Hello Halloween Series | ft. Newton's Nook "Boo-tiful Night"

Hi everyone, thank you for stopping by. I hope you're having a great day.

So our winter weather has let up a bit, and while the thermometer outside says that it is colder than yesterday, it certainly doesn't feel like it. Without the crazy winds it feels rather nice. Oh, don't get me wrong - those kids were still bundled right up we just weren't as sad about it.

Today is the 9th(!!) in the Hello Halloween Series for 2017 and today, I'm using a stamp set that took forever to get my hands on. I've ordered from Simon Says so many times and I've never had issues. Not with their pick times or items being out of stock or shipping or anything. And they are by far the best site I have found for any card making supplies.

But isn't it just the way it is that when I order something I reeeeeallllllyyyy can't wait to get my hands on, THAT'S when the post moves so slow. By no fault of the site it took three extra weeks to get here. I was done the vast majority of my Halloween designs before customs decided to let this one through. Now, in all fairness I did order a stamp cleaner so maybe it was the bottle of chemicals that held it up? Who knows?

Either way, it took forever and the second it arrived I literally dropped everything to sit down and play!!

To begin, I stamped the large jack-o-lantern and kitty image and the greeting from Newton's Nook "Boo-tiful Night" with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on 110lb Copic-friendly cardstock and coloured it with Copic markers.

I then masked off the image and sponged Gathered Twigs Distress ink for the ground and Dusty Concord with a bit of Chipped Sapphire for the sky. Once that was completely dry I splattered with Copic Opaque White to create some stars.

Once that was dry I stamped the bats with CTMH Archival Black ink. I chose this particular ink because I didn't want the images to run or reactivate the Distress inks, just in case they weren't completely dry.

I then matted the top panel with a piece of 65lb black cardstock and then adhered the whole piece to the front of a standard A2 sized card base.

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This card is for:

Inky Paws Challenge #56

Selected as favourite by Design Team Member Diane! Thank you so much!!

Hello Coffee! | ft. Newton's Nook "Newton Loves Coffee"

Hi everyone, thank you for stopping by. I hope you're having a great day.

I think that coffee is a vital part of any morning. It's pretty much the first thing I do when I get up. I'm not even sure why. I can drink coffee right before bed and it doesn't keep me awake, but there's just something about that first cup of the day that is just wonderful.

Now that my kids are back in school, my first cup is on the go but it is no less amazing than having one and just being able to sit and enjoy it.

I love this shifty-eyed Newton, because that's exactly how I feel. Either "That better be for me", or "I'm taking this as soon as no one is looking".

To begin, I stamped the travel mug from "Newton Loves Coffee" randomly in CTMH Chocolate ink on 65lb Kraft cardstock.

I prepped a smaller piece of Kraft with my powder tool and stamped the two solid coffee cups and the beans from the same set in VersaMark ink and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder. I then sponged some Walnut Stain Distress ink around the edges just go give it a bit of interest.

I sponged the long piece with Ground Espresso Distress Ink to work as my accent piece. For the greeting strip, I prepped a narrow piece of white with my powder tool and stamped the greeting with VersaMark and heat embossed with clear powder, then sponged Ground Espresso Distress ink over it for an emboss resist.

For the main focus, I stamped the Newton image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on 110lb Copic-friendly cardstock and die cut it using one of my Spellbinder oval dies; then coloured the image with Copic markers. I used a black glaze pen over his eyes so that he'd look really shifty.

To finish it off, I popped the greeting banner and the oval up on foam tape and put the card together. Then, because I just can't help myself, I used Glossy Accents by Ranger over the coffee mug to make it really shine. Like a beacon of hope in the early morning.

I hope you like today's card and are inspired to create something of your own. If you haven't already, please follow me on the right side bar. You can also follow me over on Facebook. Toss me a line in the comments section below and let me know what you think.

This card is for:

Inky Paws Challenge

Sketch #55

This Birthday's in the Bag | ft. Newton's Nook "Newton's Birthday Bash"

Hi everyone, thank you for stopping by. I hope you are having a great day.

It's funny how we go through stamp phases. At least that's what I call them. When I started out it was all Lawn Fawn all the time. Then I discovered Newton's Nook and I had kitties on everything. Of course this was before I even started blogging, then it was a different brand and a different company and so on and so forth. But every now and then I like to look through my stash and use something that I haven't used in a long time.

There was a time that "Newton's Birthday Bash" didn't leave my work space. It was always out, and very much my most loved stamp set. Then something else came along and it got put in the stamp box to be used at a later date. I got to pull him out again today so we could play along with the Inky Paws #52 Challenge.

To begin, I cut down all the separate panel pieces I was going to use. I stamped the image from Newton's Nook Designs' "Newton's Birthday Bash" using Memento Tuxedo Black ink on to 110lb Copic friendly card stock.

Kitties make me feel all warm and cozy, so I wanted to do this with mostly warm colours to try and convey that. For the background panels I used Abandoned Coral, Dried Marigold and Scattered Straw Distress inks to add some colour.

I coloured the image in with Copic markers, and stamped the party confetti using a bunch of different CTMH inks. I covered the bag with a bunch of layers of the clear Wink of Stella to make it really sparkle, and two layers on the tissue paper to make it sparkle just a little bit.

I then used some orange twine to create a bow and popped that panel up on foam tape and adhered it down, all on a standard A2 sized card base.

I hope you like today's card and are inspired to create something of your own. If you haven't all ready, please follow me over on the right side bar. If you are viewing this via mobile device, scroll to the bottom and click "View Web Version" first. You can also follow me over on Facebook. Toss me a line in the comments section below and let me know what you think.

This card is for:

Newton's Nook Designs

Inky Paws Challenge #52

Valentine's Day 2016 Series - Card 10

Hi everyone, thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you are all having a great day!

Today I have the tenth installment in my Valentine's Day 2016 Series.

When I first saw this Newton set I fell in love instantly. These two are just about the sweetest little things I have ever seen and when this week's Newton's Challenge came up it was perfect!

To create this card I stamped the two kitties on 110lb cardstock and coloured with copics. I fussy cut them out and mounted them on the red heart.

I used my black gel pen to add a stitched look around the heart to make it stand out. That wasn't part of the original plan, but after it was mounted I felt it needed a little something extra to help it stand out.

The background is a lovely heart pattern paper. Though the picture doesn't pick it up very well (unfortunately) I used clear wink of stella and glossy accents on a few of the white hearts. In real life, they really shine!

This card is for the Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge: #28 Love Theme.