Newton's Nook Designs Sweet Treats Blog Hop!! =)

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Hello & Happy Saturday!!

I'm here with Newton's Nook Designs for the 3rd Annual Sweet Treats Blog Hop where we're going to share some AMAZING Ideas for those Valentine's Day Gifts you may need to make, but also think beyond and you can use these Ideas for MANY other occasions too!! I just LOVE making Sweet Treats and I had a BLAST coming up with some Projects to share!!

First I wanted something FUN for Greyson to hand out for his Valentine's at School!!

 He's in Toddler School and LOVES to Color so we decided to make some FUN Coloring Card Valentine's that include a Few Crayons for Coloring them too!! =) He helped me Stamp, Die Cut and add the Crayons to each one!! We had such a GREAT Time together making them!! I've used the Darling Duos Stamp Set along with the Coordinating Darling Hearts Die Set!! For the Sentiment I used the Simply Seasonal Stamp Set!! He's still learning how to Write his Name so we decided to just Stamp a Sentiment and then I Stamped the From and Wrote his Name on the Back of them!!  He CAN'T WAIT To hand them out!! =)

 

Next I wanted to share the SWEET Homemade Treats that my Boys will be taking to School for their Valentine's Day Parties!!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE to help with their Parties and making Sweet Treats makes me HAPPY!! =)

I got these AMAZING New Sweet Sugarbelle Cookie Cutters by American Crafts a couple Weeks ago!! SQUEAL!! I'm just SO EXCITED about them!! I have quite the Collection already, but saw these and just HAD to add them to my Collection!! Anyway, they make the whole Decorating process SO EASY!! My Boys LOVE to help and we had a BLAST creating ALL of these together!! We decided to create some Coordinating Tags for them and using the same Darling Duos Stamp Set as Inspiration for the Cookies made it SO EASY to create the Tags to match!! How SWEET are these!!??

For Beckett's Valentine's we decided to create some Bubble Gum Necklaces!!

We've made the same Gift Tags as above to go along with them!! SO MANY ways you can use them!! =)

I hope you're feeling INSPIRED!!?? It's SO FUN to get the Kids Involved!! Don't forget to stop by and see what everyone else has created!! You WON'T want to miss it!!

 Sweet Treats Blog Hop Giveaway!!

Would you like to win a $10 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, February 6th at 9pm CST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Tuesday, February 7th.

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
Juliana Michaels
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Jennifer Timko
Tatiana Trafimovich

 

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

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES

LARISSA   =)

Paper Sweeties January Release Sneak Peek ~ Rainbow Gumball Necklaces!! =)

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HELLO!!
I'm here with Paper Sweeties for the New Paper Sweeties January Release Sneak Peeks!! I'm SO EXCITED to share what I have made using the New Somewhere over the Rainbow Stamp Set and the Coordinating Somewhere over the Rainbow Sweet Cuts Die Set!!
For my first Project I've made some Sweet Gift Tags to go along with some SUPER FUN Gumball Necklaces!! I saw these and just KNEW I had to make them for Greyson for his Valentines!! I LOVE the Idea of the Rainbow Theme and thought it went well with this Sweet Stamp Set!! I Die Cut a Stitched Tag and then tamped and Embossed my Images onto some Distress Watercolor Paper using Black Versa Fine Ink then I Embossed them using Clear Embossing Powder!! I used my Distress Inks to Watercolor the Images and then added them to my Stitched Tag!! I Stamped and Embossed the Sentiment using several Sentiments together from the Set!! I had to cut one of them for the Layout that I wanted, but I can always use it the original way if I need!! I LOVE the look!!

                                
                          

 

For the SUPER FUN Gumball Necklaces I started with some Ribbon!! I've used SEVERAL Different kinds just to show that you can use whatever you may have on hand!! I found that the Thinner Ribbon worked the Best, but you can try whatever you may have on hand!! You'll need an Awl or something Sharp to poke your Holes into the Gumballs!! I even just tried the Sharp end of my EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors and that worked too, but beings I have a Vintaj Awl that's what I decided to use!! I noticed it was better to poke a whole on both sides rather than going straight through the Gumballs because they seemed to crack more when you did that, but you can try it and see what works best for you!! Then you'll need your Ribbon (a little less than a Yard if your going to Tie Knots inbetween each of the Gumballs) and a Large Eyed Sewing Needle so you can thread the Ribbon through and go through all of the Gumballs!! Then a Pair of Pliers was very helpful to help pull the Needle and Ribbon through the Gumballs!! I tied Knots inbetween some of the Gumballs and didn't on some too and I liked them both ways!! Whatever you decide you like best is just fine!! Once all the Gumballs were threaded through you can tie a Bow and then Gumball Necklaces are ready to give as Gifts!! You can add Bows to the Sides of the Necklaces too in different Ribbon if you want to dress them up some I just used a Needle and thread and Stitched them on!! I found some Really Sweet Valentines Day Gift Boxes at the Dollar General Store so I decided to package them up real nice using some Paper Confetti and/or some Valentines Day Sizzlets to Fill the Bottom of the Boxes and then I was able to Set the Necklaces on top for a Beautiful Display!! SQUEAL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the way they turned out and I think you will LOVE them too!!   =)
I hope you'll stop by the rest of the AMAZING DT Blogs to see what they have created!!  =)

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jill Norwood
Karen Letchworth  

Kathy Schweinfurth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michele Henderson
Michelle Bala

Nancy Salkeld
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and stop back by tomorrow for the Paper Sweeties New Release Party!!  I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA     =)