Well they say there is a first for everything and today I’m honored to be part of the 5th Birthday Bash Blog Hop for Neat & Tangled. Neat & Tangled, if you recall, is the company responsible for the Polygon Cover Plate die, and that die was yet one more stone in my Path to Becoming Obsessed with Cardmaking (see this post for the evidence!) So when they asked if I’d be interested in joining the blog hop, my answer was an unequivocal Oh, HELL to the yes!
I am pretty new to the whole stencil thing, and this balloon duo set was my kind of set: simple and easy to use! I decided to use watercolor cardstock because I wanted to use Distress Oxides and a little water. I figured it’d keep my paper less warp-y. I taped down one stencil, used a mini blending tool, and just filled in ink color. Then I moved the stencil around and repeated the process.
Once the balloons were in place, I used my Distress Sprayer to spritz a bit of water onto the paper. Once it was dry, I cut it out using one of my Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle dies (the 4.5 x 3.25 size).
Next I stamped the word ‘hooray’ using my Misti Tool (because honestly I cannot stamp a clean image without that thing! #getafrickinmisti) using Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide to match the balloons. I stamped it two times to get a nice solid image. Again, only possible because of the genius of the Misti. Once the ink was dry I used the coordinating die to cut out the title.
The final step was to cut a stitched panel from some Neenah Solar White 80# cardstock that was 4.25 x 5.5 to mount onto a 4.25 x 5.5 card base cut from some Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock. I love using the heavier cardstock to build my cards on. You think you don’t need two weights. Oh, but that is where you are wrong, my friends.
I adhered the balloon panel to the card base using some Fun Foam, then added the title to the balloon panel using some foam tape adhesive. Done and done! Hooray, indeed!
NOW FOR THE GIVEAWAY!
Neat & Tangled is giving away (1) $100 gift certificate and (2) $50 gift certificates to the Neat & Tangled Shop! Winners will be chosen from among all the comments left throughout the week-long blog hop! So leave a comment today and you’ll be entered for a chance to win. Winners will be announced on Sunday, August 13th on the Neat & Tangled blog.
VISIT THE OTHER BLOGS IN TODAY’S HOP!
Be sure to check out these blogs today! You can enter at each one for additional chances to win!
1. Neat and Tangled
2. Simon Says Stamp (Shari Carroll)
3. Amy Rysavy
4. Kristina Werner
271 Comments on “Neat & Tangled 5th Birthday Blog Hop + Giveaway”
Yup. I love this hop ’cause it shows me that I can do super looking things with what I already have. Thanks.
Love the colors! What a fun idea for celebrating any occasion!
Wow! Love your gorgeous card!!! Really stunning!!!
Such a fun Happy Birthday Hop! Thanks for the ideas!
What an adorable card! I love the colour combination you used.
Colorful and cool card 🙂 So much of fun!
Oh wow! I hadn’t thought of using a stencil this way! My creative muse is hiding under a rock for a month or so. I’ve the Distressed Oxide stamp pads (first release) since April or May and STILL haven’t used them. Okay, I guess my muse has been gone for longer than a month. Once this dang cold is gone, I need to get into my crafting room and.. well.. craft! 😉
Looks great and seems so easy! Love it.
First time visiting your site, lovely work!
Hey Diane! Thanks for stopping by!
This is such a bright and cheerful card, I love the colors. I think I actually do need yet another balloon stencil.
I adore this colorful and cheerful beauty! It makes me happy! Beautifully done!
Love this cheerful card! So fun to see how many different ways to make a card with the same stamp!
So pretty! FABBY colours!
love it….awesome as always
Need to get those Oxide inks… great card
I like your balloons card…good job using the stencil. I also love how pretty the “hooray” shows up in the pink. 🙂 AND happy birthday Neat and Tangled.
Such fun! Loving the colors! Thanks for the inspiration!
Love the soft colors you used,…great card…!!??
Love the colors and the spritzed balloons! Thanx for the inspiration.
Great card! you are reminding me to get my stuff out and get working on cards! Sometimes I forget how easy and fun it is.
Love this card and all the new inspiration. Happy Birthday Neat and Tangled.
What a great card! Such “happy” colors 🙂
love the scale of the card and the bright cheery colors.
Love the card!! The mat of stitching layered on more stitching is so cool!!
Such a cheery card! This release is so useful.
You can never be wrong with balloons, I love it thank you
What great colors. Cute card.
Beautiful card! I can’t wait until Neat & Tangled gets their balloon stencil back in stock! 🙂
Cathy, you are by far the most fun to learn from. And I even follow your Yodas, too! This card looks super do-able and I can’t wait to try it out!
Love your card! It is so bright and cheerful!
Love your colorful balloon card!! I NEED that balloon stencil & Hooray stamp and die!!
I’ve never been into the card thing much, but you are inspiring me, Cathy!
Perfect color palette for this awesome card!! Happy birthday to Neat and Tangled!!!
Love the colours and the card!!!
Bam!!!! You did it again Cathy!! Love the card.
Love the colors that you chose! FAB! Thanks for sharing!
Another awesome card! I actually need to whip up a birthday card for a party tomorrow night and was thinking about stenciling balloons too! Congrats on your first blog hop. How exciting!!
Love the balloon background and colors.
Wonderful bright and cheerful card. Love the balloon background and that stitched detail!
Simple and gorgeous! That’s me too, can’t get a good stamped image if my life depended on it without my misti. Happy 5th!
So bright and cheerful!! TFS!
You have chosen good celebration colors for your card.
Great job….thanks for sharing.
Love this!!! Beautiful but simple to do with all the wonderful colors. Minimals supplies!! Love
Love the bright, citrusy colors!
Love it!
Such a lovely card!
Lovely card. The color combination is really nice.
Such a bright and fun card!
Love your balloon card!
Great card. It feels like you have been card-making for a very long time! Thanks for your helpful tips and humour!
Great card! Love the colors you chose!
You designed a very cool birthday card with this stencil! The oxide inks on your balloons – awesome! Thank you.
Love your card! How beautiful, I love the colors you chose.
Love the soft look of stencilled balloons with cute hooray!
Super sweet card. Love how you colored the balloons:)
Happy Birthday…Love the balloons
Love this card! Off to try my new Oxide inks and your method!
I got a MISTI. I got some distress oxides. I have 15 years of stamp supplies, had a mostly 7 year dry spell. Love the card, and what you said about why cards now…because your kids lives are theirs now and the time is right..I am feeling that for sure.
Very nice card. I think the balloon and Hooray stamp are great. Neat and Tangled maked great stamps.
Very cute! I love the sunny, happy colors that you used 🙂
Love your final product! Great colors
Cute card design with this balloon stencil. I like the colors of the balloons.
Beautiful cards I have to get my hands on those distress oxide inks it’s on my Christmas list! Great release from neat and tangled love the party animals in it
Your a natural at cardmaking, love your card, and love your IG channel, seriously you put a smile on my face everyday with your stories
What a cheery card. I love it! The pink Hooray really makes it for me. A nice fresh change from the usual black.
I just love the happiness shining through in this card!! It’s awesome!
Beautiful!
Love the balloons.
The water on the ink gives
just enough shading to be
great.
Fantastic card.
thanks for sharing.
I am really enjoying your card making journey. It inspires me to try.
I love this die!
Fantastic card Cathy!! I love the bright fun colors you used! Such a wonderful release to celebrate neat and tangleds birthday!
I love both these products and must have them. Great card!
Beautiful card. Love the colours, especially the hooray in pink!
Great bright and cheerful card!
Great card! I ordered these new products and can’t wait to get them!
Love this Bright and cheerful Card!!!! Can’t wait to get my hands on these new products.
Love the color combination. Beautiful card!!!!
Its a Wonderful card !
Love your use of colors, those oxide inks are truly amazing!! Gorgeous card.
Love this card! It’s so fun for a man (always a challenge!) or woman. Thanks for participating in this hop because I’m new to your blog. And yes… I signed up! YAY!
Love, love this card you made!!! Your new card making is costing me lots of money!! lol Every time you show us something new, I want to invest in it. I have an expense Tim Holtz distress oxide ink list.
Kim Kern
Hermiston, Or
Beautiful card! I am a first time visitor and love your style!
Cathy, your talent knows no bounds. Beautiful card! I can’t wait to see what else you lend your magic to.
I really like the simplicity of these stencils and how you used them for the card. I’m new to your blog and I have to say…you’re a HOOT! #subscribetothisfrickinblog
Such a cheerful, colorful, eye-catching card. Love the colors too.
I love the balloons using the Distress Oxide Inks! Great card!
Great card. Love the colors!
Awesome card with minimal supplies. I love the distressed yet clean look of this card. Thanks for the inspiration!
Sweet and simple, I love this card!
Lovely card, such a pretty card for someone’s birthday!
Lori from Canada
Birthday cards are my favorite and I love this one.
Awesome card! LOVE the colors.
So simple, yet so effective. Great card.
Love the colours on this cute card!
Yep, the more I see this stencil in action, the more I know it’s something I need to have. Nice job.
such a fantastic card ! Really lovin’ the balloon stencils. this seems a must have the more I see it used.
Lovely card, with such fun bright and cheerful colours! Thanks so much for sharing!
Cute card! Love you colors and the design!
Fantastic card and colors!
Great idea to use watercolor paper. Love your colors and technique. Thanks for sharing and thanks for great products N & T!
Cute card! I love the pink!!!
Love your pretty color combo! Awesome balloons on your festive card! Happy Birthday to N&T!
Love the card! Love the blog! Must subscribe now and spend $$$ on N&T goodies!
So funny! I love that you came to cardmaking from scrapbooking. I totally loved paper (and even bought some) but resisted all paper craft for years because I knew it would be addicting. I was right. I started out with one pack of cardstock, some patterned paper, and a pack of die cuts to make some Christmas cards. Before I was done, I had more cards than the number of people I even know! I can manage cards, but they have taken over a significant part of my house. Glad to have you on board for this very special birthday celebration.
I love the colors you chose for your card. The balloon stencil seems to be a great stencil to have.
Great card! I love the vibrant yet soft colors of the balloons and the big Hooray makes my heart sing! TFS!
What a fun card. Thank you!
Love all the bright cheery colors!
Fun cards!
Love all the bright and happy colours! So much inspiration in this hop ?
Such a happy card. I’m loving your Instagram stories. You never fail to make me smile, inspire or bust out laughing.
Great card Cathy…and yes #getafrickinmisti I can’t work without mine. Saves my hair and a ton of trees.
Thanks for sharing this fun card–loved the colors you’ve used. I’m a Misti lover myself, awesome tool.
Love the card great inspiration.
Thanks for sharing.
Have a blessed day!
Kimberly Ostgard
love the simplicity of this card – great colors ! and just have to say I recently found you and love reading your posts and watching your stories on Instagram. Hilarious!
Hi, first I have to tell you I love you site and your stamps and the way you think, so cool !
Your card is very cool, the colors are so bright and pretty. I really love this stamp company, and this has been an awesome hop. Thanks for sharing your awesome card with us.
Such a fun card! Love all of the pretty colors. Great job Cathy!
A very happy and colorful card, I love it !
How cute and colorful….fun, too! A great card made with just a few supplies!
Love the colors you used! Thanks for sharing!
Such a great card. Thanks for sharing..
Pretty, pretty balloons! Although I got diverted with your polygon card! I am easily distracted by pretty stuff!
Pretty card love the colors and the hooray stamp!
Loving the color choices! Makes me feel happy!
I love your card and how you used the stencils! Great card!
Great job on this card, Cathy. I already have the balloons stencil from Neat and Tangled on my wish kist!
Love that stencil and your choice of the oxide inks. Nicely done. Many more Neat & Tangled!
Really cute card! Thanks for sharing
I love the balloon stencil. Makes it look so easy.
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing! Now I need the balloon stencil too!! #allthethings
Absolutely a happy color scheme on this cute card. Love!!
This stencil is definitely on my wish list!
All of these wonderful posts make me want to become a card maker too!!!
Blog hops are so much fun, great inspiration for making new cards.
This is so clever, nice job!
What a sweet and fun design!
Juicy. That’s the only way I can think to describe this card, hahaha. It looks just juicy!
Super fun and festive! Love the colors and design! Thanks for the inspiration and creativity! Xoxos ?❤️
Fabulous card! Love the colors!
Great card, I love the colours that you used.
Love your card and colors and it makes me smile. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Love the balloons and sentiment on this card. Thanks for the chance to win!
Cute card!
A happy card. Swoon
Fun, vibrant and so celebratory, Cathy … as Winnie The Pooh says ‘nobody can be uncheered with a balloon’! Anita 🙂
Love these stencils, these colours and that card!
This is such a cheerful card–I really like the color combo you used!
Love the card…..I can do this! Colours are great, and a fantastic stencil and die.
So pretty love and I the colorful balloons. I am loving all the great ideas on this blog hop. Thanks for sharing!
Love those colors!
Love your fantastic balloon card. Beautiful coloring.
Super fun – what great inspiration for an awesome new release.
very beautiful CAS card!
Hi Cathy ~ First, you crack me up and I agree….EVERYONE needs a MISTI!! Love your card and your color choices. This set of balloon stencils are awesome and I love the way you can line them up to do a bit of overlapping. Thanks so much for sharing and I hope you have an awesome weekend!! ~HUGS~
#kindnessmatters
Loving your cards and thanks for the chance to win!
Cool card! And dadgumit – I really do need to get on the Misti wagon.
Hi Cathy, Your card is so colorful and cute, and I love your blogging style! You write like you’re talking to a friend, so fun to read! I want that balloon stencil!!
What a fun card. I love all things balloons. And those oxide inks are so yummy.
that is such a cheerful card, so cute!
Beautiful card. Love it.
This cardis AMAZING!
Sweet and simple.
Love your card, love the balloons and the colours, and I love the die!!!
Omg! The perfect colors! TFS
Such a great card for those tweens on your list.
Great card, love the balloons and their colors as well as that pink Hooray! I bet i could have a great time shoppng with one of the prizes!
Love this clean and cheerful card!
Great card, you rocked the stencil. Wait until you try embossing with a stencil if you have not already. Blows your mind.
What a great card. Love the color combo. That pink Hooray just pops off the page.
This card is lovely and I really like the pink used in this card, Really clean and simple.
Your card is just as cute as can be!
What a great card! I love the balloons 🙂
Hooray for distress oxide inks, stamps, dies, blog hops, prizes and card designers!
Such a cheerful card, I love balloons!
Love the colour combo on this card! Thanks for sharing.
Your card is beautiful. Love the colours.
I love the colors and the distressed balloons… great card!
I love the bright color scheme!
Sweet card! Can’t wait to try my hand at it, especially since you used distress oxides. Love them! Congrats on being featured in a blog hop. I’m sure you will become a regular in many!
pikeandike@hotmail.com
I really loved the stitching look you achieved. Very cute card!
Love the card no the stamp set!
and the stamp set!
Look at you on a hop as a new card maker
I LOVE your card! I love the way you did the background.
Great color combo! Love the bold word die! I’m excited about these fun new products!
I really love your balloons! The colors and the technique are awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Great card and you used my two favorite products from this release, the balloons and the Hooray. Love your color choices. Bright, colorful and so fun.
Great job using a stencil on your card! It looks great! The colors you chose are super fun, too! This is the perfect card, with my favorite products from this release, for a celebration!!
Love the hooray die! This has been a fun week long hoo, so much inspiration! Thanks for sharing!
What a cute card! I love the colours!
I always love the bright colors you use on your cards, they make me smile!
Love these colors! This is a cool card!
Such a fun, cheerful card. I like how you showed to use the stencil not overlapping as well. it shows its versatility.
Love the balloon colors TFS
I’m new to stencils too but really want this one, love your colour combo too, its so happy!!
Love how you created the balloon background – bright, cheery and fun!
I like your simple, colorful, happy card. My kind of style 🙂
Love the floating balloon scene, thanks for getting me motivated to get card making!
Lovely card, such pretty colours.
Love it–the stencil the colors and the huge hooray!!
So fun!’n
this card is so pretty! love the colors and the design. thanks for the inspiration.
Oh how I love these balloons! And your colors are just yummy!!
I sure do love the balloons stencil and the hooray stamp…so great for Birthday cards!!
Love these happy balloons and the colors! CAS! Thanks for sharing 🙂
What a bright and cheerful card! Love it!
Great card! Love the design.
Love how you use the balloon stencil on this bright and happy card.
What a fantastic prize to be able to win. I really want to go shopping at Neat and Tangled!!
So super cute Cathy. Look at YOU go with this whole card making thing. You are stamping and stenciling like a pro! A fantastic job!
What a mi-mi-cute.
Love this card!
Just love the cute ballons and colors! Lovely card!
Fabulous! I love your card progressions. How are you finding stamping with the new Distress inks?
Cathy, you are a hoot. I love how your card turned out. Thank you for shaing.
Pink is my favorite colors. Such a bright and happy card.
Thanks for sharing, enjoyed your card.
So nice to see you on the card bandwagon, hope you stay put! Love this card, just perfect!
Great colors and awesome design.
Lovely card. I totally agree that the Misti is essential for solid stamps. But I have to say that the distress oxide inks are the best I have found for stamping solid images.
That stencil set is such a great idea, and I love how you used it for this cute card. Those colors look fab together. Thanks for the on-going inspiration, Cathy.
A very happy card! Love those colors.
Love the colours you’ve chosen for your cheerful ballons! Great card!
Such a cute card!
I love your card. Stencils are next on my list of things to try. I’m trying to stay away from the distress oxide inks, mostly because I want them all.
Love it! Again, you are rockin’ the card making with your clean and simple ways!
super fun card 🙂 love the soft colors
Colorful card. Might have to get a stencil. I have resisted so far.
Fab, fab, fabulous!! Love your color choices and the overall design of this card. Thanks for the inspiration.
Your card is definitely a happy card.
So sweet and summery!
Love this card. Very pretty..
So pretty!
Bright and fun card. The balloon stencils is a must have!
So gorgeous!
Love the Hooray stamp witht the balloon stencil. Great card.
i don’t have any oxides (yet but that is such a pretty pink I might cave in 😉 lovely against the balloon background, such a happy card
Gorgeous card and I love how the splatters of water set up the balloons to stand out.
Lovely happy card!Fab colors! 🙂 tfs
Bright and cheery card!
Nice card. I love the balloon stencil. Too bad it is sold out. Thanks
Very fun card. Love it.
Love this release by N&T. Happy Birthday
Love the fun colours you’ve used on your card. Perfect for a little girl!
So love your cards! I’m enjoying your adventure and thanks for your inspiration!
What a great color combo for this fun party card! Congrats to Neat and Tangled on their 5th anniversary!!
Simple but amazing card ! Love the colors too ?
Really nice card, I just love balloons!
just finished hopping!! great work with lovely new product! so many inspiring works of art 🙂
Love your clean and simple design. Thanks!
Such a happy card! Love the colors you used.
Great card! I am loving the new release from Neat and Tangled!
Wonderful card! Love how you used the balloons as a background without overlapping them and they look great all water sprinkley.
Very nice cheerful card and i love your colour combination !
Such a cheerful card. Cannot wait to try the second batch of DOIs that arrived earlier this week and have a play with my new N&T goodies that also arrived this week.
What a fun card! The balloons are a natural sign to “celebrate” and the N&T “hooray” is the perfect sentiment to get the festivities started!! 🙂
Love the pretty, bright ‘Hooray’ and the great Distress Oxide balloons ! Super card !
Those balloon stencils are fantastic!
Great card. This stencil was already on my wish list. Thanks for another inspiring way to use it.
Love the card Cathy! I love all the cards you’ve been making lately! I’m feeling super inspired right now, but I’m lacking the time to actually go and make anything (I have a 1 year old). I figure I’ll just store up all this inspiration and when I find time to actually create, it will explode all over and I will make several masterpieces. That’s how it works right? ?
I love balloons! You can do so much with them like glitter, different colors and polka dots. I also love them just because balloons are so cool in general. Your card is so colorful and that’s the way all greeting cards should be. I see you also used my favorite color yellow to color one of your balloons. I can think of a lot of people who would love to have this card, and that includes me. Thanks for showing us your colorful card and for giving us the chance to win something.
Love this bright and happy design, Cathy — that would bring a smile to anyone’s face 🙂 Distress oxides are seriously one of the best craft investments I’ve made, both in terms of amount of usage and enjoyment from them. Tim Holtz is some kind of genius (this I knew already) I really admire the enthusiasm and talent with which you’ve embraced card making — love that you’re sharing that whole process so openly, too.
Happy birthday to Neat and Tangled, one of my favourite Stamp companies! Awesome new release, as always.
Your colors on your card are wonderful. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Love your balloon colors
such a cute card! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
I love your card. It’s a very HAPPY card for anyone with a birthday.
Great card, Such great colors. Simplistic yet beautiful. Thanks for sharing it and the great products at Neat and Tangled.
Hurray for birthdays and balloons! Perfect for all ages. Love those oxide inks!