Neat & Tangled June Release and Giveaways - Day 4

It's the last day of June release reveals and today we're showing off my newest stencil and cover plate design, Receding Blocks.  Let's start with the stencil.

For this first card, I selectively inked the stencil using Altenew inks (Warm Sunshine, Orange Cream, and Autumn Blaze).  I used post it tape to mask off areas while I was inking and then just moved the pieces around from section to section.

The sentiment was created using the Journaling Alpha dies cut from adhesive backed foam, paired with a sentiment from So Many Sentiments embossed on a strip of black cardstock.

For this next card, I inked up the stencil using Limestone and Silver Stone Altenew ink.  Then I misted the piece with water and once it was dry, trimmed it down.

For the sentiment, I pulled out this older Hello die.  I die cut it three times, twice from white and once from dark gray cardstock, adhered them together and then to panel which was popped up on my card base.

Now onto the cover plate:

I feel like I always use cardstock with my cover plate cards and goodness knows I have enough patterned paper, so I put some of it to work.  For this one I went with more subtle patterns.  I finished it off with this hilarious hot dog image and sentiment from Elena's new mini, appropriate called, Hot Dog.

Doesn't that guy make you chuckle?  I had lots of extra pieces from the first card, and wanted to kind of amp things up, so I picked another bolder patterned paper and created another card.

The background had kind of a retro vibe for me, so I pulled out another older set, For the Record, and stamped the main image, coloring it with neutral Copics.

The image was then fussy cut and popped up over the background with foam tape.

That's all for me today.  Head on over to the Neat & Tangled blog to take a look at what the rest of the team created as well as to check out Elena's Hot Dog set.  You'll want to leave a comment there as Danielle is giving away today's featured sets to a lucky commenter.

I'm also going to be selecting some random commenters from this week's posts to win some of my new release goodies.  To be entered, leave a comment on any or all of my release week posts.  You can get some extra entries by heading over to my IG post today (@mprantner) and following the directions there.  I'll be announcing winners tomorrow morning.  Good luck!

You are Vintage

I'm sharing this card over at the Neat & Tangled blog today.

It features my new For the Record stamp set.



I kept the image itself pretty simple, stamping it with Versafine on some Grout Gray cardstock and then fussy cutting it.  The record was colored in, but I left the rest of it as is, and then stamped the primary sentiment.

The papers are from Crate's DIY Shop 6x6 pad.  I love these papers and have been hoarding them a bit...this is part of my 12 step program....start using hoarded papers.  Ha!

I added a bit of stitching, and also that second sentiment.



The record player was popped up with foam adhesive.  I slid it all the way over to the edgeof the card as opposed to just to the edge of the central panel.  I think it adds a bit of quirkiness to the card.  The sequins add some sparkle and balance.

That's all for me today.  Hope you are having a great week.  It's supposed to be 90 here today, but back into the 70s tomorrow, phew!  I'm not ready for consistent 90s yet!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  Crate - DIY Shop 6x6 pad; MFT - Grout Gray cardstock
Stamps:  Neat & Tangled - For the Record
Ink:  Versafine
Other:  Neat & Tangled - Gold and Crystal Clear sequins; CTMH - Liquid Glass; Scotch - Foam tape; Tombow - Mono Adhesive

Neat & Tangled Release Week - Day 5 - Giveaways

Hey everyone!  Today is the final reveal for Neat & Tangled Release Week, and I get to show you my final set of this release, For the Record.  I love vintage record players, and these old suitcase ones have such great character.  I wanted to include some fun and tongue in cheek sentiments, but this is also a great focal image for scrapbooking/journaling too.



For this first card I just stamped with Versafine and then colored the image with Kuretake watercolors.  Really simple and easy.



I also wanted to show you how perfectly this image works for scrapbooking.  I just stamped the image on some really old (like Creative Memories old) lined paper to create a journaling card for a layout.

I'm keeping it short and sweet today, because this set, as well as the rest of the release are actually available NOW in the Neat & Tangled store.  Please do check out all the DT projects on the blog too, the team has done amazing stuff this week and today is no exception.

And don't forget to leave a comment here and on all my release posts this week.  Tomorrow I'll be picking two winners, one for the Gardenia Blooms set and one for this set.  If you already ordered, I'll have your money for the set refunded, so feel free to shop away.