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Celebrate Autumn

November 7, 2017 Jentimko 5 Comments

As we get closer to the holiday season, you will find that schedules get adjusted for design teams and releases. For me, that means that I get to share another project on the Newton’s Nook Designs Blog! I know I have said it a number of times but my inspiration right now is all around me here in Virginia. In fact I spent about an hour yesterday raking up the inspiration, haha!

The leaves are a bit more fun when they are cut from paper. I kept this one pretty clean but I love the simplicity of fall wreaths and the natural elements. I mimicked the idea of a vine wreath with some leaves by using some jute twine to create a simple one on the card. I glued down the ends using Mulit Medium Matte Glue and then attached one of the pieces on the opposite side to make sure the wreath kept its shape.

You could totally create your own watercolor designs for the leaves but I cheated a bit. I seem to have a never-ending stash of designer papers and I pulled out the retired Color Me Autumn DSP and just popped these little leaves out with the Autumn Leaves Dies. I cut a few extra with some Early Espresso card stock too and used the centers from the leaves of those to add a few “twigs” among the leaves. Yet again, I leaned on the awesome Happy Little Thoughts stamp set for the sentiment since I thought this might make a nice fall birthday card. I realized that I don’t have enough that are masculine and I think this could work well. I added a little bow with some more jute twine to finish the wreath. To attach the leaves, I used Mini Dimensionals (cut in half). These little gems are a time saver for sure. The bow is attached with the Multi Medium Matte again (in case any leaks out, it becomes invisible when it dries matte).

I’m also linking this in to the Addicted to CAS Challenge #123 : Leaves. CAS and Leaves….two of my favorite things!! I hope you enjoy this autumn extra today! Make sure to stop by the Newton’s Nook Designs blog for daily inspiration!! See you tomorrow with the latest from Freshly Made Sketches.

Stamp: Happy Little Thoughts (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Early Espresso (SU); Paper: Naturals Ivory Card Stock (SU retired), Color Me Autumn DSP (Stampin’ Up); Accessories: Big Shot, Autumn Leaves Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Jute Twine (SU – Holiday Catalog 2017), Mini Dimensionals, Multi Medium Matte Glue

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Newton’s Nook Designs – 25 Days of Christmas Tags

November 2, 2017 Jentimko 30 Comments

I am so happy to joining in a fabulous event today. Tracey McNeely has begun her 7th annual 25 Days of Christmas Tags and today Newton’s Nook Designs is the featured sponsor. I have already gotten a sneak peek and you are going to have fun hopping through all the fabulous projects today (and for all 25 days!).

I thought it would be fun to create tags featuring the Snowfall Stencil and the words from the Snow Globe Shaker Dies. The dies make for quick work when you are making multiple tags. I simply used the dies on Red Glimmer Paper (Stampin’ Up). All the shine and no extra work! Perfect for the holidays. I used Embossing Paste with the stencils and just created an assembly line on them (make sure you wash off the embossing paste as soon as you can). I attached the words to some vellum and then glued the vellum pieces to the tags using Ranger Multi Medium Matte Glue. I colored a few rhinestones with a Copic marker and added those for more bling. Finally, I used the Mini Tinsel Trim (it comes in red and silver) to top off the tags. If you love sparkle for you holiday packaging, these are the tags for you!

Make sure you stop over at Tracey’s blog to see all the Newton’s Nook Designs tags and check HERE to see how you can win prizes from NND and the other generous sponsors. Thanks so much for stopping in. Hope you have a great day!

Paper: Smoky Slate (SU), Red Glimmer Paper (SU), White Vellum (SU); Accessories: Big Shot, Snow Globe Shaker Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Snowfall Stencil (Newton’s Nook Designs), Embossing Paste (SU), Basic Rhinestones (SU), Mini Tinsel Trim (SU), R29 Copic Marker, Dotted Shaker Tag 1 Die (Studio Katia)

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Freshly Made Sketches #311

November 1, 2017 Jentimko 4 Comments

So you know when you are stuck for stamping mojo and you need to pull out an old favorite?? Yeah…that was me for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches card. Not really sure why I struggled since this sketch is fabulous, but some days are like that. The lovely Jennifer Brum gave us one that can be used in so many variations. And oh, did I note a circle?? Jen is notoriously intimidated by circles so a big shout out for her crafty courage! (Love ya’, Jen!!)

Do you remember this stamp set from Stampin’ Up? It is called Snow Much Fun and I love the little snowmen in the set. I chose this fellow and did some quick coloring with Zig Clean Color Pens. I did hand draw in the line for his hill so that he wasn’t standing in space. I was super happy to have some coloring time and then realized that my sentiment just wasn’t going to fit on a circle. Sigh. Well, I’m going with the “any shape” concept on the sketch and added it on a rectangle instead. I chose a print from the Be Merry DSP (main catty, SU).

Tomorrow I get to be a part of a super fun month long event by Tracey McNeely, her 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2017. See you then!

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamp: Snow Much Fun (SU, Ret); Paper: Fabriano Extra White Watercolor, Cherry Cobbler (SU), Be Merry DSP (SU); Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Zig Clean Color Pens; Accessories: Misti, Zig BrusH2O

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Enjoy Autumn

October 31, 2017 Jentimko 4 Comments

Today is my day to share a project on the Newton’s Nook Designs Blog and I’m still in love with all things fall! Apparently my little friend Newton is too and I pulled out Autumn Newton to color today.

Fall in Virginia is my favorite season and we are finally really entering the season. About time! It seemed late to arrive this year. I love apples and pumpkins and oh do I love the leaves! I used some of the local fall things as inspiration for my colors (See the spotty gourd? My friend had a picture of one like that so I had to include it!) The leaves next to the card are from my yard and I used those colors as a start for my leaf coloring.

I thought that using my Winsor and Newton watercolor paints would be the perfect way to color this. Something about how the paints layers that ink doesn’t makes it great for blending colors and layering texture. I used Fabriano Extra White Watercolor Paper….one of my favorites. While the stamp set has wonderful sentiments, I leaned on one of my go-to phrases from the Happy Little Thoughts stamp set. I thought it fit this sweet image wonderfully! I cut a the image layer shape with the Snow Globe Shaker Dies for a fun and different look.

I’m also linking this in to the Inspired by All the Little Things challenge….more gorgeous fall loveliness. I hope you enjoy this autumn extra today! Make sure to stop by the Newton’s Nook Designs blog for daily inspiration!! See you tomorrow with the latest from Freshly Made Sketches.

Stamp: Autumn Newton (Newton’s Nook Designs), Happy Little Thoughts (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Verafine Onyx Black; Paper: Fabriano Extra White Watercolor, Wood Textures DSP (Stampin’ Up); Accessories: Big Shot, Autumn Newton Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Snow Globe Shaker Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS), Misti, Silver Paint Brush, Winsor and Newton Paints, Daniel Smith Paints, Burlap Ribbon (SU ret)

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Freshly Made Sketches #310

October 25, 2017 Jentimko 6 Comments

Happy Wednesday!! We have a fabulous new sketch for you at Freshly Made Sketches. The incredible Kim Singdahlsen is our sketch hostess this week and you are just going to fall in love!

It seems that traditional colors are the way I’m leaning this year on my Christmas cards. I remain obsessed with this Be Merry DSP from Stampin’ Up and I added on this speckled woodgrain print from Coffee Break DSP (also SU). I think the prints work really well together! I kept this pretty simple and used one of my go-to Christmas sentiments from the Be Merry Stamp Set by WPlus9. The little flower and holly leaves are from the same set and I did some quick Copic coloring. The sentiment is from the Be Merry Stamp Set from WPlus9 and it is one of my favorites again this year. It is stamped in Early Espresso ink to match the woodgrain paper. To create all the rectangles, I used the Stitched Rectangles Dies by Simon Says Stamp.

I’m trying to get a little more serious about my holiday cards so I think you can expect to see more of those in the upcoming weeks. Make sure you stop over to say hi to the team at Freshly Made Sketches. They have created wonderful projects this week! Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon.

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamp: Be Merry (WPlus9); Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Be Merry DSP (SU), Coffee Break DSP (SU); Ink: Early Espresso (SU); Accessories: Misti, Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Basic Pearls (SU)

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Newton’s Nook Designs Holiday Release – Naughty or Mice and Santa Paws Newton

October 19, 2017 Jentimko 28 Comments

Wow, it is already the last of the Holiday Release from Newton’s Nook Designs. What a week of reveals it has been, don’t you think? Yeah…I’m in love with everything. But we are not done yet and we have two more stamp sets to show you before we are finished.

The first set I get to show you today is called Naughty or Mice. Isn’t it cute??!! I just love this little fellow holding a present and hoping you’ll say “Mice”. I kept this one nice and clean with just a few bits of sparkle. I colored him using my Zig Clean Color Pens and then added some Wink of Stella.

This is such a sweet little set and another one that is great for coloring. And if you love coloring, then the second set I have today is going to make you really happy! Yes, our friend Newton is back and he gets to be Santa Paws Newton.

Since I have been using a traditional color scheme so much this week, I stuck with that as I colors this sweet little Newton. I think the little mouse is a true believer, don’t you?!

So this week has been a bit of a whirlwind! So many amazing products that will all be available tomorrow (Friday). I think there is something for everyone’s holiday wish list! But we still have one more chance for you to win.

Would you like to win the “Naughty or Nice” or the “Santa Paws Newton” Stamp Set?
Each 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 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
Amanda Bodine
Holly Endress
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Juliana Michaels
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Jennifer Timko (you are here)
Tatiana Trafimovich

Thanks for stopping by this week! Your comments are always such a joy and I really appreciate your support.

Stamps: Naughty or Mice (Newton’s Nook Designs), Santa Paws Newton (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, Versafine Onyx Black, Zig Clean Color Markers; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Strathmore Bristol Smooth, Perfectly Plaid Winter Edition (Lawn Fawn); Accessories: Big Shot, Santa Paws Newton Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Stitched Shapes Dies (SU), Stitched Rectangles Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Washi Tape (SU ret), Sparkling Clear Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

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Newton’s Nook Designs Holiday Release – Stylish Stockings and Reindeer Roll Call

October 18, 2017 Jentimko 34 Comments

Happy day 3 of the Holiday Release from Newton’s Nook Designs. And yes, it is also Freshly Made Sketches day. So I combined two of my favorite things into one post! This holiday release from Newton’s Nook is going to continue to amazing you as, yet again, we have TWO stamps to share with you.

I am going to start with the Stylish Stockings Stamp Set and the coordinating dies since I used it with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week. I love the sweet designs on these little stockings and the adorable stitched details for them. I stamped them using Altenew’s Ruby Red ink and just look at how those tiny details show perfectly. All I had to do was stamp the sentiment on a stitched circle and add some festive patterned paper. Stamps like this make your holiday cards easy to reproduce and such fun to make!

Next up is Reindeer Roll Call. What an awesome idea this stamp is!! As soon as I saw it, I thought chalk board card so I just had to give it a try. I stamped using Versamark ink on a textured black card stock and then heat embossed with WOW Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder. I added the little snowflakes and one of the reindeer from the stamp set to accent the names and embossed them too. I cut the panel out with a cross-stitched rectangle die and added a few rhinestones that I colored with a red Copic marker. To give it that chalk board look, I tapped on a little bit of white craft ink with a sponge. Then, I cut out some Corrugated Kraft card stock using a cross-stitched rectangle and added this great 7/8″ Striped Ribbon from Stampin’ Up as an accent. You’ll notice a theme with these card today….makable! Because when it comes to holiday cards, I generally like the make a few of each style!

I just know you are going to love the projects from the entire Newton’s Nook team today and don’t forget to take a look at all the inspiration at Freshly Made Sketches too! Of course, the post isn’t complete without a chance to win!

Would you like to win the “Stylish Stockings” or “Reindeer Roll Call” Stamp Set?
Each set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here’s how to win:

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 (you are here)
Tatiana Trafimovich

Thanks for stopping in today and during this whole week. Tomorrow is the last day of this release and I feel safe in saying you are going to be thrilled by the products!

Stamps: Stylish Stockings (Newton’s Nook Designs), Reindeer Roll Call (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Versamark, Ruby Red (Altenew); Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Be Merry DSP (SU), Textured Black (SU ret), Corrugated Kraft (SU ret); Accessories: Big Shot, Stylish Stockings Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Large Cross Stitched Rectangles Dies (Lawn Fawn), Heat Tool, Bright White Opaque Embossing Powder (WOW!), Basic Rhinestones (SU), 7/8″ Striped Ribbon (SU), Button (SU ret), White Baker’s Twine

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Newton’s Nook Designs Holiday Release – Snow Globe Scenes and Shaker Dies

October 17, 2017 Jentimko 32 Comments

Welcome to day 2 of the Holiday Release from Newton’s Nook Designs. After a spectacular start to this week, I’m back today with another must-have set of products. Yes indeed, a snow globe!! Oh, the possibilities!

What is it about a shaker card that makes everyone happy? No one can resist them! And when the shaker is a snow globe? It is sure to be a holiday hit! As usual, the hardest part of my card was narrowing down which images to use. Because I love them all! I settled on the little houses and Santa because well, it is Santa!! I loved the idea of using silver, navy and white to create an adorable winter scene for my snow globe. And it is super fun to do. I find it easier to show you in a video so I created a tutorial for you.

Direct link to the video: Snow Globe Scenes Shaker Card

Make sure you take note of the foam and acetate sheet packs that will be available on Friday. These are a great deal and you’ll want them on hand for all kinds of projects.

I said yesterday how much I love sentiment sets…just take a look at how perfectly Snow Globe Scenes coordinates with Sentiment of the Season from yesterday. When font styles coordinate for the insides and outsides of a card, that makes like so easy for the holidays!

I hope you are having fun so far with this release! And it is only day 2. So many pretty products!! Of course, the post isn’t complete without a chance to win!

Would you like to win the “Snow Globe Scenes” Stamp Set?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here’s how to win:

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 (you are here)
Tatiana Trafimovich

Thanks for stopping in today and during this whole week. Make sure you stop back in tomorrow for Day 2 of the release.

Stamps: Snow Globe Scenes (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Versamark; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Night of Navy (SU), Silver Foil (SU); Accessories: Big Shot, Snow Globe Scenes Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Snow Globe Shaker Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Heat Tool, Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder (SU), Metallic Sequins (SU), Foam Sheets (Newton’s Nook Designs), Acetate Sheets (Newton’s Nook Designs), Mini Dimensionals, Stitched Rectangles Dies (Simon Says Stamp)

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Newton’s Nook Designs Holiday Release – All Aboard for Christmas and Sentiments of the Season

October 16, 2017 Jentimko 27 Comments

Welcome to day 1 of the Holiday Release from Newton’s Nook Designs. I love holiday cards. Love them! They are some of my favorites to make and this week’s release is full of amazing products to use. I can hardly wait for you to see everything! We are starting off with two stamp sets and two stencils. Yes, I said starting off. Oh wow!!

The first set I get to show you today is called All Aboard For Christmas. It honestly does not get cuter than this! I just love how these little train cards can be mixed with the adorable contents to create fun combinations. I chose Santa’s train and then filled the cars with Newton and his reindeer friend. At first I was only going to do one car but I just could not stop coloring. So instead, I made a card that is 6″ x 4″ to accommodate the larger train. I chose my colors based on this designer paper from Stampin’ Up in classic Christmas colors so that I could make a coordinating envelope with my Envelope Punch Board for this non-standard card. And I didn’t have to leave off anything! Want to see the coloring closer?

If you love to color like I do, this is going to be a must have set. But this is only the beginning of the release. Because there is a fantastic sentiment set called Sentiments of the Season that is full of perfect outside and inside words for all your holiday cards. I am a sentiment hoarder (especially holiday ones) and this set made me jump for joy!

Just look at that pretty handwritten style on the Merry Christmas. Awesome! And the snowflakes, why yes you do spy one of the two new stencils. It is called Snowfall and it is great, don’t you think? I really wanted to show off the details of this stencil so I played around with a new to me product called Nuvo Gilding Flakes. They are pretty fun and I found that I could use them with my Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive. Super exciting for me to figure that out!! Want to see how I did it? I made a short video.

I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink and embossed it using gold embossing powder and I love how the two gold techniques coordinate. There is such a pretty patina that comes from the gilding flakes and I think they really show off all the details of the stencil. There is an additional stencil that is amazing for the holidays too. With all the ways stencils can be used, they are such a great investment!

So wow. This is day 1. I told you it was going to be quite a week, didn’t I?! I hope you’ll go visit the rest of the design team because their work today is extraordinary! Oh, and of course you have a chance to win. Because Newton’s Nook Designs is awesome like that!

Would you like to win the “All Aboard for Christmas” or the “Sentiments of the Season” Stamp Set?
Each set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here’s how to win:

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 (you are here)
Tatiana Trafimovich

Thanks for stopping in today and during this whole week. Make sure you stop back in tomorrow for Day 2 of the release.
Copic Colors:

Stamps: All Aboard for Christmas (Newton’s Nook Designs), Sentiments of the Season (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, Versamark; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Be Merry DSP (SU), Night of Navy (SU); Accessories: Big Shot, All Aboard for Christmas Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Land Border Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Snowfall Stencil (Newton’s Nook Designs), Tombow Multipurpose Glue, Nuvo Gold Gilding Flakes, Stitched Rectangles Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Envelope Punch Board

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Freshly Made Sketches #308

October 11, 2017 Jentimko 13 Comments

I am so happy to be able to share another great sketch with you today! The amazing Rita Wright is our sketch hostess at Freshly Made Sketches and she has one that will be fun for lots of interpretations. Rita always has the most incredible coloring and that inspired me to pull out my Copics for today.

I love this Poinsettia stamp from Simon Says Stamp and I wanted to try to make it a white version. (Red would have been pretty for this card too.) Coloring white is always hard so I played around to see if I could do it. On the flower I started with my light Toner Gray markers (T0, T2). While I liked the look, I decided that I needed a little more color to make the flower look realistic. So I added in a little bit of G20. I think over all it turned out pretty. The leaves from the set set were colored with a combination of green markers (G20, G24, YG61, YG17, YG67). To add just a little more color to the card, I used this pretty Be Merry DSP from Stampin’ Up. Love those speckles on the paper! The sentiment and banner are from the Be Merry Stamp Set and Dies from WPlus9. Finally, I thought I needed a little “something”, so I added some pearls to mimic the patten on the paper.

I have been busily stamping this week and getting ready to a new release from Newton’s Nook Designs. You can expect lots of fun next week! Until then, I hope you have a good week. See you soon!

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamp: Poinsettia (Simon Says Stamp), Be Merry (WPlus9); Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Be Merry DSP (SU); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Misti, Big Shot, Be Merry Dies (WPlus9), Stitched Rectangles Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Basic Pearls (SU)

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