Toodle Noodle Creative

Multi-Stamping!

Hey Crafty Peeps! I had some fun playing with a few of the newer Technique Junkies sets recently: Sudsy Stuff, Under The Sea and Life Is Beautiful. I also used a couple newer products: Nuvo Glitter Markers and Chameleon Colortone Pencils. With the help of my trusty MISTI, I ended up with a fun and shiny card!

I started out by securing my cardstock with magnets in my Misti. I stamped Sudsy Stuff in a light blue ink. I then aligned the Under The Sea stamp and stamped it in a light grey. Without moving the stamp or the cardstock, I colored in the turtle with a green glitter marker and stamped onto the CS. I followed that same procedure with different colors of glitter marker onto different sections.

After all the shiny part was stamped, I used the Chameleon pencils and colored in the different elements. I mounted the CS onto a black panel, and added that to a grey card base. The Life Is Beautiful sentiment was stamped onto a piece of grey CS and foam mounted to the card.

Using the MISTI for perfect alignment opens up a lot of opportunity for different techniques. I hope you are inspired to give it a try for yourself.

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Til next time,
Keepin' it inky!

Technique Junkies June Blog Hop

Happy June, Technique Junkies Fans!

It's officially June and you know what that means!!! A fun blog hop with Technique Junkies Design Team! If you have arrived from the super-creative Jeanne, you are on the right track. If not, you may want to start at the beginning so you don't miss a thing!

Remember, the new releases are only on sale until June 8th! Save 15% off the June releases (discount automatically applied at checkout). And if you see any other treasures you'd like to order, save 10% with this discount code:

Now with all that info out of the way, on to the projects!!!

First up is a beautiful background card using embossing powder. The image was stamped and embossed, a little distress ink was applied using a sponge dauber. Then a vellum panel was added which was also embossed. They were both layered onto an orange mat and mounted on a card base.

Stamps Used: Sudsy Stuff (S747), Wild Sea Air (SD698)

Next up is a CD Calendar page. The background was hand-colored using colored pencils. The calendar was computer-generated. The image and sentiment were stamped with Tuxedo Black ink (I used the Misti so I could restamp the image several times to get a clean impression). Not only does this stamp set include the images below, but also three more sentiments: "Live, Laugh, Golf"; "I found a wood that can lower your score. It's called a pencil."; and, "Born to Golf, Forced to Work".

Stamps Used: Let's Play A Round, Set of 5 (SS076)

Last up is a very sparkly card! This card was done with embossing and glitter on a card panel that was stamped and colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers, and a sentiment on vellum was added.

Stamps Used: Under the Sea (S751), Advice from a Sea Turtle (SD771b)

Technique Junkies is now also carrying Chameleon Color Tone Pencils!!! Chameleon Color Tone Pencils are specially designed double ended pencils you just flip to blend!

I'll be sharing a few projects later on using these fun pencils!

Now hop on over to the crafty Beth for the next jag of this hop! Hope you are finding lots of fun and inspiration!

Til next time,

Keepin' it inky!

Sand Dollars

I have a super simple card to share with you today using two stamps from Technique Junkies: Art of God and Sand Dollars.

I used a kraft A2 card base and added a panel stamped, embossed and highlighted with Wink of Stella. I then stamped and die cut the sentiment and added a few drops of Nuvo Crystal Drops for pearl accents.

Simple, yet elegant. If you are interested in these stamps (and many others) and products, you can save 10% using this code:

Til next time,
Keepin' it inky!

Poppies. Poooooooopppppiiiieeeeessss.

Welcome back, stamping friends!

Every time I hear the word poppies, I flash to Wizard of Oz and the witch with her crystal ball. You can hear it now, too, can't you! Well, with all the flowers starting to bloom, I was inspired to use the Large Poppies Stamp from Technique Junkies. Another TJ Stamp, Love and Laughter Floral, added the perfect sentiment.

To make this card, I cut a white panel of Neenah cardstock to 4"x5.25". I stamped and heat embossed the poppies using Versamark and black embossing powder. I grabbed my beautiful mica paints and added some shimmery, shiny color to the flowers and set it aside to dry. On a black piece of cardstock, I stamped and embossed the sentiment using Versamark and coral embossing powder. (Hint: this stamp is one large stamp with a floral and sentiment. I took my scalpel and separated the verse from the flower so I could use them independently of each other.) Using some foam adhesive, I mounted the black panel to the poppies background, and attached that to a black A2 card base.

IRL, the poppies are so shiny and gorgeous. I hope you are inspired to try playing with your stamps today. If you like the stamps I've used, they are available through Technique Junkies. And if you'd like to save 10%, I can help you out!

Happy shopping. Happy stamping.

Til next time,
Keepin' it crafty!

TJ MAY BLOG HOP

New Stamps for May!!

Welcome back, Technique Junkies! If you have arrived from the uber talented Jeanne, you are on the right track. If not, you may want to start at the beginning (see further down the post for the complete line-up) so you don't miss any of the wonderful projects the Design Team has to share!

ALL MAY STAMPS ARE ON SALE UNTIL MAY 8th! Receive 15% off any new release. No need to add any codes. Discount will automatically be applied at checkout!

I've got quite a few projects to share today. What can I say, I LOVE new stamps. I can never decide which ones to highlight, so I just highlight them all! They are so fun. So, here they are. I've listed the new stamps under each project. If there are previously released stamps used in the projects, they are listed in parentheses.

Bicycles - Set of 4, #SS068
(Greetings Set, #SS010)

Make Lemonade, #S743
Call the Girls, #SD778

Own Kind of Beautiful, SDX077

Hats Off, #SD792

And my very favorite:

Crazy Cat Border, #SD798
Cats and More Cats, #SDX095

If you would like to jump right to all the May stamps on the TJ website, just follow this link: techniquejunkies.com/may-2017-release/. Each DT member has posted projects using different stamps. I'm sure you will enjoy all the inspiration. Next on the hop is the talented Beth Norman.

Here's the hop, beginning to end!

And there is something else new at Technique Junkies! Chameleon Colortone Pencils!!! I can't wait to get my hands on these!!!

And remember, for this and any other product*, save 10% with this code:

Happy stamping and happy hopping!! (And happy shopping!)