Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Neat & Tangled February Release & Giveaways - Day 3


It's Day 3 of the Neat & Tangled February Release.  Today we're showing off my new cover plate and stencil design - Geometric Circles.  It's no secret that I love geometric designs.  There are so many different interpretations and shapes you can create with geometrics and I think this one is so flexible and has so many possibilities.

I'm not gonna lie, this first card took a while and was way fiddly, but I think the results look pretty darn cool.  I cut the cover plate from white cardstock.  Then I channeled my inner Laura Bassen and colored the pieces in a rainbow progression with Copics.  In case you're wondering about the colors, here's what I used: RV69, R29, R08, YR07, YR04, Y17, YG13, YG09, BG13, B05, BV04, V09.


Then I used the die cut cover piece as a guide and adhered all the pieces to the card using foam adhesive.  The nice thing is that none of the pieces get too small so it wasn't too terrible to get done.  You could certainly just inlay the pieces to get a similar look with a lot less trouble.

I finished it off with a sentiment combining our Awesome die (cut three times and stacked together) and a sentiment from the new So Many Sentiments set.


To show off the stencil I used another of my favorite stencil techniques - partial cutting.  I laid the stencil over my panel, traced just a portion of the design, and then cut the pieces out with an exacto knife.  This technique is perfect for geometric stencils because you can really tailor it and create new shapes and motifs by selectively using portions of the stencil.


The design was backed with a couple pieces of patterned paper from one of my old (and cherished) BasicGrey 6x6 pads.  I added a sentient from So Many Sentiments and then trimmed a little sliver off of the bottom of the panel so that it's grounded a bit by the black card base.

Want to win of one my new release products?  Leave a comment here and each day this week to be entered.  For extra chances, head over to my Instagram (@mprantner) and follow the directions on today's post.  I'll announce winners on Friday morning.

You also have a chance to win over at the Neat & Tangled blog.  Head over and leave a comment and check out what the rest of the team has created.

33 comments:

  1. Wow, the first card looks like it took hours to finish. It is
    just beautiful!! Congrats on more awesome products. :-)

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  2. Wow-that is an outstanding
    rainbow card! It must have
    taken hours to make it. Both
    cards are works of art!

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  3. Congrats on these new amazing products!!! Beautiful cards!!! My fav is the first one. Great colouring!!!

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  4. Amazing cards! The cover plate card is absolutely gorgeous with the rainbow colors! That must have been time consuming, but so worth it! Love the technique with the stencil for your second card too!

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  5. Wow! These are fantastic! Love the unique uses you've shown he Really!

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  6. I'm a huge fan of geometric design too, and your cards are awesome. What a clever idea to make a window with just part of the stencil. Just lovely.

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  7. Seriously, these are awesome!!

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  8. I just couldn't figure out how you did the second card. I was wondering how the heck you die cut that little section. What an original way to use a stencil. Love these geometric designs.

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  9. Such pretty and colorful cards.

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  10. These are so pretty
    and I love the first
    one.
    Carla from Utah

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  11. Amazing colours! I can only imagine the time it took for the first card, but it was worth every minute!

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  12. These cards are gorgeous!!! I love that you create these fabulous designs because it makes my cards so beautiful and interesting!!

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  13. Your first card is "AWESOME"!! It looks like it must have taken forever, but I agree the end result is super cool! Great tip on coloring the pieces with marker, then you don't have to cut out multiples out of all different card stocks. And great idea with the second card and the partial cutting of the stencil; so fun!

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  14. Beautiful cards! Love the rainbow of color. Thanks for creating sets that can be used for any occasion, love the versatility!

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  15. You do have an amazing eye for creating geometric products for us to love and use. The rainbow card just screams fun and the stencil card is so cleverly designed!

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  16. Woww!! Fantastic creations! The first one is super awesome! So creative of you to choose the rainbow colors, and use the negative diecuts! Perfectly placed, I'm sure you have a lot of patience! :) Thanks for sharing your inspirations with us :)

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  17. Love how you used the stencil to create a die-cut, so have to try this out. And that new cover plate has me written all over it....love!!

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  18. I love this die cut.
    So many different ways to color
    the background.
    thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  19. Oh Mariam these are so unique die cut.. love it and your cards are so pretty

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  20. Both of your cards are great! I love the rainbow card you created. It is stunning! You did a fabulous job cutting the stencil pattern with your x-acto knife, too! Wonderful creations! You are so talented!

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  21. Wow ! Your cards are fantastic !
    [margessw(at)icloud(dot)com]

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  22. Great die and stencil. The bright colours on the card are awesome. Rainbow order is always great!

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  23. Well done! You took time to show us how patient we all must be to create masterpiece.

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  24. Gorgeous makes. Really love how you used the stencil to do some selective hand-cutting.

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  25. What fun geometric products! I love the colourful card and how you used the stencil on the last. Great technique idea.

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  26. This rainbow is so pretty.. love it for sure.

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  27. Love the colors you used on both cards!

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