Neat & Tangled / Tonic Collaboration - Day 3

It's time for Day 3 of our collaboration with Tonic USA!  Each day this week we will be sharing projects featuring N&T and Tonic products on both the Neat & Tangled and Tonic USA blogs, there are also two big prizes to be won.

Here at Neat & Tangled we'll be selecting one lucky comment from our collaboration blog posts to receive a $75 credit to spend at Tonic. AND, Tonic will select a commenter from their blog to win a $75 credit to the Neat & Tangled store.

Today Cheiron and Nancy are sharing with us.  First we have Cheiron:

My card today uses everything sparkly and metallic! I started off by cutting a piece of watercolor cardstock backed with adhesive foam using the Geometric Circles Cover Plate die. Then I colored over the panel using my Dual Ended Blender Brush to apply Embellishment Mousse in Mother of Pearl, Indian Gold and Fresh Copper to create my background starting with the lightest color around the outside and the darker colors inside. This mousse is so easy to blend! 

Then I cut out the Seeing Stars die and embossed it with the Gold Enchantment Glitter Embossing Powder. This is probably one of the sparkliest gold embossing powders I have ever used. I also had a piece of paper that was cut with the Embellishment Circles die and I covered it with Radiant Gold Gilding Flakes and added that on top of the stars to give another layer of dimension. 

Once those layers were adhered, I cut the Hooray die from another piece of paper that I colored with Fresh Copper Embellishment Mousse and added it to the Hooray outline that was cut from white cardstock. Once all the layers were glued down, I added some Nuvo drops in Copper Penny. I sure hope I know someone celebrating something soon, because I can't wait to give them this card!

Next up is Nancy:

Let's get messy with some Nuvo Embellishment Mousse by Tonic Studios! To create this card I used the Punchinella Steel Die to create a mask. Then I dipped into the Aquamarine Mousse and started spreading this beautiful frosting up at the top of the card. Next, I used the Spring Green Mousse at the bottom and overlapped the colors creating a beautiful transition shade in the center.

The Embellishment Mousse is very light and easy to spread. It cleans up really well too. I love that you can mix colors to create different shades.

The Prehistoric Pals Stamp Set was perfect for this textured background. The dino images were watercolored and placed on foam to give them a little lift. Don't forget to give your embellishment mousse some time to dry. It's pretty quick to dry and was ready to go after 15 minutes.

Try the Nuvo Embellishment Mousse and Punchinella Steel Die to create texture backgrounds with a splash of color!

Don't forget to leave a comment here to be entered to win a $75 credit to the Tonic store, and then head over to the Tonic USA blog to see what their team created.  We'll be back tomorrow with more inspiration for you!

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Neat & Tangled / Tonic Collaboration - Day 1

Happy Monday!  You are all in for a treat this week.  We are collaborating with Tonic USA and not only will there be some pretty fantastic inspiration for you each day on both the Neat & Tangled and Tonic USA blogs, there are also two big prizes to be won.

Here at Neat & Tangled we'll be selecting one lucky comment from our collaboration blog posts to receive a $75 credit to spend at Tonic. AND, Tonic will select a commenter from their blog to win a $75 credit to the Neat & Tangled store.

Now for some inspiration, today Debby and Miriam are here to share.  First up is Debby:

Hello, it's Debby here today, and I'm delighted to be joining in with this week's Tonic collaboration! I already have a fair few Tonic products in my stash as I love the quality of their tools and original embellishment products to name just a few. However, I've not yet had the chance to play with the Nuvo Glimmer Pastes or try out the Tim Holtz Stamping Platform. 

I knew immediately I wanted to use the Moonstone Glimmer Paste to bring sparkle and texture to an ink blended stencil design. I pulled out the Interlocking Geo stencil from the new February release and blended a sherbet rainbow diagonally across the card using Hot Lips, Melon, Duckling, Mint and Spring Rain inks. Keeping the stencil in place, I then used a Ranger palette knife to spread the Glimmer Paste over the ink blended background. It's a bit like spreading butter I think! It never gets old to lift the stencil to reveal the design and I was delighted at how adding the Moonstone Glimmer Paste really brought this sherbet toned background to life with a million sparkles catching the light. 

I put the background to one side to dry while I worked on the sentiment and embellishments. Using the Tim Holtz Stamping Platform, I stamped the love from Love Notes in Hot Lips inks. For me, stamp positioning tools have been a game changer for my stamping, and Tim Holtz's one lives up to all that I hope from a stamp positioner - strong, sturdy, well designed and makes stamping a breeze. I used the included magnets to keep my paper in place while I stamped the image a second time to ensure I had a good intense colour and even stamping. I used the matching https://ldli.co/e/3rx79x to die cut the sentiment and then paired it with a partially stamped sentiment from the So Many Sentiments set. I carefully cut the 'we're friends' part of the sentiment away from the rest, stamped it with clear embossing ink on Black card and white heat embossed before trimming to a skinny strip. 

I added the background to a white card base and the two sentiment pieces to the background with foam adhesive and then accented with hearts cut with a die from the Love Notes set. I covered the hearts with Spring Rain and Melon inks, followed up with Glitter Gloss and then finally Crystal Glaze for a beautiful sparkly and glossy finish. I also added Crystal Glaze, Duck Egg Blue and Sugared Almond droplets as final accents. 

Next up is Miriam:

Hi everyone!  This week Neat & Tangled is collaborating with Tonic USA.  I was so excited to be able to work with their products, and created two cards to share.

For this first card, I die cut our Punchinella die from cream cardstock.  Then I used some liquid adhesive to essentially pain across the bottom of the die on a diagonal.  Once the glue was dry, I used the Radiant Gold Gilding Flakes to embellish the bottom of the die cut.  I then tacked the die cut piece down in a couple places over a piece of patterned paper.

Those dimensional hearts are from the Scored Shapes Dies set.  I cut the hearts from both patterned paper and vellum.  I rubbed the vellum hearts with Powder Blue embellishment mousse to give it a little shine and subtle color. 

Those were then stitched to the punchinella/pattered paper as well as a sentiment strip with a sentiment from the So Many Sentiments set.

I also added a vellum mat.  Just as with the vellum hearts, I rubbed the top and right edges of the mat with some embellishment moussse, this time using Pure Platinum mousse.

Everything was adhered to the card base and then I added a few sequins as well as a few dots of White Blizzard Glitter Drops to finish it off.

For my next card, I used the Embellishment Mousses in a different way.  I was a little surprised by the texture of the mousse when I first used it.  I expected it to be more like a paste that you used for stencils, but it had more of a clay consistency.  You can still use it in that for for stencils, but you have to kind of work it into the openings.  Or, you can soften it into more of a paste form by adding some water.

You can also add water to create a type of paint, which is what I did.  I just used my palatte knife to put a bit onto a craft mat, added water to create a paint consistency, and than painted onto a watercolor panel using the Powder Blue and Pure Platinum embellishment mousses.

I then added some stamping using the Landscape Textures stamp set and the Tim Holtz Stamping Platform.  I placed the stamp in the middle of the platform so that I could move the panel around underneath to create the random stamping.

Then I added some gilding by 'coloring' some dots on the panel using my glue pen.  And then adding the Radiant Gold Gilding Flakes.

Note - make sure your ink is totally dry before you do this.  I managed to smudge a bit of black ink when I was brushing away the excess gold flakes.

I die cut the You Can Do Anything sentiment and gilded it as well.  To give it a little more strength, I did add a second layer and then adhered the entire piece to my panel.

Now it's time to head over to the Tonic USA blog to see what their team created.  Be sure to leave comments here and there to be entered to win the giveaways.  See you back here tomorrow for Day 2!

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Koalified to be my Valentine

Hi everyone! Happy Tuesday!

It's Jodi here with you today, and I have a card to share with you using the DARLING new Koalifications and Koalifications Nice & Neat Dies! This koala has stolen my heart!

I cut him and five hearts from X-Press It Blending Card using the Koalifications Nice & Neat Dies, and then stamped them all using Koalifications. I stamped the sentiment, "KOALIFIED TO BE MY VALENTINE" inside the banner. Love that! I colored them all with Copic Markers and then added shimmer to the banner and the hearts using a Clear Wink of Stella Brush Marker.

The background was created using the previously released Punchinella Nice & Neat Die, which I ADORE. I sponged a panel of white card stock using Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink and Fired Brick Distress Oxide Ink, and then sprayed water and when dry, spritzed on watered down white acrylic paint.

I trimmed the panel down and then added a the white card stock frame, cut using the Punchinella Nice & Neat Die, on top. I assembled my card, popping up the Koala and hearts onto the Punchinella panel, and then layered that onto striped paper paper! Viola, a Koala Valentine!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Awesome Distress Oxide Glazed Resist Card Set

Hi there! It's Cheiron here and today I'm sharing some fun cards that I created with one of my favorite products, stencils. For these cards I used a technique that I learned from Tim Holtz called Distress Oxide Glazed Resist. When I make background panels and play around with inks, I find it best to make multiples since I already have all of the supplies out on my table. 

To do this technique you will need your favorite Neat and Tangled stencils and some Ranger Distress Glaze. I used the Geometric Blooms, Polygon, Swirly Twirly, and Star Simply Stencils. I wanted a round shape as well to add some variety, so I cut the Punchinella die out of Yupo Paper and used it as a stencil. You will put some of the glaze onto a foam blending tool and dab it off onto your craft mat before applying through a stencil onto some Mixed Media Heavystock paper. You want just a very thin layer of the glaze...a little goes a long way! Be sure to clean your stencils with rubbing alcohol when you are all done to remove the glaze from your stencil. 

Here are a few first layers that I made using warmer colors. You can see the glaze I put through the stencil resists the ink. 

Here is another version of my first layers using cool colors. 

Once you are done, pick a different stencil and add another thin layer of Distress Glaze. Then add another layer of Distress Oxides (I went opposites this time and added cool colors onto my warm and vice versa).  You can stop here or continue to build more layers using this technique until you get the desired result. 

Once I was done with all the panels, I die cut the words from the Awesome die set and stamped each card with a different message form the Awesome stamp set to create an entire set of Awesome cards. This one used the Swirly Twirly stencil and Punchinella die. 

This one was made using the Star stencil and Punchinella die. 

I hope you have enjoyed these colorful cards and this fun technique. I always like playing around with new techniques and finding other ways to use my supplies and I hope you will try it out too. Have a great week! 

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Neat & Tangled / Et Cetera Papers Collaboration - Day 1

Hi Friends!  We're teaming up with Et Cetera Papers today through Thursday.  Et Cetera Papers produces specialty real wood papers and products, and we'll be showing those off for the next several days.

The Et Cetera Papers team will also be working with our products, so you'll want to stop by their blog as well.  At the end of the week we'll be drawing a winner from comments on our collaboration posts for prizes.  We'll be drawing a winner here on the Neat & Tangled blog for the $25 prize pack you see below (which consists of adhesive backed real wood cherry and birch veneer papers and as well as real wood envelopes), and Et Cetera papers will be drawing a winner for a $25 Neat & Tangled store credit.



OK, let's take a look at today's projects.  First up is Daria:

Hi everyone, Daria here! Happy to join this fun collaboration with Et Cetera Papers.

Self-adhesive sheets are very easy to use and ideal for all kind of die-cutting.  Before die-cutting, I glued it to some foam sheets and then to stick it adhesive sheets. It made it very easy and fast to assemble adding a little bit of fun dimension.

I went with simple, yet elegant no-stamping cards. I used some of my favorite dies from Neat & Tangled: Punchinella and Celebrate Dies for one card and intricate Hooray die for the second. All of them cut just perfectly.

For my today's cards I used Rustic Cherry Wood adhesive sheets from Et Cetera Papers.
I think it pairs perfectly with light blue cardstock. Variation in color in wood pattern looks awesome in real life and adds so much to the design.

Next up is Stephanie:

Hey friends! Stephanie Gold here with a little project in collaboration with Etc. Papers! I am working with these incredible Cherry wood veneer envelope and tape sets and oh my are they pretty!! Since they are perfectly coordinated already, I decided to make them even more so by creating a matching card and envelope.

I started by placing the tape on a diagonal and then using the Tiny Cuts dies to cut dashes in between each wood stripe. I whipped out a couple of older stamp sets to create the focal point of my card. Ornate Frames stamps and dies were used to create the hollow frame and my sentiment was created using Painted Hello.

I wrapped a vibrant green hemp cord on the diagonal and tied it into a bow. The wood tape looks so beautiful next to the bright colors of the ink and twine.

For my envelope I used a pink shipping tag and stamped one of the hollow Ornate Frames and adhered it to the center. I wrapped more of the green hemp cord around the envelope, tied it into a bow, but also secured it to the envelope using a Tiny Attacher. This helps keep it in place while in transit. :)

That's all for today, be sure to leave a comment here and stop by the Et Cetera Papers blog as well.  We'll be back tomorrow with some more beautiful collaboration projects to share. See you then!

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Please be Mine | Nancy Damiano

Hey there! It's Nancy with my first blog post here at Neat and Tangled. Let's make something special with from the Nuts for You stamp set and combine it with the Punchinella die to create a background.

I started by stamping the squirrels in my favorite blank ink and coloring them in with Copics. The shape was cut with the matching Nuts for You die. I then used the Punchinella die to create a background in white. The ombre effect behind the die was created with Distress Inks in three shades of pink and purple.  I hand cut a gray flag to ground the stamped image.

Here's a look at another card using a similar design. The Floral Heart stamp and die set were used to create this image. Similar to the Please be Mine card above, the Punchinella die was once again used to create a pretty background. This time color was added with a few Bubble Gum sequins. A gray flag ties the entire design together with a sentiment from the Calathea stamp set.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! I'll see you next month with more card inspiration.

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Punchinella with Laura

Hello there! Laura here and today I have a fun project to share using the awesome new Punchinella die.

I ink blended a panel, adhered it to fun foam and then ran it through with the Punchinella die. How fun are these little dimensional dots?

I embossed the hugs sentiments from Better Together in white onto black cardstock and fussy cut it out to adhere on top of the dimensional design.

Here's a video to show you how I created these cards.

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Wonderful Things

Hello! It's Rubeena, and I'm here to share a guest post with you on the Neat and Tangled Blog today! In my last guest post, I created a card expressing love for the little things in life. For some reason, I ended up with another card that shares the same life perspective. Neat and Tangled products are perfect for motivational and uplifting cards! I used a few different sets to create this white on white look with a touch of color.

 

I started with a 4.25" x 5.5" watercolor panel that I covered with pink and black watercolor splatters. I die-cut a rounded rectangle frame diagonally and set aside the inside piece. I added foam tape behind the negative frame and attached it to my A2 folded cardbase. Using separate white card stock, I die-cut the Punchinella Nice and Neat Die, which I attached to the center of the frame (making sure to remove all the circle pieces). This die is so fabulous and unique! Next, I wanted to add some floral images around the die-cut so I stamped and colored images from Hand Stitched. I colored them with light shades using Copic markers and fussy cut them. I arranged them with foam tape around the frame.

 

Next, I stamped the girl with her teddy bear from Better Together and colored with Copic markers. I fussy cut it and added it over the card. The sentiments from all the Neat and Tangled stamp sets are wonderful, but my favorite ones are from Origami Map. I stamped it on a white card stock strip ink pink to coordinate with the colored images. I added a strip of gold glitter cardstock behind it and added it to the bottom of the card. To finish it off, I added some sequins from Mint Mix.




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

Punchinella- Nice and Neat Dies

Better Together

Hand Stitched

Origami Map

Mint Mix

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Scandinavian Prints Stand Out From The Crowd Card by Taheerah

Hey everyone, happy Monday! It's Taheerah here today to share a bright card to shake away those Monday blues!

Scandinavian Prints continues to be one of my favourite N&T sets! I love how versatile it is - there's just so many things you can do with it!! I just want to play with it all the time!

I wanted to create something modern and a little more eclectic in feel, so here's what I came up with:

I love how easy it is to build custom blooms with this set! I chose to ink up the solid portion of the stamps with two different colours of distress ink per stamp, then spritzing with water before stamping. This allowed the colours to blend and to make the shapes slightly 'looser'. Adding the details in black really looks awesome I think!

I wanted to create a unique sentiment so I pulled out my label maker to do just that! And one of my favourite details these days is to add a little piece of vellum die cut with the Punchinella die to one of the corners. Such a fun added detail don't you think?

I hope you loved this card as much as I loved creating them! And I do hope you'll add Scandinavian Prints to your collection if you haven't already - you won't regret it! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Pure White Cardstock	Crate Paper Hello Love, 6x6 Patterned Paper (Crate Paper)	Essentials by Ellen 40lb Vellum	Scandinavian Prints Stamp Set (Neat & Tangled)	Distress Ink - Abandoned Coral
Distress Ink - Dried Marigold	Distress Ink - Broken China	Distress Ink - Cracked Pistachio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink	Distress Paint - Black Soot
Punchinella Die	Oh My Motex Embossing Label Maker	Scor-Tape (2 1/2")	Claudine Hellmuth Multi Matte Medium

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