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Americana

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Hello and welcome back to this weeks TFJ Inspiration Ave blog post. This week we are creating to the theme of “Americana”. Today I have decided to create a red white and blue themed tag. On the tag, I have added some silver stars and an altered vintage photo from Idea-Ology. If you would like to see a video tutorial for this tag, go ahead and click here . For supplies I used: the inspector stamp set CMS465, shifter stencil set stars THS111, distress watercolour pencils, Sizzix 3D adhesive, Ranger water brush, Idea-ology photo, metallic dots, metallic kraft stock, Ranger ink distress spray uncharted mariner, frayed burlap, distress mica spray stain tart cranberry, mixed media tag, foundry wax sterling, and Finnabaire gilding flakes.” To start this project I’m going to be using a Ranger Tim Holtz multimedia tag. For the first layer of the background, I am using a combination of uncharted mariner distress spray stain and frayed burlap. First, I sprayed the tag with some water from the Dis

We Love You, Mom!

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Hello, and welcome to this week’s inspiration at the Funkie Junkie Inspiration Ave blog. This week we are creating to the theme of.”We Love You Mom!”  Today I have decided to create a Mother’s Day themed card and a second card to send to a friend. These cards are going to be focussing on the new Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous stamps and alcohol lift ink. For a step-by-step video click the link  here . For materials today I am using: Sizzix stacked hearts and brushstroke flowers mini, Stampers Anonymous CMS461 floral trims and CMS463 Note Quotes, alcohol inks vineyard, cobalt, and laguna, lift ink, yupo paper, glossy cardstock, distress archival black soot and villainous potion, velvet trim, and metallic word sticker. For this card, we are going to be creating an alcohol inked background. The colors that I am including are Laguna cobalt and vineyard. On a piece of  yupo I first added 91% isopropyl alcohol and then dripped colors onto the yupo. Then I moved the ink around with a Tim Holtz,