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!

Newton's Nook Designs February Release- Newton's Birthday Bash

Hello!  Today is day three of the Newton's Nook Designs February Release!  We are featuring the Newton's Birthday Bash set today- my favorite of the release!!

I chose the kitty with some presents image to feature on my card today.  I colored him using Copic markers and even tried a new furry technique!  I like how it turned out!

You can see some other fun images from the set here as well. I added some confetti on the card base just behind the patterned paper panel.  The hats are also stamps- I added a line of them in different colors to a strip just below the main image.

I just can't get enough of these cute cat stamps!  Hee!  They just make me happy :)

Would you like to win Newton's Birthday Bash?  This set will be given away to Two lucky winners! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs February 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, February 20th at 9 pm Central Standard Time to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 21st.

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

Newton's Nook Designs
Taheerah Atchia
Christine Drogt
Samantha Mann
Larissa Heskett
Crafty Math-Chick
Danielle Pandeline
Valerie Ward
Tessa Wise (me)
Debbie Owens (Indy)  - Guest Designer
Chrissie Tobas - Guest Designer

Thanks again for joining me throughout the Newton's Nook Designs February release!  Such cute sets this time around- I hope you liked them as much as I did!

-tessa