thank you

Hello Neat & Tangled Fans!  It's Amy T here with a quick card!

I might have several 6x6 pads of paper.  I'm trying to make an effort to use some of my older papers and came across this fun sheet.  I did some masking with post it notes and stamped and colored.  

I can never have enough thank you cards so I did some masking on the thank you sentiment to get the words to stack differently to accommodate the limited space I had to work with.

I managed to use 3 different Neat & Tangled sets:

Gifts for You:

Little Bear:

and 

Swirly Twirly Tags

What are the go-to type cards that you design?  Thank you?  Birthday?

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January Guest Designer: Laura Sterckx!

Happy Friday! Today we have another card from our incredible January guest designer, Laura Sterckx!  Her card today is so incredibly sweet! 

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Hello Neat and Tangled fans. It's Laura here with my second blog post as a Neat and Tangled guest designer. Today I am sharing a project combining two N&T stamp sets and a beautiful mix of sequins. 

I noticed that gems and diamonds are oh-so hot in the card making world lately. That's why I used the beautiful Sparkle and Shine stamp set today. After stamping two of the gems on patterned paper by Dear Lizzy, I cut them out and adhered them on a white notecard. Oh and of course I added a bit of sparkle on there using a Clear Wink of Stella pen. 

I am still slightly obsessed with the Little Bear stamp set. Every time I take a look at the bear, I just want to grab my black ink, stamp it on card stock and color it using Copic markers. That's exactly what I did today. :) Next, I created a sequin shaker using a pretty scalloped frame from Dear Lizzy and the Pixie Dust sequin mix from N&T. Finally, I adhered the bear on top of the acetate and I also created a speech bubble using a die cut from Simon Says Stamp and a greeting from the Sparkle and Shine stamp set. 

That's if for today! :) I'll be back soon with another project using wonderful Neat and Tangled products. Thanks for stopping by. XO

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January Guest Designer: Laura Sterckx!

Hi friends and happy Friday!  I'm here today with our January guest designer, Laura Sterx of Making Cards is Fun. If you're not familiar with her, you should head to her blog now! She is young, and fresh, and fun and I am so excited to have here with us for the month!

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Hello everybody! It's Laura here from makingcardsisfun.com and I am so happy to be guest designing for Neat and Tangled this month. I had the chance to work with awesome products and I can't wait to share my projects with you. For my first project today, I am using the Little Bear stamp set. This is one of my favorite Neat & Tangled stamp sets. :) Since this is my first blog post for N&T, I decided to kick off with a card that describes my style the best. Cute stamps and sequins.

First, I took a standard size notecard and stamped the adorable bear from the Little Bear stamp set. After coloring him with Copic Markers, I took a leftover piece of wrapping paper. (By the way, you could also use kraft cardstock and stamp white stars on it. The Sparkle and Shine stamp set has some great star stamps in it.) Next, I die cut a circle out of the starry paper and I heat embossed a greeting from the Little Bear set on some vellum using my favorite white embossing powder from WOW. I adhered the banner onto the piece of wrapping paper by simply adding teeny tiny dots of Glossy Accents behind the white letters. 

Afterwards, it was time for the part that I enjoy the most. I created another sequin shaker. This time I used this new product called Fun Foam for the  shaker. I cut it to the same size of the starry paper (4" inch x 5,5" inch). Then, I cut a hole in it using my scissors. Finally, I adhered the Fun Foam onto the card using a strong adhesive and I sprinkled some sequins from the Festive Fall Sequin Mix. Finally, I adhered a piece of acetate behind the circle and I adhered the full window piece on the Fun Foam using some more strong adhesive. That finished up my card. :)

That's it for today! Thank you so much for stopping by. I can't wait to share my other projects with you.

Big hugs,

Laura

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How sweet is that card? What a great start to the weekend!

Next week starts our January release! Be sure to check here, Facebook, and Instagram for sneak peeks starting tonight!

xo

Danielle

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April Guest Designer: Jingle!

Hi friends! I am happy to be here to share 2 more projects from our April guest designer Jennifer Ingle or Just Jingle ;)

In her first card she combined Party Dots and Kindness Matters, and wow. The color combo and certain softness this card gives off just calms me!

And how about this cutie pie card! Love how she combined Just Thinking of You and Little Bear. And who could resist those sequins ;)

Thank you so much, Jingle, for joining us this month!!

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Thinking of You Card

Hello everyone! Nina here again. Today I am on fence! ;)

When I saw the woodgrain strip in On the Strip 2, I wanted to make a fence with it. Just stamp a few on some scrap and cut out with pointed heads; then use the thin solid strip stamp from the same set on the card front for the backing boards:

I used the muffin top from Sketchy Cupcakes as a frame for my sentiment (from Just Thinking of You set). A little masking is all it takes:

Throw in a few mushrooms from Little Bear set to add more colors to the card:

I had so much fun making this card. I hope that you are inspired to create a scene yourself :) Thank you for stopping by! Happy Crafting!

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Interactive Card - We've Moved!

Hello everyone! Nina here to share a fun interactive card.

I used the staff from "My Heart Sings" set to make my fence :) Just draw lines as shown and cut out.

The sentiment was created with my label maker :)

Cut a slot for your sentiment strip:

Cut paper to 3/4" x 7-1/2", score at 1/2" and 3"; fold as shown. Put adhesive on the 1/2" part and insert into the slot.

You will get something like this:

Then cover the strip with the fence and house that you created and you are done! The house stamp is from "Sweet Home", tree from "Little Bear", and the little bee is from "Fresh Blooms". All paper pieced.

I hope that you enjoyed today's post and will give an interactive card a try! Happy crafting!

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DIY Classroom Valentines

 Hi it’s Jean sharing a DIY Classroom Valentine project using printables and the “Little Bear” stamp set.

I have fond memories of helping my sons making Valentines to hand out to their classes. At the same time, I remember being stressed when it came to getting them ready! The last thing that any mother needs is a stressful craft project. I’m showing several options so that this project can be customized to what works for you and your child(ren). I've put together printables (.pdf format) that include sentiments for four stamp scenes from the Little Bear set (there are eight cards per printable, two of each of the four designs).

The first has the “to” and “from” fields included, and the other does not.

Download

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The easiest approach to create the Valentines is to print the file of your choice onto white cardstock, stamp the scenes and have your child color in the images with crayons or colored pencils.

Or print the file onto colored cardstock and stamp the scenes.

If you've got a little more time, or simply like the look, another approach is to stamp the scene onto colored cardstock, fussy cut and attach to the base.

Happy, stress-free crafting for Valentine's Day!

Supplies: colored cardstock (I used Stampin' Up)

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Tangled up in Christmas Day 8: Snowy Shaker Card

Hi Everyone, Chari here with Day 9 of Tangled up in Christmas.  Today I have a fun shaker card to share using a few Neat & Tangled sets.

I stamped the tree from Little Bear twice on green card stock and cut them out, I colored one with a green marker to vary the color slightly.  The north pole sign and pole are white card stock colored with copics.  I always have issues with my shaker material sticking to things inside but in this case I think it looks like the snow sticking to the trees and sign. :) For the frame I used a spellbinders die for the scalloped circle and then a smaller circle die to cut out the inside.  I used glossy accents and peppermint lawn trimmings twine to accent my frame and stamped out the presents from Elves at Work to create a tone on tone custom pattern background.

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December Guest Designer: Donna Mikasa

Welcome to Day 3 of our Christmas extravaganza ;) Another day another special guest! Today we have the always inspiring Donna Mikasa! She is joining us for the month of December as our guest designer.  Here is a little bit about her:

Hello! My name is Donna Mikasa and my blog is three umbrellas. I live in Pearl City, Hawaii on the island of Oahu. I’m married to my high school sweetheart and we have two grown daughters. I’ve been stamping for many years and I’m always on the lookout for new stamp companies.

I love Neat and Tangled stamps. They’re fresh and trendy with a touch of cuteness, too. And Cath has recently declared them Moxie Fab as well! I’m excited to share my projects with you this month. Thank you, Danielle, for having me as your guest designer for December!

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My Christmas card uses the adorable bear from the Little Bear set. I stamped him twice and colored them with Copics. I drew in some eyes on one of the bears and added a Santa cap from Lawn Fawn. The background was stamped with Hero Arts’ woodgrain background and the sentiment comes with the set. I also added some veneer stars for a bit of interest. 

I also created some pillow boxes and the Do Not Open image fit perfectly on the side. I stamped the banner portion twice and ink distressed with red and green distress inks to emphasize the date. Some snowflakes from Hey Cookie were added and the boxes are ready to be packed with a gift card or some CA$H.

I hope I’ve inspired you to ink up your Neat and Tangled stamps for the holidays!

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Thank you so much Donna for such fun and festive projects!

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Guest Designer: Paulina Nakamura

Hi friends! Our November guest designer is back again today with another fun card!  Also, don't forget today is the last day our sale! So make sure to head over to the shop and take advantage! :)

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Hello, Neat and Tangled friends! 

I'm back with my last post as the guest designer for November. Since I went all out Christmas on the other post, I thought I would stick with the season we are currently in: Fall! 

I don't know about you, but I absolutely love the beautiful colored leaves scattered about. There are so many different varieties and we all know that jumping in leaves pictures are the best. I went with that creative thought and made some pretty Fall leaves and scattered them around the owl {both from Little Bear}. 

 

Most of the time I like to do nice, clean edges, but I thought this rustic card could use a little distressing on the edges. I must say, this technique adds a lot to cards and it's so easy to do! If you haven't tried it before, you should give it a try! :)

Thank you so much Danielle for having me as a guest designer on the blog. I thoroughly enjoyed using my Neat and Tangled sets and it was so nice to "meet" some new friends as well!

Blessings to you all this holiday season.....

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Thank you, Paulina for joining us this month :)

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Little Bear Place Card

Hi, guys! It's Mary Dawn today bringing you a fun place card using the leaf and acorn images from Little Bear, along with a quick tip for making the place card extra special.

First, the place card:

I used versamark ink and Stampendous Rubellite PEARLustre embossing powder to stamp and emboss the leaves and the acorns. It's not just shiny, like normal embossing powder; it has a gorgeous shimmer as well.

To make the place card extra special, I used a die cutting trick:

I cut my cardstock to 4 inches wide by 5 inches tall and scored at 2-1/2 inches.  Then I placed my die as shown above. I held it in place with a little low tack tape.

When I made my cutting sandwich, I placed the score line along one end of my cutting plates.  This way, when I rolled my sandwich through the machine, only the portion of the die that is north of the score is cut through.

This is what you get. I chose to cover my die cut area with a matching shape and this hid my score line. However, if you didn't want a score line through the middle of the die cut area, you could score just at the left and right edges to facilitate placement of your die. Then, once your place card was die cut, you could take your card back to your scoring board and complete the scores from each edge to where the cut begins. 

Thanks for joining me today! Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

--Mary Dawn

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