A Fishy Card Set

Hi!  I have a fun card set to share with you today!  I am a big fan of beachy stamp sets and recently pulled out a bunch of Lawn Fawn ones I had to create a card set for a friend:

This cute little fishy was colored with Prismacolor pencils.  The papers are by Doodlebug Designs- I love the colors!

The second one was stamped with navy and paper pieced together:

The papers from this one are a mix of Bella Blvd and Lawn Fawn.  I'm a sucker for cute patterned paper!

The third is also colored with Prismacolor pencils and features more paper from Bella Blvd.:

I added a few freckles to Mr. Crabby with a white Signo pen.

Here is my last one:

The whale was colored with Copic markers and shaded with Prismacolor pencils.  I love to mix them together!  The papers are Bella Blvd again and that awesome banner die is from Lawn Fawn.

This set was seriously fun to create!  It made me want to go to the beach, too!  lol!  :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

A Slice of Happiness Card

Hi!  I have a fun card to share with you today featuring the cute Sweet Summer set by Newton's Nook Design:

I stamped and colored the watermelon image with Copic markers.  Then I cut out around it.  I created a bright robin's egg blue card base and added a panel of white cardstock to the center of the top.  I added the striped patterned paper next- it's from the Take Note 6x6 pad by Doodlebug Designs.  I stamped my sentiment on the white panel and added a stitched sticker by SRM along the edge of the patterned paper.  I also added a bit of black twine and finished it in a bow.  I added my watermelon last, using pop dots for dimension.

It's so fun and bright!  Perfect for the summer :)  I hope you all enjoy the 4th!  :)

A Birthday Kitty for the Inky Paws Challenge

Hello!  It's Friday- yay!  We had a great first week of summer, full of sunshine, pools, and lots and lots of laughs.  We're off on a day adventure today- I want to take the girls to the beach!  Before we go though, I thought I'd pop on and share my card for this month's Inky Paws Challenge over at Newton's Nook Designs.  It's a color challenge this time around:

Aren't those colors great?  I had fun creating with them- I pulled out the Newton's Birthday Bash set and created this:

Aren't those fun bright colors perfect for a birthday celebration?  So cheerful!  The patterned papers are from the Take Note 6x6 pad by Doodle Bug.  I used a few patterns to decorate my card front and then colored and cut out Newton and his balloon with Copic markers.  I also colored and cut out a hat for him to wear. :)

I stamped my sentiment onto vellum and attached it to my card along with another strip of patterned paper.  I sewed along each side to hold it in place.  Lastly, I embellished with a few white epoxy dots- I thought they looked a little like confetti!

I had fun with this challenge!  I hope you get a chance to play along, too!  Pop over to the Newton's Nook Designs Blog for all the information and to see what the rest of the team did this month!  So fun!!

OK!  Off to the beach!  Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Newton's Nook Designs March Release- Spring Showers

Hi!  It's release week for Newton's Nook Designs!  Three new cute sets to play with!!  Today we are featuring the adorable Spring Showers mini set:

Isn't this duck cute?  I stamped him on a panel of white cardstock.  I added a splash to his puddle and then colored it all with my Copic markers.  Once it was colored, I added the sentiment to the top and created some banners for the bottom, stamping my second sentiment on the widest one.

The papers I used are from the Doodlebug Take Note collection 6x6 pad- the fun rainbow pattern is just perfect for this springtime card!  

Would you like to win Spring Showers?
This set will be given away to Two lucky winners! 
Here's how to win: 
Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs release posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, March 20th at 9 pm Central Standard Time to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, March 21st.

Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Taheerah Atchia
Christine Drogt
Samantha Mann
Larissa Heskett
Crafty Math-Chick
Danielle Pandeline
Valerie Ward
Tessa Wise
Katie Brooks  - Guest Designer
Michelle Lupton - Guest Designer

I hope you're able to hop through everyone's cards!  They all do such a great job with the Newton's Nook sets!

I'll be back tomorrow with a card featuring another new set from Newton's Nook Designs!  See you then!

-tessa

A Belated Birthday Card

I had a little time today to play along with the most recent Lawnscaping Challenge!  It's all about birthdays this time around and I can always use more birthday cards!  I decided to create a simple card that could be used for boys or girls and came up with this:

The papers are by Doodlebug Design- the Take Note collection.  I've used the 6x6 pad for this card.  The stamps are from the Year Two set- love that turtle!

I've colored the turtle with Copic markers.  His present is pieced from patterned paper.  Love how this part of the card turned out!  I wanted to keep it simple and not add twine or anything so I went with the epoxy dots instead, also by Doodlebug.

I'm so glad I got to play along with the challenge!  I need to make about 4 more birthday cards for January so maybe I'll get to add a few more here too! :)

Hope you are enjoying your Monday!

-tessa

Best Wishes for the School Year!

Hi!  We are busy enjoying our last weekend of summer- how about you?  My girls go back to school on Tuesday and they are so excited!  We've been picking up school supplies, getting haircuts, and purchasing fun outfits to get ready for back to school.  I've also been making cards!  These are for their new teachers:

These were super simple to create!  The cute patterned papers and owl stickers are by Doodlebug Designs!  I love these little guys!  I paired them with a sentiment stamp by Lawn Fawn and cardstock by Stampin' Up!

I'm looking forward to the school year!  The girls each got the teacher they were hoping for and were so excited to meet them last week!  It's going to be a good one- I can already tell!  It makes me a little teary-eyed to think about how big they are getting though- the time goes by so fast, doesn't it!

Anyways, hope you are enjoying your weekend!  Thanks for stopping by today!

-tessa

You're Dyno-mite!

I love the new Prehistoric Pals stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs- it is so fun and unique! The little dinosaurs are adorable and so are the sentiments!  On today's card, I used the tyrannosaurus rex image to create a simple scene:

Isn't he cute in pink?  :)  I used some of the other stamps in the set to create the background.  I stamped the grass in black and watercolored them using green inks.  I stamped the palm in the background using a very light ink.  I colored it in lightly with watercolors so that it would look far away.  I also added some shadows under the dino.

The plaid paper is from Doodlebug Designs and the cardstock is by Stampin' Up!  The pink twine is from The Twinery and it matches the paper and the dino perfectly!

Well, thanks for popping in today!

-tessa