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R29, YR04, Y15, B04, B01, V12
Happy (almost) Halloween,
One of my favorite things about Halloween it giver us freedom to use colors that we might normally shy away from like florescent orange, green, or yellow. In truth, we probably don't have a lot of use for those in our everyday crafting. I'm not going to lie... I was a little exciting to sit down and have a play with this neglected colors. To enhance the brightness of the end result. I went over the white background with a light grey to dull it a bit. I think it helped make the brights look brighter.
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I used watercolors to color this background
BOO!
Did I scare you? Yeah... probably not. I'm more of the too cute to spook than creepy halloween type. I thought when I started out with this card I was going to make a spooky scene. It turns out I think the cat just likes to cuddle jack-o-lanterns in the cemetery. It could happen, right?
As a side note.. the Happy Halloween is supposed to be a paint stroke. I thought I was going to do it in a festive color like orange or green. However, It turns out I liked it in black the best. It thought it looked a little like a tail of a shooting star or comet. It is Halloween... so anything is possible.
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Hello friends,
Today is my MOM's birthday. We celebrate her all year, but today we actually tell her about it. 😀 She is a good sport she puts up with all the teasing from her kids and now grandkids. She knows it is out of love.
I was going to make her a Fall themed birthday card, but I saw this bold birthday set and thought it would be fun to create a background for this cute little cake die cut. Blue is her favorite color. These sentiments are perfect for this technique because of the weight of the font. You can read them easily, even when they are stamped tone on tone. I think I'm going to get a lot of use out of these sentiments. I hope this inspires you to make some birthday cards for your Fall birthdays.
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Whoop Here It IS!
I've been waiting for this stamp for a LONG time. Thank you to Technique Junkies for making it. I'm ure you all remember a song by Tag Team from the early 1990's that is still loved by all. It has worked its way into our everyday day conversations. It is about time it made its card making debut.
I wanted to appear as if the moon was saying "Whoop", so I used white pigment ink to sponge a grey card stock. I added a bit of yellow and grey to give it a spooky feel. Splattered the white ink to create some stars in the background. All it needed was a character wish a bit of personality. With Halloween around the corner, I chose this too cute to spook ghost. I hope you love it. I know this stamp is going to be a favorite in my collection.
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Happy Friday the 13th!
Do you have some spooky plans tonight? Maybe it is put on a scary movie and make some Halloween cards? Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. What isn't there to love? You get to dress silly, eat candy, and spend time with friends and family without having a stressful lead up.
I used Skelly from Trinty stamps to create this skeleton card. I thought it looked like he was dancing. What song do you think he is listening to?
The design team has a bunch of projects to help inspire your Halloween projects. I hope you will take a second and see their makes. If you are inspired to shop you can save 10% on all stamps using the code TJ10Chris
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Hello friends,
You can never have too many sentiments. That should be the first rule of stamping (or at least in the top 3 right?) The whole point of sending a card is to send a message of love, support, encouragement, sympathy, or joy. Pat the owner of Technique Junkies is a master of coming clever ways of finding the perfect words. I love this new stamp set. There are 6 different sentiments. Each as perfect as the last. I hope you will stop by and take a look. They made some really beautiful Fall cards.
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Hello!
How is it possible it is September! It is the unofficial end of lake season here. The only positive is that my favorite holiday is lurking. It is officially now acceptable to start decorating for Halloween. The people at Technique Junkies are here to help us start creating a spooky atmosphere.
When I first saw this dancing skeleton background, I immediately thought of this skeleton die in my collection. I knew they would be a perfect pair. They compliment each other perfectly.
I hope you stop by and see all the other talented makes from the designers (links below). If you love this card please consider using my code to let me know and save and additional 10% on top of the sale price!
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Hi! The diet wagon stamp from technique junkies has always been one of my favorites. It just makes me laugh every time. It was the first image I thought of when I read this new sentiment form TJ. I thought this would make a fun encouragement card. Hopefully it inspires you to do something crafty today!
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Hello!
I wanted to try something a little different today. I wanted to make a sandy background, but I wanted to break from my "norm". I found these Paint stamps in my stash. I thought I could use them in brown to create a sandy background. I used three different shades of brown to create the background. I also added spatters to add even more texture. It isn't the traditional sandy look, but the energy it gives the card. What do you think? I cut the flip flops from the flip flop background (quickly becoming one of my favorite summer stamps).
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Hey friends!
Companies keep getting smarter and smarter. Stencils have changed paper crafting again. Companies have figured out that they can break them apart to layer them to color in complicated images such as this one. This card doesn't actually use a single rubber stamp. It isn't very often I can say that. The image is foiled to with a hot plate and gold foil. I used yellow diamond dots to accent the flowers. I love the elegance that foil gives to the card (it doesn't show up in the photos very well :🙁 )
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Hello friends,
Since we are such old friends at this point, I don't think there is any harm in telling you that I'm secretly a mermaid. I mean... I love the water and my thighs touch what else could I be?
This is a clever stamp from Technique Junkies that made me laugh. I think it pretty much sums me up. I try to keep my sailor mouth in check but they slip out from time to time. 😀
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