Let Your Faith be Bigger Than Your Fear

Hi friends.  I'm sharing a really quick and easy card today.  I picked up the You Got This sentiment set from Jane's Doodles a couple months ago and wanted to create a card for this sentiment.

I reached for my Floral Shadow set from Altenew.  This is one of my very favorite Altenew sets.  It's so versatile.  It can be the star, but also makes gorgeous backgrounds in a jiffy.  For this card, I simply random stamped the different images around the border of my card using my MISTI and Altenew's Industrial Diamond ink.

The sentiment was then stamped with Versamark and embossed in gold.

I wanted to add some additional gold accents, so I used a gold Wink of Stella pen similar to what I did on these tags.  For this card though, I used a darker shade of gray ink, so the gold pen didn't stand out the way I wanted it to.  So, I used those lines as a rough outline, and used a Versamark pen to emboss gold accents.  I wasn't trying to follow the lines exactly.  I like the extra bit of depth/variation you get when you see the shadow of the Wink of Stella. 

That was it.  Really very simple and quick.  Thanks so much for visiting, here comes the weekend!

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Altenew Clear Stamps, Floral Shadow

Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Pad, Industrial Diamond

Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Tip Marker, Christmas Sparkle, Set of 3

VersaMark Ink Pad

VersaMark Watermark Pen

Ranger Embossing Powder, Gold

Wintry Window Card

We had our first major snowfall this weekend as well as our first snow day, so I had some time to do some crafting.  The weather inspired me to pull out the Ellen Hutson dies I recently ordered.  

This card uses the Alpine Window and Alpine Snowfall dies.

I started by die cutting the house layer from my card base.  This is a window layer in that it cuts a window into a piece.  The tree layers is also a window layer, but for this layer I first die cut a circle that was just slightly larger than the diameter of the tree layer, and then placed the tree layer die within it and die cut.  This created a very thin frame around the top of the opening which allowed me to adhered that layer to the back of the opening created by the house layer.

The next two layers are on the inside of my card.  I cut a panel of dark blue cardstock and created the snowy sky using the Alpine Snowfall die.  Over that, I added the mountain layer from the Alpine Window die set - this die cuts the actual mountain piece out.

When you close the card you get the full scene.

To finish things off, I added a mat of patterned paper and then popped up the top layer of white cardstock.

I thought long and hard about making this a Christmas card, but decided to go with a winter themed card.  I used two sentiments from my Scandinavian Prints Christmas set, one on the outside and one on the inside.

Thanks for visiting!  

*Affiliate Links Below to Ellen Hutson and in text to Neat & Tangled

Alpine Window by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Designer Dies

Alpine Snowfall by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Designer Dies

Neat & Tangled January Release Recap and Winners

Hey everyone!  The Neat & Tangled January release is now available in the store.  Here's a look back at my cards this week (clearly I really love that love you sentiment!). 

 

I also have a couple winners to announce.  Congratulations to:

@craftybee34 from IG who wins the Wonky Chevron cover plate

and

Kelsey Thomas from the blog who wins the Heart Duo stencils

Ladies, congratulations!  Please shoot me an email with your mailing information and I'll get these sent out.  

And if there's something you've got to have, head on over to the store.  Have a great weekend all!

Neat & Tangled January Release and Giveaways - Day 4

Hey everyone!  It's the last day of release reveals, and today we're showing off my newest stencil, which is actually a set.  You guys have been big fans of the balloon duo stencil, and I thought a similar heart set was in order.

Instead of having hearts all the same size like the balloons, I've varied the sizes and I really love the effect you get.  I'm amazed at how quickly you can create a background with these.  

This first card is essentially a rehash of my card from Day 1, but on white cardstock, and I'm using regular Distress Ink instead of the Oxides.  The colors I chose were:  Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, and Shaded Lilac.  I really like how this color combination turned out!  

Once the background came together (in a snap), I heat set, and then stamped the sentiment from Just Because with Versafine and then clear embossed.  I also added the small xoxo from that set.

So quick and easy, but such a big impact.

For this next card, I was just kind of messing around.  I haven't done much in the mixed media genre of late, and it's always fun to do a little experimenting.

I started by using a rubber brayer to add some areas of red, blue and yellow to the background (Candied Apple, Squeezed Lemonade, and Peacock Feathers).

Then, using the stencils, I inked some layers of hearts in using Candied Apple, Black Soot, and Wilted Violet.

Another layer of hearts was added using translucent and copper embossing paste - this was done in two different sessions as the paste needed to dry between.

I also added some gold and black splatter.

The xoxo sentiment is from the Just because set.

What do you think?  Two totally different cards, but both a lot of fun to put together.

You'll want to head over to the Neat & Tangled blog to check out what the rest of the team created as well as the other featured products for today.  You'll be entered to win those by leaving a comment there.

Leave a comment here also, I'll be picking a couple winners for my new release products (announced tomorrow).  For some extra chances, see my post on Instagram (@mprantner).

I'll be back tomorrow for a recap of the release which will be live in the store at 8 AM EST!

Adoring You Stamp of Approval Instagram Hop

Today I'm participating in an Instagram hop showcasing the Adoring You Stamp of Approval box.  If you're on the waitlist, you can order these products now (9 AM), if not, the box will be available for general ordering at 6 PM.

There are two $25 store credits up for grabs in the hop - you have to comment over on Instagram (@mprantner) to be in the draw, but I thought I would share the card as well as the details on how to create it here.

I started by clear embossing the Love Note Background on a piece of Hawaiian Shores cardstock (PTI).  I then inked the entire pice with Juniper Mist ink and set it aside.

The wreath images are from the Sweet Home Wreath stamp set.  The twig image and the first layer of the wreath were stamped with Green Tea ink and the second layer with Eucalyptus.  I added some berries using Juniper Mist ink, and a bit of texture using a Versamark pen and Verdigris Antiquities Embossing Powder from Ranger.

To finish the card off, I die cut a circle in my background panel and stamped the sentiment, from the Sweet Home Wreath set in Juniper Mist on the card base.

The background piece was then adhered in place, and the wreath was popped up around the opening.

This wreath might be my favorite image from this entire box.

If you haven't already, be sure to head over to Instagram to check out the hop!

Neat & Tangled January Release & Giveaways - Day 3

Hey everyone!  It's Day 3 of the Neat & Tangled January release and today we're showing off my latest cover plate, Wonky Chevrons.

This cover is perfect for bold backgrounds and masculine cards.  It's designed much like my Inlaid Squares and Squares and Chevron cover plates, where part of the design is the webbing, so the individual pieces aren't all separated by webbing.

One of my goals this year is to incorporate more patterned paper into my cards.  For this first card, I cut the cover plate from two patterned papers - black and blue.  The black webbing piece was adhered to a piece of white patterned paper.  The blue pieces were then inlaid into the piece.  

Because there isn't webbing for all the different piece, you've got more options, so for example, the large blue chevron piece lowest on the card is supposed to nest right next to the black with a second piece sitting next to it in that open space.  Instead, I left one of the pieces out, and centered the blue piece in the opening to create a different pattern.  I also moved the second blue piece up just a tad so that it covers a bit of the black above it and leaves some more white exposed below it.  Finally, I altered the top blue piece, cutting 1/8" off the top edge so that I could see some more of that white below that.

The cover plate is just smaller than a full A2 card, but I trimmed my card base down a touch so that there isn't a margin.  I use the Love You dies featured on Monday for the sentiment, cutting the sentiment three times from red cardstock to get some dimension, and adding the xoxo from the Just Because stamp set.

As I mentioned before, I love this cover for simple, bold, masculine cards.  I thought that the chevron was a bit reminiscent of mountains, when pointint upwards, so for this card, I die cut three different green patterned papers and then inlaid them.

The sentiment is from my Topography set and I placed it just above one of the chevron points so that your eye is drawn directly to it.

This is a really quick and easy card to create and you can get three for the price of one.

Be sure to head over to the Neat & Tangled blog.  Danielle is giving a cover plate away to one lucky commenter.  Leave a comment here too as I'll be choosing a random commenter to win this cover plate.  For extra chances, head over to my Instagram (@mprantner) and follow the directions there.

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

Neat & Tangled January Release & Giveaways - Day 2

Hey everyone!  Ready for Day 2 of the N&T January release?  Today we're showing off a new set from Elena called Piece of Cake.  The main image and one set of sentiments is in a 4x6 set, and there's a second 3x4 set with additional sentiments you can use (the sentiments I'm using are from that mini set).

I love the size of this image.  Sometimes it's nice to just be able to stamp something and be done with it as opposed to creating a scene, background, etc.  

The only problem for me with an image this large is there's so much coloring, and there are so many decisions you have to make in terms of different colored outfits for all the figures and the cake, and the hair...all that hair!!!  Lol.  I decided to make things easy and go with a monochromatic sepia toned scheme.  I stamped the image and the sentiments with MFT Hybrid ink in Hot Fudge.  The entire piece was then colored with three Copics (E70, E44, E59).

I did add a ground line with my Copics, and then adhered the panel to a natural cardstock card base.

OK, head over to the Neat & Tangled blog to check out what the rest of the team created.  You can also enter to win this set/dies there.  Leave a comment here as well as I'll be selecting a couple winners from comments this week for my new release products.

See you back here tomorrow when we debut my newest cover plate!