Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Neat & Tangled October Release and Giveaways - Day 3


It's Day 3 of the Neat & Tangled October Release and today we are showing off my newest cover plate and stencil design - Cubic.

As you may have gathered, I love geometric designs, and this is one of my favorites to date.  There are so many ways you can play with the the openings varying the colors used and the arrangement to get very different looks.

For this first card, I cut the cover using four different shades of blue cardstock as well was from white.  I did use a shim after the first cut and found this really helped.

Then it was just a matter of deciding on a pattern and completing the inlay.  A little fiddly, but really these pieces are pretty decently sized and not a lot of trouble.


The sentiment is from my Art Deco set and was embossed with a sparkly silver embossing powder.  A silver glitter mat added sparkle as did some gems placed at the corners of the squares.

I had lots of leftover pieces from this first card, so I put them to use in my second card.

For this card, instead of creating an allover pattern, I created a sort of diamond shape by just using a portion of the cover plate, and graduating the colors in solid layers around the center.

A lot of times for a card like this, I'll have the cover plate 'webbing' in place to help place the pieces, but this time I thought I would wing it, and it worked reasonably well. 


The pieces were popped up with foam tape which was the most time consuming part of the process, but really once I had decided on the pattern/layout, it was just a matter of putting it together.

The sentiment is from the Lovely Lotus set that we showcased yesterday.

As I mentioned above, there is also a stencil available in this same pattern.  You'll see it in my card for tomorrow, but many of the girls have been using it all week as well. 

OK, head over to the Neat & Tangled blog to check out what the rest of the team made and to be entered to win today's products.

Leave a comment here as well.  I'll be picking some commenters at the end of the week to win some of my new release comments.  You'll want to head over to Instagram as well (@mprantner) to get some more chances.

See you back here tomorrow for our final day of reveals!

26 comments:

  1. Both cards are wonderful and love the blue color schemes!

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  2. Nice cards. Would be great for masculine cards.

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  3. Love the design and colors. :) Great card.

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  4. Awesome cards! I love your newest cover plate and stencil design! So many possibilities!

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  5. How cool your
    cards look! I
    love the way
    the second one
    came together.
    Carla from Utah

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  6. I’m such a fan of your cover plate die and stencil ! I love that clean graphic look so much ! And you always pick the most awesome color combos to illustrate them ! Thanks for the opportunity to win. Love, Marjorie
    [margessw(at)icloud(dot)com]

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  7. Amazing artwork using your new cover plate! Very creative and eye catching!

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  8. A very interesting concept - great results!

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  9. I like how many different designs can be made with this. Your design is wonderful!

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  10. I am so glad you love geometric designs...this is fabulous!

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  11. these are just wonderful! love your incredible designs, so beautiful!

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  12. Beautiful. Love the colors
    (blue is my fave). Wonderful
    design. thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  13. Wonderful cards. I love this Cubic cover plate and you've shown how versatile it it. Lovely colors.

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  14. I love the colors... all the shades of blue! So wonderful!

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  15. Fantastic cover plate design, so versatile! Love your cards, so fun and graphic.

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  16. This makes my heart go Pitter patter, MP!!!! Love. It.

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  17. This cover plate is stunning! I love how you've inlaided it with various colors of blue. I can't believe how you got all the pieces evenly spaced and in straight lines on the second card! This die would be so fun to try different color combinations with!

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  18. FAbulous cover plate and I like how you made a second card with the leftover pieces.

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  19. The new cover plate makes some fantastic backgrounds! Great design!

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  20. Congrats on these wonderful and versatile products!!!
    Love your awesome cards! Both the designs are great like your choice of colors!!!

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  21. Geometric designs create such a stunning effect and the possibilities for patterns are endless. Thanks for sharing these lovely cards.

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  22. Great card! I love the colors and design!

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  23. beautiful work - thanks for the ideas:)

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  24. This die is fabulous!! Your cards are beautiful; LOVE the colors, and the pattern on the first one is awesome!

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  25. So gorgeous, this is a fantastic design and love the colour combo you used too. As I always say, your a genius!!

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