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Freshly Made Sketches #287

May 10, 2017 Jentimko 8 Comments

This is my first post of the day, if you are looking for day 2 of the Newton’s Nook Designs May Release, it will be up in just a bit.

I am the sketch hostess this week over at Freshly Made Sketches and I have a sketch that I hope you will really enjoy. I thought the long panel would give you space for some different images or dies that take up the vertical and I added in a place for a sentiment too.

So did you hear that the new Stampin’ Up catalog has been released to demonstrators and the preorder is super fun. I just HAD to have one of the adorable hostess sets called Feathery Friends and I think it is going to be such fun to color. Today I used the Chameleon Color Tones Pencils for coloring. I have not had wax based pencils like this before so I’m still working on my technique with them but the colors are really pretty, don’t you think?! And speaking of color…look at that card base! Oh yes, you DO spy one of the new In Colors for 2017-18 called Berry Burst. It is rich and so lovely! The sentiment is from the same stamp set and I added on some fun sequins in coordinating colors.

Thanks for stopping by for my FMS card. Make sure you come back for the Newton’s Nook projects and a chance to win free stamp sets! See you soon!

Supplies:

Stamp: Feathery Friends (SU Hostess 2017-18) ; Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark; Paper: Arches Cold Press Watercolor, Berry Burst, Basic Black; Accessories: Chameleon Color Tones Pencils, Misti,Heat Tool, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Dimensionals

Newton’s Nook Designs May Release – Winston’s Tee Time

May 9, 2017 Jentimko 28 Comments

I hope you have had a wonderful start to your week! I’m here to make sure a great week is assured with the May release from Newton’s Nook Designs. There is lots to love with this one and it all starts with an adorable version of our favorite bear, Winston!

Do you have golfers in your life? If so, you need this set called Winston’s Tee Time. As soon as possible! Our friend Winston is having some fun at the course and he comes with some awesome sentiments too. I just love a great pun and this set has them for sure.

I thought a shaker card would be perfect with this set and I’m super happy with the result! I created the frame with some stitched rectangle dies and added texture with a wood grain embossing folder. Then I created the golf green for the inside of the shaker with the Land Borders Die. I stamped the images with Momento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Markers. The little flag was attached inside the shaker area and then I put in some sequins that match Winston’s outfit. My oldest son is convinced that Winston is going to miss his shot but I am pretty sure he is just reading a complicated green. And clearly there are some hazards to deal with, haha! While this set is great for Father’s Day, it is also just perfect for any golf fan! And I just bet you know the best part….you can get the set for free!

Would you like to win the “Winston’s Tee Time” 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 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 May 11th at 9pm CST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, May 12th.

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

I am so happy that you stopped in today. Tomorrow will be Day 2 of release week and I know you will be thrilled to see what comes next. I hope you have a great day!
Stamp: Winston’s Tee Time (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers; Paper: Early Espresso (SU), Kraft (SU), Mint Macaron (SU); Accessories: Big Shot, Winston’s Tee Time Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Land Border Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Misti Stamp Tool, Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS), Woodgrain Embossing Folder (SU), Foam Adhesive Strips (SU), Window Sheets (SU)

Be Colorful

May 2, 2017 Jentimko 2 Comments

I’m up today over at the Newton’s Nook Designs blog today and I want to share all the details with you here. My project focuses on the Beautiful Plumage stamp and coordinating dies.

When I first showed you this set in release week, I focused on one of the pretty peacock images. I thought for today, I could show you a way to use the little feathers and also show off this fabulous sentiment from the set. I stamped the feathers in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored with Copic Markers. I just played with colors that I thought you’d find on actual peacock feathers and these were fun to blend together. The dies make short work of cutting out the detailed images! I took some Thick Whisper White card stock and applied some Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Peacock Feathers (of course!) and then cut out a stitched oval. I stamped on this sentiment which I think is really awesome for so many people. I LOVE people who have lots of color and character, don’t you? One of my boys saw this and claimed it as a card for his birthday. Maybe that is a good sign for a teenager. Because to me, being colorful is also embracing being unique.

Because Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge is showcasing Newton’s Nook Designs with an Anything Goes challenge, I’ll be linking this in there as well. Thanks so much for stopping in to visit. Back tomorrow with the latest from Freshly Made Sketches. Wishing you a colorful day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Beautiful Plumage (Newton’s Nook); Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Peacock Feathers), Momento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU); Accessories: Misti, Big Shot, Beautiful Plumage Dies, Stitched Shaped Thinlits (SU), Share Kindess Mix Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Dimensionals

Fancy Friday – Speechless!

April 27, 2017 Jentimko 8 Comments

Welcome to this month’s Fancy Friday Blog Hop! Our team is a group of stampers who love to make beautiful things. Sometimes they are clean, sometimes they are layered but the one thing I can say for sure is that our projects will be fancy! If you hopped over from one of my crafty heroes Cathy Caines, welcome to the next stop. For April, we are focusing on the gorgeous artwork and images in the stamp sets. Sometimes pictures speak louder without words!I chose this gorgeous flower image from the Butterfly Basic stamp set as my focal point. I thought it would be fun to try coloring it using the no-line watercolor technique. I’m still working on this but I am pretty happy with the end result here. One of the best parts of stamping is that there is always something new to learn!! After I colored the flowers, I added a few pretty little details. First some lace trim (this one is retired but SU always has the most amazing ribbons and trims) and then I added some Linen Thread. The base is Crumb Cake, one of my favorite neutrals. I added some Basic Pearls too, because, well, I love them!

Now on to the rest of the hop! These talented stampers are going to inspire you for sure! Next up is the lovely Sue Plote.

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Stamp: Butterfly Basics; Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Zig Clean Color Markers; Paper: Fabriano Watercolor, Crumb Cake; Accessories: Lace Trim (retired), Linen Thread, Basic Pearls, Dimensionals

From Me to You

April 27, 2017 Jentimko 6 Comments

I had some time to just stamp last week and I wanted to join in the April Challenge from Where Creativity Meets C9. Their theme this month is One Layer. Sounded right up my alley! With a one layer card the whole focus falls to the image so I choose the beautiful Hello Lovely stamp by Concord & 9th. I really do love it!

Once I had the stamp chosen, the fun was in the colors. I used a light gray card stock and this gorgeous purple pigment ink. It happens to be a sneak peek of a new release coming soon from Clear Snap. Pretty, isn’t it?! The nice part about pigment ink is the strength of color and how it embosses. I just heat embossed with Clear embossing powder. All the work here is done by the great image and the ink!The sentiment for this comes from a holiday set (also C9), O Christmas Tree. I love when sets have purposes beyond the holiday! After cutting the panel with a stitched rectangles die, I thought the card needed just a little more. I recently won some beautiful sequins from 28 Lilac Lane (designed by May Flaum) and the Mixed Berry set went perfectly with the ink. I added a few just to give an extra something to the card.

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamp: Hello Lovely (Concord & 9th), O Christmas Tree (Concord & 9th) ; Ink: Clearsnap Petal Point Pigment; Paper: Smoky Slate (SU); Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles (Simon Says Stamp), Mixed Berry Sequins (28 Lilac Lane)

Freshly Made Sketches #285

April 26, 2017 Jentimko 10 Comments

How did a week already pass? Welcome back for another Wednesday and a great challenge from Freshly Made Sketches. Our hostess this week is the lovely Amy O’Neill, queen of beautiful color combinations, and she has a great sketch for us.

I had this bicycle stamp (Beautiful Ride from Simon Says Stamp) out because my youngest son was working on a Peeps diorama. Let’s face it, crafty tools make dioramas a little more tolerable. He had to choose a country in Europe that they are studying and create a scene. He opted for the Tour de France aka Le Tour de Peeps. The bike images and dies were particularly handy! Since the stamp was out on my desk, it seemed like the perfect fit for my card. I colored it with Copic markers and then added some of the accessory images. The background comes from a SU set called You’ve Got This and I love the fun scribbled look to it. I stamped it using some Distress Ink after stamping off some. The sentiment is from the bike set.

I’m linking this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge since they have an “Anything Goes” theme this week. Also, they are featuring Newton’s Nook Designs so you can bet I’ll be playing again this week!

I hope you have fun with this one. As always the team has such a variety of projects and you are sure to be inspired. Hope you have a great day!

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamp: Beautiful Ride (Simon Says Stamp), You’ve Got This (SU) ; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black, Copic Markers, Mustard Seed Distress Ink; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Basic Black, Lost Lagoon; Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Ride Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Stitched Rectangles (Simon Says Stamp), Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #284

April 19, 2017 Jentimko 7 Comments

I hope you are having a great week! I am slowly coming back to reality after a week vacation. Our family took a wonderful trip to San Diego last week…what a treat! The boys both had some real favorites events. Oldest loved seeing the USS Midway and all the airplanes while the youngest enjoyed both the zoo and Sea World. I love a vacation that can allow everyone to see something that feeds their interests!

So I finally got back into the craft room yesterday and that always seems to be a slow process for me. Fortunately, Karren created a fabulous (and really workable) sketch for Freshly Made Sketches that made it a bit easier. I knew I wanted to use these pretty flowers from Altenew (Botanical Garden) and also pulled inspiration from Altenew’s April Inspiration Challenge. I loved the blue and the yellow and also the bokeh styling of their photo.

For my flowers, I wanted to try a new to me technique. I have some sneak peek Petal Point inks from Clearsnap that are pigment inks so I tried this technique from Jennifer McGuire. It is a little bit messy but I agree with Jennifer that using your fingers to apply ink is easy to control. It also allowed me to have a bit of a splattered look on the flowers per the inspiration.

The fun part with pigment ink is that it stays stickier for a little longer and that allows time to be able to come back and emboss the whole image. The effect gives a bit of shine and depth to the card that is hard to capture in a picture. For my center panel of the sketch, I cut a piece of Thick Whisper White and embossed it with the Woodgrain Embossing Folder (SU). It adds a subtle texture without pulling attention from the flowers.

I hope you are off to a great week. I’m back to stamping today and a bit of gardening too. I love this time of year in Virginia and my youngest is still off this week for break. We are getting the gardens all ready for planting our vegetables and re-mulching to get things tidy after the winter. I’m lucky he is such a great helper! Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon! Supplies:

Stamp: Botanical Garden (Altenew), Sentiment (Paper Pumpkin by SU) ; Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Petal Point Pigment Inks; Paper: Thick Whisper White; Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Big Shot, Woodgrain TIEF (SU), Dimensionals, Basic Pearls (SU), Black Sharpie Marker

Newton’s Nook Designs April Release – Newton’s Birdbath

April 13, 2017 Jentimko 33 Comments

So today is the last day of the April release from Newton’s Nook Designs. So far, there hasn’t been a Newton…were you getting worried??!! No fear, today is the day for all of you who love this fellow!

You know the hardest part about Newton sets?? Ok, besides choosing a favorite. I always debate what kind of kitty he gets to be. For this card, I chose to make him look a bit more like the real Newton (you can see his pictures over on the company site).

I started by stamping the images and coloring them with Copic markers (colors listed below). Once I was done and had the images cut out with the coordinating dies, I thought it best to create a cute little scene. The Land Border Dies with the grass border was exactly what I needed! All you have to do is make one cut and you have two grassy edges. And this sentiment….yes, I have already given you my disclaimer on love them….it is another one that is wonderful to have for so many occasions. Ready to this guy for free?? Here you go:

Would you like to win the “Newton’s Birdbath” 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 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 April 13th at 9pm CST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 14th.

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

I am so happy that you stopped in today. I hope you enjoyed my April release week projects. Tomorrow is the day when you can get them all!
Copic Colors: Newton – E31, E33, E35, E37, E59, R21; Bird – W2, W3, W5; Birdbath – Y21, Y17, Y35, Y38; Water – B32, B34; Butterflies – V12, V15, V17

Stamp: Newton’s Birdbath (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers; Paper: Wild Wasabi (SU), Thick Whisper White (SU); Accessories: Big Shot, Newton’s Birdbath Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Land Border Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS), Misti Stamp Tool

Newton’s Nook Designs April Release – Simply Relative

April 12, 2017 Jentimko 31 Comments

Wow, it is already day 3 of the April release from Newton’s Nook Designs. Today is the day for all of you “sentiment-a-holics”!! You know who you are!

I mentioned yesterday how much I love flower sets but good sentiment sets are another love of mine. And this is an amazing sentiment set!! Just look at all the choices to personalize cards for the people you love. So many of these are options I have not seen in a stamp before and I’m so happy to have them.

I also told you yesterday that the Lovely Blooms set was perfect for coloring and I used it again here to create a frame with flowers. I chose some pretty pinks and purples and stamped a whole bunch of little flowers. Before you know it, I had a virtual garden to choose from. The little dies eliminate any need for fussy cutting and make it easy to create fun groupings. I chose to make this for a teacher that certainly deserves recognition! To be truthful, just having this word choice makes the set a must have! I used the Sky Borders Dies to create a scallop and picked a pretty raspberry card stock as a base. This is a card that you could easily duplicate for all the teachers who need a little pick-me-up this time of year! So now is the time that we all love….

Would you like to win the “Simply Relative” 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 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 April 13th at 9pm CST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 14th.

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

I am so happy that you stopped in today. Tomorrow will be the last day of release week and I know you will be thrilled to see what comes next. I hope you have a great day!
Stamp: Simply Relative (Newton’s Nook Designs), Lovely Blooms (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers; Paper: Raspberry Ripple (SU Retired), Thick Whisper White (SU); Accessories: Big Shot, Lovely Blooms Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Sky Borders Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS), Misti Stamp Tool, Basic Pearls (SU), Black Sharpie marker

Newton’s Nook Designs April Release – Lovely Blooms

April 11, 2017 Jentimko 28 Comments

Welcome back for another day of release week for the April release from Newton’s Nook Designs. Day 2 has a beautiful flower set called Lovely Blooms.

I hardly knew where to start with this set. If you follow me, you know I love myself a flower. And this set is full of pretty images to mix and match. I finally settled on creating a watercolor styled card but kept it simple. I sponged Distress Ink onto watercolor paper creating some ombré effects and then stamped over the sponging with the images. The coordinating Lovely Blooms Dies made short work of cutting things out so that I could create this pretty little arrangement. The script sentiments are really great so I chose to create this one for mom. Um….sorry mom, should have given a spoiler alert. I added a few sequins for a finishing touch and I just love the effect you get on this with no actual coloring required.

Of course, if you love to color, this set is totally for you too! I’ll show you what I mean tomorrow! Until then, you have a chance to win this set with just some simple commenting.

Would you like to win the “Lovely Blooms” 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 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 April 13th at 9pm CST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 14th.

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

I am so happy that you stopped in today. Tomorrow will be Day 3 of release week and I know you will be thrilled to see what comes next. I hope you have a great day!
Stamp: Lovely Blooms (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink; Paper: Marina Mist (SU), Thick Whisper White (SU), Tim Holtz Watercolor, Basic Black; Accessories: Big Shot, Lovely Blooms Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Misti Stamp Tool, Heat Tool, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder (SU), Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

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