neat and tangled release - hot dog

Howdy and welcome to Day 4 of the June Neat & Tangled release countdown and I'm back with my creations with these new products! Today's set is just plain fun.

Today we are showcasing the Hot Dog stamp set and matching dies. I immediately thought of  "baseball, hot dogs, apple and Chevrolet" (you're welcome for the ear worm if you're my age, if you don't know what I'm talking about you better go listen ;)

Anyhoo, since I was thinking all-American, I had to go with red, white and blue, right?

Neat and Tangled Hot Dog stamp

Altenew inks

So, while we're talking "blast from the past", do these jumping hot dogs remind you of the ones at the drive-in that encouraged you to go to the concession stand?

This card was super easy to make because when you have stamp sets that provide two stamps that are mirror images of each other, you can use the reverse of one to add color to the other. 

I stamped the solids first - creating a triangle of each color. See? Then I went back with the outline stamps and stamped them slightly offset. I love this technique cuz I'm not a great colorer. You don't even have to pull out markers or pencils. And it saves lots of time! 

And then, because I had to give one hot dog his place in the limelight, I created a super CAS version. I did pull out a red and yellow marker to dress him up with some mustard and

ketchup ;) I'm more of a mustard gal. Probably cuz of all the bratwurst I eat. And you?

 Neat and Tangled Hot Dog stamp

Neat and Tangled Hot Dog die

 Neat and Tangled On the Strip stamp
Altenew inks

washi

The hello strip is stamped (with my MISTI), then I added a strip of washi and for the trophy I swiped some Delicata gold ink onto CS, stamped and die cut it. Can you see the shimmer here? I think this could be a birthday card or just a card to let someone know they're a top dog. Hot dog ;)

Check out the Neat and Tangled Blog to see all of the inspiration and take part in the daily giveaways! All products showcased this week will be available on Friday, June 8 at 8am EST in the shop.

Thank you for visiting today and thanks to Neat and Tangled for having me! Now how about another,  even more appropriate ear worm... "cuz Oscar Mayer has a way..." . How's that?

STAMPlorations 5th birthday

There's a month-long party going on to celebrate five years of STAMPlorations! Have you checked it out yet? Seems like we were just having the 4th birthday celebration. And now Shery has two littles in the family, a huge, fabulous DT to organize and she still continues to delight us with new products. Congratulations, Shery! I still say you're the Energizer bunny ;)

In celebration of Birthday #5 Shery has come up with over $500 in prizes - a wishlist linky, a CASEing challenge, commenting -  you must check out the main blog if you haven't yet. All month long the DT will be sharing some of their favorite past projects as well as new creations. Today it's my turn on the blog.

I've got four projects to share with you today, so let's get to it. Since our challenge for you this month is to CASE a STAMPgirl, I chose three of my favorite birthday projects from the past where I did some CASEing. And I CASEd a current card of a fellow DT member too.

First off, way back when my love affair with the wonky cake and random stamping started (I just didn't know it yet)...

And then there was this shaker card with a floating cupcake. I was CASEing the incredible Julie E.

Maybe you remember this more recent make where I was trying out a watercolor + Copic technique like Kelly L. does...

For my new project I had to CASE Carol M.'s Just a Note card from this post. You may recall it with a dry embossed white panel, a gorgeous dragonfly and a striking black sentiment strip. Keeping those items in mind I created this birthday card.

 Hearts All Over stencil

Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangles die

Birthday Bash stamp

Bloom Happy stamp

watercolors

white embosing powder

See the dry embossed impressions on the white panel? I fussy cut and foam mounted the cake.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have I inspired you to CASE one of these cards for the challenge? For a better idea of what we mean by "CASE", check out this post. Be sure to visit the STAMPlorations blog all month long for loads of inspiration. And did I mention prizes ;)? Here is the post with all the deets.

I'm joining the fun at CAS on Friday - Embossing and AAA Cards - 4th Birthday Bash

neat and tangled release - magnolia

Howdy and welcome back to Day 3 of the June Neat & Tangled release countdown and I'm excited to be joining the talented DT this week with my creations with these new products!

Today we are showcasing the Magnolia stamp set and matching dies. Now of course you could go all "magnolia-y" with it. But I chose to use the images as generic flowers.

I also used a stencil from this release which previews tomorrow, Squares. And some yummy Distress Inks in Mustard Yellow, Carved Pumpkin and Picked Raspberry.

Neat and Tangled Magnolia stamp

Neat and Tangled Magnolia die

 Neat and Tangled Squares stencil
Distress inks
white embossing powder
Heidi Swapp Black Velvet color shine

crepe paper

For my background, I applied ink (starting with yellow) through an area of the stencil onto an area of the cardbase. Then I rotated the stencil a bit and applied orange. Rotated it again and applied pink. Added a few of the smaller blooms along the left edge in the same colors. Then I added splatters and stamped the sentiment in black. Isn't that sentiment beautiful?

Stamped the bloom in black onto CS inked with the three colors and die cut it, along with about 10 layers of orange crepe paper. Stitched the crepe paper layers together and then decided it was too much black. So I heat embossed the bloom in white and die cut it. I adhered this one to the top layer of crepe paper, fluffed it all up a bit and voila!

Of course I couldn't let the bloom stamped in black go to waste, so I spritzed it with some perfect pearls/water mix and created this.

 Neat and Tangled Magnolia stamp

Neat and Tangled Clearly Canine stamp (sentiment)
Neat and Tangled Magnolia die

 washi
Distress inks

Check out the Neat and Tangled Blog to see all of the wonderful inspiration and take part in the daily giveaways! All products showcased this week will be available on Friday, June 8 at 8am EST in the shop.

Thank you for visiting today and again, thanks to Neat and Tangled for having me!

I'm joining the In the Garden challenge over at Penny Black and More and Flora or Fauna (I'm going Flora with these summertime cards) at As You Like It.

neat and tangled release - clearly canine

Howdy and welcome back to some special programming! Today is Day 2 of the June Neat & Tangled release countdown and I'm joining the talented DT this week with my creations with these new products! Today is graphic goodness pure.

Today we are showcasing the Clearly Canine stamp set and die. I got a "soft and sweet" vibe from this cutie so pulled out some CS I'd marbled with alcohol inks and went from there.

Neat and Tangled Clearly Canine die

Neat and Tangled Clearly Canine stamp

Altenew ink

enamel star
washi

This was really so easy. Die cut that sweet pooch's face from the panel and stitched it just along the top to a piece of PP. I like the effect of the shadows when the papers separate so I didn't want to glue it down completely. Added a tiny sentiment stamped in yellow and then adhered the panel (adhesive only along the top edge) to my cardbase. Again, cuz my top-fold base is cut from A4 but the marbled panel was letter size, I added a strip of washi along the bottom of the base. I like the little something it adds peeking out.

What to do with the positive pieces? As you know, I can't throw anything away. So this CAS card was born.

 Neat and Tangled Clearly Canine die

Neat and Tangled Clearly Canine stamp

Versamagic Wheat ink

thread

Easy peasy. I used the negative to get the placing of the pieces right (although you can experiment with eyes/ears further apart/closer together for some fun looks). Just added a few strands of white thread as whiskers!

Check out the Neat and Tangled Blog to see all of the wonderful inspiration and take part in the daily giveaways! All products showcased this week will be available on Friday, June 8 at 8am EST in the shop.

Thank you for visiting today and thanks to Neat and Tangled for having me!

I'm taking these over to the Anything Goes Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge, Cards in Envy Let's Hear it for the Boys, Die Cut Divas - Animals and Clean and Simple at Addicted to Stamps and More.

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neat and tangled release - so fly

Howdy and welcome to some special programming! Today is Day 1 of the June Neat & Tangled release countdown and I'm joining the talented DT this week with my creations with these fun new products!

Today we are showcasing the So Fly stamp set and matching dies. This set reminded me of children's book illustrations so that's the direction I went.

Neat and Tangled So Fly stamp

Neat and Tangled So Fly die

Neat and Tangled Topography stamp

STAMPlorations Crazy Double Stitched Rectangle die

white embossing powder

watercolors

twinkling H20s

Heat embossed and watercolored the BG, the plane and the sweet little clouds. Kept the colors all very light and neutral except for the plane. Added some silver shimmer to the metal of the plane and also to a scrap which I heat embossed the sentiment on. Used varying heights of adhesive to adhere the die cuts. Can't you just hear that engine and the animals squealing with glee?

And then, because I was infatuated with the sweet little birdie in the set, I had to watercolor him and his bunting too. Cuz the card's so über-CAS, I decided to add some wispy threads hanging down from the banner.

Neat and Tangled So Fly stamp

Neat and Tangled So Fly die

white embossing powder

watercolors

Check out the Neat and Tangled Blog to see all of the inspiration and take part in the daily giveaways! All products that we are showcasing this week will be available on Friday, June 8 at 8am EST in the shop.

Thank you for visiting today and thanks to Neat and Tangled for having me!

I'm joining the Anything Goes challenge over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, Power at Inkspirational and Clean and Simple at Addicted to Stamps and More.

spellbinders heart like a wildflower - rainbow

I was lucky to get the Spellbinders Heart like a Wildflower etched die from the Stephanie Low collection to play with and I have two super easy card ideas for you that showcase the watercolor with black as well as the nature with graphic combos that I love so much. And I used up some artsy backgrounds from my stash in the process!

Here is the die. For today's cards I used only the die on the right! 

When I did a test drive of that die, the first thing I noticed was the cool negative space it makes. So I cut it from a black rectangle and backed it with a smooshed Distress Oxide piece from my stash.

  Spellbinders Heart like a Wildflower Etched die

Kartenkunst Trauer stamp
Distress Oxides
PP snippet

I added a strip of striped PP to the edge of the panel and ran my sympathy sentiment vertically too.

Then I used the positive die cut as a silhouette in the foreground of a bright watercolored strip. Inspired by this card I made a bit ago.

Spellbinders Heart like a Wildflower Etched die

STAMPlorations Trendy Spring Blooms stamp
watercolors

washi

I added a heat embossed sentiment on vellum and a touch of gold/black graphic washi for balance at the base of the focal panel. It took me forever to figure out exactly how I wanted to do my sentiment on this thank you card, but it's super easy to recreate if you like the idea ;) I blogged about the watercolored piece here.

Thank you to Team Spellbinders for this lovely die to create with. I'm joining in at:

Pinspirational - #216 (card #1)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes

Watercooler Wednesday - Anything Goes

happy 5th birthday STAMPlorations!

Summer birthdays are such fun, aren't they? Five years ago Shery R. started a little company called STAMPlorations. It's grown incredibly since then and this month we are celebrating big time. Check out that graphic above, or the STAMPlorations blog, to see how you can celebrate with us and maybe win yourself some awesome prizes!

In honor of the birthday, Shery has released some birthday stamps (think revamped wonky cake) and some beautiful phrase dies (wait til you see the font!) Here are the two I used.

 Birthday Bash, Celebrate Big

Because our challenge this month (there is only one) is for you to CASE the STAMPgirls, I thought I'd CASE some cards with the new products for my post today. Here we go. It's a long one.

Remember this card of mine with the wonky cake? Today I used the leftover die cut from DD's birthday card and gave it a drop shadow with rose gold foil CS. For my cardbase I smooshed some Picked Raspberry, Dried Marigold and Cracked Pistachio (thought they matched the colors on the die cut best) on my mat, spritzed with water and "inked" up my stamp with the various colors before stamping the random BG. Did my best to keep the colors separate to prevent muddiness.

 STAMPlorations Celebrate Big

STAMPlorations Make a Wish die

See that rose gold peeking out? Yum.

I think it's cool how the phrases are in the stamp sets too, in that cool font and with a retro feel. I decided to pair the two on this card, which is somewhat a case of this card by Emily L. Heat embossed the sentiment three times down the left edge of a PP panel. Applied Tea Dye through a brick wall stencil (thanks, Loll!). Stitched the panel to my card and added the die cut from PP and white craft foam.

 STAMPlorations Celebrate Big

STAMPlorations Celebrate Big die

patterned paper

clear embossing powder

stencil

distress ink

Might need your sunglasses for this next one. I'm actually going to use it as a graduation card for a young man. Know who I CASEd on this one - sun rays, yellow, black and white? My teamie Monica T. Wasn't going to use sequins, but there was an ink smudge mishap... Can you tell which of the three was necessary to cover the smudge? (If not, good ;)

 STAMPlorations Celebrate Big

STAMPlorations Balloons and Banners

Mustard Seed distress ink

white embossing powder

circle die

stencil

sequins

Even added a touch of B/W in the form of washi along the bottom (on the inside however) cuz I loved that element of Monica's design so much.

I love this next one. It was such fun to create. Getting a comic book vibe? The first person to leave a comment with the answer to who/what I was CASEing on this one will get this card! As is, to use...

 STAMPlorations Celebrate Big

STAMPlorations Birthday Bash

STAMPlorations Mixed Media Grunge

STAMPlorations Celebrate Big die

distress inks

black Sharpie 

Thought the bold nature of the design could use a sentiment in glossy white CS - better known as recycled sticker packaging ;) Also popped this one up on a die-cut layer of yellow craft foam.

This last card  came about cuz I wanted to try stacking these phrase die cuts. I chose blue for a masculine card. Then I remembered this card. Took the "happy" stamp and stamped it from dark to light red to support the "birthday wishes".  Added splatters and Nuvo dots. Then a strip of B/W. One of those "don't know when to stop" creations, you know the kind! And now I cannot get a photo of it without it looking all blurry. It's not that bad IRL...

 STAMPlorations Celebrate Big

STAMPlorations Birthday Bash die

Altenew inks

patterned paper

Nuvo drops

Well if you stuck it out to the end, thank you!!!  There is a lot more inspiration over at STAMPlorations today and there will be all throughout the month as the DT members present their fave STAMP projects. I'd love to see you CASE a card of mine. I'll keep an eye on the gallery! Have a great day.