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Sunflower Wishes
A very dear friend is going through a hard time so I created this card for her.
I used my newly released Sunflowers set from Flourishes, and paired it with an inspirational phrase from Our Daily Bread Designs. The set I used from ODBD is Keep My Lamp Burning. Designer Paper is from My Minds Eye.
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Have a nice week!
Subscribe to the comments for this postTRY THAT TECHNIQUE: Herringbone
Wow, wasn’t that Masterchef good on TV last night? Don’t be scared off by Chef Ramsey. I’m convinced his ranting on Hell’s Kitchen is an act, because he is a pussy cat on Masterchef. Sorry to get side-tracked.
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It’s time for TRY THAT TECHNIQUE stampers! But what is the technique you ask? The Herringbone technique from the December 2009 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. Diana Enns and I challenge each other to trying a new technique each week, so pop over to leave her some love on her Herringbone technique post.
Goth, Beth? Yup, I’m jumping on the Goth wagon before I’m left behind 
There are so many adorable goth images out there, eh? “Pinky” is from Tiddlyinks. My skull and crossbones comes from a K&Co Halloween stack.
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Each week, you are invited to submit a card using the technique of the week, This week we feature the Herringbone technique. Post your card on the Design Junkie blog post where I highlight this technique. You can also submit it to the Technique Junkie Newsletter yahoo group as well. We love to see your stuff.
Have a great Thursday my friends!
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Happy Birthday Jo-Ann and Patti
Squigglefly is a new-to-me digital stamp company. One of the reasons I like them is because they have lots of artists, so I found just the right image. I already picked a favourite artist, Cheryl Alger, who drew this cupcake.
I believe my paper is My Minds Eye–I just can’t find the 8″ x 8″ stack of paper in my tremendously filled paper shelving. Are you a paper piggy too?
You may wonder who Jo-Ann and Patti are. They are my two long-time best friends who are celebrating their birthdays over the course of the week. I also share an August birthday with them (already gone by). Every year we get together for lunch and exchange gifts, and this year I played hostess and made lunch for us. I joined my friends in school 40 years ago. I marvel at how we stayed in touch through distance (I used to live out east in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia), and through ups and downs.
Happy birthday dear friends.
Get away from it
Hi there folks. Here we are at the beginning of the week, just waiting for the weekend to come. Here is a card to get your week started. This new-to-me image is from Inkadinkado, and the cogs are from Tim Holtz collection.
Ink was sponged onto my background before I stamped in black. I used the Cuttlebug Emboss Clockworks for my background.
Enjoy your week.
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Acrylic Emboss
Acrylic Emboss is another new technique from the August edition of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. It really gives a nice shabby chic background–perfect for my Tim Holtz stamp purchased from Croppinsville.
Did you pick up that I’m enjoying buying stamps on the internet now? It’s quite an addiction, eh, isn’t it?! I have to watch those “ehs”–I’m Canadian and use it alllllll the time.
Have a great day stamping friends.
Stamps: Tim Holtz, Odd Bird Planet
Embellishments: Flower Soft, Clock sticker (unknown source); hinge sticker, unknown source
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Chalk Magic
This is one of my favourite cards. When I created this Chalk Magic background for the Technique Junkie Newsletter, I felt that it would work well for a sympathy card. So, I pulled out one of my Twisted Papers images and set out to create a sympathy card.
I’m now keeping this card as my protype so I can create more sympathy cards like this. If you are like me, I have trouble making sympathy cards.
Happy stamping!
Try That Technique: Textured Tape Tutorial
TRY THAT TECHNIQUE this week is Textured Tape. Thanks, Diana, for suggesting it. Diana has her own version of Textured Tape so why not take a peak over on her blog to see how different this technique can look.
You can find Textured Tape in the October 2005 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter.
Are you interested in seeing how I made my card?
Don’t have the Technique Junkie Newsletter–no worries, this technique can be used with any paper you would like to use.
I created the Textured Tape background as seen in the October 2005 issue of the TJ Newsletter.
Next I stamped my Hero Arts collage stamp on top of my Textured Tape background.
I then stamped out images that I wanted to layer on my collage.
The stamped out images were cut out for layering.
My main image was distressed with a darker ink.
I created a second Textured Tape background and stamped out my Hero Arts background stamp in a darker colour of ink.
For your chance to have your Textured Tape card on the TJ Yahoo Group home page, create a card or project and submit it to the Yahoo Group or link to the Design Junkie Blog by August 11th at noon.
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How to Create Paper Flowers
Today I will show you how to create paper flowers by using your favourite floral designer paper. I find it very relaxing to sit back, watch some TV, and cut out flowers from designer paper. This floral paper was loved so much that when I went back to my LSS it was all gone and I cried was disappointed.
Lets pull out some scissors and have a good time.
Supplies: designer paper and scissors (pop dots not in photo)
Cut out flowers. The brown flower can be cut out three different ways: 1) Cut around the outside perimeter; 2) Cut on the outside of the white portion–cuting off the dark brown all together; 3) Use a hole punch to punch out the blue
Here are some examples of how the flowers were cut out.
Layer pop dots to add dimension to your flowers.
Stamp: Our Daily Bread Designs
Designer Paper: Unknown
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Sketch Challenge
Hi stampers. Did you have a nice weekend?
I had an entertaining one. Donnie and I went to Dairy Queen and BAM, the light way above my head burst and landed right into my turtle ice cream bowl. There was glass everywhere. Thank heavens it landed in some padding because the blown out glass would have been more serious. Donnie said it was my dad playing around again. Being a believer that my dad “is still with me,” I tend to agree with Donnie.
So, it’s now Monday, and as always, I don’t have anything pressing on my plate, so I turn to a sketch. Today I am using Jen’s sketch. Her sketches are wonderful.
After colouring my image, I cut out coordinating flowers from designer paper.
Designer Paper: BoBunny
Decorative Corner: Cuttlebug Die Cut
Decorative punch: EK Success
Noah’s Ark & Creative Cuts and More
Well, it’s the end of the week. Where does the time go? Weekends usually keep me away from the studio, but I hope to sneak in there to avoid the purging of the junk around the house 
Using the Polished Mulberry technique from the June 2003 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter, I created a background for Noah’s Ark. My background was adhered to the scalloped card that came from Creative Cuts and More.
Have a great weekend!
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