sending crokisses!

hello!
today I have a card up on the Create a Smile Stamps blog! it's bright and bold! just my style! ha!

love that rich blue in the background!
be sure to check out the Create a Smile Stamps blog to read more about how this came together!
enjoy!

peace on earth

hello!
today I have this sweet, serene card up on the Newton's Nook Designs blog!

I stamped and colored all of the images from Fox Hollow with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, then I fussy cut them out! 
I tried to add some 'warm shading' (for lack of a better term! ha!) to all of the images, so the glow from the setting sun would show on the images! I love how that looks, though I definitely need more practice! ha!

the background was ink blended with Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch and Peacock Feathers (Oh and Mustard Seed and Squeezed Lemonade) Distress Inks.
then I used the Petite Snow Stencil and some white embossing paste for texture. then I sprinkled some sparkly glitter embossing powder on top! once the paste was dry, I heat set the powder to add some permanent, not falling off!, glitter and sparkle!

and of course, the hills are die cut with the Land Borders Die Set! and I stamped the sentiment in black at the bottom!
be sure to check out the card on the Newton's Nook Designs blog, too!
enjoy!

oh what fun it is!

hello there!
today I have a card up on the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog!
I was still totally inspired by the latest sketch challenge, so again, I made a card, but altered the sketch a little ha!

basically, this time all I did was flip the sketch upside down! 
those trees and the jumping mouse are the 'banners' and the speech bubble is the 'circle!'

I really LOVE how this card came out!
all of the images were stamped, colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, and then fussy cut out!

I used the cute little skaters from Mice on Ice! and the trees are from Yeti, Set, Go!

the Stitched Pond was Distress Ink blended with Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio! then I splattered some water on top!

I added foam tape to all of the mice and popped them up! a few of the trees were adhered with foam tape, but most were glued down directly to the background.
I stamped the speech bubble from Say What? Pets onto some vellum, and used the sentiment from Oh What Fun.

Lastly, the phrase from Ho-Ho-Holidays was heat embossed and popped up, too!

be sure to check this card out on the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog and play along with the sketch for your chance to win!
enjoy!

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #63 - Sketch!

happy Monday!
let's start this week off with a NEW challenge over at the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog!

yay!

I absolutely love sketch challenges!!! 
for my take on this sketch, I flipped it upside down!

eeep, super love how this came out!
the waves are the 'banners' in the sketch, and the rainbow is the 'circle'! 
I used Distress Inks (in about a million colors! ha!) to individually add color to each ray from the Rainbow Die Set!

I also used Distress Inks in Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch and Peacock Feathers to ink blend the ocean! I also added a little blue ink against the vellum wave layer too! I used the Stitched Waves Borders dies to emulate the banners from the sketch!

that adorable narwhal is from the Winter Narwhal stamp set! I also used images from Christmas Fishes to complete the underwater scene! 
then I heat embossed the sentiment onto a banner of black cardstock!

I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to color all of the images! clearly...they're my go to! ha! I love them!!

I really can't WAIT for you to play along! you could win a $25 gift certificate to Lawn Fawn!!!!
enjoy!

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #481 - Fall Theme!

hello!
thank you so much for stopping by!

the Newton's Nook team was invited to be Guest Sweeties with the new Cupcake Inspirations Challenge! and this time, it's all about that cool, fall feeling!!

so fun!
I combined a few different Newton's Nook Designs products to create my crisp, cool breeze-inspired card!

love it!
I started by doing watercolors onto a piece of white cardstock is warm apple reds, corals, golds and apricots!
white the watercolor was drying, I die cut out some leaf windows from the Beautiful Leaves Die Set out of my light kraft card base. 

then I backed the open windows with the watercolor! 

the sentiment was white heat embossed over a Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Ink Blended background (LOVE that blue color with the warm fall colors), which I cut into a banner shape.
the image is from Autumn Mice and was colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then fussy cut out.
I attached it to the card with foam tape, and then added some sequins for sparkle!

hope to see you playing along with the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!
enjoy!

let's give 'em pumpkin to talk about card + video!

hello again!
today I have a card up on the Lawn Fawn blog! wooooo!
I also created a video that you should check out on youtube!
I used a mixture of older and new products to create my punny halloween card!

love it!
so funny and so cute! 

I just looooove those trick or treaters from the Costume Party stamp set! I colored all of the stamped images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then fussy cut them out!
I also added those fall trees from Trees Before 'n Afters as well as the clouds from Starry Backdrops!

the hills were die cut with the Stitched Hillside Borders Dies and then ink blended with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks, as well as Lucky Clover Distress Oxide Inks.
and the sky was ink blended with Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry and Dried Marigold Distress Inks!

then came the cute, new die cut home from Build-a-House! I die cut all of the pieces out of white cardstock, and then added color with Distress Oxide Inks!

and the sentiment...oh the sentiment that inspired it all! ha!
I stamped them with Harold's ABCs in versa mark ink and then heat embossed it in white! 

again! be sure to check out this card on the Lawn Fawn blog!
you can also check out my YOUTUBE video here! ha! love it!
enjoy!

Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Release - Newton’s Christmas Kittens, Purr-fect Present and Puppy Present + coordinating Dies

wow!!

we made it to day 4 of Newton's Nook Designs Holiday release!

this release has totally got me in the mood for all things holidays and Christmas!! I just need South Carolina weather to catch up - it's so hot! ha!



oh how I love all of these new stamps, stencils and dies!! just wait until you see it all! but in the mean time, check out what we're working with today: Newton’s Christmas Kittens, Purr-fect Present and Puppy Present + coordinating Dies.
you can totally create a project life type spread, gift tags and, of course, cards! all of the new sets will be available for purchase on October 18th, right here! 

my first card uses the new super sweet and adorable Newton's Christmas Kittens stamp set!

so fun, right?! 

I used some black gesso and a dry brush on my background! once that was dry, I used some white embossing paste and the new Ornaments Stencil to add some amazing texture to the background!

I colored all of the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then used the coordinating dies to die cut them out!

I heat embossed the sentiment onto a banner of black cardstock!

my second card uses the Purr-fect Present mini stamp set!

I used the adorable Music Stencil and some grey tinted embossing paste to add some texture to the background!

I colored the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then die cut it out!

I stamped the sentiment onto the cardstock that was die cut with the Speech Bubbles Die Set and popped up both images with foam tape! 

and a little red and white twine bow finishes off the card!

my final card uses the cute as can be Puppy Present stamp set!

I created a fun shaker with the Snow Globe Shaker Die Set! 

I used Distress Inks to ink blend the snow globe (Blueprint Sketch, Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers as well as Twisted Citron and Cracked Pistachio). 

I filled the shaker with two different sizes of star sequins, and then a bunch of Rock Candy Distress Glitter!

and the whole thing is on a white woodgrain background with a little tear in the top for a pop of black and white!

Would you like to win the “Main Street Christmas” or the “Holiday Frings” Stamp Set? We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal 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 October 17th at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 18th. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs

Holly Endress

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Andrea Shell

Tatiana Trafimovich

Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Release - Main Street Christmas and Holiday Fringe + Coordinating Die Set

hi again!

we're cruising along with day 3 of Newton's Nook Designs Holiday release!

this release has totally got me in the mood for all things holidays and Christmas!! I just need South Carolina weather to catch up - it's so hot! ha!



oh how I love all of these new stamps, stencils and dies!! just wait until you see it all! but in the mean time, check out what we're working with today: Main Street Christmas and Holiday Fringe + coordinating Die.
you can totally create a project life type spread, gift tags and, of course, cards! all of the new sets will be available for purchase on October 18th, right here! 

my first card uses the new Holiday Fringe stamp set in a different way!

so fun, right?! 

I partially heat embossed the image two times, once on the top, once on the bottom in white. then I used Distress Inks in Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch and Peacock Feathers to ink blend around the partially stamped areas! so fun!!

then I used the 'merry' from the Snow Globe Shaker Die Set for part of the sentiment! I die cut it out 5 or 6 times and stacked them all on top of each other for some height!

my second card uses the AMAZING Main Street Christmas stamp set - which I am in LOVE with!

you know I couldn't resist a rainbow!! ha!

I colored the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then die cut it out!

for the background, I ink blended with Wilted Violet and Blueprint Sketch Distress Inks! then I used some glitz-y, sparkly embossing paste and the Starfield Stencil!

Would you like to win the “Main Street Christmas” or the “Holiday Frings” Stamp Set? We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal 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 October 17th at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 18th. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs

Holly Endress

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Andrea Shell

Tatiana Trafimovich