Newton's Nook Designs' August Release ~ Day 2 ~ Beautiful Leaves

Hello Everyone!  Sorry I missed the first day of the release; I am dealing with some pressing medical issues at the moment and I appreciate Jen's patience and understanding as I am doing my best to deal with them (isn't she the BEST?!!) But I am happy to be joining everyone for Day 2, when Jen is sharing a new fall leaves set in her unique and beautiful faux quilling style -- introducing 'Beautiful Leaves':

And Jen created purr-fectly coordinating dies for it too!

I personally am NOT a warm weather person - autumn is my favorite season, so bring on the cooler temps!  Since Fall can't get here fast enough for me, I decided to use this set to make a napkin ring for a Thanksgiving table setting:

I had fun with a lot of tone-on-tone stamping with the leaves and used some of the leaves to decorate the sentiment band as well.  I think the burlap cord is a nice rustic touch too, don't you?

Would you like to win a 'Beautiful Leaves' 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, August 18th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, August 19th.  

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
Naki Rager
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka

Jess Gerstner is next on the hop, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see (she always does).  Thanks so much for stopping by and seeing my creations.  Enjoy the rest of the hop!

~ Crafty Math Chick

SNSDC79 ~ Thanksgiving

Happy Friday Friends & Followers!  you know what that means - time for a new Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge.  This week we are challenging you to make a Thanksgiving card or project.  I decided to use Rhubarb's Pie and the sweet little Save the Turkeys digi images (I couldn't decide between the two so I used them both) to create these recipe cards for my yummy sweet potato casserole: 

I thought it would be more festive to print the recipe out on patterned paper, I do like the result.  
     Be sure to see the SNSDC Blog for more ideas from my Digi Challenge teammates.  Won't you play along with us?  You don't even need to use a SNSS digi, any digi will do, but we spotlight one person who uses SNSS digis on their card or project every week, and it could be YOU!  And every card you enter throughout November, you will get one entry to be eligible for winning 3 digis of your choice from the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store - so play along every week to increase your chances to win!  
     On a side note, November is a special month for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps - SNSS is celebrating their 5th birthday and lots of special things are planned all month long!  Be sure to visit the Sweet 'n Sassy store for a list of all scheduled events and weekly sales.  There are daily giveaways on the SNSS Facebook page and in the SCS Member Company Forum as well, so stop by often so you don't miss a thing!  Happy 5th birthday SNSS!  

~ Crafty Math Chick

I Can Finally Share!!

... I WAS INVITED TO JOIN THE SWEET 'N SASSY STAMPS DIGI DESIGN TEAM!!  (I KNOOOOW!!  I can't believe it either!)  So my friends & followers, this means you will be able to see my SNSS Digi challenge creations right here every Friday, WOO HOO!!  I hope to live up to this honor.
     Without further ado, this week's Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge (SNSDC52) is to make a card use digi images inspired by your favorite holiday.  My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving, I just love cooking up a big meal with all the traditional dishes and enjoying the company of family and friends and having the opportunity to reflect on everything for which I am grateful.  One unique thing, I don't enjoy the turkey.  :(  I love animals and the circle of life and fact that we eat them has never really sat well with me, so for it, it is all about the side dishes, LOL!  In honor of my favorite holiday I created this card using cute little Templeton Turkey who is colored up with Copic markers:

The patterned paper actually has copper foil stripes on it (really pretty!) and I added a sentiment from the clear SNSS set 'Gobble Gobble' and used this week's sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  
     Thanks for stopping by my blog to share my good news with me and view my creations.  I do hope you will play along with us gals from the SNSDC and stop by the blog to congratulate my new teamies!  You don't need to use SNSS digi images to play along (though we certain love to see them!), any digi will do.  Hope to see you there!  Happy Friday!
~Crafty Math Chick

Waltzingmouse Blog Waltz

Hello friends, followers and waltzers!  I am so sorry my post for the 'thankful/Thanksgiving' waltz was not available for you bright and early the morning of the 17th - without further delay, here is my card:

That beautifully illustrated image is from Waltzingmouse Stamps' 'Peace & Plenty' set - some really gorgeous fruits in that set!  The paper id from DCWV's happy Harvest mat stack.  I added some pre-glittered foamy leaves that seemed to match the colors in the patterned paper well, along with its pre-glittered sparkle, and tied the ends of a thick Offray evergreen ribbon with linen thread and orange buttons (not exactly the final result I had in my mind, but relatively close).  In addition to the blog Waltz, this card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:

• Paper Sundaes Challenge 91 - Fall or Halloween,
• Wags n Whiskers Challenge - Fall Colors, 
• Sundays With Chrissy Challenge 22 - Thankful or Thanksgiving,
• Repeat Impressions Designer Choice Challenge 1012 - Halloween/Fall, 
• For Fun Challenge - Pumpkins (not Jack-o-lanterns),
• Color Me Creative Copic Challenge Group - Autumn Inspiration,
• Stamptacular Sunday Challenge 134 - You Choose (i.e. anything goes), and
• Pile It On Challenge 42 - Fall is for Fun.

Thank you for waltzing by to see my card.  I do apologize it was not posted sooner.  I hope you liked it anyway and have a wonderful afternoon and evening.
~Crafty Math Chick

Rainy Wednesday

Hello friends and followers!  I hope you are all well.  It is raining raining raining here today which is perfect weather for crafting right?  Today I have two cards for your viewing pleasure, the first was created for Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge 76 - no patterned papers:

I used the sentiment 'You Did It!' sentiment from Mark's Finest Papers' 'Here Comes the Grad' set to create a sort of 'Congratulations for beating cancer!" kind of card for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges over at Splitcoaststampers, more specifically, Lori Craig's HYCCT1101B - to add bling to your card, kinda resourceful huh?  ;)  In addition to these two challenges, this card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:

• Ribbon Carousel Challenge 24 - A card with bling and ribbon or twine,
• Creative Inspirations Challenge 133 - A Single Layer Card, 
• One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything Goes, and
• One Stitch at a Time Challenge 83 - Anything Goes

My second card I created using Sketch TESC147 sponsored by Taylored Expressions using TE's cute new Autumn Wreath set and season wreath die and the new Fall Harvest mat stack from DCWV.  Here it is:

I just adore that sweet little squirrel and had so much fun coloring him with Copic markers.  (For the record, I know oak leaves turn brown, not all these different colors, but I was going for colorful whimsy here, not accuracy).  In addition to the sketch challenge, this card also fulfills the following additional challenges as well:

• The Pink Elephant Challenge 120 (TPE120) - Inspiration challenge (there is a wreath of leaves at the bottom leaning against the barrel),
• Repeat Impressions Designer's Choice Challenge 1012 - Halloween/Fall (I chose fall),
• Sundays with Crissy Challenge 22 - Thanks/Thankful, 
• Cute Card Thursday Challenge 186 - Tree-mendous (create a card with images of trees or leaves - I have leaves in the wreath and with the acorns in the corner),
• Pals Paper Arts 115 - Fall or Thanksgiving (there is a lovely leaf garland similar to my wreath in their inspiration picture),
• Stamps R Us Challenge - Autumn or fall,
• Fab N Funky Challenge 94 - Autumn Colors,
• Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Fall or Halloween (I obviously chose 'fall'),
• Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge 18 - The Colors of Fall,
• Delightful Challenges - The Colors of Fall,
• Totally Stampalicious - Happy Thanksgiving, and
• ABC Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Well, that is all I have for you now, but please check back later, I have lots of the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges to catch up on and plan on stamping my little heart out today, so there should be more for you to see later!  Have a great day!
~Crafty Math Chick