Hello!

Hello there!

Mayuri here to share a card using the Doily Tag and Hello dies ;-)

This card didn't take too long to put together, especially as I knew I wanted to use up some of my inky panels. I die-cut the Doily Tag shape out of a bright, inky piece, popped out all of the negative bits and pieces and added some foam tape to the back, ready to adhere to my card base.

I noticed that my card base was looking a little bare, so I added some gold paint ink splats for a bit of interest and then foam mounted the Doily Tag to the front. I then die-cut the Hello sentiment several times out of white cardstock and stuck them on top of each other to create a thicker embellishment.

 I adhered the sentiment on top of the Doily Tag and added some gold sequins to finish.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Hello With Kay

Hi there! I hope you are enjoying your summer! I have a fun card to share with you today featuring some beautiful products from Neat & Tangled!

Today my card uses the beautiful Friendly Florals stamp set, Friendly Florals Dies, Hello There die and The Doily Envelope Nice and Neat die.

For the background, I blended some Worn Lipstick Distress Ink onto watercolor paper and sprinkled with water and blotted.  I cut the Doily Envelope die out of white card stock, added foam tape to the back and adhered this to my background. I cut the Hello die out of white card stock as well, and adhered it right above the doily with liquid adhesive.

The floral cluster was colored with Copic markers, cut out with the coordinating die, and adhered to the doily with foam tape.

Products used for this card:

• Friendly Florals Stamp set
• Friendly Florals Dies
• Hello There Die
• Doily Envelope Die

I hope you have enjoyed my card today!

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Kay :)

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Hello There!

Hello there!

Mayuri here to share a card using the Topography stamp set!

That large topographical background is soooo versatile, and you can do so many different techniques with it, as demonstrated by the DT during release week! I chose to white heat emboss it onto a panel of white cardstock before applying a wash of colour ;-)

I took various ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens and roughly scribbled each colour at the top of the embossed panel before spritzing with water. The water allowed the colours to blend with each other, but also run down to the bottom of the panel, creating streaks of colour...

Before the colours became too watered and blended with each other I heat set the panel and trimmed it down to the same size as my card base. I adhered it straight down and set it aside to work on the next element, which was the die-cut sentiment. This was created using the Hello There die, and cut from some black cardstock a few times and adhered together to make a thicker embellishment.

I adhered the die-cut element to the card front and finished off with some Gold Mix sequins.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Gardenia Hello

Hello! It's Rubeena, and I'm here to share one more guest post with you on the Neat and Tangled Blog today! Today I used one of my favorite techniques - inlaid die-cutting! I started with the Gardenia Blooms Journaling Card stamp set and stamped the image using my MISTI onto watercolor paper. I used Versafine Onyx Black so I could heat emboss with clear embossing powder since it's a black pigment ink. I colored with Mission Gold watercolors and set it aside to dry.

 

Once it dried, I die-cut 'hello' using Hello There Nice and Neat Die. I die-cut it from black cardstock as well. This would be the piece I'd insert in place of the watercolor version. In order to do that, I'd need to glue my image onto a sturdy base. I fussy cut around the journaling card and glued it to the center of a folded A2 card base. The best adhesive to use is multi medium matte since it dries clear so I used that to insert the black 'hello' die-cut and the negative pieces. Finally, I added some Pearl Satin Sequins.

 

I hope you enjoyed today's inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Gardenia Blooms Journaling Card

Hello There - Nice and Neat Die

Pearl Mix

Mission Gold Watercolors, 36

Winsor & Newton Brush, Size 4

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Ink Blended Hello!

Hi friends! Danielle here!

So a few weeks ago I was lucky enough to catch up and spend some time with lots of lovely ladies, including design team member, Laura Bassen.

While we were crafting I was able to snag a one on one ink blending lesson from Laura herself! I always wondered how she got those soft and dreamy backgrounds, mine honestly always look a splotchy, streaky hot mess. Well, those days are over!

So this card is my first attempt at the soft ink blending technique, putting into practice some tips from Laura. The main thing is to hardly use any ink and just blend blend blend to build the color. She also told me to just practice, practice, practice! I blended a few Distress Inks (Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, and Evergreen Bough) and then die cut our Hello There die.  I popped that panel up on some foam, and carefully put in those little cut out pieces so that the "hello" would be legible. I finished it off with a few drops of water and some Copic opaque white ink splatters.

Thanks for taking a look!

xo

Danielle

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Neat & Tangled / Hemptique Collaboration Week 4

Happy Tuesday!  Can you believe that it's already the last week of April?  Today is our finally Hemptique collaboration post.

Each Tuesday this month we have been showcasing projects that combine Neat & Tangled and Hemptique products.  Be sure to leave comments on these posts we're picking a lucky commenter this weekend who will win a Hemptique prize pack.

Today Mayuri, Taheerah, Danielle, and Sveta have cards to share.

First up is Mayuri:

I used some of the Hemptique Handmade Hemp paper to create a background panel for a little word die-cut. The paper is very absorbent, and soaks up water really well - its great for simple watercolour washes.

I wanted to keep the card really clean and simple, and actually, this design would work well for mass producing a bunch of cards. So I simply foam mounted the watercolour panel to a card base and adhered the 'Hello' die-cut piece to the front.

To finish, I added a couple of sequins from the Gold Mix.

Onto Taheerah now, who also used the wonderful handmade Hemp paper on her card!

I decided to use my hemp paper in the same manner as you would watercolour paper! I tore a piece to roughly the same size as an A2 card then used the flower stamps from the Send Pretty Mail to create my hydrangea-like flower!

I used a mix of Distress Inks and misted my stamp each time with water for that watercolour look, then used a damp brush to move some of the colour around. Once dry I used a grey pen to draw some of the detail back into some of the flowers for a whimsical look!

The sentiments from Better Together worked to finish the card without distracting from that flower, and some sequins from the Warm Golden Glow shaker mix coordinated perfectly as accents!

Next we have Danielle.  She and Mayuri had a bit of a mind meld this week, but look at how different this card is.



Rather than painting a wash on the paper, she was a little more random with the painting, allowing some white portions to remain.  She also used a heat gun to speed up the drying process.  Then she added gold embossing to the bottom.  The texture she achieved embossing the paper looks amazing doesn't it?



Last, but not least, Sveta created this card with a wonderful homespun feel.  Sveta used our Hoop Die and Handstitched stamp set.

She started by creating a simple pattern randomly stamping the grouped cross stitch stamp.

The texture of the hemp paper perfectly mimics fabric for the center of the hoop, and the use of different colors heightens the realism.

Wasn't this a great way to end our collaboration with Hemptique?  Be sure to stop by and leave them some love for them on their Facebook page, they are hosting a Neat & Tangled giveaway over there too.  Don't forget we'll be picking a winner this weekend, so be sure to leave comments on all the Hemptique posts!

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Neat & Tangled / My Sweet Petunia Collaboration Week - Day 3

I can't believe we are already half way through our week with My Sweet Petunia, I hope you've been enjoying all the projects so far!

If you're not familiar with My Sweet Petunia they manufacture the MISTI (Most Incredible Stamp Tool Invented), which was one of the Hot Product winners at this year's CHA.  This week the team is showcasing how the MISTI simplifies (and makes foolproof) the stamping process as well as techniques that it enables.

We have some serious prizes up for grabs this week.  Comment all week on our collaboration posts to be in the drawing to receive your own MISTI, and be sure to stop by the My Sweet Petunia blog.  We've divided the team up this week, some will be posting here and some will be posting there.  Comments left on the My Sweet Petunia blog will put you in the running for a $100 Neat & Tangled credit!  

Mayuri is up to bat today:

This is the first time I used the MISTI and I can honestly say that I'm hooked!

For my card, I began by stamping the speech bubble from Turkey Talk backwards, first onto a card base, but also onto a panel of cardstock that was of the same size.

I like how you can use the MISTI in this way, to create the same pattern endlessly on individual panels, knowing that it'll stamp in exactly the same place each time! Its perfect for what I wanted to do for the focal element of my card!

To finish off the pattern, I stamped the solid heart from Jump Start My Heart towards the bottom of the card. I also flipped the speech bubble stamp the right way round and stamped the outline in the same place as the solid impressions.

Out of the stamped panel of cardstock I die-cut the sentiment using the Hello There die - this is where the MISTI saved the day! I knew that when I adhered the die-cut piece to the card front, it would match perfectly! And it did!

To finish, I stamped a sentiment with black die ink and scattered a few Sparkling Clear and Buttercream Satin sequins.

OK, now head over to the My Sweet Petunia blog to check out what Nina-Marie created.  Here's a little sneak peek for you:

See you tomorrow!

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Hello!

Hello there! Mayuri here to share a fun project using the Hello There die and the large background stamp from Faceted.

I created an inky panel by stamping the Faceted background with Versamark, sprinkling with white embossing powder and heat setting. I then transferred ink to the embossed panel by applying reinkers to a piece of acetate, spritzing with water and lightly smooshing the acetate on top. The embossed areas resist the ink, whilst puddling in the recessed spaces to give you a quick, watercolour look!

I die-cut a tag out of the panel and also out of some vellum, offset them slightly from one another and adhered them to the card front. I also added some black hemp twine through the tag.

I used the Hello There die to die-cut a sentiment out of black cardstock and adhered it to the tag. To finish, I added some sequins!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Hello!

Hello, Neat & Tangled fans! This is Yana sharing my very last post as a Design Team Member for this wonderful company. Its always very hard for me to say "Goodbye" and believe me, the decision to step down hasn't been easy. 

So instead of saying "Goodbye" in this post I thought I'd say "Hello" one last time. 

Supplies used: Hello There die and Paris stamp set

So hello! I'm Yana Smakula and I have been with Neat & Tangled for a little less than 2,5 years and I can say that this journey has been incredibly fantastic! I loved every single month, every release, every blog hop and more. Neat & Tangled has been my stamping "home" for a long time. 

I wanted to say a huge thanks to Danielle, to our DT coordinator Miriam and to all the incredibly talented ladies on the team. Thank you! Its been a pleasure and an honor to be a part of this amazing group. 

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Happy HELLOween!

Hello!!!

I didn't plan to make a Halloween card at all, but when I took the Hello There die out, this card created itself!  :) I like to play with words and this combination was just perfect for the upcoming holiday. I chose a non-traditional color scheme, mostly white with a touch of black and...pink!

For the background I used the Seeing Stars die which is covered with glitter, real stars have to shine!  I also I added the funny skull and bat from the Creepy Cute stamp set. 

I placed my sentiment on the A Lot to Say die cut.

How do you feel about light and girlish Halloween? :)

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Hello There

Hi, it's Emily here with a black-tie card! When I sat down to craft this card, I wanted to create something quick, and a classic black and white design is the easiest style. I also wanted the card to have visual impact with lots of texture so I dry embossed the Tiny Triangles die using embossing mats.

The negative frame was created using the A Lot to Say die. I cut the sentiment four times using the  Hello There die and adhered them together using a glue pen. I wanted to dampen the graphic element a bit so I added stamped flowers and laurels from the Hand Stitched stamp set and coordinating dies.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sources:

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