time for an update!

hi again!
today I have a sweet card up on the Create a Smile Stamps blog with the cutest little robot!

love him!!
be sure to check out the Create a Smile Stamps blog for all the fun information on how I made this card!
enjoy!

the little moments!

hello again!
today I have another card up on the Newton's Nook Designs blog!

isn't that the sweetest little guy ever?! ha!
I just love how innocent and happy that scene is!
I used the mouse/butterfly image from the Garden Mice stamp set and Newton Scoots By stamp set with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then used the coordinating dies to die cut them out!

I heat embossed the sentiment in white onto a strip of vellum that I cut into the shape of a banner! 

for the background, I used a white woodgrain piece of cardstock, then did some Ink Blending with Distress Oxide Inks in Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry and Dried Marigold and then splattered some white acrylic ink and water on the background! 

I think the clouds really add to the whimsical nature of this card! 
be sure to check out the card up on the Newton's Nook Designs blog, too!
enjoy!

hello sunshine!

hi again!

today I have a card up on the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog - and it's all about the new challenge: Spectacular Skies!

I decided to make the whole card the sky!

I used the Rainbow Die, and added color to each section with Distress Inks, and I even added a little bit of foil and polka dots to some of the rays! just to change things up!

for the background, I did some watercoloring with Distress Inks and then splattered some white acrylic paint on top!

the clouds were stamped from Plane & Simple, and the sun is from Out of this World!

I also die cut out some cloud borders with the Puffy Cloud Borders dies from white cardstock and vellum!

I heat embossed the sentiment from Hello Sunshine in white onto a strip of Black Licorice cardstock!

be sure to play along with the challenge, and you could win some Lawn Fawn-ness!

enjoy!

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #75 - Spectacular Skies!

happy Monday! 
let's start this week off with a NEW challenge over at the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog!

yay!

this is one of my most favorite challenges!
I LOVE creating skies!

love it!
for this card, I used the new Dandy Day stamps and dies, and the Grassy Border Die Set!
all of the images were colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, and I added just a tiny bit of glitter to the center of the dandelions! I popped up a few of the images with foam tape!

the grassy border was die cut from vellum, and I love that look! 
I used Distress Inks in Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry and Dried Marigold for that bold, sunset-y look! 
and I heat embossed the sentiment on the top with white, and on the bottom with clear (over black ink!).


I really can't WAIT for you to play along! you could win a $25 gift certificate to Lawn Fawn!!!!
enjoy!

Newton's Nook Designs' Uplifting Smiles Blog Hop!

Newton's Nook Designs Send Uplifting  Blog Hop!

Today the Newton's Nook Designs and Inky Paws Challenge Team members are hopping along to Send Uplifting Smiles! Our goal today is to help brighten your day with uplifting and encouraging cards that will make you smile! We know that many of you are under stay home orders to help fight the spread of the Coronavirus and during this time of social distancing it's more important than ever to keep in touch with family and friends! We encourage you to spend some time creating and sending cards to those who matter to you! Check out all the stops in this hop to get inspired on ways you can send uplifting smiles!  

Leave comments at all the stops on the hop for a chance to win a store credit to our shop (details at the bottom of this post). 

this is such a wonderful reason to get (virtually) together and spread smiles and happy thoughts!

for my card, I used the Newton's Graduation Stamp Set (and coordinating dies), the Speech Bubbles Die Set, the Sunscape Stencil and Newton's Support Stamp Set!

I stamped and colored the image with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers! then I added foam tape to the back! 

I heat embossed the sentiment onto a black speech bubble and popped that up too!

for the background, I used Distress Inks in a (literal!) rainbow of colors - because what's better than a rainbow!?!
then I used some Translucent Embossing Paste and the Sunscape stencil to create the rays coming out of the circle!

Inspired?

What will you create? Newton's Nook Designs is having a sale this weekend too so you can stock up on your favorites to make some cards today! Check out their shop at www.newtonsnookdesigns.com for details! 

Send Uplifting Smiles Hop Giveaway!Would you like to win a $25 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs online shop?
We are giving them out to TWO lucky winners!

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 Monday, April 20th at 9pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Tuesday, April 21st.

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Maria Russell

Andrea Shell

Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox

Debbie Owens

Diane Morales

Becky Noelle

Crystal Komara

Get Cracking on Christmas: Merry & Bright!

hello!!!

today I'm joining Jenn Shurkus as she continues to Get Cracking on those Christmas cards!! I'm sooooooooo excited to be joining her since I'm still in the Christmas card-making mode! ha!!

be sure to join in the Christmas fun!!
if you create a project, share it on social media with the tag: #getcrackingonchristmas and comment on Jenn's blog for a chance to win!

for today's card, I used a bunch of Hero Arts products!
Hero Arts is currently sharing the Stay Crafty Heroes Challenge featuring encouragement cards and love, and we're getting in on that action - such a great, uplifting idea!

I stamped the images from a super ooooolllddddder set, but it's one of my FAVORITES, and I couldn't help but use it!
all of the images were colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then fussy cut out!

to create the background, I used black Gesso and some Dylusions Vibrant Turquoise with a wide, dry paint brush to create the night sky!
once that was all dry, I used some white embossing paste and a beautiful, whirly, twirly night sky stencil! 

I heat embossed the sentiment from the stamp set in white onto a strip of black cardstock, and then popped up the images with foam tape!

don't forget to comment on Jenn's blog post and play along, too, for a chance to win a prize!
enjoy!

tulips for mom!

hi there!
today I have a card up on the Newton's Nook Designs blog, and it's all about moms! 

I love it!
I used the tulip images from the Beautiful Spring stamps! I stamped them out, colored them with Zig Clean Clear Real Brush Markers. and once they were dry, I die cut them out with the coordinating die set!

I used a watercolor set to create the background!! I wanted it to look like a far away field of tulips! did it work?! lol!

I heat embossed the sentiment from both the Lovely Blooms and Simply Relative! 

and I finished off the card with some clear dew drops! 
be sure to check out the card on the Newton's Nook Designs blog, too!
enjoy!

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #74 - Card Sketch

happy Monday! happy March!
let's start this week off with a NEW challenge over at the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog!

yay!

I love using sketches and getting inspired! sometimes I follow them to the letter, and sometimes I use them as a jumping off point for inspiration!

I used the circles in the sketch as places for my clouds, and that tiny little speech bubble!
I used images from Super Star, You're Just My Type and Love Poems! all of the images were colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then die cut out with the coordinating dies!

for the background, I die cut out some grass layers with the Grassy Borders die set and then ink blended with Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron. 
I also used the Snowy Backdrops die set with some Black Licorice Cardstock!

I die cut out some clouds with the Outside In Stitched Cloud Stackables then ink blended in Peacock Feathers and Blueprint Sketch! I heat embossed the sentiment onto the large cloud!

I really can't WAIT for you to play along! you could win a $25 gift certificate to Lawn Fawn!!!!
enjoy!

sending birthday wishes

hello!
today I have a card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog today!
I used a combination of Avery Elle products for this birthday card!

be sure to check out the whole card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog!
enjoy!

make a wish - slim line card!

hello!
today I have a card up on the Lawn Fawn blog! 
I also created a video tutorial, and you can check it out on my youtube channel!

love it!

The blue cardstock is cut to 3.5x9". and the final card (once it's on the base, etc) is 3.75x9.25" - and it fits perfectly into a standard letter envelope!

I stamped and colored some images from the new Really High Five and Party Animal stamp sets! I colored all of the images in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers, and then used the coordinating dies to die cut them out! 
so cute, easy and fun!

I die cut out the balloon from Outside In Stitched Balloon Stackables die set in white cardstock, and then used Distress Inks to ink blend the color! 
then I used some gold thread to make the balloon string! I made it nice and long, so that each critter could hang on it!

for the background I used some of the Blue Jay Cardstock, and then used a die cut piece of paper from the Puffy Cloud Borders dies to use as a stencil to create the puffy ideas of clouds in the background! then I splattered some white acrylic paint to emulate stars!

all of the imaged were popped up with foam tape and attached to the card. and lastly, I heat embossed the sentiment onto a vellum banner, that was die cut from the Fancy Wavy Banners! 

be sure to check out the card up on the Lawn Fawn blog! 
and also, if you're in for a chuckle, check out my youtube video!
enjoy!