True Friends

Hey everyone!  It's my turn on the Neat & Tangled blog today.

My card features the Scandinavian Flowers set

I started by painting a light circle on some watercolor cardstock.  Once that was dry, I stamped the image in Smokey Grey Versafine.  The grass and flowers were lightly colored with Inktense pencils and then I used a thin brush to add water and soften the coloring.

I added a couple thin strips of patterned vellum and cardstock as well as a bit of doily on the left side and stitched them down with some gold thread.  A few gold and crystal clear sequins finished off the panel.




For the mat, I used a piece of paper from Cosmo Cricket's Simple Surfaces pad beneath some vellum to soften it.  Then the stamped panel was popped up with foam adhesive.

That's all for me today!  Oh, and if you didn't see, the N&T store was restocked over the weekend, out of stock dies are back in (including Dala Horse and Origami Map), and Lucy's sequin mixes are back too!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  Cosmo Cricket - Simple Surfaces 12x12 pad; Recollections - Vellum; PTI - Berry Sorbet Cardstock; MFT - Kraft cardstock; Strathmore - Watercolor Paper
Stamps:  Neat & Tangled Scandinavian Flowers
Ink:  Smokey Grey Versafine
Other:  Derwent - Inktense pencils; Neat & Tangled - Gold and Crystal Clear Sequins; Misc doily; CTMH - Liquid Glass; Scotch - Foam Adhesive; Tombow - Mono Adhesive

Neat & Tangled Release Week - Day 2

I've been anxiously awaiting this day for months!

I'm so excited to introduce you to my newest stamp sets:  Dala Horse and Scandinavian Flowers.

 

My husband Andrew is Swedish on his mother's side of the family, so he's always had ties to Scandinavia, and a few years ago (pre kids) we were able to take a vacation to Sweden, so fun.  Anyway, I knew that I needed to design a Dala Horse stamp set, even my daughter was excited about this one!  I was very excited to be able to create coordinating dies too.

The Dala Horse takes center stage in the stamp set, but I also wanted to include some 'building' images in the set.  Here are some examples of how the additional images could be used.



I also love Scandinavian florals.  These are often quite bold and graphic, I wanted a little more organic take on them.  The floral set includes a bunch of flower options, and in many ways is a companion set to Dala Horse.  The fonts are the same and the sentiments really can be mixed and matched.



OK, onto the samples.  My original plan for this week was to make some felt Dala Horse ornaments (which will definitely be made before Christmas), but the whole dead die cut machine really put a crimp in my plans, so I went for my old standby - paper piecing.  This is a little busier than my cards tend to be, but I liked the fabric look to that background paper.




Next a couple of simple cards using Scandinavian Flowers.  I wanted to show how versatile the set is.  The first card has a soft and pretty elegance, while the second card is a little more rustic.  I'm tickled with the sentiment on the second card too.  As a huge Anne of Green Gables fan, I just had to slip that one in.





OK, that's all for me today, you DEFINITELY want to head over to the N&T blog.  Danielle is hosting a giveaway for Scandinavian Flowers and the DT cards are just amazing.  Remember, that I'm giving away two sets too.  I'll pick two winners from all comments left on the Release Week posts at the end of the week.  One person will win Scandinavian Flowers and the other will win Dala Horse.

I've got one more product debuting this week, so be sure to come back tomorrow!