December Guest Designer: Lea Lawson

It's Friday! Yay! We have our last post from December guest designer, Lea Lawson. It has been such a joy having her with us this month!

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Hello to my new Neat & Tangled friends!!  Lea Lawson here today with my final post & project as the December guest designer!  I've had so much fun using these fun products, and I really appreciate you all welcoming me this month with such sweet comments! 

I can't get enough of shaker cards this season, so today I've created another one for you!!  I used the beautiful "Warm Wishes" stamp, with the Winter Wonderland sequin mix to create my card today!  Check it out:

Card Directions:

1. Cut an A2 card from red cardstock.
2. Cut the deer background paper slightly smaller, then adhere.
3. Cut white cardstock slightly smaller than that, then diecut a circle from the middle.
4. Cover the back of the circle with a transparency.
5. Stamp the image to the transparency using opaque white StazOn ink.
6. Adhere foam adhesive all around the circle so sequins can't escape, & to each corner.
7. Pour the sequins in the middle of the card base.
8. Adhere the white stamped block to the front, making sure all of the foam is securely adhered. 
9. Shake the sequins around to loosen them up.
10. Accent with a sequin bow & enamel dots to finish.

As I sign off with my final post as this month's guest, I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas & happy holiday season!!  May the new year bring you peace, love & joy!  

I would love for you to keep in touch with me, as I continue to use my Neat & Tangled goodies!  You can find me at the following links: 

Blog / Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest

Lea

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Thank you so much, Lea! It's been so fun having you!

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December Guest Designer: Lea Lawson!

Happy Friday! We made it!  And what better way to kick start your weekend, than with a post from our December guest designer Lea Lawson!  She has a gorgeous card for you today! I absolutely love how she created a holiday card using our Origami Map set!

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Hi again, Neat & Tangled friends!!  Lea Lawson here today to share another project as this month's guest designer!  I'm so excited about how this project turned out...I really hope that you like it!!

For today's card I combined the Christmas goodness of the Very Merry stamp set with the non-holiday themed Origami Maps stamp set, which paired together even better than I thought they would!  Check it out!!

Card Directions: 

1. Cut an A2 card base from white orange peel textured cardstock. 
2. Cut Strathmore art paper slightly smaller than the card base. 
3. Stamp & heat emboss the origami map in white to the front, then let cool.
4. Loosely watercolor the inside of the map in teal, then the outside in light blue.
5. Let the watercolor dry completely, then lightly wipe the paint off the embossed lines.
6. Lightly mist the back of the paper with water, & place between two books to flatten.  (It should take about 10 minutes to dry flat.)
7. Once dry, adhere the watercolor block to the card base.
8. Stamp the sentiment to the lower left corner in Versamark onyx black ink, then add a glittered @ sign to finish it.
9. Diecut the santa sleigh & star from glittered paper, then adhere to the front with foam adhesive.
10. Accent the star with a jewel to complete the card.

Thanks so much for checking out my card today!! I will be back next week with one more seasonal card to share with you as the guest this month.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Lea

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Hope you have a wonderful weekend! 

Danielle

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December Guest Designer: Lea Lawson!

Hi friends!

I'm so excited to introduce you to our December guest designer, Lea Lawson! She is so incredibly talented and I am such a fan of her style! I know you will love her as much as I do!  Be sure to head over to her blog to see more of her amazing projects, plus some more photos of her project here today.

And now a little from Lea: 

Hi there, Neat & Tangled friends!  My name is Lea Lawson, & I'm super excited to be this month's guest on the Neat & Tangled blog!  I've got some fun holiday projects in store for you over the next few weeks.

For my first card I knew I HAD to use the Very Merry stamp set, as that large scripted "merry" was just begging me to emboss it in glittery gold!  As I looked over the entire set, I realized that the longer sentiment would be PERFECT as an ornament hanger.  That is how my cute little shaker card came to be!  :) 

Card Directions:

1. Cut an A2 card base from eggplant colored cardstock to start.  
2. Distress ink a small square of Strathmore art paper, mist it with water & gold Color Shine, then adhere it to the lower right corner of the card base.  
3. Cut a white cardstock block slightly smaller than the card base, and diecut a circle from the lower right corner.  
4. Cover the back of the diecut circle with a transparency, then stamp the ornament hanger part of the sentiment in onyx black Versafine ink.  
5. Stamp & heat emboss the scripted "merry" on vellum, cut it out & adhere it to the top of the ornament.  
6. Finish stamping the sentiment directly to the transparency using StazOn opaque white ink.  
7. After adding an assortment of sequins to the distress inked block, covered the back of the white block in foam adhesive (making sure it is seamless around the diecut circle) & adhere it to the front of the card.  
8. Diecut holly leaves from felt, then adhere them to each side of the ornament.  
9. Accent them with jingle bells & gold enamel dots to finish.

Thanks so much for checking out my card today!  I will be back next week with another fun holiday project to share!  Have a great weekend!!

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I am totally in love with the non-traditional colors Lea used. Just stunning!

Thanks for stopping by!

Danielle

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