Author: Jean Manis

Neat & Tangled November Release Warm Wishes

Today, Neat and Tangled is releasing the digital stamp “Warm Wishes.” It’s perfect for the holiday season!

Neat & Tangled November Release Warm Wishes

I used the digital stamp in two ways. I created the sentiment rectangle by printing the stamp as white on a black fill layer. Next, I created a background paper with a repeating pattern of the mug part of the stamp. Once printed, I combined those two papers with a patterned paper banner and baker’s twine on a dry-embossed card base. This card would be easy to create in different colors! I think I need to go drink some cocoa and put on holiday tunes!

Head on over to the Neat & Tangled Blog to see the rest of the Design Team projects and get details about this digital stamp. The November release stamp sets are on sale today, November 22.

Poppystamps: O Tidings of Comfort & Joy

Today, I’m sharing a holiday card crafted in traditional colors from the Poppystamps release of 74 dies and 20 cling stamps.

Poppystamps: O Tidings of Comfort & Joy

I wanted to combine a homespun look with a little bling. To begin, I die cut a textured white cardstock strip with the Diamond Knit border. I only cut about 3/5 of the border on the left-hand side. I then rotated the die and cut the right-hand side. By this method, I was able to leave a background spot for the Fremont tree. I stamped the Comfort and Joy sentiment stamp, masking off the “to you” and the bird, directly onto the red card base to which I then adhered the knit border. I cut the Fremont Pine Outline from silver cardstock for some extra shine and glued it to the Fremont Pine Background with Glossy Accents. I adhered the tree, once dry, to the knit border with dimensional adhesive and finished the card off with a metallic twine bow.

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Neat & Tangled November Release Day Four

Welcome to Day Four of the Neat & Tangled Release! Today’s featured stamp set “You & Me” is  perfect for cardmaking, traditional scrapbooking, and Project Life.

Neat & Tangled November Release Day Four

For my card, I heat embossed the set’s “You Are Awesome” sentiment to add to a Webster’s Pages Mini Bag in which I’ve placed a gift card. I finished it with a Webster’s Pages speech bubble paperclip.

Head on over to the Neat & Tangled Blog to see the rest of the Design Team projects and to enter the giveaway for this set!! The November release stamp sets go on sale tomorrow, November 22.

Did you catch the first three days of the release? There’s still time left to comment for a chance to win Day One’s “Everyday Labels,” Day Two’s “On the Edge,” Day Three’s “On the Corner.”

Holiday Card Camp Day 5

Today’s Online Card Classes Holiday Workshop lesson was all about feminine and masculine cards. I crafted the cards shown by Debby Hughes with a few modifications.

Holiday Card Camp Day 5

The card size is 3 1/2″ x 5″ with a panel of 3″ x 4 1/2″. I’ve never crafted a card this size before, but I must say I like it a lot. I cut a Crafter’s Workshop blank template with the Savvy branch die, through which I applied the embossing paste. I tried using cardstock, as Debby did, but ended up placing the branch too high on the card. I heat embossed the branch. Key to this idea is using an embossing buddy on the cardstock before applying the paste. I used one of my new favorite Hero Arts sentiment sets heat embossed in white. The Savvy snowflake die was heat embossed with silver several times.

Holiday Card Camp Day 5

I took a shortcut with the feminine card by dry embossing the background rather than using paste. I also have fewer snowflakes on mine than Debby had on hers. I can only do so much bling! With two sons, I actually have an easier time crafting masculine cards than feminine ones.

Today was a fabulous class loaded with inspiration to which I’ll turn in the coming weeks!

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Neat & Tangled November Release Day Three

It’s Day Three of the Neat & Tangled Release! Today’s featured stamp set “On the Corner,” designed by Miriam Prantner, includes a fun signpost and sentiments for a variety of occasions.

Neat & Tangled November Release Day Three

I stamped four sign posts and added a variety of the sentiments from the set, finishing the card off with a heat-embossed strip at the bottom.

Head on over to the Neat & Tangled Blog to see the rest of the Design Team projects and to enter the giveaway for this set!! The November release stamp sets go on sale Friday, November 22.

Did you catch the first two days of the release? There’s still time left to comment for a chance to win Day One’s “Everyday Labels” and Day Two’s “On the Edge.”