Happy Tuesday! It’s been a bit of a challenge for me getting this post together this week, but I’m happy to say HOORAY if you are reading this and it is actually still Tuesday 🙂 Valentine’s Day is right around the corner so I have one more Valentine to share with you this week… plus a chance for you to win one of the fabulous Dylusions Heart Stencils that I used on my project! I think that’s worth another HOORAY!
I had two new things I wanted to create with this week… the Dylusions heart stencil and Candied Apple Distress Ink that I finally got my hands on, just in time for Valentine’s Day, right!? I started out just grabbing a tag and an ink applicator tool and getting some red ink on the tag. I couldn’t wait to see what this new Distress Ink would look like and I was not disappointed, it’s yummy! I inked a background text stamp in the same ink and stamped it over my entire tag. Next, I got curious what would happen if I mixed some Media sterling silver paint in with some translucent 3D gloss gel… so I did a little blending of them on my craft sheet and swiped the combination through my heart stencil onto the tag. I sprinkled a few micro beads onto the wet paste and set it aside to dry. It turned out much like I hoped it would, looking very cool! The paste picked up a bit of the red color from my background, giving it a slightly pink undertone. I mixed up more than I needed, so tried out my mixture on a black tag as well… the silver really stands out here, and I only used a tiny bit in the mix!
The rest of my tag isn’t all that complicated… I stamped out a ticket and playing card from some Tim Holtz stamps and coloured them very simply with Vintage Photo Distress Ink & Festive Berries Distress Marker. Once they were trimmed, I arranged them together with some die cut hearts, a flower & some bling. Seasonal Chit Chat stickers & some ribbon finish the tag! Hope you like it!
We LOVE that each of you is reading the blog today and would LOVE to hear back from you, so today is your chance to win an awesome stencil from the shop!
Simply leave a comment on this blog post telling me what sort of projects you LOVE to create, or what inspires you to create! (If that question is too hard… tell me the name of your Valentine!) I’ll select a random person to win the stencil next Monday night and announce the winner next Tuesday, Feb 16! I look forward to hearing from you and seeing you back here next week!
Have a happy Valentine’s Day!
Inky hugs,
Tara
{Ingredients used on today’s project}
Dylusions Heart stencil by Dyan Reavely DYS47078
Finnabair 3D gloss gel transparent (Coming Soon!)
Finnabair micro beads blush (Coming Soon!)
Distress Ink Candied Apple
Distress Ink Vintage Photo
Distress Marker Festive Berries
Background Text Stamp by A Stamp in the Hand
Tim Holtz Odds & Ends stamp CMS100
Tim Holtz Mini Blueprints #2 CMS146
Ranger Archival Ink Black
Tim Holtz Chitchat Seasonal stickers
My special Valentine is Greg! And has been for over 40 years!
My special Valentine is Victor, a lovely caring man who I share my life with.
I love all your projects but just need more time to play.
Lovely project, thanks for sharing! I have explored Mixed Media classes recently, and I Love to do it more…
Jeff!
I love to create one-of-a kínd cards for my friends: for special occasions
If just to say thank you.
It inspires me to know that I am showing each one of them that they
are uniquely special to me.
I am so happy to find your blog, and love making all sorts of cards, mini albums and just generally being creative. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Hey Jocelyn, congrats! You’re our winner! Let us know where we can send your stencil by using this form- thanks 🙂
http://www.scrapnstamp.ca/store/pc/contact.asp
So many things to play with.