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Digital
Detour Jennifer
Hennegan
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Our Digital Detour takes us to someplace nice
and warm this month: Arizona, home to Tangie
Baxter, this month’s featured designer.
Like so very many of us, Tangie began her
journey into scrap booking in the late 80s while
she was still in high school. You remember the
time, before there were stores with aisle after
aisle of supplies dedicated to paper crafts.
Her family and friend would beg her to create
albums for them. They kept her pretty busy
throughout high school. After that, she didn’t
scrap very often. She would pull out all of her
supplies twice a year and “power scrap” for two
weeks at her kitchen table. She just couldn’t
stand the mess and so in 2007 she made the
switch to digital. Now, she can work for a few
minutes here and there with no mess to worry
about. She does, occasionally, bring out her
paper supplies, but only to work in her “junque
journal” or ATCs (Artist Trading Cards).
She is ashamed to admit that she only creates
about four layouts a month and even that is a
stretch for her sometimes. Her favorite layout
that she created is called “A Life Worth
Living”. It includes elements of her own
creation as well as those of one of the
designers she CTs for, Christina Renee Designs.
She says that she was inspired to create a
layout that captured her essence on one 12x12
page. “It was a great adventure to set out on
and I love the way it turned out.”
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Design
notes:
I
wanted to capture "who I was," in essence my
story, on one page!
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A Life Worth Living by Tangie
Baxter. Supplies:
Enchanted Pixies, Blinged Out
the Staples, Vintage Studio Frames, Vintage
Gallery Frames, Vintage Musuem Frames, and
Glitter Disorder by Tangie Baxter Designs,
Miniature Frames, Ultimate Art Collection,
Spunky Flowers, Shooting Stars by Christina
Renee Designs, Shabby Circus Kit by
Madame Mim (Cat Scraps), Chamres
d'Antan Kit, Chamres d’Antan add-on
Kit, and Perfect Day Kit by Annie Manning
aka Paint the Moon (Oscraps), My
Collection Staples by Studio Maya (Scrapbook
Graphics), Flower Mania by Jofia
Designs (The Digi Chick), Ribbon
Stitches, Essentials, Variations by Natali
Designs; Sparkle from Glitter Styles by
Flergs; Font: Dear Joe Four.
Journaling:
every life worth living is a
story worth telling
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Tangie ventured into designing in the spring of 2007.
At that time she was doing “family websites” where
families could share their stories and photos. She felt
there had to be an easier way and she set about teaching
herself how to use the entire CS2 software package. In
October of that same year she opened her own store.
Still, she was longing to be a part of a bigger
community. She has since been asked to be a part of
Scrapbookgraphics.
She
feels she’s being a bit cliche when she says that she
finds her inspiration everywhere. “I am constantly
saying, ‘Oooh, that would be a great kit.’” Once, while
attending a Broadway Across America play she loved the
pattern of the dress the lady in front of her was
wearing. That night she created a kit based on the
dress. Her love of “all things altered” also shows
through in her designs.
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Design
notes:
When I created this layout I
was learning how to do shadows and "out of
bounds" look. It is a fairly early layout of
mine but I still love it.
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Believe by Tangie Baxter.
Supplies:
Wallpaper, Base Coats from
Motion Picture, Glitter Greenery from Spring
Forest Floor: The Foliage, Frame from
Vintage Gallery Frames, Gate from Her Royal
Court, all by Tangie Baxter Designs,
Assorted Greenery & Silver Flowers from
Essentials by Natali Designs, Orchid from
Charmes d’Antan by Annie Manning aka Paint
the Moon, Holder/Paper from Book Plate
Alphabet by Christina Renee.
Journaling:
believe and you shall see
what others cannot
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Tangie aims to create at least two kits a month
but she usually ends up with six and a couple of
element sets. This is her full-time job and she
takes it very seriously. She has a set work
schedule for herself and has been known to work
18-hour days! Her newest kit is always her
favorite. “I feel like I’m growing by leaps and
bounds as a designer right now.” Some of her
very favorite kits are collaborations that she
has done with other designers. Sherriejd is one
of her favorite designers to work with, “I feel
like some of my best work happens when we are
feeling the vibe on a kit.” Their most recent
kit is “The Enchanted Art Box.”
17 Cherry Tree Lane; if you know this address than chances are you will love Tangie’s latest
kit. It’s a Scrapbookgraphics collaboration
with Flergs and it’s the house address from
Mary Poppins. It started out as a cherry-themed
kit. After receiving inspiration from some
Google images they decided on color palette and
then set to work. “The result is a huge
collaboration full of sparkle, vintage charm and
of course, tons of cherries!” |
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17 Cherry Tree Lane
by Tangie Baxter Designs |
The Enchanted Art Box by Tangie Baxter Designs |
Revamped by Tangie Baxter Designs |
Tangie’s favorite sesigners are Lorie
Davison, Molly DeCrow, Christina Renee
Designs, Jen U Designs and Sherriejd. Her
favorite programs include CS2 for layouts,
and Illustrator, Art Rage and Photoshop for
designing. You can purchase Tangie’s
products at:
www.tangiebaxterdesigns.com
and
www.scrapbookgraphics.com.
Tangie blogs at:
www.tbdloft.typepad.com and
www.tangiebaxter.typepad.com.
 Tangie lives
in Arizona with her “amazingly supportive”
husband of over 13 years, their 11-year-old
daughter and the family’s Italian greyhound,
Tank. You can read more about Tangie and
her crazy quirks on her blogs.
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