Technique Junkie First Ever TREASURE HUNT

Welcome to the Technique Junkie Newsletter first ever TREASURE HUNT! This month we are treating you to some fun SNEAK PEEKS of the August Issue.

Wasn't Jane's project full of inspiration? If you didn't arrive here from the Technique Junkie blog, you don't want to miss what our whole DT has in store for you! The Treasure Hunt starts at the Technique Junkie Blog.

In the process of going from blog to blog you will want to collect small treasures along the way! At the end of the hunt, put your treasure collection together to see what it says and follow Pat’s directions to win this month FABULOUS prize ...

The grand prize is for one lucky winner to become a Technique Junkie for life!

The winner will receive any back issues or CD's that they do not already have -- PLUS they will receive all future CD's and issues as they are published for FREE!

WOW, that's one gigantic treasure! You know you can use a lifetime membership to this fabulous newsletter!

The CLUE here is ... "S".

This is one of the cards I did using a technique called AI Foil, a fun technique with fabulous result! I used the gorgeous Big Shot embossing folder from Stampin' Up! for this card. Other ingredients to whet your appetite are alcohol inks, aluminum foil and StazOn ink.

Now for your next CLUE, you must go to Shelly's blog. Not only will you find your next clue but you will also be treated to some fabulous art. Be there!

Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Ducky, You are the Best!

Don't know about you but I am so ready for spring! So, I made this simple little card to celebrate spring and beckon the warmer weather :) The card features this adorable image from I Brake for Stamps. The image was coloured in with my trusty Copic pens. Sentiment is from Stampin' Up!

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Ready for Summer? I am!

This card features the Rare Image Rubber Stamps - Garden plate. This plate is jam-packed with beautiful images. It has been so cold here and I found this great plate of stamps is just what I need to get me ready for Spring & to welcome the Summer months. Oh, how I wish I don't have to feel like roly-poly when I head out in the wind and snow.

The image was stamped with Memento - Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah paper and was coloured in with my trusty Copic pens. 'Happy' sentiment is from Stampin' Up!


Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Chili Pepper, Anyone?

A friend of mine loves chili peppers probably as much as I do. Her husband makes killer salsa. My mouth waters just typing it! She had a birthday. So I made this card for her. The pepper was dry-embossed using Sizzix embossing folder on 3 pieces of scrap card stock, red, green and white. Trimmed the red and green and pop-dotted them on the white for more dimension. Background and sentiment stamps are from Stampin' Up! Wish you had one great big red peppery kind of day, Margie! :)

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Very Merry

This is a very simple card using the negative of a snowflake die cut. Sentiment is from Stampin' Up!

Only 8 days 'til Christmas. I hope you all are getting a chance to relax and spend good quality time with your loved ones and not letting the busyness during this time of year get in the way of the true meaningful Christmas celebration! Embrace & enjoy your family! Thank you, all, for checking in today!



Never forget:

Jesus is the ONE and ONLY True Reason

for the Christmas Season!

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

The Reason for the Season!

Another simple tri-fold card. Main image is from Stampin' Up! Sentiment is Inkadinkado. Background is Autumn Leaves, I think.

Never forget,

Jesus is the ONE and ONLY True Reason

for the Christmas Season!

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Shy Bear & Christmas

Sorry about the post blooper yesterday. My son had a little health emergency (which I'll spare you the details) when I hit the 'Publish Post' button by mistake. I thought I would steal away while he took a little snooze. Ty is sick with stomach something or other again. Poor guy could't keep anything down all day yesterday with a low grade temperature. Sure hope he will be back to his normal self soon. I'd give anything to be sick for him every time I see him like this. My heart just aches. I guess it's part of mum's job descriptions.

Anyway, here's a card I was trying to post yesterday using an image from the Shy Bear series over at I Brake for Stamps. I didn't realised how big these stamps were until I got them in my hands. Although I think this particular image might be the smallest one. Boy, was I a happy camper :) I coloured in the image with Copic markers. Sentiment is from Stampin' Up!


Never forget:

Jesus is the ONE and ONLY True Reason
for the Christmas Season!

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

The Nativity

A simple tri-fold card featuring Stampin' Up! image. No Copic on this one :) Just stippled some ink on with a stippled brush. I think I will add a swipe or two of the gold shimmer across the image for a littlle interest.

Never forget,

Jesus is the ONE and ONLY True Reason

for the Christmas Season!

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

The Christ Child

The image is another one from Katie. OK, so she sent me a whole bunch. Ain't I the lucky one around here? LOL. You will be seeing more images from her.

This is a tiny little cute image, coloured with Copic. Circle and scalloped circle from Nesties dies. All paper and stock and ribbon are from Stampin' Up! And that's about all :)

Never forget,

Jesus is the ONE and ONLY True Reason

for the Christmas Season!

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

The Red Christmas Door

On to Christmas cards as promised *WINK*. Here's a card features the beautiful Christmas door by Artistic Outpost. Stamped with Memento ink and coloured in with, you guess it, Copics markers :) Snow highlight was done using Signo white gel pen. Background stamp is from Stampin' Up! called Sanded.

Never forget,

Jesus is the ONE and ONLY True Reason

for the Christmas Season!

Thanks for stopping by. Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

A CASE Study :)

I saw Catherine using the nesties dies to make one of her cards. I thought it was such a clever idea. I decide to do a little CASE-ing :) Only one little sentiment stamp from Stampin' Up! was used. The flower was from a Stampin' Up! punch as well. Simple but pretty, huh?

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Isn't a Big Thing?

Happy Monday! This is another simple card using Tim Holtz's brushless watercolour technique. Main image is Stampin' Up! Sentiment is by Penny Black. This technique is very simple and yet, very effective.

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Hummer Wishes

Another card featuring the use of Copic markers. The beautiful Hummer stamp is from smArtworks. Sentiment is from Stampin' Up! It's hard trying to catch the real colours of nature with my so limited supply of markers. But I am very please with how the hummingbird turn out. I did super-imposed the colour of the flowers to super bold pink for some unexplainable reason. I popped the hummingbird up for a little dimension.

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Life is Grand!

Another vaseline resist card. Stamps are Stampin' Up!

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Philippians 1:3

Someone asked after watching my Vaseline Resist video tutorial if I could show the finished card from that tutorial. And here it is :) Used SU's Top Note Die after I finished with the colouring. Main image is Stampin' Up! Sentiment is Biblical Impressions. Another simple one! Hope you like.

And yes, I thank my God every time I think of you who care and are kind enough to stop by and leave me kind words. Like I said yesterday, you mean loads and you keep me blogging :) Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Kind Thanks

Hope y'all miss me :) We have been super busy plus some sickness going around in this here family. Many, thought I have fallen off the face of the earth. Well, almost but not quite. Still here, alive and pretty well. Just finished a Burnin' Rubber event with a friend. Also made a ton of projects for more of her events in the near future. Hope to get photos of these cards & projects taken for you soon!

I was demoing the Vaseline Resist technique at the Burnin' Rubber event last weekend. This is one of the demo piece that I was able to finish up. Simple & clean! What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by. Your visits and kind comments do mean a great deal and they keep me going. Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Who's Afraid of Storms?

I sure hope my boys stay dry and warm last night camping. The house has been very quiet, a little too much for my liking but I sure welcome the "me" time. My evening alone turned out to be very productive stamping wise, NOT :-O I went for Thai food (yum!) and came home to mess around on the PC for a bit and went to bed bright & early, like 8 pm. Woke at around midnight and here I am still on the computer. Maybe I can motivate myself a little later to stamp something before the boys get back.

Here's a card I did a couple of days ago. I have been waiting for this particular sentiment stamp (Stampers Anonymous) for ages. And I want to showcase it as main image here. The beautiful ship is from Stampin' Up! I wanted to add a sailor knot as an embellishment but I didn't know how to make one. I went on line to look and still couldn't figure it out. So, I just left it as is. Hope you like!

Thank you for stopping by today! Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Autumn Leaves

Here's another card using brushless watercolour technique. All stamps are Stampin' Up! Enjoy!

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Daisies for a Friend

This card was inspired by this post on Carol's Creative Expressions. Although mine doesn't look half as good as the ones she made. But this is a fun effortless technique that gives you good stunning results. You can find the tutorial on this technique at Tim Holtz's site.


Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Cowboy Thank You

Hope you are not tired of this yet but I think this is the last vaseline resist I did. All stamps are Stampin' Up! I love this set. Wish I could use it more often. Enjoy!

Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!