Hello birdies

I was in the mood for a bright pop of happy colour to brighten up my day, so I pulled out an alcohol ink and foil background on Yupo that I created weeks and weeks ago, and made this from it.

The stitched cloud border die is from Lawn Fawn, and the sentiment die is from Create a Smile. The adorable little birdies are from Newton's Nook, and I coloured them with Copic markers (pink copics don't agree with me - the bleed every time!)

 Thanks for visiting :)

Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

 Hello, crafty friends, and welcome to a special event!

Advent Calendar Extravaganza is -the- festive event of the season! This ‘hop with a twist’ was dreamed up by Taheerah Atchia and features surprise destinations each day! Joining in the fun with Taheerah are ONE HUNDRED special guests - each serving up some fantastic Christmas inspiration! Just like an Advent Calendar, you’ll never know where you’re going to be visiting next until you ‘open the door’!

And that’s not all! With 25 *amazing* sponsors taking part as guests as well, your crafty wish list is bound to get a boost with a chance to win a prize EVERY SINGLE DAY!!

Join in the fun every day at taheerah-atchia.com to see what special surprises await behind the door!

Here's my project for today: 

I used the Newton's Nook set, "Beautiful Baubles", along with a sentiment from Mama Elephant "Merry Greetings". 

And I made a video!

It’s not a party without a prize - and with prizes every day there are several chances to win! Today’s prize is generously supplied by Newton's Nook so you’ll definitely want to win! Simply leave a comment on this post - then head back to taheerah-atchia.com and leave a comment there too! You must leave a comment on Taheerah’s blog as well as mine in order to be eligible to win! Don’t forget to grab the other surprise destinations from Taheerah’s blog and head over to them to leave comments there as well to improve your odds even more! You have until 23:59 EST on 31st December 2017 to enter.

Thanks for visiting :) 

Clean and simple butterflies

I recently received this "Beautiful Wings" stamp set from Newton's Nook - I thought I would use it to create some clean and simple cards.

I used the "Messages with Flourish" sentiment set from Hero Arts, and added some butterflies using various Hero Arts shadow inks. A few scattered sequins to finish - very quick and simple.

I decided not to stop at one card - I made three with the same stamps :)

Thanks for visiting :)

Inky Paws challenge

Newton's Nook has a Christmas themed challenge, and I thought I'd join in.  I don't have any Christmassy stamps from Newton's Nook, so I had to improvise ;)  I looked at the wizard from "Magical Dreams" and thought he would make a quite good Santa (with a couple of modifications that I drew)!

Thanks for visiting - have a great day :)

Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge

I have been so lucky to have been a guest designer for Newton's Nook this month. I am joining in with their Inky Paws Challenge - and this month, it's a sketch challenge:

Make sure you pop on over to Newton's Nook, and check out the projects made by their amazingly talented design team. You have until 11th of April to join in!

Thanks for visiting :)

Newton's Nook Designs March Release - Guest Designer

I've been so excited to be a Guest Designer for Newton's Nook Designs for March!  I have a couple more cards for you today, using 2 of the March release stamp sets:  Spring Showers and Baskets of Wishes. 
This first one is pretty simple - I grabbed some patterned paper offcuts for strips at the top and bottom of the card. I chose some Copic Markers in colours that match the dots on the patterned paper to colour in the Newton's Nook image. Added some highlights using my Sakura Gelly Roll glitter pen and some faux stitching, and I was done! 

For this next card, I wanted to use some of the smaller stamps from the "Baskets of Wishes" stamp set -  I inked the background panel with some Distress Inks, stamped the birdie and the musical note with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and then coloured the birdie with a couple of Copics, before adding some star dust Stickles. I cut out some white cardstock to make a window that looks like a polaroid photo, stamped the sentiment on it, then adhered it over the inked panel onto a square white card base with some dimensional adhesive.

 Make sure you visit Newton's Nook to see all their fabulous stamp sets, and keep an eye on their blog to see what their amazing design team have come up with! These stamp sets are available NOW!!!

Thanks so much to Jennifer, the owner of Newton's Nook Designs, for having me as your guest this month - I've had a ball!
Thanks so much for visiting - have a great day :)

Newton's Nook Design March Release: Baskets of Wishes

All this week, I've been playing with the new stamp sets from  Newton's Nook Design March release.  I have to say, this last set is my favourite - so versatile!! You can mix and match the basket to the comtents, and there are so many choices! I really liked this knitting themed stamp - I have quite a few friends and family who are knitters or crocheters, so this will come in handy :)

I hand drew and coloured the border pieces to match the basket - it took a little bit of time, but I like the result.

My next card is more Spring-y :)

Would you like to win Baskets of Wishes?
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 Thursday, March 20th at 9 pm Central Standard Time to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, March 21st.

Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest 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
Katie Brooks  - Guest Designer
Michelle Lupton - Guest Designer

Thanks so much for visiting - have a great day :)

Newton's Nook Design March Release: Easter Scramble

Today I'm playing with one of Newton's Nook Designs March release stamp sets - I'm so excited to have been asked to join in!

 I went with very soft, pastel colours for this card - difficult to photograph, unfortunately.  That little chicky is so cute peeking out of the Easter egg - I can almost hear him cheeping!

Much brighter colours for my next card - I masked and inked with 3 different Distress Inks (Worn Lipstick, Dried Margold and Squeezed Lemonade), then flicked some water on to get some splotchiness (is that a real word?).   I then stamped 5 of the little flower in the Easter Scramble set (and the sentiment), masked some of the flowers to stamp the stems and then the leaves.  I chose some Copic Markers that matched the Distress Ink's I had used and did some simple colouring of the flowers.  I thought it needed just something more, so I added some hemp cord from Darice. 

Would you like to win Easter Scramble?
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 Thursday, March 20th at 9 pm Central Standard Time to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, March 21st.

Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest 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
Katie Brooks  - Guest Designer
Michelle Lupton - Guest Designer

Make sure you come back again tomorrow!  Thanks for visiting :)

Newton's Nook Design March Release: Spring Showers

I'm so excited - Jennifer at Newton's Nook has asked me to join in and play with their new release stamps for March!  And they're so stinking cute, you're going to love them!
This set is called Spring Showers, and is perfect for a get well card. 

Can you see the Wink fo Stella glimmer I added to the clouds? I also added some GLossy Accents to the umbrella, the puddle, and the buttons on the little duck's boots. 

Here's another, very different card I made with the same set:

 This one is a one-layer card.  I masked the front and inked with Distress Inks in Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Salty Ocean, and then stamped and white embossed the clouds, raindrops and sentiment.  I drew a shadow around the white embossing with a C3 Copic marker, to make the white stand out a bit more.  I finished with some faux stitching and some Wink of Stella on the clouds and raindrops. 

Would you like to win Spring Showers?
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 Thursday, March 20th at 9 pm Central Standard Time to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, March 21st.

Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest 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
Katie Brooks  - Guest Designer
Michelle Lupton - Guest Designer

Thanks so much for visiting!

Newton's Nook - I'm a Guest Designer!!

Did you see?  Did you see? The extra little badge over on the sidebar there? ---------->

I'm a Guest Designer for Newton's Nook Designs this month!! Woo hoo!

Check out the Newton's Nook Blog for more details, and keep your eyes peeled for more posts next week with some NEW STAMPS from Newton's Nook!!

 Thanks for visiting :)