Hello. The Little Tangles Challenge Blog just announced a new challenge and it’s all about gift giving. I needed to make a bunch of quick Christmas gifts for some of the staff at my son’s school… I started by cutting THESE scalloped rectangles from white cardstock. I applied some of THIS with THIS stencil to create some snow and add texture. I used THIS stitched slope die to create a hill slope on the...
Hello. Today’s card features a background created using a mirrored stamping technique… I placed a few images from THIS stamp set into my MISTI and stamped them in the lower left hand corner. I rotated my paper upside down and stamped the same images in the opposite corner. I cleaned and removed the images and then turned my paper back to the first position. I placed my images on to the cardstock next to...
Hello. The Little Tangles Challenge Blog announced their October challenge and it’s a sketch challenge… Here’s my take on the challenge… I started by stamping THIS background using THIS black ink on a white piece of paper. After heat setting it, I die-cut it using one of THESE dies. I adhered it to the center of a gray note card and stamped a sentiment above and below using THIS stamp set. I also stamped,...
Hello. The Little Tangles Challenge Blog just announced their new challenge HERE and it’s all about continuing the card design on the envelope and/or inside of the card. I chose to create a matching envelope for my card… Before I get to the envelope, let’s focus on the card… Using my MISTI, I stamped the XO image from THIS stamp set using a variety of dye inks (all linked below). I stamped the sentiment...
Hi, friends. Today I’m sharing a birthday card…. I started by stamping THIS sunburst stamp using THIS ink towards the bottom of a panel cut with THIS stitched rectangle die. I stamped, colored, and cut images from THIS stamp set. I adhered them to the panel along with THIS sentiment. I added some of THIS to the sentiment for some shine. This card was created for THIS Little Tangles Challenge. Neat and Tangled is turning...
Hello. The Little Tangles Challenge Blog is hosting a masking challenge this month HERE and I wanted to share the two cards I created for it. I used masking to create a focal point… I started with one of THESE kraft note cards and placed a heart mask in the center. I created the mask cutting one of THESE dies out of THIS masking paper. I placed the die right on top of...
Hello. Today’s cards features coloring with shimmer pens…. I get a lot of questions about which shimmer pens I like. So, before I get to how I created these cards, I want to share a bit about the shimmer pens I use. I use THIS Wink of Stella Clear Brush Marker and THIS Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen often to add a bit of shine to my cards. It seems like a small detail,...
Hello. The Little Tangles Challenge Blog just announced their latest challenge HERE, which is all about watercolor. I created two cards for the challenge showcasing easy watercolor backgrounds…. First, I stamped the images and sentiment from THIS adorable Neat and Tangled stamps set using THIS ink and clear heat embossed them. I used THESE watercolors to color in the images and used THESE and THESE dies to cut them out. For the backgrounds, I...
Hello! If you’re familiar with my blog than you know how much I love creating rainbow projects. Little Tangles just announced their March challenge and it’s all about rainbows! Here is the card I created for the challenge… THIS is one of my all time favorite Neat & Tangled Stamp Sets. I stamped all the images using my MISTI and THIS ink. I clear heat embossed the images to make them stand out and...
Hello! I’m happy to announce that I returned as Design Team Leader for the Little Tangles Challenge Blog and today we announced a new challenge… Here is the card I created for the challenge… I used the same technique as I did for THIS card, but used THIS hugs die from Neat and Tangled. I love how large the die and easily becomes the focal point on the card. I used THIS die...
