Neat & Tangled 5th Birthday Blog Hop (+ Prizes!)

Hi! I’m so glad you’re here to help celebrate Neat & Tangled turning FIVE! Yeah!!! If you’ve been following along with us already, you’ll have arrived here via my pal Teri Anderson’s blog — love that girl!

If you’d like to head back to the start so you don’t miss out on any of then fun then click on over to Neat & Tangled. I’m the last stop on today’s hop, but come back tomorrow for moar!

Wild Ones

I used the new Wild Ones stamp set and matching dies for my card — isn’t it just the cutest?

Wild Ones

I started out by stamping the images with VersaFine black ink and then heat embossing in clear. Then I went to town watercoloring them all! There’s just nothing better than sitting down to color a bunch of fun images like this — who’s with me?

While I was coloring the stamps I had an idea to make an accordion fold card so that I could use All The Stamps! :)

Here’s how it turned out! I used a bit of twine to keep the card closed…

And here’s how it looks when opened!

I just trimmed a piece of cream speckled cardstock to 8.5 x 5.5″ and then I placed the critters how I wanted ’em and scored it. No measuring for me! :)

I watercolored some confetti along the bottom of the card for all the critters to stand on and also had some falling down from the sky. Because yeah, confetti!

Now for a closer look at that giraffe on the front!

I had to add that little present to his back, and added some color to the “wild” sentiment too.

Opening the accordion fold a little more you’ll see Mr. Turtle and Mr. Monkey. Had so much fun coloring these!

For all of the images I pretty much followed the same watercolor technique of first wetting the area to be colored with clean water, then I loaded my brush with paint and touched the brush to the wet area. The paint spreads out all on its own! It’s an easy way to get a smooth blended look.

I perched the Mr. Bird on top of Ms. Snake, because why not?

Then I finished up the card by stamping the “It’s Your Birthday” from my trusty Celebrate set and added some Like Magic Sequins. These sequins really are like magic — so pretty and sparkly and they pick up the colors around them. Love! I plan to write a little note in that open area under sentiment — can’t wait to send this to someone!

Prizes! Yeah!

There are 3 great prizes up for grabs! One $100 gift certificate to the Neat and Tangled shop and two $50 gift certificates to the Neat and Tangled shop. Yeah!

Winners will be chosen from comments all along the hop all week long, so the more comments you leave the more chances you have to win! Winners will be announced Sunday, August 13th over at Neat & Tangled!

Before You Go

I just had to add that I’m so very honored to be a part of this blog hop. I met Danielle at a crafty retreat a few years back and feel lucky to call her a friend. She’s such a kind, generous soul and we hit it off right away thanks to both of us liking the same foods! :) (We also bonded over our mutual love of the instant pot. Seriously, if you don’t have one of these yet you totally should!)

You can read more about Danielle and Neat & Tangled over in her post. I loved seeing all the photos! Her sweet personality really shines through.

Before I go I had to add that Danielle has a Go Fund Me campaign to help raise money to get treatment for her Dad. He has CRPS and you can read about it here. This is something near to my heart since I had an infection after knee surgery too. One doctor suspected that I had CRPS but thankfully it turned out to be an allergy to stainless steel instead. I donated to her campaign and hope you will too — every little bit helps.

Supplies

All supplies listed are from Neat & Tangled. These are affiliate links, so I’ll receive a small commission at no extra charge to you if make a purchase by clicking a link. :)

Happy, happy, happy, happy, happy 5th birthday, Neat & Tangled! And many more! Love you guys! xo

156 Replies to “Neat & Tangled 5th Birthday Blog Hop (+ Prizes!)”

  1. What an adorable card!

  2. This is such a darling card! I absolutely love the way you painted those colorful confetti! So much fun!

  3. Wow.. beautiful gold card..love it totally..

  4. This is the sweetest card and your colouring skills are spectacular!!

  5. I love your card! Thanks for showing how you created it! The Wild Ones stamps offer a lot of cuteness.

  6. Sharon Brand says:

    Cute, adorable and awesome too! Love all the beautifully coloured images and the confetti!

  7. Such a fun Happy Birthday Hop! Thanks for the ideas!

  8. Mary-Anne V says:

    Fabulous accordian card…love the idea of adding all these cute critters and the confetti ground.

  9. Love your cute use of those adorable critters. Thanks for sharing with us.

  10. Marty Harris says:

    Wonderful card! I love how you make it sound so simple. I will have to try a folded card.

  11. OH WOW!! What an awesome card!! How cute is it that you have a little character on each of the folds!! I LOVE IT!!

  12. This card is a whole class in itself–so many fun touches! (I love the confetti.)

  13. Sylvia Gale says:

    Oh wow what a great card, I can think of lots of people who would love to receive this card.

  14. Oh my gosh, what an adorable card! I am with you on the coloring, and thanks for sharing your tips! The confetti is so cute, too! Love that this is a tall accordian card!

  15. Gorgeous – I love your take of that sweet giraffe, with the watercolour details. Very pretty!

  16. I love the way you set this card up! I am so inspired! The critters make it all come together!

  17. Love this release and those cards are adorable.

  18. I just love giraffes, so this is a must have set for me. Love how you used it!

  19. Deborah Kaye says:

    Adorable card. I like the accordian fold you did for interest. Thanks for sharing the information about the Go Fund me also. I had not heard of CRPS before.

  20. Lori Ritchie says:

    Such a cute card with all of the little critters! Great job, any child would love to receive it!

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