Technique Tuesday New Release Countdown: Day 2

Hi, friends!

Just one more sleep until the new release from Technique Tuesday is live! 

Are you ready to see more of the new stamps and dies? In addition to product reveals, we've got our design team here today to share some cool projects they've been making with the new goods. 

Sunny Flowers Stamp Set

Like flower stamps? This 3x4 stamp set features a vase of flowers, a lady bug and two sentiments perfect for making lots of cards. These images are coloring-friendly and work well with markers, pencils and, even, watercolors! Greenhouse Society member? This is your stamp set for August. Not a member but want the stamps? You're in luck! They will be available for purchase on the 1st. If you like to die-cut, be sure to check out the matching dies too!

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Waves on the Border Crafting Die

There's another new border die coming to Technique Tuesday. The Waves on the Border die is perfect for adding a wave along the side of a standard A2 card. You can even use this design to make an ocean scene with blue cardstock.

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Olive the Octopus Stamp Set

There's a new critter swimming into the Animal House collection this month. Meet Olive the Octopus. Olive and her friends come as a 4x6 stamp set. There are matching dies available too! Do you belong to the Animal House auto-ship program? This is your stamp set for August. Not a member but want Olive in your life? We've got you covered. She will be available for individual purchase! 

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Now that you've seen the goods, let's see what you can make with them. 

Please visit the blogs of our talented design team members:

Amy Kolling

Dana Joy

Jill Dewey Hawkins

Daniela Dobson

Latisha Yoast

Heather Hoffman

Emily Leiphart

Teri Anderson

Be sure to stop by our blog again tomorrow as our team will be here one more time for Release Day! And don't forget: You'll find all the new products here on our website on Wednesday!

August New Release Countdown: Day 1

Hi, everyone!

We are so excited to have you here today as we move toward the August 1st release of new stamps and dies at Technique Tuesday. 

You're going to get your first official look today at our new paper crafting products! Plus we have the design team here to share with you some fabulous projects they've created with the new goods. Get ready to be inspired!

First, let's see some of those products.

My Trip Stamp Set

This 4x6 stamp set features a host of phrases and icons perfect for documenting all your adventures, whether they be on the road or close to home. 

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Travel Buddy Stamp Set

Documenting an adventure? This 4x6 stamp set is perfect for that! All of the phrases in this set are perfect for telling the story of your journey.

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Captions and Labels Crafting Dies

This set of label dies works with the Travel Buddy and My Trip stamp sets. Some of these shapes also work well without stamps!

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Sassy Vacation Memories Stamp Set

Our Sassy Sentiments collection of stamps is growing this month with the addition of this 3x4 stamp set. Use this stamp set to help document your travels. Planning a trip? Use it to stamp phrases and travel icons on your planner pages. 

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Cars on the Road Border Crafting Dies

Like to die-cut? There's a new addition to the our popular collection of Border dies. Meet the Cars on the Road Border crafting dies. Cut a road and cars with this die. By the way, this die is sized to work on a standard A2 card.

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Adventure Awaits Stamp Set

This 4x6 stamp set features images iconic to a travel theme! Whether you are working on scrapbook pages about family history or making cards for your favorite folks, you are going to find a place to use these stamps! 

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Travel Icons Crafting Dies

This set of dies feature six dies with a travel theme. The signpost is approximately 1" tall. Fresh Cut Studio member? These are your auto-ship dies for August. Not a member but got to have them? We've got you covered. They will be available for individual purchase on the 1st. 

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Want to see what you can do with these products?

Please stop by the blogs of our talented design team members:

Amy Kolling

Dana Joy

Jill Dewey Hawkins

Daniela Dobson

Kymona Tracey

Latisha Yoast

Heather Hoffman

Emily Leiphart

Teri Anderson

Be sure to stop by our blog again tomorrow to see reveals of the new products. And you'll find all the new products here on our website on August 1st. 

August New Release Sneak Peek #3

Hi, friends! 

Happy Sunday! We are back with a couple more sneak peeks at the August 1st release of stamps and crafting dies from Technique Tuesday.

We've got some fun new dies for you! You are going to love documenting all your adventures with our new set of icon dies. Plus there's another cool set of label dies (and a border die) coming out.
Like sassy phrases? The Sassy Sentiments collection of stamps will grow in August with a vacation-themed set. The stamp set features a host of travel-related phrases and some cute, whimsical hand-drawn images! 

Please stop by our blog again tomorrow as we inch closer to the new release! Our Design Team will join us in sharing projects with you as we start showing full reveals of our new products. And be sure to check out our website on August 1st. You'll find all the new products here. 

Ps. Today is the very last day to comment on our Scrapbooking Stamps Giveaway! Be sure to comment on that post for a chance to win your very favorite Technique Tuesday stamp set! 

August New Release Sneak Peek #2

Hello again!

We're one day closer to new stamps and crafting dies at Technique Tuesday. We have a few more sneak peeks for you at the August release!

Today's peeks feature some pretty flowers and one really cute critter. Let's get started! 

Are you a fan of pretty stamps? This flowers from the stamp set featured in this sneak peek are pretty and cute. You're going to love all the possibilities for coloring them in with markers, pencils and watercolors.

By the way, if you like to use matching dies with stamped images, there will be dies that work with this stamp set. They, like the stamp set, will be available for purchase on the 1st.
There's another fun critter swimming her way into the Technique Tuesday line-up in August. I like to think this underwater critter is the best of friends with Simon and Sandy Seahorse, our Animal House critters from July.

We'll be back with a few more sneak peeks at the August release tomorrow. And we will begin full reveals of our products on Monday with our design team, who will be joining us to share some projects they've been making with the new goods! Once again, all of our new products will be available on August 1st on the New Products page on the Technique Tuesday website. 

August New Release Sneak Peek #1

Hi, friends!

Summer is going so fast around here. It seems like just yesterday the kids were still in school, counting down to Summer vacation.

Now, we're nearly a month and a half into our Summer adventures. There's been fishing, swimming in the river, watching movies in the park and tons of exploring. And we still have a month to go! Hooray!

The August release from Technique Tuesday is jam-packed with stamps and crafting dies that are perfect for documenting all of your adventures, whether they are happening now or happened years ago. Plus you will find lots of fun and fresh images and icons that are great for making cards with. 

So how about a few sneak peeks at the new goods? I'm happy to give them to you.

Like to die-cut? There's a new border die that is sure to "zoom" all the way to your heart. This die is sized to make a standard A2 card, but you could also use it to make all kinds of wonderful accents for your scrapbook pages, planners and other handmade projects! 
Like stamps that are on the classy side? You are going to love the stamp set featured in this sneak peek! With images and sentiments, you can make all kinds of cards and scrapbook pages with it. It's also a fun one to use to decorate journals with too! 

Be sure to stop by our blog again on Saturday for another peek at the August release. Our design team will join us on Monday when they start sharing some fantastic projects they've created with the new goods! And don't forget: All our new products will be available on August 1st on the New Products page on the Technique Tuesday website. 

Ps. Want to win some scrapbooking stamps? Don't forget to check out our giveaway post! You have until Sunday, July 29th, to comment on that post for a chance to win. 

Learn How to Paint Stamped Images with Distress Inks

Hi, friends!

Like to add color to your stamped images? We've got something for you today! 

Julie has put together another coloring technique video. In this video, she will show you how to paint with Distress Inks. This technique is so much fun. All you need is a few Distress Ink pads, a stamping block, a water pen and an image stamped with waterproof ink.

Julie uses the Happy Hydrangea stamp set and dies in the video, but this technique works wonderfully with many of the flower stamps in the Greenhouse Society collection. Not a fan of flowers? You could even use this technique to color in the many critters from the Animal House collection of stamps and dies. 

See the Video

We hope you are inspired by Julie's video to give her technique a try and to make a card (or scrapbook page). If you do, please share your project with us! Leave a link to it comments or post it on Facebook or Instagram. Be sure to use the #TechniqueTuesday hashtag.

PS. Looking for more online education? We have even more technique videos on our website. See them all here. 

Here's a Chance to Win Your Favorite Scrapbook Stamp Set!

Hi, everyone!

Remember how much fun it was hanging with your friends when you were a little kid? What about the feelings you experienced when you brought your children home from the hospital? And what about what it was like to send your children off to school for the first time?

One of the beautiful things about scrapbooking is being able to document and record the days of our lives and all the feelings we never ever want to forget.  

 

Scrapbooking memories is particularly important to me as I lost both my parents at a young age. I found great comfort after they passed away in looking through the many scrapbooks my mom compiled. She had meticulously chronicled the story of our family. I recently looked at my stash of scrapbooking supplies and told myself that I need to scrapbook more often so that my family's story will live on, and, maybe someday, someone will find comfort in my scrapbooks as I did my mom's.  

 

If you are new to scrapbooking (or haven't done it in awhile), it's easy to get started (or re-started). Grab a scrapbook, a few basic scrapbook supplies and some pictures and simply sit down and write out some of your memories. You can kick things up a notch by using a few scrapbooking stamps to help you in telling your family's story. 

 

We want to help you scrapbook your memories! 

 

Starting today, you can enter for a chance win one of our clear stamps for scrapbooking. Here's how: 

1. Choose your favorite stamp set from all the scrapbooking stamps on our website.
2. Leave the name of your favorite stamp set in a comment here between now and July 29th, 2018.

 We will announce a winner here on our blog on August 1st, 2018.

PS. There's another chance to get a free stamp set this month. Join our Memory Keepers Studio auto-ship program in July and you'll get a free Butterfly Love stamp set with your first shipment. See the stamp set and learn more about the program here. 

As Seen On...

Hi, friends!

From cool projects to a fun giveaway, Technique Tuesday has been hitting the blog-o-sphere this week. We're here today to give you a quick round-up of posts you don't want to miss! 

Want a shot at winning a Technique Tuesday gift certificate? Stop by the Stamp and Scrapbook Expo blog and check out this week's Freebie Friday post! You'll learn all about our scrapbook stamps, our sentiment stamp sets, video tutorials and more. Plus you'll be able to take advantage of a special deal on our Christmas products for Stamp and Scrapbook Expo blog readers! What are you waiting for? Go check out their post and comment on it! 

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There are cards, and there are CARDS! This card Amy Kolling created with the Berry Basket crafting dies is the latter. It's just so sweet!

Get the scoop on making a thank you card like Amy's by checking our her blog post. And, if you think you'd like some Berry Basket dies to call your own, be sure to check them out on our website. Digital die-cutter? There are Berry Basket cut files available too! 

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Like to try new and different techniques? Blogger Lydia Fiedler recently demonstrated how to create some beautiful background papers with shaving cream and Distress Ink reinkers. And she shared an incredible card with Simon and Sandy Seahorse that happens to use one of those papers. Stop by her blog to see the card and check out a video about this fun technique.

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Speaking of the Simon and Sandy Seahorse stamp set, we've put 12 sketches you can download for free on our website. These sketches all feature cards and tags you can easily make with the stamps. Here's one of the sketches, and you'll find the rest right here on our website! 

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Have you created a project with Technique Tuesday's stamps and crafting dies? We'd love to see it. Leave a link to it on this post! 

5 Ideas for Simon & Sandy Seahorse, plus Free Card Sketches

Hi, friends!

Looking for some inspiration for the Simon & Sandy Seahorse stamp set?

Haven't seen the set yet? These animal stamps are sure to make you smile. With two large seahorses, plus a small starfish, baby seahorse and tiny jellyfish, you can make all kinds of stamped scenes. Plus you make handmade cards appropriate for a number of occasions with the nine sentiment stamps included in the set. 

Here are five creative ways to use the stamps, courtesy of the Technique Tuesday Design Team. (Want a better look at these projects? Click on the photos to see them on our website.)

Use watercolors to paint a background for seahorses (and their friends) to swim in. Kick your scene up a notch by adding some drops of "water" with Glossy Accents. Don't have any Glossy Accents? Use enamel dots, pearls or gems instead.

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Stamp an underwater scene with the stamps... and resist adding any color with markers or pencils. Say what?! I know, it's hard not to add any color! Instead take a cue from Jill! Use the Bubbles on the Border die to add a border and some circles cut from a number of different cardstocks to the scene. 

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Make a shaker card! Matching dies typically are used so folks can cut mats to stamp on. Kymona Tracey's got a clever idea. Make a shaker instead! Use the matching mat die to cut a window for a shaker card and stamp a seahorse in the window! Consider filling your shaker with sequins, beads and, even, sand. 

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Make a wild underwater scene with by stamping a seahorse and lots of Simon & Sandy's friends onto cardstock. Be sure to use a waterproof ink so you can color in your critters with watercolors. Not sure if your ink pad is waterproof? Test it out on scratch paper first! 

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Use Simon and Sally with their mat dies. Stamp your images on cardstock. Color them in and then cut them out with the mats. You can give them extra dimension and make them look like they are popping off the card by adhering them to it with foam tape 

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In need of more ideas for Simon & Sandy Seahorse? Check out this month's free downloadable idea sheet. It features 12 free sketches for cards and tags you can make with the stamps and other Technique Tuesday products. 

By the way, we offer a free downloadable idea sheet each month for our Animal House stamp sets. You'll find links to each animal's idea sheet by checking out their product page. 

Last Day to Save - Christmas in July!

Hi, all! 

Just in case you had a long holiday weekend or missed the news, we want to remind you that today is the last day for the Christmas in July sale at Technique Tuesday. While you're shopping, look for the matching stamp and die bundles because you'll get your discount on top of their current sale price. It's easy to shop - no coupon code needed!

Get 20% off Christmas stamp sets and crafting dies