Sunday, October 29, 2017

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 429 w/ Newtons Nook Designs!!

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HELLO!!
Welcome to the NEW Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 429!!
Newton's Nook Designs is a Sponsor for this challenge!!

With Halloween just a Day away I wanted to create a Halloween Shaker Card using the NEW Newton's Nook Designs Snow Globe Shaker Die Set, to show that it can be used for MORE than just Winter/Holiday themed Cards!! I paired it with the Images form the Newton's Costume Party Stamp Set, and Die Cut them out using the coordinating Newton's Costume Party Die Set!! Isn't Newton so CUTE all dressed up as a Ghost carrying his Jack-o-Lantern Treat Bucket that I Stamped and Fussy Cut from the Dress Up Doxies Stamp Set!! I colored everything with Copic Markers and created my background wih Distress Inks (Tumbled Glass, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot)!! I've used the Land Borders Die Set to create the Grass and I used Distress Inks in (Peeled Paint and Mowed Lawn)!! For my Shaker Elements I used some BEAUTIFUL Honey Bee Stamps Sequins and I splattered some ColoriQue Snow Summit Ink for the look of some Stars in the Night Sky!!
I hope you feel INSPIRED to play along for a chance to WIN$25 store credit to the store at newtonsnookdesigns.com!! How AWESOME is that!!??
 I CAN'T WAIT to see what you create!!   =)

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! 
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  

Saturday, October 28, 2017

Sketch fou You to Try #53 w/ Reverse Confetti!! =)

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HELLO!!
I'm here with a SWEET Card I've made for the
Reverse Confetti Sketch for You to Try Sketch #53!!
I wanted to used two of my NEW Favorite Stamp Sets from Reverse Confetti!! If you missed the October Release, its a MUST see/have!! ;)
I went with a BEAUTIFUL Fall Themed and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the way it turned out!!
 
I Stamped and Embossed the CUTE Squirrel and Acorn Images from the Nuts About You Stamp Set and created a BEAUTIFUL Fall Wreath using the Images from the Fall For You Stamp Set!! I used Copic Markers to Color the Images and added some details (White Gel Pen Freckles, Black Gel Pen Eyes, Nose and Berries, and some Tonic Studios Shimmer Pen on the Sunflowers and Morning Dew Nuvo Drops for the Sunflower Centers) I wanted to create a Girl Squirrel so I added a Sunflower and cut the Arm so I could tuck the Acorn into her hand!! I think its little details like this that make the WHOLE Image/Card come to LIFE!!  =)
For the Background I added some Tumbled Glass Distress Ink, Water Splatters add Texture and then I added some Black Diamond ColoriQue Ink Splatters for even more Texture!! I used the Reverse Confetti Vertical Stripes Cover Panel Die Set to Die Cut some Lawn Fawn Plaid Patterned Paper and then weaved those Negative Strips into the Reverse Confetti Tall Stripe Panel Die to create the Woven Plaid Strip!! I'm in LOVE LOVE LOVE with the look of the Woven Plaid!! Some Wood Grain Patterned Paper and a Strip of Orange Patterned Paper finish off the Background!! I adhered the Wreath/ Squirrel to a Reverse Confetti Pierced Round Top Layers Die Set that I inked with some Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and added Water Splatters for Texture and then I Stamped and Embossed the Sentiment from the Nuts About You Stamp Set!!
I adhered it using Foam Tape and my Card was done!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the way it turned out!!

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!

I'm linking up to several Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Grab our badge:
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #306-#307: Anything Goes


Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Cuddle

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA    =)

Life is Tough for the Cat Lovers Blog Hop!!

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HELLO!!
Today I'm here to share a Card I've made for the Cat Lovers Blog Hop!!
I also thought I'd create an Encouragement Card since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!! The month is coming to an end, but I still want to bring AWARENESS to do your Monthly Self Examinations and to get those Mammograms scheduled!!

I decided to use the Newton's Support Stamp Set as I just LOVE LOVE LOVE this Set!!
I started with a Prima Lace Doily Die, that I Die Cut from some Simon Says Stamp Cotton Candy Cardstock!! Then I Stamped and Embossed the Image and Fussy Cut it out!! I Watercolored it using Distress Inks!! Then I Die Cut a Simon Says Stamp Stitched Circle and Inked it using Distress Inks!! I Stamped and Embossed the Sentiment and then added some Black Soot Distress Paint Splatters and some Pretty Pink Posh Iridescent Sequins!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the way it turned out and I HOPE it'll Brighten the Day of our SWEET Friend who is going through this Difficult Time!!
 
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I HOPE you'll Play Along and that you'll Schedule an Exam if you haven't had one yet!! EARLY Detection can SAVE your LIFE!!
Have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!

I'm also linking up to several other Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Monochrome


CAS-ual Fridays CFC185: Think Pink


COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA    =)

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Newton's Nook Designs October Release Day 4 ~ "Naughty or Mice" & "Santa Paws Newton"!!

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HELLO!!
SQUEAL!! I'm here with Day 4, the LAST Day of the
Newton's Nook Designs October Release 2017!! Today we're Showcasing the NEW  "Naughty or Mice" Stamp Set + coordinating Die Set and "Santa Paws Newton" Stamp Set + coordinating Die Set!! Let's take a look at these AWESOME Sets!!

 I wanted to create a FUN almost one layer Card using the SWEET "Naughty or Mice" Stamp Set!! So I Stamped, Masked and Embossed the Images onto my Cardbase!! Then I Masked the Ground and the Images and Inked the Background using Tumbled Glass, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot Distress Inks!! I used the NEW Snowfall Stencil and some Tumbled Glass Distress Ink just to add a subtle design to the background!! Some water Splatters for some Texture and some ColoriQue Snow Summit Ink for some Falling Snow!! I then used a Studio Katia Dotted Rectangle Die to Create a Popped Up Panel Design!! I colored the Images with Copic Markers and added some Tonic Studios Shimmer Pen and Morning Dew Nuvo Drops to the Hats and the Bows!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE these SWEET Images, and hope you will too!!?? 
 
 
 I LOVE LOVE LOVE these Images!! I wanted to create a Scene With Santa and his Elves!! There are SO MANY ways you could use these Images!! So I made Santa with the Bag of Gifts and the Elf with his Lil' Helpers are reading the List to Santa of who's been Naughty or Nice!! So after Stamping and Embossing the Images and Die Cutting them out with their coordinating Dies, I colored them with Copic Markers and then used some Tonic Studios Shimmer Pen to add some Sparkle to the White portions of the Outfits and to the Presents and then I added some Morning Dew Nuvo Drops on top to make them have some Dimension!! For the Background I Masked a Ground and then I used some Distress Inks in Tumbled Glass and Cracked Pistachio to Ink the Sky!! I used the NEW Snowfall Stencil and Inked over with just the Cracked Pistachio!! Then added some Water Droplets and some ColoriQue Snow Summit Ink Splatters for the look of Falling Snow!! I used 2 different Sentiments!! One from the NEW "Sentiments of the Season" Stamp Set and the other is from the "Santa Paws Newton" Stamp Set!!
  
  Would you like to win the "Naughty or Mice" or "Santa Paws Newton" Stamp Set?
Each of these stamp sets 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 October 19th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 20th. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:
Newton's Nook Designs
 
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by today and I hope you'll stop back by tomorrow as I'll have a couple extra Projects to share!! The NEW Release will be available in the Newton's Nook Store tomorrow too!! SQUEAL!! Who's EXCITED!!??  ;)
Have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
COUBTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Newton's Nook Designs October Release Day 3 ~ "Stylish Stockings" & "Reindeer Roll Call"!!

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HELLO!!
SQUEAL!! I'm here with Day 3 of the
Newton's Nook Designs October Release 2017!! Today we're Showcasing the NEW "Stylish Stockings" Stamp Set + coordinating Die Set and "Reindeer Roll Call" Stamp Set!! 
I wanted to create a BEAUTIFUL Stocking Hanging!! I LOVE to Decorate for the Holidays and using SEVERAL NND Sets I was able to create a Scene I'd LOVE to have in my Home!! I've used the Pines & Holly Die Set, the Holiday Tweets Stamp Set, Christmas Delivery Stamp Set, Ornamental Newton Stamp Set, Cosmic Newton Stamp Set, Festive Flamingos Stamp Set, Frozen Friends, Holiday Smooches, Newton's Curious Christmas!! I Stamped and Embossed all of the Images!! I Fussy Cut some of the Images out to get more of a 3-D look!! I Inked the Stocking with Distress Oxide Inks and Embossed them with Clear Embossing Powder!! I added Flocking for the Stocking Top!! I Stamped and Embossed the Sentiment and added some Tonic Studios Shimmer Pen and some Morning Dew Nuvo Drops!!
I Stamped and Embossed the Images and used a Waffle Flower Die Set to Die Cut the Sentiment for the Focal Point of my Card!! I Fussy Cut the Reindeer Image and popped it up with some Foam Tape!! I used some My Mind's Eye Patterned Paper!! I used Peeled Paint Distress Ink and added some Water Splatters for some Texture!!
I Stamped and Embossed the Images and used a Waffle Flower Die Set to Die Cut the Sentiment for the Focal Point of my Card!! I Die Cut some of the Snowflakes from the Snowglobe Shaker Die Set and layered them altogether to create 3-D Embellishments!! I coated them with Tonic Studios Shimmer Pen and adhered a Sequin to the Center!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE how these turned out and how EASY they'd be to Mass Produce for the Holidays!!

 Would you like to win the "Stylish Stockings" or "Reindeer Roll Call" Stamp Set?
Each of these stamp sets 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 October 19th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 20th. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:
Newton's Nook Designs
 
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by today and I hope you'll join us again tomorrow as we showcase the NEW "Naughty or Mice" Stamp Set + coordinating Die Set and "Santa Paws Newton" + coordinating Die Stamp Set!!  
Have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA

October Calling All Sistahs Encouragement Challenge ~ CAS06!! =)

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Calling All Sistahs
HELLO!! =)
I'm here today for the New Challenge over on the Calling All Sistahs Blog!!
EVERY Month on the 18th we'll be sharing a New Inspiration Challenge Photo!!
Lets take a look at the NEW Calling All Sistahs October Challenge CAS06!! 
 
 
 
Each month, on the 18th we will have an inspiration photo and challenge to spark your creativity.  You can use the photo or the colors or both to create your card to encourage, bless or lift the spirits of the recipient.  Then link up here by June 13th for your chance to win a $25 gift code from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps to use in their online store!!  You can use any product you wish, but if you are chosen and your card has a stamp or die from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps, your prize will be doubled!!!!!!
Rules:

1. Make an Encouragement Card using the Inspiration Photo or Color Collection or Both.
2. Link up by 12am EST on the 13th to be eligible to WIN.
3. Any products welcomed.  You are not required to use CAS-ual Fridays Stamps on your card, but if you do and your card is chosen, Michele will double your prize!!
 
 Don't forget to use coupon code encourage17 at checkout for 15% off your order!! =)

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by today and I hope you'll join for the
Calling All Sistahs Encouragement Card October Challenge CAS06!!
I CAN'T WAIT to see what you create!!
I hope you have a
FABULOUS WEEK!!  
COUNTRY HUG-N-KISSES
LARISSA    =)