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Pastel Pecil Blending Owl

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I love my Pastel Chalk Pencils. I just love them. They blend so beautifully and have gorgeous, rich, intense color. My first experience with using them was when I bought a set of 10 on sale -- I think I paid $4.00 for them a few years ago -- and I was hooked. I have since purchased a huge set to expand my color palette. If you buy nothing else, think about buying them for coloring skin tone -- they are sublime! They are in my top three favorites of all of my coloring tools.  The June issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter has a tutorial for you on how to blend with them, too.

The cute owl above was colored with my Pastel Chalk Pencils. It is a digi from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps (when you order, use tjnrocks for 10% off!). I love this guy, and his matching saying. The background paper is Basic Grey, but the copper metallic and the other rich, lush papers are all from Paper Temptress.

Have a great day!

The CDs are here, June's issue and Blogger's Challenge!

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What to talk about first? I don't know which I more excited about! I went out for a few hours this afternoon, and the CD fairy delivered the first shipment of the Stampbooking CDs! I will work on stuffing the mailers, labeling, and applying postage this evening so that they are all winging their way to the folks who pre-ordered their copies. If you have not yet, you do order the Stampbooking: The Art of Using Rubber Stamps in your Scrapbooks HERE.

The June issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter was mailed yesterday, too, and the link to the issue is live. If you are a subscriber, you can access the online pages right now! Email me if you subscribe and need the password, or if you would LIKE to subscribe, do so HERE.

Finally, today is Blogger's Challenge Friday -- and it is about shimmer. My submission uses Glitter for my shimmer, and it is from a new technique from the June 2011 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter called Glitter Roll. In addition, the LIVE, LOVE, LAUGH words are from an embossing folder that uses the Cuttlebug Highlights Technique  (From the Technique Junkie Newsletter Emboss or Die CD). You can, of course, play along with us on the BC Shimmer Challenge by adding your artwork to the hop list. And make sure you look at what the other ladies are doing, too!

I hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.

Faux Denim Cowgirl Giveway!

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This is the final week of sponsoring month of the  Gingersnap Creations Blog. Our Cowboys and Cowgirls theme ends with the color theme of Denim, Dust and Rust -- and what better way to celebrate a fun month than to giveaway some terrific stamps?  

I have this HUGE 8-1/2" x 11" Cowgirl Blues Rubber Stamp sheet from Oxford Impressions. I love this sheet and use mine over and over -- it is jam-packed with 27 cowgirl-themed stamps. And with Memorial Day this weekend, what is more American than Cowfolk?  In any case, here is the stamp sheet:
And of course, the card comes with it...featuring the Faux Denim Technique from the December 2007 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. Make sure you visit the Gingersnap blog for more of the TJ Design Team artwork -- we had fun with this one!

Entering this giveaway is simple. Leave a comment for me on this blog post with your name and email address, and my handy-dandy random number generator will select a winner on Tuesday, May 31st. Anyone can enter! Good luck!

Congratulations to Becky Benson, the winner of this Stamp set and Card!

Stampbooking: Grungy Altered Titles

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  This may be my favorite project on all of the CDs I have ever produced. These Grungy Altered Titles from new Technique Junkie Newsletter Stampbooking CD are so cool!

The CD contains this tutorial, plus 75 other techniques showing you the art of using Rubber Stamps in your Scrapbooks. It is $17.95 for US/Canadian Residents, and $19.95 for Overseas addresses. I just heard from the CD printer they are on their way here today...I will be mailing them the same day that Fed Ex Ground delivers them.  Shouldn't your CD be among the first mailed? Order yours HERE.

Team Ian -- Stampbooking Page

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I just wanted to share another layout from the new Technique Junkie Newsletter  Stampbooking CD. This is one of my favorite layouts-- doesn't he look happy just to be with his mom?

Okay -- the CDs will be shipping in about two weeks. In order to have yours on time, you need to order in the next 3 or 4 days. The Stampbooking Cd is for everyone who needs or wants inspiration for stamping in their scrapbooks. There are a whopping 75 Tutorials on this CD -- all in step-by-step pictorial fashion -- easy to print and take with you to crops. They make it easy for you, too -- they include a supply list and a couple of finished layouts so that you can see how the technique was interpreted by others. It is a bargain for only $17.95 (US and Canada. Overseas: $19.95). Click HERE to order yours today! 

The complete listing of all of the techniques on the CD are on that page, too! Have a great weekend --

Scenic Stamping - Gingersnap Creations Challenge

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As you may know, the Technique Junkie Newsletter is the sponsor for the Gingersnap Creations Blog this month. Today's challenge was to make a card expressing Scenic Stamping. My interpretation of that is above. Of course, I had to morph my card -- I just thought it would look cool if I made it into a Aged Tile (April 2008 Technique Junkie Newsletter) card. Stamps: Cowboy: from the Embossing Arts line at  I Brake for Stamps, Sentiment,  Club Scrap.

Stop over the the Gingersnap Creations blog today to see what others have created!

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