Hooray, Hooray! It is JULY!!

Happy July first  everyone! The first of the month means new Technique Junkie stamps!  How exciting is that! And it is a wonderful collection of new Technique Junkie stamps.  I am looking forward to seeing what every Design Team member does with these stamps.  Of course I have seen some of the stamps  I know there are beautiful images, and some fun word stamps.
Of course the blog hop starts here http://techniquejunkies.blogspot.com/  .

Here is my first card with the new Technique Junkie stamps -

The background is done with the new TJ stamp called Dream Big (http://techniquejunkies.com/dream-big/) . I stamped it an angle and then again and again until the entire background was stamped. I used gray ink.  Colorations sprays were sprayed over the surface and the words are still visible beneath. Since the words of the stamp make me think of children, I wanted to use a stamp featuring children.  I chose the TJ release stamp called Besties (http://techniquejunkies.com/besties ) .  The little girls were colored with Copic markers.

My next card features  the new TJ  release Something Will Grow (http://techniquejunkies.com/something-will-grow/).

I wish you could the depth in the flower as it just doesn't show up in a scan.  I used four different colors of markers on the flower.  I started with a dark yellow and colored the entire flower.  Then I used a rust color in just some areas, and then a dark pink in some areas, and finally a dark brown marker in the center. A green marker colored he stem, a black marker on the words. . Then I chose this fun dotted background paper and added lots of layers.   The background papers was in a paper stack andis not a pattern I would usually use but it just goes with this stamp, don't you think?

My next card uses the new TJ stamp called Shine like Sunbeams (http://techniquejunkies.com/shine-like-sunbeams/) and the new background stamp called Swaths of Texture: http://techniquejunkies.com/swaths-of-texture/. 

I water colored the green grass and blue sky with Peerless watercolors - http://techniquejunkies.com/peerless-watercolors-bonus-pak/ . The Sunbeam stamp was sponged with two different colors of yellow Distress ink.

Your next stop on the Blog Hop is with Tonya Davidson: http://stampintonya.blogspot.com. I am sure she will have something delightful to share with us today! 

Here is the entire line-up for the Blog Hop. Have a great time hopping from one blog to another!

Design Team Blog: http://techniquejunkies.blogspot.com
Karen McAlpine: www.dreamingncreating.blogspot.com
Kathy Stacy: https://craftynurse4u.wordpress.com
Lanette Erickson: http://stacksofscraps.blogspot.com/
Beth Norman: http://www.sunflowers-dragonflies.ca
Pam DeChellis: http://journeyawakensthesoul.blogspot.com/
Judy Jackson: http://judysstampart.blogspot.com
Tonya Davidson: http://stampintonya.blogspot.com
Pat Huntoon: http://patstamps.blogspot.com
Robin Redd: http://robinredd.typepad.com/reddrobinstudios/
Marilyn Hughes:  http://dollsetc.blogspot.com/2016/07/july-new-releases-technique-junkies.html
And as always these new release stamps for July will be on sale for 15% off through July 8, 2016! So go shopping!

Have a wonderful hopping day!