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Today's Blogger's Challenge was to create a card for Labor Day or a Red, White and Blue item.Labor Day is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity,...

Today's Technique Blitz a bonus technique is from the soon-to-be-released Technique Junkie Newsletter 6th edition CD. The centerpiece of this little necklace was made using the Faux Dichroic Technique -- I just love how this turned out! It took me longer to string the seed beads...

Today's Wednesday Giveaway is sponsored by Our Daily Bread Designs. This lovely set of rubber stamps were used to make the card above. The card uses the Embossed Vellum Technique, which is one of the 10 bonus techniques on the soon-to-be-released 6th Edition CD of the Technique...

I had so much fun making this card! I just got these cool skeleton stamps from Stampin' Up! and I couldn't wait to break into them...I used the Glowing Image Technique for the main image here, and then used the Pearlized Gesso Technique for the Background. Both techniques are from...

Today's Technique Blitz uses the Bandanna technique from the August 2008 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. Aren't these just great stamps to use for this technique?All stamps from Innovative Stamp Creatio...

My baby boy is 15.This simple Pearlized Gesso card (August 2008 Technique Junkie Newsletter) was made for him. He is totally awesome, and I didn't need to add alot of fru-fru to tell him so. My background was made on black, with a cool result, I think. I know he will like it.So...

Designer Tiles -- with a twist!Instead of designer paper, I stamped my paper and used the stamped paper with plain paper. I love this twist on this great technique from the August 2008 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. Whatcha' Thi...

Today, I am cheating. well, not cheating exactly, but just stretching things a bit... First, I am stretching on my Technique Blitz card. This is what you might want to call a "Fake" Bandanna Card (August 2008 Technique Junkie Newsletter). The red area behind my sock monkey was done...

You know how some stamps just "speak" to you?These stamps from Firecraker Designs by Pamela do that for me. I always feel such a great sense of relaxed serenity when I use these stamp. I know it kind of sounds silly to say it out loud, but these stamps just have that effect on me!In...

Today's Technique Blitz card uses a Painted Pigments background, a technique from the August 2008 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. I stamped a collage stamp over the pigments with a dark grey inkpad and added a cuttlebugand greeting layer to finish the card.Stamps: Chapel...

Today's Technique Blitz card is also my weekly card for Blogger's Challenge#60.First, the BC part: The challenge today was to create a Birthday card. No other restrictions -- just a birthday card. I chose these fun stamps from Artistic Outpost from the Polaroid Cutie stamp sheet....

Today's Technique Blitz card features a shimmering resist creation, one of the Techniques from the August 2008 Technique Junkie Newsletter.I tried to capture some of the shimmer in the photo, but I don't think it shows well. Great shimmer here, though!Stamps: Innovative Stamp Cr...

I am so excited to bring you a fun new participating company in the Wonderful Wednesday Giveaways! Today, the Giveaway set is from Storage Units, Inks and More. Many of you may be familiar with this great company because of the outstanding storage units they have been providing...

Today's Technique Blitz uses one of the bonus techniques from the soon-to-be-released 6th Edition CD. This technique, called Mirror Stamping, is one of 10 techniques that can only be found on the CD. Thank you to Manna Caffrey for this one! It is very hard to capture a good picture...

Today's Technique Blitz card uses the Roll with the Punches Technique from the August issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. It also happens to be my submission for today's Technostamper Sketch Challenge (#30). I used a Wheel called "rough texture" -- it is a little hard to...

Today's Technique Blitz card uses the Acetate Swirl Technique -- one of the 10 CD-only Bonus Techniques from the soon-to-be-released 6th Edition CD from the Technique Junkie Newsletter. The stamps used here are from Artistic Outpost. I was looking to achieve a spotlight effect...

For Today's card in the Technique Blitz, I present to you a 15 minute card. This card is a Designer Tiles Card from the August issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. I love quick and easy cards, don't you?All stamps and paper by Stampin' Up!....

Today is a "three-fer". As in, three things in one. Well, in two, actually! Aw heck, let me explain. Here is how I get three from all this... First, the sketch used here was the Technostamper Sketch Challenge 29 from Monday -- which I am just a few days late on...Second, today's...

I specifically bought these stamps at a stamp convention in JUNE and I figured it was high time I used 'em! These pretty stamps are from Chapel Road Artstamps. I just love this style of stamp - I find them elegant, yet strangely soothing. Kind of like a good cup of tea, if you know...

I have another sneak preview today for the Technique Blitz, using these wonderful giveaway stamps from today's giveaway sponsor, Firecracker Designs by Pamela.The sample card shown on the right uses a variety of techniques (what is the point of publishing over 400 of them if I don't...

Sometimes a technique comes along that really "catches my fancy." This is one of those: Shimmering Resist from the August 2008 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. I LOVE the subtlety of the resist combined with the soft shimmer. My favorite part of this technique is that it...

Today's art for the Technique Blitz features the Bandanna Technique from the August 2008 issue of the TJ Newsletter. I think this technique is so much fun -- it really allows you to break free and just doodle!I love the color intensity of the backgrounds, too. Hope you like this...