Friday, November 8, 2019

Day 16 of the Technique Junkies 30 Days of Christmas



Welcome to Day 16 of the Technique Junkies 30 Days of Christmas! Today we continue the celebration, along with the continuation of 20% off through all Christmas Stamps on the Technique Junkies site (through 11-22-19).  Simply add them to your shopping cart and the discount will show automatically.


Today I have a pretty Poinsettia Card for you! I love poinsettias. I think they are a beautiful symbol of the Christmas Season, So I am thrilled with this beautiful 4-piece Poinsettia Set. My card is fairly simple; I colored the poinsettias with colored pencils, cut them out, then popped them onto the card front.  It's a little difficult to see in the picture, but I traced over the Warmest Wishes sentiment with a Glitter Pen to add more shimmer to the finished piece. I will be coloring plenty of these for my own cards!


I hope you are inspired by today's Christmas Post. Don't forget to get your discount on the Christmas stamps, too!

Pat Huntoon



Friday, November 1, 2019

Final Stamp Release of the year!


Today is November 1st and it is the last New Stamp Release of 2019 for Technique Junkies. Today we have 15 new stamps to show you, and as usual, the November New Release stamps are 15% off through November 8, 2019. Simply add them to your shopping cart and they will be reduced automatically at checkout. Don't forget that all of the stamps in the Christmas Category are 20% off through November 22nd, too!

The TJ Designers have also banded together to create inspirational artwork from the stamps. Here are a list of participating designers:


This first piece uses the Decaf Coffee Coffee stamp. As a hard-core coffee lover, this totally encapsulates how I feel about decaf!

I colored this stamp with pastel pencils, and placed it over a background made with the Aladine Liquid Pigments. I love how it looks liquid, don't you?
The next I have for you uses the When I Snap stamp. I love this snarky stamp and I hope you can appreciate having those days when you need to have wine with friends...sometimes you feel like you can swig right from the bottle. I know I have had those days!

I lightly colored the skin and bottle with pastel pencils, and added some sage ink to the edges of the focal piece. The background uses the Big Swirl Stencil with sage ink that was added using Ink Blending Brushes.
The piece above uses the Knitting with Friends Stamp. The words were traced over with Kaisercraft Glitter Gel Pens. the background was made by spraying Shimmering Bliss Mixed Metals Topper over the Spatter Stencil. The result is subtle, yet really shimmery...just very girly!
My final piece today uses two stamps from the November 2019 release. The focal image uses the Brighten your Path stamp (colored with colored pencils). The background uses the Brickwork stamp, which was double stamped - first with grey, then with tea stain for more dimension.

I hope our artwork today has inspired you! Remember that the November 2019 stamps are 15% off through November 8th -- AND all of the Christmas stamps continue to be on sale for 20% off through November 22nd!

Happy Stamping,
Pat Huntoon