Mermaid Christmas

Hello!  Today it is my turn to be featured on the Newton's Nook Designs blog.  Today's card features the recently released Mermaid Crossing:

I know my mind works in a unique way, but when I first saw the images in this set I envisioned that pretty mermaid placing that starfish on the top of a Christmas Tree, so I created a card encapsulating this for you today:

I created a 'sea-sonal' Christmas 'tree' using the coral image from the recently released 'Tranquil Tides' by stamping it over and over creating a Christmas Tree shape.  Then I stamped several starfish 'ornaments', colored them in and covered them in golden glitter slue so they'd sparkle.  I added the cute Santa crab, Santa fish & sentiment from NND's Sea-sons Greetings and tore a strip of kraft cardstock to create a sandy bottom for the crab to stand on and the coral Christmas tree to grow out of.  What do you think?  I just LOVE combining Newton's Nook Designs' set like this!  So many of them work well together!

Thanks so much for stopping by to see my creations - hope you like it and have a great week!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Newton's Nook Designs' Inky Paws Challenge #24 ~ A Sketch!

Hello Everyone!  Today a new Inky Paws Challenge begins at Newton's Nook Designs!  This time Jen has a cool sketch for us:

I decide to use my new Newton's Antics dies and stamp set to create a fun birthday card for a friend's daughter who has a birthday coming up soon:

I tried to color the kitty like hers with my Copic markers and added a sentiment from Newton's Birthday Bash to one of the flag banner strips.  I stamped and cut out a little hat for the kitty from this set as well.  Next I punched a strip of birthday candles and added some gold glitter glue to the flames of the candles for a touch of sparkle.    TA DA! - card complete!

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize?  The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs' online store and an Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog!  AND IF there are more than 15 participants, Jen will choose TWO winners, so be sure to tell your friends to play along too!  Please visit the Newton's Nook Designs' blog for all the details!

Can't wait to see what YOU create!  Have a happy Friday!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Newton's Nook Designs August Release ~ Final Day

Welcome back to the last day of Newton's Nook Designs' August sneak peeks.    Today Jen is releasing TWO of her coordinating die collections!  Introducing coordinating dies for the previously released Newton's Antics:

I was SO excited to here Jen was releasing coordinating dies for this set - it is special to me because it was one of the first ones I purchased from NND before I was fortunate enough to be asked to join the design team.  I wanted to honor it with a cute kitty anniversary card as a tribute to Jen & Jeff's kitties, Newton ^ Hobbes:

I didn't quite get Hobbes' coloring right with my Copic markers, but I will try harder next time Hobbes.  I love all the little dies for the cute kitty accessories in this set too - don't you?  And I had fun tucking the die cut fishbone (which matches the patterned paper so nicely, doesn't it?) under Hobbes' little paw.

Would you like to win a $10 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs?

One 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, August 13th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, August 14th. Check out all these awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Jess Gerstner
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Nina-Marie Trapani
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka

Thanks so much for stopping by - I hope you like my card.  Jess is next step on the release, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see!  Enjoy!  

~ Crafty Math Chick

Newton's Nook Designs August Release ~ Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of Newton's Nook Designs' August Release.  Today Jen has created some beautiful silhouette sea life images for you to create with - introducing 'Tranquil Tides':

Isn't that little seahorse just precious?!!  I decided to use as many images as I could to create this fun emboss resist card using lots of embossing powder in tropical neon colors:

I didn't know if embossing medium works well with negative stamping to reverse images like ink does (have you tried it?  Please let me know about your success or lack thereof in the comments!) so I simply turned the little seahorse upside down to be in position to kiss his angel fish sweetheart.

Would you like to win 'Tranquil Tides' 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 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, August 13th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, August 14th. Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Jess Gerstner<
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Nina-Marie Trapani
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka
Liz Munoz - Guest Designer

Thanks so much for stopping by, Jess Gerstner 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' August Release ~ Day 1

Welcome to the first day of sneak peeks from Newton's Nook Designs' August Release!  Jen starts the release off with a preview of the sweetest little mermaid set you have ever seen!  Introducing 'Mermaid Crossing':

I used the image of her giving a little seahorse a tender hug:

I decided to have a little fun and color her hair a non-traditional color (she's a mermaid after all - who knows what color their hair is?  It could be purple!) and paired the image with some patterned paper that reminded me of the scales on a mermaid's tail from a past Imaginisce collection I was delighted to find at Tuesday Morning years ago.  

Would you like to win 'Mermaid Crossing' 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 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, August 13th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, August 14th. Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Jess Gerstner<
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Nina-Marie Trapani
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka
Liz Munoz - Guest Designer

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

~ Crafty Math Chick