Cat Tales and Paper Trails: More Holidays with Technique Junkies September Stamps

Hey there! Today I am sharing a few more of my cards created with the September Release Technique Junkies stamps. September brought lots of amazing new holiday images and sentiments to the TJ lineup. I hope you've had a chance to shop them! If not, here's a quick link to the September lineup: CLICK HERE

This first card uses Ranger glossy paper and foam ink sponges to ink in the background for Santa in Moonlight.

Santa in Moonlight, Good Night

I uses a circle punch to create a mask from an A2 sized piece of card stock. I saved both the positive and negative pieces to use to create my background. First, I used the negative piece. I used Gina K inks, (Lemon Drop and Moonlit Fog and inked up the circle for the moon. Then I used a small makeup brush and lightly brushed in Gina K white pigment ink, to soften the ink colors. I removed the mask and brushed a little white pigment ink around the edge of the moon to create a soft hazy glow. Next I used the positive of that circle die. I used a bit of temporary adhesive to hold the die cut in place, protecting the moon.

I used foam blenders and pulled in my ink colors, Blue Denim. In the Navy and Black Onyx. I worked from the edges, pulling the ink across the glossy paper toward the moon. The area where the hazy white pigment ink is, turns a thin ethereal blue. I let my card panel dry overnight, to ensure my pigment ink was fully dry and set.

The following day, I added my Santa with Versamark ink and black embossing powder. I also added the sentiment strip with the Good Night greeting, and added tiny dots of Copic Opaque White for a few stars in my sky. I let the panel dry, then trimmed it and adhered it to a pale yellow card base.

Holly Bird, Gifts of Christmas

This card uses the elegant sentiment from Gifts of Christmas and the Holly Bird image. Both are stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on a 4 3/4 x 6 3/4" piece of Hammermill 80# Digital Color Cover paper. I colored the image with Copic markers and added it to a bright red card base for a simple holiday card.

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