N&T / Benzie Design Collaboration Day 2

Happy Tuesday!  Welcome back for Day 2 of our collaboration with Benzie Design!  Benzie specializes in felt, with 90 colors available in their house wool blend and 36 colors of homemade felt pom poms, but they have lots more to share including various 'felt-fetti' die cut shapes, kits, felt notions/tools and more.  This week (Monday - Thursday) we'll be sharing some projects featuring Benzie products.

There are also giveaways!  We'll be picking one lucky commenter to win the Carnation Collection felt pack and Atomic Pom Poms pictured below.  Be sure to also stop by the Benzie blog as they'll be posting on Monday and Tuesday and will select one lucky commenter to win a $25 credit to the N&T store.  Winners will be announced over the weekend.

Today Sveta is sharing a home decor project with us:

 I'm very excited to collaborate with such an amazing company and present you my project!

I'm totally a card making person but when I saw these felt products I fell in love! I like that Benzie Design have great color combos sets, it's really inspiring. I wanted to make a felt garlands for a baby.

I used Neat & Tangled Dala Horse die set that is perfect for felt creations. I die cut big and little horses that reminds me of mother and child from Mermaid Lagoon Felt set and sewed them all together.

I also made coordinating garland  with felt Swan Lake palette pompom set using two sizes of pompoms. This one was especially easy to make: all you need is just needle and the set from Benzie Design!

I plan to use these garlands above the baby's bed when she will arrive, and most probably will make matching mobile.

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Julia Altermann - Subtle Dimension

Our September guest designer, Julia Altermann, is back today with a final post for us. Her projects this month have been wonderful, and we're sad to see her go! Today she's featuring our Dala Horse set, and you're just going to be blown away by the dimension she achieves. Here's Julia:

Hello crafters! It’s Julia and I’m back with my last guest post for Neat & Tangled! Today I want to show you how you create very subtle dimension on your cards for additional interest.

I started out by creating my background with a few Copic Markers and the Spritzer tool by Tim Holtz. It’s an easy way to create a colorful background without having the mess of Distress Inks or even watercolor. Next, I die-cut the small horse from the Dala Horse die set from Copic-friendly paper and used some brown markers to color it completely.

Thanks to the many small dies in the Dala Horse set, I die cut the little ornamental “saddle” piece as well and glued it on my horse using Tombow adhesive. I mounted the horse (pun intended) with foam tape on a piece of vellum which I had ripped into shape – it’s a great material to use on your cards because you can see through to your background, but everything is muted so the focus remains on whatever is in the foreground.

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you got inspired and enjoyed my projects. Thank you to Neat & Tangled for having me!
Thanks again to Julia for all the inspiration this month!

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• Dala Horse

• Dala Horse Nice and Neat Dies

• Copic Sketch YR16 APRICOT

• Copic Sketch Y17 GOLDEN YELLOW

• Copic Sketch Y38 HONEY

• SSS Copic Sketch E29 BURNT UMBER

• Copic Sketch E18 COPPER

• Copic Sketch Marker E37 SEPIA Brown

• Copic Sketch E35 CHAMOIS

• Copic Sketch E33 SAND

• Uni-Ball Pen Signo Gel WHITE

• Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB 25 sheets

• Tim Holtz Distress Marker SPRITZER TOOL

• MISTI

• Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE

• Sizzix Magnetic Platform for Big Shot

• VersaFine Onyx Black

• Precision Tweezers

• Vellum Value Pack 8.5

• Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue

• 3M Scotch Double-Sided Foam Tape

• Scrubber Pad

• Ultra Clean Spray, 2oz.

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Neat & Tangled / We R Memory Keepers Day 2

We hope you have been enjoying our collaboration with We R Memory Keepers this week.  The DIY Party collection, has so many great items, we're really just scratching the surface!

Today Taheerah is sharing a couple of fun cards with a great mix of supplies!

For today's projects I used the DIY Party Fringe Tape in Sunrise:

And the WRMK Fuse Tool:

My first card combines the WRMK DIY Party Fringe Tape with the Dala Horse Nice & Neat dies to create an obvious match made in Heaven:

Fun, right?!

The WRMK DIY Party Fringe Tape comes in several different colourways, but if your supplies are limited don't let that stop you! Here I used Copics to colour the pale yellow fringe tape from the Sunrise Tape pack in a variety of colours to suit my piñata design! I adhered all my tapes to a card panel and then die cut my horse. Isn't he awesome?!

I used stamps from Happiest Birthday and Just For You to stamp all the confetti and streamers, stamping in gold and silver, and also using Versamark and covering with Perfect Pearls for some subtle detail!

Now, no piñata should be static, right?! That's why mine is attached to my card panel using cord, but is free to move and rock - check it out!

Fun, right?!


My second card features a fun shaped shaker, which gave me the chance to pull out my WRMK Fuse Tool:

Love how this turned out!!

I used the large irregular circle die from the Perfect Blend Nice & Neat dies to create my little shaker shape from a stamp pocket. I filled it with some glitter and a fun mix from Lucy's Little Things! I was then able to use the same die to cute the shape out of my card panel and freehand draw a large balloon for my cute little animals to hang onto!

The little cuties are of course from the amazing Big Top Birthday set. I coloured them with Copics, and added the little flag from Cute Chicks for the little bear to hold. I also used the clouds from this set to 'trace' the shape using my palest blue Copic so I could create no-line clouds in my background! The banner is from Big Top Birthday too - I stamped just half of it, then rotated my block, lined up and stamped it again! Just like that that banner image takes on a different shape and is much more versatile! I built the sentiment with stamps from Better Together and added my banner with Pinflair Glue Gel for some dimension.

I had so much fun playing with items from this collection, and with my Fuse Tool - I really hope you love what I've shared with you today! Thanks for stopping by!

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Ink smooshed background with black ink stamping

Hello there!

Mayuri here to share a card that uses one stamp to create a pattern, one die to create an aperture and one sentiment to tie them all together ;-)

But, like a lot of the cards I make, I need a background to work with! So, I used my failsafe technique of creating one with Distress Inks - smoosh them onto a craft mat, spritz with water and lay down a panel of white cardstock into the inky puddles. You may have to jiggle the panel around a little to get more coverage, but when you're happy, lift it out and heat set.

Repeat the process a few times until you get something that you're happy with. I then stamped one of the wreath images from Simple Christmas to create a pattern with black dye ink for a bit of contrast.

I trimmed the panel down to slightly smaller than my card base and then die-cut the smaller Dala Horse from the centre to create an aperture, and the beginnings of a shaker card. I adhered a piece of acetate behind the aperture, and foam pads all the way around to seal in the sequins.

The sentiment comes from Gardenia Blooms Journaling card and to finish, I dotted a few of the sequins on the card front.

I hope you'll have a go at creating your own background and then stamping with black dye ink for a dramatic look!

Thanks for stopping by ;-)

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April Guest Designer: Yoonsun Hur!

Hello friends! Today I am here to introduce you to our April guest designer, Yoonsun Hur.  I first spotted Yoonsun over on Instagram, where I saw her sharing photos of her cards using Neat and Tangled. I was so blown away! And wait till you see her cards for today!!

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Hello crafty friends, TGIF! I am guest designing with Neat and Tangled this month. I am SO excited and happy to be a part of the amazing team!! I love Danielle's bold design and there are oh-so-talented designers here!

Today I want to show you my 2 cards with March released Dala Horse Stamp Set. Oh my... I am so in love with the set that Miriam designed. Seriously, it is really beautiful stamp set!! 

To create the card:
1) I stamped horse and other images on the watercolour panel using Distress Ink Antique Linen for no-line watercolouring
2) I coloured them with Distress markers -Dala horse: Festive Berries, Barn Door, Pumice Stone, Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Mustard Seed, Chipped Sapphire, Aged Mahogany / blossoms: Worn Lipstick, Squeezed Lemonade, Seedless Preserves, Mowed Lawn, Brushed Corduroy, Broken China, Evergreen Bough / background: Pumice Stone
3)For the sentiments, I stamped it on the black cardstock using VersaMark Embossing ink, white heat embossed and adhered it over the watercoloured panel using dimensional foam tape
4)To finish it off, I added the clear sequins here and there. 

My second card with the set: 

For this card, I used matching die with the stamp set. The size of the Dala Horse die is a perfect as a focal point in card.

To create the card:
1) I drew the pencil line on the watercolour paper a bit bigger than actual size of the largest Dala horse die and then blended with Distress ink Peacock Feathers, Stormy Sky using mini blending tool. 2) Once completely dry, I randomly stamped mini blossoms using VersaMark Embossing ink and white heat embossed.
3) I spritzed a bit of fresh water on the stamped image for getting watercolour stains, dry it using heat tool and then die cut the Dala horse from the stamped paper. 
4) For the background panel, I stamped mini blossoms on the white cardstock with grey pigment ink here and there and watercoloured in the middle of the stamped panel with Distress ink Mustard Seed using paint brush. 
5) Using vellum paper, I covered whole area of the stamped background and machine stitched on the top, mounted it to the yellow cardstock. 
6) To finish it off, I positioned the Dala horse, sentiment banner on the custom background panel, adhered them in place using dimensional foam tape, added mixed clear sequins.

I had a great time with this beautiful stamp & die set!

That’s it for today. Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend!! 
Yoonsun

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March Guest Designer: Katie Gehring!

Happy Friday friends!  We've got our March guest designer, Katie Gehring, back again to today! I am totally in love with her project :)

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Katie here and I am seriously “felting" the love for Neat and Tangled's Dala Horse dies. The Dala Horse dies are such a great size and scale that I decided to whip up a little stuffed animal Dala Horse using a bit of felt, some ribbon and thread. I die cut the Dala Horse shape twice from felt and stitched the layers together using white embroidery thread and a simple blanket stitch. Before stitching the animal shut completely, I paused to add some poly-fill stuffing using the blunt end of a pencil to help push the stuffing into all the nooks and crannies of the animal. 

I used tacky glue to adhere the saddle and mane trimmings and stitched a loop of gingham ribbon to the horse to serve as a hanger.  A black brad serves as the horse’s eye.

I stamped the circles included in the Dala Horse stamp set with Red, Aqua and Yellow ink before adding the sentiment with black ink. I cut around the largest circle and clipped the circle tag to the project with a wooden clothes pin.  The Dala Horse looks so sweet and could be used as an ornament, for gift packaging, in baby room decor or even as a fun tag for a child’s backpack.  

I know these sweet Dala dies are out of stock currently, but if you go to the product page HERE and click the Email Me when Available link and enter your email address, you will get a note when the dies are back in stock.  

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Thank you so much, Katie!

Have a great weekend everyone!

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Inlaid Die-Cutting with a Dala Horse

Hey everyone!

Mayuri here to share a card that teams the Dala Horse dies with a bit of inlaid die-cutting!

I created a card and matching tag using minimal supplies - a few scraps of coloured paper, the two Dala Horse dies and a couple of stamp sets for the sentiments (though these could come from anywhere). 

I've been using this technique on a few cards recently, and really like the result. I basically die-cut concentric squares out of various coloured paper using some square nesting dies. This gave me lots of coloured square frames, which were then inlaid back into one another onto a piece of scrap white paper, starting with the smallest and working my way out to the largest.

Once I was happy, I took the Dala Horse dies and die-cut the large and small horses out of my concentric square piece. I foam mounted the large one to a card base, and the small one to a tag.

On the card front, I stamped a sentiment from Dala Horse and on the tag, one from Scandinavian Flowers, with black dye ink. To finish, I added a wood veneer star on both horses and pulled some red twine through the tag ;-)

Thanks for looking!

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