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TMT: Serotonin Stamping
Happy first Tuesday of April, everyone! It's Joni here, hoping that you all are embracing the new month and the new season with open arms. We're still getting wonky weather, but at least the birds chirping and bees buzzing are enough to set the Spring mood for me.
So much, in fact, that today's Tip Me Tuesday is what I nicknamed Serotonin
Tip Me Tuesday: Stamped Patterned Backgrounds
Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope your weekend went well, and that you are off to a great start on this last day of February. I can't believe we're going into a new month tomorrow, but I am also so giddy that we're transitioning into a warmer season!
For today's TMT I wanted to share some of our cards that we created, using one of the stamps to create patterned backgrounds. It's such a fun and easy way to
For today's TMT I wanted to share some of our cards that we created, using one of the stamps to create patterned backgrounds. It's such a fun and easy way to
Tip Me Tuesday: Pair up your images!
Happy Tuesday, friends! I hope your February is off to an amazing start. It's Joni here with a TMT post about how I use my TGF stamps to capture special moments throughout the year. For today's post I used an image from the Anya Combo Kit and the bunny from Happy Days to celebrate Seollal:
Tip Me Tuesday: Anya on Halloween
Happy day everyone! We're slowly creeping up to the big candy day at the end of the month, and I wanted to color up a non-traditional image for a Halloween card. For this month's Tip Me Tuesday, I used the sweet Anya In France and paired her up with a fun palette:
Tip Me Tuesday: Violet Hair
Happy beautiful Tuesday everyone! It's Joni here, hoping that everyone is doing well. I know that the change of seasons always takes a bit of adjusting to, especially when there's a bit of moody weather added to the mix.
Hopefully this little cutie from the Hocus Pocus set is enough to cast a happy spell over you!
Hopefully this little cutie from the Hocus Pocus set is enough to cast a happy spell over you!
Tip Me Tuesday: Designing with Larisa
Happy Tuesday everyone! It's time for TMT - a fun little feature where I find inspiration anywhere and everywhere, especially when it comes from one of TGF's designers! I asked the amazing Larisa Hohman if she would share her secret to making the Farm images have such a sweet porcelain look. She was so kind to do a quick tutorial on her style, which she makes look absolutely effortless.
Tip Me Tuesday: Suspend An Image
Happy Tuesday, everyone! It's time for Tip Me Tuesday, a fun little feature where I offer up some creative ideas using favorite images from the Farm. I love combining sets and wanted to try my hand at a CAS (clean and simple) design. Today's card is brought to you by last month's sweet stamp set Anya In Japan, and the sentiment from Deepest Sympathy:
Tip Me Tuesday: Silhouette Technique
Hello everyone and welcome to Tip Me Tuesday! I hope you all enjoyed the recap of June's new sets with the Stamp Features. There are so many fun images this month (isn't there always though?) that my mind kept spinning on fun techniques to try out. Today's TMT not only took me out of my comfort zone, but had me second guessing my intentions until actually posting this.
If you follow Sandy Allnock on Instagram, then you may have seen her latest cards made with silhouettes. Of course she makes it look soooo easy, but more importantly she gave me the courage to try it myself. I thought what better stamps to use than Hello Bestie:
With a little help from my 15 year old, I recreated a night scene from Animal Crossing. First I started off with just a textured piece of blue card stock, then I stamped in the characters, shrubs, and trees (from TGF's Main Street set). With just a Copic 100, I colored everything in; it took three attempts to get them completely shaded, then built the scene around it.
My moon was a die cut circle since the card stock was too dark for my white pen. Once I was happy with the layering, I added little highlights and shading to give the card more depth. There's a bit more shimmer to the moon and the sky from my Spectrum Noir sparkle pens that the photo didn't capture well.
Finally, I added a die cut sentiment that actually pops out a bit more from the landscape than it shows.I cannot explain how skeptical I was trying this technique but I guess you can kind of teach an old dog new tricks! teehee! I hope you try this TMT, I would really love to see it.
Thank you for stopping by today, have a wonderful day, friends!
xoxoxox
Joni
My moon was a die cut circle since the card stock was too dark for my white pen. Once I was happy with the layering, I added little highlights and shading to give the card more depth. There's a bit more shimmer to the moon and the sky from my Spectrum Noir sparkle pens that the photo didn't capture well.
Finally, I added a die cut sentiment that actually pops out a bit more from the landscape than it shows.I cannot explain how skeptical I was trying this technique but I guess you can kind of teach an old dog new tricks! teehee! I hope you try this TMT, I would really love to see it.
Thank you for stopping by today, have a wonderful day, friends!
xoxoxox
Joni
Tip Me Tuesday: Search the Web!
Happy Tuesday friends! I hope your week is off to a great start. For those who kicked off summer already, here's to a fun season full of happy memories. I know I'm excited to spend more time in my craft room, but with the end of the year I have zero creativity left in me. Today's TMT is to search the web for ideas! I know so many of you find inspiration in fellow crafters, but every now and then a simple
TMT: It's the little things
Happy day, friends! We are in a fun week of Stamp Features but today we're taking a quick pause for Tip Me Tuesday. It's Joni here with a reminder to appreciate the little things...especially the ones in TGF stamp sets. I love how Marie creates fun little accessories in her sets, which opens up a whole world of possibilities. For starters I used the little bunny, mouse, and flowers from the Mini-Remix Wild
