Hello There Little One

Hi there crafty peeps!!

I've been crafting a lot lately, but not had the old blogging-bug much. Its hard when it feels like I'm talking to no-one! I never know what to type lol.

Anyhoo, I made a card using the delightful new set from Neat and Tangled, Party On!

I used it on the card I made for the Neat and Tangled Design Team reunion, which you can see HERE, and I canNOT stop using it.

For my card today, I bent the giraffes neck a little, while t was on my acrylic block, and positioned it so it looked like it was peering down at the little bird.  I thought it would be a fun way to make a welcome-baby style of card.

The images are coloured with copics. The background was done with Holbein watercolours, the sentiment is a combo of Simon Says Stamp, and Concord & 9th.  That lovely little background is heat embossed with clear powder, and is from an older Avery Elle set.

I hope you like it! I'll be back with more soon

Linda xo

Neat and Tangled special project!

Hi everyone!

I'm over at Neat and Tangled today to show you a special project :)


Here's a sneaky peek :)

Be sure to pop by and leave me some love! (I'm desperate for love you know LOL)

You'll even get to check out the colour I picked for our hallway walls--I know, you're excited, me too!!


Linda xoxoox

Neat and Tangled Stamps: Just Hello premiere

Hi there friends!

I'm back with another stamp set from the amazing new line my gorgeous friend Danielle has released!

The set that's under the spotlight today is called Just Hello and it is THE SWEETEST.  Cute, playful telephones and envelopes, along with sweet sentiments that make is so so easy to make fun and bright projects.

Here are my two cards to showcase this fabulous set:

First I took a piece of Neenah solar white cardstock and cut it to size, then I clear embossed the zigzag stamp from the Neat and Tangled "Little Tangles" set, over the entire background of the cardstock.

Next I spritzed some Dylusions Ink sprays over the cardstock, (GET SOME IMMEDIATELY! ITS AMAZING!) then hit it with my heat gun. Before it was totally dry, I ran a damp cloth carefully over the embossed zigzag image, to bring it out just a little more and remove any excess ink spray. I finished drying the cardstock then.

I added a doily on the side, trimming off the excess and a strip of vintage book print.

I took some Neenah Desert Storm (kraft) cardstock and stamped the envelope image several times using Memento Espresso Truffle and Toffee Crunch inks. I cut them all out, had a rest so my hand could recover :) then added them all across the card, so they'd look almost like they were flying (think Harry Potter and the letters from Hogwarts :)).

Lastly I stamped the sentiment and adhered it all down to a black matte, then a red cardbase (both of these were Bazzill Card Shoppe cardstock.

I'm totally in love with this card.

This next card is *much* more muted but I love it so :) I wanted something simple but punchy.

 Using kraft cardstock, I ran the bottom 1/3 (or so) through my Big Shot machine using the cool Spellbinders M-bossabilities hexagon embossing folder (love it).
Then I stamped the phone and sentiment using Tuxedo black ink. I coloured the phone in heavily with Prismacolour pencils (I didn't want to use copics or distress markers because I thought they would bleed through the cardbase). I then added Glossy Accents to the phone. It needed to be shiny :)

Finally I took my handy-dandy new white gel pen and 'filled in' the centre hexagons, I intentionally made the 'filling in' trail off. I wanted more of a graphic look than having them all coloured white.
Then I added a faux stitching line around the outside of the top half!

Here is a look at that shiny phone--just lovely :)

I'm really happy with how graphic this card turned out, it was exactly how I envisioned it when I looked at that phone in the stamp set! (The stamps do all the work I tell you!)

Here are the goodies you'll need to make these cards:

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Thanks for coming! Please head over to the Neat and Tangled blog with me to see the rest of the design team's creations! I'm sure they'll be amazing!

See you soon!

Linda xx

Neat and Tangled STAMPS RELEASE WEEK!!

Hello friends!

I'm so excited to be here today to help introduce my dear sweet friend Danielle's new STAMP LINE!

When she asked me to be a part of the team that helps bring her stamps to life, I was (and still am) so flattered and honoured! I couldn't think of anything better! THEN I saw the stamps in real life--WOWZA, they. are. gorgeous.

There are 6 sets in total, and every day this week, at 8am EST there will be a post on the Neat and Tangled blog, introducing each one of the new stamp sets. (One set per day)
You'll get to see the set, a video, and several cards. There will also be a giveaway every day with winners announced on Friday.

All 6 sets will be available for purchase at the end of release week on Friday, August 10th at     

8 AM EST.

The stamp set we're spotlighting today is called Fresh Blooms, with gorgeous whimsical floral images, sweet bugs and darling sentiments, its a real pleasure to use.

Here are two cards I made using Fresh Blooms;

The moment I saw the flowers, I thought of poinsettia--and after making them 'into' poinsettia for this card, I'm pretty sure I know what my christmas cards are going to be this year! (I've had this card made and waiting to be shown for WEEKS, I'm so excited to be able to reveal it!)

I used Distress Markers and a waterbrush (on watercolour paper obviously!) and then fussy cut them all out, before adhering them using dimensional adhesive. When they were all dry and set, I added Star dust stickles to them (just lightly). They have such a gorgeous glimmer to them in real life!
The cardstock is from the new delicious Bazzill Card Shoppe range,  I used my scoring board to make the diagonal score lines on the bottom half of the card :)

and a more sweet, summery card:

I masked off the strip in the centre of the card, stamped the flower image all over the white neenah cardstock, using Memento Dew Drop inks :) Then I scored the centre panel to give it a nice 'segmented' look, added the cutesy ladybugs and coloured them in!

To finish I added pearls and rounded the bottom corners with my corner chomper.

Here are the goodies I used to make the cards:

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Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Neat and Tangled Blog, to check out the rest of the inspiration projects for this set, and the other sets throughout the rest of the week!

Linda xoxo