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Tuesday with Tara {take 153}

Happy Tuesday! It’s been a busy week for me here on the blog, introducing y’all to our new Design Team! I hope you’ve enjoyed their projects and are as excited as we are to see what they will be creating and sharing in the coming months. With all the busyness, I almost didn’t get my own project ready for you! I decided on a quick tag for Father’s Day…

I dry embossed my tag with a fun ink splat embossing folder (by Tim Holtz) and rubbed a couple shades of brown Distress Ink over it, highlighting the design. I know they’re a couple years old, but I still love them and I wanted to play with one of Tim Holtz’s Crazy Dogs- a mini one, and he was colored quickly with Copics & cut with the coordinating dies that come as a set of mini cats & dogs. I love the little bone accessory as well, it makes a fun addition!

I went even farther back for my lettering on this tag… do you remember GrungeBoard? I have a huge stash of that wonderful stuff… and dug into my alpha collections to spell out ‘Dad’ here! I kept it super simple inking it up with the Metallique wax paint (which I also rubbed a few other spots on this tag as well to tie everything together).

I decided to mix the old with some new… and I’m giving you a sneak peek of the new O Canada! Collection by Photoplay. I’ve used some papers & ephemera from it on my tag- I hope you like it, because you’re gonna see a bunch more coming soon when we feature the collection for our June Blog Hop. Save the date for June 22! The Design Team is excited to share their projects with you!

Check out what’s new in the store, including the O Canada stuff! I think you’re going to love it!

Inky hugs,

Tara

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Tuesday with Tara {take 148}

1 Comment 8 May Tara

Happy Tuesday!I hope you’ve had a great week- I know I did! I was away from my home and craft room to make today’s card, but I did have a new set of stamps by Taylored Expressions and access to some paper, ink, embossing powder and fun embellishments…

So I created a simple card that really doesn’t look so simple 🙂 I love it when that happens- texture and color really make a big difference when you are working with limited supplies!

This is one reason I really believe a great set of sentiment stamps is such an important staple ingredient for card making. The right words can be the perfect starting or finishing point on a project! This sentiment set is not a new release, but it’s new to me, and you’ll be seeing more of it in the future. (It’s not in stock at the moment, but I bet it could be if you wanted to order it!)

Have a creative day,

Tara

p.s. Set some time aside to check back here on Saturday, May 12- we’re having another BLOG HOP 🙂

Materials Used:

Wonderful World stamp set by Taylored Expressions

Flower, button & bling embellishments by Prima

misc. chipboard & string

Ink, embossing powder & card stock

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Freaky Friday Blog Hop!

11 Comments 13 Oct Tara

Happy Friday the 13th! Today we are excited to have another fun Designer’s Challenge BLOG HOP for you, this time we have 8 ladies who have each created a project with the second set of Tim Holtz Paper Dolls ‘Ancestors’ which includes some fun, spooky Halloween type images! You’ll find the full set of links at the bottom of this post, and each post along the way should have a link to the person after them. If you get lost, please check back here so you can see ALL the creative projects in our Freaky Friday Blog Hop!

Plus….Who says Friday the 13th is bad luck? Here’s your chance to win! Scrap’n Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon for every stop on the blog hop! So make sure to take a moment and comment on on all the designer’s fabulous work. Winners will be announced HERE & on Facebook Oct 20th and must email Scrap’n Stamp to claim their prize! GOOD LUCK!

I’ve been enjoying getting creative with the Paper Dolls by Tim Holtz, and these new additions add a creepy touch to the mix… there are a few seasonal images included, with costumes and pumpkins, as well as some regular type portraits with creepy expressions! It’s a nice mix if you want a variety of paper dolls to work with! I chose to use some of the ‘regular’ images and make a creepy/romantic tag, pairing a couple of single dolls together.

My plan was to create a set of tags that could be attached to treat bags for Halloween- if it happens, this one will go on the one I give my husband 🙂

I started with black #8 tags and Distress Oxide Ink, stamping a background pattern (new Myers by Dyan Reavely) directly on the tag, then applying the same ink through a stencil (birds by Dina Wakley) over it to create my background design (I am not a big Halloween crafter, so chose some ‘neutral’ designs that I thought would work with the overall feel I was going for. It’s good to have basics in your stash!). I selected my paper dolls and chose to add a few spots of color to them with Distress Markers. I didn’t have a perfect match, but wanted a monochromatic look for this tag so went with a similar shade of purple. The inky puddled a little bit in some places, so I dabbed with a cloth until I got the desired look.

I wrapped some sheer black ribbon with twine to add texture and finished it off with a metal embellishment (this fancy lock is by Prima) and some occasions chit chat stickers.

I created a couple more tags as well, which you can see all together here. Here’s a shot of the backgrounds I started with…

… and the set of finished tags:

I hope you enjoyed my simple tag- I can promise you, you’re gonna be blown away by some of the spooky creations coming up in the hop. Some of the ladies have a ton of fun Halloween themed products and they know how to rock it 🙂 Enjoy, and let us know what you think of the hop! Remember there’s a chance to win a $25 gc on each blog! When you’re all done, be sure to stop by the store and pick up some of the products that inspire you! There’s some great deals today, including many items $13 off!

Freaky Friday Blog Hop

Tara Nixon Cox (you’re starting here!)

https://www.scrapnstamp.ca/blog/

Karla Yungwirth

http://creative-love-affair.blogspot.ca/

Amber Trubiak

http://foreverambersart.blogspot.ca/

Karen Warner

http://KWarnerStudio.com

Nicole Wright

http://canadiannickelscrapn.blogspot.com

Nancy Frustaci