Newton's Nook Designs February Release - Day Three

Welcome back for the third and final day of Newton's Nook Designs February Release.  Today we are previewing the largest set of the release - Newton's Birthday Bash!

Something about the image of Newton rustling around inside the gift bag with the tissue paper sticking out spoke to me and I decided to use it on an actual gift bag:

Here is a close up of Newton kitty:

First I stamped Newton on white paper and colored him in using Copic markers, trying to mimic the real Newton's coloring.  Then I stamped the bag portion of the image on patterned paper that matched the gift bag I was using and cut out the top along the stamped edge and added about an extra 3/8" on the sides and the bottom of the bag.  Then I folded it along the black lines to create a dimensional effect and paper pieced it in place.  I tucks a piece of the tissue paper I used in the bag behind Newton kitty in place of the stamped paper and attached him to the panel using thick dimensional dots - VIOLA!  You could even tuck a little treat or some rolled up bills in there!  Do you like it?  Wait 'til you see what my teamies made with it too!

Now on to the fun part...

Would you like to WIN Newton's Birthday Bash?

This set will be given away to TWO lucky winners!

Here's how to win:
Comment on the NND blog and the Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below).  TWO winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs' February release posts.  Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win.  You will not know which blogs have been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning!  You have until Thursday, February 20th at 9 pm Central Standard Time to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 21st. 

Please check out all these awesome blogs to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Taheerah Atchia
Christine Drogt
Samantha Mann
Larissa Heskett
Crafty Math-Chick (<-- you are here)
Danielle Pandeline
Valerie Ward
Tessa Wise
Debbie Owens (Indy)  - Guest Designer
Chrissie Tobas - Guest Designer

~ Crafty Math Chick 

Newton's Nook Designs February Release continues!

Today Newton's Nooks Designs February release continues with 'Tweet Talk' - an adorable set perfect for all you bird lovers out there like me!

Seeing little birdie nests and bird houses just warms my heart so I decided to make one using this set:

I traced a template I had lying around on some designer paper, cut it out and scored it.  Before attaching the roof I wanted to give the house a recessed image to see - so I stamped a pair of birdies and created a little nest for them using a Martha Stewart punch and attached some eggs waiting to hatch in the form of petite glass pearl beads.  I adhered thick dimensionals inside the birdhouse around the edge of the hole and centered the birdie couple where I wanted them, so they are set back and bit and look like they are inside the house.  Here is a close up of the birdie couple:

I created the roof with multiple layers trimmed by a scalloped edger punch to make it resemble shingles and stamped their 'home tweet home' sign on craft cardstock, punched it out, added a few brushed copper brads to the ends and popped it up using dimensionals - their home is complete!

Now on to the fun part...

Would you like to WIN Tweet Talk?

This set will be given away to TWO lucky winners!

Here's how to win:
Comment on the NND blog and the Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below).  TWO winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs' February release posts.  Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win.  You will not know which blogs have been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning!  You have until Thursday, February 20th at 9 pm Central Standard Time to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 21st. 

Please check out all these awesome blogs to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Taheerah Atchia
Christine Drogt
Samantha Mann
Larissa Heskett
Crafty Math-Chick (<-- you are here)
Danielle Pandeline
Valerie Ward
Tessa Wise
Debbie Owens (Indy)  - Guest Designer
Chrissie Tobas - Guest Designer

~ Crafty Math Chick 

Newton's Nook Designs February Release!

It's that time of the month again friends & followers!  Newton's Nook Designs is release more sets - YAAY!  And trust me when I say that are adorable!

The sneak peeks begin with an adorable new set featured our recently named bear - Winston!  I decided to take the CAS approach for a change and used the balloon image in the set to make a simple yet colorful birthday card:

I found out the hard way that rub-on alphabet letters don't always stick to paper that has been colored with alcohol markers, so instead I used a Memento Tuxedo Black marker to ink up only one letter at a time to spell 'h-a-p-p-y' on the balloons (I had to get creative - the 'p' is actually the 'd' of 'birthday' stamped upside down).  This also was my first time coloring with Chromatix alcohol markers; I will do a review of them in the weeks that follow, so stop back by for that.  Here is what the full set looks like with adorable, newly-named Winston bear and all his accessories:

Now on to the fun part...

Would you like to WIN Winston's Birthday?

This set will be given away to TWO lucky winners!

Here's how to win:
Comment on the NND blog and the Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below).  TWO winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs' February release posts.  Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win.  You will not know which blogs have been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning!  You have until Thursday, February 20th at 9 pm Central Standard Time to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 21st.

Please check out all these awesome blogs to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Taheerah Atchia
Christine Drogt
Samantha Mann
Larissa Heskett
Crafty Math-Chick (<-- you are here)
Danielle Pandeline
Valerie Ward
Tessa Wise
Debbie Owens (Indy)  - Guest Designer
Chrissie Tobas - Guest Designer

~ Crafty Math Chick 

Valentine's Day Goodies 2014

     Hello friends & followers!  I hope everyone had a wonderful valentine's day!  Sorry I didn't get to post this sooner, but there was a mad rush to complete all the baking and creating and get the goodies distributed before the holiday was over.
     First, I made tags for the valentine treats (this year - heart-shaped rawhide treats purchased from Target) that Ty distributes to his neighborhood doggie friends.  Paper Smooches has SO many CUTE dog images out that I decided to play with a bunch of them and make a variety of tags for the treats using their Woofers & Tweeters & Paws for a Cause set: 

(I think my favorite is the one on the left of the doxie I tried to color like Ty). 

Then I decided to make one inspired by Paper Smooches' Sparks Picture Perfect Challenge's inspirational photo this week:

I drew inspiration from the gold and pink colors and the heart shape and created this tag for one of the treats:

The puppy silhouette, sentiment and paw print images were heat embossed with gold EP (not sure you can tell from the photo, but they are) to match and scalloped heart punched from brushed gold paper and I added a few hot pink rhinestones with my trusty kraft knife.  

     So, what do you think?  I am also going to enter these in Paper Smooches' 'Fun & Cute; Anniversary Challenge that is currently going on as well.  Here is a group photo of some of the treats all bagged up and ready for distribution:

     Now for the human goodies - I went with a froggie 'Hoppy' valentine's day theme for hubby's staff this year.  I found this cute little plush frogs and 'Hoppy Valentine's Day' goodie bags from the Oriental Trading Company and packaged them up with some conversation heart candies, some chocolates and other treats and sealed the bags with some froggie clips I made using PTI's 'Frog Hop' stamp set & coordinating die and some plain clothespins by Creatology that I purchased at Michaels.  I must say, Scrapbookpal.com's 1/4" scrappy covered the front of the clothespin perfectly and was very tacky!  Perfect for attaching the frog!  I punched some hearts out and hand-wrote the sentiment in lieu of a tied on tag, here is a close up of the froggie clip:

And one of the goodie bag with one of the plush frogs posing beside it:

Well, that concludes my valentine goodies for 2014, I hope they were enjoyed by all and maybe provide you with a little inspiration for next year.  Thanks so much for stopping by to view my creations.  Have a wonderful long President's Day weekend!

~ Crafty Math Chick