Newton's Nook Designs April Release - Delightful Doxies!

Hello stampy friends!   It's time again for another awesome release from Newton's Nook Designs!   We're starting the festivities by showcasing "Delightful Doxies" - this set is so stinkin' cute!

I was trying to decide which of the cute doxies to use when inspiration hit - what if I sandwiched the sentiment between two ends of one dog!?!   I inked just the first half of the doxie and stamped him, then lined up the sentiment and stamped, and finally, I inked up just the back half and lined that up as best as I could.  It came together better than I ever dreamed it would - the loopiness of the font provided the "belly" of my little doxie!   I just needed to draw in his back with a fine tipped pen, and voila!   He's colored in with Copics, keeping lighter towards the center to make the sentiment more visible.   I love finding ways to "stretch my stamps", but this card takes it to another level - ha, ha!!

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Would you like to win “Delightful Doxies”?

This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog 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, April 16th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 17th. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Taheerah Atchia

Lydia Evans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Jess Moyer

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

Nicole Picadura (Guest Designer)

Winnie & Walter Spotlight On.....me!

Hi guys!  I'm super excited because I'm being featured over on the Winnie & Walter blog today in their "Spotlight On..." feature!   Huge thanks to Julie & Shay for this opportunity!    Here are a few sneak peeks at what you'll find on the w&w blog....

If you've popped over from the w&w blog, hello & welcome!    I hope you'll have fun browsing my blog.....and I hope to see you back again soon :)

Happy for You!

Hello!   Hope everyone had a lovely Easter!   Today I'm back with a spring card featuring the Newton's Nook Designs stamp set Beautiful Blossoms.

I've had so much fun coloring in these flowers - the quilled design is awesome and there's so many different things you can do with this set!   I used Prismacolors and a little gamsol to blend.   The 'for you' sentiment is also from the Beautiful Blossoms set.   The die (from MFT) was cut four times and stacked for some nice dimension and then coated with a layer of Glossy Accents.  Can I just tell you how much I love Glossy Accents, lol?!   My top three card finishers are Glossy Accents, Wink of Stella glitter pen and sequins.   It's rare that I don't use at least one of those "finishers" on a card!   

I'll be back later in the week with a special post ;)   Stay tuned!

Newton's Nook March Release - Newton's Birthday Flutter!

We've reached day three of the Newton's Nook Designs March release!  The new stamps will be available TOMORROW!  Our friend Newton is back in this cute set, Newton's Birthday Flutter!

Can you believe it?!   I didn't use Newton on this card - just the cute little birds!   The birds were stamped on a tag and masked so I could create some clouds in the background with Distress Ink.   The balloons were fussy cut  - some out of patterned paper and some colored with Copics.   After they were cut, they got a coating of Glossy Accents and once dry, a bit of floss tied around the ends for the strings.   I love how the balloons turned out popped up on dimensional adhesive!   The strings were manipulated so it looks like the birds have them in their beaks!   Some ribbon, twine and another adorable sentiment finish up this card!   Be sure to stop at Yukari's blog next!

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Would you like to win “Newton's Birthday Flutter”?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog 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 19th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, March 20th. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Lydia Evans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Jess Moyer

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

Wanda Guess (Guest Designer)

I'm also entering this card into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (theme: Spring Pinterest Inspiration) and the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge (theme: Lions and Lambs, oh my!) I thought the little birds perfectly represent the fact that Spring is on it's way!!

Newton's Nook Designs March Release - Farmyard Friends!

Welcome back for day two of the Newton's Nook Designs March release!   Up today is an adorable set called Farmyard Friends!  

I love the little barn shaped card!   It was cut out with my Cameo - it set the stage for the farm critters and their farmer friend.   Everything was colored with Copics and fussy cut out.    Isn't that sentiment a riot!   

Be sure to leave a comment at each stop on the hop for a chance to win Farmyard Friends for yourself!  Your next stop is Yukari's blog.   See you tomorrow for day three of the release!

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Would you like to win “Farmyard Friends”?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog 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 19th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, March 20th. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Taheerah Atchia

Lydia Evans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Jess Moyer

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

Wanda Guess (Guest Designer)

Newton's Nook Designs March Release - Beautiful Blossoms!

Welcome to day one of Newton's Nook Designs' March release!    So much goodness this month....and first up is my favorite - Beautiful Blossoms!  

So, so pretty, don't you think?!   I stamped the flowers onto watercolor paper and embossed them  with black embossing powder.   I used watercolors to color them in and fussy cut them out.  The sentiment was also stamped and embossed onto watercolor paper and inset within the Spellbinders die shape and the flowers were arranged around it, some of them popped up with dimensional adhesive.     I love how this turned out!

Be sure to keep hopping  for a chance to win Beautiful Blossoms!  Your next stop is Yukari's blog!

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Would you like to win “Beautiful Blossoms”?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog 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 19th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, March 20th.  

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Lydia Evans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Jess Moyer

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

Wanda Guess (Guest Designer)

No Bunny Butt You!

Hello there!   I'm up on the Newton's Nook blog today with these cute cupcake toppers featuring the Bunny Hop stamp set!

These are so super simple to make!   The little bunnies are colored with Copics, die cut into heart shapes and adhered to decorative straws.   That's it!   They take an ordinary cupcake and make it irresistible (not that I can resist a cupcake either way, lol!!)! 

Today is my mom's birthday, so I thought the cupcakes were appropriate - Happy Birthday, Mom!   Have a great day!