Hello, spring! (Neat and Tangled release week)

Hi there!

Neat and Tangled's March release is coming in like a soft, warm breeze. As long as I don't look outside my window, where everything is still white...

Danielle designed today's set, Hello Spring, as a follow up to Hello Winter.

The sentiment was an obvious complement to the images from Cottontail Cuties. I stamped and colored the images, and set them against a sunny yellow gingham sky.

I added grassy hills and framed out the images with the sentiment.



If you're still looking at snow outside, I hope this card puts a SPRING in your step today!

Check out the NT blog this morning for more inspiration using this set - click! And before you go, don't forget to leave a comment - at the end of the week, a winner is chosen from among the blog comments. There is a 25$ store gift card up for grabs!

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Springtime cards (with Neat and Tangled)

Hi there! I'm here and on the NT blog this morning, with 2 springtime cards for you. I should mention that it will be snowing in Montreal tonight. but still...

My first card pairs the sweet bunny from Cottontail Cuties with the deer from Into the Woods as well as the Floral Heart frame. I used the wavy banner from Scalloped to prop up the bunny a bit, so that they could stare at each other properly. I love how the little animals work so well together!

I went straight-up Easter for the next card:

Using the Parquet stencil, I sponged on different shades of pink to act as a backdrop for my images (from Cottontail Cuties.)

To add some ground beneath their feet, I stamped the little grass images from the same set, in a way that would stretch to width of my card and used scissors to cut that out by hand. 

The sentiment was stamped directly onto the card base.

I hope you've been inspired to make a few springtime or Easter cards of your own!

♥.

Cottontail cuties (Neat and Tangled release week)

Hi there!

I have 2 cards to show off today, both using my new set for Neat and Tangled, called Cottontail Cuties.

It features 2 girls dressed in bunny costumes, one holding a little chick and the other pulling a wagon full of Easter eggs.



And obviously, a couple of bunnies.  I love this one, with his arms folded together! For this card, I watercolored a huge heart, and put it against a scalloped rectangle. I then snipped off the "hooray" from inside the wreath and used that to frame my images.



My next card shows off the second bunny and girl images. I cut away the little eggs from her wagon and put the huge egg from the new Eggstra Special there instead. The sentiment is also from Eggstra Special. I propped up the bunny using the tree stump from Lumberjack Love, and did a subtle stenciling on the background layer using the new Scalloped stencil.

A little tip: to make the girl look like she's really holding that flower, I adhered the flower behind her hand, and then used a black pen to draw a connecting line.

I hope you like Cottontail Cuties! There's more to see on the NT blog today - click!

♥.