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Best Friends

The current Challenge Theme at Impression Obsession is Best Friends. 

The theme made me think back over my life and all the different best friends I have been blessed with over time.  Best friends make you laugh ... they lift you up ... but most importantly, they are there when you need them the most.

 

Stamps are Impression Obsession Cancer Sucks ... because it truly does.  Thinking back to one of my dearest friends that we lost way way too soon.  I paper pieced the scarf and added some light colored pencil shading to the image.

 

I'm also linking-up at Just Us Girls Challenge where the theme is Heal ... because nothing helps more in the healing process than friends who know what you need.

 

And Watercooler Wednesday Challenge is Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist.  Also linking-up at the Simon Says Stamp Something Feminine Challenge.

Butterfly Get Well

When I saw the Use Your Scraps Challenge at the Sweet Stampin' Challenge, I went through my big scrap box and found a small piece of hoarded Japanese Chiyogami paper ... and I also found a few orphaned butterfly stickers. 

I decided to combine them with this week's Wednesday Sketch Challenge at My Favorite Things.  Instead of a circle, I used the My Favorite Thing Hexagon STAX Die from a scrap of white cardstock.

 

I've been trying to re-stock my stash and needed a Get Well Card, so I used stamps (that were surgically separated) from my most used My Favorite Things Stamp Set (and long-ago discontinued) - Get Well Wishes ... and joined the Get Well Soon Challenge at the Cut It Up Challenge.

 

I found those neglected 3-D butterfly stickers a home to finish the card ... and took my overall inspiration from the Just Us Girls Photo Inspiration Challenge.

 

Love how that gorgeous scrap of Japanese Chiyogami paper finally found a home.

Floral Framed Get Well Soon

Today at the Technique Junkies blog I'm sharing a set of Get Well Cards using my MISTI and Technique Junkies Floral Framed Sentiments.

 

Remember, you can use my discount code TJ10Stephanie for 10% off your entire Technique Junkies order.

Technique Junkies February Release

It's time for a new release of stamps at Technique Junkies ... remember you can use my discount code TJ10Stephanie for 10% off your order ... on top of all new stamps being on sale through February 8th (so make sure you stack your discounts).

 

The first stamp from the February Release that I created with was the gorgeous Just a Hug Stamp.

I wanted to see what it would look like on different Distress Oxide Backgrounds.

 

I started with Barn Door and Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide applied to my craft sheet and sprayed with water.  Next I used watercolor paper to pick-up the ink dipping in multiple times for a nice overlapping effect with the inks.  This was how they looked when they were still wet ... a bit messy, but they dried beautifully.

 

I did a second set with Festive Berries and Victorian Velvet that were a bit more vibrant.

 

For my first card, I stamped Technique Junkies Just a Hug in Medieval Blue Versafine Clair Ink on the pretty muted background using my MISTI for perfect placement & ink coverage.  After the ink dried, I gave the paper a liberal spray of Dazzle Shimmering Bliss which provides a gorgeous overall sparkle.

 

I rubbed the dark blue ink pad along the edges of my paper to give it contrast from the lavender framing mat.

This one is linking-up at the Inspired by ... Kissing Booth Challenge.

 

 

Next I stamped two more of the Just Hug hearts ... one on this color combination and a second on the more vibrant red ... as always using my MISTI for perfect ink coverage.

 

I just love how the variation of colors works with the words inside the hearts ... so watery and wonderful.

 

I paired this one with red & black for a more dramatic look.

 

 

This pretty Red Heart is linking-up at the Time Out Challenge.

For my third card I went back to the more ethereal colors with a white woodgrain background.  

 

 

I"m linking up at the Creatalicious Challenge Which is Anything Goes Hearts.

Another new stamp in the release is the Heart Be Your Compass sentiment.  I thought it would pair perfectly with the Technique Junkies Map Collage for a lovely masculine design.

The Map Collage was stamped on a beautifully aged piece of vintage paper that really soaked up the ink.  I used my ink pad to distress around the edges a bit.

I used another of my inky backgrounds with the new Retro Blooms Background for some tone-on-tone stamping. 

I mounted it on an ombre note card & added the The Get Well Soon sentiment, which is also from the new release.

 

I used my new Cut-Align ruler from My Sweet Petunia to get the perfect sentiment strip ... I will confess, I've never been a knife user, but I'm a convert now ... I love the precision I can get down to 1/16" of an inch.

Here are the links for the rest of the team:

Technique Junkies Blog - https://techniquejunkies.blogspot.com/2019/02/technique-junkies-february-release-and.html

Beth Norman - https://www.sunflowers-dragonflies.ca/blog/62500/technique-junkies-february-release/ ‎

Ceal Pritchett - https://simplybeautifulcreations.blogspot.com/2019/02/technique-junkies-stamps-february.html

Giovana Smith https://giovana-believe.blogspot.com/2019/02/technique-junkies-february-release.html

Janelle Stollfus - https://rainpuddlesdesign.blogspot.com/2019/02/new-stamps-with-technique-junkies.html

Janine Tinklenberg - https://jantink.com/2019/02/mitten-state-stamps-february-2019-release.html

Jeanne Streiff http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tj219/

Judy Jackson - https://judysstampart.blogspot.com/2019/02/loverly-new-stamps-in-month-of-love.html

Lynda Pleckan https://paperartscafe.blogspot.com/2019/02/technique-junkies-february-2019-release.html

Pat Huntoon https://patstamps.blogspot.com/2019/02/celebrate-new-february-stamp-release.html

Ro Donner https://rodonner.blogspot.com/2019/02/fun-february-stamp-release-from.html

Stephanie Severin - YOU ARE HERE

Vicki Garrett https://summerthymestudio.blogspot.com/2019/02/technique-junkies-february-release.html

The Whole Herd

Living in the Midwestern farmland, I love all of the fun farm animal brads from Eyelet Outlet.

 

I gathered the entire herd of Farm Animal Brads together for this fun birthday card using sentiments from My Favorite Things The Whole Herd.

 

 

 

I couldn't find a fence die or punch in my stash, so I created a birthday-fence using a Stampin' Up Candle Border Punch.  It's hard to pick a favorite, but I love that little piggie.

 

I used more of those cute little piggie brads for my next card.

 

 

I grounded my piggies with some fun skinny grass washi tape.  Sentiments are from the same MFT The Whole Herd Set.

 

The new brads will be in the store very soon.

 

Eyelet Outlet Products used: 

• Chicken Brads
• NEW - Cow Brads
• NEW - Goat Brads
• NEW - Pig Brads
• NEW - Rooster Brads
• NEW - Sheep Brads
• Skinny Washi Tape - Grass

Feel Better Soon

Eyelet Outlet Nurse Brads are perfect for Get Well cards.

 

I combined them with band-aid die cuts & stamps from Paper Smooches for these clean & simple designs.

 

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Love the details on that little stethoscope.

 

 

I love how Brads turn a simple design into something special.

 

 

 

 

 

Get Better

PaperTrey Ink is celebrating their 10th Anniversary ... today's post features four stamp sets that were released 10 years ago.  While I don't own any of those stamps, I used option two, which was to make a card inspired by the designs shared today.  

I chose these lovely cards from Heather Nichols to inspire my design.

I love the boxed shape of the stamp from the Text Boxed stamps, so I used a stamp from Sentiment Signs (which was designed by Heather) and has a similar feel.

Rather than stamp on the bottom panel, I embossed using the PaperTrey Ink Sunshine Impression Plate.

Get Well Soon

I thought it would be fun to combine this week's Just Us Girls Challenge (All Over Stamping) with The Paper Players Challenge (Black + White + Any One Color). I chose Lawn Fawn's Lobster Red as my color.

Stamp's are Lawn Fawn's Get Well Soon (such a great little set).  I just stamped randomly on a larger piece and then cut it down for my single layer card.  I used the tiny heart stamp to fill in some of the blanker spaces.

Being Strong is the Only Choice

Sometimes things happen in life where there just don't seem to be the right words ... but you still want to show support and say something.

Tonight is one of those nights.  Sentiment is from My Favorite Things Vertical Greetings ... Layout is my version of this week's MFT Sketch Challenge.  

Rubbernecker Stamps and Eyelet Outlet

Our Eyelet Outlet Design Team had the privilege of creating designs using awesome Rubbernecker Stamps.  There were so many choices, I had a hard time narrowing down my stamps ... and the ones I picked are fantastic.

My first card features 7 images from the Rubbernecker Diva Inchies stamped in black.  I am a huge inchie fan and this set is filled with awesome girlie images.

 

I combined the inchies with the Women's Eye Glass & Cell Phone Selfie Brads from Eyelet Outlet.

 

 

I also cut individual gems from one of the Swirl Bling in Jewel Pink to embellish the stamped images.

 

 

 

My second card features Rubbernecker Stamps Heard You're sentiment, which pairs perfectly with some Bandaid Brads from Eyelet Outlet.

 

 

Here's a close-up of the text.

 

 

My final card features a gorgeous Rubbernecker Stamps Wild Garden Border 1 stamped in green on a piece of blue designer paper.

 

 

The Wild Garden was the perfect place for all sorts of Eyelet Outlet creatures to frolic.  There are two orange butterfly brads.

 

 

And a little baby bunny hiding in the grass.

 

 

I also added sun and cloud brads in the sky with some sticker sentiments.

 

I hope you have fun browsing through the Rubbernecker Stamp Gallery (they are so many cool images) and using lots of fun Eyelet Outlet products too.

 

Products Used:

 

• Rubbernecker Stamps Diva Inchies
• Eyelet Outlet Women's Eye Glass Brads
• Eyelet Outlet Cell Phone Selfie Brad
• Eyelet Outlet Swirl Bling in Jewel Pink
• Rubbernecker Stamps Heard You're
• Eyelet Outlet Bandaid Brads
• Rubbernecker Stamps Wild Garden Border 1
• Eyelet Outlet Butterfly Brads
• Eyelet Outlet Rabbit Brad
• Eyelet Outlet Sun & Cloud Brads