Little Tangles Challenge - Sketch

Hi! It's time to announce a new challenge today...

We are excited to be teaming up with Leslie Hanna and her sketch challenge for this one. Here's the sketch that Leslie created for the challenge...

 

 

Here is my card using the Neat and Tangled Send Pretty Mail and Everyone Circles stamp sets.

 

I am determined to improve my watercoloring skills. So I decided to use the flowers from the Send Pretty Mail stamp set to create two of the circles. The 'HELLO" circle stamp from the Everyday Circles stamp set was perfect for this sketch. I decided to leave the 'white space' on the card empty versus adding an additional sentiment.

 

I hope you stop by the Little Tangles blog to see more of the design team projects.

Challenge Guidelines:

• Create a NEW project based on the challenge theme. Your project must fit within the challenge theme in order to be eligible to win.
• Submit your entry through the Inlinkz tool below. (If you have a blog, please link to the blog post with your challenge entry, not your entire blog!)
• Link back to our challenge and display our challenge graphic in your blog post.
• The use of Neat & Tangled stamps is not required, but it is strongly encouraged! If you don't own any Neat & Tangled stamps, check out the FREE digi stamps HERE
• You may enter as many times as you'd like.
• We'd love for you to be a follower of Little Tangles!
• You have until Thursday, June 25th at 11:59 EST to enter.

 

Thank you for stopping by today!

 

Jessi

 

 

Neat and Tangled stamp sets used:

 

Send Pretty Mail

Everyday Circles

 

 



RAWR, I Love You!

As I was going through the paper aisle at JoAnn's, I came across a DCWV 6X6 stack tucked away on the bottom shelf. When I saw that it was dinosaurs, I had to get it! My oldest son LOVES dinosaurs, so I knew I would get use out of this stack!

Using The Kidosaurus Stack and The Alley Way's Living Fossil stamp set, I made this card:

 

This was a very simple card to make. I stamped the dinosaur image onto two different prints and paper-pieced them together to form the dinosaur. To finish the dinosaur, I added googly eyes. I formed the background with a simple dinosaur footprints.  Also, the stack includes some printed sentiments. I cut one out and created a 'wood' sign.

 

Thank you for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!

 

Jessi

 

Supplies:

DCWV - The Kidosaurus 6X6 Stack

The Alley Way Stamps - Livin' Fossil stamp set



You're a Good Egg

It has been a lazy Saturday around the house, so I managed to sit down at my craft table and play along with the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge.

 

I recently bought a few Paper Smooches stamp sets from JoAnn's. When I saw the current sketch challenge, an idea came to mind! It was time to break open the Wake Up stamp set.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my take:

 

 

This was an easy card to put together. In fact, so easy that my five year old daughter made one as well! The hardest part of this card (for me, anyway) was the coloring of the bacon. I continue my goal of improving my coloring skills.

 

What to check out the current Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge? Check out the information HERE!

 

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day!

 

Jessi

 

Paper Smooches stamps used:

Wake Up

 



The Fairy Best...

Happy Saturday! It is my day on the Pink & Main Stamp blog! I love the fact that the Pink & Main stamps are challenging me to work on my coloring skills! I am slowly getting there, and just maybe I will get to work on the shadowing part of coloring.

 

Today's card is using the new Fairies stamp set. Isn't the fairy just darling?!

 

I colored the images with a variety of markers. Once the images were colored, I cut them out and set them aside. Now it was time to gather the papers together. I really wanted the fairy to be the focus of the card, so I decided to have her popping out of a polaroid die.

 

 

It is hard to see in the picture above, I added some fairy dust (glitter) falling from the wand.  After piecing the card together, the final part is to stamp the sentiment.

 

I hope you guys have been enjoying the Pink & Main cards using their new May releases! Next time, it will be time to start sharing off the June release!

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

Jessi

 

Supplies:

 

Fairies

 

Gnome One Like You

Happy Saturday, Pink & Main friends! Today I am showcasing the new Hey Gnomie stamp set! I don't know about you, but I LOVE anything with Gnomes! So when I saw this stamp set was part of the May release, I was super excited!

 

I used the Hey Gnomie stamp set, to create the scene card below:

 

The gnome girl and mushrooms are colored in with a variety of markers. I set those aside to create the rest of the scene. A metal die was used to cut the papers for the background. The clouds are also created with a die. The pieces are attached to a tag shaped card to form the scene.

 

Here is a closer look at the Hey Gnomie stamp set:

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by today!

 

Jessi

Dropping you a line

Happy Saturday, Pink and Main friends!

 

Today, I am sharing a card using the Best Fishes stamp set. It is one of the new Pink and Main stamp sets being released this month. If you have not seen the May release, please stop by the shop to see all the awesome sets!

 

 

 

First, I colored the images I wanted to use on the card. The fish is actually from a large image. I just cut the part I wanted to use. The worm is attached with a string of twine. The water is created from a variety of vellum and cardstock pieces.

 

Thank you for stopping by today!  Keep checking the Pink & Main blog for more projects using the new May release!

 

Jessi

 

 

Neat and Tangled (Little Tangles) Showcase

I am excited to be showcased on the Neat and Tangled blog today!  To see the feature or to learn more about Neat and Tangled, please visit HERE!

 

About Me:

Hello, Neat and Tangled friends! My name is Jessica Pascarella and I live in Pearland, TX.  I have been a part of the Little Tangles design team since January 2014.  I have been in love with papercrafting for over 10 years. It all started when I took on the task on making my wedding invitations. I am mainly a cardmaker, but venture into scrapbooking and altered items. My style is mainly CAS, but I like to challenge myself with different styles and techniques. Please visit my blog, Kissin' Krafts to see more of my creations.

On a personal note, I am married to my awesome husband, Michael. We have three, equally as awesome, children (2 boys and 1 girl). We love to travel and play board games!

My Work:

Here are a few of my cards using some of my favorite Neat and Tangled stamps:

Kindness Matters:

 

My Heart Matters:

 

 

Little Tangles Challenge:

 

The Little Tangles Challenge for the month of May is Clean and Simple (CAS). You have until May 28th to enter into the challenge. To learn more about the challenge and the rules, check out the Little Tangles blog...HERE. Below is a new card I created to promote the CAS challenge.

 

Scandinavian Flowers:

 

 

Thank you, Danielle and the Neat and Tangled family, for the Little Tangles showcase.

 

Jessi

Happy Mother's Day with Pink & Main!

First of all, let's start off with saying Happy Mother's Day to all the awesome mothers out there!

To help celebrate this special day, I gathered up a few Pink & Main stamp sets (some from the upcoming May release) to create this fun card.

 I started off with the 'TO DO' stamp from the Planner Tabs stamp set. The rest of the background used a variety of icons(from the new More Life Icons set) to make it look like a list of tasks that moms usually complete.  The main focus is of the SuperMOM image from the Super Mom stamp set. The simple sentiment is also from the Super Mom stamp set. 

 

I had so much from creating this card!

 

Check out the Pink & Main Stamp store to see the variety of images available!

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

Jessi

 

Little Tangles Challenge - Clean and Simple (CAS)

Happy Thursday, everyone! I hope you are enjoying your week and finding some time to create something wonderful!

Today starts a new challenge over on the Little Tangles challenge.

It is my favorite style CAS (Clean and Simple)!

  

Here is my card using the Neat & Tangled Giving Tree stamp set:

 

 This CAS card was super easy to make. I used a couple of the branch stamps included in the Giving Tree stamp set. I colored in the branches and stamped the owl image. Colored the owl and added the sentiment. Voila, finished!

Don't forget to check out the Little Tangles blog for some new freebies!

  Don't forget to link up your projects HERE!

Here are a few rules about the Little Tangles Challenge:

Challenge Guidelines:

• Create a NEW project based on the challenge theme. Your project must fit within the challenge theme in order to be eligible to win.
• Submit your entry through the Inlinkz tool below. (If you have a blog, please link to the blog post with your challenge entry, not your entire blog!)
• Link back to our challenge and display our challenge graphic in your blog post.
• The use of Neat & amp; Tangled stamps is not required, but it is strongly encouraged! If you don't own any Neat & Tangled stamps, check out the FREE digi stamps HERE
• You may enter as many times as you'd like.
• We'd love for you to be a follower of Little Tangles!
• You have until Thursday, May 28th 11:59 EST to enter.

 

Neat and Tangled Used:

Giving Tree

 

DCWV May Stackoholic Challenge

Forgive me for I am a day late posting this! Evidently, I got carried away celebrating my birthday and forgot to post the new DCWV Stackoholic Challenge for the month! Please see below for the May Challenge sketches.

Layout:

 

Card:

 

Today I am playing along with the card sketch and here is my take using one of DCWV Premium Paper Pack available at JoAnn Stores:
 

 

 

 

Hope you are inspired to play along! Find out how you can plan along below!

Please send your entries to meganlloyd(at)dcwv(dot)com by May 28th.  In between now and then, we'll  post all entries on our Facebook page so that you can keep an eye on the fun things others are creating.  The top 10 entries for each set of submissions will be announced a few days after the deadline. 

 

Have a wonderful day!

DCWV Supplies Used:
Premium Paper -5pc Collections - Yellow/Natural Assortment

Made in the USA DCWV Hoop Art

Hello DCWV friends! It is my day on the DCWV blog! Like many other crafters out there, I have a growing number of 'pins' to try over on my Pinterest page. I have been falling in love with the idea of hoop art and finally decided to give it a try!

 

DCWV Chick Chat Stack is perfect for the idea I had in mind. It contained burlap and lots of awesome bright colors. 

 

 

To start off this project, I found a clip art of the United States and printed it on a variety of patterns from the Chick Chat Stack. Next was the longest part of this project...piecing together all fifty states. In doing so, I tried not to use the same paper next to each other.

 

 

Once the states were glued in place, I needed to fill in some of the empty spaces. I started with a title made using die cut letters with the matching papers. To finish, I added matching buttons randomly on the project.

 

I was super pleased with the outcome of this project. I will definitely being doing more hoop art. Have you tried it? Would love to see your work!

 

Thank you for stopping! Have a great day!

 

Jessi

Girl Time with Pink & Main Stamps

I love my crafting time. And one of the best things is when my daughter wants to craft with me. At least most of the time :)  Usually , when I sit down to create a card, my helper is right there to play along. Pink and Main Stamps make this super simple! Their images are large and makes it easy for little ones to color them.

 

Today's card uses the kid-friendly Buggy stamp set.

 

These cute bugs were screaming to make a scene card. I started off coloring a few bug images. Next, it is time to create the scene, so I picked out some grass, sky and sun papers. To add texture to the card, I cut slits into the grass and as well as the bottom layer of the sun (hard to tell in this picture).

 

 

To finish of the card, I added a sentiment from Buggy Words stamp set and attached the bugs to the card. To add some more details to the card, I folded the wings of the bee up to look like it is flying on the card.

 

During my card making process, I stamped a few images onto cardstock for my daughter to color. Once she was done, she stated that she wanted to make a card exactly like mine.

 

 

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day!

 

Jessi

 

 

DCWV Scrapbooking Made Simple Part 2

Have you seen the new DCWV Ready Made Scrapbook pages now available at Jo-Ann Stores? They make scrapbooking super simple and easy to complete!

Today, I will be sharing 2 more pages that I completed.

 

I added simple add-ons to the layout. I took a piece of DCWV Foil paper and create pendant die cuts. I then ran them through an embossing folder to add dimension to the pendants. I used the pendants to create the title of the scrapbook page.

 

I attempted to stamp on the fancy die at the top of the page. I messed it up, so I needed to find a way to cover the mistake.  I decided to use a die and create a cork embellishment from DCWV Cork Stack. On top of the cork, I added a DCWV Mirror Hearts embellishment. A simple title is used to finish the page.

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

Have a great weekend!

Planner Stamps - Pink & Main Stamps!

At the start of 2015, I was determined to get a planner going. In fact, I ended up buying 3 different ones. The plan is to try a variety of planners to figure out with one worked the best for me. It is still a work in progress. So when Pink & Main's released the latest planner stamps, my motivation increased!

 

With the release of In the Budget and Planning Work, I thought it would be best to use them on a monthly planner. So it was time to gather up supplies!

 

 

First up, I started with the monthly bills. I pay bills twice a month. So I stamped (using the new In the Budget set) the bills on the actual due dates, using one color for all the bills. Just to make sure I didn't forget to pay them.

 

 

Next, it was time to include my DT assignments for the month. I stamped any assignments that we scheduled for a specific day. For example, my Pink and Main posting day is on Saturdays.

 

 

I used page flags for posts/events that I knew were coming up, but didn't have a specific date assigned yet. Stamping this info to the flag, allows me to move the tag around without having to cross out and re-stamping over and over. (I really need a clean looking planner, not a marked up one.)

 

I really enjoyed the Planning Work stamp set. I love the social network icons. I struggle with updating my social networking sites at times. These icons allow me to set up certain days for certain sites.

 

I am hoping this planner will help me stay organize! Time will tell!

 

Thank you for stopping by today!

 

Jessi

 

 

 

 

 

Let's catch up!

Hello, Pink & Main friends! Spring is in the air! Flowers are blooming and bugs are a buzzing! Speaking of bugs...have you seen the new Pink & Main Stamps release? If not, please check out the new stamps, HERE! There are some super cute bugs and punny sentiments!

 

Also, included in the release is the 'Let's Catch Up' mini set which is free with a purchase of $30 or more. 

 

I used simple colored pencils for this image. To a fun spring detail to the card, I paper-pieced a sun and layered on top of the image.

 

 

Thank you for stopping by today! Keeping popping by to see more design team members take on the new release!

 

 

 

DCWV Scrapbooking Made Simple

Hello, everyone! It is Jessi from the DCWV Social Media Design Team! The last few days, the team has been showcasing the new DCWV Ready Made Scrapbook pages now available at Joann Fabric Stores! These pages are perfect for beginner scrapbookers (like myself)!

Today, I will be showing you a few pages that I created.

First up is the Snowflakes page:

 

First I filled the empty spots with photos and simple journaling. The final touch was to create a simple title for the page.

 

Next up is the USA page:

 

 

I didn't want to take away from the pretty photo borders. I simply added the photos and used alphas to create the title.

 

The last page for today is the Day to Celebrate page:

 

Once again, I started with the photos and journaling for the page. I wanted to change the title of the page. I used a matching DCWV stack - Chalk Art Stack to cross out the word 'DAY' and changed it to summer.

I had so much fun creating these layouts! Spent one day creating with these and walk out of the craft room with 5 layouts completed (will share the other soon)!

Thank you for stopping by today! Make sure to check out Joann's website to see the entire Ready Made Collection! The designs are awesome!

Paper Crafter's Library Feature!

Eeekkk! I am being featured on the Paper Crafter's Library blog today on their Designer Spotlight! If you are new to the Paper Crafter's Library, you have to check them out! Their site is full of useful information, ranging from companies to techniques and beyond!

 

Here is the card I made being featured on Paper Crafter's Library:

 

Today's card uses a variety of pieces from the Teresa Collins Nine & Co. 6x6 paper pad. I used one of the quote in the pad as the sentiment of the card! I love to cut out images from the larger prints in a paper pad. They make for simple and beautiful embellishments for the card. 

 

 

Thank you, Paper Crafter's Library for the support!

 

Visit Paper Crafter's Library - HERE.

'Like' Paper Crafter's Library on Facebook - HERE.

 

Check out my Designer Spotlight - HERE.

 

Have a wonderful day!

 

 

Little Tangles - Sequins

Happy Thursday, everyone! I hope you are enjoying your week and finding some time to create something wonderful!

Today starts a new challenge over on the Little Tangles challenge.

And it is all about SEQUINS!!!

 
 

Here is my card using the Neat & Tangled Crafting is My Jam stamp set:

 

 This CAS card was super easy to make. I knew I wanted to use a jar die because of the word 'jam' in the sentiment. I filled the jar with sequins. And tied it off with some Trendy Twine.  The patterned paper was made to look like it had a few crafting messes on it. (Ink smudges and paint drops.)

 

Don't forget to check out the Little Tangles blog for some new freebies!

  Don't forget to link up your projects HERE!

Here are a few rules about the Little Tangles Challenge:

Challenge Guidelines:

• Create a NEW project based on the challenge theme. Your project must fit within the challenge theme in order to be eligible to win.
• Submit your entry through the Inlinkz tool below. (If you have a blog, please link to the blog post with your challenge entry, not your entire blog!)
• Link back to our challenge and display our challenge graphic in your blog post.
• The use of Neat & amp; Tangled stamps is not required, but it is strongly encouraged! If you don't own any Neat & Tangled stamps, check out the FREE digi stamps HERE
• You may enter as many times as you'd like.
• We'd love for you to be a follower of Little Tangles!
• You have until Thursday, April 23rd 11:59 EST to enter.

 

Neat and Tangled Used:

Crafting is My Jam

 

Pink Lemonade Sequins

DCWV April Stackoholic Challenge

New month means it is time for a new DCWV Stack-o-holic challenge! Below are the two sketches for this month:

Layout:

 

Card:

 

Today I am playing along with the card sketch and here is my take using one of the newest DCWV stacks, Chick Chat, now available at Michaels Stores.

 

Hope you are inspired to play along! Find out how you can plan along below!

Please send your entries to meganlloyd(at)dcwv(dot)com by April 29th.  In between now and then, we'll  post all entries on our Facebook page so that you can keep an eye on the fun things others are creating.  The top 10 entries for each set of submissions will be announced a few days after the deadline. 

 

Have a wonderful day!