A Sunny/Sandy Christmas Card w/ Newton's Nook Designs!! =)

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Hello!!
I'm up on the NND Blog today showcasing a SWEET Sunny & Sandy Christmas Card!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this New "Sun Soaked" Stamp Set and ALL of the SWEET Images!!


I wanted to combine several of the Images together and I decided the Palm Trees and the Snowman would be PERFECT!! I Stamped and Embossed onto Distress Watercolor Paper and then I used Distress Inks to Watercolor the Images!! I wanted a Layered Background Scene so I used some Dies to Create some Ocean Waves and a Sandy Beach!! I also used a Layered Circle Die to Create a Sun!! I layered everything together with Foam Tape and then added some Glitter Pen for some added Sparkle!! SQUEAL!! It just makes me SMILE!!

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by today and I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!
Plus if you haven't heard there's a

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Newton's Nook Designs October "Holiday Release" 2016!!

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Hello Friends!!
Are you EXCITED!!?? I am!! =) 
SQUEAL today is the first day of the Newton's Nook Designs October Holiday Release!! Today we're showcasing the New "Sun Soaked Christmas" Stamp Set!! Let's look at the Set in ALL of its Glory!!

See aren't you in LOVE!!??
I've made a FUN Card for today!! I wanted Santa to be Floating  in the Ocean so I made a FUN Window Card!! I used Distress Ink to watercolor to Image and then I Die Cut some Reverse Confetti Patterned Paper and created a Frame!! I Stamped and Embossed the Sentiment in two different Inks and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the way that it looks!! =)

Would you like to win the “Sun Soaked Christmas” Stamp Set?
This 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 blog 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, October 27th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 28th. 

 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Lydia Evans

Jess Gerstner

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Naki Rager

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by today and I hope you'll come back tomorrow for a look at the New "Beautiful Baubles" Stamp Set, the New Coordinating "Beautiful Baubles" Dies and the New "Pines & Holly" Die Set!! Have a FABULOUS WEEK!!  =)

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES

LARISSA   =)
 

Paper Sweeties October Release Party!! =)

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Hello!!
I'm here with Paper Sweeties for the October Release Party!! SQUEAL!!
This Release is SO FUN!! I CAN'T WAIT to share what I've made!!
Aren't these just SWEET Sets!!??

Merry Little Christmas

Merry Little Christmas Sweet Cuts

Basket

Basket Sweet Cuts

Basket Add-on: Baked with Love

Basket Add-on: Baked with Love Sweet Cuts

I Stamped and Die Cut the Lights and then watercolored them using my Distress Markers!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Sentiment and had to Stamp and Emboss it in the same Rainbow Colors that I Watercolored the Lights in again using my Distress Markers to Color on the Stamps and Stamping then Embossing it!!I added some of the AWESOME Sequin Holly Mix and my Card was done!!

I hope you'll stop by to see what the rest of the AMAZING Design Team Created and leave them some LOVE!!

Beth Luetschwager
Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jeri Thomas 
Jill Norwood 

Kathy Schweinfurth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michele Henderson
Michelle Bala

Nancy Salkeld
Also, I hope you'll join us for the Paper Sweeties October Inspiration Challenge #48!! Our challenge will run for the Entire Month!! You can play along as many times as you wish and combine with as many other challenges as you want!! The challenges will end at 12 pm EST on the last day of each month!!The winner will be revealed on the 1st of each month!!

I CAN'T WAIT to see what you create!! =)

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you'll stop back tomorrow for the Paper Sweeties Release Party and the Reveal of ALL of the NEW Products!! SQUEAL!! SO MUCH FUN!! Have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Happy Holidays Watercolored Card with Mint Owl Studio!! =)

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Hello Friends!! 

I'm up on the Mint Owl Studio Blog today sharing a SWEET Holiday Card using the New Trim the Tree Stamp Set along with the Holly from the Dear Santa Stamp Set!! SQUEAL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE these New Images and CAN'T WAIT to share what I've made!!

I Stamped and Embossed the Images onto some Distress Watercolor Paper and then used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to watercolor the Images!! I've used (047 May Green, 033 Persian Green, 022 Carmine & 024 Wine Red for the Holly, 034 Dull Blue, 030 Blue & 033 Persian for the Blue Ornament, 063 Ochre & 067 Mustard for the Ornament Toppers, 027 Dark Pink & 070 Orange for the Pink Ornament, 082 Purple & 042 Turquoise Green for the Purple Ornament) I then Stamped and Embossed some of the Pine Leaves for the Top of the Card and then added some Watercolor for the Leaves and some Splatters for some Texture!! A Sprinkling of Sequins and a Stamped and Embossed Sentiment and my Card was done!!
THANKS SO MUCH for stop by today and I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEK!!

I'm also Playing Along with the Simon Say Stamp

Monday Challenge: Inspired by Music

Wednesday Challenge: Clean & Simple
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA    =)

Paper Sweeties September 2016 Release Party!! =)

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Hello!!
Welcome t the New Paper Sweeties September Release Party!! =) SQUEAL!! These New Products are just SO FUN!! I hope you were inspired yesterday by the Sneak Peek Projects the Design Teamies and I shared!!??  If you missed yesterday’s festivities, click –> HERE <– to check out all the creativity!!  Before we get to my projects for today, let’s meet the newest Products for this month – just in time for all your fall craft projects, cards, layout, invitations and more:

Thankful

Thankful Sweet Cuts

Thanks

Thanks Sweet Cuts

Planner Series: Fall Sentiments

I just LOVE LOVE LOVE the Pumpkins and thought it would be FUN to use them to create a Sweet Fall Scene!! So I Stamped and Embossed 3 of the Pumpkins and then 1 of the Pilgrim Hats!! I Watercolored them using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and I LOVE White Pumpkins so I had to add one to the Mix!! =) I also Stamped some Leaves and Vines and then Die Cut Everything using the coordinating Dies!! I Stamped the FUN Dictionary Styled Sentiment from the Set several times to create a Border Element for my Card Design onto some Lawn Fawn Plaid Paper!! I Die Cut an Avery Elle Scalloped Border in Orange to make the Scene have a Visual Triangle of Orange!! I wanted a Waterolored background and then I added some Texture with some Distress Paint Splatters in both Black Soot and Picket Fence!! A Few Sequins Finishes off the Design!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the way it turned out!!
Don't forget to stop by the rest of the AMAZING DT Blogs to see what they have created!!

Beth Luetschwager
Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jeri Thomas

Kathy Schweinfurth

Larissa Heskett
Lilian Forsyth 
Lisa Bzibziak
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michele Henderson
Michelle Bala

Nancy Salkeld

We’d love for you to play along with the September Inspiration Challenge at Paper Sweeties – for a chance to win a $25 SHOPPING SPREE from the boutique along with a Guest Designer invitation to join us for the next challenge!  What fun inspiration we have this month — will you create a card, layout, sweet treat or something else?

Have you seen our NEWEST KIT OF THE MONTH!!??  Beginning this month, our card kits have been RESTRUCTURED!!  Our customers asked and we listened!!  Beginning September 15th, our kits will NOW INCLUDE the New Stamps each month that were used to create the cards!!  You’ll get TWO*NEW* Stamp Sets along with all the pre-cut supplies you will need to create two beautiful cards each month – WOW!!

You can purchase the kits one month at a time OR subscribe to the Kit of the Month CLUB to save $5 each month!  You’ll get a fun Kit Club Member button that you can wear to all your crafty events and receive FUN mailbox inspiration shipped directly to you around the 15th of each month!  Hop on over to take a little peek!  If you’re SPOTTED wearing a Kit Club Member button at a stamp show that we attend, you’ll get a {sweet} PRIZE at the show!

GOING, GOING … GONE!! We’ve added loads of products to our RETIRING SOON category … check it out and get your favorites at up to 50% OFF before they are gone forever!  (Limited quantities … available while supplies last).

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by today and I hope you'll come back tomorrow for the Paper Sweeties Release Rewind!! You WON"T WANT to MISS IT!!
Have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

Paper Smooches November Monthly Challenge ~ Gold Peace on Earth Holiday Card!! =)

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Hello!!
I'm stopping in to share a card I've made for the New/First Paper Smooches Monthly Challenge!! The November Challenge is: GOLD - incorporate gold somewhere on your project!! 
I started by using one of my Favorite Paper Smooches Holiday Stamp Sets called "A Blessed Christmas"!! I LOVE EVERYTHING about this set and have SO MANY Ideas with the Images/Sentiments in the Set!! Now if I only had an EXTRA 4-6 Hours in a Day to be able to make them ALL!! HAHAHAHA!! =) Here's the Set in ALL of its Glory!! (See what I mean!!??)

I wanted to use the Angel Image and I wanted to give her some Dimension by making the Wings 3-D!! I LOVE to add dimension to my cards and this was SUPER easy to do just by stamping and cutting the Wings out a couple different times!!  I cut the entire Wing Section out and then cut just the Large Single Wing Image out making sure to color around the edge of the Wings with a Black Soot Distress Marker to give them a seamless and finished look once all of the pieces were layered together!! I used my Color Pencils and Gamsol to color in my Angel and then I added some Rock Candy Distress Glitter to the Gold Metallic Wings for some added Sparkle!! I Die Cut a Stitched Frame 1 Die Cut from some White Neenah Solar Cardstock and Stamped and Embossed the Holy Star Image using some Ranger Gold Embossing Powder!! Then to make it POP I stamped over it again off setting the Star alittle bit this time using my Versa Fine Black Ink and I LOVE the way it looks!! I added some Clear Embossing Powder over the Top just to finish it off and to make sure that I didn't end up with a smudge from Ink transfer!! =) I then took some Vellum and a White Neenah Solar Cardstock Panel and stitched across the top with my Sewing Machine and some Gold Metallic Thread!! I then Masked my Sentiment so I could repeat the same Gold Embossing Powder treatment to the Peace Word and then I Stamped the rest of the sentiment in plain Versa Fine Black Ink and again covered it with Ranger Clear Embossing Powder to make sure I didn't have any Ink smears!! I added some Clear Crystal Pretty Pink Posh Sequins in 4mm size along with some Gold Sequins from Hazel and Ruby!! I LOVE the little bit of extra Sparkle and FUN that they add and my Card was finished!!

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

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

November Newton's Nook Designs Release ~ "Simply Seasonal" Stamp Set!! =)

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Hello!!
Welcome to the Final Day of the November Newton's Nook Designs Release!! You're going to LOVE LOVE LOVE the New Products for this Month and I CAN'T WAIT to share what I have made with them!! Today we're showcasing the New "Simply Seasonal" Stamp Set!! SQUEAL!! Just look at the AWESOME Sentiments & Images in this Set!! =)

You're going to have SO MUCH FUN using this Set!! The possibilities are ENDLESS!! I thought it would be FUN to create a FUN Winter Scene Card today!! I started by Die Cutting a Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle from some Distress Water Color Paper!! I used the Scripty Happy Sentiment and Stamped and Embossed it in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder for a BEAUTIFUL Tone-on-Tone Design!! Looking back I wish I would have included that Sweet Little Snowflake Image as well!! I think it would have added to the whole scene, but alas I didn't think about it until I had already Stamped and Embossed the Entre Background!! Sometimes that is how it happens for me though!! =)
I thought it would be FUN to show how you could use the Sweet Tag Images from the New "Jolly Tags" Stamp and coordinating Die Set to Build a Scene!! So I Stamped and Embossed the Snowman Tag Image onto some Distress Water Color Paper with the same Hero Arts White Embossing Powder and then I used my Distress Inks to Watercolor the Image!! Once Die I added some Mini 3mm Wiggly Eyes for an added touch of Whimsy!! =) It just makes me SMILE!!
I added some Snow Banks that I Die Cut using the Lawn Fawn Stitched Border Dies again from Distress Water Color Paper and then I also Die Cut a Winter Tree Border Die also from Lawn Fawn from some Green Patterned Paper!! I Inked the Edges of the Trees with some Gathered Twigs Distress Ink to make them POP!! I added some Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to the Background to add a FUN Horizon to make the Scene POP alittle bit more!! Then I took my Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Marker and Squeezed some of it out onto an Acrylic Block and added some Clean Water and then I took a Large Water Color Brush and coated the ENTIRE Snow Bank Die Cut Pieces!! In real life it looks SO BEAUTIFUL!! For the Sentiment I used my Distress Markers (in to Color over the Stamps and Huffed on it before I Stamped!! Once I stamped it I Coated it with some Clear Embossing Powder to make it POP alittle more off of the Snow Bank!! I hope this gives you some MORE Inspiration on ways that you can use these New Stamp Sets and Dies together to create some pretty AMAZING Holiday/Everyday Cards!!??
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the way that it turned out and I HOPE you do too!!

Would you like to win the new "Simply Seasonal" Stamp Set!!??
This prize will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND Blog and Design Team and Guest Blogs (see list below)!! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog 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, November 12th at 9pm CST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, November 13th!!

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Lydia Evans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Jess Gerstner

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Nina-Marie Trapani

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

Tatiana Trafimovich - Guest Designer

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by today and I hope you'll stop back by the NND Blog tomorrow to see if you're one of the LUCKY WINNERS and to SHOP for the New Products that will be AVAILABLE in the NND Store tomorrow!! Have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)