Technique Junkies June Blog Hop

Happy June Junkies! 
It’s officially summer and the Technique Junkie Design Team is kicking off the sunny days of Summer with a blog hop showcasing all of the new designs for June.  You should have arrived here from the Design Team Blog-if not be sure to start there so not to miss all the great inspiration!
 You can SAVE during these sweet days of summer, also!  The June release stamps will be on SALE (15% OFF) for the next week!  Get them while it’s hot! 

 I have a very special treat for you today showcasing a fantastic Technique Junkies June release: Tide Pool Starfish-which of course reminds me of summer and the beach!! The stamp is a great background stamp which would look superb with watercolor or gelato!  Today I am going to give you an example of how to "stretch your stamps"! 

For this card I actually inked the stamp and stamped twice on two separate pieces of water color card stock. For the first one I partially inked the stamp around the edges of the starfish with various colors of distress ink (Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge and Vintage Photo) and then sprayed the stamp lightly with pearlized water.  After stamping onto the watercolor cardstock I  had a partial background stamped just highlighting the starfish.  For the second stamping I stamped the starfish only (with the same colors) spritzed with pearlized water, dried with a heat tool and cut out the starfish images.  The starfish were then covered with clear embossing powder (using Versamark watermark ink) and heat set leaving a really cool shine.

The edges were all inked with Vintage Photo to make both the background and the starfish pop!

The pieces were then layered onto a pieces of corrugate card stock that was sprayed with Perfect Pearl Pearls Biscotti mist giving it a light golden shine.

I used a stamp from Technique Junkies-Sentimental Sayings and added the sentiment "forever Friends" to the bottom of the card. I thought this was a great sentiment seeing that the two starfish are connected.

So don't be afraid to think outside the box and try your stamps in different ways-using portions of them, layering etc!  You will be amazed at the results and see how much use you can get out of these great stamps!
The talented Beth Norman is your next stop on the hop-be sure to check out her amazing creations!

Design Team Blog 

Pam DeChellis YOU ARE HERE

Beth Norman

Jane Bosi 

Jerri Jones 

Gini Cagle

Judy Jackson  

Marilyn Hughes

Kathy Stacy

Pat Huntoon

Cut it Up Challenge #72 Designer Inspiration

Happy Friday! TGIF!! Today I want to share with you my designer project for the Cut It Up Challenge Blog  Challenge #72 Use a tie die cut (for Father's Day). 

The hat and bow tie were cut from black card stock using my Sizzix Eclips and then embossed with Ranger Distress Embossing powder Black Soot for texture. I used Tim Holtz's Mini Ticket die to cut the ticket and the patterned paper behind it, then the mini mustache die to cut out the negative inside the ticket.  These were adhered to each other and the background using the Xyron Creative Station loaded with the 5" Permanent adhesive.

The background is a stencil mono print on watercolor paper using Tim Holtz's stencil and then matted  (using homemade dimensional foam tape made with my Xyron)

 onto black corrugate card stock, cut into the postage stamp frame. The entire piece was mounted onto text patterned paper also with the Xyron foam tape.

So come join the fun over at  Cut it Up  this week! Can't wait to see what you create!

I am entering this project into this week's Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge!