Time to Nest with Technique Junkies

 

Hi, it's Gini, and I'm excited to share my first blog post with you today on the Technique Junkies blog!  I love trying new techniques and of course, adore beautiful stamps - so this is the perfect place for me.

I used two different stamps for my background - Burlap Flowers and Fat Smudged Lines.  I had fun with some embossing techniques, including a variation of the Outlined Resist Tutorial from the Bodacious Background Stamps CD.  

My focal image, Nesting Bird, was colored with Spectrum Aqua markers.  I then cut the image and used foam adhesive to apply it to the card.

The sentiment is from the very fun Mae West Sentiments (from the Palettini Collection).

 

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a bright and beautiful day.

Supplies:

Technique Junkies Stamps: Burlap Flowers, Fat Smudged Lines, Nesting Bird, Mae West Sentiments

Technique Junkies CD:  Bodacious Background Stamps

Lindy's Stamp Gang:  Embossing Powders: Geranium Coral Blush, Tilt-a-Wheel Teal; Oakleaf Olive; Flat Fabio Sprays: Tilt-a-Wheel Teal, Raspberry Lemonade, Merry-go-Round Green

Noor! Designs Dies: 6003/0026; 6003/0035

May Arts Ribbons: 5" Tulle; Double Faced Satin: HA-8-04, HA-78-94; Burlap String; Cotton Eyelet

Spectrum Aqua Watercolor Markers

Prima Flowers

Want2Scrap Pearls

Challenges:

Lindy's Stamp Gang April Challenge  

(All products linked in supplies)

Noor! Designs UK

Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

April Showers/ May Flowers

May All The Joys of the Season Be Yours

I think I have finally finished working on my projects for CHA, and so now it's time to play!  I've got a frosty card to share with you today that is so full of texture, but yet quite delicate.

My background started with glitter cardstock, and then I used a Noor! Design stamp (Happy Anniversary - lace border) to randomly stamp with VersaMark ink, and then heat embossed with white powder.  I layered Noor! diecuts made with pearlescent vellum and embellished with pearls and bows.

I cut a window into the card front to allow the sentiment to show through.  The sides of the card were embellished with more die cuts. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:

Noor! Design UK - Christmas Challenge
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
We do Doobadoo - Festive Spirit

Ringing In the New Year

Can you believe that the year is almost over, and soon we will be celebrating 2015?!! I'll admit, New Year's is not a huge crafting holiday....but, this is a cute decoration that is simple, but has the right holiday flare.

   

New Year's Top Hat Supplies:

• Core Basics 12 x 12 80 lb Black Cardstock
• Glitter Silk
• White Assorted Tags
• Darice Paper Mache Top Hat
• Darice Stickerz 1219-36
• May Arts Ribbon
• Noor! Designs Gears Die
• Xyron Adhesive

This was really easy to put together. The most time consuming part was covering the form with the black paper. Adding die cuts and ribbons was a fun way to bling it up a bit. The Glitter Silk paper was perfect, because it added sparkle without the mess. A year tag was tucked into the hatband . This tag was crisp and clean, but you could easily make the tag over the top fancy, to keep as a memento. Each year, the tag could be exchanged to ring in the new.