Watercolor Birthday Balloons

Hello there, Joni here sharing a watercolor project that you can use with any stamp set that you have. Sometimes we need a quick Birthday card and sentiments sometimes can help with that.....hehehe especially Neat & Tangled sentiments Photo Booth :)

To begin my card I first drew my circles using pencil and then stamped the sentiments from Photo Booth using Versamark ink then gold heat embossed the sentiments.

Next, I watercolored the inside of the balloons with distress ink smooshing it on the acrylic block. Then use the water brush, fill in the colors, and let it dry. Once its all dry I then erase the pencil mark. Then I drew the balloon strings using the Distress Markers in Crushed Olive, Worn Lipstick, and Wild Honey.

To finish off the card I added some watercolor splatter using the remaining ink on the acrylic block let it dry and the Birthday card is done :)

Here's the full image of the card.

I hope you enjoyed!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a Wonderful Labor Day :)

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Some days I like it CAS...

... actually, that's most days. Hey!! Kristen here. I'm definitely more of a clean and simple girl when it comes to cardmaking. So I'll be showing you a card I made using one stamp set from Neat and Tangled! I used the stamp set Photo Booth to create this easy card!

I've reached for this set a few times and it never fails me! It's a fun and happy set! I started off stamping the photo strip onto some white cardstock. With colors I felt worked well together (I actually think I've used the same colors with the same stamp set before... oops!) I stamped different images into the blocks.  I then stamped the sentiment in black ink. To finish off the card, I added it to a piece of lime green cardstock and scattered a few sequins. I'm so happy with how it turned out! :)

Well, that's about it for me today. Thanks for stopping by the blog and be on the lookout! There's an awesome release coming soon!!

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Sequin Storage!

Hello friends! Since so many of you are sequin addicts users I thought it might be neat for you to see how some of the design team members store their sequins!

Amy Tsuruta

I picked up storage from the jewelry section at my local Michael's store.  I wanted my storage to be portable and I like the idea that each container is removable.  It was super easy to make the labels using clear stickers and coordinating template.

Anna Kossakovskaya

I storage my sequins in plastic containers with color labels

Yana Smakula

I store my sequins in small plastic jars, which all sit on my table in small drawers. Whenever I need to use them, I just pull the entire drawer out and place it next to my work area. All jars are placed upside down (the lids and not see-though) so that I can see which color is which. I also store them sorted by color - so first I have my clear and white, than yellow, orange and so on.

If I can, I pull the label off the packaging and place it on the jar, if not - I just use a permanent black marker and label it that way. I want to add printed labels, but I never seem to have the time to do that.

This way of storing sequins seems to work well for me. The colors don't mix, everything stays nice and organized.

So now I'll ask you, how do you store your sequins? Send me photo at danielle@neatandtangled.com so I can share with our readers!

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Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

Hi everyone! It's Jocelyn on the blog today.

I made a little card using the Clouds set:

It's pretty unusual for me to use a rainbow color scheme, but I thought the good ole' Roy G. Biv worked perfectly with the clouds and sentiment.  I also stamped the clouds on some vellum. If you look closely, you can see the letters on the vellum.

The sentiment is also from the Clouds set. After I stitched through the layers, I added some embellishments, including the White Punchinella. Love that stuff! The white is sold out right now, but when it's restocked, you've got to snatch it up.

I also added some Crystal Clear and Pink Lemonade sequins and the fun flair. I thought this card would bring some cheer to someone. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

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ALS Ice Bucket Challenge!

Hello friends!

I was nominated by Chari Moss and Yana Smakula to complete the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.  I happily accepted and will be making a donation! Check out the video below! My own children turned on me!

I in turn challenge the Neat and Tangled Design Team as well as the Little Tangles Design Team to complete the challenge! For each DT member that completes the challenge I will donate an additional $10!  You have 24 hours girls :)

Hope you all had a great weekend!
Danielle

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August Guest Designer: Cristina Kowalczyk!

Yay for Friday! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! To get it started our August guest designer, Cristina Kowalczyk, is back with three fun projects.

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t's my last week as a guest designer here, and today I challenged myself to one of my favorite things – seeing how far I could stretch one little stamp set. In this case, Thankful Turkey. 

First up, I made a tag. I stamped the turkey in the middle of some cardstock and then trimmed around him so that his tail would stick out off the edge. I colored him with Copics, added some patterned paper along the bottom, and attached the ribbon with a staple. The Tiny Attacher is getting a lot of action over my house lately. :)

For the second card, I trimmed out the word "thankful" and then added some scraps. I love looking at my sentiments that way. Remember that you don't have to use the whole stamp. Taking out only part of it give you so many more options. 

And lastly, I used the sentiment it its entirety, but added a few supporting images from You + Me. A simple circle and some solid leaf shapes never looked so good. :) 

A million thanks to Danielle, once again, for letting me play around with her amazing stamps this month! Hope you all found a bit of inspiration! 

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Jenn Shurkus: Distress Ink Techniques!

Hi friends!

Our sweet friend, Jenn Shurkus, created a really beautiful card using our Sailmates set and her Distress Inks! It's amazing! Check out the video below and then head over to Jenn's post HERE for more details and to see the card!

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Simple Party Card using Photo Booth stamps

Hello everyone! This is Yana again and today I'd like to share a very simple card using Photo Booth stamps and Birthday Bash sequins from Neat & Tangled. And I have a video to show you how my card was done too!

 

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August Guest Designer: Cristina Kowalczyk!

Hello, hello! And happy Friday friends! What better way to kick off your weekend than with some cards by our August guest designer, Cristina Kowalczyk!  She has 3 amazing cards for you today, all using Sailmates! I don't know about you, but I am not quite ready to say goodbye to Summer yet, and these cards are helping me keep it going!

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I'm back! And this week is all about Sailmates. It's such a cute set and so perfectly on trend. 

I made three cards this week. For the first one, I stamped the sailboat image and then used a craft knife to cut out the sails and the boat. Kind of a DIY negative die cut. :) I backed the negative spaces with some strips of paper that seemed nautical-ish. That great little sentiment finished it off. 

 

On the second card I used the "You keep me anchored" sentiment. I just love the font of it. Tres modern. I watercolored some stripes in various shades of blue and teal, let it dry, and then stamped over it. I used a Zig pen to draw a line connecting the "o" to the anchor. 

 And that sentiment struck again on my last card this week. This time I embossed it on navy paper and popped it up. Underneath, I ran some strings of twine, stapled them in place, and added a few stamped elements that I fussy cut. The striped paper along the bottom was sitting on my desk from the first card so I threw it on, too. Nautical to the max. 

Hope you guys all have a great weekend! Thanks again for letting me join in the fun over here! 

Thank you so much Cristina :)

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I have A Lot to Say.

Hey Everyone, it's Amy T here sharing a quick and easy card set.  I was inspired by my friend Laurel Seabrook.

Look at the fun discovery I made...I was THRILLED to see that the A Lot to Say Nice & Neat Die fits on journal cards:

It's such a fun & versatile tool:

A Lot to Say Nice & Neat Die

I combined it with some punchinella that I used as a mask:

and used the Punchinella stamp:

Here's a quick pic of my card set, they were so speedy quick to put together! 

I teamed up some punchinella with Delicata Gold ink:

This next card uses the same technique, I used a sponge dauber  and selectively inked up the circles.

The next two cards features the Punchinella stamp with white embossing powder:

There you have it...a set of 4 cards that I was able to whip up in a short time!

Thanks so much for stoppin' by!

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Anchors and (ship's) wheels!

Hello there! Mayuri here to share a card today - I used some of the smaller images from the Sailmates stamp set to create a pretty background ;-)

I began by drawing some diagonal guidelines on the card base and stamping the ship's wheel in a combination of Hero Arts Butter Bar and Raspberry Jam mid-tone inks. In between each wheel, I stamped the tiny anchor image with SSS Audrey Blue ink.

I also added a few tiny splats of Black Soot Distress Ink, just to break the background up a little. Once the card was dry, I moved on to the focal element. I stamped the tag image from Gifts For You, first on some matching pattern paper, and then on some vellum. I masked off the little hole in the tag so that the sentiment would fit.

The sentiment comes from the Sailmates set and is stamped in the middle of the tag - I fussy cut both tags out and foam mounted them to the card base. I then stamped the anchor from the Hope Anchors onto a piece of white cardstock and fussy cut that out too before adding it to the card.

I finished up by brushing some clear Wink of Stella onto the anchor, the sentiment and a small black heart. There's a few Pink Lemonade sequins scattered around too!

Thanks for stopping by ;-)

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Pink+Gold Birthday Card

Hello, friends! Today Anna's here. Do you love gold? Before, I could not respond positively to this question. But this season, everything changed, and I covered with the real gold-mania. I like to use gold glitter or other shiny things as bright accents of my projects. And this time I made a card in pink and gold colors.

I used the light pink paper into small polka dots patterns for background, and the glitter tape on the edges.

Than I stamped and cut a tag using stamp of Gifts For You set. Also I used a heat embossing with gold powder on the cake stamp and added a pink hearts. Sentiment is from the Photo Booth set. I really like how you can combine words of this set to create different phrases.

And pink ribbon and enamel dots for accents.

Have a great week!

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Pop it up!

Hey there,

it's Christine :)

In my last post I talked about arranging sentiments in different directions. I did it again ;) But on top, I played with dimension.

I really like to stamp backgrounds twice - straight onto the background and once onto a die that is placed right on top of the background. This time I used a few die-cut to give some interest and dimension to a quite simple card. I knew this card would be a bit busy, so I made sure to have a very simple solor scheme with kraft, brown and white.

I started by stamping the Time Warp background with versamark ink and embossed it with briown embossing powder. Then I adhered the die cuts into some scrap paper in a pattern that I liked and stamped with versamark again. This time I used white embossing powder to make the white pop on the kraft cardstock. The rest was like a puzzle: I adhered every die cut onto the right place and popped them all up with dimensional adhesives. To make the sentiment from A Long Time Ago stand out even more I decided to go for the dark brown again. I cut a strip of brown cardstock, white embossed the first part if the sentiment and adhered it directly to the front of the card. The larger part of the sentiment was brown embossed. To add a little detail and break up this very simple color scheme I added a tiny heart with lots of glossy accents on it :)

You can see the dimension here: it really adds interest, don't you think?

Thanks so much for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Christine

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