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Dina Wakley

Tuesday with Tara {take 308} Hold On Art Journal Spread

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Happy Tuesday!

Today I had the best intentions of sharing a new card featuring a new-to-my-stash product… but I’ve been sick with a super fun bug (ha) during the time I would have had to create!  So, I’m sharing a throw back post!  My challenge word for today is “lift” and I came across this fun art journal spread that’s a bit interactive, so I thought it was a good one to share!  I hope you like it- it’s from way back in 2017!

Hope you enjoy the throwback!

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I hope you’ve had a great week and that you enjoyed our Freaky Friday Blog Hop (if you missed it, it’s not to late to check it out and comment for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the online store!  We’ll announce the winners on Friday!).

While the hop was happening, I was making a hot mess in an all day Art Journaling class with Dina Wakley!  We had such a fun time, and I tried some new things and stepped out of my comfort zone… it was fabulous!  Today I want to share with you the ‘big’ project we did in her new Mixed Media journal– a six ‘page’ spread with one continuous theme.  Wow!  Since this was a class, I’m not going to be giving you any step-by-step details, though I will encourage you to take a class with Dina if you ever get a chance, she’s a really great teacher!  If she doesn’t teach in an area near you, she’s got classes available online and some great youtube videos to check out as well!

As I said, we worked in the new journal and our spread started with a page of watercolor paper, then burlap (2 sides) then a large tag (2 sides-inserted with her Printed Paper Tape) and finally another page of watercolor paper.  I used images from the ‘Words in Faces‘ stamp set as my focal point.  My color scheme was primarily Lapis, Fuchsia and Cheddar paints from her collection.  I also used a variety of other stamps & stencils from her collection… lots of fun stuff to work with!

Space doesn’t allow for me to share a ton of close up photos… but I hope you can get a taste of the creative fun I had!  So many things about this stretched me out of my comfort zone, and I loved it!  Hopefully it inspires you to move out of yours this week… and make a hot mess 🙂

Inky hugs,

Tara

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Tuesday with Tara {take 302} Distress Oxide Masking

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Hey!  Happy Tuesday!

Today I’m sharing another card with the big hey die by MFT that I used last week, but this one is on a much softer background.   I used one of the masks from the latest Dina Wakley Media release- Curly Frond Mask.  If you’re not familiar with masks, they are the opposite of a stencil, a solid image with open edges that you ink over and around instead of through.  I’ve used them together with a variety of Distress Oxide Inks, several shades of green & blue including the newest, Salvaged Patina.

I filmed myself inking up this background… it’s my very first video, but since I got one good response (thanks Deborah. LOL) Here it is!

I really loved the soft design in this background, and kept the rest of my card simple with a bold die cut, sentiment sticker and a bit of bling.  A simple reminder to make today count.

Inky hugs,

Tara

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Tuesday with Tara {take 261} moments

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Happy Tuesday!

I’m excited to be sharing another card featuring a background I created during Dina Wakley’s “ Focus on Gloss Sprays” Live Facebook class last month. I have to say that if anything good has come from Covid 19 and all the social distancing, it’s how the art community has come together and made it so accessible for us to continue to learn new things and be inspired from our own homes!  (Of course we can also support small businesses like Scrap N Stamp by ordering new products thanks to all that inspiration!)

While I am don’t typically work with pastels, the gel print I’m using today really wowed me with the pastel effect I got, using vibrant gloss spray colors through a stencil over a base of elephant paint. I even remembered to reverse my stencil so the words came out the right way!

Since I loved this background so much, I decided to keep it simple once again. I stamped the large bloom from Dina’s Good Things stamp set diagonally and then again on a couple other gel print pieces for layering.

I added shading above the line with a scribble stick and blended it out with a bit of water mixed with Perfect Pearls for a touch of shimmer. While that dried, I colored the bloom with Scribble sticks as well.  I then stamped the sentiment from an older Dina set in the top portion of the card.

I wanted a bit more turquoise, so I used gloss spray to fill in the center of the flower and added some splatters (I just used the spray wand as my tool for both)!  Everything is mounted on a 5×7 kraft card base. Once everything was assembled, I added some Nuvo drops for a bit of extra shimmer and dimension.

 

Hopefully my card brings a smile to your face along with a gentle reminder not to take these moments (strange as they are) for granted!

 

inky hugs,

Tara

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