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Tuesday with Tara {take 397} Vitamin Sea

Happy Tuesday!

I’m definitely feeling the beach vibes with today’s cards, which I demonstrated on Facebook Live Saturday!  We got creative with Distress Paints and made some abstract masterpieces!

Both cards feature Distress Paints together with sentiments from the Honey Bee Seas the Day stamp set.  For the sunset card, we added a fun stenciling element with White Distress Paint over this ‘making waves’ stencil by Vicki Boutin.

Extra texture was added to the ocean waves card by starting with some Dina Wakley MEdia Collage paper (applied with Matte Medium) on our Kraft card base.   The white caps were done with texture paste and a palette knife- I used a fancy one with mica flakes mixed in, but you could definitely do that part yourself for a similar effect!

You can see me create these cards (or parts of them/similar cards) at this link on Facebook.  I had technical difficulties with my tripod… but I think it’s still worth a watch!

Wishing you a very happy Tuesday!

Inky hugs,

Tara

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Tuesday with Tara {take 364} Crackle Fun!

Today I’m sharing two simple mini-slim cards with some fun crackle texture!  For both cards, I used the Curly Frond stencil/mask by Dina Wakley Media, together with Distress Crackle Paste & Distress Embossing Glaze.

It took a bit of trial and error to figure out how to make it all work (crackle paste dries faster than you expect!) but it was worth the mess!  Even the ones that “didn’t work” look pretty cool (I’ll be sharing another one on my Instagram later this week!)

As you can probably tell, the paste I worked with was white.   I applied the paste as thick as I could, while keeping it even, then quickly rinsed the stencil when I lifted it (next time I’ll have a tub of water ready for soaking).  I then sprinkled Distress Embossing Glaze over the design- the ‘hello’ card has Rustic Wilderness & Uncharted Mariner, the ‘thanks’ card has Salvaged Patina instead of the green, since it’s on that bright lime background!

Both were stenciled onto a die cut panel, then once the paste was completely dry I melted the powder that stuck to the crackle using my heat tool.   I’ll be sharing a closer look at both cards on Instagram today, so please check it out!

Plan to check back with us on Thursday this week for our August Inspiration hop… we have some stunning projects to share with you!

Inky hugs,

Tara

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Stardust ‘N Sparkle Inspiration Hop

Happy Friday!  We’ve got a little treat for you this weekend… a mini inspiration hop featuring Gelly Roll pens!

The first stop on the hop is the talented Kia– she is our ‘resident expert’ on watercolor techniques and she will show you something amazing you can do with many gel pens!  She will direct you to Susan’s blog and from there you’ll visit Tara & Jessica on Instagram!  Happy hopping, and happy shopping- All Things Sakura are 20% off this weekend!

As always, be sure to leave some comments along the way!  We’ll be picking a random winner to get a $50 gift certificate to the SNS online store!

Happy Hopping!  Hope you find some inspiration 🙂

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