TJ Inkspirations: Quick Kraft Floral Corners

Kraft Floral Corners

You have to try this!

I love the versatility of the Floral Frame Square corners -- they are gorgeous colored, not colored, as corners, and just as accents. Today I am highlighting a quick one-layer card that uses three of the stamps along with just three colored pencils with stunning effects. Are you interested in seeing more ways to use these pretty corners? Check out the artwork below the video! You can fin the stamp set of 5 HERE. PLUS - if you leave the words PAPER PLEASE in the comments at checkout, I will add 5 Kraft paper cards to your order (while supplies last) to help you start your krafty-corners card making adventures!.

Here's how!

More Ideas For You!

Mini Slimline Card Reversed Corners

Square Card Monochromatic Theme

A-2 Card Under the Mat Stamping

Slimline Card Distress Oxide Dip Reverse Corner Border

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Technique Junkies March 2021 New Stamp Release

 

Today is March first - Release day at Technique Junkies! This month we have 15 new stamps for you, and a little online celebration of the new stamps. All of the March stamps are 15% off through March 8th, too! Here is the Gotta Have it all Bundle, and a little preview of the new stamps:

Of course, the TJ designers are participating in the release celebration this month, too. a list of the participating designers with their blogs and YouTube channels are below the artwork. Ready to be inspired?

First off, I have this shimmering pretty card using the Every Bird set of 2 with the Dotted Blooms Background: 

Next up I have the Done in Love stamp:

and finally for me today, I have the Hillside Village stamp, paired with the previously released Trust Your Journey Stamp:

I also am happy to show you this beauty from Tracy, which uses the Happy Easter Bunny Stamp with the Dotted Blooms background stamp:

We have so much more for you in store! Here is a list of the Technique Junkies Designers participating in the release celebration, with links to their blogs/YouTube Channels:

Patti Gilliam

Nancy May/Handi Scandi (YouTube Channel)

Tracy Schultz (blog) and her You Tube Channel

Beth Norman

Judy Jackson

Pat Huntoon

and finally:

Ryan Swift will be live at 9pm tonight (March 1st) on his 
Glitter Grunge Greetings YouTube channel:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW_1wzonpyI

Enjoy the release celebration, and don't forget to shop for your favorites from the New Stamp Release by March 8th to receive 15% off the new releases!

Have fun with your new stamps! Pat Huntoon

TJ Inkspirations: Ink Blended Dancing Sprigs

 

I love to use the ink blending technique over Shimmering Bliss Backgrounds. In today's tutorial I am using the Dancing Sprigs Stencil (Colorful Life Designs). Today I am also offering a kit (while supplies last) so that you have everything you need to make it yourself!  Here is the artwork piece made from the tutorial: Thankful Ink Sprigs The kit may be found here: Dancing Sprig Kit And here is how we made these: Ink Blended Dancing Sprigs by Technique Junkies

I hope you are a little inkspired by today's issue. See you next week!   Sincerely,   Pat Huntoon Technique Junkies LLC

TJ Inkspirations: Cloud Edger Stencil Magic

 

The new Cloud Edger Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs Stencil has been all the rage these past few weeks, and I have been waiting patiently in line to receive my (our) order. The good news -- actually, it is all good news -- is that I have a ton in stock AND I have ordered a ton of new stencils to go along with it.  You can find the Cloud Edger Stencil HERE and a link to ALL the stencils HERE. (They are not organized well yet, but now we have so many, I will be putting them into stencil categories soon). So many fun things to look for! So today I have a video for you showing how to make clouds in a blue sky, and clouds in a colorful sky. Best of all, the video features some new stamps as a mini preview of what is to come with the September New Release.  I will not spoil them here - you will have to watch the video to see them!  Here are some artwork pieces from the video:  Cloud Edger Stencil with Love Hope Joy Faith and Peace set Learning to Fly and Crowned in Curls with Cloud Edger Stencil Bat Swarm and Hapy Halloween with Cloud Edger Stencil And here is the video: Cloud Edger Stencil Magic Maybe just a tiny sneak peek for next week's release: I hope you love this stencil as much as I do!!

I hope you are a little inkspired by today's issue. See you next week!   Sincerely,   Pat Huntoon Technique Junkies LLC

April 2020 New Stamp Release

We are in tough times, and what do we do when times get tough? CRAFT!

We have a fun cadre of new stamps for you this month -- no foolin'! Our April 2020 release is here and we are happy to offer you 15% off those new stamps from today through April 8, 2020. We have so much fun in store for you!

Our design team has a fun celebration in store for you. Each has prepared artwork with the stamps, which you can see here:

Technique Junkies Blog

Pat Huntoon <--You are here

Beth Norman-RobertsPatti GilliamCeal PritchettGiovana SmithHolly BrownJeanne Streiff Judy JacksonRo DonnerLynda PleckanCarmen Garcia

I had fun with this month's release. I love the way the backgrounds pair with the focal image stamps. Here are a few examples:

 The example above uses the Precise Posy background with the Tried Running Focal image.  I used colored pencils for each of the posies and for the focal image. I really like the way these look together!

 In this example, I used the Precise Posy background again, but kept it  black and white, leaving the new Clap focal image to take center stage. The Clap stamp was colored with watercolors. Honestly, I adore this stamp in black and white.  It looks more dimensional this way, in my opinion.

 The Juggle is Real!  This punny stamp just makes me smile. The watercolored Juggle image is layered over the Op Art stamp, which was colored with blended Distress Oxide Inks.  The juggle stamp is a nice way to bring a smile to someone's face in light of the trying times we are going through right now.

Finally, I used the Stairway to the Stars stamp over the previously-released Star Collage stamp. Believe it or not, both the top focal image and the collage base were stamped in black ink on pink paper. Framboise Aladine IZINK Dye ink was blended over the background, changing the color of the paper. Glitter Gel pens were used on the stars, and although they appear silver here, they are actually red. 

Thanks for stopping by today - I hope you love this month's release and will order a few for yourself! Make sure to take advantage of the 15% discount before April 8th, too!

Stay home, stay healthy and keep crafting!

Pat Huntoon

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