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Tuesday with Tara {take 441} Amazing Embossing

Happy Tuesday! My card today is a throwback to a project inspired by a colorful set of embossing powder, which I booke into two different color palettes and made two backgrounds.  The first card is the one I shared during an inspiration hop and you can see the details on my personal blog as well!  Today I’m sharing the card I made with the second background!

For this card, the spotlight is on some die cut cut butterflies which were cut from heavy card stock then inked and heat embossed three times to give a substantial enamel texture.  I began by using the excess powder from creating my background- the top butterfly is a mixture of the three powder colors together.  The bottom butterflies started the same then I added a solid color in the final layer to make them each unique.  Because of the way I did this, you’ll see blends of colors across the wings, but plenty of sparkle and shine!

I finished off the card with an embossed sentiment on a small Kraft tag (actually- I combined two sentiments from the same set that I thought went really well together, one stamped and layered as a strip and the other embossed in yellow).

Working with pastels is a challenge for me, but pairing them with Kraft really works and makes the colors pop!  This is also the first time I’ve used two shades of Kraft together like this and I dunno… it’s kinda fun.  What do you think?

Inky hugs,

Tara

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Tuesday with Tara {take 406} Kraft Pinwheels

Happy Tuesday!

I’m back sharing another Playful Pinwheels card (actually 2, since I did it in two color palettes) this time the focus is on Kraft.  I made the yellow version during my most recent Crafty Live on the fb page.  I used a variety of cut outs to piece this card together- focused on yellow blended backgrounds, book print & plain white card.   Once I had a random layout I like, I glued all the pieces in with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.  I then grabbed some Distress Watercolor Pencil Crayons in 2 shades of yellow and added some scribbles in some of the empty spaces.   Once I brushed water over them I decided they needed a bit more dimension, so I added a bit of white & aqua to some of the colored petals.

I finished the card off with some subtle touches of glitter.  I’ve used (discontinued) Distress Stickles in clear Rock Candy.  You can purchase the loose glitter still here.  I added some of this to one pinwheel and to my die cut word, which I positioned next to it.  I’ve cut a Honey Bee Bitty Buzzword die twice for a it of dimension.

My second card was done exactly the same, just with a different portion of the inky blended background paper.  I’ve used the blue/green parts and colored with the same tones for a totally different feel to the card.

I love how they both came together, and the dimension you can see by layering the Kraft cut outs over a Kraft background.

These cards were a bit fussy, but not difficult to do.  I also got some great ideas from the ladies who tuned in LIVE with me, and I look forward to giving this card some more seasonal twists!

Inky hugs,

Tara

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Tuesday with Tara {take 405} Hugs & Butterfly Kisses

Happy Tuesday!

Today I’m sharing cards featuring an Altenew stamp “Butterfly Kisses” and cards I made during my Crafty Live on Facebook last Thursday!  It’s a sweet little stamp set and for these cards I chose to keep it simple with one of my favorite things… Distress Oxide on Kraft paper!  The inks I’ve used are Squeezed Lemonade, Saltwater Taffy & Salvaged Patina and they are such a happy, summery trio of color!

I simply stamped the wings then set them aside to dry before using Versafine Clair in Nocturne to stamp the bodies.  I added some splatters with Distress Oxide Spray in Saltwater Taffy and for the first card I skipped the stamp sentiment and added a die cut ‘hugs’ in Kraft, backed with yellow. Strips of paper bring all three colors onto the white card base.

The second card is super simple- stamped directly on a card base with the addition of the stamp sentiment from the set in black as well.  I also added the butterflies to a matching envelope for a fun pop of color!

These are simple, but cheerful cards!  I hope you like them!  I’ve got one more I’m finishing up still… please watch my instagram page for a look at the third card!  If you haven’t yet checked out our Altenew Blog Hop, there’s still time to be entered to win a prize!  Plus there’s tons of beautiful inspiration there!

Inky hugs,

Tara

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