January Guest Designer: Dana Fleckenstein

Hello everyone, it's Dana here with my third and sadly last guest post on the blog. I had the pleasure this time to work with one of the super cute release stamp sets - Lumberjack Love! My idea for this card was to utilize the Silhouette Cameo to create a circle with the silhouette of the girl from the stamp set included. Once I figured out how, I cut it from watercolor paper and stamped the girl right inside the cut out silhouette. After watercoloring the girl, I created a shaker window filled with the English Rose sequins mix. 

Thanks for having me on the blog this month! I hope you all enjoyed this just as much as I did :)

Dana

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January Guest Designer: Dana Fleckenstein

Hello everyone, it's Dana again with a new card using the two other Neat & Tangled favorites, the Tiny Triangles die and the Everyday Circles stamp set. 

I'm still in love with artistic watercolor looks and decided to cut the Tiny Triangles from watercolor paper, then colored it with different turquoise, green and yellow hues. When everything was dry, I used the glitter splatter technique to randomly adhere some loose glitter over the die cut. Next up, I picked a coordinating ombre ink and stamped the "Hello" circle from the Everyday Circles stamp set on fabric. Before I popped everything up on the card base, I used a bright yellow ink dauber behind the die cut for some contrast. 

Have a fabulous day,

Dana 

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January Guest Designer: Dana Fleckenstein

Hi friends! Happy Friday! I'm excited to introduce our guest designer for January, Dana Fleckenstein of Pixels & Glue!  She is crazy talented and she is going to knock your socks off :)

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Hello everyone, it's Dana here from pixelsandglue.com. I'm so happy to be guest designing for Neat & Tangled this month! For my first project, I used the fabulous Heart of Gold die to inspire your Valentine's crafts. 

I tend to keep my designs fairly simple and often use bold colors and texture to create interest and the Heart of Gold die fit that bill perfectly. To create this look, you start out with die-cutting two hearts, one from lavender and another from hot pink cardstock. Use a craft pick to pop out all the little triangles from the lavender heart, then add some dots of liquid glue  on the back of the die cut and layered it over the pink heart. Heat emboss a sentiment with Versamark Watermark ink and silver embossing powder on a strip of vellum cardstock and glue it on top of the hearts. While everything is set aside to dry, cut a strip of pattern paper (size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches) and adhere it to your card base. Attach the layered hearts to the card base off center and decorate it with rhinestones. 

My tip if you want to recreate this look: When you layer the die-cuts, only put a little glue in the center. This way you're able to curl the paper up on the edges and create more dimension without the need of foam dots. 

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Dana

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