Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop

 I'm excited to be hopping along with Newton's Nook Designs today!  We are celebrating the holidays with the Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop!  I pulled out one of my favorite Newton stamps from the Newton's Curious Christmas set and made this card:

I started with a gray card base and added the snowflake patterned paper to the center.  I cut snow mounds out of white paper next, edging them with Copic markers.  I stamped Newton and his snowman onto white paper and drew another mound under them.  I colored them in using Copic markers and then cut around the image and along my mound line.  After erasing any trace of the line, I shaded it all with more Copic markers.

I stamped the sentiment onto the shortest snow mound and added a few sequins for accent.  Then I layered all of the mounds onto my card front.  I used dimensional foam adhesive to adhere some of the layers- I love how it pops!

ENTER to WIN! 

We will be choosing two lucky winners to win a $10 store credit for Newton's Nook Designs online shop! To enter, just leave comments on the Design Team Member and Guest blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the blog hop. 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 Sunday, December 7th at 9 pm CSTto comment  -- winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, December 8th.

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop

Newton's Nook Designs
Nichol Magouirk
Jennifer McGuire
Amy Sheffer
Laura Bassen
Heather Hoffman

Taheerah Atchia

Lydia Brooke

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Shellye McDaniel

Jess Moyer

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Tessa Wise (me)

I had so much fun playing along with the hop!  I hope you get a chance to visit all of these wonderful artist- they made the cutest projects!  Don't forget to comment for your chance to win!!  

Thanks for stopping by today :)

A Crabby Christmas Card for the Inky Paws Challenge

Hi!  Happy Friday!  I’ve just packed all my crafty goodies up and am heading down to Richmond for a scrappy retreat with Doodle Crew Retreats!!  I’m so excited!  I look forward to these retreats all year and this time I really feel like I deserve a weekend away. Lol!  These last couple months have had me going in overtime!

Today I’m playing along with this month’s Inky PawsChallenge!  I chose one of my favorite stamp sets from last year- SEA-sons Greetings:

I just love that little crab!  I stamped the Joy and the crab onto watercolor paper and  diecut it into the banner shape.  I also stamped the crab again so that I could paper piece him over later.  I colored them with the residual inks from my ink pads and a water brush.  When the crab was dry, I cut around him carefully and added him on top of the other one.

The papers are from the Echo Park Christmas Cheer 6x6 paper pad.  I cut them into banner shapes to go along with the diecut banner.  I also added a bit of twine for embellishment.

I hope you have a chance to play along with us this month!  Don’t forget to pop over to the Newton’s Nook Designs Blog to see what the rest of the team has made!

Hello Sweater Weather!

Hi!  I am playing along with the newest Inky Paws Challenge today! I loved the inspiration photo and based my patterned paper choice on the peppermints.  :)  I also added a little sparkle!  Here is what I made:

Did I surprise you by not making a holiday card?  Hee Hee!  I almost did but I when I pulled out my newest Newton's Nook Designs stamps, the sweater weather sentiment from the Holiday Hounds set really caught my eye!  I had this idea and pulled out the Basket of Wishes stamp set to create the card.

The image has been watercolored- I chose colors that I thought complimented the patterned papers I had already pulled out (Mon Ami by Basic Gray).  I stamped the sweater weather sentiment and then decided to add the hello from the Winged Wishes set.  I tried to make it look like it was written with a bit of yarn- did you get that?

I chose a bit of warm gold glitter paper as my sparkle- it's the perfect compliment to this fun image, isn't it?  Seeing all that yarn is making me want to crochet something!  Maybe I'll pull out my yarn later too!

Don't forget to pop over to the Newton's Nook Designs Blog to see what everyone created for the challenge!  I hope you'll get a chance to play along as well!

Thanks for stopping by today!

A Beachy Inky Paws Challenge

Happy Friday!  I'm sure ready for a nice, relaxing weekend!  Today I'm sharing a cute treat box I made for this month's Inky Paws Challenge over at Newton's Nook Designs.  Here is what I made:

I picked the cute image of Newton on a floaty from the Newton's Summer Vacation set to play with, coloring it with my Copic markers.  I fussy cut around him when I was done.
This cute clear triangle treat box from SRM Stickers was perfect for holding some fun gummy shark treats- I'm sure this is what Newton would be snacking on as he's floating out in the bay! :)

I added a few bits of patterned paper to the bottom of the box and chose a sentiment sticker from SRM Stickers to go along with the theme.  I die cut a piece of vellum with a label die and added the sentiment over the tom.  I layered it over the patterned papers and then added Newton to the top.  I finished off the look with a bit of Crushed Curry twine.

Wouldn't these be fun treats for a beachy get together?
I hope you have a chance to play along with the Inky Paws Challenge this week!  For more inspiration, pop over to the Newton's Nook Designs blog- the design team made some cute cards!!

A Birthday Kitty for the Inky Paws Challenge

Hello!  It's Friday- yay!  We had a great first week of summer, full of sunshine, pools, and lots and lots of laughs.  We're off on a day adventure today- I want to take the girls to the beach!  Before we go though, I thought I'd pop on and share my card for this month's Inky Paws Challenge over at Newton's Nook Designs.  It's a color challenge this time around:

Aren't those colors great?  I had fun creating with them- I pulled out the Newton's Birthday Bash set and created this:

Aren't those fun bright colors perfect for a birthday celebration?  So cheerful!  The patterned papers are from the Take Note 6x6 pad by Doodle Bug.  I used a few patterns to decorate my card front and then colored and cut out Newton and his balloon with Copic markers.  I also colored and cut out a hat for him to wear. :)

I stamped my sentiment onto vellum and attached it to my card along with another strip of patterned paper.  I sewed along each side to hold it in place.  Lastly, I embellished with a few white epoxy dots- I thought they looked a little like confetti!

I had fun with this challenge!  I hope you get a chance to play along, too!  Pop over to the Newton's Nook Designs Blog for all the information and to see what the rest of the team did this month!  So fun!!

OK!  Off to the beach!  Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Inky Paws Challenge- Wood, Cork, or Metal!

Hello!  Today I'm sharing a card I made for the new Inky Paws Challenge over at Newton's Nook Designs!  #10 is all about adding a texture- wood, cork, or metal.  I chose to feature wood on mine!  Here is what I made:

I pulled out the adorable Sweetheart Tails set for this card and stamped that cute raccoon on a piece of watercolor paper.  I used a mix of watercolors and residual inks to paint him in.  I was going for a fresh, clean look so I kept it simple, coloring some grass underneath him along with a little yellow flower.  I did a faint blue wash around him as well but it turned out too light to see!

I used my Woodgrain Cottage embossing folder by Teresa Collins for Craftwell to texturize my Soft Sky card front.  I added a strip of patterned paper from the Hey Kid collection by Fancy Pants and then added my stamped panel over the top of it.  To finish it off, I stamped my sentiment onto a wooden speech bubble by Stampin' Up!

The placement for everything was inspired by Retro Sketches #113.

I'm so glad I got to play along with this week's challenge!  It's always fun to add texture, right? :)

Well, I hope you all have a great weekend!  I'm ready for it- lol!  I'm even happier that we have an extra day!  Hopefully I can fit in some fun crafty time!

Roses for the Inky Paws Challenge!

Good morning!  I'm popping in to share my card for this month's Inky Paws Challenge hosted by Newton's Nook Designs!  The are inspiring us with a pretty pastel color challenge this time around- I loved it!  Here is what I made:

I used the new Love Grows set again- I can't get enough of these roses!  I stamped a bunch of them onto watercolor paper and embossed them using white powder.  Then I watercolored them using my Stampin' Up! markers.  I fussy cut around them once they were dry.
I built a card base out of white paper and cut a panel of watercolor paper to fit over the front.  I stamped a few leaves, the sentiment, and some of those cute little flowers onto the card front and again embossed them with white powder.  I watercolored them and then added the blue to the background.  It's so soft and pretty in real life!  I love it
I added the roses next, letting them hang off the edges of the card.  I used foam adhesive dots to pop up some of them, too!  To finish off the look, I added a few sparkly sequins.

I had so much fun playing along with the Inky Paws Challenge this month!  Pop over to the Newton's Nook Designs blog to see what the rest of the team members created and to play along!  As always, they are giving away a gift card to the Newton's Nook Designs store to a lucky winner so give it a go! :)

Inky Paws Challenge Time!

Good morning!  Today I'm playing along with the latest Inky Paws Challenge hosted by Newton's Nook Designs.  They've switched things up a bit this week and have a fun color challenge for us:

I love the inspiration picture- don't you?  I just want to eat those cookies up! :)  I picked out the new Love a la Carte set to use and searched through my stash for just the right papers.  Here is what I came up with:

I think the Vintage Bliss collection by Simple Stories goes so well with the colors in the inspirational photo.  The woodgrain is perfect, too!  I stamped the sugar and tea image onto a vanilla colored circle and used my Prismacolor pencils to color it in.  I was going for a slight ombre effect with the pencils on the tea cup- It looks so pretty!  I also added some glitter to my sugar cubes to give it a little sparkle.

This one was so fun to play along with!   To see what the rest of the design team created and to link up your own creation, pop over to the Newton's Nook Designs Blog. The team did a great job with this challenge!

Well, I hope you enjoy your day!  I am attempting to get back to a normal schedule today- we have been home all week because of the weather.  It's been fun but boy am I feeling antsy to get out and about! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

-tessa

Inky Paws Challenge #5

Good morning!  I'm playing along with Newton's Nook Designs' Inky Paws Challenge today!  They had another fun sketch to work with:

I picked my favorite stamp set to work with, Frozen Friends!  I just love the cute snowmen in this set!  Here is my card:

I picked out some fun and bright papers from Bella Blvd to use for this one- don't you love the stripes!  After creating a pink card base, I stamped all over it using the largest snowflake and matching pink ink.  Next, I cut out the banner shape and added it to my card.  I had originally cut a panel of the black and white polka-dot paper to go in the background but it was such a harsh contrast, I decided to create a smaller piece and add it over the stamped panel instead.

For the stamped panel, I first stamped the snowman and colored him with my Copic markers. Next, I stamped the smaller snowflakes around him with my lightest blue ink.  I then added the black polka-dotted paper and sentiment strip.  I finished off the look with a bit of pink ribbon and linen thread.

I'm so happy I had time to play along this week!  The sketch is a fun one!  Thanks Jen for the inspiration! :)  Don't forget to hop over to the Newton's Nook Designs blog to see what the other designers created!  I hope you can play along, too!

Hope you have a great day!

-tessa

Inky Paws Challenge with Newton's Nook Designs

Hi there!  Hope you are enjoying your Friday!  I haven't been on my computer much this week- it's nice to take a break every now and then! :)  This week ended up being a lot busier than I was planning!

Anyways, today I want to share my card I created for the latest Inky Paws Challenge from Newton's Nook Designs.  They had another great sketch for us to work with this week:

And here is my card featuring the adorable Boo Crew set:

I added the banner stamp from the Winged Wishes set to create a Halloween party invite.  I loved coloring these images!  I recently found my forgotten colored pencils and gamsol- I am in love!!  I think I might be over Copics and moving on to Prismacolor- I ordered a new set of their pencils this morning and I can't wait to get all the colors!!

The papers I used are by Bella Blvd.  Their Trick or Treat line is one of my favorites this season and just perfect for the cute animals in the Boo Crew set!  They go together so well!

Well, I hope you have time to play along with Newton's Nook Designs this week!  If you do, be sure to upload your card over on their blog for your chance to win a stamp set!

Hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

-tessa

Happy Harvest with Newton's Nook

Good Morning!

I just got back from the dentist! :) You know how that goes!  Hee!  Luckily all the people at my office are so friendly and fun!  I don't mind going so much.

I wanted to pop on because there is a new challenge up on the Newton's Nook Designs Blog today!  I had fun playing along!

Here is the sketch:

And here is the card I came up with using it:

I enjoyed coloring the image with my Copics this time around!  The papers are from last year's October Afternoon Witch Hazel line.  I still love that plaid!

I hope you have time to play along with the sketch!  Pop over to the Newton's Nook Designs Blog to see what the other designers did with the sketch!

Thanks for stopping by today!

-tessa

Newton's Nook Designs First Inky Paws Challenge!

Good Morning!

I have a cute card to share with you today inspired by the first Inky Paws Challenge by Newton's Nook Designs!

Their first challenge is a sketch challenge and I chose to use the adorable Newton's Antics set with it:

After creating a card base with light gray cardstock, I added a panel of the floral paper from my 8x8 Travel Girl pad by October Afternoon.  I added a strip of orange and pink damask next and wrapped it with linen thread.  I cut a large circle out of natural white cardstock.  I stamped the kitty and my two sentiments onto the circle with Memento ink.  I colored the image using my Copic markers.  To finish off the design, I added a trio of buttons and adhered the circle to my card front using foam dimensional adhesive dots.

The sentiments on this are from the Winged Wishes set.  I love how easily they work together!

If you'd like to play along with us or just want to check out the sketch please pop over to the Newton's Nook Designs blog for more information!  They have also added a free digi image for you to play along with!  It's a cute one! :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

-tessa