on the corner of... {neat and tangled blog hop}

I'm thrilled to be joining Neat & Tangled for a fun blog hop, featuring a set designed by my crafting buddy Miriam.  The set is called "on the corner of" and I guarantee you've never seen anything like it before.  I made it christmas-y already (click!) and now I have a few more ideas for you.

(keep reading to the end, where I'll explain how you can win a set for yourself.)



I was thinking, would I ever give a card to someone that read "you are on the corner of freaking & insane"? maybe not (or maybe yes, to the same person that I am freaking insanely in love with, haha) so I added some handwriting to turn it into a more loving card.

And then, this card.  A street-sign just begs to be leaned on, doesn't it?  I made the post longer with some creative inking, so that Jake's large head wasn't actually resting on "fantastic."  This card is my big thumbs up (thumbs up? peace sign?) to Miriam.  I know she loves rag dolls, and I always aim to please.  hee.

Now that you've seen my cards, hop on over to the other girls' blogs... and leave comments along the way - there will be 2  "on the corner of" winners chosen from among the comments.

Danielle (neat & tangled) ♥ Miriam ♥ Elena (that's me!) ♥ Jingle ♥ JJ ♥ Jocelyn ♥ Joscie ♥ Nina ♥ Wida

I can't wait to see what the others have created!

♥.

on the corner of...

Did you see?  My friend Miriam is a stamp designer!  I was privileged enough to sneak peeks of this stamp set in its first, sketchy stages.  It is so clever and original.  There are so many things you could do with "on the corner of" but first, I need another Christmas card or two:

I stamped the street sign and masked it, allowing me to blend in some distress ink to cover the card-front.  I love the halo-effect around the post!  Once I was done blending the inks (tumbled glass, faded jeans, and black soot for those who will want to know) I squirted out some glitter from my wink of stella glitter pen and mixed it with a few drops of water.  Taking a small paintbrush, I flicked some of the mixture onto the card-front to get the snowdrift effect.

I used lawn fawn alphabet stamps to spell out "holly" and "jolly" and also added the holiday trim to the post.

It's hard to see in the pictures, but I added a swipe of glitter to the snow-bank, and red stickles to the berries.  This card is a flat, glittery thing of beauty. hee.

♥.