Barnyard Buddies (Neat and Tangled release week) + Big Changes

Hi there!

If you're looking for today's Lawn Fawn post, scroll down or click HERE.

I'm so excited to show off my new set with Neat and Tangled for this month, Barnyard Buddies. Before I do, though, I wanted to share some big changes coming to Neat and Tangled that have affected my role there. You can read the official announcement on the NT blog this morning (click.)

Danielle is reshaping how her company runs, and in doing so, there was no longer space enough for Miriam and I to continue on as product designers in the same capacity and with the same freedom of creativity as we were used to. It was a difficult decision, since I have loved working on this team, but I truly believe that a door closed is a window opened somewhere else.

I am so grateful to Danielle for bringing me on 3 years ago, and basically letting me design whatever I felt like drawing. I am so grateful for all of you Neat and Tangled fans who have been so supportive of my designs, and I am very excited to sit back with you and see what wonderful things are in store for Neat and Tangled!

I am still illustrating! I'm planning a few months break, just like Danielle, and hopefully you'll follow my journey and be there when I pop my head up with new designs!

Back to release week! Since it's my last week with Neat and Tangled, I decided to start things off with not 1 but 3 cards for you today:



I created a sunny sky background using our Radiating Star stencil, and layered the Barnyard Buddies on a little grassy hill.

That horse is my favorite one to color!

My next card brings in the barn, tractor and sun images from the set. I borrowed clouds from So Fly to give the sky some extra presence.



I used to think cows with brown spots would produce chocolate milk... mmmm....



My last card brings in an image from another new set - you'll meet him properly tomorrow. I did some ink blending and added a herd of farm animals to the simple design.



I hope you like what you see so far! Check out more of Barnyard Buddies on the NT blog this morning - click!

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You're plane awesome (Neat and Tangled release week)

Hi there!

Welcome to day 1 of this month's Neat and Tangled new releases! I'm thrilled to show off my newest set, So Fly.

It features one main, large-scale image that fills up a card-front! I just love the curve of the giraffe's neck - he is my fave!

I colored the airplane a bright red, and set it against an inset blue sky. I die cut some clouds included in the set, as well as the flying bird and banner.

I created the custom sentiment ("you're plane") by combining the YOU'RE from one sentiment and the PLANE from the other. It's a simple thing, and I've stretched what this set can do! I used the Awesome die cut to finish off the sentiment in a graphic black that adds punch to the card.



Let me know what you think in a comment below! As usual, there's a 25$ gift card up for grabs, chosen from among all of the design team's blog posts this week.

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