Piece Of Cake - Neat and Tangled

Hello everybody!  I found myself with some free time from my Design Team work and decided to play with some Neat and Tangled products that I recently treated myself to.  This is Piece of Cake and my cake is a delicious Mint Chocolate... nom nom nom.



I stamped the large image to Bristol Smooth cardstock in my Misti using Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil.  I watercolour painted the image using predominantly the following colours.  For the cake I used Artezas in Dolphin Gray A174, Ice Blue A173 and a Zig in Green Shadow 049.  I sort of 'pounced' the colour on in layers until it looked like a cake texture.  Next I ice my cake with a Zig in Dark Brown 062.  The kids were painted with Zigs in Flesh Colour 071, Blush 069, Light Pink 026, Orange 070 and Lemon Yellow 051.  Points were highlighted with Uni-ball Signo White gel pen and then I die cut the image with the coordinating die.



A panel of white cardstock was ink blended softly using Distress Oxide in Spun Sugar then die cut using the Scalloped Nice and Neat Die.

I backed that panel with craft foam and applied it to a white panel which in turn was applied to the pale gray cardstock base.  I adhered the main image using foam tape to lift it up.  Plenty of dimension on this card!



My card was finished with several sparkling clear sequins for a little joyful twinkle!

Thanks for coming by my blog for a slice of cake today!  Enjoy!

Nicky x

Swinging By - Neat and Tangled

Hello, I've been creating with some new stamps and dies I treated myself to.  This is Swinging By by Neat and Tangled.



My card started by making the stencilled background by ink blending using  Distress Oxides in Blueprint Sketch and Cracked Pistachio and the Scalloped Stencil by Neat and Tangled.  I then squished a little of the Blueprint Sketch onto my craft mat and adding a dollop of water and then using a toothbrush I splattered the panel to distress it.  The panel was then die cut using one of the dies from Scalloped Nice and Neat set.



I backed this panel with craft foam and applied it to a panel with a faux stitched die cut edge which in turn was adhered to the white cardstock base.

On Bristol Smooth cardstock the main image was stamped using Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil.  I watercolour painted it using the following Kuretake Zig colours - Blue Gray 092, Blue 030, Deep Red 260, Light Pink 026, Flesh Colour 071 and Blush 069.  Points were highlighted with a Uni-Ball Signo white gel pen.  The image was die cut with the coordinating die and applied using foam tape.



Final steps were to stamp the two sentiments with Versamark Ink and heat emboss in silver.  I used two dies included in the Scalloped Nice and Neat die set to cut the sentiment strips and each was applied with more foam tape.

The scene was finished out with a varied selection of sequins which were adhered with Ranger Multi Medium Matte glue.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today to read about this card, see you next time!

Nicky x