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Tuesday with Tara {take 365} cheers to you

Happy Tuesday!  Cheers to you!

Today’s card is inspired by the challenge word over at the SNS fb challenge group “stencil” so I used two very different stencils in two different ways… along with a generous heaping of Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide Ink!

My starting point was the tag, which features one of the Tim Holtz Doodle Art Stencils and some leftover crackle paste from another project.   This is a very detailed stencil with a ton of fun elements.  I sprinkled some Uncharted Mariner Distress Embossing Glaze over it and once dry, heated it.  I also just wiped excess paste off on the other corners of the tag to clean my palette knife which gives a bit of a resist to the Kraft tag base.  I inked over the entire tag with the Distress Oxide Ink and then added a bit of shading around the edges with Ground Espresso Distress Oxide.

A smaller Kraft tag with a sentiment stamped on it and a ribbon bow adds a bit more texture, as well as a touch of bling.

I built my card on a 5×7 Kraft card base, stenciling and stamping in the same ink.  I’ve used Woodware’s Wheel stencil and my sentiment is by MFT.  The finishing touches are these glittery silhouette birdscut from somesugar crystal card stock.  They pretty much steal the show, but I am here for it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Inky hugs,

Tara

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Tuesday with Tara {take 339} Happily Ever After

Happy Tuesday!  Today’s card was created to celebrate some dear friends who recently got engaged.  I took inspiration from today’s challenge theme, which is “tag” but I decided to group 3 small tags (coming soon from Hampton Art) together for my design.

This card went together pretty quickly, with the help of Distress Spray Stain to quickly cover the tags.  I taped them together with washi tape before spraying with shades of blue: salvaged patina, speckled egg & peacock feathers.  I wanted a variety of blues for my card to give a bold base for the glittery wildflower I die cut.

This lovely sentiment (coming soon to the store from Hampton Art) seemed perfect for the occasion, stamped simply in black on the lower two tags.  I added some black bling to the flower to tie it together, then finished with some teardrop shaped bling to mimic the flower petals.

I was pretty pleased with how it came together for a quick card, and more importantly my friend was delighted to receive it 🙂

Inky hugs,

Tara

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Tuesday with Tara {take 311} Anniversary tag

Happy Tuesday!  Today is my anniversary (8 years!) and I thought it would be fun to share a throwback post… a project I created prior to joining the SNS team, so it’s never been shared here before!  If you’re a fan of Tim Holtz and you’ve been a maker for a while, you might remember back when he had his ’12 Tags’ series of tutorials.  They were amazing (and are still available to check out on his blog) and this projects is from 2014, a year that he published one detailed tutorial each month.  This is my take on his July tag of 2014.  It’s still hanging on display in our home 🙂

Enjoy this throwback to 2014:

I’m in love! It’s true, I’m in love with my amazing husband, with whom I’ll be celebrating our first anniversary this weekend! I’m also in love with the beachy tag Tim Holtz created with fun techniques for July. So it only seemed right to combine my loves and make some framed art for my hubby for our anniversary 🙂

Here’s a few close ups of how it came together…

Tim’s technique for making sand was fab!  I had to tweak it a bit and actually used texture paste & distress stain as my base instead of Glossy Accents.  I used some torn corrugated cardstock as a base for my beach 🙂

I created a pair of sea horses- love how many colors these little creatures can be!  Such a good looking couple 🙂

I added a crackled heart, embellished with some chitchat stickers & a metal number 1.

forever my love… from Tim’s strip die of words for Valentine’s day- but clearly great for other occassions!

Here’s my completed tag, before framing:

Obviously, since I made this project 8 years ago, many of the dies are unavailable right now.  I hope you are inspired by the colors & techniques though and it’s got you thinking about new things to do with products you may already have!

Inky hugs,

Tara

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