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Gotta love a friendly bear! I like this one -- his grin is a bit wicked...wicked-cute. Maybe it is his eyebrows...This card for the Technique Blitz uses a small piece of Camouflage from the October 2008 Technique Junkie Newsletter as a matting piece for my wickedly-cute bear. ...

I am so happy with my submission for the Technostamper Sketch Challenge from Mary Jo Price-William's Blog this week. I used several techniques from the October 2008 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter for this card. The panel under the flowers uses the Rit Resist Technique...

Back by popular demand...the Technique Blitz begins again. What that means is that I will try to post a technique-oriented card every day...or as frequently as my life allows. I will focus on the current issue of the TJ Newsletter or the CD bonus techniques most days, with a little...

Did you ever make something that was vaguely disturbing? I think this ATC is disturbing. I am in an ATC group and the theme for this month was fruits and veggies. I have these cool vegetable stamps from Close To My Heart that I thought would be perfect for this. They are long retired...

I haven't had the opportunity to participate in the weekly Blogger's Challenge recently, so I am so happy to have a chance to play today!Today's challenge was to create a Warhol card, a technique done by the Technique Junkie Newsletter in the February 2005 issue. Such a simple technique...

Today's card is a sneak preview from the newest issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter coming out tomorrow! This card uses the Foiled Webbing Technique from the October 2008 issue as a background. I love how it looks with my Expressionistic Watercolor panel!These are new stamps...

Boo! Today's stamps for the Wonderful Wednesday Giveaway are from one of our featured vendors for October's issue, I Brake for Stamps. I haven't stamped for several weeks -- I have had so many personal and professional issues and commitments, that it just was not in the "cards" for...

This week's wonderful Wednesday giveaway is simple -- the winner will receive the Technique Junkie Newsletter 6th edition CD (if you have already ordered or received the CD, you will receive a refund, or you can select a different CD).In addition, the winner of this Giveaway will...

The 6th edition Technique Junkie Newsletter CD is here! In fact, pre-orders were shipped last Thursday : )There are 83 Technique Tutorials on this CD! All of the tutorials are in step-by-step, pictorial format. Here is an example of one of the tutorials : Waxy Cuttlebug TutorialEighty...

I will be posting again later, but I felt the need to post this now. I don't usually like to start things with an apology, but sometimes you have to... Some things just take hold of you an never let go. I had to get this one "out of my system." If you liked Cruel Cats (the story...

Today's Wonderful Wednesday giveaway offers one of my favorite stamp sheets to work with. These Country Girl stamps from Oxford Impressions are great whether you are creating a collages or using individual images, as I did with these two pieces. These two cards were made using the...

Ahhhh. Acetate swirl. Just divine with silhouette-style stamps (and more). What, you say? You are not familiar with this technique? Well, it is one of the 10 bonus techniques on the newest Technique Junkie Newsletter 6th Edition CD. Don't ya' love sneak previews?Stamps: Stampin'...

Today's Technique Blitz card is a sample of Mini Kissing, on of the 10 Bonus Techniques from the soon-to-be-released 6th Edition CD from the Technique Junkie Newsletter. The stamps used here are from Stampin' Up!.Hope your Labor Day weekend is wonderful!...