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Blogger's Challenge and Technique Blitz

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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, and well-being of our country.

This led me to think about the American Workforce...and where most Americans are from. Thus the creation of my Red, White and Blue Ellis Island card.

The Ellis Island Stamp (The Stampsmith) was stamped in blue ink and colored with chalks. That is layered on a black piece of Pearly Gel, one of the Bonus Techniques from the upcoming Technique Junkie Newsletter. This piece is layered over a stamped star Background (Stampin' Up! Jumbo Wheel). I added some crystal stars and the "Welcome Home" words (Club Scrap) to finish the card off.


I hope you enjoy the labor day weekend and holiday.


Technique Blitz: Faux Dichroic

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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 than to make the pendant.

The CD has over 80 techniques on it -- each in step-by-step format with pictures for each step. The tutorials are formatted to print easily on 8-1/2" x 11" paper and are in .pdf format. CDs are $14.95 for subsccribers or $19.95 for non-subscribers. You can receive the CD and one year of the newsletters for only $29.95!

Email me to reserve a copy today!

Wonderful Wednesday Giveaway: Our Daily Bread Designs

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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 Junkie Newsletter. The background of this card uses the Watercolor Roll Technique from the June 2006 issue of the newsletter. This is the stamps set for today's giveaway:

All Our Daily Bread Designs stamps come to you in a box. They are not mounted on Wood -- but they are beautifully cut and are pre-mounted on cling mount. Just stick them on an acrylic block and stamp away!

Okay, so how do you enter this giveaway?
ANYONE can enter this give away.One entry per person, per give away, please. To enter the give away for today, simply leave a comment on this blog entry telling me that you would like to enter by 11:59pm EST on Sunday, August 31st. No other entry methods will be included in the give away. If you email me to enter, your entry will NOT be considered a valid entry. When you leave the comment, make sure to put your NAME in the comment -- if you enter your comment as "Anonymous", I cannot give you the prize! Blogger does NOT record your email address for me, so you will need to check back to find out if you have won or include your email address in your comment so that I can notify you. A good way to do this is like so: phuntoon at optonline dot net -- it will help protect your privacy! I will have a random number generator pick one number from the comments to select one winner. Each give-away is separate, so to be eligible for a specific item you must enter that day's contest on the post where it is listed. Enter today -- good luck! I have blog give aways every Wednesday -- come play!

Congralations to Karen Maxwell, the winner of this giveaway!

Technique Blitz: Glowing Images and Pearlized Gesso

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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 the August 2008 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. I stenciled a little red ink over the gessoed pearls just to make them a little more "flourishy."

It's a little hard to see, but the eyes and teeth were colored with a glittery marker -- and the red stars along the sides are crystal. For some reason I just couldn't get all the shimmer, shine and glimmer to show in any of my pictures.

My 15-y/o son told me that this card is HOT... When you are making teen cards, there is no better compliment!

Technique Blitz; Bandanna

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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 Creations.

Technique Blitz: Happy Birthday to Ian...

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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 happy birthday to you, my 6'4" 15 year old gorgeous baby boy.

All stamps: Stampin' Up!




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