Little Tangles Challenge: Gold and Mint

Hey everyone!

Thanks for coming back for another Neat and Tangled Little Tangles challenge! I absolutely loved our color combo challenge this week!

Gold and mint! 

I mean look at this color combo! Isn't it gorgeous?!

For this moths card, I used the All My Heart stamp stamped on vellum to create a banner.  The gold striped background is actually from a Teresa Collins gold foil 6x6 paper pad (no longer available unfortunately). The mint heart paper is from Lawn Fawn and I cut it using this stitched circle die. 

I hope you will join us over at the Little Tangles challenge blog and submit a card for the challenge!

Please submit your card HERE.  The winner will receive a Neat and Tangled stamp set of their choice- for more details please visit the Little Tangles blog! 

Little Tangles: Birthday Challenge

Welcome to another Neat and Tangled Little Tangles challenge! This week our challenge is birthday cards! 

Here is what I created:

For the card, I used the Punchinella Stamp with white embossing powder and rubbed distress inks over it.  For the sentiment, I kept it simple with the  and Everyday Circles set and used a circle punch to punch out "Happy". I used foam underneath the background to give it some dimension and adhered the sentiment directly on top.

I hope you will join us over at the Little Tangles challenge blog and submit a card for the challenge!

Please submit your card HERE.  The winner will receive a Neat and Tangled stamp set of their choice- for more details please visit the Little Tangles blog! 

Little Tangles Challenge: Clean and Simple

This week is another awesome Neat and Tangled Little Tangles challenge! 

I created a couple cards for the challenge this month because I am a huge fan of clean and simple cards. 

For both cards I used the Kindness Matters stamp set with Memento Ink in black and then colored in the hearts with Copics.  I matted the white cardstock pieces (Neenah) onto gray and black cardstock and adhered them onto the card fronts. 

I hope you will join us over at the Little Tangles challenge blog and submit a card for the challenge!

Please submit your card HERE.  The winner will receive a Neat and Tangled stamp set of their choice- for more details please visit the Little Tangles blog! 

Little Tangles Challenge: Sequins

Welcome back everyone! Sorry for the short break- spring break interfered with posts (ok let's admit it- I didn't set one up before I went on spring break haha!).

This week is another fabulous Neat and Tangled Little Tangles challenge! 

Here is my card for the challenge! 

For this card, I used the new N&T box die on white Neenah paper.  Then, before I folded the box, I used Distress Ink in Seedless Preserves to color the box purple.  Then I folded it and glued it together with Multi Matte Medium.  I used the Crafting is my Jam stamp set to stamp "throw some" and "sequins" on the box.  I used some individual letter stamps to create the "make it rain" saying to finish off the cute saying from a Ke$ha song.  Finally, I used just about one of every Neat and Tangled Sequins with some more Multi Matte Medium to glue them down.

Well there's only one thing left for you to do... go forth, create, and join in the challenge! 

Please submit your card HERE.  The winner will receive a Neat and Tangled stamp set of their choice- for more details please visit the Little Tangles blog! 

Little Tangles: Watercolor + GIVEAWAY

I am really excited for this months Little Tangles card challenge!

Watercolor is one thing that I always watched other people do and thought "Man that looks easier than most techniques". Boy was I wrong, but I'm glad this challenge gave me the push I needed to keep trying watercolor until I achieved the look I wanted. 

All of these cards were made using Distress Inks as watercolors.  For this technique I just rubbed my ink pad on my craft mat, spritzed some water on the color, and painted with it. I had better luck with this technique than I did with actual watercolors.

I hope that this inspires you to create a card using watercolors! 

Please submit your card HERE.  The winner will receive a Neat and Tangled stamp set of their choice- for more details please visit the Little Tangles blog! 

GIVEAWAY: 

This week I am giving away the Neat and Tangled stamp set Tiny Triangles (seen below).  Enter to win by posting a comment on my blog below and let me know what your favorite go to technique is to use on a card. I will announce the winner on my blog next Thursday, February 12, 2015.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Products used: 

Origami Map stamp: HERE

Tiny Triangles stamp: HERE 

Thinking of You stamp: HERE

Sparkle and Shine stamp set: HERE

Cards for Guys

I don't know about you, but I find making cards for guys quite difficult.  I tend to gravitate towards cute patterns, bling, and sparkles- and those totally don't mesh with guys! 

Here's a birthday card I made recently for a friend!

I grabbed the Simon Says Stamp Adult Beverages stamp set and dies to create this card. The glasses were colored in with copics and Glossy Accents were used on top of the glasses to give them a more "glass-like" appearance.  Below is a close up the glasses.

What stamp set do you gravitate towards to make cards for guys?

Thanks for stopping by! 

Products used:

Adult Beverage Stamp set: HERE

Adult Beverage Die set: HERE

Adult Beverage Sayings stamp set: HERE

Adult Beverage Bundle Pack: HERE

Birthdays Galore

Hello there! After checking my calendar I noticed there are lots of birthdays coming up so I got to work making a few cards.  Here are a few of the ones I've made recently.

For this card, I used the Tim Holtz mini blueprint balloon stamp.  I stamped the balloon on patterned paper and then cut them out by hand.  The card was run through an embossing folder after the sentiment was stamped.  I then grabbed some twine and created the strings for the balloons and a few bows.

This card uses the Lawn Fawn Four Year Four stamp set and coordinating dies.  I used Distress Ink in Faded Jeans to create the sky and just used a light swirling motion.  The grass was paper from the Avery Elle Sorbet collection 6x6 paper pad.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Products Used:

Tim Holtz Mini Blueprint stamp: HERE

Lawn Fawn Four Year stamp: HERE

Lawn Fawn Four Year die: HERE

Avery Elle Sorbet 6x6 paper pad: HERE

Little Tangles: Saying Hello

Hello, everyone! Today I am extremely honored and excited to announce that I am now a member of the Little Tangles Design Team for 2015! If you aren't familiar with Little Tangles I urge you to go check out their blog HERE.  Little Tangles is the challenge blog associated with the INCREDIBLE stamps of Neat and Tangled! 

The first challenge of the year is:

I created this shaker box card for the challenge using the A Lot to Say Die and Just Hello stamp set from Neat and Tangled.

I outlined the A Lot to Say die on white cardstock and used the "hey" from the Just Hello stamp set with Hero Arts Wet Cement.  The "hello" was stamped with Versafine ink and I used clear embossing powder to make it pop.  Then, after die cutting the polka dot paper from Lawn Fawn, I used Scotch foam tape to create a shaker box.  I used all Neat and Tangled sequins (specifically Royally Blue, Powder Blue, Mermaid Tail, Summer Sky, and Ocean Breeze) to fill the shaker box. (Jennifer McGuire has an awesome tip on adhering a few sequins in the shaker box so that they don't all fall to the bottom.  You can find her video on that here.)

We would love to have you join in on the Saying Hello challenge! Here are the rules! 

 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 on the Little Tangles challenge page. (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 Tuesday, January 27th at 11:59 EST to enter.

I can't wait to see what you all create! 

Little Tangles Challenge: Bling Bling

Today I am delighted to be contributing as a guest over on the Little Tangles challenge blog.  I am absolutely over the moon that I was asked to join in! This challenge this week is Bling Bling.  The card I created helped merge my crafty side with my nerdy side!

When Neat and Tangled came out with the A Long Time Ago and Time Warp stamp sets, I didn't even hesitate to snatch them up! They were perfect for this challenge.  To me, nothing is more blingy or sparkly than space and millions of stars! 

I started by using Distress Inks in Peeled Paint, Faded Jeans, Chipped Saphire, and Dusty Concord on the background.  I started with the lightest color and moved darker while randomly placing the color. 

For the stamping, I used VersaMark Ink with Hero Arts white embossing powder to make it pop.  

Silver stars and Wink of Stella were added for the finishing touches. (I *promise* there is Wink of Stella on them- it just doesn't photograph well! I concentrated it in the middle and swiped it in the direction of the space lines.)

After I created the middle panel I matted it onto silver glitter paper and black cardstock.

Here are some close ups.

If you'd like to play along, check out the Little Tangles Blog and join in on the Bling Bling challenge.  

Cards for Maddy (and a giveaway!)

Hey everyone!

Today I am excited to tell you about a card drive for a dear sweet little girl named Maddy! Maddy is a 13 year old battling leukemia and she will be receiving a stem cell transplant from her 15 year old sister Melanie.

Please help us in sending cards of encouragement and love for these girls to lift their spirits. Every person who sends at least one card will be entered in the drawing for the die giveaway.



To read more about the card drive and see what the giveaways are please head over to the Cards for Maddy page!

Please send all cards by September 14th! 

Cards are to be sent to:

Christine Wilkerson

P.O. Box 787

West Chester, OH 45071

Washi!

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a fantastic week! Me? Well I am helping purge the house of all of the junk for a garage sale next weekend! Sounds fun, right? Eh not so much! 

Two close friends celebrated birthdays this week and my washi tape was calling to me! Here is what I eneded up with!

Looking forward to this weekend! Do you have any exciting plans?