Shark Week at Newton’s Nook Designs

Hello crafty friends! Today I have a card as part of Newton’s Nook Designs celebration of Shark Week! Last year Newton’s Nook release the shark stamp set Shark Bites and this year they are releasing the coordinating dies. The best part is there is a sale on both this week! For today’s card I created a background by watercoloring through a stencil and then I did some no line watercoloring on the sharks and used the new dies to cut them out. For more check out the video tutorial below: 

I love all the fun poses in the set and the great punny sentiments. Be sure to head over the Newton’s Nook blog for more inspiration!

NND Shark Bites Stamps	NND Shark Bites Die Set	My Favorite Things Stencil – Abstract	Sakura XNCW-24N, 24 Assorted Watercolors Field Sketch Set with Brush
Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock, 4.25 by 5.5-Inch, 20-Pack	Silver Brush 3000S-2 Black Velvet Short Handle Blend Squirrel and Risslon Brush, Round, Size 2	Art Paintbrush Set for Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache Painting. Best Art Tools for Professional,	Tombow Tape Adhesive
Tsukineko Full-Size VersaFine Instant Dry Pigment Ink, Onyx Black	Non Stick Scissors	Scotch Foam Tape	Sizzix Machine

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Winter Birthday Card using Create a Smile Stamps

Hello crafty friends! Today I am sharing a birthday card made with Create a Smile stamps. I really wanted to try to create a soft watercolor background and I thought these colors would be perfect for a winter scene. However I need a break from holiday card and so I decided to go with a birthday card. I love a good pun so I masked off the ‘cool’ from Cool Buddies to go with my large sentiment from the Make a Wish stamp set.  For a more detailed tutorial check out my video. 

On a related note if you love critters, like this cute little fox I used, then I would love for you to join my new Facebook group Critter Loving Papercrafters. You will need to be approved to join but this is just to keep the spammers out. All others will be quickly approved. We have a lot of great people in the group already and I can’t wait to see more projects. 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Party

Create a Smile December Link Up

Pile It On: Christmas/Winter

Artsy Watercolor Backgrounds with Simon Says Stamp Pawesome

Hello crafty friends! Today I have a set of cards featuring some Simon Says Stamp exclusive stamps and dies. I colored these cute pets from the set as part of the Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge but recently added them to a card with a fun watercolor background. I used my Koi Watercolor Sketchbox for this. I really like the quality of these watercolors for the price. 

As you can see in the video the process of creating the background for these is really free and is just a great chance to play with color and get to know what your watercolors will do when you apply paint and water in different ways.

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Create Your Own Background

MarkerPop: Anything Goes

Happy Birthday

Hello crafty friends! Today I have a simple card share featuring watercolor and Lawn Fawn Stamps. For this card I use Versafine ink and clear embossing powder to create the background on watercolor paper. I started by stamping the large butterflies then I filled it in with the smaller flowers. The images are from Flutterby and the sentiment is from Sophie’s sentiments. After I melted the embossing powder I used my Koi watercolors to paint a rainbow. I am so impressed with the quality of the Koi watercolors especially for their price. The panel was cut with the largest of the small stitched rectangle dies.

Challenges:

Lawnscaping 98: Create a Background

Sakura XNCW-24N 24-Piece Koi Assorted Water Colors Field Sketch Set with Brush	Canson Watercolor Paper Pad, 30-Sheet, 9-Inch by 12-Inch, X-Large	Zing! Clear Embossing Powder 1-Ounce	Sakura 38552 4-ml Tank Koi Water Color Brush, Large
Tsukineko Small-Size VersaFine Instant Dry Pigment Ink, Onyx Black	Tsukineko Full-Size VersaFine Instant Dry Pigment Ink, Onyx Black	Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables Steel Dies LF768	Sophie’s Sentiments Clear Stamp Set (Lawn Fawn)
Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal) by Ellison	Darice Core’dinations Value Pack Cardstock, 12 by 12-Inch, Smooth Black Cat, 20-Pack	GP Card Stock, 8.5 x 11 Inches Letter Size, 92 Bright White, Ream of 150 Sheets (994803)	Milwaukee Model 1400 Heat Gun

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Happy Winter Wishes

Hello crafty friends! Today I have a card featuring the adorable Sledding Penguins from Gerda Steiner Designs with accents from Gerda Steiner’s Smells Like Christmas rubber stamp set. This card focuses primarily on watercoloring stamped images but includes tips for masked stamping and intricate die cuts. Check out the video for more information. 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Old and New (Old stamps, New watercolors)

Shopping Our Stash: Something New (watercolors)

Sakura 38552 4-ml Tank Koi Water Color Brush, Large	Sakura 38551 4-ml Tank Koi Water Color Brush, Medium	Ranger 15-Inch-by-18-Inch Inkssentials Craft Sheet	Canson Watercolor Paper Pad, 30-Sheet, 9-Inch by 12-Inch, X-Large
Sakura XNCW-24N 24-Piece Koi Assorted Water Colors Field Sketch Set with Brush	WOW! Embossing Powder Super Fine 15ml-Clear Gloss	Darice Embossing Multi-Purpose Heat Tool, 320 Watt	Faber-Castell Pitt Artists’ Pens carded extra superfine tip black
Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal) by Ellison	Ranger 2-Ounce Perfect Pearls Mists, Perfect Pearls	Hero Arts Field Notes Ink Cubes Pack

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