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Hi there!  I’m Tara & I’m excited to be joining Raya & the I’m Impressed team here on Scrap ‘n Stamp!  I’ll be joining you every Tuesday to hopefully bring you some creative ideas and inspiration 🙂

First, a bit about me… I’ve been teaching classes in the paper crafting industry for over 15 years, mostly in Western Canada.  I closed my rubber stamp & scrapbook store in Williams Lake, BC in 2013 when I got married & moved to North Carolina, but my passion is still getting inky and sharing the love of this hobby wherever I can!  I started out as a card maker, but over the years I have done it all- from cards & mini books, to scrapbooking & mixed media projects. I’m certified by both Ranger & Copic and I am a Prima Ambassador.  I’m looking forward to meeting with you here every Tuesday and getting inky with y’all!

Today, since we’ve just finished celebrating Canada Day & Independence Day, I’d like to share a project I made celebrating my home in Canada.  Click on the images to take a closer look:

This tag features products by Tim Holtz & Ranger.  I used the maple leaf blueprint stamp from the mini blueprints stamp set CMS136 (I think this was the original mini blueprints stamp set!) & stamped with black Archival Ink on watercolour paper, then coloured the image with assorted Distress Markers & a water brush.  I used my craft sheet as my palette when I did this, and had bits of color left on the surface when I was done, which I dabbed my image into to get the splatter marks. Once dry, I filled in my leaf image with Crackle Accents (a discontinued product by Ranger… but Glossy Accents would look fabulous as well!) and set it aside to dry.

I created a flag from some canvas which I inked up with a mix of Distress Stain, Distress Ink & water in several shades of red.  (I also inked up some crinkle ribbon to match while I had the ink out!) Once dry I used my Tiny Attacher to adhere it to a skewer for my flag pole.

I did a bit more blotting of ink on my kraft tag and stamped CANADA on it, then handwrote the ‘oh’ above it.  Once assembled, I finished everything off with a bit of Distress Stickles for some shimmer 🙂

Other stamps I used are also by Tim Holtz- Worn Text CMS156 & Simple Sayings CMS155

Thanks for visiting and checking out my project!  I look forward to getting to know all of you here 🙂 I hope you have a very creative Tuesday!