ABNH + Hero Arts: Birthday Celebration Week 2

Hey there! We're still partying over at A Blog Named Hero to celebrate our first birthday!! This week we've teamed up with Hero Arts!!

I had this heart stamp and wanted to use it in a different way than just a plain heart, so I stamped a bunch of them onto patterned papers and made a flower!

All the patterned papers are Dear Lizzy (Neopolitan and 5th & Frolic). I heat embossed the hearts onto the papers and cut them out, then used glue does to stick them down in a flower shape. I used my favorite background stamp on the card base, and a sentiment from the Thanks a Bunch set.

Head over to A Blog Named Hero to see what the other girls created!

Have a fantastic day!

Supplies used:

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Little Tangles Challenge #10: get krafty

Hey friends! Time for a new Little Tangles Challenge!!

This week we're getting krafty! The challenge theme is to create any project with kraft.

Here is my card:

I created the background by cutting strips of kraft cardstock and adhering them to a kraft base at a diagonal, then just doodled some dots on the strips. I stamped the speech bubble onto kraft cardstock with black Hero Arts ink and stamped the flowers with a tan colored ink for a subtle effect, then colored the flowers with Prismacolor pencils and stamped the sentiment with neon pink ink. I added stickles to the middle of the flowers, but you probably can't see that in the photo. Before putting the bubble on the card base, I glued it to a white piece of cardstock and cut around it leaving a small white border.

Head over to the Little Tangles blog to check out what the fabulous design team created, and then get to work on a project of your own! There is a fabulous prize up for grabs -- the challenge winner will receive a Neat & Tangled stamp set of their choice!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!!

Design Principles Class Winner!

Hey there! Just dropping in to announce the winner of the Design Principles Class giveaway. I used random.org to determine the winner and that winner is #3 -- Mateja Povše!

Congrats, Mateja! Please email me ASAP so we can get you signed up for the class! 

If you're still debating if you should sign up for this class... you should!! Check out all the info and register HERE!

Have a great day!

ABNH + Timeless Twine

Hiya! There is a birthday celebration going on over at A Blog Named Hero, and we are celebrating by collaborating with some awesome companies! This week is all about Timeless Twine!

Here is my card featuring Hero Arts stamps and some lovely twine from Timeless Twine!

The card base is my new favorite gray cardstock from Hero Arts. I die cut 2 labels and stamped the larger one with the Tweed Pattern background and layered the smaller one one top with the sentiment, and also inked the edges with Butter Bar ink to coordinate with the twine & embellishments. In hindsight, I wish I would've stamped a background onto the card base, but I didn't have time to change it and didn't want to risk ruining the whole thing!

Head over to A Blog Named Hero to see what the other girls created with that lovely twine! There will be twiney posts all this week, and a chance to win a spool of twine!

Thanks for stopping by!





Supplies:

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Re-release of Design Principles & Giveaway!

Howdy, friends! You may have heard on my friend, Britta's blog that she is re-releasing her amazing class, Design Principles as a self-paced class, and it's available now!

Here is a bit of info about the class:

The Inspiration University: Design Principles class is now ready as a self-paced class! Join Britta Swiderski as she walks you through the Design Principles and shows dozens of methods and techniques for applying them to your own projects. 

The class consists of 10 complete lessons with additional introduction and review, over 5 hours of exclusive video content. Each lesson is centered around four videos: a traditional whiteboard-style lesson, the making of a helpful reference tag and two cards. There are more than two dozen never-before-seen cards from Britta and a wonderful group of guest designers, all helping you understand and learn about the Design Principles. It's like going to college for card making and design all at the same time! 

Included with this self-paced class is a refined, printable ebook to guide you through the lessons and supplement each lesson with more tips and tricks. All class material is accessed through the portal at brittaswiderski.com and Google Drive; class participants have lifetime access to all class material.

For more information or to purchase a seat in the class, please visit brittaswiderski.com/shop. See you there and get ready to go back to the most interesting class in college!

This class is seriously so great -- full of information and techniques. I guarantee you will learn a lot! PS - If you've already purchased this class when it was first released, you will automatically have access to the self-paced class and materials.

I was lucky enough to be a contributor in the class and today I have a spot in the class to give away!!

In order to enter the giveaway, just leave a comment here and answer the following question -- what is your favorite card making technique?? Leave a comment here by midnight EST on Monday, April 1st and I will pick a winner then!
Also, please make sure you leave a way I can contact you if you win!!

If you have already purchased the self-paced class and you win the giveaway, you can receive a refund or give the spot to a friend.

Good luck and have a great weekend!

Little Tangles Challenge #9: Shape up!

Hello there! Time for a new Little Tangles Challenge!!

This week's challenge is shaped cards -- make a card of any shape except the typical A2 size.

Here is my card:

I made a circle card, and used my Silhouette to cut out the circles for the base of the card and for the gray polka dotted paper. I combined the swirly circle from Swirly Twirly Tags and a sentiment made from My Heart Sings. The little hearts are also from My Heart Sings. The papers are from the Dear Lizzy 5th & Frolic collection, except the card base, which is Hero Arts. You probably can't see in the photo, but I added some Smooch Illuminate to the little hearts.

Head over to the Little Tangles blog to check out what the fabulous design team created, and then get to work on a project of your own! There is a fabulous prize up for grabs -- the challenge winner will receive a Neat & Tangled stamp set of their choice!

Have an awesome day!!