Calico Kitties Card

Hi There!

What are you up to today?  I'm still visiting my family on the west coast and I'm loving every minute of it!  I seriously wonder why I live all the way on the other side of the country sometimes... Don't get me wrong- I love it there, too but it's just not the same as being home :)

I thought I'd share a little card I made recently using the cute Newton's Antics set by Newton's Nook Designs!  The kitties are just too fun and I can't get enough of them!  Today I created a couple of cuddling calico kitties :)

Aren't they cute paper pieced together?  I used Pebbles Inc. Family Ties line for this, stamping the kitties onto the plaid and floral designs and cutting them out.  I stamped them again on my white panel and watercolored a little shadow around them.  I pieced the patterned kitties on to the top, popping up the plaid one to give it some dimension.

After they were pieced together, I added some stamped hearts above them and built my card.  I love the sentiments in this set, too!  They work perfectly with the kitty theme!

Well, I'm going to keep it short today- off on a few adventures in the next couple of days then it's back to DC!  Gotta enjoy it while I can! :)

-tessa

Newton's Nook Designs First Inky Paws Challenge!

Good Morning!

I have a cute card to share with you today inspired by the first Inky Paws Challenge by Newton's Nook Designs!

Their first challenge is a sketch challenge and I chose to use the adorable Newton's Antics set with it:

After creating a card base with light gray cardstock, I added a panel of the floral paper from my 8x8 Travel Girl pad by October Afternoon.  I added a strip of orange and pink damask next and wrapped it with linen thread.  I cut a large circle out of natural white cardstock.  I stamped the kitty and my two sentiments onto the circle with Memento ink.  I colored the image using my Copic markers.  To finish off the design, I added a trio of buttons and adhered the circle to my card front using foam dimensional adhesive dots.

The sentiments on this are from the Winged Wishes set.  I love how easily they work together!

If you'd like to play along with us or just want to check out the sketch please pop over to the Newton's Nook Designs blog for more information!  They have also added a free digi image for you to play along with!  It's a cute one! :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

-tessa

Newton's Nook Designs Launch Party: Newton's Antics

Welcome to day 1 of the Newton's Nook Designs Launch Party!! 

Today we're sharing our cards using the 1st release- the Newton's Antics set!  We love kitties at my house so this set is dearly loved!  I was inspired by Newton himself for my card today and created a card with a cute orange kitty:

I stamped Newton onto some speckled white cardstock along with his toy mouse.  I colored them in using a mix of copics and water based markers.  I added a little shadowing with some light gray ink and a water marker.

When I was finished coloring, I trimmed the cardstock down for my card, cutting around Newton's tail at the top.  I also stamped the cute sentiment.  The patterned papers are from the 6x6 About a Boy collection by Echo Park.

This card was so fun to make!  Coloring kitties might be one of my new favorite things! lol!  You'll love it- and you can win it!  Here are the details:

Would you like to win Newton's Antics? This set will be given away to Two lucky winners!

Here's how to win:

1. Comment on Newton's Nook Design blog: http://www.newtonsnookblog.com. One Winner will be randomly chosen from the comments on the launch party post.

2. Comment on the Design Team Member and Guest blogs (see list below)! One winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Launch Party. 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, July 18th at 9pm Central Standard Time to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, July 19th.

But wait… there's more. We will also be giving away a gift card on Facebook this week to celebrate our launch - so be sure to pop over there to like our page and enter to win! https://www.facebook.com/newtonsnook

Make sure you check out all the blogs participating in the Launch Party below to enter:

Jennifer Ingle

Emily Leiphart

Samantha Mann

Jocelyn Olson

Tessa Wise

Heather Campbell

Jean Martin

Audrey Tokach

Chari Moss

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you get a chance to check out what the whole team made!!

-tessa