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Tuesday with Tara {take 387} You’ve Bean on My Mind

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My Apologies… I started typing this post for Valentine’s Day and must have been interrupted, because nearly a week later it was never published!

I’ve used some Tim Holtz dies- Cafe Colorize & Falling Hearts along with a whole lot of papers from my scrap bin in shades of red & pink.  Many of them had a bit of extra Distress Sprays & Distress Oxide Sprays added to give some fun texture!

After assembling the to-go cup, I layered it onto a tag which I inked up with Distress Ink- shades of Saltwater Taffy & Kitsch Flamingo are perfect for a muted blend, with a touch of inky splatter over it to finish things off!

In all it’s inkiness, I actually kept this card pretty much CAS, though it has a bit of grunge to it 🙂 I stamped a simple heart background (similar to this one) on the Kraft base and added a sweet sentiment (this is an older one from MFT) on the tag.

On a personal note- I’ll be taking a bit of a break from my Tuesday with Tara posts here on SNS, life is looking a bit crazy for the next while!  I’m hoping I’ll find some time to make creative things still, so watch for any tid-bits I may share on my Instagram page!   You may still see some fun throwback posts here for the next bit (I always enjoy seeing which cards Raya selects to share!) so perhaps you won’t even notice I’m away 😉

Inky hugs,

Tara

Tuesday with Tara {take 384} A Paper Hug

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Happy Tuesday!  Today I’m sharing a quick & easy mini slimline card inspired by the Paper Hug sentiment stamp by Picket Fence stamps!  I’ve paired the sentiment with this sweet snowman die cut by Penny Black, called Snowman Joy.   I die cut him out of watercolor card stock and added some subtle touches of color with watercolor pencils.

I was playing around with some watercolor paints recently, and painted this ombre panel on a scrap of watercolor card stock.  It was fun to play around with blending and ended up being a perfect background for my snowman!  I layered it simply on teal cardstock (it was literally a scrap that already had a torn edge).  Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink ended up being a beautiful match to my pieces, so the sentiment was stamped on white with it.  It’s simple & whimsical and I hope it brings a smile your way!

Inky hugs,

Tara

Tuesday with Tara {take 383} Wild About Pink

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Happy Tuesday!  Sometime mid-January I start to think about moving on to the next holiday with my cards & home decor, so I’m sharing another fun throwback.  Today’s card has some Valentine’s Vibes and a fun twist on a tropical stamp set, Toucan Paradise by Concord & 9th!  I pulled out a mix of pink, coral & orange Distress Oxide Inks (the newer color, Kitsch Flamingowould be a great addition!) for a fun slimline card!

It felt really good to pull out these tropical stamps and cheerful colors in the middle of some chilly weather!  I used the three colors you see above, Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral & Crackling Campfire (along with black & white) in Distress Oxide on the card base and with regular Distress Ink on the toucan (I found I lost some of the detail on his beak with Distress Oxides).  There’s a ton of great images in the set- flowers & leaves & fun texture stamps.  I dug through other stamp sets to find a tiny heart to add in a few of those.

I was tickled when I looked at the Picket Fence Slimline dies and looked at the tree window sideways and noticed it was perfect as branches for my bird to sit on!  My card base is the same oatmeal color as the top layer, but I did a bit of ink blending in Raspberry & Coral, then stenciled some hearts with Picket Fence Distress over it.  The top layer was adhered to the base card with some foam adhesive squares to make the background stand out a bit more.

I heat embossed the large sentiment, which was great for a tall card like this one, with Distress Embossing Glaze in Crackling Campfire over Versamark (clear) ink.

Do you enjoy making cards for Valentine’s Day? I have to confess, even through my many years as a single woman, I’ve always loved making fun Valentine’s and coming up with new ways to use my stamps to celebrate love & friendship!

Inky hugs,

Tara

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