Newton's Nook Designs February Release - Newton Loves Cake + coordinating Die

hello!
yay - the last day of Newton's Nook Designs February release!!

I am not kidding when I tell you that i'm in LOVE with this month's release! every item is adorable!! 
today the whole team is showing off the Newton Loves Cake + coordinating Die! 

you can totally use this to scrapbook, create a project life type spread, gift tags and, of course, cards! all of the new sets will be available for purchase on February 17th, right here!

I feel like i don't use a lot of patterned paper anymore, so i forced myself to use some for my 1st card!

and i love it!!

i tore a piece of striped paper, attached it to the card front, added some watercolor in Distress Ink Spun Sugar and then used a stencil to add some polka dotted embossing paste! 

I also stitching the whole thing on, and then added the image over the oval of the Window Die Set! i colored the image with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers! so FUN! 

my 2nd card is more me, i think! ha! 

i used Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick and Mustard Seed Distress Inks, squished them onto my round acrylic block, spritzed with water and pressed it onto my card front! LOOOOOOVE! sooooo pretty! 

i heat embossed the sentiment in white, and then popped up my images! LOVE that Newton with the party hat!! ha ha ha!!

i also added some small white polka dots with embossing paste and the stencil, and then a thin strip of washi! :)

Would you like to win the “Newton Loves Cake” 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 February 16th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 17th. 

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

Newton's Nook DesignsAmanda Bodine
Holly Endress
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Juliana Michaels
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Jennifer Timko
Tatiana Trafimovich

happy mother (to be!) day card

hey there all!
mother's day is coming up! and yes, i LOVE to make mother's day cards for grandmas and moms, but what about all the other  'moms' out there? like Godmothers or mother's to be?

so today, i a card to share that i created for that reason! it's a mother's day card for a mom to be! (either pregnant now, or adopting, etc!) this card has a very special recipient, for a very special occassion!

i used the sketch (um, incredible sketch!) from the poppy sketches challenge site! and fun bonus - it even has a color pallette! sweet! the work is basically done for you! ha ha!

so here's my card:
i used some older lawn fawn sets, as you know, lawn fawn never goes out of style!

the stork is from the incredibly adorable, plus one set! i lightly colored him in with very light greys, just so he would have SOME shading and color! 

the house is from home sweet home, and both the house and the stork are popped up for dimension!
i used a strip of vellum on the side of the card, and also some vellum for the sentiment. woah - vellum overload!! i know - but i wanted to keep it as soft as i could! ha ha!

i stamped the sentiment from happy everything and then added some glittered up wood veneers to create the 'X', like x marks the spot, dude! bring the baby there! lol! :)

so that's my card! i think this sketch is just TOOOOO fun! 
enjoy!