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Tuesday with Tara

Scribbly Snowflakes card with Sizzix dies

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This is card featuring Sizzix Scribbly snowflake dies and Tim Holtz Festive Words dies.  I figured it was appropriate as Canada gets yet another dump of snow – what perfect time to stay inside and create!  This is a throw back from our Christmas in July because Tara is dealing with her move – I hope you enjoy it!

Perhaps you remember  I had a bit of an oops with a bottle of White Dina Wakley Media Gloss Spray several weeks ago.  You can see the card & read about it here.  Since I had a puddle of white on my desk, I started grabbing papers & tags and assorted other things and dipped them in the puddle.  I suspected that since it has a glossy finish it would be fun for a resist technique, and I was right!  This card front was plain white Cardstock, which I dipped & dripped and splattered and left to dry.

Scribbly Snowflakes card with Tim Holtz Sizzix dies

I die cut the Let if Snow from Tim Holtz Festive Words from Glitter Cardstock . Then added some colour blending to the solid layer behind it.  I found a couple of Scribbly Snowflakes left over from last year’s holiday crafting. While I don’t recall what colours I used, I took inspiration from them for the palette on this card- keeping the background softer to let them stand out.

I went to my old faithful, Distress Inks to do some colour blending over the card a subtle mix of Stormy Sky, Salvaged Patina & Chipped Sapphire.  Once it was blended, I spritzed with some water and wiped off the card to really make those glossy bits pop!

Scribbly Snowflakes card with Tim Holtz Sizzix dies

I finished everything off with a few sequins and mounted it on a light blue card base.

Scribbly Snowflakes card with Tim Holtz Sizzix Let is snow dies

Remember it’s never too early to start on Christmas cards.

See you soon!

Inky hugs,

Tara

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 386} Love You More Than Coffee

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Happy Tuesday!  I’m sharing another throwback card this week, this one takes me back several years and came to mind as I was thinking about projects that would work for non-traditional Valentine’s Day cards!  The sentiment here is so fun with a variety of coffee images, and just happened to come with this fabulous one by Penny Black.

And now let me jump in and show you my card!  I fell in love with this cutie from Penny Black “Saying a Latte” and have been saving her- I’ve been out of practice coloring with my Copic Markers, except for small images, but she was a fun one to play with!  I actually have 2 cards featuring her to share (since I colored a backup “just in case I mess up” image as well).  Since I knew coloring was going to take a bit of time, I kept the rest of my design pretty simple- stamping my sentiment on a panel die cut with MFT’s Stitched Edge die.  I also just got the  gradient square stencil by Tim Holtz and the angles seemed like a perfect match!

I used a mix of Distress Oxides on the stenciled details, but I’m not even positive of all the colors because I used a dirty ink blending tool. LOL. (note to self- buy more blending foams!)  I knew the Cracked Pistachio would match my die cut panel, but the rest was just trial and error! I figure you really can’t go wrong with a mix of blues & greens- they are my happy colors!  A few pearl details & twine added some subtle embellishments to my simple card.

And here’s one last pic with the two cards together- the other is free of embellishments, but very similar in design!

You can tell this is an older card since it also features an older watermark… but great stamps & creative cards will stand the test of time!  Whether it’s a new-to-you card or you’ve seen it before, I hope you like it!  Bonus- the stamp & stencil are both still available to purchase in the SNS store!  Happy shopping!

Inky hugs,

Tara

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