Neat and Tangled Birthday Blog Hop - Giveaway!!!

Good morning! Excited this morning to be hopping along with Little Tangles and celebrating Neat and Tangled's 1st birthday one more time! If you just hopped over from Katie's blog, you are in the right place. If you just happened along, you will want to head over to the Little Tangles blog to start at the beginning! I know there is going to be tons of fun inspiration - and a beyond fabulous prize!!!

Here is my card I made to share for today's hop:

The theme of our hop is the same as the new challenge: let's eat cake! - which is open until September 1st - I hope you will play along!

For my card, I found this fun inspiration photo on Pinterest - and immediately knew what I wanted to make:

{I'm not sure where the original image is - so I can't give proper credit! Sorry!}

So, I pulled out my Sketchy Cupcakes stamp set, used my MFT ink to stamp the reverse side of each piece of the image on my watercolor paper, then blended them with a water brush. After they dried, I stamped the outlines in black ink (I used just the bottom of the plain dollop of frosting, and then rounded the edges in a little with my trusty black craft pen), and added the cute little smiley face.

I stamped the sentiment (only inking half of the second part to use the word I wanted) and stamped it double to make it a little more dark and sketchy looking. Added a couple of sequins (Pretty Pretty Pink Satin, Lemon Satin, and Ocean Breeze Satin), some jute twine, and attached to a watercolor paper cardbase with foam adhesive for a bit of dimension. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Your next stop along the way is Mary Dawn - make sure and hop there next to see what inspiration she has waiting for you! You are going to want to leave a comment before you leave though - because look at what one lucky person is going to win:

An entire first year release collection of Neat and Tangled Stamps!!! And 2 others will win a $5 gift certificate to Neat and Tangled! All I can say is WOW!!! You have until August 24th to leave your comments - winners will be announced August 25th. 

{{{I also have a little giveaway that includes a set of Neat and Tangled stamps - click HERE or just scroll down}}}

Have a great day - and fun hopping!!!