[Birthday Bash] A Birthday Song

Hello Neat & Tangled fans! Have you commented through the blog hop yet? Just nonchalantly asking since a very small prize is at stake...Ahem ;)

Eat Cake Challenge #19 Hints
Those cute little row of hearts motif would make a great way to frost the cake. Either along the top or along the base of each tier of the cake. Do you see my vision?

Agree or not, I'm going to introduce to you our next guest designer. Do you remember this awesome card? 

Only crazy, dedicated crafters like Jen come up with these ideas. It's one thing to have crazy ideas, it's another thing to execute it well and make it look stunning. Jen is able to do all of those three things consistently, and that's why I have a huge amount of awe for her (and a teensy weensy bit of jealousness ;).  We all want part of that creative brain, and see why...

Hello there!  It's Jen Wills here from JENerally Speaking.  I was so excited when I was invited to take part in Neat & Tangled's 1st birthday bash!  Have you been to the Neat & Tangled blog or the Little Tangles challenge blog lately?  If not then you must take some time to check them out.  Both blogs have been jam packed with celebrations all month long - gorgeous crafty creations, challenges, giveaways, party ideas, recipes, music - it rocks!  The N&T team have worked so hard to put it all together especially coordinator Ren-Yi.  Whoop whoop, ladies!  :D

I've got a couple of things to share today as part of the celebrations.  First is a card.  I don't have any birthday themed N&T stamps so I had to get creative.  I got the My Heart Sings set after a recent Little Tangles win and wanted to do some Copic colouring.  I also wanted to use washi tape as that's something that Danielle rocks on a regular basis.

I also wanted to include one of my party must haves.  These s'mores cookies are my favourite and are always a huge hit.  

The recipe can be found at Sprinkled With Flour.  The only thing I do differently is that I don't use chocolate chips.  I found that when I did they tasted more like chocolate chip cookies than s'mores so I only use the Hershey bars.  Make sure you have somewhere to take them when you bake them though - you don't want them sitting around the kitchen tempting you!  

Oh, Jen, I know what you mean with baking for a purpose or function. If I didn't, I would be in trouble! The card is stunning and it's just a perfect case to show how to think outside of the box :) Love the washi!

Day 6 Un-birthday Birthday Challenge

We had some lovely entries. You made this one painstakingly hard. Funny how there are just a few entries, but it was quite a challenge to find a winner. But we would like to invite one person back to be a Guest Designer on the Little Tangles blog. And that is this girl

by Smilyn Stef

Congrats, Stef! You really created with the spirit of the challenge. We love how you just "made it work" with the un-birthday stamps and still made a fun & cheery card. Please email me at neatandtangledstamps(at)gmail.com with the subject line "Day 6 Un-birthday Birthday Guest Designer." 

I do want to put throw a few shout-out to the entries that we believe deserved a few mentions. In no particular order, here are three others that we really liked.

by shirley-bee, Lyndal, and katie ann brooks

Challenge Reminders

Challenge #19 Eat Cake - ends Sept 1; free stamp set
Project Life Challenge - ends Aug 28; $5 gift certificate

Party Favor Challenge - ends Aug 24; $5 gift certificate
Technique Challenge - ends Sept 4; Guest Designer spot

That's all folks! See you tomorrow...when we can finally say TGIF! :)