Valentines for the Girls

I thought I would whip up some Valentines day cards for the girls this week.

They are getting pickier and pickier as they get older.  And lately they've been wanting less "babyish" stuff.  In fact they shot down all my ideas for punny valentines in favor of "Happy Valentines Day" pffft.

So, I thought I would disguise the cute a bit with these cards.

I used some old Amy Tangerine AC papers for the outside of the cards.  For Carina's since the paper was busy/decorative enough, I just stamped the "Hiya!" on the front and that was it.  For Ellie's I added an acetate element, some twine and sequins.  Pretty simple, but just enough to keep it from being too plain.

The girls are still fans of all things emoji, apparently these are not babyish, so I pulled out my Pixelated Circle, Faces, and Sentiments and went to town.



I debated stamping the sentiment on the top vs. bottom of the card, but since I want to write a bit on these, the bottom works better.

Now I need to start on the class valentines!

Neat & Tangled Release Week - Day 1 - Giveaways

It's release week at Neat & Tangled and it's kind of a doozy this month!  So many new goodies.  I've got a bunch of stuff in the release and today's products are some of my favorites.

I wanted to create something similar to the Pixelated Heart die, so meet Pixelated Circle! 

And I also have some companion dies that are perfect for making emojis, or Minecraft images, and to go along with the dies, a stamp set with a variety of sentiments that work well with emojis, or really anything.  I think these sentiment are especially good for guy cards too.  Here are just a few of the emoji combinations you can create with these dies:

For this card I kept the front super simple, because all the impact is on the inside  

I cut the circle from some yellow cardstock, trimmed out the circle and then created the face with the accessory dies.  I think this would make for a really fun card making session with kids.  Just cut a bunch of circles and accessories and let them come up with their own emojis.

OK, I mentioned giveaways, right?  Well each day of our reveals (Monday - Thursday) Danielle is hosting a giveaway on the Neat & Tangled blog.  In addition, she's picking one random commenter from the DT blogs throughout the reveal for a $25 credit to the store.

I'm also hosting some giveaways here for some of my new products.  Just leave comments throughout the week and I'll draw some winners at the end of the week.

Don't forget to stop by the N&T blog, you definitely want to see what the rest of the girls created and also the rest of the reveals for each day, not to mention enter to win some prizes!