Monday, January 7, 2019

Neat & Tangled January Release & Giveaways - Day 1


Hey all!  It's time for the first Neat & Tangled release of the year!  Today we're showing off a new handlettered set/dies from Danielle called Just Because.

I love the size of the main sentiment and that you can use it solo, or with the secondary sentiments.

I started by creating a background using my new stencil set that we'll be featuring on Thursday.  I wanted to try out my Distress Oxides on a dark background, so I cut a panel of dark gray cardstock (Coal Mine from WPlus9), and used three shades of oxides (Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry).

Since Distress Oxides take a while to dry, I heat set the panel, but I also set it aside to dry overnight just to make sure I didn't have any issues with my embossing powder.

I also did mist the panel with water to kind of set and bring out the more opaque nature of the oxides.


Using the MISTI, I stamped and embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder.  I did this a couple times in order to get fuller/puffier embossing for the sentiment.

That's all, really pretty simple, but I love how the sentiment pops against the darker background, don't you?

Be sure to head over to the Neat & Tangled blog to check out what the rest of the team created and enter to win today's featured products.  I have a couple of items in this release and I'll be giving some away to a couple lucky commenters this week.  To be entered, just leave a comment here and on any release post this week.  Winners will be announced on Friday.

27 comments:

  1. Such an awesome card, Miriam!

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  2. Love the combination of colors.
    You get lots of depth in the
    layering of the hearts.
    Great card. thanks for
    sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  3. The colours on the dark background look fabulous - great card!

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  4. Lovely composition and colors. One more reason I need to get a Misti ...

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  5. That background is stunning! Can't wait to see the rest of this release!

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  6. Fantastic card! I love the different colours of hearts you used to create your background!

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  7. That's a super pretty card! Love it!! :)

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  8. Such unique colors! I love the background!

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  9. Very pretty. Love how you created the background.

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  10. Lovely script on the sentiment and the custom background.

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  11. Your background on your card is stunning! Love your designs :)

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  12. Beautiful card! The background is stunning and wonderfully rich. The simple sentiment embellishment is perfect.

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  13. Beautiful card! Love the colors and the sentiment font!

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  14. Love this beautiful heart background!!!

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  15. Love your beautiful heart background, the color combo really makes the fabulous love you sentiment stand out!

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  16. So pretty!!That stenciled background is really cool!

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  17. I saw this on your Instagram feed and absolutely loved it -it looks gorgeous!

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  18. Awesome card! I especially love the Distress oxides on the dark background!

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  19. I love the rich colours of this card - beautiful!

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  20. The colors look wonderful together. Gorgeous!

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  21. I wondered how you did the background, looks incredible and can't wait to see your stencil later this week!!!

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  22. love the richness of colors you used !!

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  23. Distress Oxides on dark card stock is the perfect choice for the layered hearts--the sentiment just pops!

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  24. I love the large sentiment. I have not tried Distress Oxides on dark cardstock but it looks so good. I will have to give it a try.

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