It’s January 2013 and Neat & Tangled is releasing 5 stamp sets this month 
Today we are showcasing Swirly Twirly Tags.
The bird was offered as a free digital stamp at Little Tangles, but if you’re like me who prefers working with clear stamps, this is an adorable stamp set!
Remember, all the stamps that we are showcasing this week will be released on January 11 at 8am EST in the shop!
Wedding Celebration – Supplies
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I’m in the mood to create some wedding cards these days so this week’s Paper Smooches Sparks Picture Perfect Challenge had the perfect inspirational photo for one. I also wanted to try out the glossy accents that I recently purchased.
Wedding Congrats – Supplies
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It seems like I haven’t made a wedding card in ages, so with Papertrey Ink’s December Blog Hop Challenge, it was a great way to push me in preparing some wedding cards. White on white was definitely a challenge for me since I wanted some depth, but tried to stay away from any stamping.
So this is what I came up with after many attempts Mostly die-cutting, minimal stamping with a little bit of embellishment.
From the close up, you can see a little bit of the die-cut edges that still needs some cleaning. But overall, I really love the white spaces.
Wedding Congratulations – Supplies
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I love this card so so so much! Usually, I make my cards a little smaller so it fits inside a cellophane bag nicely, but this time, the names were a bit too long so I made it A2 size. My brother requested a wedding card and gave me complete freedom over it (yes!) I wanted to make it very personalized and something that the couple would want to keep. Unfortunately, I don’t know them very well personally so customizing it was a bit hard.
Until I remember the partial cutting that I did before! I die-cut their names and the wedding day on white cardstock and made it similar to my rainbow birthday card. Then finished the card with some rinestones for a pretty wedding-look. I really wish I had a silhouette or some digital cutter. This two-hour job could’ve been done in 2 minutes with a cutter.
But seriously, if I’m making my own wedding invitations, I would do this.
I made a vellum envelope for the wedding card so it would save my brother the hassle of writing who it’s for – he’s got ugly handwriting and the last thing I want is for him to ruin the card *OTL
Used: Papertrey Ink (White cardstock, Alphabet block die, Numbers block die) | My Mind’s Eye (pattern paper) | Stampin’ Up (dimensionals) | Others (rinestones)
Following Heather’s Make It Monday with glitter die cuts. I just can’t work with glitter – it gets everywhere. I needed a wedding card, so I thought, why not? But I really really dislike this card. Something really annoys me here. Perhaps it’s how the card opens up.
I also did a customized card for a friend who needed a birthday card. She requested the Canucks logo with #14 for Burrows. I thought of doing a jersey-like card with a #14 on the back of the card.
The logo was another nightmare after the ferris wheel. I skipped a few colors so the logo would be a bit simpler to make, but at the same time, still preserve some of the details. I first sketched out the logo and paper pieced each part together.
I suppose I’ll retake the pictures of the card. The quality of these photos are horrible!!
MIM #63 card – Used: Papertrey Ink (Smokey Shadow cardstock, White cardstock, Beautiful Butterflies stamp set & die, Alpha Block dies, Script Alphabet dies) | Stampin’ Up (Elegant Eggplant ink, dimensionals) | A Muse (Heather ink, Currant ink) | Martha Stewart (glitter) | Others (rinestones)
Canucks card – Used: Papertrey Ink (Enchanted Evening cardstock, Simply Chartreuse cardstock, Blueberry Sky cardstock, White cardstock)
