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STAMPTEMBER NEAT & TANGLED | HOLIDAY HELPERS

Neat & Tangled is bringing us today's highly anticipated exclusive limited edition stamp/die set for Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember with Holiday Helpers! The Neat & Tangled exclusive always goes fast and this adorable set will be no exception! Get yours quick!

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Watch the creation of this holiday helpers card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD: 

I created a masked and inked background scene card with a thin Mama Elephant Dotted Detail inlay frame to dress up the design! This is one of my favorite go-to techniques and a great way to add interest to a one layer card!

I stamped the images from the Neat & Tangled Holiday Helpers Stamp Set on Bristol Smooth Cardstock using Versafine Onyx Ink and masked each with Simon Says Stamp masking paper. A torn piece of masking paper was applied to the bottom edge of the background to make "snow".

The background was inked with Chipped Sapphire and Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink and then the masks were removed.

The images were colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.

A greeting and snowflakes from the Neat & Tangled Holiday Helpers Stamp Set were stamped on the background with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

The thin Mama Elephant Dotted Detail inlay frame was die cut from both the background and a heavyweight piece of smooth white cardstock. An A2 sized piece of Stick It Adhesive was adhered to the front of a side fold card base and the outer frame, white frame, and inside stamped scene were adhered to the card front for the inlay design.

The card was finished with Nuvo Crystal Drops on the scarf and Glossy Accents on the string of lights.

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Happy National Donut Day (a look back at Donut cards!)

In honor of National Donut Day I thought I'd take a look back at a few donut cards I've created over the years (and even some pretty recently as last month!). Wishing everyone a wonderful donut-filled day! ;)

What goes with donuts? Coffee, of course! 

Neat and Tangled images are so stinkin' cute, aren't they?!!!

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These little mice are the cutest!!! Donut Treats is a new May 2018 Stamp Set by Mama Elephant.

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Simon Says Stamp's Funny Food stamps are adorable! I created a set of four funny food themed designs including this donut card!

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Decorating these donuts couldn't be cuter with the Lawn Fan Donut Worry Stamp Set!

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These little cuties are definitely the sprinkles on any donut! More Neat & Tangled fun!

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Playing a little cat and mouse with this interactive envelope birthday card featuring Mama Elephant Donut Treats!

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A donut-shaped card? Yes, please! Shaped cards are fun, especially when you add a paper-pieced pig!

Honey Bee Stamps has the BEST shaped cards!

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Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember | Neat & Tangled Hello Pumpkin

The highly anticipated Neat & Tangled STAMPtember stamp/die set, Hello Pumpkin is NOW AVAILABLE! If this is anything like last year's set, it's going to go fast so grab it up quick!

NOTE: Some of you might be aware of the health battle Danielle’s father is facing currently. Simon Says Stamp is happy to donate all of the sales from these stamps and dies to a fund supporting him on his journey back to health. For more info, and if you’d like to help out a fellow crafter’s family, please visit this GoFundMe page. 

This adorable set featuring a bear, mice, fall-themed images, and two adorable greetings perfect for creating some amazing cards! I stamped and masked the images before stenciling over them with a stencil and inking with Distress Oxide Inks to create a fall forest scene! It's easy to do and creates a dimensional-looking one-layer design. Let's get started:

The images from the Hello Pumpkin Stamp Set were stamped in three "layers" using the MISTI for perfect placement and masking each layer to build the scene on smooth white cardstock. Masking is a fantastic way to avoid that white line around die cut images and/or to create dimension without bulky layers.

Once all the images were stamped and masked, I masked off the bottom "ground" area with additional masking paper and added forest trees with the Tim Holtz Layering Woodland Stencil and Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Ink. I was able to create the two-tone look of the trees with a single ink pad but inking the darker layering part of the tree first and then lightly inking over it with the bigger image. Once inked, I dried the ink with a heat tool before adding Wild Honey Distress Oxide Ink for the setting "sun", Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Ink for the "sky", and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink for the forest "ground".

A greeting from the Hello Pumpkin Stamp Set was masked and stamped along the bottom edge of the design.

I die cut the background with a Neat & Tangled Scalloped Die to give the edges a bit of interest. It adds a fantastic white border all the way around the design once it's adhered to the card base.

I removed the masks from the images and colored them in with Copic Markers. *I like to wait to color in my images just in case I mess up the background. 

Finishing details were added to the images with black and white gel pens.

V I D E O  T U T O R I A L

Watch the creation of this stenciling over masked stamped images card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:

S U P P L I E S

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project(s). Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!