so mush love for the graduate!

hi there!
today I have this fun, special graduation card up on the Newton's Nook Designs blog! 

one of best friends' daughter graduated from high school (and also from college with an Associates Degree!!) and she LOVES mushrooms and purple! so that's what I used to make this card! 

I stamped and colored the images from Fabulous Fungus Stamp Set, Succulent Garden Stamp Set, Newton's Graduation Stamp Set with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers! then once they were dry, I added some details with a white gel pen and then used the coordinating dies to die cut them all out!

for the background, I used white cardstock and die cut out using the Frames & Tags Die Set. then I used Distress Oxide Inks in Seedless Perserves, Chipped Sapphire and Milled Lavendar. I even popped up the frame portion with foam tape.

for the background of the large window, I used the Essential Alphabet Die Set and backed it with black cardstock so it would pop! as well as so it would match the small banner that I die cut from black cardstock with the A7 Frames & Banners Die Set and then heat embossed the sentiment!  

be sure to check out the card up on the Newton's Nook Designs blog!
enjoy!

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #125 - Dies Only

happy Monday!

let's start this week off with a NEW challenge over at the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog!
and this is the last one of the YEAR!!! eeeeep!

yay!

 

 

now this is a fun new challenge!
I love this idea and it totally pushed me out of my comfort zone!

my good friend has a daughter graduating high school, so I had to make a card for her, and I love how it came out!
I stamped the graduation cap from Smart Cookie and colored it in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.

I used Distress Inks in pinks, oranges and yellows to add color to the Rainbow! then I splattered some water and white acrylic ink on top.
I die cut out the clouds from white cardstock, using the Puffy Cloud Border dies.   

 

 

the background was blending with Distress Inks in Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistachio. then I used the Rainy Sky Stencil and some Fairy Dust paste for the sparkle! 

lastly, I heat embossed the sentiment from Wavy Sayings in white onto black cardstock, and then die cut with the Fancy Wavy Banners.

 

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

enjoy!

world domination!

hi there!
today I have a card up on the Newton's Nook Designs blog!

I used some of the retiring products and combined them with non-retiring! so fun!
and guess what, I'm totally lacking on graduation cards, so I decided to make one of those!

I stamped and colored the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers from Stowaway Newton and Newton's Graduation and then used the coordinating dies to die cut them out!
love that graduation cap on newton's head! lol!

for the background, I did some ink blending with Fossilized Amber, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress Oxide Inks! then I used some metallic paste and the Hardwood Stencil to add some shiny texture!

the sentiments were heat embossed and then die cut with the Speech Bubbles Die Set and A7 Frames & Banners Die Set!

be sure to check out the card on the Newton's Nook blog if you're feeling extra feisty!
enjoy!

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #106 - Sketch

happy Monday!

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

yay!

 

this is always a challenge for me!
I love being inspired by sketches!
I decided to make a graduation card for my good friend's son! and BONUS: I have a video!

 

I used Distress Inks to ink blend on my card in Abandoned Coral and Dried Marigold along with the Plaid Stencils! then I did the packaging technique on top of it, in the same colors! so fun!

I colored all of the images from Push Here, Smart Cookie, Virtual Friends, Virtual Friends Add On and Screen Time with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, and then fussy cut them out! I punched some small holes in the computer and gaming console, for the lights to blink through - because OH YEAH, this card will light up!
**all of the details for how I used the Chibi Lights to add some light up action to my card, can be found in the video!

  

 

the sentiment was created using a mix of Violet's ABCs and Milo's ABCs, as well as part of a phrase from Screen Time!

 

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

enjoy!

the sky is the limit!

hello again!

today I have a card up on the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog!

I kept it in the theme of the latest challenge, which is Spetacular Skies! loooooooove that challenge!

it's the PERFECT excuse for me to do some ink blending!! loooove this night sky!

I used Chipped Sapphire, Blueprint Sketch and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks to create the gorgeous background! 

I used the Snowy Backdrops Die to create a stencil and used some white embossing paste to add the beautiful texture of the stars! 

I combined the bunnies from Hello Baby and Upon a Star! I just LOVE how the little bunny looks up at the big one! 

I also combined with with the mini Smart Cookie stamp set, to add the graduation cap! I love that it's so big on her head! like she has room to grow into her future! lol!

the plane and the clouds are from the super fun Plane and Simple stamp set!

be sure to play along with the challenge! and be sure to check this card up on the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog, too!

enjoy!

go and do amazing things

hello and happy Saturday!
today I have a card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog!

love it!
be sure to check out the whole thing and why not shop while you're there?! 
enjoy!

Newton's Nook Designs April Release - Newton’s Graduation + coordinating Die and Essential Alphabet Die

**this is my 2nd post of the day! to see my interactive card for the newest Lawn Fawnatics Challenge, scroll down or click here!**

hi hi hi!

so excited to be starting this week by kicking off day 1 of Newton's Nook Designs April release!

and oh my gosh you guys...this release is so completely amazing! I'm in LOVE with each new set, and I can't wait for you all to see it, too! it's so spring, and new beginnings and FUN!
today we're starting the week off with the new Newton’s Graduation + coordinating die and Essential Alphabet 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 April 20th, right here!

and here's my SUPER FUN graduation themed card!

I colored in the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, and the used the coordinating dies to cut it out! I also gave Newton that fun little cap! 

I used the new Essential Alphabet Dies to create part of the sentiment!

after I lined up the letter dies and die cut them out, I backed the area with some watercolor paper I created with Distress Oxide Inks (Abandoned Coral, Worn Lipstick and Picked Raspberries)! LOVE the little water drop areas peeking through the letters!

I finished off the card by popping up the newton image and heat embossing the rest of the sentiment!

Would you like to win the “Newton’s Graduation” Stamp Set?
This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! 

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 April 19th at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 20th. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Amanda Bodine

Holly Endress

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Juliana Michaels

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Jennifer Timko

Tatiana Trafimovich

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #23 - Try a New Technique!

yahooo! it's time for a NEW challenge over at the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog!

yay!! what a fun way to push yourself to try something new!

I had so much fun creating my card for this challenge!! :)

eeeeek!! sooooo sweet, right?! I hope!!
I tried to create a Northern Lights background!! and it was also my first time using Distress Oxide Inks on black! 

I started by using a paintbrush and some black gesso! so fun!!!
then I colored in the cute little image from Upon a Star that I colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then fussy cut out!

once the black gesso was dry, I tore a piece of typing paper and used it as a mask to create the 'northern lights'. I used a rainbow of Distress Oxide inks to swoosh along and the moved the mask down the black area.

Once that was done, I used the Snowy Backdrop die, die cut a piece of cardstock, and used the cardstock as a stencil with white embossing paste on the background! LOVE the texture it adds!
Lastly, I heat embossed the sentiment from Plane and Simple in white onto a banner of black cardstock!

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

Newton's Nook Designs July Release - Cosmic Newton + coordinating Die

hello!
yahooo! today is the last day of the Newton's Nook Designs July release!! but join us tomorrow as we have another blog hop to celebrate 4 years!!!! yay!!

we're continuing on with the July celebration with the last day of the awesome release! today we're showing off the Cosmic Newton + 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 July 14th, right here!

who else just swooned when they saw this set? it's SO adorable!!

i colored all of the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then die cut them out!

my first card is a space adventure! 

i love it!

newton in that rocket ship just makes me so happy! 

i used the new Starfield Stencil to create the white stars over the background! i used Chipped Sapphire, Blueprint Sketch and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks to create the background!  and for the moon i used Hickory Smoke and some water to add the 'craters'! so much fun! 

oh, and then, because the white sentiment wasn't standing out as much as i anticipated, i outlined a shadow of black marker! love how it looks!

for my 2nd card, i used my favorite image: stargazing newton!SOOOO adorable! ha ha!

don't you just love him!

i used the land border dies to create the hilly scene (Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Distress Inks on white cardstock). the galaxy background...was messy, not precise and FUN! i used my Gansai Tambi watercolor palette!! 

the sentiment was heat embossed on the vellum banner and i just LOVE that shooing star!

Would you like to win a $20 store credit to Newton’s Nook Designs?
ONE lucky comment will be chosen from each reveal day to win! 

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 July 15th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, July 16th. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Amanda Bodine

Holly Endress

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Juliana Michaels

Naki Rager

Jennifer Timko

Tatiana Trafimovich