Happy Doxie Birthday with Newton's Nook Designs

Hello Everyone!  Today it is my turn to be featured on the Newton's Nook Designs Blog.  Since I never seem to have enough birthday cards in my stash, and I have a lot of friends with birthdays coming up, I decided to make this doxie birthday card for a friend who owns five of the cute little weiner doggies:

I used the current NND Inky Paws Sketch (there's still plenty of time if you'd like to play along!) rotated 90 degrees to the left:

I used three NND sets to create this card: the dachshund is from the new 'Delightful Doxies' set, the cupcake and hat are from Winston's Birthday, and the sentiment is from Newton's Birthday Bash, .  I love how so many of NND's sets coordinate together!  I colored the pup with Copic markers and paper pieced his balloon and hat, topped off with a tiny pom pom.  I thought my EK Success candles punch would be a twist on the long flag banners in the sketch and serve as a nice location to place the sentiment as well.  The fun balloon patterned paper is by the Paper Studio, which I believe is Hobby Lobby's brand.  And I liked the look of the yellow balloon sticking up beyond the mat border of the image just a little bit - what do you think?

Hope you will join us and play along with the NND's Inky Paws Sketch Challenge - there are still 10 days left to enter and you might win a gift certificate to the NND store, and if there are more than 15 participants, Jen will generously choose two winners - so I hope you will play along (there are even some freebies available on the NND blog if you haven't been able to pick up an NND set just yet.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Newton's Nook Designs April Release ~ Final Day

Welcome back for the third and last day of Newton's Nook Designs' April Release.  Today we have a whimsical set for all you critter-loving garden enthusiasts out there, introducing "Garden Whimsy':

I was PSYCHED to see a fence-builder stamp, and touched by the 'the grass is greener wherever you are' sentiment, so I decided to them that along with the sweet birdie image (one of which is reverse stamped) to create this card:

I created a homemade cloud template and sponged some Pool party ink against it to make the soft cloud background and added a few petite clouds using a Fiskars cloud punch I spied at a Tuesday Morning over a year ago.  Popped one up and added a little heart rhinestone for a touch of bling.  Hope you like it!

Would you like to win 'Garden Whimsy'?
This set will be given away to one lucky winner!!

Here's how to win:

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)!  The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs' release posts.  Make sure you 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 16th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 17th.

Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Taheerah Atchia
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick (<-- you are here)
Jess Moyer
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka
Nicole Picadura (Guest Designer)

Thanks so much for stopping by - Jess is next on the hop, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see - Enjoy!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Newton's Nook Designs April Release ~ Day 2

Welcome back for day 2 of Newton's Nook Designs' April release.  Today we debut a beautiful silhouette floral set for all kinds of your card-creating needs, allow me to introduce: Fanciful Florals:

The pretty side view bloom caught my eye and I decided to stamp it three times and layer it in this Mother's Day card (adding a sentiment from 'Love Grows').

The pre-glittered mat is from DCWV's older 'Butterflies & Blossoms' mat stack and I created a layer of postage-friendly faux DP by stamping some of the leaf & flourish images on the green base layer cardstock.

Would you like to win 'Fanciful Florals'?
This set will be given away to one lucky winner!!

Here's how to win:

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)!  The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs' release posts.  Make sure you 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 16th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 17th.

Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Taheerah Atchia
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick (<-- you are here)
Jess Moyer
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka
Nicole Picadura (Guest Designer)

Thanks so much for stopping by - Jess is next on the hop, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see - Enjoy!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Newton's Nook Designs April Release - Day 1

Hello Everyone!  Today's is the first day of sneak peeks for the April release from Newton's Nook Designs.  Today is going to be a set to delight doxie & doggie lovers everywhere - introducing Delightful Doxies:

Aren't they SOOOO CUTE?!!  Anyone who knows me knows how much I LOVE dogs - and doxies hold a special place in my heart as my Ty baby is a doxie mix.  So you know I did a happy dance when Jen shared this set.  So many cute doxie images in this set - which to use?  I decided to make a love themed-support card:

I like it when characters are facing one another so I reverse stamped the doxie on the left, and made her a lady doxie with the additional of a petite bow accessory image form the set and had her beau face her.  I gotta tell ya - those black & red doxies are tricky to color!  I thought they looked cute with their little doxie butts in the air - heh heh heh!  Added some balloons punched from a Martha Stewart balloon punch for more pops of color, though part of me wishes that I just left it with the pink & red balloons, so the doxies had more of a spotlight without the distraction of the balloons - what do you think?

Would you like to win 'Delightful Doxies'?
This set will be given away to one lucky winner!!

Here's how to win:

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)!  The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs' release posts.  Make sure you 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 16th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 17th.

Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Taheerah Atchia
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick (<-- you are here)
Jess Moyer
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka
Nicole Picadura (Guest Designer)

Thanks so much for stopping by - Jess is next on the hop, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see - Enjoy!

~ Crafty Math Chick