Simple and sweet cards

Hi there!

Sometimes I like to spend hours on one card, but sometimes I like things to move a little faster. I've made 2 cards, using products from the Ellen Hutson store, that I made in 30 minutes or less.

The first card is an Easter card, because Maia wanted one to gift her teacher with before Easter weekend:

I colored the bunny from Party Pals, and stuck him onto a banner that I hand-cut. I adhered the Happy Easter line border in lieu of a stamped greeting.



I cut into my white cardstock using the Outside In Easter Egg Stackables die, and lined the back with some Avery Elle patterned paper. I added a little sprig, from Magical Day to balance out the images and add a soft touch.

My next card is for a last-minute birthday card that I forgot to make until the morning-of. ack!

I used the sweet dogs from Dog Lady, and gave them party hats from Puppy's Favorite Things. I also used the sentiments from that set to complete the card.



I hope you like them both! If you have to make cards quickly, and at the last minute, here is what works for me: don't worry about the layout. ha! The longest part of designing a card, for me, is figuring out an interesting layout. Here, I colored images and didn't think too much about anything.

Happy Easter weekend!

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more Schoolhouse (with Neat and Tangled)

Hi there!

I'm here and on the NT blog this morning with a couple of cards using the new Schoolhouse stamp set.

I would give this card to my kids on the first day of school. I used Schoolhouse and a sentiment from Awesome.



The ink blending was done with mint and yellow, and I love where it blends to a green somewhere in the middle. The little mouse handing the fox his lunchbox is my fave!



My second card shows how the little critters can be used outside of the school theme. The little mice are handing the birthday fox some treats and gifts for his special day. The little images are from the also-new Puppy's Favorite Things.

I hope you like what I've created! Thanks for stopping by!

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Puppy's Favorite Things (Neat and Tangled new release)

Hi there!

It's the last day of reveals over for this month's new Neat and Tangled, and we're ending off with a 3x4 set that I designed, Puppy's Favorite Things.

It's a follow-up to the previously-released Kitty's Favorite Things. The puppy and kitty are sized to work together, and we've included a little die that you could use to cut around the puppy's paws, so that he could hold any of the smaller images in the set. The same die works with the kitty's paws as well! It was something that I always wished I had with the kitty set. so yay!

I colored 2 puppys and gave them party (or should I say PAW-ty) accessories. I also tucked the little tennis ball and food bowl at their feet.

I used the new Modern Triangles cover-plate in red behind the images. I think it's so cool!



To finish off, I flicked some brown ink over the kraft layer and assembled the card.

In case you missed my card from Monday, here's a look at the puppy and kitty (from Kitty's Favorite Things) together.

I love that little stuffed kitty! And the fact that they can share all of their little images is so fun.

Thanks for all of your excitement over my sets this month! It always puts a huge smile on my face to read your sweet comments.

There's more to see on the NT blog this morning - click!

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Let's get together (Neat and Tangled release week)

Hi there!

Welcome to Neat and Tangled's July release week! We're kicking things off with a first look at Together, a set designed by Miriam Prantner.  It features a large hand-lettered Together, and a slew of coordinating sentiments.

I couldn't help but pair it with a couple of critters, one old and one you'll meet in a few more days!

I love that the set gives you the option to stamp the word Together, or else die cut it like I did here. And the bigger dies gives a matting to either the stamped or die-cut version.

I sponged a mess of blue inks onto the card base, and then splattered white ink onto it before giving it a paler mint frame.

If you know our products, you'll raise an eyebrow when you see the cat, from Kitty's Favorite Things, holding the coffee mug! I designed the puppy's body to match the kitty's, and included an optional die that could cut around his paws... and the kitty's! Now, they could mix and match all of their accessories.

The coffee mug and the stuffed kitty are just 2 of the little images you'll find in the set. More to come on Thursday so stay tuned!

Check out the NT blog to see more, and don't forget to leave a comment before you go - you could win a 25$ gift card to the Neat and Tangled store.

♥.