Who let the CRAZY DOGS out? Tim Holtz did!
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Happy Tuesday! Hope you’ve had a great week and found some time to create- I’ve been a bit short on creative time lately, but am taking time today to work on creative projects which I hope to share with y’all over the next few weeks! Today I was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest again, this one featured a stack of colored blocks behind a floral die cut. My card doesn’t really resemble the one I saw there beyond that basic concept, but that’s half the fun of inspiration- seeing where it takes your projects 🙂
I had a one inch strip of watercolor paper with a bit of color on it from trimming something else, so I decided to add bits of yellow and green (a combination of Color Burst, Distress Crayons & Distress Ink!) and trim it into 1″ squares. I cut several wildflower dies out of a pearly white cardstock and selected the largest one to go on this standard A2 sized card. I played around with the placement of the squares until I was happy with them, then snapped a photo with my iphone so I could refer to it once I removed the flower & was ready for glue! I decided on a pale yellow background and added a lightly inked (Lucky Clover Distress Ink) background stamp by Tim Holtz to give it a bit of texture. Once it was all dry, I pulled out the glue and adhered my blocks and my flower over them (I used multi matte medium for this tiny detailed image & the sentiment). A white word and a bit of bling finished off my card.
I had a few extra pieces left so I put together a little tag with them- it gives a more modern, crisp look on a simple kraft background.
It’s always nice to have a bonus project that takes less than 5 minutes to finish up 🙂
Hope the week ahead is filled with JOY for you… and peace for our world. We could use some of both right now!
Inky hugs,
Tara
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Happy Tuesday! I realize that the Father’s Day holiday got ahead of me and I didn’t share a masculine card with you in time to help ya out with some inspiration… but I am a firm believer in ‘better late than never’ so here is a simple Father’s Day card idea for you- it’s a versatile one because it shows a simple gift card holder concept that you can use with any edge/border die on a card front!
I used a double sided patterned paper (one side was solid black) as the base layer on my card, but you could use cardstock and stamp a design on one side of it to get a similar look. Select your edge/border die (I used a Tim Holtz On the Edge die) and cut it from a piece that has already been trimmed to the width you want (I tend to leave a 1/4″ edge around my layer, so would trim it 1/2″ narrower than my card is). If you have a sentiment you want to include below the edge, be sure to leave space enough before scoring a fold in your paper. When you fold this piece forward, you can seal it on both edges to create a pocket. I used Tim’s Tiny Attatcher here. Trim your pocket panel to size if needed, and adhere to a card base. Add a simple stamped image and embellishments to complete the design. You can see the pocket in action, holding a gift card, in the next photo!
The stamped images are a combo by Tim Holtz & Stampendous. Hope you can take some inspiration from this card 🙂 Have a creative week!
Inky hugs,
Tara
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