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TUESDAY WITH TARA {TAKE 79}

Happy New Year and Happy Tuesday!  I`m looking forward to a great new year full of creativity, and I hope you are too!

hello2017-2Hello 2017- You sparkle!  I had fun with this card, pulling out a Sizzix pop-up card die I`d never used before (although I`ve had it for several years!) and paired it with my big Tim Holtz Word Play alpha & number die.  I also found this gorgeous glitter paper in my stash and was delighted to find cardstock & ink (Distress Cracked Pistachio) that looked great along with it!  I wanted to design a card that was crisp & fresh like the new year, I hope you like how it turned out!

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The snowflakes are by Inkadinkado & Magenta & the sentiment is an oldie by Hero Arts.  I love taking older supplies from my stash to create something new… almost as much as I like adding something new to my stash 🙂 There`s some great deals in the store right now!

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My numbers pop with some offset layering onto white pearl cardstock, and this circle of mirror cardstock from another project adds a fun touch (pretty tricky to photograph though!).  I loved finding a Prima flower that coordinates perfectly with the other elements on my card.

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I had fun with my first card of 2017, and I`m looking forward to creating many more… and sharing them with you!  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a creative day,

Inky hugs,

Tara

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TBT- Frosted Sunflower Trinket Box

HAPPY almost NEW YEAR!!!  WOO-HOO!!!  And it’s Thursday, too!!  HEY–That means it’s Throwback Thursday time at the Scrap’n Stamp Blog!!  Glad I didn’t decide to hibernate the rest of the year away!! LOL!!😉🙂

 

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I decorated a little round wooden trinket box and adorned the top with a Frosted Film Sunflower that I made using the Tattered Poinsettia Bigz Die.

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Here’s how the box started out–I’m using the smaller of the two for today’s project.  I won these boxes from A Vintage Journey late last year!!  These were a part of a special Christmas Give-Away they were hosting at the end of December and I was the lucky random winner!!  WOO HOO!!  Thanks, AVJ!!

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Now, I hope I can explain what’s going on here, without exposing too much about the technique.  The Frosted Film technique is also, kind of, product based and I did not have enough of one of the products to do exactly what Tim does in his book.  So, I took pieces of Wendy Vecchi’s White Out and colored them with Adirondack AIs in Sunshine Yellow & Honeycomb to achieve my color.  This is all I can say about that😉

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I first lined the inside of the box & lid with a piece of Menagerie Paper Stash and adhered into place with matte Decou-Page.  I heat set then painted the outside of the box with Mustard Seed DP and heat set.  The stenciling was done in small sections, as the stencil did not wrap all the way around the box, and believe me–I let all of those sections air dry completely!  I used WV’s Add a stencil with DA Black Modeling Paste.

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When all of the stenciling was done, I used the Dotted Flourish image from Wendy Vecchi and stamped it onto the lid with Jet Black Archival.  I heat set the ink then applied a coat of DA Crackle Glaze and let air dry.  When that layer was dry, I brushed on some DA Titanium White Antiquing Cream and let air dry, which was pretty quick.  I then wiped down with a damp cotton cloth to expose those cracks! COOL!  Oh, and you can see how some of the antiquing cream seeped under the crackle–I like that, too!!

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I’m using 4 whole layers of the Tattered Poinsettia die cuts and several individually cut petals that I used as filler here and there when I was hot gluing the flower onto the top of the lid.  I created the center out of a roughly cut piece of manila stock that I painted with Black Soot DP.  Then I applied a great big glob of Diamond Glaze and covered it with black seed beads.  I totally let that air dry!!

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Oh Boy, I love this close up!!  You can see the shimmer of the Frosted Film and Oh Those Beads!!  They look really cool!!  A couple of details–I treated the edges of all of the sunflower petals with an inking of Orange Blossom Archival then a layer of Black Soot DP with a detail paint brush.  I also outlined the center with Orange Blossom Archival using my water brush.

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Oh, here’s another cool picture!  You can see the paint on the edges of the petals and look at all of that wonderful crackly goodness!!

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This was a fun challenge to create for–I’ve secretly been waiting for this Frosted Film challenge to roll around so that I could make something Sunflower related!  LOL🙂🙂

Until next time–Stay Artsy Fartsy!!

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SUPPLIES I USED:

  • 3″ Round Wooden Box; Frosted Film (Tim Holtz/Idea-ology); Art Parts White Out (Wendy Vecchi); Menagerie Paper Stash (Tim Holtz/Idea-ology)
  • Add a Stencil (Wendy Vecchi); Tattered Poinsettia Bigz Die (Tim Holtz/Sizzix); Big Shot Machine (Sizzix)
  • Adirondack Alcohol Inks & Distress Paint (Tim Holtz/Ranger); Crackle Glaze, Antiquing Cream & Modeling Paste (DecoArt Media); Archival Inks (Ranger)
  • Matte Decou-Page (DecoArt); Diamond Glaze (Judikins); Paint Brushes; Palette Knife; Heat Tool; Hot Glue Gun

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TBT – Christmas But Not a Card

It’s Throwback Thursday and wether your cards are done or not this post is for you!  Although it is ‘Not a card’ it certainly wouldn’t take much to make it one! Enjoy this post from November 2014—

 Told ya’ll I’d be back soon!! Happy Sunday to my friends in the U.S.!!  Happy December 1st to my International friends!!  I’m here today with my first official blog post as an Eclectic Ellapu Design Team Member–WOOT WOOT!!  I’m stoked!!  I’m a member of the EE Purple Team and teammate PurpleCinn (aka Tabatha) chose the December theme and challenges us to create something for Christmas-But not a card!

OK–I’ve got something!!  I was inspired by Wendy Vecchi to try my hand at making my own home-made Christmas ornaments after reading her post at her own blog-Here and over at the Ranger blog, too-Here.  

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This is a proto-type ornament, of sorts.  I want to have a creative activity to share with my Mom-in-Law when she visits for Christmas, so I assembled a chipboard ornament and went to Christmas-town on it!!

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This is how my ornament started out.  I cut out lots of 3″ circles (this was before I learned, from Wendy herself, that the wooden ornaments are 4″) and fashioned the toppers from a bunch of rectangles that I fussy cut and scalloped punched.  As I am a cheap frugal crafter, I save the boxes from dry cereal and reuse as my ‘chipboard’.  Each ornament has 3 layers of chipboard glued together and the toppers are just two layers.

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I’m going to start by rubbing a layer of Picket Fence DP over the front and back of my ornament.

 I really like the whitewash effect the Picket Fence DP gave the chipboard.  It’s a great first layer of color!

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My next layer is Salty Ocean DS that I rubbed onto my craft sheet then finger painted onto the painted chipboard.  I love how the color settled into the painted surface of the ornament.  It’s uneven and rough and super cool!!

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I used my Harlequin LS with Chipped Sapphire DI to stencil dark diamonds onto the front of the ornament.  I quickly covered with Sticky EP and applied heat until just shiny.

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I quickly covered the melted Sticky EP with Clear Rock Candy Distress Glitter and let cool.

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 Aren’t those glittery diamonds fun?  I was hoping they’d be a bit darker so that they’d stand out more, but I can fix that later on.

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Here’s the back of the ornament–basically an unembellished version of the front!  But even this looks pretty good on its own😉

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For the topper, I rubbed Distress Embossing Ink over the front and back surfaces and then dipped into my little tub of Silver EP and heat set.  DONE!!🙂

Then, I added some stamping through the Harlequin LS and I outlined the diamonds with a fine tip black gel pen.  I did splatter more Picket Fence DP over the surface and you can see in some places, it made the black gel pen run.  I LIKE it!!  I rubbed Chipped Sapphire DI over the edge of the ornament with my ink blending tool and heat set everything.

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These layered snowflakes were cut from my Cricut machine with the Christmas Cheer cartridge.  I used a piece of silver embossed card stock and vellum and I layered those with painted rounds of tulle.  They were blinged out with little blue rhinestones and glued to the ornament with matte gel.

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I made the word banners from white card stock stamped with a sentiment from my Sunny Holiday Messages set from Hero Arts.  I inked the edges with Chipped Sapphire DI and adhered with matte gel.  I’m making sure nothing is falling off!!

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I finished by stringing color coordinated glass beads onto silver cord and tying onto the topper to form a hanger.  Not too bad for my very first, homemade chipboard ornament!  And this is versatile, too–It can serve as a special Christmas gift tag or even as a nice way to send a note, because of the bare backside!  I love my backsides for note writing!!😉

I hope this homemade chipboard ornament has inspired you to make something for Christmas-That’s not a card!  Come on over with whatever you make-that’s not a card for Christmas, and join in with the Eclectic Ellapu Purple Team challenge.  It’s running from December 1st through January 31st.  Our first challenge in 2015 will be introduced on February 1, 2015.

Thank You sooo much for joining me today!!  I hope you enjoyed todays post as much as I enjoyed making this ornament!!  I hope to see you over at Eclectic Ellapu!!  Until next time–Stay Artsy Fartsy!!

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SUPPLIES I USED:

  • Surfaces: Chipboard (cereal boxes); White Card Stock (Papertrey Ink); Vellum; Tulle
  • Distress Paint, Stain, Embossing Ink & Ink (Tim Holtz/Ranger); Archival Ink (Ranger); Silver Embossing Powder
  • Stamps: Sunny Holiday Messages (Hero Arts); Background Basics-Text Style (Papertrey Ink)
  • Cricut Machine (Provo Craft); Christmas Cheer Cartridge (Provo Craft)
  • Matte Gel (Liquitex); Foam Dot; Scallop Edge Punch (EK Success); Detail Scissors (Fiskars); Craft Sheet (Ranger); Flat Paint Brush
  • Glass Beads; Blue Rhinestones; Silver Cord

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