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Newton’s Nook Designs June Release – Terrific Terriers

June 12, 2017 Jentimko 34 Comments

It is that wonderful time of the month when we get a new release from Newton’s Nook Designs. This week’s release is absolutely full of fun and we get to start this week with some sweet terriers.

The set is called Terrific Terriers to be exact and I know so many people with dogs that will be thrilled to see their friends in a stamp. Isn’t his face just adorable??

I started with a sketch from CASe this Sketch and used the paw print from this set and one from another upcoming set (consider this a sneak peek) to create the vertical element for the sketch. This is super easy with a Misti to make sure the alignment is perfect. Then I colored my terrier with Zig gray markers. My neighbor has the sweetest little boy who has some terrier in him (and maybe some other breeds too) so Murray was my inspiration for this card. And oh, that sentiment. I just love this one to go with all my Newtons! As you hop along, just remember that you can get the set for free!

Would you like to win the “Terrific Terriers” 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 June 15th at 9pm CST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, June 16th.

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: Terrific Terriers (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Zig Clean Color; Paper: Fabriano Extra White Watercolor, Real Red (SU); Accessories: Big Shot, Terrific Terriers Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Misti Stamp Tool, Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh, Studio Katia, SU), Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS)

Freshly Made Sketches #291

June 7, 2017 Jentimko 6 Comments

I hope your week has been wonderful and full of summer fun! We are still finishing up some school things with one of my sons so it doesn’t quite feel like summer yet…but soon! Just a few more days! And that anticipation was definitely on my mind as I worked on this card for today. Our hostess, the wonderful Jennifer Brum, has created a wonderful sketch for us at Freshly Made Sketches this week.

I started with this pretty little butterfly from Mama Elephant and did a quick coloring with Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink. I love butterflies and I’m finally started to see some around here. Always makes me happy! I created a watercolor background using a couple of yellow Distress Inks and the “smoosh” technique (apply the ink to acetate, spritz and ink the paper). I this the two tones of yellow add a nice contrast. This gorgeous sentiment comes from Studio Katia and it was an extra treat in our supplies that came for last week’s collaboration hop with Newton’s Nook Designs and Studio Katia. LOVE this scripty font, don’t you?! I thought a couple of the Clear Round Drops from Studio Katia to finish. Quick and easy and perfect for summer (and it let me get back outside on a beautiful day)!

I hope you have fun with this sketch. You can use designer paper, background stamps or keep it simple like it did. Tons of ways to use this one! The DT has shown you that, as always. Love those gals! I hope your week has time for some crafty fun. Until next time, thanks for stopping in!

Supplies:

Stamps: Butterfly Kisses (Mama Elephant), Thank You (Studio Katia); Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks; Paper: Fabriano Extra WhiteWatercolor, Thick Whisper White (SU); Accessories: Misti, BrusH2O Water Pen, Clear Round Drops (Studio Katia)

Newton’s Nook Designs Plus Studio Katia – Summer Fun

June 2, 2017 Jentimko 43 Comments

Welcome to the Summer Fun Collaboration Blog hop with Newton’s Nook Designs and Studio Katia! Both teams are celebrating the start of summer with fun and colorful cards using stamps from Newton’s Nook Designs and dies and embellishments from Studio Katia. There’s prizes too! Both companies have a prize to give away too so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!My first thought when I saw the summer theme was a birthday card. Maybe because it is because my oldest son is a “beginning of summer” baby, haha! But something about these bright happy sequins from Studio Katia and this adorable tag die screamed birthday to me. After consulting with my youngest son (this card was from him for his brother), we chose the Newton Loves Cake stamp to color for the card. I love this little Newton and I colored his cupcake with Copics to match the sequins. Adorable!! This tag die makes creating a shaker super easy too.With the black card stock, it was hard to see the tag details in my full picture so I wanted to show you a closeup too. I created my own mix of sequins with the Sunny Side Up, Enchanted Sea and Lipstick Red Sequins. I have to admit that Newton looks pretty proud of his giant cupcake, don’t you think?! Again, little brother thought the striped paper behind the tag made the card look like a “boy card” so I trusted his judgement. I tied on some red ribbon and black baker’s twine to finish the tag. The verdict??? As soon as the birthday boy picked up the envelope, he knew it was a shaker card. And apparently even 14 year old boys who are very, very cool cannot resist shaking a shaker card! *smile* Now you need to get on with the hop but first…

We are giving away TWO prizes – one prize pack from Studio Katia and one $25 store credit from Newton’s Nook Designs!

Here’s how to win:

Comment on the Design Team blogs from Newton’s Nook Designs and Studio Katia Team Blogs (see list complete list at the Studio Katia and NND blogs)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog hop 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 Sunday June 4th at 12pm CST to comment — winners will be announced on the Newton’s Nook Designs and Studio Katia blogs on Tuesday, June 6th.

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:
Newton’s Nook Designs
Olga
Amanda
Kristina
Holly
Laurie
Jennifer (you are here)
Svetlana
Maria
Ellen
Svitlana
Naki
Valentyna
Juliana
Larissa
Liliushka
Samantha
Tatiana
Studio Katia

Stamp: Newton Loves Cake (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Basic Black (SU), Pop of Pink DSP (SU); Accessories: Big Shot, Dotted Shaker Tag Die (Studio Katia), Window Sheet (SU), Red Cotton Ribbon (SU ret), Black Baker’s Twine (SU), Foam Adhesive Strips, Sequins (Sunny Side Up, Enchanted Sea and Lipstick Red by Studio Katia)

Dogwood Graduation

June 1, 2017 Jentimko 1 Comment

With this time of year, so many graduations are upon us and I’m always looking for ideas to create unique and special cards to celebrate. I thought this sentiment from Mama Elephant was absolutely perfect for a special graduate I know! And the flower image from the same set (Butterfly Kisses) is really pretty too.

I used this card as one of my samples for the Chameleon Color Tones Pencils review over at Splitcoaststampers. The pretty coral and green pencils (double sided!) create the perfect shading and no stress over coordination. I stamped the image using Versafine Onyx Black ink onto Strathmore Mixed Media paper. I love this particular paper the best with the pencils. It has a smoother feel that a watercolor paper but enough “tooth” to allow light coloring and layering. The key with most colored pencils, it seems, is layering. Lots of layering. And patience! I colored for bit and then moved on to a different section. Eventually I came back to each part and layered some more, and so on. I had never used wax based pencils so I definitely had a learning curve…but not an overwhelming one. Success came quickly and the colors on these just match! A light touch was definitely the key to success. As a background for the image, I used this brand new DSP from Stampin’ Up called Wood Textures DSP. It is a MUST HAVE from the catalog that goes live today. I promise you it will fly off the shelves so take a look and order it quickly!

That’s it for today. If you want to see more about these pencils, please go over to the review (linked above) there are amazing videos from both Lydia Fiedler and Kathy Racoosin….two extraordinary stampers!

Back tomorrow with a collaboration blog hop that I know you don’t want to miss. Hope to see you then! Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Butterfly Kisses (Mama Elephant); Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Paper: Strathmore Mixed Media, Wood Textures DSP; Accessories: Chameleon Color Tones Pencils

FMS290 and the Chameleon Color Tone Pencils

May 31, 2017 Jentimko 7 Comments

I have been waiting for today because I have something super awesome to share with you!! Not only do we have a great sketch by the lovely Kim Singdahlsen at Freshly Made Sketches, I also finally get to share some information about a product review I did for Splitcoaststampers!

I have been using the amazing new pencils from Chameleon and I created this card by combining the Chameleon Color Tone Pens with the Color Tone Pencils. Wow, they are great together! I shared details and my thoughts on paper choices over at Splitcoaststampers so please check the entire review from the review team here: CHAMELEON COLOR TONE PENCILS REVIEW

To help you understand a bit more of how the products work together, I made a quick video showing you how I did the coloring:

Direct link to YouTube: Chameleon Color Tone Pencils

I made the flowers the star of the show but I could not resist adding a doily that seemed perfect for the sketch! I used Night of Navy Baker’s Twine to coordinate with the blue in the flowers and thought this great sentiment from Ellen Hutson’s Lovely worked beautifully with the sketch.

The Freshly Made Sketches design team has created some beautiful work to inspire you and the Splitcoaststampers Review Team has samples that show many facets of these new pencils. I’ll be back tomorrow with another card I created for the review. Until then, have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Mondo Hydrandea (Ellen Hutson), Lovely (Ellen Hutson); Ink: Smoky Slate (SU), Chameleon Color Tone Pens; Paper: Strathmore Mixed Media, Smoky Slate; Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS), Doily (SU Ret), Mondo Hydrangea Dies, Night of Navy Baker’s Twine

Amazing Friend

May 30, 2017 Jentimko 4 Comments

Today is my day to share a project on the Newton’s Nook Designs Blog and I am so excited about this one! I had a card like this in mind for a while using the Lovely Blooms stamp set and this exceeded even what I had envisioned (and that NEVER happens). The best part, it came together so quickly. This is super fun and really easy to reproduce!

I stamped using Versamark ink onto Strathmore Mixed Media paper. Quick and sort of random with nothing too fussy. Then I heat embossed using white embossing powder. I love the half wreath feel so I added this great sentiment from the set using the same method. Then all I did was color using Winsor and Newton paints. I got the image wet and dropped in color. For some I let the colors combine but with others (purple specifically) it is best to let things dry first and then layer color on top. With paints, you can do that and avoid muddiness. I added these sweet little Clear Round Drops from Studio Katia to mimic the look of water.

I hope this will encourage you to try your hand at watercoloring too. It doesn’t all have to be in the lines or perfect! Hope you have a great day. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Stamp: Lovely Blooms (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Versamark; Paper: Strathmore Mixed Media, Green Leaf Card Stock (SSS); Accessories: Silver Brush Round 4, Winsor and Newton Paints, Heat Tool, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder (SU), Clear Round Drops (Studio Katia)

Freshly Made Sketches #289

May 24, 2017 Jentimko 8 Comments

Oh, look at the amazing sketch we have for you today over at Freshly Made Sketches! My friend Linda Callahan, queen of clever, is our hostess this week and her sketch will get you moving right to your craft room!

As soon as I saw the sketch, I thought shaker card. So that is just what I made! I did a quick watercolor using Tim Holtz Distress Inks on these fun flowers from the Lovely Blooms Stamp set (Newton’s Nook Designs) and cut them out with coordinating dies. I chose colors to match my awesome sequins from Studio Katia and to make my coordination easy. I cut a frame with Stitched Shapes Thinlits (SU). The sentiment from Happy Little Thoughts (NND) was stamped onto the window sheet (also cut with the square die) and then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. Kind of wish I had black powder for a sharper look but I think this works with the loose watercolor look from the flowers. I rooted around in my DSP stack until I found a print that worked in the background. I kind of love these stripes!

I have been stamping madly and have lots coming up for you in the next couple of weeks. Until next time, I hope you have an amazing day! Thanks for stopping in!

Supplies:

Stamps: Lovely Blooms (Newton’s Nook Designs), Happy Little Thoughts (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks; Paper: Fabriano Watercolor, Typeset Specialty DSP (SU Retired); Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Thinlits, Window Sheet, Sequins by Studio Katia and 28 Lilac Lane, Foam Adhesive Strips

All the pretty colors — of new ink

May 18, 2017 Jentimko 1 Comment

I get to share some projects I have been holding on to that are part of a product review for Splitcoaststampers. Many of you know my long standing love of “Splitcoast” because it is always full of creative inspiration, techniques, tutorials and reviews. I was asked to take a look at some Clearsnap Petal Point Pigment Inks that are being released in two new color groupings (Sunset and Boardwalk). Please hop right over to see my thoughts and the analyses of some amazing stampers (and their projects!) – Product Review. If you want to see the whole gallery of work with these inks, CLICK HERE.

In my review, I mention how I was playing with the ink and trying new things. I reference a card on kraft (Crumb Cake) card stock and an ombré card. I wanted to share those here too since I had not put them on my blog yet. I love the pretty Sunset color family for my Congrats card, don’t you?! The strong colors from the pigment ink are fabulous on this background stamp!In my flower card I was able to use the Boardwalk ink to get a gorgeous look on my Crumb Cake paper. I love how the Dune color is a match and yet shows up beautifully with the line image flower. While you are over at Splitcoast, take some time to look around and appreciate all the resources. You’ll be glad you did! Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon!

Supplies:

Stamps: Beautiful Day (Altenew), Paper Pumpkin sentiment(SU), Dotty Angles (SU retired); Ink: Clearsnap Petal Point Inks in Sunset and Boardwalk; Paper: Crumb Cake, Thick Whisper White, Early Espresso; Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS), Wooden Element Sentiment (SU), Twine, Gold Sequins, Heat Tool, Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder

Freshly Made Sketches #288

May 17, 2017 Jentimko 7 Comments

I hope you are having a great week! I’m so happy to share the latest sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch hostess this week is one seriously amazing stamper! Jen Mitchell has created a gorgeous sketch for us and I’m totally in love with it!

I tried to use a different color palette than I have been playing with lately and started first with this go-to flower from Altenew’s Beautiful Day stamp set. I stamped using Versafine ink and then colored using Zig Clean Color Markers. Just two colors was all it took to get pretty variation on the petals. I fussy cut it out and then added it to this ivory base to match the sketch. I used the Softly Falling embossing folder to give dimension to the top panel and added a Paper Pumpkin sentiment on the bottom later. I then added a Basic Pearl (colored with a Sharpie) and some Black Metallic Thread to the flower.

This sketch has infinite potential and I think I may use it again soon! Love, love it! I hope you will too. So glad you stopped in for today’s card. I’ll be back tomorrow with a look at a new product and I can’t wait to share. Until then, have a great day!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Beautiful Day (Altenew), Paper Pumpkin sentiment(SU) ; Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Zig Clean Color Markers; Paper: Naturals Ivory (SU retired); Black Metallic Thread, Basic Pearls, Big Shot, Softly Falling Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Inky Paws #47 – Cake Day

May 15, 2017 Jentimko 2 Comments

A quick card for today’s Inky Paws #47 Challenge. I loved the colors in this challenge so I just had to play along! I thought this little Newton Loves Cake set was perfect for the challenge and I had not colored this particular image yet so win, win!

I stamped Newton on some Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper and colored with Zig Clean Color Markers to match the challenge colors. Fun and simple to do! Then, using the coordinating dies I cut out the image. I added this awesome sentiment (because it really is ALL about the cake) plus some baker’s twine and sequins. I always need birthday cards on hand and this one is quick to duplicate…always a plus!

I hope you will find a moment to join the challenge. You have two weeks and this color palette is sure to inspire. Thanks so much for stopping in today. See you soon!

Stamp: Newton Loves Cake (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: WPlus9 Black Dye Ink, Zig Clean Color Markers; Paper: Tim Holtz Watercolor, Bermuda Bay (SU); Accessories: Big Shot, Newton Loves Cake Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Misti Stamp Tool, Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS), Dimensionals, Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Baker’s Twine (SU ret)

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