Happy Hop Day!
Our Inspiration Hop this month features fabulous stamps & dies from Penny Black.
The first stop on the hop is Kia, and she will get you all the info you need to hop on from there… everything will finish up on our Instagram page, with plenty of inspiration in between!
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November 2022: Penny Black Inspiration Hop Read More »
Happy Tuesday!
I did not set out to create a wintery card for today, but when it’s snowy outside it tends to make you reach for the snowy stuff inside! When I sat down to play, I pulled out a variety of stencils and played around with backgrounds, some of which you will see on future projects because they just didn’t work with the Snowman Joy die that I decided I wanted to make something with again.
This time I cut my snowman from glittery Cardstock, which seems to suit him just fine! I paired him with some tall glittery letters as well- the sweet Twiggy Hugs die by Memory Box.
The base layer is stenciled with MFT Candy Stripes, then a snowflake stencil (by Paper Rose) over the stripes. I’ve seen some fun layered stencils lately and wanted to experiment… it kinda worked, but wasn’t quite a perfect pair! It makes for an interesting layer on my card though!
I took the still inky snowflake stencil and applied clear texture paste through it onto the teal Cardstock layer as the base for my snowman. It give a subtle, shiny but tinted snowy pattern that worked much better behind the die cuts!
I finished off my card with some stitched edges by MFT, a chit chat sticker by Tim Holtz and a bit of Studio Katia bling.
Inky (and snowy) hugs,
Tara
Tuesday with Tara {take 334} Stencils & Snowmen Read More »
Hello all! My card today is an extra for this month, hence it does not have a prompt word.
I wanted to share with you a technique for using Zig Kuretake Gem watercolours. When I watercolour using the Gem colours I have wanted the colour more intense, so I mix the Gem colours with distress ink colours, and the results you can see in this card and another card I did yesterday.
This card is done to send a girlfriend for Valentine’s Day, so I wanted to add special things that I know she will love. Like the texture paste applied using a heart stencil. and the die cut heart border die painted with the Kuretake red colour. And of course, the hugs die added to the finish along with the gems.
It is a card that is sure to be loved by my friend and I hope you have enjoyed it being shared with you and I thank you for your visit.
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