I am back today with another edition of my Perfect Combos series for Heffy Doodle. May is a birthday heavy moth in my family and I needed a girlie birthday card for a 7 year-old princess. I mixed and matched a few sets and here is the result. Let me guide you trough how I made it.
Then I die cut the Jumbo Happy Birthday sentiment from pink cardstock 3 times and stacked them together for a dimensional look. I cut the shadow from yellow cardstock.
For the background I chose patterned paper from The Great Show paper pad and gave it an orange mat. After assembling the card it was high time for finishing touches: clear shimmer on the sentiments for a subtle sparkle and glossy accents on the ribbons. It totally makes it special. And who doesn’t like a little glimmer and shine?
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We have reached the last day of the May Release reveals at Newton’s Nook Designs but we saved the sweetest for last. There cannot be any releases without a new Newton set, right? Today we are showcasing Newton’s Hanging Basket which comes with a coordinating die set,
All new products will be available on 19/05/2023.
For my card I stamped and coloured the sweet image using Copic markers and cut it out with its coordinating die. I imagined a real swinging card so I poked a hole on the nail using a pokey tool and an old mouse pad.
I die cut a scalloped rectangle from patterned paper and a smaller rounded rectangle from vellum using the Frames and Flags die set. The patterned paper is from the Cat’s Life paper pad. I poked a hole also on these two layers an attached the hanging basket to it with a tiny brad. This way it can really swing!
I stamped a sentiment on the bottom of the vellum with Black Staz-on ink and embellished the scene with a bunch of die cut leaves.
As a finishing touch I added clear shimmer to the heart the cat is holding and covered it with glossy accents. I popped up the whole panel with thin foam tape on a green mat before adhering it to a white card base.
GIVEAWAY
Would you like to win the “Newton’s Hanging Basket” Stamp Set? This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! Here’s how to win: comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to 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 May 18th at 9pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, May 19th.
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For my first card I stamped and coloured a bunch of birdhouses from Birdhouse Greetings using Copic markers. I really enjoyed just sitting and colouring, I can totally relax this way. I cut everything out with their coordinating dies.
Then I did a quick ink blending on a white card base with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink and added a to of splatters: water droplets, white and black paint and some diluted Tumbled Glass ink. I love the texture it gives. I also die cut grass from light green cardstock with a Land Border die and added a bit of shading with Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink.
The sentiments I white heat embossed on black cardstock and just fussy cut them out with my scissors. After assembling the scene, I simply adhered the sentiments on the die cut images.
I used the small birds and butterflies as embellishments to enrich the scene. I used a white gel pen to add highlights and a black glaze pen to emphasize the eyes. I also used a clear shimmer pen on the wings and a drop of glossy accents on the bodies of the butterflies.
CARD 2
For my second card I used the Birdhouse Line stencil with Gathered Twigs distress oxide ink first and then added a layer of Transparent gloss paste over it. I set it aside to dry. When it wasn’t sticky any more, I added the second layer with Peacock Feathers and Blueprint Sketch.
For the birds I used Picket Fence Studios Paper Glaze in Sapphire Macaw colour. I love the texture and pearlescent shine.
After it was all dry, I cut the panel down and added a blue violet mat to it. The sentiment I stamped with turquoise ink from the Cozy Camper stamp set.
GIVEAWAY
Would you like to win the “Birdhouse Greetings” Stamp Set? This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! Here’s how to win: comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to 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 May 18th at 9pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, May 19th.
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For my card I decided to stamp all the succulents on white, Copic friendly cardstock randomly and coloured them with Copic markers. I was really just playing with different greens and combined them with a touch of pink or yellow for a fun look. Then I took my favourite die from Framework to cut the panel down and adhered it to a kraft card base.
I white heat embossed a sentiment on a piece of black cardstock and cut it out with a banner die from Frames and Flags. I used 3D foam squares to pop it up.
As a finishing touch I added a few teeny tiny clear sequins in-between the plants. I love how much a few embellishments add to a card!
GIVEAWAY
Would you like to win the “Succulent Garden” Stamp Set ? This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! Here’s how to win: comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to 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 May 18th at 9pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, May 19th.
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For my card I wanted to incorporate all the new hot foiling products so first time ever in my life, I used the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot foil machine with gold foil on these awesome new dies. I chose Hammermill 100lb white cardstock as I heard it is giving the best results and I was not disappointed. All my foiling turned out beautiful! I used the coordinating dies to cut all the fireflies, jar and sentiment.
Then I created an inked background: on a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock I ink blended Blueprint Sketch, Chipped Sapphire ad Black Sooth Distress Oxide inks. I added some water splatters and also diluted gold paint splatters. I used a Land border die to cut the grass and blended it with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide inks. I added some diluted ink splatters to this piece too, I just love the look!
I used Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink to add colour to the little bugs and the middle of the jar too. On the outer edge of the jar I used Blueprint Sketch, to match the night sky. I used the same gold paint for the top of the jar as for the splatters and black paint for the bodies of the fireflies. I made the wings shimmery with a clear shimmer pen.
I assembled the scene and popped up the white sentiment strip with the beautiful gold foiled sentiment on it using 3D foam squares.
GIVEAWAY
Would you like to win the “Fireflies” Hot Foil Plates & Dies? This hot foiling set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!Here’s how to win: comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to 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 May 18th at 9pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, May 19th.
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I am back today with another edition of my Perfect Combos series for Heffy Doodle. As you may know, Lesley has just had a surgery and she is at home recovering. I wanted to make a cute card specifically for her to cheer her up in these hard days. I mixed and matched a few stamps and dies from the latest release, let me guide you through the process.
While I was at die cutting I also cut a cute label with the Showtime frames from green cardstock and a set of white letters using the Moxie Alphabet dies. I spelled “friend” and adhered it on the top of the label with liquid glue. I stamped another sentiment under it from the Get well greetings stamp set.
For the background I chose a striped pattern paper from the Spring Breeze paper pad and added a slightly smaller vellum layer over it before adhering the green label. I popped up the coloured images with 3D foam squares and finished the card with a few sequins from the Enchanted Moss Sparkle Mix. I also used a black glaze pen on the eyes of the critters.
I wish you enjoyed my card today and share with us in our Facebook group if I inspired you. Follow me on Instagram if you like my cards, your support means so much to me! Thank you!
I am back today with another edition of my Perfect Combos series for Heffy Doodle. As I can never have enough birthday cards and I know that May will be full of birthdays in my family, I combined some of the stamps and dies and patterned paper from the latest release. Let me show you step by step.
First I stamped and coloured the cute flamingos from the Flock star stamp set using Copic markers. Then I cut everything out with their coordinating dies.
While I was die cutting, I also cut the Jumbo Let’s Party die: the shadow from yellow cardstock, the sentiment from black and from pink glitter cardstock. I adhered the glitter one on top of the black tiny offset, so it casts a shadow. Then I added it to the yellow background. This easy trick helps to make the sentiment stand out even more!
For the background I chose patterned papers from The greatest show paper pad. One I adhered to an A2 sized card and the second one I die cut a scalloped rectangle from with the Mini Scalloped Imperial rectangle. I added the die cut sentiment, tuck a flamingo under the “L” and popped up the other two birds with 3D foam squares.
I decided to add a white heat embossed sentiment on a thin black strip. I love that the Classic sentiments stamp set is full of essential greetings! As a finishing touch I used glossy accents on the beaks of the birds and added a few sequins from the Tickled Pink sparkle mix.
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I am back today with a set of floral cards which can fit any occasion. When I first saw the Spring Blooms paper pad from Newtons Nook Designs I wanted to pair the pretty florals with their coordinating stamps (released earlier).
So I started stamping the Dainty Daisies and Daffodils stamps with Versafine Onyx black ink on Bristol Smooth cardstock and clear heat embossed the images. Then I used my Tombow Dual Tip markers and a waterbrush to paint them. When everything was dry, I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.
I selected the matching papers from the Spring Blooms paper pad and cut them out with a Framework die. I added a colorful mat for each. I used the same die set to cut 3 frames for each card from coloured cardstock: I layered them on top of each other for a dimensional look and backed it with a thick vellum (you can double up the normal vellum too for a similar look). I popped up the flowers on the vellum with 3D foam squares.
I white heat embossed a sentiment on black cardstock and adhered it to the bottom of the frames before mounting the focal panels on the backgrounds.
As a finishing touch I added a few clear gems which looks like water droplets. I love how it enhances the freshness of this design. I also used glossy accents in the middle of the daisies. Both shouting Spring, don’t you think?
I hope you liked my cards and will pop in again soon for more inpiration.
I am back today with another edition of my Perfect Combos series for Heffy Doodle. This time I was playing with the latest release for a clean and simple scene.
First I stamped and coloured the cute frogs and scene building elements from the Be Hoppy stamp set. I used alcohol markers for colouring and cut all the pieces out with their coordinating dies.
Then I die cut a pond with the Build a pond die set from light blue cardstock and added a bit of shading to it with Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink and a small blending brush. I added some diluted ink and white acrylic paint platters too. I also cut some flowers and leaves from coloured cardstock with the Build a pond die set, to enrich the scene.
I assembled the scene on the middle of an A2 sized white notecard and popped up the frogs with 3D foam squares. Then I stamped two sentiments from the Be Hoppy set: on on the top and one on the bottom. It gives the whole scene a little frame.
As a finishing touch I used a clear shimmer pen on the flowers.
I wish you enjoyed my card today and share with us in our Facebook group if I inspired you. Follow me on Instagram if you like my cards, your support means so much to me! Thank you!
First I stamped and coloured the beautiful image using Copic markers. I love these flowers so much, I got in Spring mood simply by colouring them! The colours I used are: R39, R46, R27, R24, R22, R32, R21, R20, YR08, YR09, YR16, Y38, Y35, Y15, Y08, Y11, YG67, YG65, YG61, B0000.
Then I took the scalloped oval die from Oval Frames to cut the image out and while I was die cutting I also cut a bit bigger oval from green cardstock.
For the background I chose patterned paper from the Spring Blooms paper pad and assembled the card.
The sentiment is from the Mom and Day stamp set, I stamped it on a pretty peach banner which I have cut with the A7 Frames and Banner die set, I also added a thin black fishtail banner on each side as decoration. I popped it up on top of the flowers using 3D foam squares.
As a finishing touch I used a bit of clear shimmer on the daffodils, and a black glaze pen on the flower centers.
I wish you enjoyed my card today and got inspired. These oval stamps are so versatile and perfect when you just want to sit and colour. Check out their other designs too!
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