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Tuesday with Tara {take 167}

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Happy Tuesday!  I wish I could say that autumn is in the air… and maybe it is where you are, but for me it’s just a bunch of wind & rain (Thank you Hurricane Florence!).  There are some leaves changing and falling thanks to all the wind though, and since autumn is my favorite season I’m embracing it and dreaming of pumpkin spice and all that!  Today’s card is another one using a mixed media panel I created, this time with some autumn colors added into the mix. (Here’s some more cards I made with the same starter panel technique: a pink funky one, a softer mint one & a summery blue/green one)

I inked the edges with some Distress Oxide because I love the contrast of Peacock Feathers & rust together.  I then sprinkled some Color Burst in Burnt Orange onto the panel and misted very lightly with water so it would retail the variety of colored flecks in the bottle.  I also added a few touches of Liquid Metals in Copper.  Yum.  I love how it picks up on the embossing paste especially!

I finished off my card with a Rust panel which I embossed a pretty sentiment onto (from the MFT pretty poppies set) and adhered a leaf which I die cut from book paper to tie in with those elements on the mixed media panel.  A bit of teal twine finishes off the panel- I mounted it with foam tape so it would lay flat on the textured panel.

I hope you like my card!  If you’re a lover of autumn leaves like me, be sure to check back on Sunday Sept. 23  for our next blog hop!  It should be pretty fabulous!

 

Inky hugs,

Tara

 

Materials Used:

Distress Oxide Ink in Peacock Feathers

Color Burst in Burnt Orange & Liquid Copper

Mixed Media Panel (pre-made by me in black & white, more details on this blog post)

rust cardstock, book print paper (from a thrift store), thin teal twine

leaf die (I used a smaller version of this one from Tim Holtz/Sizzix)

Sentiment from Delicate Pretty Poppies Set by My Favorite Things (just realized now that I intended to order this new poppy set instead, but am loving the sentiments with the one I got!  A happy oops- all the poppies are gorgeous!)

Ivory Embossing Powder

 

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Tuesday with Tara {take 157}

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Today I’ve got another card that uses part of the Mixed Media panel I created for last week’s card.  I stepped outside of my color comfort zone for this one and honestly, I’m still struggling a bit with how much I like how it turned out… but I got to combine some Snarky Tim Holtz Small Talk stickers with some great stamps by Dina Wakley and my fingers got inky in the process so it’s a win in the end, regardless!

I started with a couple smallish manila tags and used the fancy ‘smooshing’ technique to ink them up with some Distress Oxide Inks.  Simply smoosh several shades of ink onto your work surface, mist with a water bottle and dip your tag into it.  I like to dry my tag with a heat gun and dip multiple times until I get the coverage I want.  I also finish it up with an ink applicator tool if there’s too much open space.  It’s fun & simple and you can get some neat layers with the Oxide Inks.

I used a black ink to stamp my chosen gal onto the tag, deliberately taking her slightly off the edge of the tag.  (Since I had two tags, I stamped a different gal on the second one.) I dug into my stash of ribbons and embellishments to finish off the tag, adding a bit of washi tape and some white Nuvo Drops onto it as well.  A layer of black card stock behind my mixed media panel helps draw focus and ties everything together with the black backed snarky sentiment (these are going to be a lot of fun!)  Also take note of how fun it is that the white Nuvo Drops picked up some of the ink color as they dried!  They only did this in spots where the Distress Oxide had not already been activated by water 🙂

Since I had the second tag, I decided to make a little mini card- ready to go on a gift or tuck into a package.  Cute, right?  Here’s the pair together… they are growing on me!  What do you think?

Hope you have a great week!  Continue to check back in here, we’ll be sharing some great projects from the team and we are also gearing up for some Christmas in July fun- our monthly blog hop coming up on the 21st!

Inky hugs,

Tara

 

Materials Used:

Dina Wakley Stamp Set All the Gals (a discontinued set, but still available in the online store!)

Tim Holtz Small Talk Snarky

Nuvo Glitter Drops Aquatic Mist

Nuvo Crystal Drops Simply White

Ranger Assorted Tags

Assorted Distress Oxide Inks

 

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Tuesday with Tara {take 156}

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Happy Tuesday!  I hope you had a fabulous Canada Day weekend- and to our friends in the USA, we hope you enjoy the upcoming 4th of July celebrations!  I don’t know about where you live, but for me, even though it’s been HOT for a while, it finally feels like summer is here!  There is nothing aquatic about this card, except the shades of green & blue… but I’ve definitely been inspired by time spent at the pool!

I started with creating a mixed media panel in simple black & white- collaged torn book paper, stamps & washi tape are the base, with a rough layer of texture paste through a Tim Holtz stencil.  After the panel was dry, I trimmed it to size and added some color with Distress Oxide, Distress Stain Spray splatters and some Nuvo Glitter glaze smooshed across the surface… I added more details with some dots of assorted Nuvo products and a bit of pearly splatter as well.  A layer of black card stock gives a strong contrast to draw the eyes in.  Since there was so much great texture, I wanted a simple focal point.  Tim Holtz’s black & white paper dolls are great for this, with just a bit of black shadowing to the left of them.  A simple ‘thank you’ sentiment finishes off the card!

Here’s a couple close ups…

I just love all the textures and the simple black design underneath it all!  I pulled out my fave wooden block script stamp for some flourish (It’s probably nearly 20 years old!) and added some newer designs I hadn’t inked yet, a fun set of collage images by Ken Oliver.   I’ll be back to add to this post some product links, but this was really all about using stuff I had to make something new & fun.  I hope you like it!   (If you need something new to inspire you, I see that a bunch of great Finnabair products are 50% in the shop right now!  Check out this awesome butterfly stamp for starters…)

Have a fabulous week!

Inky hugs,

Tara

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