Tuesday with Tara {take 444} Type Talk
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Happy Tuesday!
If you joined me live on Facebook last week (or caught the replay) you would have seen me color up this Funky bee near the end of our time together. After all my watercolored bits were dry, I glued my layers together and added some Glossy Accents to his wings. Since the watercolor paper I was working on was a lighter weight, it gives it a somewhat translucent effect. It’s not what I intended… but it’s kinda perfect for wings!
I know it’s another grey card base, but I really thought the Silverleaf Willow by Prism Studio complemented the colors of my bee quite nicely. I cut a wide border at the crease side of my card with one of the Puffy Cloud Border dies by Lawn Fawn.
Behind the bee, I used some book print which I spritzed with some Distress Oxide Spray in Salvaged Patina. I then adhered that paper to white cardstock and attached it under the creased edge of my card. I stamped a sentiment from one of my older Tim Holtz stamp sets (CMS086 if you’re wondering) to finish it off.
I’ll show you how I did that fold and assembled the card during this week’s Facebook Live, but our finished card will feature the dragonfly I colored :). Hope to see you there!
Inky hugs,
Tara
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Happy Tuesday!
Today I’m sharing cards featuring an Altenew stamp “Butterfly Kisses” and cards I made during my Crafty Live on Facebook last Thursday! It’s a sweet little stamp set and for these cards I chose to keep it simple with one of my favorite things… Distress Oxide on Kraft paper! The inks I’ve used are Squeezed Lemonade, Saltwater Taffy & Salvaged Patina and they are such a happy, summery trio of color!
I simply stamped the wings then set them aside to dry before using Versafine Clair in Nocturne to stamp the bodies. I added some splatters with Distress Oxide Spray in Saltwater Taffy and for the first card I skipped the stamp sentiment and added a die cut ‘hugs’ in Kraft, backed with yellow. Strips of paper bring all three colors onto the white card base.
The second card is super simple- stamped directly on a card base with the addition of the stamp sentiment from the set in black as well. I also added the butterflies to a matching envelope for a fun pop of color!
These are simple, but cheerful cards! I hope you like them! I’ve got one more I’m finishing up still… please watch my instagram page for a look at the third card! If you haven’t yet checked out our Altenew Blog Hop, there’s still time to be entered to win a prize! Plus there’s tons of beautiful inspiration there!
Inky hugs,
Tara
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