Snow Day!

***This is my second post of the day!  (There will be three!  YIKES!)  Please click my blog banner and scroll down to see it all or click HERE for the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps release post!***


Hello, folks!  It's time for an awesome new release from Newton's Nook!

Today we are showing off an adorable new set called Snow Day!!!  It's all about fun in the snow!  And it just so happens to be super adorbs, too.  Of , COURSE!

I created this fun little winter time card using this fun set! I just love that cute little bird! YAY! You can see the whole set and lots of inspiration over on the Newton's Nook Designs Blog!

Would you like to win Snow Day?
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 November 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 November 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, November 14th at 9 pm Central Standard Time to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, November 15th.

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

Tessa Wise

Jocelyn Olson

Samantha Mann

Jennifer Ingle

Ashley Marcu (Guest Designer)

Danielle Lounds (Guest Designer)

*Echo Park 'TIS THE SEASON 6 x 6 Paper Pad TIS56023 *Wplus9 TIMELESS TAGS 2 Designer Dies WP9D-053 *My Mind's Eye MY GIRL Enamel Dots GB1052 *American Crafts GLITTER TAPE VALUE PACK Spools *EK Success 1/16"" SQUARES 3-D Foam Dots Adhesive SPAF-THS *Crafter's Companion COOL GREYS SPECTRUM NOIR MARKERS 404577 *Crafter's Companion YELLOWS SPECTRUM NOIR MARKERS 404591 *Tsukineko MEMENTO Full Size Ink Pad TUXEDO BLACK *Crafter's Companion 50 PACK ULTRA SMOOTH PREMIUM WHITE CARDSTOCK 752252 *Bazzill RED HOTS Card Shoppe Heavy Weight 8.5 x 11 Cardstock

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Live Every Single Day Out Loud!

Today is the final day of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps new release sneaks!  The full reveal will be tomorrow!  Woot!  Woot!  I have to say, I think today's set is my absolute favorite of this release.  It's a simple sentiment that I just LOVE!!!  Let me introduce you to Out Loud!



Ummm... yup.  I love it.  And I love this card.  And I love grey and orange.  And I love living out loud.  No, for reals.  I REALLY love living out loud!!!  I stamped one of the text backgrounds repeatedly to create the background, leaving room for the sentiment stamped in Orange Soda ink.  I die cut the stars and then traced each one with my Wink of Stella to give them a bit of sparkle!  I do so love sparkle!  I popped up the panel and, there you have it folks!  LOVE. IT.



Be sure to head on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog to check out what the Ink Squad has created with this incredible set!  I think you are really going to love it!  AND you could WIN it, too!!!  So... go.  Now.  Do it.

Have a Happy!

*Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember?äó HOLIDAY SHAPES Hearts Stars Craft Die S131 *ZIG Wink of Stella CHRISTMAS SPARKLE Glitter Gold Silver Clear Brush Tip Markers 025368 *ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker 025320 *Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad ORANGE SODA Mid-Tone 2012 AF224 *Tsukineko Memento Ink Pad LONDON FOG Gray Grey *Crafter's Companion 20 PACK ULTRA SMOOTH PREMIUM WHITE CARDSTOCK 752245 *Bazzill CIRCUS PEANUTS Card Shoppe Heavy Weight 8.5 x 11 Cardstock *EK Success 1/16"" SQUARES 3-D Foam Dots Adhesive SPAF-THS *Fiskars Compact STAMPING PRESS Stamp Entire Project at Once! 02958 *Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Powder Blue & Teal 657900

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

It's day TWO of the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps November release and we have another awesome set for you today!  This one is called Wallflower and it not only has super cute and really versatile stamps, but it also coordinates with the four-petal FRI-dies!  LOVE THAT!



I LOVE the tiny dots in this set.  It's the simple things like that that make me a happy girl, let me tell you!  I used them here to create just a splattering of gold fabulousness!  YAY!



I used my Simon Says Stamp curved edge die to create the curve at the top of my card and then added just a bit of pen stitching. The gold ink is Tsukineko Delicata, other wise known as the AWESOMEST gold ink EVER!

Be sure to head on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog to check out some amazing inspiration by the Ink Squad and for your chance to win this awesome set!!!

Have a Happy!

Butterflies and Rainbows

Nope.  Life isn't made of them.   This awesome new set, the first of our previews for this week over at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps, TOTALLY IS!  And it's a beauty, I tell ya!  It's called Butterbows and you it is just so pretty!



For my card, I stamped and embossed the butterbow with clear embossing powder and then added color over it.  I wiped clean the embossed areas, leaving a very pretty resisted rainbow of butterflies!   YAY!!!



Be sure to head on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog to see even more inspiration with this awesome stamp set!  We will have more for you throughout this week!  Woot!

A Moxie Fab Thanks for a Moxie Fab Kinda Girl!

Today I write for Cath.  Today we write for Cath.  Today we put forth the most epic blog hop of all time.  The Moxie Fab Thanks Hop for Cath.  

If you came from Keren's blog, you have already begun!  If not, feel free to hop on back to the Moxie Fab World Blog for the complete list of bloggers participating in this amazing hop!  It's a long one, folks!

I took the time to write a few words on a post the other day, so today I will keep things concise.  Cath, you are amazing.  Your impact on me personally has been nothing less than HUGE.  Your impact on the crafting community is immeasurable.  You are a shining star, a beacon of inspiration.  To you, we owe great thanks.  To you, we owe Moxie Fab Gratitude.  I wish you nothing but WONDERFUL things ahead as your journey continues.  Please don't be a stranger.  P.S.  We totally need to do lunch.

SUPPLIES:  Cardstock: (white) Crafter's Companion  Rubber Stamps: (frame and sentiment from Everything Wonderful set) Unity Stamp Compnay  Wood Plaque:  Unity Stamp Company  Watermarkk Ink:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko  Embossing Powder:  (white) Stampendous!  Silver String:  May Arts

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.  Create card base from card stock.  2.  Trim panel, dry emboss frame around edges.  3.  Stamp frame and sentiment on wood, heat emboss.  4.  Attach string to wood plaque, adhere to panel, attach string behind panel.  5.  Adhere panel to card with foam tape.

Cath, Thank You.

The next stop on the hop is the incredible Debby Hughes!  Enjoy!

Have a Happy!

Gold and Graphic

Those were the two things I had in mind when creating this card.  I wanted to play with some gold and wanted to go with a graphic design.  I love how this one turned out!  I combined some fabulous Avery Elle stamps and dies for this one and I love how well they worked together!



I recently attended a shoebox swap where everyone brings a box with the supplies needed for 16 people to make one card.  You pass the  boxes around and make the cards that each person has designed.  It is super fun and this was the card that I brought for folks to create.  Due to the insanity, I didn't get much feedback, so I hope they liked it!  HA!  If nothing else... I got to make another one and I certainly liked it!  HA!



This card isn't all that tricky to mass produce, considering.  It does require some dedicated time with your die cut machine to cut the rounded diamonds, but that is easily done while catching up on your favorite show on Hulu or Netflix.  HA!  I hand cut the sentiment piece, because I didn't yet own the dies when I created this, but now I have that die, too, so... yeah... HAPPY DAY FOR ME!

Anyway, I have a pumpkin pie chai calling my name, so I'm off!  You can find links to the goodies I used to create this fun, bold card below!

Have a Happy!

*Avery Elle Steel Dies BOW SIMPLY TAGS: CHRISTMAS Set D-13-36 *Avery Elle Clear Stamps SIMPLY TAGS: CHRISTMAS Set ST-13-36 *Avery Elle ROUNDED DIAMONDS Steel Dies Set D-13-09 *Avery Elle Clear Stamps ROUNDED DIAMONDS Set ST-13-09 *Avery Elle STAMP STORAGE POCKETS *Tsukineko GOLDEN GLITZ Delicata Pigment Ink Pad *Tsukineko REFILL Golden Glitz Delicata Pigment Ink Pad *Tsukineko MEMENTO Full Size Ink Pad TUXEDO BLACK *Memento Tuxedo Black REFILL REINKER New Tsukineko *Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad RED ROYAL Mid-Tone 2012 AF225 *Hero Arts Reinker Shadow Ink RED ROYAL nk035 Mid-Tone *Crafter's Companion 50 PACK ULTRA SMOOTH PREMIUM WHITE CARDSTOCK 752252 *Bazzill LICORICE TWIST Card Shoppe Heavy Weight 8.5 x 11 Cardstock *Bazzill WAX LIPS Card Shoppe Heavy Weight 8.5 x 11 Cardstock *DCWV Cardstock 12 x 12 GLITZY GLITTER NEUTRAL Paper Stack Printed Matstack PS-005-00212 *Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Powder Blue & Teal 657900 *EK Success 1/16"" SQUARES 3-D Foam Dots Adhesive SPAF-THS *STAZON Permanent Ink Remover All Purpose CLEANER Rubber Stamp NK201 *Glue Arts CARTRIDGE HANDLE Glider Pro 00211 *Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro 1/4 x 58 HighTac REFILL Adhesive Applicator

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If Mike Teavee Would Be Happier than a Kid in a Chocolate Factory

If he saw THIS stamp set, that is!  Okay, maybe not.  But maybe.  You never really can tell with kids these days.  HA!  Now I  sound like I'm 85 years old.  Cool.  Anyway, moving on....   (Mike Teavee is a character in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory who loves tv's... if you didn't already know that, I am very sad for you.  For reals.  Go read it.  It's amazing.  Then watch both movies.  They are BOTH worth it.  Just sayin'.  The Gene Wilder version came first and it's magical and you will fall in love with Charlie SO MUCH in that one and the Johnny Depp one is actually more closely aligned with the book and has it's own version of magic, as well.)



Yup.  TVs.  Really cute ones!!!!  They are from one of the newest stamp sets from The Stamps of Life and I love them and I want to marry them.  No I don't.  Want to marry them, that is.  But I do love them.  Lots.  The set is called tv2stamp AND it is the Stamp of the month this month AND it has coordinating dies that you already have if you are a Die Hard Club member, but if not, that's cool, we love you and will make them available to purchase later this month!  Woot!  Woot!



Here is another fun card I created with this awesome set!  It's full of glitter paper and a shaker.  Seriously, you guys... that's nuts.  But TOTALLY FUN, dudes.  For reals.  Totally.

And, of course, who can think of tv's without reminiscing about those black and white days?  (Yes, I realize LOTS of people can do that, but whatevs, it's my segue to the next card, so just go wit it, K?  K.  Thanks.  HA!)



Seriously.  Totally fun stuff!  I just love it!!!  You can check out this set and lots more inspiration using it over on the The Stamps of Life page!  There is even a cute video for you to watch!  Woot!  Woot!

Have a Happy!  (And try to avoid falling down long, barely wide enough chutes of chocolate, K?  K.)