Trust Your Journey!

Greetings Inky Friends!

Here's the last card in my own little personal series of using

the Layered Swirls background stamp!

I created the background using the Polished Stone technique

with alcohol inks and blending solution and inked the back ground stamp

with Black Archival ink and stamped on top.

The polished stone piece that Trust Your Journey is stamped on was a 2nd or 3rd generation of the original inking of the background piece! 

I added some Rhinestones to selected area of the Background and called it complete!

I love the jewel-tones colors in this card!

Thanks for stopping by and...

Until next time...

Happy Creating!

~Tonya xoxoxo 

Coffee and Friends

Greetings Inky Friends!

Today's post brings you more yumminess from the November New Release!

Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to grab these at 15% OFF too!! SO go shop NOW

(well after you look at my card!) haha!

I used the Layered Swirls background and the  Coffee with Friends stamps on this card.

For the background I used the Tim Holtz Polished Stone technique with alcohol inks

and blending solution and then inked the Swirled background with some

Archival Ink and stamped onto the background.

I stamped the Coffee image and fussy cut a border and popped it off the Gold Thread.

Make sure to visit again on November 21st for my last card using this background

(or check the Blog Hop from Nov. 1st to see 3 other cards using this background!)

Until next time...
Happy Creating!

~Tonya xoxox

May's New Releases!!

Greetings Inky Friends!!

It's that time of month already with a GREAT NEW RELEASE from Technique Junkies!

And that means a BLOG HOP showing off the New Releases AND if
 you order ANY of the May New Releases by May 8th, you receive 15% OFF!!!

If you are already hopping along, then you just came from the incredible Judy Jackson' Blog!

And now for my shares....

For the first card I used the new Face The Sunshine Stamp and
also Batik Star Flowers for the background!  I first made a "stamp pad" with a baby wipe and filled in blocks of color using alcohol re-inkers. I then pressed an acrylic block onto the 'pad' and stamping onto Glossy Cardstock. I was attempting the Smooshed Ink Blocks Tutorial from the Feb/March 2014 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. It wasn't quite working out the way I had hoped so I dropped some alcholol blending solutions onto the paper to move the ink around a bit and then once I stamped the Batik background in Archival Sienna, I really liked it!

For the actual sunflower image I simply colored directly onto the stamp with
water-based markers, huffed on the image and stamped!
I inked up the sentiment with Sienna and colored in the wording a bit with yellow, layered
& trimmed the images onto brown card stock and popped them up with foam dots!

For my second card I used the Gelato Drips Tutorial from the December 2014 edition of the Technique Junkie Newsletter and the New Release Measure Herself Stamp.

I began by gesso-ing a pice of watercolor paper and allowing it to dry completely. 
I then scribbled heavy blocks of Gelatos across the top and while holding the paper upright,
I sprayed causing the Gelato drip.

 I repeated the process a 2nd time.....

And then a third until I was happy with the results!
By using gesso first, this allowed for the several applications without ruining
and over saturating the card stock!

I stamped my girl using Memento black ink, and then colored her in by scribbling Gelato on
my craft mat and using a water brush to pick up the colors.

I love her hippie-boho-chic look and thought the rainbow drip background really complimented that!

Hope these projects helped inspire you and
you take advantage of the BIG 15% OFF SALE until May 8th!  

Now it's time for you to HOP ON OVER to our fearless leader and
owner of Technique Junkie Stamps, Pat Huntoon!

Until next time....

Happy Creating!

~Tonya :) oxoxo 

Greetings my Inky Friends!

Today is my turn to share on the Design Team Blog
and I'm here to show you a couple more of the January Releases!

Remember the TJ January New Releases are 15% OFF if you order by January 8th!!

I'm going to start with this fun little puppy called Perfect Companions.

It's hard to see the shimmer in the background but I used Perfect Pearls and clear embossing powder in a technique from the Emboss or Die CD! So many fun step-by-step tutorials if you like to heat/dry emboss, use a die cutting machine and so much more!

Next up is this sassy little card to send to your main squeeze!

The SENTIMENT cracked me up and well, I can kinda relate! ;)  I was so happy to have already owned the Fan Girl stamp and thought she fit perfectly with the saying!

For this background, I used alcohol inks and a stencil from the Sensational Stencils CD and then I also ran it through the Big Shot with an embossing folder.

I will be sharing again over there on the 18th, but make sure and bookmark that BLOG
 to see the others inspiring ideas with the new releases!!   {{{Inky Hugs}}} ~Tonya :D