers stamp with Silver Delicata ink and matted it on a blue background.  The focal image of this card uses the new Bad Influence stamp, also with Silver Delicata. The dresses were colored with Nuvo Glitter Markers to make them really stand out. It is a little hard to see in the picture, but I also added a touch of flesh tone colored pencil to the skin areas, just for fun.


Next up is my BEER card!  The Life and Beer image was stamped in black StazOn and colored with distress markers, then I ran the Nuvo Glitter Gloss Marker over the beer glass and suds to make them sparkle.  I layered this on an existing TJ stamp, which i think looks remarkably like beer suds: Tiger Marble.  I simply stamped that and then sprayed the background with mustard and orange sprays to get beer-like image.


I hope today's hop inspired you! Make sure to shop for the new release stamps before May 8th to receive 15% off the new stamps, and keep in mind that you can also get 10% off everything else in the TJ store by using one of the Design Team member's codes -- they each have one posted on their blogs.  Happy May Day!
Pat Huntoon