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Tuesday with Tara {take 264} Fall Fairy Wings

Happy Tuesday! I hope you had a fabulous long weekend celebrating the unofficial end of summer and beginning of fall- and hopefully you got to take in our Live, Love, Lavinia Blog Hop! (If you haven’t hopped yet, there’s still plenty of time to hop & comment for a chance to win!).

I had a lot of fun with the three dancing fairies in my blog hop project, but I also pictured them dancing on some falling leaves so I decided to pair them with these realistic leaves from the Tim Holtz Natures Wonders stamp set. I stamped them on ivory card stock in a variety of Distress Oxide colors, positioning the fairies around them. I’d never tried combining them before, but I added some shading to the leaves with Dina Wakley Media Scribble Sticks. With the addition of a water brush it ended up to be a really fun combo that I will use again!

Once I finished coloring the leaves I die cut the panel with a deckle edge die and inked the edges with Speckled Egg Distress Ink. I then splattered some Distress Spray Stain the same color over the panel, followed by a bit of metallic spray for extra shimmer.

I finished off the image with a bit of Nuvo shimmer pen on the fairy wings and a bit on the leaves. I stamped a sentiment (from a fab new set by MFT) on a scrap of inked paper leftover from my poinsettia card- I love how it contrasts with the leaves and pulls out the blues in the background. Lastly I layered it all onto an ivory card base.

The finished card is a fun design that is simple enough and lays flat for easy mailing! There are hints of shimmer all over.

I’m looking forward to some more autumn creations and can’t wait to see yours! Be sure to join us in the SNS Challenge group on Facebook and share your creations! Today’s challenge word is Wings!

Inky hugs,

Tara

SNS Live, Love, Lavinia Blog Hop

17 Comments 4 Sep Tara

Welcome to the September Scrap N Stamp blog hop- Live, Love, Lavinia! We are hoping the cards you see will bring a bit of magic your way as we share projects featuring this British company that is new to SNS, Lavinia Stamps!

if you like what you see, you can save some money shopping this weekend since all Lavinia stamps are 20% off until Sunday at 9pm, PST!

I’ve used an assortment of stamps on my card today: Make a Wish & Three Dancing Fairies by Lavinia Stamps and Dandelion Wishes stamps with the Fairy Wings stencil by Picket Fence Studios. I’ve also used a bunch of Distress Oxide Inks and Paints to tie this fun angled tri fold slimline card together! It was a fun challenge and I hope you like how it turned out!
Here’s a peek at the center panel on the folded card. I used Distress Paints to get a marbled effect for some fun contrast to the rest of the straight lines. It’s a bit messy, but I think it works well with the finished card!

Here is a look at the open card! I started by inking all three panels on white, then added the stamping and more inking after I trimmed them to size to fit my angled design. It was fun to create a sort of continuing scene across the panels with the fairies and the dandelions. One I got going, I challenged myself to use every stamp in the sets (and I did!). The final touches included paint splatters (I love the Distress Oxide Sprays for this!) some sequins and glitter glue & markers.