Magnolia (Neat and Tangled release week)

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Welcome back to day 3 of this month's Neat and Tangled release week! Today, we're showing off a sweet floral set designed by Danielle, called Magnolia.



I colored a bunch of the floral images and clustered them around the sentiment strip. I stamped a sentiment from Friendly Florals. I wanted to make sure that the sentiment was simple in font and not too long, so that the flowers would really shine.



The flowers themselves were colored using copic markers. I colored the flower centers in deeper pinks, and faded out the pink into a light violet color on the edges.

I used foam squares to adhere everything to a polka dot background (the die is by Lawn Fawn.) Underneath the polka dot layer, I hid a sheet of aqua cardstock. It's subtle, and adds a pop of color and interest to the base.

I hope you like it! Before you go, leave me a comment! As always, Danielle will award one commenter a $25 gift card to the NT store at the end of the week, chosen from among the design team blogs this week.

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Marvy+Lawn Fawn collab week

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All week long, the Lawn Fawn design team is using products provided by Marvy to give you fresh inspiration!

I used the I Scream You Scream popsicle dies for a card that is pure summer! I used the brush markers that Marvy sent over to create the striped background. By watering them down a bit, they have a fun watercolor look to them. I also used a brush marker to create depth and shadowing on the popsicles themselves.



I reached back to an older set for the sentiment (Making Frosty Friends) and stamped it onto the wavy banner from the Shadow Box Card Ocean Add-On die set.

I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!

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Puppy love (Neat and Tangled release week)

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Welcome back to day 2 of this month's Neat and Tangled release week. If you loved the Panda die, you'll be thrilled with today's offering:



Miriam designed another one in the series - a Dog die!

You could simply run the die through once and be done, but I went through the extra trouble of cutting out his face and adding darker ears. I also gave him sweet rosy cheeks and a little dark spot around his eye.

Miriam also designed a stamp set full of fun dog-themed sentiments - Clearly Canine - and I used the birthday one on this card.

I matted everything onto a Plaid patterned paper from Lawn Fawn.



GIVEAWAY:

As usual, Danielle is giving away today's products on the NT blog this morning. But before you leave, write a comment here too - you could win a 25$ gift card to the Neat and Tangled store. Danielle will choose one comment from among design team's blog posts for the week.

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Swans and fruit (Pinkfresh Studio)

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I'm here and on the Pinkfresh blog today, with a couple of cards to brighten your day.

My first card features the Floral Frame With A Swan die set:

I just think it's so pretty and elegant, and a great set to use when you want a quick, but wow! card. I cut all of the elements out of white card-stock, and then used copic markers to add color to the flowers. I used R20 in the center of each flower and then pulled and softened the color out with R000. I used a white gel pen to create little flower stamen.

I also used Copic markers (B00, B000 and B0000) to create a pool of water for the swan to swim in, and colored the sky a soft, buttery yellow. All of the swan pieces were colored with markers as well.

I finished off by matting the swan dies onto a piece of patterned paper from the Escape the Ordinary paper pack.

My second card features the Fruitastic stamp set and matching dies:

I started out by die-cutting fruit shapes onto sheets of post-it paper to create masks. I then laid the fruit onto a white piece of cardstock and rubbed Broken China distress oxide ink over the entire area. Before removing the masks, I spritzed water onto the background.

Then, I stamped the coordinating fruit into the white spaces. I used 2 colors of ink per fruit to create a shaded look. The next step was to stamp in the coordinating stems and leaves.

I really wanted this card to be whimsical, so I took a black pen and outlined each fruit. As a finishing touch, I added white gel pen accents to the fruit and the background.

The sentiment is so perfect! I stamped it in black on a simple white banner flag. It stands out over the busy background.

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

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

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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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A scuba party! (for Lawn Fawn)

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Every month I show you how Lawn Fawn products can be used for party decor. This month, I decided to go deep... for a scuba party!



I used images from You Are Sublime to inspire this month's party theme. That scuba diver is so cute!

You can't have a scuba party without including a few yellow submarines! I cut a few Scalloped Treat Boxes out of yellow cardstock and used circle dies to mimic portholes.

I attached a wavy banner (from the Shadow Box Card Ocean Add-On die set) stamped with a greeting from You Are Sublime. I love that the wave of the banner gives a nod to ocean waves! And by sponging the edges with a darker blue ink, the navy cardstock looks so much more deep and rich.

To bring in more of the ocean theme, I came up with the simplest decor - but it really packs a punch! I grabbed a few picture frames I had lying around the house, and cut Stitched Wave Borders in shades of blue and layered them inside. I love this idea so much! If I were hosting a full party, I would fill even more frames and have them all layered and stacked around the party table. The frames are from Ikea, by the way!



Since everything else on the table is on the simpler side, I went all out with the cupcake toppers. One special thing on your party table is enough to draw the eye in! I cut yellow cupcake wrappers, and then created little scenes inside of Porthole Frames to stick inside of the cupcakes.

Each scene is just a tiny bit different in how they are laid out, but all of the elements are the same.

I used the Stitched Wave Borders inside the portholes, so add extra depth and interest.

The yellow submarines make another appearance on the drink bottles!



I always try to reinforce the party colors with each element on the table, so I used a lighter blue to wrap the bottle, and then brought in some navy in the straws.



I hope you like it! This is one of my faves - while I was crafting it, it made me wish that my Thomas was still little! I would have loved to have created this for him a few years ago. Now, he's 11 and all into laser tag and PS4 games and "nothing too babyish." ha.

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Wedding season begins!

Hi there!

I have so many birthday cards in my box, ready to send out. Thank you cards too, and so many other just because cards, but I found that I was missing some cards I could give out for summer weddings!

This card was created with supplies from the Ellen Hutson store:

I started out by stamping the large flower cluster from Mondo Sakura 2 times, and colored them using copic markers.

With one of the stems, I cut it to fit the 4 corners of my Wonky Stitches rectangle die. For the other one, I cut into it with the Classic Block Alpha letters to spell the word L-O-V-E. I also cut out the same 4 letters using an olive green cardstock that would match the green of the floral stems.



I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by.

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