Newton's Nook Designs February Release - Loads of Blooms + coordinating Die, Flower Trio Die, Bold Blooms Stencil, Bokeh Stencil Set

hello!

today is day 1 of Newton's Nook Designs February release!

I am super in love with this release!
oh how I love all of these new stamps, stencils and dies!! just wait until you see it all! but in the mean time, check out what we're working with today! 
Loads of Blooms + coordinating Die, Flower Trio Die, Bold Blooms Stencil, Bokeh Stencil Set 
you can totally create a project life type spread, gift tags and, of course, cards! all of the new sets will be available for purchase on February 15th, right here! 

my first project is a scrapbook layout of my bestie's kids from Easter last year!

this was so fun to make! I brushed on some pinks and corals and once it was dry, used some white embossing paste and the Bold Blooms stencil in the background!

I also sprinkled on some more of the pinks and corals and also white! 

I die cut out the flowers from the Flower Trio Die many times with patterned papers and vellum, then stitched them all together for some dimension! then I sprinkled on lots of coordinating embellishments from my stash! 

my 2nd project is a cute, cute birthday card with the new Loads of Blooms stamp set!

I looooooove how this card came out! it may just be my new favorite! 

I used Distress inks to ink blend the hills (Land Borders Die Set) and the clouds (Sky Borders Die Set), and layered them on top of the 'rain' background I used with white embossing paste and the grey cardstock! 

I also amped up this card with some clear rain drop accents!! LOOOOVE the look of those!

Would you like to win the “Loads of Blooms” Stamp Set?
This stamp 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 14th at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 15th. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Amanda Bodine

Holly Endress

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Andrea Shell

Tatiana Trafimovich

hunting season layout

hello!!

today i have a layout up on the Newton's Nook blog!
last weekend, we colored eggs with my nephew and sister-in-law, and it was SO fun, i knew i had to scrap it right away!

i stamped and watercolored the eggs from Beautiful Spring and then die cut some antlers using the Splendid Stags Dies! we're not a hunting family, but i thought that adding the antlers to the eggs was SO funny, because OF COURSE we hid the eggs for the kids to 'hunt' for!! ha! 

i used some embossing paste and a stencil to add some white on white texture, and then stitching the sentiment and the clusters of eggs with my sewing machine! 

I used lots of random ephemera and scraps of patterned paper to layer behind my photo strip! LOVE the pops of bright colors, just like our eggs! :)

hope this made you smile! be sure to head over to the Newton's Nook Designs blog to keep up with the latest and greatest news!  :)
enjoy!

lawnscaping spring blog hop!

Welcome to the Lawnscaping Blog Hop! congratulations, you made it to the last stop!

You should have come to me by way of Yainea!! and when i say wow...i mean. wow! her coloring is always amazing, and i'm just floored by her creativity!

This month's theme is all about Spring!

The hop runs from Friday, April 6th - Sunday, April 8th! You have the whole weekend to hop along! Make sure to comment on all of the blogs because there are LOTS of prizes to be won! All the details can be found on the Lawnscaping home page!

here's my layout - (i know, i know, a layout, how predictable of me!)

but there's more! there are hidden treasures on this layout!
and it's easter of course! (2010, to be exact!) i'll make try to make this short!

here are the highlights, and my favorite parts:

* the real easter grass

* the hidden picture (he was TERRIFIED of the easter bunny!)

* my peeps (get it? easter peeps, the treat, and then peeps, because it's all of his people around him! yeah, i think i explained that to my husband 30 times at least, just to make sure that was coming through! ha!)

(each of the hanging pictures actually hides a mini album on a brad!)

and because i couldn't stop there, i also made easter egg holders out of felt (nests!!!!) and decorated them with the cute little bird!

so that's it! thank you SO much for participating in the hop! hope you had a blast and was wow-ed by all of the creativity out there! Head on back to Lawnscaping to see the complete list of the hop participants and prize information!

thanks again, and enjoy your inspiration filled weekend!