The  Technique Junkie Design Team is celebrating  February with our monthly blog hop showcasing all of the new designs for this month.
If you are following the Technique Junkies Blog Hop, you have arrived here from  Beth Norman's blog.  Isn't her work incredible? If THIS is your first stop, please take a moment to start at the Design Team’s blog at techniquejunkies.blogspot.com so that you don’t miss any of the great artwork!

 You can SAVE during these celebration days as well.  The February release stamps will be on SALE (15% OFF) until the 8th!  Be sure to check them out and take advantage of the sale!

I am featuring such a great stamp set this month:Palm Trees, set of 3. Just a perfect sentiment and one of the many reasons I moved to warmer weather here in the South!  Even though our palms in SC are technically Palmettos - it still fits!

The background was created using distress inks and layering stencils- I love this technique because you get such and organic feel. 

Of course I used my MISTI for the stamping- almost a must for the silhouette stamps- and I just love how the Distress Paint layering shines through the Archival Black soot ink on the palm trees giving it an ethereal feel.

Thanks for joining me today and be sure to continue on the hop and don't miss any of the great inspiration from these talented artists.  Your next stop on the hop is the super talented Judy Jackson!

Below is the entire blog listing -be sure to check them all out and return to the TJ website where you can find and purchase all these fantastic stamps!

Design Team Blog
Lanette Erickson
Cheri Weston
Kathy Stacy
Ro Donner
Beth Norman
Pam DeChellis -YOU ARE HERE
Judy Jackson
Pat Huntoon
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Happy New Year TJ January 2017 Blog Hop

The  Technique Junkie Design Team is celebrating the New Year with a January 2017 blog hop showcasing all of the new designs for this month.
If you are following the Technique Junkies Blog Hop, you have arrived here from  Beth Norman's blog.  Isn't her work incredible? If THIS is your first stop, please take a moment to start at the Design Team’s blog at techniquejunkies.blogspot.com so that you don’t miss any of the great artwork!

 You can SAVE during these celebration days as well.  The January release stamps will be on SALE (15% OFF) until the 9th!  Be sure to check them out and take advantage of the sale!

With Valentine's Day just around the corner I decided to feature 2 of the love themed stamps from this month's release: Love You and the amazing background stamp Messy Love

The background stamp is perfect for use with Distress Inks, spritzing with water and stamping onto watercolor paper. It definitely gives that true "messy" look.

The repeating script love you stamp looks just amazing as a centerpiece for this simple Valentine's card!

Thanks for joining me today and be sure to continue on the hop and don't miss any of the great inspiration from these talented artists.  Your next stop on the hop is the super talented Judy Jackson!

Below is the entire blog listing -be sure to check them all out and return to the TJ website where you can find and purchase all these fantastic stamps!

Design Team Blog
Lanette Erickson
Cheri Weston
Kathy Stacy
Ro Donner
Beth Norman
Pam DeChellis -YOU ARE HERE
Judy Jackson
Pat Huntoon
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I see skies of blue...Technique Junkies Showcase

Happy Wednesday all! Today I wanted to share a project featuring the Technique Junkies November release sentiment stamp Wonderful World. 

This stamp pairs perfectly with this simple background, created by running a piece of watercolor card stock through a "clouds" embossing folder and inking over with Distress inks (several shades of blue).

The sentiment itself was  stamped in black Versafine ink onto watercolor paper as well and "popped" onto the center of the background.

Thanks for joining me today and be sure to stay tuned to the Technique Junkies Design Team blog for the entire 30 days of Christmas going on now! 

Embrace Imperfection!

Pam

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016 August

Hey y'all! I am so excited to finally be settled into my new studio in our new home in South Carolina! And finally I am organized enough to be able to spend lots of time in the studio creating. 

After finishing Creative Chemistry 103 I have been super motivated to go back and create all of Tim's   tags from this year that I have missed. So I am starting backwards and beginning with this month's.  This year's 12 tags is based on what Tim calls Technique Remix- where he takes two of his previously used techniques and combines them-what a fantastic idea- so many possibilities.

For the August 2016 tag- the technique combo is Brayered Stain (July 2013) and Frameworks (April 2014).

I chose to create 3 different tags this month-just for some variety. To start off I created my tags using the Brayered Stain technique.

I used various colors of Distress Stain- Tumbled Glass, Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover and Broken China.  For the edges and accents with Distress ink I used Mermaid Lagoon, Faded Jeans, Walnut Stain and Ground Espresso.

 Love the way these backgrounds came out!

For the Frameworks I used Honeycomb and Courtyard and various textures- patterned paper, burlap,cork, mirror, and corrugate.

Tropical Thinlits

I am entering the Palm Tree and the Sea Horse into this week's Simon Says stamp Monday Challenge-Summer Fun. 

Woodlands Thinlits

I finished off each of the tags with a different silhouette.

Sand and Sea Bigz Die

Be sure to check out Tim's blog for this month's tag tutorial-the remix is so much fun!

Thanks for joining me today! 

Embrace Imperfection!

Pam

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Celebrate Charleston Pride Week

In honor of Charleston's upcoming Pride Week I wanted to share a project in celebration!

I was inspired to make this card while attending Tim Holtz's Creative Chemistry 103 class online this week.  I melded a few of the techniques seen in class to put my own spin on this creation. 

The stamp set used for the background is Patriotic Fragments from Technique Junkies.  If you haven't seen Pat's fantastic line of stamps, be sure to check them out here. 

The techniques used were :

Distress DIY Ombré Technique

and a spin on the Distress Washed Watercolor Technique both of which you can learn at Online Card Classes- Creative Chemistry 103.

 In order to stamp the whole background- I used the various stamps from the Red, White and Blue set and set them up on my Misti Stamping tool in the array that I wanted-and then of course inked them with my DIY Inkpad (Rainbow).

 I used weathered wood for the "wash" technique afterward which I think gave the project some great texture!

I used Tim Holtz Alphas to spell "PRIDE" and used a bit of distress paint on each to make them stand out.

Thanks for joining me today and Happy Pride!!

Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 103 Samples

Hey all! I am having so much fun this week participating in Tim's newest class- Creative Chemistry 103. He is sharing so many cool techniques and showcasing his fabulous products.  I want to share some of my samples I have created for the class.  

Day 1

Distressed Washed Watercolor

Distress Micro-Glaze Resist

Day 2

Distress Paint Resist

Distress Paint Lifting 

Distress Stain Rub Resist

Distress Marker Spritzed Watercolor

Technique Junkies August Hop

The  Technique Junkie Design Team is celebrating August with a blog hop showcasing all of the new designs for this month.  You should have arrived here from the amazing Beth Norman's blog. if not be sure to start there so not to miss all the great inspiration!

 You can SAVE during these celebration days as well.  The August release stamps will be on SALE (15% OFF) until the 8th!  Get them while their hot!!

I had so much fun with the new release stamps this month.

The stamps Cowboy Boots and Howdy Partner pair up so well and make a great birthday card for your favorite cowboy! I also used the background stamp Fresh Chevron to make a really fun and complimentary background piece for this project.

Be sure to continue on the hop and don't miss any of the great inspiration from these talented artists.  Your next stop on the hop is the super talented Judy Jackson!

Below is the entire blog listing -be sure to check them all out and return to the TJ website where you can find and purchase all these fantastic stamps!

Design Team Blog
Kathy Stacy
Lanette Erickson
Beth Norman
Pam DeChellis -YOU ARE HERE
Judy Jackson
Tonya Davidson
Pat Huntoon
Robin Redd

Halloween is Here...Well Almost!

Hello crafty friends!  Here today to share one of my first Halloween projects of the season.  Halloween cards and projects are my absolute favorite to create- I love the color combos- oranges, purples and blacks and all the spooky details.

So of course I was so excited to use the Halloween is Here stamp set from Paper Wings Productions.

The set includes five stamps and I was able to use three of them for this card. 

For those of you that follow my work- you know I LOVE to create my own backgrounds and rarely use patterned papers.  So this card was no exception; I created a stencil mono print  background on water color paper with a Crafter's Workshop stencil and distress inks.  The stamps were stamped in Archival black ink on paper that was covered with Distress inks and then a layer of Perfect Pearls- to give then some luster !

So stay tuned here to the PWP blog and on my blog for more fun Halloween projects to come!

PWP has more great Halloween stamps- be sure to check them out!

Butterfly Wings Tag: Paper Wings Productions

Happy Thursday everyone!  I am excited to share with you a tag I created using the Paper Wings Productions Butterfly Wings and the Postcard stamp. I love creating with manila tags because you can really come up with some fantastic colorful backgrounds with just some ink and little bit of water!

I created two manila tags with with this colorful ink background and then used one to stamp the Butterfly Wings and cut them out to "pop" onto the second tag.
To create this fun background I used the Tim Holtz Wrinkle Free Distress Technique and then added a bit of my own flair with some stamping and stenciling.
Here's how:

First I selected the colors of ink I wanted to use- Ranger Distress inks are perfect for this technique because they blend so beautifully with water and the color palette is fantastic!

The inks I chose were: Fossilized Amber, Twisted Citron, Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade and Mermaid Lagoon.

Each color was applied generously direct to my non-stick craft sheet. Do not overlap colors when applying.

Spritz the ink with water from a mister bottle until you can see little droplets of ink (see below).  You can also use a pearlized mist or shimmer mist as well if want a different look with some shine.

Place the manilla tag (or other card stock) onto the inked surface and press gently to pick up ink.

Dry this first layer of ink completely with a heat tool- you can continue to go back and add more color to the tag using the remaining ink- just made sure you dry the tag between layers.

Once you have the desired look you want- ensure the tag is completely dry and stamp the Butterfly Wings in Archival Black and cut out.

I then repeated the above steps to make my background tag. After drying completely I stamped the Postcard Stamp onto the background lightly and in different areas and added some stenciled words using Hero Arts Unicorn White to give the tag some texture and depth.

Here you can see the detail of the Postcard stamp  in the background-I love this look!

To finish off the tag the butterfly wings were "popped" onto the tag with dimensional tape and I used a Tim Holtz ideology pen nib for the body.

I encourage you to play with different colors to create these fun backgrounds for cards and tags- and check out all the stamps at the Paper Wings Productions online store!

Zebra Quotes: Technique Junkies

Happy Saturday Junkies! I am here today to share a fun project featuring a pair of Technique Junkies August releases: Zebra ATC  and Zebra Quotes.

I love the monochromatic look of this piece. The background is a stencil mono print using The Crafter's Workshop Chevron stencil and Ranger Distress Ink Black Soot.

The Zebra was also inked  with Black Soot Distress and misted with water before stamping to givie it a softer  tone. The white space was filled in by using the Tim Holtz marker mister with the Black Soot Distress Marker. 

The Zebra quotes set comes with several sentiments- for this card I chose "A Zebra Does Not Change It's Spots" and stamped it with Versafine Black Onyx ink.

Thanks for joining me again this week for another great TJ Inspiration.  Stay tuned on the TJ DT Blog and here on my blog for more fantastic projects featuring the awesome TJ stamps!

Dance in the Rain with Technique Junkies

Happy Saturday Junkies! Pam here today and I am featuring one of my favorite sentiment stamps from Technique Junkies- Dance in the Rain.  I just love the motivation associated with this sentiment! It pairs so well with the beautiful background stamp Sea Waves.

For this project I added some layering with a stencil from the Crafter's Workshop - Mini Raindrops.

I used a watercolor stamping technique for the Sea Waves.  I inked the stamp with various shades of blue/blue green Distress ink, spritzed with water and stamped onto watercolor paper. Over top I placed the rain drops stencil and inked with VersaMark ink and applied Ranger Perfect Pearls for the shimmer. 

The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black and covered with clear embossing powder.

Be sure to check out these fantastic images as well as the 13 NEW August releases  at the Technique Junkies store.

Thanks for joining me today and be sure to check out the TJ Design team blog and my blog frequently for more great TJ inspiration.

Embrace Imperfection!

Pam