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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Newton's Nook Designs March Release - Day 3

Hello and welcome to day 3 of the Newton's Nook Designs March release! Oh my goodness, I am in LOVE with this set. Newton's Birthday Balloons! It's a really fun image to color and I love the little puffy clouds. I promise you, this is a birthday set you'll reach for over and over again!

I made 2 cards using this set today. The first, I inked up the background in a vibrant turquoise color, then I used the Bubbly Stencil with a tiny bit of light lime green and then over the top with some white pigment ink. I just think this background turned out fun! I copic colored Newton and popped him up with foam against the sky and added a few little clouds and hearts. The sentiment is from Uplifting Wishes which was a set in yesterday's reveal!

Here's my second card in a different color scheme. I used the Confetti Stencil on my background which I love the look of. It matches my polka dot paper, such a fun way to tie the project together!

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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Newton's Nook Designs March Release Day 2

Hello again and welcome to day 2 of the March Release here at Newton's Nook Designs. Today, continuing on with a fun birthday theme, we've got this SUPER FUN Balloon Shaker Die Set and a coordination stamp set called, Uplifting Wishes.

Today I used the portion of the balloon die set that you may cut your acetate layer with..or you can cut out to make balloons! I inked up my balloons cut out of watercolor cardstock, then I spritzed them to get the color to run a bit. I should mention that I heat embossed the sentiment in white on the middle balloon first. As it dries, the color runs off the sentiment, and it really stands out! I used the Bubbly Stencil on the background!

So you might be thinking..what on earth is this? Well, I had also cut out some of the shaker balloons for a project I'll show later in the week. The inside of the balloon cut out for some reason just said flower petals to me. So I distress inked and water splattered the leaves and petals and assembled this bold flower on some large check patterned paper on a 5x5 background. I stamped the sentiment from the Uplifting Wishes set right in the middle and glued some red cord under the circle center that I foam popped. Just kind of a silly little project to use up some scraps, but I quite like how it turned out. What do you think?