Newton's Nook Designs' May Release ~ Day 2

Welcome back to the second day of Newton's Nook Designs' May Release!  Today Jen is releasing a cool versatile stamp set with some cool patterns and designs as well as TWO dies that complement it.  Introducing 'Adventure Awaits':

And the purr-fectly complementary die set 'Points & Plumes':

AND the purr-fectly complementary die set 'Splendid Stags':

(I personally LOVE these!)

For some reason, my romantic nature won over my sense of adventure and I was channeling Valentine's Day with this set:

I had fun die cutting all the different styles of arrows (so many different styles in the stamp images too!) creating this background design.  

The stag dies took me in two directions.  First to Father's Day with this rustic woodgrain card (LOVE woodgrain - the sentiments are from NND's Winston's BBQ BTW):

And then to Christmas:

(Okay, okay, truth be told, my mind went to Christmas first - I saw that silhouette and instantly envisions putting a red rhinestone on that nose!  But Father's Day is more seasonal at the moment, so I uploaded that one first).  Seriously though, how EASY would it be to crank out a BUNCH of these in a short period of time when you are wicked busy with holiday goings on?  The wreath is from 'Happy Little Thoughts' which was revealed yesterday and the 'Merry' sentiment is from the whimsical 'Holiday Wishes' NND stamp set.  I can't wait to play with this design in other color combinations... thought I do love my woodgrain.  ;)

Would you like to win a 'Adventure Awaits' stamp set?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here's how to win:

Comment on the NND blog and the Designs 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 the 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, May 19th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, May 20th.  

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
Naki Rager - Guest Designer

Jess is the next stop on our release hop; I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see!  Enjoy!  And thanks for stopping by!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Happy Father's Day with Lawn Fawn

Happy Father's day to all the Dad's out there.  Ty asked me to make a card for him to give to his Daddy and I was happy to oblige.  I decided to use my Lawn Fawn 'Critters in the Dog Park' images and dies along with their Puffy Star Stackables dies to make this card:

I tried to color the pup like our Ty Baby using Copic Markers and decided to make the card in a star shape with striped paper from My Mind's Eye so it met this week's Lawnscaping 'Stars & Stripes' challenge:

Added some star-shaped rhinestones in champagne and honey colors as well for accents.  I gotta tell ya - I LOVE working with these coordinating dies!  I wish I could afford more of them - when I have enough money saved up though, I usually opt for getting a larger variety of stamp sets than matching dies, but they are pretty tough to resist.

Thanks so much for stopping by the see my blog.  I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful Father's Day, even if all your children only have paws.

~ Crafty Math Chick