secret Christmas ingredient

hello there!
today I have a sweet little card up on the Create a Smile Stamps blog!

I just loooooove those little snowmen chefs! 
be sure to check out the card on the Create a Smile Stamps blog for more information!
enjoy!

Create a Smile Stamps December 2019 Release!

hello!
what a wonderful holiday week, and Create a Smile Stamps is release a Wonderful Winter kit! 

it has new, exclusive patterned paper, stamps, wood veneers, dies and a stencil! whew! not to mention some new letter stickers, too! (they're my personal favorite!)

I created two projects with this ADORABLE, and beautifully colored kit!
my first project is a card!

eeeep!
I love cute, little naughty penguin!!! ha!
I used some Distress Inks in Seedless Preserves, Spun Sugar and a tiny bit of black soot over the gorgeous, diagonally-striped patterned paper! then I splattered some water, ink color and white acrylic paint on top!
I also die cut some hills from white cardstock, and used Peacock Feathers Distress Ink to add the same color to the snowy hills, as I did to the snowman! ha!

all of the images were colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, and then fussy cut out!
I then stamped one of the tiny sentiments from Clear Small Christmas Sentiments onto a small speech bubble that was die cut using the Speech Bubbles die set! it totally cracks me up!! I image Santa yelling that from off the 'scene' lol!! ha!

my second project is a scrapbook layout! 

and I looooove how it came out! 
I used various papers from the kit to back the photo, and accent the side of the page. I torn the edges because it reminded me of snowy hills! 

I used the stencil and some white embossing paste for the background! once it was dry, I used some grey watercolor on top of the stenciled areas for some fun color and texture, in a subtle way!

I used the letter stickers to add to the title, and the sprinkled some of the wooden star embellishments around, too! sooooo fun! love all the texture, and subtle colors! 

I love how versatile this kit is - you can create so many different kinds of projects and they're all so different! 

the layout is when we were in Charlotte, NC for my oldest Mann's hockey tournament! and in the bit of down time we had, we went ice skating outside at the National White Water Center! it was a blast, and so fun!

be sure to check out the Create a Smiles stamps site to grab your kit and get to creating!
enjoy!

magical Christmas wishes

hello!
today I'm excited to share a fun card I have up on the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog!
I used the current challenge as my inspiration, which is a beautiful, wintry mood board!

such a sweet, little Christmas scene on this Christmas morning!
I used the sweet and serene Winter Skies stamp set for my images! that little family of polar bears and the trees were all colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then fussy cut out!

I used Distress Inks in Blueprint Sketch, Mermaid Lagoon and Black Soot to create the sky! I used the Stitched Mountain Borders dies and used Distress Inks in  Shaded Lilac. then I splattered some white acrylic paint to splatter 'snow' over the whole scene!

the snowy hills were die cut out of Stitched Hillside Borders and then layered on top of each other!
I stamped the image of santa's sleigh in black and then heat embossed some clear glitter powder on top to make it sparkle!

be sure to play along with the mood board challenge and join in on the fun! :)
enjoy!

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #67 - Mood Board Inspiration

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

yay!

there's nothing better than the beautiful Mood Boards that Jenn Shurkus creates! and this one is winter at it's FINEST!

I used Alcohol Inks in Pistachio, Stream, Amethyst and Silver with Yupo paper to create the winter sky! I loooooove playing with alcohol inks! and the colors in the mood board just screamed for it! ha!
all of the images are from the Snow Cool stamp set! I colored them all with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then fussy cut them out! 

I also used the Stitched Hillside Borders Die Set to create those snowy hills! 
I couldn't decide on a sentiment so I basically just combined them all! ha! I heat embossed them in white embossing powder onto a Black Licorice Cardstock, then fussy cut it all out around the phrase!
then I finished off the card with some white sequins! (aka snow!) ha!

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

eat, sleep and be merry!

hello and happy Thursday!

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

I just love that sweet sloth!!!! 
I colored the image from Slothy Christmas with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then die cut  them out with the coordinating dies!
I also die cut out a bunch of hills with the Land Borders Die Set! love those snowy hills!

the background was ink blended with Blueprint Sketch and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Inks! once it was dry, I added some white embossing paste with the Snowfall Stencil! love that texture!

then I combined the sentiment from the stamp set, to the die cut "merry" word from Holiday Greetings Die Set! I die cut out the word 5 times and then stack them all on top of each other. I also added some shading to the word to add a little extra dimension! 

thanks again for joining me!
and be sure to check out the Newton's Nook Designs blog, too!
enjoy!

holly jolly Christmas

hello!
today I have super festive card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog using some Lawn Fawn products! 

eeeeep! love this little scene! 
be sure to check it out on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog for more information on how it came together!
enjoy!

Deck the Halls with Ink Paws 2019 Blog Hop!

happy friday!
today, I'm so excited to participate in Newton's Nook Designs' Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop!

this is one of my favorite blog hops of the year!
be sure to hop around to all the stops for the BEST chances to win! there are some AMAZING special guests, and it's going to be FUN!

for my card, I used the gorgeous Poinsettia Blooms Stamp Set!

I colored all of the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, then I used the coordinating dies to die cut them out!
I used a bunch of different pinks and reds to color the blooms!

for the background, I used Abandoned Coral, Picked Raspberry and Dried Marigold Distress Inks to ink blend on the background. 
then I placed the Music Stencil on top, and used the same colors, but with more pressure, to add the music notes - LOVE it!
then, I splatted some white acrylic paint onto the background, and stamped the sentiment in black. 

and check out this SALE!!!

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws SALE! 
$5 off every $30 You Spend!
That means $5 of $30, $10 of $60...up to $25 off $150!*
No Coupon Needed
Now through Sunday, December 8th!
*Maximum $25 discount per order. 

Enter to Win! Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Hop Prizes! We will be choosing two lucky winners to win a $25 store credit for Newton's Nook Designs online shop! To enter, just leave comments on the Design Team Member and Guest blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the blog hop. 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 Sunday, December 8th at 9 pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, December 9th.

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop List:

Newton's Nook Designs

Tenia Nelson

Tina Smith

Chari Moss

Barbara Anders

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Andrea Shell

Tatiana Trafimovich

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #66 - Holiday Critters

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

yay!

what's better than making a holiday card with Lawn Fawn critters?! 
this challenge is going to be a favorite, I just know it! :)
I loooooove the card I created! 

ha! those video gamer reindeers remind me so much of my little Menn!! ha!! just one more minute Santa, and they'll be ready to deliver toys! ha!
I started by coloring all of the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then fussy cutting them out! the reindeer are from Toboggan Together, the forest images are from Critters in the Forest, and the electronics are from Screen Time! 

then I die cut out 'hills' with the Stitched Hillside Borders die set and used some Blue Jay Cardstock for the sky! I used Black Soot and Blueprint Sketch to add shading to the edges of the sky. then I splattered some white acrylic paint on top!

I attached the controllers and reindeer with foam tape, and then stamped the little wires! 

and the sentiment was stamped with Harold's ABC's and then die cut out with the Fancy Wavy Borders die set!

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