Neat and Tangled release week wrap-up

Hi there!

Thanks so much for your enthusiasm and kind words for my new sets, Beach Day and Flamingo Floatie.

You can find them in the Neat and Tangled store right now! And something new that Danielle is making available this month: an I-want-it-all bundle!

I can't stop coloring this little cutie:

I paired the new Flamingo Floatie image with fish from Mermazing and Kitty's Favorite Things.

The little fish peeking up at her are so cute! To make them seamlessly blend in the water, I used a marker to color around the outline of each fish die-cut.



Have a fabulous day!

♥.

Simon Says Stamp feature

Hi there!

I'm on the Simon Says Stamp store blog this morning, with this little number:



Click on over to see more card photos and read the step-by-step!

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ETC Papers + Neat and Tangled week

Hi there!

Neat and Tangled is partnering with Et Cetera Papers to bring you some fun inspiration this week! Et Cetera Papers has the coolest wood stationery and envelopes and I've used some of them in today's card.



To ground my images, I used their Birch Wood paper, and added a tiny heart with the Cherry Wood paper to bring in the darker brown of the deer, and to match the envelope.

The little deer, from Into the Woods, was stamped in a lighter ink and colored with copic markers. I love how soft he looks! I used the Making Waves die to create an opening for a fun patterned paper sky. The curved banner is from Mermazing. I carefully (very carefully) snipped away the original greeting so that I could now use the banner more freely. You'll see it again in tomorrow's card! I love how it curves perfectly around the circle.

To ground the deer, I die-cut a strip from Tiny Cuts, and darkened the wood beneath his hooves with a copic marker.



I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by and be sure to leave a comment on all participating blogs this week for a chance to win a prize package from Et Cetera Papers.

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Neat & Tangled - Cosmo Cricket week

Hi there!

I'm sharing a few projects here and on the Neat & Tangled blog for our collaboration week with Cosmo Cricket.



For my first card, I stamped and colored elements from Mermazing and set them against watercolored backdrop. I adore these new products from Cosmo Cricket. They are made for watercoloring dummies like me! I used the watercolor brush to spread a little water around, then sprinkled some Pool Pixie Paint onto the piece, and basically my work was done.



I blended out the background a bit and added some flecks of lighter and darker paint to give depth to the scene.

My next projects are a little tag duo. I played around with the Candy Pixie Paint for both. On this tag, I used the Resist Pen to add polka dots to the bottom half of the tag, let it dry, and then watercolored with the Pixie Paint over-top.  When everything was dry, I used a brown pen to add doodly circles around each polka-dot.

I added the little girl image from Better Together, and the new script Celebrate die to finish off the tag.

For my last tag, I did more of the same: doodled polka-dots with the Resist Pen and watercolored over-top with the Candy Pixie Paint. I added the Hooray wreath a little bird (from Kitty's Favorite Things) to finish off.



Be sure to visit the NT blog for Laura's project, and for the chance to win a Cosmo Cricket prize pack - click!

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magical mermaid {neat and tangled release week}

Hi there!

It's day 4 of this month's Neat and Tangled release week. Today, we're showing off the most amazing stencils, designed by my good friend Miriam.  They are so intricate and beautiful!

I used the Pentagon Stencil to create a watery ocean layer for the mermaid (from Mermazing) to rest on. I rubbed Lawn Fawn's mermaid ink over the stencil - how's that for perfect?

I colored the fish in different colors and made them jump out of the water to frame the mermaid.



I stamped the sentiment (also from Mermazing) onto the watery stenciled layer.

I hope you like it! There's more to see on the NT blog this morning - click!

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mermazing + kitty's favorite things {neat and tangled release week}

Today is my big day - both of the sets that I illustrated are being shown off on the Neat and Tangled blog this morning.

First up, Mermazing! This sweet little mermaid makes me smile every time I see her. I don't always feel that way about my illustrations, haha.

I took inspiration from The Little Mermaid, and colored her to look like Ariel. Bold red hair, purple top and green tail. Her little fishy friend (from Kitty's Favorite Things) has Flounder's coloring.

I just think they are....



Mermazing. ha.

Next up, Kitty's Favorite Things. (Side note, do you know how hard it is to come up with names for stamp sets? Dude.)

I did a no-line coloring on my cat, and overlapped the banner right in front. I also used the Journaling Alpha dies to create a fuller sentiment.

ps, did you see that Jennifer Mcguire did a product release video featuring Neat and Tangled products? She loves those alpha dies and so do I! They really are the perfect size.



Back to the kitty! He can hold any of the elements found in the set: the fish, the yarn, the milk... but all soft and fuzzily colored? He suited the heart best.

I hope you like the new sets!  Leave me a comment on this blog post for a chance to win a 25$ giveaway to the Neat and Tangled Store.

And, I am also giving away my own stamp set here! Lemme know which of these stamp sets you prefer and you could win it! I'll announce the winner by Friday morning.

Thanks for stopping by! Click over to the NT blog to see more.

Hello you {neat and tangled release week}

Hello You!

It's a beautiful morning to kick things off for Neat and Tangled's July release week. Danielle's 3x4 brush lettered set, called Hello You, is perfect for sending a big, bold HELLO.

I paired it with a couple of sweet sea friends (from my new set, MERMAZING, which you'll see in full tomorrow.) Don't they look so sweet together? I die.

The card base was striped using a pale blue copic marker and a ruler (super fancy, y'all) and the greeting was stamped using Lawn Fawn's plastic flamingo ink. Go bright or go home, right?



The dies are new too! and my first time designing a stand-alone die set. The waves are so fun, and it comes with another piece you'll see tomorrow.

I hope you like what you see so far! Leave me a comment here for a chance to win a 25$ gift certificate to the Neat and Tangled store, and then pop over to the NT blog for more inspiration with today's sets!

♥.