Hopping By a Little Late

Happy Monday, folks! I am actually going to share a couple of adorable Easter cards with you that I made prior to the holiday. I used some absolutely adorable Mama Elephant stamps and couldn't just let these ones go unshared!



For this one, I kept it pretty classic. I added the cute little carrot to the bunny's hand and colored the grass using Spectrum Noir markers. The bunny is colored with Copics and the patterned papers are from Chickaniddy Crafts.



And for this one, I had a bit of fun with the bunny! My sister is an actor and her boyfriend works in the film industry, so I wanted to make this one 'stage-worthy' for them. Tee-hee! He was so much fun to put together!

And that, my friends, is all I've got for you today!

Have a Happy!

This is my THIRD post of the day!  Yikes!  Please click on my banner and then scroll down to see the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Post (I LOVE that card!!!!) and my Tsukineko tutorial, too!  Lots of fun stuff going on here today!

It's Newton's Nook September Release time! Woot! Woot! We have two brand new sets to show you this week and both will be available for purchase at the Newton's Nook Store on Friday morning at midnight! YAY!!!

The first set we are showing off (and GIVING AWAY!!!) is Boo Crew! I LOVE this set, you guys! Super cuteness all around! Here is the card I created with it!


Now if that's not totally the Eric Northman of bunny vampires, well, I just don't know what is! HA! I paper pieced his cape (yes..I know... Eric isn't so much into capes..whatevs) and colored the rest. He is SO FUN!!!! I just love him! #thatisall

AND!!!! We are giving one lucky hopper this hopper, dude! Bwahahahaha! Seriously. I crack myself up some days, I really and truly do. ANYway....

Would you like to win Boo Crew?
This set will be given away to Two lucky winners!

Here's how to win:

1. Comment on Newton's Nook Design blog. One Winner will be randomly chosen from the comments on the September release posts.

2. Comment on the Design Team Member and Guest blogs (see list below)! One winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the September release blog hop. 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, September 12th at 9 pm Central Standard Time to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 13th.

Make sure you check out all the blogs participating in the Launch Party below to enter:

Tessa Wise

Jocelyn Olson

Samantha Mann

Emily Leiphart

Jennifer Ingle (that's me!)

Kim Singdahlsen (Guest Designer)

Have a SPOOKTACULAR day!

And a Happy.  Have a Happy.  ALWAYS Have a Happy.

For reals.

You can totally see the resemblance, right?  Right.  Oh...and you're welcome.

Okay, so it looks as though I may have a mild bunny obsession.

Just Say'n.




So, I've been seeing burlap bunnies here and there and I just so happened to have purchased a bit of burlap the other day 'cause I want to make some other cute stuff out of it, SOOOOOO...I figured I should make a burlap bunny. BUT...I didn't want to make one just like the ones I had seen around, I wanted to make one that was a bit more....well....Jingle.




Honestly, I don't know if I succeeded or not. Last night I didn't love it. I'll be honest. It just didn't come out quite how I had envisioned and I hate it when that happens. I love the pink loose pom-pom tail, though! That is super cute! Just say'n.




I added the floppy fabric bow and I think I love that, too. Originally I hadn't planned on going girly at all, but somehow I ended up there. I think that is what is bothering me. I'm not sure, really. ANYway....even after adding her tail and her bow I wasn't totally pleased with my bunny. Soooo...this morning I painted her ears.




I like her better now. The ears made a HUGE difference. I still don't know if I'm in love, but you know...you win some, you lose some.

I should let you know two things I learned about Burlap:

1. Did you know that ALL burlap comes with free matching thread??? Well, maybe not 'thread,' per se, but when you fray the edges you pull the pieces of twine or whatever the HECK they use to make burlap and then thread that into a needle and use it to stitch your pieces together! Genius! It matches, blends, and is pretty strong, too! YAY!!!

2. Burlap is see-through. Yeah. I know. We all knew this already, but have any of us really thought of the implications of this? Maybe you have, but I neglected to do so. My bunny has white on the BACK of her ears, too. I'll have to do something about that, but I will figure it out later.

So....that's my bunny. What do you think?




Next time...I think I'll go with something more like this:

Mostly 'cause that's an awesome movie and creepy bunnies are just plain cool!