Newton's Nook Designs April Release Day 4

Hello, my lovelies!

Welcome back to the final day of the Newton's Nook Designs April Release!

Today we are revealing this super adorable set "Newton's Birdbath" set along with the coordinating die set ;-) All the new goodies will be available for purchase tomorrow Friday the 14th over at the Newton's Nook Designs Shop! Woot Woot!

I think Jen has some sort of magic wand and all she has to do is to swing that wand and BAM! cutest little new stamp sets! {LOL}

I can't even deal with this cuteness, can you!?

Alright, here is my card...;-)

Seriously, how did Jen even think to make a birdbath stamp!!? I just LOVE this sweet, sweet image! 

As I have said this more than once before, deciding on how to color your kitty itself is one big task! It's an absolute pleasure, but a very important task ;-) You have to think about the whole design and other colors that you use on your card, too! Anyway, for this one, I stamped this adorable image with antique linen distressed ink on watercolor paper, colored in with SU reinkers and Zig Clean Color Real Brush set. I wanted to make this sweet kitty "fuzzy". There is this artist in Japan (click HERE to see his FB page) that I totally adored when I was growing up (and I still do!), he illustrates mainly cats, and I swear! He draws every single fur on them! And those fuzzy, fluffy kitties look so sweet :-) I obviously need so much more practice to achieve that look, but was pretty happy to have this little fuzz ball ;-)

I added copper striped washi tape on the right side, adhered the little watercolored banner with the sentiment, which was heat embossed with Pool Party, and layered the copper wreath from the Happy Little Thoughts set. How did I come up with design? I think it was because the birdbath made me think of a beautiful garden, and somehow I was picturing this beautiful house with a grand front door, and there was a wreath on it.. I know, quite an imagination...{LOL}

The background was water colored with the same color as the water in the birdbath, Bermuda Bay. It's a green-ish blue, but when water is added, you can see more blue and I just love this beautiful hue! I also added some yellow here and there, and that made a different green, this is exactly why I love watercolor! When the panel was dry, I die cut "smiles" from the Garden Window Purr-fect Die Set several times and left them all in the panel. They are all taped on the back. Running the panel through my big shot helped flatten it but since so much water was applied, it was still warped. My go-to solution to this is to saw it down! Stitching adds a texture anyway, so I love doing this! 

{Would you like to win the “Newton's Birdbath” Stamp Set?}

This 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 13th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 14th. 

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

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed our reveal week ;-)

All the new sets that were showcased by the DT will be available for purchase tomorrow at the Newton's Nook Designs Shop, make sure you grab them before they are gone!