Honor tag

This tag features dies cut from T!M's Alterations die Old Glory & the Rosette strip die. The word FREEDOM, and the background words & stars are from the Americana Silhouettes stamp set.




Them main image & word HERO is from the HEROS set by Artistic OutPost.

I used Distress Inks & Archival Ink to stamp and alter the background of this tag.







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Happy Memorial Day!

First, a million thanks to all who have served and those who continue to serve! What amazing people are military are!

In humble appreciation, I'm beginning a banner project, and plan on adding more flags to it as i go along.
The flags are about 5x8", so there is a lot of good surface area.  The background is manilla cardstock, majorly distressed & aged. I used Distress Inks in Old Paper, Vintage Photo & Walnut Stain.
I used T!M's mixed media stamp set & basic backgrounds set by Dylusions.
I stamped with Archival Crimson & walnut stain.
I also did a Brush-less watercolor technique using T!M's Americana silhouettes set in Faded jeans distress ink.

I used 2 of T!M's Alterations Dies: Rosette, Old Glory Bigz

The 'focal' images are from Artistic Outpost's HEROS set.

Happy memorial weekend!

This tag features the Americana stamps & Flag Bigz die by t!m Holtz .



Also stamps by Artistic Outpost and the Circles stencil by The Crafters Workshop.



After stamping Americana silhouettes in gold, I sprinkle antique gold embossing powder & heat set.



This is a card using stamps from Artistic Outpost (Heros), t!m's Americana Silhouettes and Rays Texture Fade.



Watercolored in with Distress Stains in Peeled paint, Faded Jeans & Vintage photo.

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Origin of Love Tag

Working with a 12x12 stencil from The Crafters Workshop, Archival Ink, Distress Ink in Ripe Persimmon & Mustard Seed, along with Distress Stain in Peeled Paint.
This tag is simply done as to not overpower the background . I love how that turned out. I accented petals of the flower and word borders with a very fine marker.





The hand cut heart features a LOVE stamp from Inkadinkadoo.



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Catch up

You all should know how much I LOVE t!m's new telephone & typewriter dies!
Love being able to add a personal message!



The rest of this verse is on the inside .

For the next cards, I used the new Wordplay die. Letters are about 1" or so.



Here I used the "waste" as a stencil for the background .




For this card I stamped the background with a Dylusions set.







Here I again used the Wordplay "waste" as a layering piece.







Love beige? The like is transferred to canvas cloth. The background is Walnut Stain Distress Ink rubbed onto the new Bubbles Texture Fade before running it through the Vagabond.



I did mist the Fade with water to create a softer look.




Added a piece cut from T!M paper using the pennant die.
I find myself using that die a lot.

Stay tuned more to come!!

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Banner time

I'm helping my SIL with planning & ideas for her & her partners soirée this fall.

I had this idea for banners. She doesn't visualize like the rest of us, so I had to whip this up for her.



Each flag is 5x8, canvas cloth.
The font is Romanesque from DaFont, resized to 320 & printed onto transfer paper.



I stitched a pocket for the ribbon up top and then a border.

We'll have a banner for CARDS, CAKES (mini bundts), DRINKS...

It's outdoors, at a farmette.
She loved the banners.
I knew she would!

My moms day card for my mom!

I have a "joke" with my dad. He calls me his favorite daughter.
I'm the only daughter (to the best of my knowledge)..
On both my mom & dads phones I'm listed as "favorite daughter " so couldn't resist stamping this in my moms card!



The lovely Flower & Mason Jar are by Wendy Vecchi's Studio 490 line. I LOVE this set! The Essence of ART (LCS080).



The mason jar is stamped onto dur-a-lar (an acetate). The flower is watercolored Distress Ink.



The tag, letters & Kraft glassine are Tim Holtz.
The background stamp is from Stampington & Co., and is done in Seedless Preserves Distress Ink spritzed with water. Overstamped w/a dot stamp in Worn lipstick.

HAPPY MOM'S DAY to all you momma's!! Enjoy your weekend!!


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Look a card!

It's no secret I prefer tags. They're the "new card" for me.
But sometimes it needs to be a standard card format. Like the COTM (card of the month) I'm in.
This month is Masculine theme.

Life is good by Artistic Outpost.



The background way in the back is by PINK BY DESIGN called Olive Grove. The next layer is a Tim Holtz stamp, inked w/spring distress inks, spritzed w/water & stamped onto matte krone-cotte.



The fish is a Wendy Vecchi stamped w/Archival. Stippled w/Distress Inks & spritzed w/Perfect Mist in Biscotti.

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