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Tuesday with Tara {take 40}

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Happy Tuesday!  I’ve got a simple card to share with you today!  I recently colored up a few Crazy Birds images and saved them for some quick cards, like this one.  I noticed that Color Burst has arrived in the shop (yay!) so thought I’d use them on today’s card!

For the card background, I cut a piece of watercolor paper to size and spritzed it with water, then sprinkled a few bits of Color Burst in yellows and orange into the puddles.  I mixed them a bit with a wet paintbrush, then dried it all with a heat tool.  I can’t tell you enough how much I love the way the colors blend together… so fun to play with!  Since I’d already colored up my main image, I just selected a sentiment (and oldie from my stash, by the artist that made this great set!) and arranged the pieces on my background.  A bit of bling finished it all off after I attached it to a black card base.

Here’s a few more shots- I love that it’s spring and I can take photos in the yard 🙂

Bird Thoughts (3) Bird Thoughts (1) Bird Thoughts (4)

Materials used:

Watercolor Cardstock

Color Burst in shades of yellow & orange from Brights and Earth Tones sets

Memory Box Virtuoso Music Die

Bird Crazy stamps by Tim Holtz

Black Cardstock

Bling

Glossy Accents

Wink of Stella glitter pen

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you have a creative day!

Inky hugs,

Tara

 

p.s. leave a comment and you could win a surprise from the shop… how about a roll of Be Creative Tape?  Because maybe you have a pet like mine who likes to destroy your essential supplies 😉

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Tuesday with Tara {take 29}

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Happy Tuesday!  Today I’m starting to think about the next card making holiday… Valentines Day, coming up in less than a month!  Here’s a non-traditional card that could be given for Valentine’s Day, or any day to cheer up a friend 🙂  It’s a fairly simple card that features a gorgeous image by Memory Box that I’ve hand trimmed in it’s heart shape.  I then used the cut heart as a guide to create a second heart out of purple cardstock.  The stamp itself was stamped in brown Archival ink onto a watercolor background I created with Distress Ink.  The sentiment by Stampendous finishes it off nicely and is what makes the card so versatile!   

The actual assembly of the card is quite simple: a bit of patterned paper, cardstock & washi tape layered across the card with the hearts & a tag arranged over them.  Flowers, bling, crinkle ribbon & glossy accents add the finishing touches!

It’s fun to take a stamp that might be considered a holiday stamp and mix up the colors you use with it!  Hope you like how this card turned out 🙂  I’ve got another card in non-traditional Valentine’s Day colors to share with you next week, so I hope I’ll see you back again!

Inky hugs,

Tara

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Tuesday with Tara {take 24}

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I’ve been busy creating and today I have THREE things to share with you!  I tend to be a last minute crafter, and figure my Christmas projects won’t exactly thrill you in the new year… so the sooner the better, right?  I was looking for inspiration and thought I’d try a version of Tim Holtz’s December tag, well I got as far as the burlap background (love it!) and was distracted and off on my way making something completely different.  I didn’t have any of his sticky back burlap at home, but I do have some cardstock backed burlap, which was great for die cutting.  Here’s what I made:

I used the negative of a Memory Box ‘merry’ die cut from a kraft card front for this card, mounting some cardstock behind the open card front.  I misted white Distress Stain Spray through a snowflake stencil (also by Memory Box- so pretty & delicate!) and stamped some snowflakes (Tim Holtz) in Aged Mahogany Distress Ink across the card.  I used some burlap snowflakes I die cut to finish it off, attached with these adorable jingle bell brads I found at a local craft store!

I love how this card turned out both elegant and rustic!

Next is a more modern card, using the word that I cut out from the first card.  I decided to go with a clean, white background but added a few stenciled details along one edge.

This card is very simple, but the texture from the burlap adds so much!  I also love the bit of bling added as my holly berries and how it matches the metallic dots on this ribbon I found 🙂

Last up is a small 3D project I wanted to do for my mantle.  I found these paper letters and knew I wanted to paint them for my holiday display… the burlap was just the thing for them.  They’ve all been painted simply in a copper metallic paint and embellished with burlap shapes (all of these are ‘minis’ by Tim Holtz, if you were wondering!).  Simple and pretty and a nice addition to my display!

So that’s a few of my burlap beauties this week 🙂  I’ve still got a few more shapes on my table that are waiting to be added to new creations… hope it gives you a little inspiration!

Have a very creative day!

Inky hugs,

Tara

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