Summer Treats with Newton's Nook!

Good Morning! Today I am feeling excited because my favorite PIP Challenge sponsor, NEWTON'S NOOK DESIGNS is providing the prize for one lucky winner this week!! A $15 gift code is up for grabs and the challenge, #1834 is anything goes :)

Newton's Summer Treats < LINK

I am also excited to share this weeks blog because I have made a thank you reflecting our recent 4H trip to Washington DC!  This card is going to one of the Oregon Senate Staffers there who really went the extra mile making sure our tour of the capitol was AMAZING!!  & got us into a visit of the White House!!

I hunted down a free capitol bldg. clip art and printed it behind Newton, enjoying his enormous stack of ice creams!!  I put a light dusting of chalk in the background to help the image pop and still keep it Clean & Simple.

 

  Oooo, these new Newton sets are the cats meow!!  Look at all the fun that can be had with them!!  Check out the NND Blog here ~ they have some great designers!

"Hello!"

Good Morning!!  I hope that as the sunshine is finding you and warming your heart if not your bones this chilly but gorgeous time of year.  I am so excited for the fresh light of Spring that I find myself hooked on a color theme build around icy coral and gleaming gold!! Birds are another herald of Spring here in the snowy mountains of the Pacific NW so I love using them prolifically as well!!

Today's card was inspired by the negative space left behind after die cutting the "hello" for a number of other cards.  I love the look of the see through & thought why not three; the number of completeness!  I am saying hello in the most happily complete way possible!!!



After cutting my panel I covered most of the back with dimensional adhesive, I didn't want any "sagging" spots. (esp since this is going through the US mail!!)

For the little bird accents I used matching coral paper dipping & heating each in embossing powder 3 times to get a nice coating - like enamel.  From there it is a simple matter of layering it up and adding some gleaming gold "washi".

I think this card is pretty Clean And Simple! Fresh and new like Spring!!!!


PS - the robins are talking in the bare apple tree!  Despite the snow on the deck every morning I think Spring really is on its way!

Looking for a great challenge blog?  I have linked this post to "The Artistic Stamper Creative Challenge on Facebook" AND Power Poppy - the blog By Marcella Hawley!!  Check 'em out!