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You know that Rice Krispies Treat commercial where the woman serves the Rice Krispies Treats to her family, but takes a moment to douse her cheeks with flour before leaving the kitchen to signify how hard she slaved to make them?That is what this technique is like. Bargello. The...

Give me Liberty or Give me death! I love the 4th of July -- it always fills me with pride to be part of this great nation. Not only that, but I am a sucker for fireworks and barbeque's! Burgers, Beer and Big Booms. Yes!As we approach the American day of pride in our Independence,...

Some cards take a long time to finish. This was one of those, and not for the reasons you think!See, I am reorganizing some of my unmounted stamps (it is VERY slow going, since I am trying to fit it in with all the other aspects of my working day and busy home life). I came across...

Yup. Those sure look like dead roses. They started out as sweet as the Yellow Rose of Texas. Call this an experiment gone horribly wrong... This leads me to my favorite tip of all time: "Never be afraid to experiment. It is only PAPER!" As you can probably imagine, I could paper...

In response to so many of you who asked, the sweatshirt stamp that I used HERE was from Toomuchfun Rubber Stamps. I picked it up at the Springfield MA stamp show. I just went to their website to pull that link for you -- they have a TON of different stamps like the one I used. It...

When I posted the I Brake for Stamps giveaway on Thursday, many of you expressed surprise that I didn't use one of the two giraffe images on the Stampinback stamp sheet for the card. (You can still sign up for the giveaway HERE, if you have not yet).I actually did! I was just afraid...

I was at a stamp show a couple of weekends ago and picked up this really cool sweatshirt stamp. I thought it would be a neat stamp to have on hand for my two boys, since they are teens and live in sweats!What I liked about this stamp was that it is a full card. You just stamp it,...

Some days you just have a creative slump. That happened to me while I was creating this card. Although it started painfully, I am pleased with the final result! I just kept plugging away until I had what I pictured in my mind's eye as "done."This Father's Day card is my submission...

Let's get wild, shall we? Today's Giveaway is from one of our featured Vendors, I Brake for Stamps. The stamp sheet we are giving away is from the Stampinback Line. It features all kinds of cool and unique animals, including the Frog used on the top panel along with XRay of the frog...

Announcing...the winners of the Technique Junkies/Starving Artistamps Van Gogh Contest! Congratulations to Tera Fujan and Deb Corder, who were the lucky winners of the Starving Artistamps and Technique Junkie Newsletter Van Gogh contest. BOTH ladies will receive one year of the Newsletter...

I have had one long week. Seriously. Really long. Lots of hours. It was a great week, mind you, but long nonetheless. So it is Friday. And my DH makes one-heck-of-a-martini. So tonight, I am going to leave one of these two cards next to his spot on the couch. Think he'll get the...

Answer: When one finds out that they don't actually HAVE a giraffe background, but one has a Zebra background! and the Zebra turned out WAY cooler than the giraffe would have!You see, I love giraffes. Just love them. I pulled my African stamps from I Brake For Stamps out of my stash...

I am thrilled to have a new giveaway sponsor this week -- My Paper Moon! Becky Partan, the owner of My Paper Moon, generously supplied this sweet unmounted stamp set for us this week. Not only that, but she is offering a 10% discount through the end of June for TJ subscribers --...

Okay, since this is a very long post, I decided to put the art at the top, so if you really don't card about what I have to say, you can just look at the artwork! No hurt feelings, I am really not sure that anyone has the time these days to read a post this long : )The card above...

Have you ever thought about getting Copic Certified? Here is your chance!! We teaming up with Copic to giveaway one seat at the Copic Certification Class on Sunday, June 14th, hosted by Stamping Memories in Belmont, NH. Yes, that says "Give Away". As in FREE. The class -- the "LAST...

Announcing�the CD sale to flip a disk over!From now until June 30th, any of the published Technique Junkie Newsletter CDs are on sale for only $10.00 per CD, plus shipping for Technique Junkie Newsletter subscribers. Not a subscriber? I will offer you the sale price with your NEW...

What is summer like where you live? In Connecticut, where I live, it is plush with dynamic shades of green and rich colors. Just being outdoors, with the plentiful trees dripping with rich emerald leaves, is enough to bring joy to my heart. Today's giveaway is called "Maple Tree...

My mission, as a faithful stamper and true Technique Junkie, is to convert the world to Stamping and Technique Lovin'.My friend Dee Ruger had been patiently waiting for her newsletter (is waiting patiently for the newletter an oxymoron?) yesterday, and happened to go outside. This...

I am very excited to announce a new contest in partnership with Starving Artistamps!As announced in the June 2009 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter, we are partnering with Starving Artistamps for a contest and giveaway this month -- times two! You will have TWO chances to...