September 2019 New Stamp Release!

I am so happy to share the new September 2019 stamps with you! We have 15 new stamps being released today, and I am happy to offer you 15% off the purchase of any of the new stamps. Simply add the new stamps to your shopping art and they will be discounted automatically (but hurry! The 15% discount ends September 8th).

Our team is also celebrating the new release by sharing their artwork; you won't want to miss the beautiful creations that they have in store for you. I have artwork to share with you, too, but Here is a list of the participating designers before we get started:

Technique Junkies Blog
Beth Norman-Roberts
Ceal Pritchett
Giovana Smith
 Holly Brown
Janine Tinklenberg
Jeanne Streiff
Judy Jackson
Kia Gibson Clapper
Lee Ann Barrett Lynda Pleckan
Pat Huntoon Ro Donner
Stephanie Severin

I was very inspired this month, and I will be sharing my work through out September. Here is a taste of what I have made:

The card above uses the Walk Through Fire stamp. This stamp is close to my heart, and the sentiment on it really resonated with me. The sentiment is inspirational and wonderful to celebrate people who have overcome the hardships of cancer (and now, heart disease, if colored in red). The main image was colored with Copic markers and the background uses the Ink Blended Stencils Technique (from this week's youtube video) with the Mosaic Path Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs. 

The world is a better place with our furry friends! Dogs have an unlimited capacity for love and friendship, and we would all be better if we had that same capacity! The background uses the Raining Love Stencil with Fuchsia and Rose Pastel IZINK Diamonds. I put a little of the Diamonds through the stencil on another piece of paper, then cut that out to put it in the center of the Hearts like Dogs image. My puppy was colored with Copic markers.

What would ANY of my releases be with some humorous stamps? I just couldn't resist this one! I used the Paw Prints Background (previously released) under the Many Paws image. I colored my cats with colored pencils. Don't we all know someone who collects cats who this would be perfect for?

This card uses the Tree Rings background. I colored the Tree Rings with Copic Markers, then sprayed over them with Mixed Metal Shimmering Bliss. The Blessings sentiment is from the Autumn Framed Sentiments set.

Finally, I have this Sweeter stamp...I see it as a birthday stamp for a very good friend! If nothing else, it will make you laugh. The background uses the Grunge Dots stencil and my lady was colored with Copic markers.

Well, that is it from me today -- I hope you take the time to visit the designers blogs to see what they have made. Make sure that you take advantage of the 15% discount on the new stamps before the 8th, also.

Happy Stamping!

Pat Huntoon

Face the Sunshine

Sunflowers...everyone loves them, I think. For most of use, they represent the warmth of the sun, hope, and beauty. The Face the Sunshine stamp above features a sunflower, along with the sentiment: "Be like the sunflower: Even on the darkest days, stand tall and find the sunlight."

I colored the sunflower stamp with Copic markers, and added pumpkin glitter to the center of the flower. The background uses an embossing folder that I thought simulated beams of sunshine.

I think the stamp is a great reminder to keep positive and look for the good in everything!
Have a great day.

More Mums

I love the new Elegant Mums Background. I think it has so much potential for coloring. I hope you saw the post this week for the Blog Hop, where I showed one way to use this stamp, along with so many other of the April Releases.

There is a little story about the image above. Every time I make a new stamp, I ink the first image that comes out of the rubber stamp "oven" vulcanizer). When I made the April stamps, I used a Denim Blue Distress Ink pad, because it was close at hand and convenient. I stamped all the images, set aside the paper (VERY satisfied with the results), and kept "ccoking."

Just a day or so ago, I came across that sheet and decided to use some of those initial images. The image above was one of them - the first image from the first stamp off the line.

All I did to finish this image was to color it with Distress Markers.   Its very easy to color -- and I can't wait to use it with other color schemes!

The sentiment is an older image called Afraid to Do.

Remember that the April Release Stamps are on sale through Friday, April8th. Get yours today!

Last Stop on the Technique Junkies April Blog Hop!

Welcome! If you arrived here from Robin's Blog for the Technique Junkies Release Day Blog Hop, you are in the right place! If you started here, I urge you to stop and go back to the beginning of the hop, to the Design Team Blog so that you don't miss anything!

Again, today is release day at Technique Junkies and we are celebrating the new stamps with new artwork from the design team! Also, the April Release Stamps are 15% off now through April 8th, too.  Before you go shop, here are a few more pieces of artwork to inspire you.

First up is the new Jazz Singer stamp layered over the new Mosaic Scallops background. I colored each of the images with Copic Markers. The sentiment is from the TJ line, and is called All Stars.

The second piece here uses the new Bulls Eye Blooms Background under the new Bear with Flowers image. I used the existing Sentimental Sayings set to add a final touch to this card.

The floral above uses the Elegant Mums background, with the existing Live in the Present stamp as a sentiment, The background for the mums was simply sprayed with Art Anthology Colorations.

Finally, the Saxophonist stamp was the perfect image to use with the Palettini Vintage Music background.

I hope you have been inspired today by today's hop. Make sure to stop by the store to get your 15% off the new April Releases!

August Release Blog Hop

Welcome! Today is August 1st, and here at Technique Junkies Stamps, we have a baker's dozen of new stamps ready for you! To celebrate, we are hosting a blog hop so that you can see some of the great new stamps in action. After the hop, go shop -- all AUGUST release stamps are 15% off! You can find them HERE.

If you arrived here from Kathy Stacy's blog ( http://craftynurse4u.wordpress.com), congratulations, you have seen all of the blogs - I hope you are feeling inspired! If  THIS is your first stop, then I urge you  to head over to the Design Team blog at techniquejunkies.blogspot.com to start from the beginning.

Here are my offerings for today:

 This piece uses the new Lanterns and the Always Hope stamps as the main stamps. For the background, I used the Marble Paper stamp to add more color.

The second card uses the Paw Prints stamp over a Herringbone background (Designer Paper Perfection CD). I love how the multicolored background sets off the simple stamp so well!

I hope that you have been inspired by the hop today. I love our new stamps, and I hope you do too!

July Release Blog Hop

Welcome! Today is release day for Technique Junkies, and we are celebrating with a blog hop.  If you came here from Kathy Stacy's blog, you are in the right place. If not, start the hop on the Design Team blog so that you don't miss a thing: http://techniquejunkies.blogspot.com .

On the Design Team blog, I posted one card using the Stargazer background. I love that background,and I think it makes pretty great Day Lilies, too!  To make this card, I stamped the Stargazers, then sprayed the background with Timeless, Grass, and Sandcastle Art Anthology Colorations. After that was dried, I used Distress Markers to add highlights and lowlights to the flowers.

The Sentiment is from the Word Set (released in June). I find myself saying this all the time...I couldn't help myself, I had to make it into a stamp!

I hope you enjoyed the hop today -- remember to use the 15% discount before July 8th.
And enjoy the long weekend, too!

Beautiful and Brilliant Peacock

If you receive my weekly email, you know that the last one explored different ways to use the same stamp. Of course, there is only so much room in that email...so I have some extras to share with you!

Today I am sharing one that uses the Gelatos Smoosh technique from the Bodacious Backgrounds CD. It is such an easy technique, and you can get such pretty colors from it.  If you have the CD, take a look! If not, the CD is only $9.95, and all CDs are 20% off this week, too! Click here to see all the CDs.

The stamps used are Peacock Feathers and Beautiful and Brilliant (both from Technique Junkies, of course!).
Have a great day!

May Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the hop! If you have come from Jeri's blog, you are in the right place.  I hope you have enjoyed all of the gorgeous artwork!  If this is your first stop, I urge you to start at the beginning on the Design Team Blog (http://techniquejunkies.blogspot.com). The designers have outdone themselves.

Today we are celebrating the May Stamp releases on www.techniquejunkies.com!  We have 35 new stamps, including 11 new stamps from the Palettini line. We are so excited about these new stamps, and we want to share the excitement with a GREAT discount. From now through next Friday, take 15% off all May Release stamps! To find them, click on New Stamps, then May Releases on the sidebar. I hope you love them as much as I do!

The card above uses the Rose Urn (P028) Stamp from the Palettini Line. I colored it with pastel pencils, and added a little shading with distress inks to age the piece a bit. I toyed with adding a sentiment, then decided that this makes a great note card for almost any occasion,

The second card here, which was featured in the TJ Inspirations email (if you are not receiving the email, contact me on phuntoon@optonline.net and I will add you). I used the new Winning Hand Stamp from the Palettini line, along with the Old Card Players stamp (SDX060). The Wasted Background (P020) seemed perfect for this card, along with the Diamonds (S278) cards as an accent.

I hope you have enjoyed the hop -- and I hope you love the new stamps as much as I do!!
  Go save 15% on the new stamps!

Here Kitty, Kitty...15% is disappearing at midnight Wednesday!

If you get my Friday email, chances are you have seen these cards - in a small format. I am posting them again so that you can see detail, and to remind you that all of the stamps on the newly designed Technique Junkies website are on sale for 15% off, only through Midnight tonight!!  Hurry and place your order -- we can all use an extra little bit off, right?

The card above uses two of the most-ordered stamps this week: Whatcha Doin'? (SDX052) and Kitty Watching (SD635). In addition to those two brand new stamps, I also used a couple of classics -- Gingham (S416) on the bottom, and Veined Marble(S201) on the top.  I love having a plethora of texture stamps -- who needs designer paper when you can create your own?

I posted the other two cards to the Design Team blog for today, too -- go take a look!
Make sure

Another Vintage Balloon Collage Stamp...

Today's card uses the Palettini Vintage Balloon Collage stamp from Technique Junkies with the Frosted Dylusions Technique. The full Frosted Dylusions Tutorial in on the Shimmer, Glimmer, Sparkle and Shine CD ($14.95, Technique Junkies).

Love how this turned out!

Criss-cross Washi

Yup. Another washi Tape piece.  This time, I use the washi as a backdrop for my focal-point stamp. Again, this one is on the CD (Washi Tape+Ribbons, on sale HERE for 15% for one more day). I used a new stamp: Stand Tall, #SD   for my main image.  I just added it to my site today!  The image was colored with markers.

I love giraffes, so this card -- and the stamp -- is one of my favorites. Very dimensional in person, too.  Check out that CD!

Happy stamping,

Washi Tape Birthday Banners

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. Ideas that just work -- things that don't take hours to do. I love this technique - Washi Tape Banners from the Washi Tape + Ribbon CD --  for just that reason.  Simple, fun and effective.

Don't forget that the Washi Tape CD is on sale right now for 15% off. to get the discount, you must order it from this page:  http://www.stampcamp.com/specialty-cds.html. The CD is normally only $9.95; with the discount it is only $8.46 plus shipping. Quite the bargain! Hurry, though,  the CD will only be on sale through the stroke of midnight on Friday.

The great thing about this CD is that there are 33 ways to use Washi Tape. Are they hard? No...but that's the idea. You will use that tape in ways you most likely wouldn't have thought of.  Let me help you use that stash!

Are you on my mailing list? Every Friday I am sending out an email with tips, techniques, ideas and discounts -- make sure that you are subscribed to it!  If you are not and you want to be on it, send me an email and I will add you: phuntoon@optonline.net.

The only stamp used on this card was Happy Birthday, #SD577. It is only $3.50 and can be found HERE.  Happy stamping!

The final day of the 30 Days of Christmas

Today is the last day of the 30 Days of Christmas. I hope you have enjoyed this as much as I have!  Our card today uses the Christmas Reindeer stamp, colored with Copic Markers, and mounted over a silver glitter background. The center black piece uses a technique from the Emboss or Die CD.
Today is the very last day to take advantage of the 15% discount on all stamps by using the code XMAS15. Don't miss out! Go to www.stampcamp.com to order your stamps.

If you missed any of the cards, go here to start, then follow the other cards forward: http://patstamps.blogspot.com/2014/11/introducingthe-30-days-of-christmas.html

I hope the cards have made your season just a little brighter~

Day 27 of the 30 Days of Christmas

Todays  I am happy to pair a non-Christmas stamp set with a Christmas sentiment to create my card.  The presents were created using the Whimsy Squared Stamp Set (#SS025). I embossed each of the squares with different metallic embossing powders, and popped them on the background.

 Both the Magic of Christmas Sentiment (#SD428) and the Whimsy Squared set can still be purchased for 15% off by using XMAS15 at checkout, until Wednesday, December 10.

Until tomorrow --

Day 25 of the 30 Days of Christmas

Wow -- today I have 3 cards for you -- courtesy of our guest blogger, Sally Lynn MacDonald.   All of Sally Lynn's cards can be found HERE:
 http://www.sallylynnmacdonald.com/weblog/2014/12/TJChristmas2014.html


If you have never seen Sally Lynn's work, you are really missing the work of a true artist. Here is ONE Of her cards, just to whet your appetite:

Make sure you visit her blog to see ALL of the cards...you will be happy you did. Total EYE CANDY!

Only 5 more days to use your discount XMAS15 at checkout for 15% your entire stamp order.

30 Days of Christmas - Day 24

Today is Day 24 of the 30 Days of Christmas. Just a quick reminder that you only have a few more days to use the 15% off coupon code XMAS15 for ALL stamps on my site.  Go here to shop and  apply your discount:  http://www.stampcamp.com/catalog.html

Today I am using a variety of stamps to create my own wrapping paper -- on these little presents. I used the Plaid (#S421), Big Swirls (#S427), Star Net (#S093) and Star Power (#S147) to create my packages. I stamped the Merry Christmas Stamp from the NEW Holidays 2 Flourish Sentiments above the gifts (#SS043).  Each of the Gifts are popped up and tied with a bow.  It a rather dimensional card, but the picture does not do it justice!

Until tomorrow...

Day 22 of the 30 Days of Christmas

Today is the beginning of the last week of the 30 Days of Christmas.  To celebrate, I have added three new stamp sets to the Technique Junkies family of stamps! There are three different sets of  flourish sentiments , and between them, all the major holidays and sentiments are covered. You can find the sentiments HERE:  http://www.stampcamp.com/simplesentiments.html
And yes, you can use the 15% discount on these new sets by using the XMAS15 coupon code at checkout at the www.stampcamp.com website.

The card below uses one of those sentiments - Merry Christmas - from the Holidays 2 Flourish Sentiments Set (#SS043). I created the wreath using the holly from the Christmas Stencils set (#S282) , and added a bird from the Little Birds set (#SS039b), a ribbon, and some gems to complete my card.

I hope you love these sentiments as much as I do -- Happy Cyber Monday!

Day 21 of the 30 Days of Christmas

Three weeks already? As we approach the last week of the 30 days of Christmas, I am a little sad to see them go...

Today's card is a clean and simple  one.  I stamped the Berries Stamp (#S379) and colored it with Copic Markers, then added a sentiment by making and using the Peace on Earth Stamp (#SD429):

Remember that there is a 15% discount on ALL TJ stamps by using the coupon code XMAS15.
Until tomorrow --

Day 20 of the 30 Days of Christmas

Today's card is one of my personal favorites.  I love the Father Christmas (SD311) stamp, and I love the Marvy Snow Marker that I used for Father Christmas' beard and the snow on the trees and ground:

Remember to use the code XMAS15 to received 15% off your entire order from www.stampcamp.com.

Day 17 of the 30 Days of Christmas

Today I bring you a simple card made by layering stamp over stamp. I used the Silent Night (S399)music stamp as a base, and stamped the Vintage Botanicals Holly (S334)  stamp over the top:

The base of the piece is a red mirrored cardstock that has been embossed with a snowflake folder. It is very dimensional in person.  I love this layered look -- I hope you do, too!

Remember to use XMAS15 at checkout from www.stampcamp.com to receive 15% off your ENTIRE purchase. Until tomorrow--