Ingenious Inkling

Technique Junkies November Stamp Release

Lots of fun new stamps at Technique Junkies this month ... remember they are 15% off through November 8th and you can stack my discount TJ10Stephanie for another 10% off your entire order (and all Christmas stamps are 20% off - and another 10% with my discount code) ... it's time to go shopping.

 

One of my favorite stamps of the release is called Decaf Coffee ... it reminds me of my amazing sister.  I paper pieced her hat with purple paper since it's my sister's favorite color ... it also reminded me of my awesome hat my sister knitted for me.

I wove some ribbon through some book-punched designer paper and then added a bit of pink pastel for blush on her cheek.

And of course, it's perfect for the Fall/Winter Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop.

When I showed the new Brickwork Background Stamp to my husband, he said it looked like the brick roads in our neighborhood ... after that, I could get the brick road idea out of my head .. but instead of the roads in our neighborhood, I immediately started singing ... Follow the Yellow Brick Road.

For the first one I used three colors of Gold Ink on Gold Paper ... the lighter ink at the bottom sort of faded into the paper, but I decided I liked the effect, so that's where I placed my sentiment from Technique Junkies Wisdom of Oz.  I added Glenda's Silver Crown Sticker ... and fun Witch Leg Brads from Eyelet Outlet.

 

For the next one, I inked the Brickwork Background with shades of darker orange on yellow cardstock ... I found a few hoarded Wizard of Oz stickers in my stash and paired it with my favorite sentiment from the Wisdom of Oz Set (it has 7 sentiments).  I finished with a row of black pearls because even the bad witch needs a little bling.

 

And I couldn't resist doing one more ... this time for Glenda ... and her cardbase and bling are pink ... of course.

 

 

And one more Brickwork card in more traditional Brick hues.

 

The center image is the gorgeous new stamp Winter Bouquet stamped in brown ink on mint green cardstock ... and then I used colored pencils to add some highlights.

 

I used foam tape on the center of my image, so I could curl-up the edges for a bit of dimension ... I love the cozy texture of the felt ribbon.

Next up is the the wonderful Framed Deer for some masculine cards.

 

I kept this one clean and simple with just some washi tape and the wonderful big Happy Birthday sentiment from Technique Junkies Floral Framed Sentiments (set of 6 stamps).

 

And this pudgy little Snowman stamp just makes me smile.  Sentiment is Technique Junkies All Is Calm.

 

I stamped him in navy on white cardstock and then detail cut him out (remember the days when we did that all the time ... I find it to be a bit therapeutic). 

 

I colored his buttons and hat and attached him to some snowy designer paper on some snowy hills cut from white textured cardstock.

Hope you've enjoyed my tour through my favorite stamps from the November release ... make sure you hop along with the other designers to see the whole collection.

 

• Technique Junkies Blog https://techniquejunkies.blogspot.com/2019/11/technique-junkies-november-release-and.html
• Beth Norman-Roberts https://www.sunflowers-dragonflies.ca/blog/62828/technique-junkie…ase-and-discount/
• Ceal Pritchett https://simplybeautifulcreations.blogspot.com/2019/11/technique-junkies-november-release-hop.html
• Giovana Smith https://giovana-believe.blogspot.com/2019/11/technique-junkies-november-release.html
• Holly Brown https://glitterstampsandink.blogspot.com/2019/11/technique-junkies-november-release.html
• Janine Tinklenberg - http://www.jantink.com/2019/11/mss-tj-nov-2019-release.html ‎
• Jeanne Streiff https://inkypaws.splitcoaststampers.com/2019/11/01/big-sale-at-technique-junkies/
• Judy Jackson -https://judysstampart.blogspot.com/2019/11/nice-news-for-november.html
• Kia Gibson-Clapper https://kia-splace.ca/cards/2019/11/technique-junkies-november-release/
• Pat Huntoon https://patstamps.blogspot.com/2019/11/final-stamp-release-of-year.html
• Ro Donner https://rodonner.blogspot.com/2019/11/tj-november-release.html
• Stephanie Severin https://ingeniousinkling.typepad.com/ingenious_inkling/2019/11/technique-junkies-november-stamp-release.html
• Lynda Pleckan https://paperartscafe.blogspot.com/2019/11/technique-junkies-november-2019-release.html

 

Count Your Blessings

The current Impression Obsession Challenge is Harvest Treats (aka Fruits & Vegetables).

 

The only produce stamp in my Impression Obsession Stamp was ... surprise ... Corn (what else would an Iowa girl have).

I used a variety of Ink Pads to *paint* the stamp applying ink to different sections and blending using my MISTI.  I finished with a sentiment from Impression Obsession Holiday Words (a very versatile set of sentiments)

Monochromatic Backgrounds

Come join me at the Technique Junkies Blog today where I'm making several cards with Monochromatic Backgrounds ... remember 10% off your entire order with TJ10Stephanie at checkout.

 

Messy Water Colored Blooms

One of the World Card Making Day Challenges at Pinkfresh Studio is to create a card using your favorite technique.  One of my favorite techniques is being able to stamp an image ... then coloring, spraying and/or painting the image ... and then being able to stamp it several more times using my MISTI to bring the details of the image back to life.

I combined that technique with some messy water coloring with shimmery watercolors using the Pinkfresh Floral Cluster.

 

After I die cut the image, I decided I wanted to add more marker highlights, so I was able to place my die cut piece back into the opening in the watercolor paper and stamp it a few more times with my MISTI to return the clear crisp lines.

 

Sentiment is from Pinkfresh My Favorite Things to Say (an awesome huge sentiment set).  

Falling Leaves

Growing-up, we had a huge Maple Tree in our back yard with a tire swing.  I would spend hours looking at all of the different color variations when the leaves starting turning in the fall. 

Our City was the home of the annual Maple Leaf Festival every October, so needless to say, I had the chance to examine lots of Maple Leaves throughout my life.  They are my favorite leaf in the fall, because they turn the entire range of colors depending on the tree and the weather conditions (I once wrote a paper for my college technical writing class on how leaves change color).

The current challenge theme at Impression Obsession is Falling Leaves.

 

As I searched through my stamped, I found this gorgeous Never-Been-Inked Layering Maple Leaf Set by Dina Kowal ... for my card is used the solid and the two bottom layers in Pineapple, Orange Blossom & Vermillion inks.

I started with my paper bag light kraft paper on my table and used my MISTI to layer the leaves.

 

I wanted to use some of my new goodies from my recent Impression Obsession win, so I die cut the Plaid Tag from a Sunflower designer paper and coordinating gold cardstock.

 

Next I stamped three sentiments from my new There For You Set (isn't that a great set of sentiments) using the same three colors of inks from my leaf layering and attached them using foam tape for dimension.

 

This card will be going across the miles to my new Chemo Angel Patient ... I'm so grateful to be able to make cards that hopefully brighten a day and provide encouragement during a challenging time.

 

I'm also joining the Autumn Challenge at Fusion Card Challenge with a loose variation of the sketch and all of those falling leaves.

Nature is also the theme at the Dies R Us Challenge.

Spotlighted Vintage Floral Collage

I'm sharing a spotlight technique cutting circles from Gorgeous Background Stamps at the Technique Junkies Blog today ... come visit me.

 

 

MISTI Masked Stencils

I'm sharing a Masked Stencil Technique at the My Sweet Petunia Blog today using both ink & Gina K. Designs Glitz Glittery Gel ... come visit me.

 

 

 

My Sweet Petunia (MISTI) and Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Today the My Sweet Petunia Design Team is creating with the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Design Team for lots of creative fun.

 

By and large, my sympathy cards usually end-up veering toward the feminine (often with flowers), so my goal was to create some masculine sympathy cards by combining Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Texture Tiles 4 with Sympathy Innies (which I turned into Outies).   

I started with a box of shimmery card bases in various shades of green and teal and picked out three shades (dark, medium & light) for each of my cards.  

 

 

I picked a coordinating ink and stamped the Texture Tile and sentiment both on the lightest shade using my MISTI (which makes the tricky stamping on shimmery paper a piece of cake).

 

Then I used this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch (perfect for those tiles) and finished with some enamel dots, which are also perfect for masculine designs.

 

My second card used shades of green with another sentiment from the set.

 

 

Enjoy hopping along to see all of the fun creations ... both Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps & My Sweet Petunia will each be giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky commenter.

 

• Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog
  Colleen Gaddie
  Diane Zechman
  Gayle Bond
  Jane Bosi
  Jennifer Powell
  Julee Tilman
  Julie Cassell
  Lyn Tomlin
  Sheri Gilson
  Kia Gibson-Clapper
  Stephanie Severin <<<<<<<< YOU ARE HERE
  Ilina Crouse
  Giovana Smith
  Jeanne Streiff
  Ceal Pritchett
  My Sweet Petunia Blog
  Lydia Fiedler

Trifecta of Fun!

The teams at Therm*O*Web, My Picket Fence, and My Sweet Petunia are all joining together today for a Trifecta of Fun.  

 

 

I started with a card that combines products from both companies ... the cool new Therm*O*Web Flock Transfer Sheets in Sunshine Yellow and A Sunny Day from Picket Fence Studios with the coordinating Die.

 

 

To make the background, I used Therm*O*Web Decofoil Transfer Gel with A Colorful Life Designs Rough Edge Circlezz Stencil.  I attached the stencil to my watercolor paper using the fabulous Pixie Spray (this stuff is magic) and then applied a thin layer of the transfer gel.

 

 

After about an hour, when the transfer gel is clear and dry, I placed the Sunshine Yellow Flock Sheet (cut slightly larger than the stenciled area) soft side down on top of the gel and then ran it through my laminator two times ... and voila.

 

 

The cool surprise was that I loved the remaining piece of the Flock Sheet almost more than the flocked water color paper, so I used them both for my card ... BONUS!

 

I used my MISTI to stamp Picket Fence Studios A Sunny Day in Gina K. Designs Black Amalgam Ink, so I could channel my inner Kathy Racoosin and color her with Spectrum Noir Markers and my new Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils.  I finished with a sticker sentiment.

For my next cards, I used Picket Fence Stamps and some backgrounds I made playing with some Alcohol Pearl Inks ... love those color combinations.

 

 

My first card features Picket Fence Beautiful Girls - Isabella.  I used my MISTI to stamp her in vivid blue and then added a tiny paper flower to her hat.

 

 

For the bright hues, I used a fun set from Picket Fence called Sympathetic Unicorn (don't we all need more sympathetic unicorns in our lives).

 

I added a little pink sparkle to her horn & heart.

For Therm*O*Web I got to use some fun Designer Toner Sheets from Brutus Monroe called CrossHatch ... I paired it with Gina K. Designs gorgeous Glittering Green Fancy Foil ... will you look at how cool that looks in the light.  

 

I paired it with Cathy Zelske's Happy Hour stamps, because the gorgeous green reminded me of Margaritas.  And I used my My Sweet Petunia Cut-Align for that perfectly trimmed sentiment.

 

I just love all of that green goodness.

 

I'm also thinking about relaxing with my girlfriends and enjoying that Margarita, so I'm linking up at the Relaxation Challenge at TIME OUT Challenges (love how there's even a margarita on the challenge badge).

 

The pattern of the DecoFoil Sheet sort of minded me of a road, so my second card uses a fun running shoe sentiment ... so true for running and for so many other things in life.

 

I hope you enjoyed seeing all of the fun products from our Trifecta of Companies - Therm*O*Web, My Picket Fence, and My Sweet Petunia.  All three companies are giving away a $25.00 shopping spree, so make sure you leave comments on the design team blogs to join the fun.

Thermoweb Design Team

Jeanne Streiff

Giovana Smith

Stephanie Severin

Ilina Crouse

Kia Gibson-Clapper

Ceal Pritchett

Susan Wymer

My Sweet Petunia Design Team

 

Coloring Wreath Wishes

Come visit me at the Technique Junkies blog today where I'm sharing some coloring with the Technique Junkies Wreath Wishes Stamp.  Remember, discount code TJ10Stephanie for 10% off your order.