Dies

Tuesday with Tara {take 14}

Happy Tuesday! And Happy upcoming Thanksgiving weekend! I’ll be celebrating the Canadian holiday here in the US this weekend, though I’m not sure what we’ll be eating since there is a national turkey shortage… there will be something related to pumpkin pie though, for sure 🙂

I wanted to share with you a fairly simple card for Thanksgiving that features a Distress Paint RESIST technique. Distress Dabbers are great for this because they are water resistant once they are dry, and the format makes it fabulous for spotlighting specific areas on a stamp. In this first photo you can see how I’ve used a few neutral colors to paint up the background stamp:Here’s how the stamping turned out- I misted the stamp lightly after the first impression to get two great stampings!

Once the paint is dry it is set and ready to resist your water based Distress Ink! You can use whatever inking technique you desire, then mist a cloth or paper towel and lightly rub over the painted image to reveal the resist. The inks will appear as if they are behind the paint 🙂 Another thing I did on this card was use Distress Inks to color some cardstock before die cutting Autumn leaves to add to the card. I inked the edges of my leaves with new Hickory Smoke Distress Ink 🙂

… and here’s my finished card! Of course I added some Stickles Glitter Glue, Crackle Paint & Crinkle Ribbon to finish it all off!

Here’s a close up for you of the Crinkle ribbon & leaves 🙂

I hope you got a bit of autumn inspiration and can create something festive this week! Happy Thanksgiving!

Inky hugs,

Tara

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Tuesday with Tara {take 7}

18 Aug Tara

Hi! Welcome back to Tuesday with Tara!

Today I’ve got a fun mixed media/altered project to share with you featuring some BRIGHT and fun Ranger products by Tim Holtz & Dina Wakley. I was going for a summer celebration with this piece, and all the colors and textures bring a smile when I look at it! I hope it brings a smile your way too…

This project started as a tag, but once I finished it I decided to keep going, playing with more paints, texture paste, stencils and such on a 5×7 piece of cardstock. I enjoyed just playing without a goal in mind as far as finished project, and it definitely got me experimenting with products (even some glitter, which is not the norm for me! I mixed it with Rock Candy Crackle Paint… kinda fun!). When I was done with this, I had a ‘thing’ that I wasn’t sure what to do with… but I noticed a small, sturdy box that was just slightly smaller than 5×7. I painted it up to match the front, which I reinforced a bit and adhered to the box.

Because this was such an organic project, I don’t have any step by step details to share- but I have lots of pictures of the details and I can tell you that I used paints by Dina Wakley, Sizzix dies by Tim Holtz (mini labels and mini sand & sea) assorted stamps & stencils and Ranger’s Texture Paste. The metallic shimmer you see on the dies is from Viva Decor.

Hope you liked my summer brights piece, and I hope it inspires you to take some time to just PLAY and experiment with colors & textures in your stash 🙂 You just might end up creating something you love!

Have a fantastic, creative Tuesday!

Inky Hugs,

Tara

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NEW Taylored Expressions Dies & Stamps Have Just Arrived!

No Comments 7 May Raya

I have just added some great new Taylored Expressions dies and die & stamp combos to the store that I’m sure you are going to like. There are two windows and accessories that will work for a lot of different occasions plus some die and stamp combos with a fantastic assortment of sentiments. Just click on any of the pics to see all the details for each item and samples made with them.

Be sure to check out the video at the bottom of this post. Taylor shows how to use these dies with the coordinating stamps to easily cut them out perfectly every time. The system she came up with is very easy to use and will definitely take the frustration out of trying to line everything up.