A winter deer family (Neat and Tangled)

Hi there!

I'm here and on the Neat and Tangled blog this morning, with a Christmas card that mixes a few sets to create a family of winter deer:

Before I start chattering about the card, I would just like to say that thank goodness I treated myself to an external flash for my camera recently! I still prefer to take pictures in nice lighting, but at least I have an alternative now. What do you think?

Back to the card! I started out by stamping out my deer. The mama and papa deer are from Oh Deer, and the little one making a tiny snowman is from Santa's Wonderland. I think they all look so cute together!

I colored them all using my favorite brown copic marker trio: E30, E31, and E34. I went back in and added some W5 in the spots that would be most shaded.

I added rolling snowbanks beneath their hooves, using our Stitched Slopes dies.

I added a gingham paper sky and popped up the focal images before creating a frame using 2 rectangle dies from Lawn Fawn.

I stamped out the greeting, from Nativity Play to the bottom of the frame using a crisp black ink. I'm so happy to have this french greeting for all of our teacher cards this year! We live right outside the city of Montreal, and our kids are in a french-immersion program.

I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!

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Glory in the highest (with Neat and Tangled)

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I'm here and on the Neat and Tangled blog this morning, with a card that combines 2 of our newest sets,  Nativity Play and Angel Wings.

I am so happy to have a nativity set for my Christmas cards this year! I stamped out Mary and Joseph and colored them with copic markers. I created stripes in Mary's tunic with a darker red marker, and gave Joseph a darker skin color. I just love the way Mary is looking down at baby Jesus!



The angel has come to give them good news! I know the angels come to tell the shepherds, but still. Maybe I'll create another card with a few shepherds and sheep! Joseph could definitely stand in for a shepherd and the sheep in Nativity Play kills me, he's so cute.




I set the images against a patterned paper of night sky, and the sentiment was heat-embossed onto a kraft-colored hill. With a W1 copic marker, I added some shading below the images. I love how this adds dimension and grounds Mary and Joseph.

I hope you like it! If you create anything with any of these new sets, we'd love to see! Be sure to tag us #neatandtangled on instagram!

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we wish you JOY (Neat and Tangled release week)

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Welcome back to day 3 of this month's Neat and Tangled release week. All of the products shown this week will hit the store on Friday morning, 8am EST.

Today, we're showing off the Cubic Cover Plate die, and I've used it with other products already shown this week: Angel Wings and the Card Front Designs dies.

I stamped, die-cut and colored the mirror-imaged angels, and set them against a piece of patterned paper. I kind of love the angel on the right, looking a little shy.

I used the Card Front Designs oval dies to create a frame that cuts into the Cubic Cover Plate. I kept the cover plate all white, so that it adds texture to the card, but remains subtle. I didn't want to take away from the angels!



I added a sentiment (and that little star up above) from Nativity Play, onto a tag (from the Classic Tag 2 die set.)

I hope you like it! Be sure to leave a comment here before you go! A winner will be chosen from among all of the participating design team blog comments this week and announced on Friday morning. You could win a $25 store gift card!

And hop on over to the Neat and Tangled blog this morning to see what the rest of the team crafted for you today - click!

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Nativity Play + Angel Wings (Neat and Tangled release week)

Hi there!

Welcome to day 1 of this month's Neat and Tangled release week! All of the products shown this week will hit the store on Friday morning by 8am EST.

I illustrated the 2 sets being shown today: Nativity Play and Angel Wings. Nativity Play is a 4x6 set that features cute kids all dressed up for a church recital. Angel Wings is a 3x4 set which features 2 mirror-imaged angels. Both sets can be used separately, but I love them together:



I colored all of the images with copic markers, and piled them into a scalloped frame. They are so much fun to color! That sheep is my absolute fave. I'm planning on keeping him around for easter-y cards too!

The wise man, with his stringed-up beard, cracks me up.



Once I had them all arranged, I added them to a layer of patterned paper, and stamped the greeting to fill the empty space.

I hope you like what you see so far, and be sure to check out the NT blog this morning to see what the rest of the DT created using these sets!

Before you go, don't forget to leave a comment! One lucky winner will be chosen from among all of the design team's blog comments this week - you could win a $25 store gift card! The winner will be announced on Friday morning.

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