Freshly Made Sketches Challenge 307

Hello, lovelies!

Today I am sharing this card I made to enter the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge!

Check out this week's sketch by Jen Timko ;-)

Isn't this a fun sketch!?

I LOVED Jen's card with this sketch, and it totally inspired me to play along!

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

My little sister's birthday is next month (we're Irish twins, 11 months apart!) so I figured I'd make something for her ;-) We haven't seen each other ever since I left Japan 19 years ago! I miss her so much, thank goodness we have all these technologies now!

I just got this super adorable Yeti from Mama Elephant ;-)

I heat embossed this cutie with Smoky Slate Embossing Powder on watercolor paper, colored him with Zig Clean Color Real Brush set, then die cut with the coordinating die. The banner is from another set by Mama Elephant, which has this banner and a star garland for Mr.Yeti to hold, and a bunch of sentiments. I heat embossed the banner with silver on vellum, die cut with the coordinating die, and wrote HAPPY with silver gel pen myself ;-)

This skinny, long banner was water colored with the same 3 colors that I used on my Yeti. I taped it down diagonally on my grid paper and colored every 1/4", then used silver from Kuretake Gansai Watercolor to draw lines between colors to match the banner ;-)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

Newton's Nook Designs

Hello, there lovelies!
Hope your week is going fantastic!

Today I am up on the Newton's Nook Designs Blog, and I made this fun, nautical card ;-)

Arrrrrrrf! {giggle}

I needed a thank you card, and the recipient used to have this awesome doxie named Danny, so I grabbed the Dress Up Doxies set immediately! 

My original design was to watercolor the background and be CAS, but how could I not use these fun nautical patterned papers!? Those colors are actually brighter and really pretty, but my photography skills totally suck and it came out washed out...:-(

I stamped this matey with Antique Linen Distress Ink on watercolor and colored him with Zig Clean Color Real Brush set as usual. Danny was chocolate colored and that's what I started with, but oh man, I simply cannot color well with dark colors! So I tried again with this lighter brown. As you can see, I did color his scarf with bright colors to coordinate the patterned papers (sort of...lol) though.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

MFT 2017 Design Superstar

Hello, lovelies!

Yes! I made one more card for the My Favorite Things Design 2017 Superstar Contest! and they're closing tonight! {eeeeek!}

This one is for the Coloring Virtuoso category ;-)

My dad is a chef and his birthday is in less than 2 weeks!

What stamp set is more perfect for him than this Recipe for Happiness set from My Favorite Things!?

I stamped this charming chef image with Antique Linen Distress ink on watercolor paper and colored him with Zig Clean Color Real Brush set. He was so very fun to color!

I heat embossed the steam image from the same set with light gray on vellum and popped it on above his soup bowl ;-) 

I stamped the Gingham Background stamp with Poppy Ink from MFT to coordinate with his scarf and shoes ;-) I think the Poppy looks really nice on my white base ;-)

I also stamped the salt/pepper shaker image twice to add, aren't they just the cutest salt/pepper shakers!? 

This super fun sentiment compliments the chef with the soup image perfectly!

I pick out the yellow from his bowl and the handle of the ladle. 

Alright, that's it!

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hope you enjoyed it!

Wish me luck!!! ;-)

MFT 2017 Design Superstar - CAS Genius

Hi there!

I am here with another card I made for the My Favorite Things Design Superstar Contest!

This one is for the Clean and Simple Genius category!

I like my CAS cards to be very sweet and soft just like this one ;-)

The first thing I did was die cut the front panel with the Wonky Stitched Rectangles STAX. I masked the top part of the panel to sponge with yellow first, then heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder.  

This kitty from the I knead You set is so stinkin' cute!

I heat embossed him with tan embossing powder right on the sentiment so he looks like he is laying on it. After coloring this cutie, I used the I knead You die set to die cut the same kitty from a scrap to mask him, then sponged around him with pink, and splattered some water. 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

I'm going to try to create another card for the last category so stay tuned!

MFT 2017 Design Superstar Contest

Hi, there!

I'm making a quick stop to share this card that I made for the My Favorite Things 2017 Design Superstar Contest today!

They have 3 categories and I am entering this one to the Innovation Master!

I used the My Favorite Things London Mouse set to create a little London street ;-)

All the images were heat embossed with light gray embossing powder on watercolor paper, water colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush set, then fussy cut. 

The Stitched Scallop Circle Die-namics was used for my little background, which was sponged with Distress Oxide ink in Broken China and Cracked Pistachio, and splattered some water, then added tiny dots with white acrylic paint using the top of a paintbrush.  

Of course, I had to make the double-decker bus go!

The Big Ben was mounted on the scallop circle, the adorable houses were popped on with foam tape, and I used thicker foam tape to place my lovely bus ;-) I didn't have a sentiment that would go well with this little town, so I die cut "HI." with the Emmitt Alphabet Die-namics from white cardstock, chopped them, then mounted them onto a peachy cardstock. 

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hope you enjoyed it!

Newton's Nook Designs September Release Day 4

Hello, my lovelies!

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

All the new sets will be available for purchase tomorrow, Friday the 15th in the Newton's Nook Designs shop! 

Today is day 4 of the reveal, and we are showcasing this ADORABLE Newton's Costume Party Set along with the coordinating die set!

I KNOW!!!!!! 

It's just ridiculous, right!!? {LOL}

I LOVE cats, and I LOVE Halloween...this is my favorite Newton set ever.......💖

Here is my take...;-)

Honestly, I couldn't pick just one or two costumes, or figure out how to have my kitty change all his costumes on one card, so I made a magnet set ;-)

I bought my twins these little magnet play set that are in a thin, rectangle tin can last winter, and that's what I wanted to make but I had NO tin cans!!! 😐

Here's my petty kitty dressed as a fierce shark...(he is just adorable 💖)

Buzzy bee kitty...💖

Kitty with a little witch hat 💖

We can all dream, right...;-)

This mask is just too stinkin' cute 💖

Here's my twin girl playing with them ;-)

It's super fun for little ones for sure!

{Would you like to win the “Newton's Costume Party” 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 September 14th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 15th. 

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 all the reveal this week!

Don't forget to check your budget and go shopping tomorrow!

Newton's Nook Designs September Release Day 3

Hi, there lovelies!
Welcome back to the Newton's Nook Designs September Release!
All the new sets will be available for purchase this Friday the 15th in the Newton's Nook Designs Shop!

Today is day 3 of the reveal and we are showcasing 2 fabulous set along with the coordinating die sets! I hope you're ready for more Halloween fun!

Aren't these intricate designs just simply beautiful!!?

How does Jen draw something like this!!?

This set is so fun, I can't wait til it' Halloween!!!

Here are my takes...;-)

I borrowed that fabulous spooky mansion from the Spooky Street set to create a Halloween night scene. The sky and grass are creepy purple, the moon and stars are shining silver, and there are animal skeletons walking around! After everything was assembled together, I thought to myself, I should have used some fun patterned papers instead of solid purple...:-( So why didn't I make another one?

Because I used the Chibi lights to make it super spooky!
The mansion and dog were heat embossed with sparkle black embossing powder on vellum so that the lights can come through easily ;-) The bat was added after it was put all together and that's why he doesn't light up. 

So I made a day of the dead banner ;-)
I really wanted to color these beauties! {LOL}
I will be honest, I wasn't too familiar with day of the dead, I knew what it was, but that was pretty much it. So I googled and educated myself a bit ;-)

How they paint their faces with beautiful, bright colors is simply amazing! 
That is a work of art for certain!

So I heat embossed all 4 images with black embossing powder on watercolor paper, colored them with my Zig Watercolor pens, and die cut them with the coordinating die. I did not use ant water like I normally do, these pens have intense colors and that's what I wanted. 





They decorate for this celebration and I saw a ton of pretty flowers in the photos. 
I made these paper flowers/pom poms out of tissue paper to mimic the beautiful decorations ;-) 

{Would you like to win the “Beautiful Nones or Spooky Skeletons” 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 September 14th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 15th. 

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 it!
We have one more set to reveal, and you really don't want to miss this one!!!

Newton's Nook Designs September Release Day 2

Hello, my lovelies!

Welcome back to the Newton's Nook Designs September Release!

All the new sets will be available for purchase this Friday the 15th in the Newton's Nook Designs Shop!

On day 2, we are showcasing the Spooky Cameo Set along with the coordinating die set, plus the Cameo Frame Die!

Ohhhhhh.My.Goodness.!!!

Isn't this so totally awesome!!? 

This stamp set reminds me of the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland/world, so fun!

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

I originally had a different design with this set, but after heat embossing those 2 couples, this sweet but still spooky design came to me! If you have been to Disneyland/world and rode the Haunted Mansion, it's dark, cold, and full of ghosts! {LOL} So this black and white color scheme made sense ;-)

This lovely couple was heat embossed with Pumice Stone embossing powder on vellum then die cut with the coordinating die set. originally, I was going to use the Cameo Frame die with them but they looked so in love with each other, I had to use a heart instead ;-) 

My second card is more colorful and fun ;-)
Those silhouettes were stamped with typical Halloween colors with Distress Oxide ink, then I splashed some water and black ink. 

The Cameo Frame was die cut from black glimmer paper, isn't it just awesome!?
I heat embossed the sentiment with pumice stone embossing powder on vellum then it was die cut with the outline of the frame die, and the black frame was mounted on. I added a black oval piece behind so the sentiment is more visible. 
I think this turned out really fun!

{Would you like to win the “Spooky Cameo” 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 September 14th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 15th. 

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 it!
We have 2 more reveal days left so do come back!

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember

Hello, lovelies!
Have you heard of STAMPtember?
Over at Simon Says Stamp, they collaborate with many of the manufacturers that they carry in thier shop and make exclusive stamp sets that are only available in the Simon Says Stamp Shop in September! And Newton's Nook Designs is participating again this year!
(Just a note:This set will not be available in the NND shop!)

I literally squealed when I first saw this set!
I mean, just look at it!!! {eeeeeeeek!}
This is called "Loads of Thanks", as you can see, you can kind of mix and match different loads for the puppy's wheelbarrow, how cute and fun is this!!? :-D

Here is my take...;-)

These images are so sweet, I had to do no-line coloring and sponged background for a soft look ;-) 

I stamped this adorable pup pushing his little wheelbarrow image with Antique Linen Distress Ink on watercolor paper, then stamped the kitty with pumpkins image right on the wheelbarrow. Oh my goodness, it's so sweet I can't deal with it! {LOL} They must be best buddies, and went pumpkin picking on a beautiful fall day...:-) 
As you can probably tell, this was fussy cut, but the coordinating die set will be available in the Simon Says Stamp Shop along with the stamp set today ;-)

I am totally in love with this sweet sentiment 💗
It was heat embossed with copper embossing powder on the front panel, which was sponged with Distress Oxide ink on watercolor paper, then splattered some water and orange ink. It needed a bit more sparkle, clear sequins were just perfect ;-)



Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hope you enjoyed it!
Make sure to go to Simon Says Stamp Blog and check out what the rest of the DT made with this adorable set, which is exclusively available in their shop while supplies last! Don't wait too long because they sell quickly! ;-)