Newton's Nook Designs

Hi, there lovelies!

I am up on the Newton's Nook Designs Blog today!

So kids are going back to school, or they already have, and if you're like me, going back to school shopping and getting a teacher's gift are so stressful! But at least, making a card/tag to go with the gift is fun with NND ;-)

This cute kitty holding an apple is a perfect image for teachers!

It is from the Newton Dreams of New York set and it is supposed to be the "Big Apple", but hey, we all love to stretch the sets we own to their maximum use, don't we? After all, aren't we all creative!? ;-)

I was having the most difficult time coloring last week, I don't even know how many of the same images I colored! I was finally happy with this one right here, which was colored with the colored pencils. I stamped him with Antique Linen Distress Ink on Neenah Solar White Cardstock, and I tried to color him fuzzy but it was pretty challenging with the pencils! I die cut this cutie with the coordinating die, and a few more to layer and give a dimension. I prefer this way instead of using foam tape :-)

The little sentiment was handwritten with the Sakura 0.20mm pen then chopped up! 

With the soft colors and soft coloring, I didn't want a big, bold sentiment so this was perfect, especially on my sweet polka dot hearts, which were die cut with the Darling Hearts purr-fect Die set.  

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Have a lovely day, my friends!

Sketch For You To Try!

Hello, my lovelies!

Happy first day of summer! Woo Hoo!!!

I hope you are having beautiful summer weather :-)

Today, I am playing along with a couple challenges! I know! It's been ages since I last played any challenge! 

My son's school is finally ending tomorrow and I needed a couple of thank you cards for his teachers. The Sketch For You To Try challenge over at Reverse Confetti had this cute sketch ;-)

I had wanted to play the CAS Watercolor Challenge ever since I found it (gosh, I don't even know how long ago!). Totally me, right!?

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

The last day of school means the beginning of summer! YAY! 
I am probably more excited about it than my son is because mornings and I do not get along! {LOL} 

I got this cute little worm guy from Reverse Confetti when they had their sale!
Isn't he just the most adorable wiggly guy ever!? I stamped his striped body with pink first, heat embossed the wormy with gold, die cut him with the coordinating die, and colored his little face with my Spectrum Noir Marker. Same process with the apple, and the sentiment was also heat embossed with gold. 

So where is my watercolor? The three strips of watercolor paper have the ruler and pencil images heat embossed, and they were water colored with blue and yellow ;-) 
I chose the vellum with tiny polka dots for my big circle because I didn't want to totally hide the 3 panels behind it, and this card had a lot of patterns and colors already! This green paper with striped dots may seem too much, but it actually ties everything together. I have stripes on the worm, pencils, and ruler. Polka dots can be found on the apple, the vellum, and my little Mr. Worm is made of circles as well ;-) And the green matches the worm's head and the leaf on the apple ;-) The pink base is unusual for me, but it is picking up the pink on the worm and apple. 



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