Friday, December 9, 2016

Newton's Nook Designs - Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop!

Hello!  Today I'm excited to be participating in the Newton's Nook Designs - Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop!
I've created two cards using the sweet Newton's Nook Designs stamp set, Holiday Tweets.
For my first card, I used a white card base along with some pure poppy cardstock and scrap pieces of My Mind's Eye designer paper for my background and green banner.  I stamped my sentiment onto a white cardstock banner and tucked it under the edge of the vertical red banner.  I used one of the larger images from the Holiday Tweets set and colored it using Copic markers.  Once my coloring was done, I die cut my image using a square die and matted it in pure poppy cardstock and adhered it with foam tape to my card base. To finish off my card, on a piece of scrap white cardstock I stamped the holly image from the set, colored it with Copic markers and fussy cut the image out and added it to the top left corner of my main image.  I also used a silver glitter pen to color in the tops of the ornaments and added little dots of silver in and around the image and used some glossy accents on all of the red berries (see close up photo below).
For my second card, I decided to highlight this darling nest with birds image from the stamp set.  I die cut a scallop circle from pure poppy cardstock for my card base, added a mat of white cardstock and some polka dot My Mind's Eye designer paper.  Next I stamped my image along with the Merry Christmas sentiment and colored them with Copic markers.  Then I die cut my image using a circle die and matted it with cardstock and adhered it to my card base using foam tape.  I also, like my first card, stamped the holly separately and colored and cut it out to attach to my main image.  For a touch of sparkle, I added some silver glitter gems on my card base, some silver glitter pen to the present in the nest and some glossy accent to the berries in the holly.
Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Sale! 
Newton's Nook Designs is also having a sale starting today! Spend $25 and get a mini tree tag stamp for free along with FREE shipping on US orders ($3.50 off international) Use code TREETAG to redeem this special! Free/Discounted Shipping is valid through Friday, December 16th. Free stamp is also valid through Friday, December 16th or while supplies last. 

Enter to Win! Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Hop Prizes! 
We will be choosing two lucky winners to win a $20 store credit for Newton's Nook Designs online shop! To enter, just leave comments on the Design Team Member and Guest blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the blog hop. 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, December 11th at 9 pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, December 12th.

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you enjoy the hop!

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33 comments:

Georgiana said...

What a fabulous pair. Great traditional colors with a sweet image.

Danni said...

These are both wonderful! Love the mix of papers/colors!

MiamiKel said...

Oh my goodness both of you cards are super cute ! Your coloring is out of this world! TFS!

Barb said...

Love the sweet little birds and great card and tag design!

Larissa Heskett said...

LOVING LOVING LOVING these Cards!! Such FN Designs!!THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)

Kajcyika said...

Really lovely! Love the colors and the design :)

Anonymous said...

Great cards! I love the extra little touches you added - the die-cut holly image, the glitter pen and the glossy accents.

*Vicki* said...

What a very tweet image! :) I love your fantastic coloring and the scallop circle design is a wonderful idea for this! HUGS

Karen B. said...

Wow, I love the reds in here, the subtle patterns and how everything meshes.

Jen Moyer said...

So pretty! I love this stamp set.

linda said...

These are soooo adorable!

Anonymous said...

Oh my...those little birds are the cutest ever!

Angela Walters said...

Both of your cards are so sweet, Lynn. I love how the image on the first card almost forms a heart. The birds with a nest full of presents for each other is also precious. I love the reds and greens you chose for your cards. They look great together!

Von Marie said...

So pretty!! Awesome job!! Love the patterns and everything is colored beautifully!!

Arianna Barbara said...

Beautiful cards!!!

Marilyn said...

Both are adorable!!

Birgit said...

These are so cute! Fabulous coloring and designs. Beautiful!!

Janette said...

So cute love the birds and the colors are beautiful.

Isabelle said...

I love this stamps set and you made wonders with it ! The colors are beautiful, the backgrounds perfects, really great creations !

Denise Bryant said...

Such sweet cards! Love the Holiday Tweets set! Great coloring and layering on your cards!

Macimbalo said...

Adorable birds and I love what you did with the stamps and your designs!

Bianca said...

Beautiful cards! Specially love the round one. Awesome design!

Mary Holshouser said...

Love the cards.
they have a dutch feel to them.
Great coloring.
thanks for sharing.

Fikreta said...

so sweet cards!

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

Very cheery, very sweet!

None None said...

beautiful coloring!! Love the blue shading which makes your images pop!

Sue D said...

Very cute and cheery colors. I like the banners on the first and the scalloped shape on the second.

Jennifer Jackson said...

These cards are so pretty! Your coloring is so vibrant and cheerful! I love the polka dot paper too! Thank you so much for being our guest this week! We've really enjoyed having you!

-Jen {Newton's Nook Designs}

Indy's Designs said...

Oh these are super fun! Love the traditional green and red. I especially love the polka dots!

Laurie said...

Very cute card! Love the circle one!

Elicia P said...

Very impressed with all the laying and use of color...just gorgeous!

Farhana S said...

love the circle card!!

KelliNeedham said...

When I first saw these birds I pictured them in blue, but a adore them in red! It's crazy how different everyone's visions are! Both are darling!