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Tuesday with Tara {take 232} Wood Slice Ornaments

Happy Christmas Eve! It’s a wonderful, busy time of year, but I hope you find time to step back and find time to enjoy the beauty of it! Every year I like to give my family new Christmas ornaments, and this year I wanted to make them handmade. I noticed a lot of varieties of wood slice ornaments popping up online, so I’m adding mine to the mix. I hope you like them!

Before I share, I’m happy to announce the WINNER of a $50 gift certificate for commenting on our White Christmas Blog Hop posts ๐Ÿ™‚

The winner is Anna Ledrew! Congrats! Visit this link to claim your prize ๐Ÿ™‚

I made several styles of ornaments, but first I’ll share the ones I used stamps on! This pair has some painting along with birds (by Flora & Fauna) stamped in Versafine Clair Ink. I left them to dry for a while and colored them simply with watercolor pencils. Having seen several tutorials that used pencils & gambol (which I don’t have) I also blended with a tiny bit of water. Snowflakes are falling… I started with dots of paint, but finished it off with Nuvo drops for texture.

For this one I painted the tree with paint and outlined it with a black Sharpie marker. This pair is already hanging on our tree ๐Ÿ™‚

Here’s another set I made using stamps from the same Flora & Fauna Stamp set. For these, I painted a white background on the wood slice. I was curious if it would stamp/color better on raw wood or paint. Both worked fairly well, though I like the pencils on raw wood better!

Next, I tried Distress Oxide on the white painted background. The text is Versafine Clair Ink again.

For this next set, I painted a black background and layered die cut snowflakes over it. I really like how bold and simple these ones are!

Lastly, here’s a set of hand-painted ornaments, inspired by one I saw on Pinterest!

As you can see, I had fun making wood slice ornaments this year! There’s so many possibilities… you just have to raid your stash a bit and see what inspires you!

Inky hugs & Merry Christmas wishes,

Tara

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Tuesday with Tara {take 231} Peace & Joy

Happy Tuesday! Today I’ve got another card featuring the Festive Overlay stamp set by Tim Holtz. I colored directly on the rubber with Distress Markers, misted with water lightly and stamped on an oval panel which I had pre-cut from Ivory card stock. To keep things simple, I added the sentiment in black over it.

I pulled out an old plaid embossing folder (also by Tim Holtz) to add some texture to my background. The green oval has some pearly shimmer to it and the twine & charm I used finish it all off.

Here’s a closer look…

Here’s another look at my card along with the second card I made, using a second generation stamping of the bird on a white panel. This is done by simply misting the inked stamp with water to reactivate the remaining color on it. It gives a softer version of the original image. It’s always nice to get two for one ๐Ÿ™‚ I finished it off with some die cut holly leaves and some bling as my holly berries.

I especially like the sentiment I chose for these cards, it’s perfect for people like me who tend to get their cards in the mail a bit late for Christmas arrival! ha!

Inky hugs,

Tara

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Winter Tales by Penny Black

Happy Monday, my friend! I have a super cute card to share with you today, so grab your favourite beverage, and settle in for a bit. As soon as I saw the preview of the winter release, I knew that I would be ordering this Winter Tales stamp set by Penny Black. I just love scenic stamp images, and the little birds on this one are just too cute! Seeing this stamp brought to mind my wonderful Design Team member Kia – she loves birds, and probably has the most bird related stamps than anyone I know. And that’s okay, because she’s so talented, and always creates gorgeous projects with them. So, hopefully I’ll live up to her standard with my birds in today’s project.

WINTER TALES

This Winter Tales stamp is a large one, but I trimmed it down to fit a standard A2 card.

Penny Black Winter Tales

Well – was I right about these adorable birds?! They look like they’re having a very animated conversation – how fun would it be to understand bird talk?

IMAGE DETAILS

This image lends itself to colouring with your favourite medium. I chose to watercolour with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, and a water brush. To start, set up the stamp and your watercolour paper in your stamp platform. Because watercolour paper has a texture to it, you’ll want to be able to re-ink and stamp at least twice, for a clear impression. Use an archival ink to cover the entire stamp, and press onto your panel. Repeat at least once more, until the image is crisp & clear.  Now, stamp the image again onto a piece of masking or photo copy paper, and hand cut with scissors. This is your mask, so that you can stamp the trees behind the image.

Use the Winter Tree stamp, also from Penny Black, and stamp it in Gina K. Fresh Asparagus ink, with the mask in place. Stamp the tree on either side of the middle fence post; repeating the stamping for good ink coverage. With that done, you can remove the mask, and start colouring the image.  For colouring with the markers, first apply a bit of colour directly to the image, and then immediately blend it on with a damp water brush. Continue to do this until you’re happy with the depth of colour. Once the colours are dry, you may want to go back in to add more ink, to create depth and shadows.

CREATE SNOW AND BACKGROUND

To create the snow, add white Gouache paint without thinning it, directly onto the areas where the snow should be. Those are the tops of the fence rails and post, on the ground, and on the trees. For the sky, use the Blue marker and lightly brush it across the sky. Do a small area at a time, immediately blending with the water brush, so it isn’t too dark, or blotchy. I love how the other colours within the blue start to show through, when it’s blended with the water.

When the sky and snow are dry, thin out the remaining gouache paint with a bit of water. Put your mask back in place, to cover the birds and fence. Pick up the thinned gouache with your paintbrush, and splatter it onto the panel, creating smaller snowflakes. Remove the mask, and add a few snowflakes by hand onto the fence and trees.

Here’s a close up photo, so you can see how the gouache, without water, creates dimension for the snow.

Penny Black Winter Tales

FINISH YOUR CARD

Now, stamp the small sentiment from the Concord & 9th Mistletoe Messages at the bottom, in Nocturne ink. Cover with clear embossing powder, and heat set.  Layer 2  blue squares in opposite corners of your red card base, and then attach your image panel with foam tape.

Penny Black Winter Tales

I coloured my birds to look similar to robins, but you can make them into your favourite bird!

Thanks for spending some time with me today! I  hope  you’ve been inspired to have fun creating your own winter or Christmas cards. Or, just change up the sentiment, don’t add the snow, and this would make a great anniversary or thank you card, too! If you haven’t already, be sure to leave comments on each blog in our White Christmas blog hop, for a chance to WIN a $50 Scrap ‘N Stamp Gift Card! You can start HERE at Tara’s post.

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Winter Tales Penny Black

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