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I first fell in love with Technique Junkies when I discovered their super-cool techniques. I thought it would be fun to go back and revisit a technique and see if I could make it new again. The Pastel Embossing Technique required a stamp positioner, so I knew it would be much easier to accomplish with my MISTI.
Head on over to the Technique Junkies Blog to see the three cards I created with these gorgeous embossed pastel panels.
The current Mini-Challenge at Unity Stamp Company is paper piecing ... that was one of the first techniques I learned and I still love it today. My oldest evidence of Paper Piecing was this couch from October 2007 ... still love it.
Today I pieced from the Christmas Briefs set from Unity. I didn't want to detail cut all of those ruffles, so I stamped them on the background and then paper pieced along the straight lines.
The boys briefs were easier to cut out ... I used a pre-made watercolored card base.
Super-easy and super-fun.
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.
I'm masking Technique Junkies Coffee Cat on the Technique Junkies Blog today ... come visit me and say hello.
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The mini challenge at the UNITY Stamp Company Show & Tell Page is Emboss Resist.
I stamped the Unity Burst of Flakes in White Pigment Ink and embossed it with Hero Arts White Satin Pearl Embossing Powder. Next I brushed with four shades of Distress Oxide Ink to create the resist (Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Dusty Concord & Shaded Lilac). I use a baby wipe to remove the ink from the embossed surfaces, so they really pop.
The sentiment is from Unity Snow, Snow Cute stamped in Versafine Clair Fantasia. I finished with purple pearls and glittered epoxy dots and a punched snowflake. I love that I'm staying on track for my 2019 holiday cards ... love seeing my box fill-up.
I have spent most of the day trying to return my studio to some sense of order. I had to unpack all of my supplies that I took with me to Junkiefest. I did better this year keeping things organized and making sure I had the right things for each class, but it's quite a chore to figure out what you need and how to transport it, so I end-up overpacking. I also had to find room for all of the new supplies I picked-up (some from the Swag Bag ... others from class supplies ... and yes, quite a bit from the store (The Ton had stamps half-off, so you know I had to stock-up)).
Unity Stamp Company also had all of their new releases for sale (after shopping I had fun making my way through their Instagram Hop to see all of the cards). One of the sets was the lovely ...shimmer & shine by Gracielle Designs (the July 2019 sentiment kit). I thought it would be perfect to ink-up for the July Unity Stamp Company Challenge, which is is Empowerment ... to make a project that builds someone up.
I also recently booked my flight to NYC/NJ for Art Camp 2019 with Lauren. Several years ago we tried Paper Marbling and managed to marble quite a few pieces with the kit we had purchased. The fun thing about Art Camp is that with two solid days of creating, we end-up with lots of paper ... the bad thing about Art Camp, is that I still have piles of cool paper that need to find a home. So today I decided to use one of those marbled pieces of Map Index toward the bottom of the picture for my card.
I stamped the Sunflower using Gina K. Designs Black Amalgam Ink and Clear Embossed before cutting the page with a Octagon Stitched Die Cut. I cut it a second time from thicker watercolor paper to back the thin index paper.
I used the layout from this week's Freshly Made Sketches and die-cut my card base using the largest Octagon and black cardstock. I stamped the sentiment on a scrap of white cardstock and finished with some cupped floral sequins from Honey Bee Stamps that were in our Junkiefest Swag Bag.
Now to get this lovely little bit of empowerment off in the mail (because remember, you're card can't actually Empower someone unless you give it to them ... so no card hoarding).
I'm also linking-up at Marsha's Feminine Anything Goes Challenge at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges.
I'm on the My Sweet Petunia Blog featuring cards with ink blending and the new #lettersforhenry stamp set from Unity Stamp Company ... please click on over and come visit me.
For this morning's SplitcoastStampers Inspiration Challenge at Brick House Fabrics, I was immediately drawn to the orange fabric group ... and then to the seashell designs. I chose this Nautilus Seashell Fabric to inspire my design.
After smooshing ink earlier this week, I decided to try a variation on the technique. I applied three colors of Distress Oxide Ink inspired by the colors of the fabric to my craft sheet and sprayed with Hero Arts Shimmer Mist. I attached my Technique Junkies Nautilus Mosaic to the lid of my MISTI and pushed it into the inky palette and then stamped on Ivory Cardstock repeating multiple times until the entire image was covered with my inky mosaic.
Next I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch with the same three colors of cardstock to design my layout.
I chose a sympathy sentiment from Technique Junkies With Sympathy Set of 5 to finish my design. So much fun to get inky first thing in the morning.
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The mini-challenge at the Unity Stamp Company Facebook Page is to do some Ink Smooshing. I haven't smooshed in a long time ... and as always when I rediscover a technique, I wonder why.
I improvised and added some shimmery mist to my Distress Oxide ink before smooshing and it added a lovely all-over-sparkle.
After Smooshing, I stamped the butterfly from love. just love. regardless and the sentiment from {...heartfelt sympathy} in Blue Belle ink. On of those cards that's always good to have made before you need it.
The SplitCoastStampers Try a New Technique Challenge is called Merging Backgrounds ... when I saw Karen's lovely card and tutoral, I had to give it a try.
I used my MISTI and a piece of removable tape to combine Technique Junkies Weathered Wall & Textured Newsprint. Remember, if you use my Discount Code TJ10Stephanie you get 10% off your store order.
I stamped the train from Technique Junkies Enjoy the Ride on the Weathered Wall side of the background ... stamping it multiple times with my MISTI, so it would have more contrast. I finished with the sentiment from Enjoy the Ride on a foam tape raised tag.
I'm also joining the TGIF Challenges where they're Playing with Sepia Tones.
