Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Beach Day (Neat and Tangled release week)

Hi there! Welcome back to day 2 of this month's Neat and Tangled release week. In case you missed it, here's a recap so far:

Day 1: Bloom

I'm so thrilled to introduce you to my latest illustrations in Beach Day. We work about 4 months ahead with our stamp production, so we were in the dead of white winter when I drew these. It was a deep longing for all things sandy and sunny, let me tell you!

Beach Day (Neat and Tangled release week)


Beach Day is a 4x6 set and features 3 larger images: the elephant and hippo you see here are 2 of them, and many smaller images like the little seagull.

For this card, I ink blended some mint and yellow inks for a sky-scape and added the clouds from the previously released Making Waves die set.

Beach Day (Neat and Tangled release week)

I gave the sun a smiley face (it's included in the set and you can have the sun with or without a face) and added a sandy hill for the animals to stand on.  I love the elephant shooting water over to his friend! The little duck floatie cracks me up.

Here's a look at the other main beach dude, a more masculine looking rhino:

Beach Day (Neat and Tangled release week)

I did a similar ink blending and sandy stretch on this card, but built a scene with just the rhino and other little images from the set. The little turtle is my fave.

Beach Day (Neat and Tangled release week)

I added little accents to the sand and sky to add more interest to the card. To the sky, I added white gel pen dots, and I used the little cluster of dots image in different browns to add texture to the sand.

I'd love to know what you think of the set! And don't forget to leave comments on all the Design Team blogs to be eligible for a 25$ gift card to the NT store at the end of the week. Also, leave a comment today on the NT blog for a chance to win this set!

♥.

27 comments:

  1. Your coloring is amazing, these animals are so adorable and funny!

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  2. Elena your newest set you've designed is just spectacular!!! This set is so much fun. I just love these critters, they have so much character ❤️ All your cards are so adorable!

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  3. I absolutely LOVE Neat and tangled! They are my favorite stamp company! Your cards are absolutely adorable! TFS

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  4. Your Beach Day stamp set design is so happy & such a sweet grouping of 'beach bums'/ great coloring!

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  5. Elena, I'm in love for this stamp set!!! It's so cute!!! Adorable beach cards!!!

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  6. Elena, these beach critters are so adorable staged and colored!! Terrific yellow and mint sky and so cute with the watermelon on the first card! Love the tough guy on the second too!! So adorable!

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  7. Your cards are adorable. I especially love the one on the deep blue card base.

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  8. Fabulous and beautiful!! I love the little turtle, so handsome!

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  9. Oohhh I love your cards so much!! These images make me so happy!!

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  10. What super cute cards. These critters are so much fun.

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  11. Oh I am in LOVE with this set. Your cards are just too, too cute!!

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  12. Darling beach scenes with beautiful coloring! Delightful new stamp set!

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  13. The little beach critters are so cute. Great card

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  14. What a fabulous set you created. The critters are adorable. I like the beach scenes you created.

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  15. Winter must have really motivated you to design such a gorgeously cute set! Love your cards!

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  16. These cards are sooo cute! I love them all!

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  17. These guys are so cute. Thomas and I are so copacetic....the rhino is my fave!

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  18. I love these beach bum cuties! Very fun cards.

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  19. I love these beach bum cuties! Very fun cards.

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  20. Loved the fresh look of your cards a lot ,first one is my fav .

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  21. OMG! The hippo with watermelon...
    Cristina
    thehouseoftheblackbirds.blogspot.it

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  22. CUTE cards! Great summer fun, great release, great hop!

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  23. The little white dots on the cheeks look adorable. I am in love with your style--your coloring is so fresh and cute!!

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  24. I love elephants and these are darling.
    fun idea to have them with their floaties.
    thanks for sharing some cute cards.

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  25. Your cards are so cute. Great coloring.

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