Check The Technic

Have you ordered yours yet? The Technique Junkie Newsletter CD8 will be here in a few short weeks and you will want to be sure to order your copy! Renewal and the CD is $29.95 for subscribers (US). The CD is $14,95 for subscribers if purchased separately, or 19.95 for non-subscribers (US addresses). Make sure to email me today for an invoice from PayPal (or send a check to my PO Box) -- that special deal will not last forever!

Remember that the CD contains 100 step-by-step techniques -- with pictures for each step AND all of the design team artwork. The CD covers the issues from 10-09 to 8-10, PLUS has 10 bonus techniques. All of the tutorials are in pdf format and print perfectly onto 8-1/2" x 11" paper. 

Below is a preview of a technique from one of the 10 bonus tutorials on the CD. See those pretty purple flowers? They are custom-made to match my card using the Faux Felt Technique. You will just not believe what they are made out of!  

 Order your CD (and renew) today -- what are you waiting for?

Stamps: Inkadinkado, Stampin' Up! (c) 2010

If you subscribe to the Technique Junkie Newsletter, you know just how easy the Worn Wallpaper Technique (from the August 2010 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter) is. The card above uses it with I Brake for Stamp Olden Days images from the Time to Stamp Line (the full sheet is HERE. It is an easy technique -- as long as you have the right background stamp.

So today, through the generosity of I Brake for Stamps, today we are giving away that background stamp -- along with EIGHT other backgrounds! This is the 8 x 10 sheet of stamps being given away today:

Go take a look at what I Brake for Stamps  has to offer. New stamp sheets were just added, too. There is an amazing variety of gorgeous stamps on the IB4S website. While shopping, Technique Junkies can use the code TJ10 for 10% off their orders, too.

I Brake for Stamps has been a loyal advertiser to the Newsletter since I started accepting advertisers in October 2008. In fact, IB4S has never missed advertising in any issue! I am so grateful for her support. Please show Della how much we TJers appreciate her!

To enter this giveaway, leave your comment on this post along with your email address so that I can contact you if you win. You may want to leave it in this format: p huntoon at optonline dot net. My handy number generator will select one lucky winner on Monday, August 16th at 9 am.Good Luck!

The winner of this giveaway is Ellen Crawley! Congratulations, Ellen!

Today is Friday -- Blogger's Challenge day! Our challenge today was to create a birthday card.

My card uses the Splash 'n Stick Technique from the August 2010 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter for the butterfly and dragonfly. the background is a piece of  Faux Metal from the June 2010  issue of the Newsletter. When I was creating this, the thought that the swirls from the background looked like the path of a butterfly in flight kept going through my mind. Does it look that way to you?

If you would like to see what the other Blogger's Challenge players created today, simply click on the Blogger's Challenge banner on my sidebar -- this is one fabulous group of creative ladies! 

Have a nice weekend,

Today's Try that Technique is the Gated Tag Card from the February 2008 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter.  What you see above is the INSIDE of the card -- with the tags.

One of the things I love about this technique is that there are lots of parts to stamp -- the more the merrier! Here is the outside of the card:

My Gated Tag Card uses the Arts and Crafts kit from Club Scrap. I love the stamps and paper from this kit. So elegant and beautiful! I chose to stamp my tags and the outside of the card with colors from the designer paper; I used markers to color the separate areas of the stamps. On the inside of the tag packet, I used the stencil from the kit and sprayed Glimmer Mist over it to get the gorgeous designs onto the olive card stock.  Do you ever fall in love a little bit when you create? I fell in love with this card...just a little bit. 

Make sure to check out Beth's card, too, on the TJ Design Team Blog. That girl can STAMP!

I am thrilled to bring you our newest Technique Junkie Advertiser and Giveaway Sponsor today : Creative Cuts and More.  Today's giveaway features one of the many beautiful Die Cut items that you can order from CCM...The Tiffany Purse. I decorated my purse with the Glimmer Lace Technique from the August 2010 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. I love this little purse -- no tape to assemble -- and it will be sent to the winner of today's giveaway:  the winner of a $25.00 Gift certificate from Creative Cuts and More!

One lucky winner will receive a $25.00 shopping spree from Creative Cuts and More!! Twenty-Five dollars goes a long way here. Why don't you go take a look yourself? Don't forget that Technique Junkie members receive a 10% discount, too -- just use the code tj10%0810 through the end of this month!

Creative Cuts and more is having a Blog Hop Today, too! The Blog Hop is full of baby and bridal shower ideas. CCM has several designers who have created amazing projects with their die cuts. Plus, CCM is ALSO hosting a give-away. Just hop on over to check out the eye candy and have a chance to win one of the Cake Slice Box Set � Two Tier.  Check out the hop at www.diecutdiva.com.

Okay, before you go CCM die cut diva hopping, make sure to sign up for this giveaway! Simply leave your email address with your comment below by Sunday, August  15th at 9am, and my random number generator will select one winner. (entries without email addresses IN THE COMMENT will not be eligible. I delete these from the net after the entries are gathered and will not use your email address for any other purpose other than notifying you if you win the giveaway). You do not need to be a Technique Junkie Subscriber to win! Good Luck~

The winner of this giveaway is Cyndi Brogan! Congratulations, Cyndi!

I was stamping with my friend Jinny (who, I think, has more stuff than me, if that is possible!) and decided to try out her Kitchen Sink Stamps. I shouldn't have picked them up, though -- I went home and placed an order for them. I love the color coded indexes for layering the stamps -- easy peasy!

In any case, a background with the Acrylic Emboss Technique from the August 2010 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. I love how this background turned out with the wood -- the hardest part of this technique was waiting for the paint to dry!

I hope you enjoy your day!