Today marks the first day of March and a set of new stamp releases from Technique Junkies! The Technique Junkies Design Team has put together a blog hop showcasing all of the new designs for March. You should have started from the beginning of the hop: which is at http://techniquejunkies.blogspot.com. The blog before mine is, Karen McAlpine at http://dreamingncreating.blogspot.com. Make sure to check out her work!
Make sure and take a look at the new releases, the artful inspiration and enjoy 15% off the March releases from now through March 8th.
Here are the stamps I am featuring from my Palettini line of new releases this month!
P035 Vintage Butterfly Collection
And here are some projects that I made using these stamps.
I stamped the image with a variety of colors of ink onto a cream cardstock and colored it with Copic markers. I love little ‘petal’ or teardrop sized inkpads when you want to pick out different areas with color. I used a punch around the edges and followed up with edge inking in Clearsnap’s Creamy Brown pigment ink. The brown ink for the image and sentiment was stamped in Potter’s Clay by Memento.
P035 Vintage Butterfly Collection
I stamped the image on kraft paper and then onto a tag to get a contrast between the two. I considered aligning them (but too lazy, lol!). I love the detail in this stamp. You can create your own backgrounds and collage papers with it. It’s marvelous just as one color. So easy to use! Also, I’m highlighting the PS005 Sentimental Sayings stamp set. It is designed so you can use a stamp as one piece, or split each saying into two parts as I did on this card. You could use the two parts on the card front, or one on the outside and one on the inside of the card. I love this set. It is very versatile.
I stamped the image in Versamark ink and ‘chalk popped’ the images by applying chalk, buffing over the Versamark watermark ink to grab the colors. I didn’t want to hide all the beautiful butterflies so I stamped the sentiment on vellum paper and clear embossed the Memento Pear Tart ink.
I really had way too much fun with this stamp. I inked it up with multiple colors of Memento inks in purple, olive and black to start. Then I colored the images with Copic markers. I made a mask of the foreground parts of the image and sprayed over the top with Art Anthology Colorations in Timeless to get the ‘glow’ of the buttercup yellow background. But I wanted it to pop some more, so I applied some Art Anthology Minx in blue and green to the edges as well. Finally, I restamped the edges of the collage image with embossing ink and set it with gold powder to sit on top on the Minx.
And now for a completely different application of this stamp.
I stamped P010 Travel Documents in Memento Luxe Toffee Crunch and heat set it to get it super dry. Then I stamped P036 Vintage Flower Collage with embossing ink and white embossing powder. Once melted with the heat tool, it creates great ‘wells’ for doing a little watercoloring. I used Tombow Markers and a waterbrush to color in all the details, and then did a wash with a blue marker for the background. Isn’t it pretty? I think this is quickly becoming my new favorite stamp to color! I finished off the card with a sentiment from SS012 That’s What She Said.
I like having a few stamps in my line that can have a masculine appeal. I feel like this one can be easily used that way. First I stamped the image in black ink onto a white panel. Then I stamped P010 Travel Documents in brown ink for a backdrop. I will never tire of that stamp! I added some copic color to the bicycle and to the stamp portion of the collage, deepening the shadow line and making the sentiment pop a bit more against the background.
This stamp would work so well for travel, for graduation or new college students – or just vintage fun.
I hope you enjoyed these stamples using the newest releases from Technique Junkies!
The blog hop roll is below. If you haven’t done so, I encourage you to start at the beginning. Next up is Marilyn Hughes at http://DollsEtc.blogspot.com. Enjoy!
Design Team Blog http://techniquejunkies.blogspot.com
Lanette Erickson http://stacksofscraps.blogspot.com
Judy Jackson http://judysstampart.blogspot.com
Karen McAlpine http://dreamingncreating.blogspot.com
Sally Lynn MacDonald http://www.sallylynnmacdonald.com
Marilyn Hughes http://DollsEtc.blogspot.com
Kathy Stacy http://craftynurse4u.wordpress.com
Jane Bosi http://janembosi.blogspot.com
Tonya Davidson http://stampintonya.blogspot.com
Robin Redd: http://robinredd.typepad.com/reddrobinstudios/
Beth Norman http://sunflowers-dragonflies.ca/blog
Pat Huntoon http://patstamps.blogspot.com
What are your favorite stamps from this release so far?
Lovely projects!! Love the coloring on the flower cards.
You’ve been a busy girl!! Such a fabulous release for Palettini this month! I absolutely think it’s by far my favorite. Love them all and what you’ve done to highlight your designs. My favorite is the 2nd card you created with the Vintage Floral Collage. I am going to bring that home with me very soon so I can try it. Great Work Sally.
That’s my favorite too! And of course the last one I made for the hop. LOL. I’m so glad you like it. I cannot wait to see what you do with it!
I agree with Kathy, a fabulous release for Palettini this month. Your cards are all so lovely. I like how you added the pretty Easter-like colours with chalk, and I like how you embossed your floral in white then used your Tombows. You are very talented.
You are truly an inspiration!!! Beautiful work!!
You are one Busy Lady!! Stunning work as always! I love your collection and what you did with them thank you so much for your creations and inspiration!
Love the new images! Can’t wait to do more with them!
I absolutely love what you have done w the cards on this post!
Tons of inspiration coming my way! Thank you!
All your samples are gorgeous! I like the floral collage cards but I really like the yellow one above them, using the As Though I Had Wings sentiment. Love how you made that vintage music flower, too. xoxo
Love your samples.