Sketch Challenge

It’s the first Thursday of the month (Where did August go!?) and that means a new challenge has been announced over on the Little Tangles Blog… I used this sketch to create some thank you cards for my son’s birthday party. He recently turned 21 and we threw him a surprise party. I wanted to thank everyone who came and helped out but I didn’t want them to be to kid-like. I chose a...

Gift Giving

The birthday celebration is continuing over on the Little Tangles Blog with the new theme of creating a gift. I decided to create a card set using THIS new fabulous stamp from Neat and Tangled…. I decided to use Distress Inks with the stamp to create a watercolor look. Here’s a closer look at one of the cards… Here’s how I created each card: 1. I started out with 2 or 3 Distress Inks...

Happy Birthday Challenge

August is Neat and Tangled’s Birthday month and the company is turning two! So I thought a birthday theme was in order! Here is the card I created for the celebration:  I created this card by die-cutting some balloons from THIS die out of white cardstock. Then I used THIS border stamp and stamped on the top of the balloons in different colors. I also stamped a sentiment from THIS stamp set onto a...

Stencil Challenge

Hello! Before I get to today’s card, I want to say a big thank you to everyone who left such sweet comments on my last post. I really appreciate it! Your support means so much. This week’s challenge over on the Little Tangles Challenge Blog is to use a stencil on your project. I knew I wanted to use THIS new stamp set but didn’t have a raindrop stencil, so I created my own...

Tag! You’re It!

It’s all about tags over on the Little Tangles Challenge Blog. I recently received THIS fun stamp set and thought I could incorporate a tag in a playful way… I’ve had that airplane die for awhile and was waiting for the right time to use it! I thought it would be fun to create a tag out of a banner that the airplane is pulling… To create this card was actually very simple. I...