TSSC11 -- Walnut Ink Resist

This week's sketch from Mary Jo Price Williams Technostamper's Sketch Challenge is an easy classic. I had so many ideas for this sketch that I didn't know how to begin! I finally settled on a Triptych featuring the Walnut Ink Resist from the April 2008 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. I used a Coppery Walnut Ink and it is very shimmery in person. I love the way this turned out.

This 5" x 7" Sympathy card uses Bella Rosa Paper Art Stamps for the Flowers, combined with a Lasting Impressions with Panache word- "Hope". The piece behind the flowers is a copper paper that I ran through my Cuttlebug. The Background paper is a gorgeous piece of handmade mulberry paper that I had in my stash.

Make sure to go to Mary Jo's Blog to see the original sketch, and to play along!

Give Away a Day - Day 30

Day THIRTY of the Technique Junkie Newsletter Give Away a Day -- and again we have two great items to give away. Thank you to those of you who have been following the Give Away this month to celebrate the Technique Junkie Anniversary. Yesterday I asked junkies to talk about what they liked best...thank you all for your kind words!

If you have enjoyed seeing the blog entries this month, I encourage you to sign up for email feeds of this blog -- they will be emailed to you as I post them. I normally don't post EVERY day, but I do try to post some eye candy as often as possible. If you look on the left sidebar, you will see something that says "Subscribe to the Technique Trail". Just enter your email and follow the instructions for completing the subscription to sign up. Okay, on with the give aways...

Our first give away is from Bella Rosa Paper Arts. The lucky winner of this part of the Give Away will have their choice of ONE stamp sheet from the Bella Rosa Paper Arts website. I love the beautiful images on the Bella Rosa site -- you will too!

In addition to being able to pick a stamp sheet, you will receive the card on the left. This card was made using Bella Rosa Paper Arts stamps, of course. You may not remember, but the last time Bella Rosa sponsored the give away, I mentioned that I was clicking right over to get the floral sheet just released by Linda on her site -- and I wasn't kidding! I saw these stamps and all I could imagine was the Expressionist Watercolor Technique (from the December 2004 issue of the TJNL). Well, I did buy it and made this card. I was right - the stamps are perfect for the technique! The background is made with the Watered Tintz Technique from the December 2006 issue of the Newsletter.



Our next give away is sponsored by one of our most generous sponsors, Alluring Impressions. I know you ladies love these piles o'rubba! There is nothing like a pile of unmounted stamps -- and one lucky winner will receive this pile of beautiful, deeply-etched stamps from our wonderful sponsor Alluring Impressions.


The card candy for the Alluring Impressions winner is this Cottoned Color (April 2007 issue) angel card made with Alluring Impressions stamps. The angel was colored with Gamsol Pearls from the June 2006 issue of the Newsletter.

Here is how you can win one of these two give aways...Remember, there will be two winners chosen from the entries - one for each prize. Good luck!

ANYONE can enter. One entry per person, per daily give away please. To enter the give away for today, simply leave a comment on this blog entry telling me that you would like to enter by 11:59pm EST on Wednesday, October 31th. 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", 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. I will have a random number generator pick two numbers from the comments to select two winners. Each give-away is separate, so to be eligible for a specific item you must enter that day's contest on the post where it is listed.Check back every day during the month of October for the daily giveaway -- you can enter EVERY day! A fabulous Grand Prize will be offered on the last day of the month, too. Enter today -- good luck!

Congratulations to Crystal French, the winner of the Bella Rosa Stamp Sheet Choice, and to Holly Young, the winner of the Alluring Impressions Stamps!

Give Away a Day -- Day 16

Ready to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Technique Junkie Newsletter today? Today is Day 16 of our Give Away a Day, and the best way to celebrate is to give away something wonderful! Today you have a chance to choose TWO beautiful stamp sets from Bella Rosa Paper Arts! The very lucky winner of today's give away will receive two certificates, each good for a free stamp sheet from Bella Rosa Paper Arts. The stamp sheets from this company are absolutely DIVINE. As soon as I finish this post, I am off to order the GORGEOUS new sheet of flower stamps on Linda's website. I have to hurry though -- because when you get there, you will want it too!!!

In addition to the certificates, you will receive today's eye candy -- which, of course was made with Bella Rosa Paper Arts stamps. This gorgeous image was so easy to work with! I used a blender pen and chalks to color the image, and I mounted that on a background made using the Color Wash Smoosh technique -- it is a bonus technique on the 5th Edition CD of the Newsletter. This car will be mailed to you with the gift certificates.

Here are the details on how you can win today's Give Away:ANYONE can enter. One entry per person, per daily give away please. To enter the give away for today, simply leave a comment on this blog entry telling me that you would like to enter by 11:59pm EST on Wednesday, October 17th. No other entry methods will be included in the give away. If you email me to enter, your entry will NOT be considered as a valid entry. When you leave the comment, make sure to put your NAME in the comment -- if you enter your comment as "Anonymous", 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. I will have a random number generator pick a number from the comments to select the winner. Each give-away is separate, so to be eligible for a specific item you must enter that day's contest on the post where it is listed.Check back every day during the month of October for the daily giveaway -- you can enter EVERY day! A fabulous Grand Prize will be offered on the last day of the month, too. Enter today -- good luck!

Today's winner is Karen Indendi! Congratulations Karen!