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 :)

Joy to the World Card

Good Morning!  I'm excited to be posting my first card for Waffle Flower Crafts today!  With Christmas right around the corner, I thought a holiday card would be perfect.  I pulled out the Holiday Labels- Merry stamp set as inspiration and created this:

I had it in my mind to create a collage card and started by stamping the snowflakes in different shades of pink along the left and bottom side of the white card base.  I love pink and green together so next, I pulled out a green mist and splattered it over the same area.  I set it aside to dry and started with the other layers.

Tags make a great layer when creating collage cards.  I stamped the polka-dot tag from Surface-Tag stamp set with a bright pink ink and diecut it using the coordinating Surface- Tag Die- Starter Kit die set.  I also stamped my sentiment with green ink and diecut it using the Holiday Label-1 Die.

I pulled some gold striped vellum and a bit of green patterned paper from my stash to also use as layers and got to work building my card.  I layered them on top of each other, adhering as I went.  The tag layers were added using dimensional foam dots which adds to the layered look.  I finished it off with a bit of gold sequin trim for some sparkle :)

I think layered collage cards might be my favorite kind to make.  It's fun to start out messy and include many different elements into one card.

Thanks for popping by today!

Newton's Nook Designs November Release- Beautiful Blizzard

Welcome to the second day of Newton's Nook Designs November release!  Today's set, Beautiful Blizzard is so pretty!  It was inspired by paper quilled snowflakes- isn't that cool?  Here is what I made with it:

I wanted to keep my design simple to show off all of those beautiful snowflakes!  I chose shades of blue to stamp them with.  I stamped them all over a panel of white cardstock and then cut the edges off, stopping at the snowflakes and fussy cutting around the edges that stuck out.  I used a pencil and ruler to do this :)

The sentiment is stamped on a small vellum tag.  I embellished with papers and glittery epoxy dots by Doodlebug Designs.  I also added some pretty opalescent threat behind the sentiment tag.  Don't you love the cute sentiment?

Would you like to win “Beautiful Blizzard”?
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 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 Tuesday, November 12th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Wednesday, November 12th. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Taheerah Atchia

Lydia Brooke

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Shellye McDaniel

Jess Moyer

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Tessa Wise 

Donna Mikasa (Guest Designer)

Hope you have fun hopping through everyone's projects!  There are so many cute ones this time around!!

As always, thanks for stopping by my blog, too!

Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Release-Flaky Family

Hello!  Are you ready for the third set in Newton's Nook Designs holiday release?  Today we are featuring the new Flaky Family set- it is all about the snowmen!  

Flaky Friends is such a fun set!  It comes with three different sized snowmen that you can decorate with hats, scarves, and other things to give each one their own personality.  There are also doggie and kitty snowmen!

I kept my card simple, stamping out the snowmen and snow doggie onto white cardstock.  I colored them with colored pencils and added the sentiment to the top.  I also decorated each image with a bit of glitter!  It sparkles so nicely under the light!

Cute, right? 

Would you like to win “Flaky Friends”?This set will be given away to one lucky winner! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! One winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs listed below. Make sure to check out each  blog and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog will be chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Friday, October 17 at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be posted on the NND blog on Saturday, October 18th. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Taheerah Atchia

Lydia Brooke

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Shellye McDaniel

Jess Moyer

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Tessa Wise

Heather Hoffman (Guest Designer)

I had so much fun with this set!  I know you'll love it too!  For more inspiration, hop through the design team's blogs- they made the cutest things today!!

Snow One Like You Card and Giveaway!

Good Morning!  I have a cute card for you today using one of my favorite Newton's Nook Designs sets- Frozen Friends:

I paired these adorable snowmen (colored with my Prismacolor pencils) with an older Crate Paper collection I had in my stash.  I also added a panel of vellum stamped with gold hearts and snowflakes:

These little guys make me so happy! 

As a thank you to everyone who stops by my blog, I wanted to do a giveaway!  I chose two of my favorite sets by Newton's Nook Designs- Frozen Friends, and Wagon of Wishes:

If you'd like a chance to win these sets, please leave a comment on this post.  You'll have until 11:59pm EST Sunday, December 22nd to comment.  I'll choose a winner on Monday, December 23rd.  Good luck! :)

Thanks so much 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

Newton's Nook Designs Novermber Release: Snow Days

Good morning!  It's time for a new release from Newton's Nook Designs!!

 This month is all about snow!  They are releasing two adorable sets and today's is called Snow Days.  Here is what I made with it:

This one was so fun to create!  Snow Days is a great set, full of cute images to color, fun sentiments, and lots of snowflakes!  I loved this little puppy- doesn't he look ready for some fun?  Hee!

I colored him with my Prismacolor pencils and then cut out around the top side of him, leaving the rest to look like a hill.  I popped it up over the polka-dotted background that I had stamped and embossed snowflakes on.  I added my sentiment and the wheeee! next and then added a sticker border from SRM Stickers.

Would you like to win Snow Day?This set will be given away to Two lucky winners! 

Here's how to win: 

1. Comment on Newton's Nook Design blog: http://www.newtonsnookblog.com. One Winner will be randomly chosen from the comments on the November release posts.

2. Comment on the Design Team Member and Guest blogs (see list below)! One winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the November release 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 Thursday, November 14th at 9 pm Central Standard Time to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, November 15th.

Make sure you check out all the blogs participating in the Launch Party below to enter:

Tessa Wise

Jocelyn Olson

Samantha Mann

Jennifer Ingle

Ashley Marcu (Guest Designer)

Danielle Lounds (Guest Designer)

The team did great with this cute set!  Make sure to stop by the Newton's Nook Designs blog to see what everyone created!

Thanks for stopping by today!

-tessa