Christmas is coming...with Technique Junkies

Happy Saturday Junkies! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with their loved ones.  Have we all recovered from the turkey and stuffing overload?? I know I haven't yet!  And of course the days after Thanksgiving mark the start of the Christmas season.  I have a fun card project today featuring just that!

I created an artsy background using the Technique Junkies  Christmas Trees, Set of 6 stamp set, alternating stamping with Ranger Dye Inks Electric Lime and Green.

To add a bit of pizzaz I sprayed the entire panel with red, green and white ink sprays to give it an abstract artsy feel.

The sentiment is from the Simple Sentiments 1b which contains so many great sentiments for every occasion- a must have!!  I added some stars for a bit of dimension and interest to the trees.

A simple yet artsy Christmas card to send to friends and family!

Thanks for joining me today and remember only 27 more crafting days left till Christmas!!

Embrace imperfection!

Pam

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thursday everyone and Happy Thanksgiving!! Here today to share some Christmas inspiration!  It is that time of year now-only 29 days till Christmas, have you started making your Christmas cards/projects yet? Here's a fun one featuring Paper Wings Productions' stamps:

Winter Wood Cuts Cling

Big Textures

I love how this one layer card has so much dimension and texture and is super fun to create.  I started by stamping the Big Textures background stamp with white acrylic paint to create a background resist. After drying Ranger Distress Stain Festive Berries was applied over top. 

And then the magic happens- I stamped the tree from the wood cuts set over the background and I just love how it melts into the background as the white paint resists the ink. 

I am going to make a few more of these to send as Christmas cards-adding a fun holiday sentiment inside!

Thanks for joining me today and Happy Turkey Day! Enjoy with your loved ones!

Embrace Imperfection!

Pam

Wake up...and Smell the Coffee!

Happy Wednesday all- and Happy Thanksgiving eve...hope everyone is able to spend time with their loved ones and celebrate all they are thankful for!

I am so thankful for my wonderful fiancee, my family, friends and amazing pups!  And for those of you that know me-I am thankful for COFFEE, lol!!

Today's project features three of the Just for Fun coffee themed stamps, these are just the best!!

Coffee Background

Coffee Pot

Wake Up

And I also made a set of note cards using the Coffee Background.

For all these cards, the Coffee Background was stamped onto manila card stock using Ranger Java Bean paint! Yes, paint- a technique called paint resist.  Over top I applied Ranger Distress stain Antique Linen.   I love the artistic feel of these stamps and this technique really showcases that.

The coffee pot stamp was stamped in Versafine Black, embossed with clear embossing powder and colored with silver Wink of Stella.

Thanks so much for joining me today and again I wish everyone a very Happy Turkey Day!

Embrace Imperfection!

Pam

Santa Claus is Coming to Town: Xyron & Faber Castell Blog Hop

Happy Tuesday all!! 

Today's project is celebrating the partnership between Design Memory Craft-Faber Castell and Xyron and is part of a week long blog hop!

Did you know there are only  more 39 more days until Christmas? Santa Claus is coming to town, he is making his list and checking it twice!! So...well you know the rest lol.

Here's my project and a step by step tutorial to follow:

Supplies Used

Xyron Products: Xyron Mega Runner, Xyron 1.5" Sticker Maker

Other Supplies: Faber Castell Whipped Spackle, Faber Castell Gelatos, Distress Ink: Vintage Photo/Black Soot, Tim Holtz Sizzix St Nick Bigz Die, Ranger Distress Glitter-Clear Rock Candy, Tim Holtz Vagabond, Matte Multi Media, Red Stickles, The Crafter's Workshop Brick stencil, Tim Holtz Candlelight Bigz die, Tim Holtz Grunge Paper

Step by Step Instructions

1. Cut a piece of white card stock to 4.25" x 5.5" and apply Black Soot Distress Ink direct to paper.

  2. Tape down the stencil, centering over the card stock from step one.

3. Apply Faber Castell Gelato-Red to craft sheet.

4. Mix Whipped Spackle with the gelato to colorize the sparkle. Mix with palette knife until homogenous.

5. Spread colored sparkle evenly over the stencil.

6. Carefully remove stencil and set piece aside to dry. Immediately place stencil in water or wash.

7. Using a die cut machine and the Candlelight die , cut wax drippings from grunge paper.

8. Line up the different size wax drip pieces in the order you want them to make snow drifts on the brick chimney.

9. Color each piece with white gelato.

10. Run each piece through the Xyron 1.5" Sticker maker.

11. Adhere the drip pieces to the top of the chimney.

12. Apply whipped sparkle to the drip pieces with a palette knife.

13. Sprinkle Distress glitter over the spackle while it is still wet.

14. Using a die cut machine and the Tim Holtz St Nick die, cut the pieces of St. Nick from grunge paper.

15. Color each piece with the Faber Castell gelatos- red, green, white, pink, black.

16. Adhere all pieces of St Nick together, sprinkle on some distress glitter, and add some cotton for his beard.

17. Apply Xyron homemade foam tap to the back of St Nick and adhere to the chimney.

Thanks so much for joining me today and be sure to follow Xyron and Design Memory Craft this week for our partner blog hop!

Happy Fall!

Happy Saturday!  First of all I want to thank everyone for joining us for the 30 days of Christmas on the Technique Junkies design team blog!! Such wonderful projects and great inspiration from the talented design team.

To change it up a bit today I am featuring a fall/Thanksgiving card.

This is an absolutely gorgeous background stamp Oak Relief and just perfect for fall in New England!! I used Distress Ink to ink up the stamp and then spritzed it with a bit of water and stamped onto water color paper.  

Love the colors!! 

The Date-O-Matic stamp was added and voila- a Thanksgiving card.  This is a super versatile add on stamp for any holiday or birthday!

Just stamp a thankful sentiment inside and it's on it's way.

Thanks for joining me today! 

Embrace Imperfection!

Pam

"Woolicious" Mittens Tags

Happy Thursday crafters! Today I have a really fun project featuring the Winter Wood Cuts stamp set. In a couple of weeks my sister and I are going to be selling our handmade wares at a Holiday Bazaar.  My sister makes these amazing "woolicious" mittens that are super warm.  She makes them using recycled wool sweaters. 

So I decided to make some handcrafted little tags to go with the mittens- these tags can also be used for your Christmas presents.

I just love the detail in this stamp.  The mittens were stamped with Versafine Black ink, embossed with clear embossing powder, and colored with Copic markers.

The tags were cut from patterned paper using a Tim Holtz Thinlits die.

Now I have to make 30 more of these tags for all the sets of mittens! I best get busy!

Thanks for joining me today and stay tuned to the Aviary for more great inspiration from the PWP design team!

Embrace Imperfection!

Pam

Technique Junkies November Release Blog Hop

Happy November Junkies!
Can you believe that Thanksgiving is right around the corner and soon after that Christmas!  I just love the holiday season (minus the snow lol).

The  Technique Junkie Design Team is celebrating November with a blog hop showcasing all of the new designs for this month.  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 celebration days as well.  The November Release stamps will be on SALE (15% OFF) until November  8th!  Get them while their hot!!

Some of my favorite Technique Junkies stamps are the backgrounds and this month's release Fresh Chevron  is no exception!
I just love all the ideas I have for this stamp, but given the season and our celebration of the 30 days of Christmas I thought I would create some simple holiday note cards. These are great to use for after the holiday "thank yous".

The next stop in the hop is the fabulous and talented Gini Williams-check out her amazing creations here.

The rest of the blog hop line-up is below- be sure to make a stop into each member of the DT to check out their fantastic projects using the November releases!!

Design Team Blog 

Pam DeChellis  YOU ARE HERE

Gini Williams Cagle

Beth Norman 

Jane Bosi

Jerri Jones 

Judy Jackson 

Marilyn Hughes 

Robin Redd 

Kathy Stacy

Pat Huntoon