Face on a Tag

I am  running a little late, but here is a tag I made for Tag Tuesday.  The theme for this past week was "faces"   The stamps are by Scrolls Work.  The TJ Technique I used is Out of the Box or in this case Off the Tag.

Shades of Blue

I made my first skinny for the Gingersnap Creations' Challenge Shades of Blue.  I started with a basic and easy TJ Technique- Bleach Swipes with Spray Webbing background..  There are a couple of unusual elements.  Many times you see a heart with wings.  This time I chose a foot and embossed in a a pale shade of blue.  On it I put a shinny plastic figure.  Near the fringe is a masked corner diecut.  The last element was a piece of gold fringe with tassels. I was going to Copic spray it blue, but I really didn't have a blue marker that was dark enough to show up.  In any case, it does contain a number of shades of blue.

New Background Design

I have a new background design.  My old background was no longer going to be available.  Therefore I came up with this one.  I hope everyone will find it appealing and able to read my posts easily.

Three Digital Ladies

Here is a card I made from a digital from Twisted Papers.  They really have a great selection.   I used Cuttlebug Highlight on the side and the flower is one-third of an artificial flower.  I think it works perfectly with the lace punch I just bought.

The second lady has a background of Antique Weathered Wallpaper. She is also from Twisted Papers. 

To the right is the third lady from Twisted Papers.  As you can see there is a variety to choose from.  I tried to make  each one to show a different personality.  I hope you will find that using digitals is as much fun as using regular        stamps.  This card has two different background tenchniques.     The bottom mat is Brown Bagging and the top mat is Bleach Swipes.   

Playing Dress-Up

I wanted to play the Gingersnap Creations Challenge Fairy, but guess what.  I had no fairy stamps.  Well I decided to let my Magnolia stamp play dress-up.  Therefore I put wings on little Magnolia.  They are a little on the large size, but when you are playing dress-up, it doesn't matter if the  outfit doesn't fit.  In any case, here is my entry in the challenge.  I hope you like and think it is a little on the creative side of little Magnolia.   The background of the card is a modern grid background.

Perfect Image

A digii is the perfect way to find an image that you need.  Sweet and  Sassy has numerous to choose from.  I picked this flower image for this card.  It is colored with Copics.  The mat is made with Chalk Lines.  It is hard to see from the scan as I am using pale pink chalk.  The greeting is by Stampin' Up.

Come back soon as I am working on a couple more.

Another Digital

Here is another digital card.  This one is from Sweet and Sassy.  They carry both clear stamps and digis.  This time I did not crop the digi.   The TJ technique that I used on the upper mat is Starch Smoosh on white glossy paper.  What a fun and easy technique!  She is colored with Copic markers  The card is accented with a paper flower.

Stamping on Transparencies

Here is one of the ATCs I made for Gingersnap Creationns  Challenge Transparencies.  It  uses alcohol ink on a transparency.  This is the first time I have tried this technique.  I really enjoyed this one.

Double Duty Wax Technique

Here is a card I made for the June Technique Junkies Just One swap. It features the Double Duty Wax technique.  This was a recent technique shown in the TJ Newsletter.  If  you are not a subscriber to Technique Junkies Newsletter, you are missing a wonderful opportunity to learn many new techniques

Let's Go Digital

The next couple of cards will contain digital pictures.  I hope you like them.  The first one is a digital from Sweet and Sassy.  Behind the girl colored with Copic markers is a frame using the Highlighted Cuttlebug technique.  The majority of the card is in layers using a border punch.  The greeting is from Rubber Stampede.

Faux Etched Copper

This is one of my favorite recently-learned techniques.  The technique is one of the featured techs in this month's Technique Junkies Newsletter.   If you haven't tried it, you must as it is easy and loads of fun.  I could spend all day working with my copper and each time the copper would look different.  I have uploaded one example here using Artistic Outpost stampsn on the faux etched copper background..

Here is a second card I made with the same technique.  I like not putting anything on the background.

Wings-A Challenge

I was anxious to see the Wing  Challenge come up on Gingersnap Creations.  When it was announced, I came up with all sorts of ideas, but somehow I ended up with this primitive bird.   It is made up of a number of  techniques.  The body is Starch Smoosh, the head Sprayed Dye,   the tail is Chalk Lines and the legs are Faux Designer Paper.  Of course, I had to add a wing.  I though a bright pink feather was perfect.  Now for the greeting--I couldn't resist.  I had to finish the card with a little humor.