Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Newton's Nook Designs February Release: Winston's Birthday

If you are looking for my Crafter's Companion Post, scroll down or click HERE!


Hi!
Welcome to the first day of New Release week for Newton's Nook Designs! I am thrilled to be Guest Designing with this fabulous company this month!



Today we are all showcasing the Winston's Birthday set.


This little guy is just too stinkin' cute! I heat embossed him and used watercolors and distress inks to color him in.

I have a video below showing how I created this card!






Would you like to win Winston's Birthday?This set will be given away to Two lucky winners!

Here's how to win: 
Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs February release 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, February 20th at 9 pm Central Standard Time to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 21st.
Check out all these awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Debbie Owens (Indy) - Guest Designer
 Chrissie Tobas - Guest Designer (YOU ARE HERE)

All sets are available for sale on Friday, February 21 in the Newton's Nook Store!

Good luck and thanks for stopping by!












Stamps: Newton's Nook
Ink: VersaMark, DIstress Inks
Embossing Powder: Ranger
Embossing Paste: Wendy Vecchi
Mists: Heidi Swapp



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31 comments:

  1. Love your card, great use of watercolors!

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  2. Love your mixed media take on Winston! The stars remind me of the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) which is so appropriate for this cute bear. Way to rock the stamp set!

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  3. Wonderful texture achieved here Chrissie and love the watercolor, so artsy and fun!!!}

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  4. Such a fun and cute card!!! Thanks for the video!!!

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  5. Chrissie! This is one of my favie-fave cards of the bunch, so fabulous! I haven't visited you in a while so i am going to check out some of your other posts, cause I know I've been missing out!

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  6. Love the soft look of this watercolor effect! So glad you could join us this month! :)

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  7. I like the watercoloring! It's looks so unique and cool!

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  8. Winston is so adorable, and the cards are cute!

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  9. Lovely cards thank you for creating them.

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  10. Love the fun heat embossing...I can imagine making him into a ghost bear for Halloween using this technique!

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  11. I really like all the texture on this fun card!

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  12. Such a cute card!! I love the embossing that you did :)

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  13. Very cute--I like how you colored him and the background.

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  14. Wow ~ so, so stunning! I can't wait to watch your video later!

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  15. This is INcrediBLE! AND you made a video! I am so impressed!
    Hugs, Debbie!

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  16. Winston is such a cutie. Wouldn't he look cute painted in tie dye?

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  17. Oh myt oh my! This is amazing! I love the water colors! And your video is so cool!! Love your white embossed Winston! You rock! Can't wait to see what else you have in store for the release!

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  18. This card is so pretty - I think you're the only one who did pastels on this blog hop- but I love how it turned out! What a fun card and the video too! Thanks for being our guest for this release!

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  19. Very pretty...love the effect you created on this card.

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  20. Cute! Thanks for the tips.
    Sandra ltb

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  21. Amazing creativity.

    Rebecca
    brrck@yahoo.com

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  22. omg!! I'm head over heels with this technique!! gonna try this soon! tfs

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  23. Love this new stamp set, and love your card! Can't wait to be able to use it myself and to try your technique!

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  24. What a fabulous card! Thanks for sharing this technique with us. Love this stamp set!

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  25. the stars look so nice. Great card.

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  26. What a great technique!!! I love the soft colors.

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  27. Love your watercoloring...and thank you so much for the video. Love seeing videos of truly unique cards!

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  28. Love your card.
    Great video.
    Thanks for sharing,
    Crafty hugs,
    D~
    DesignsByDreagonfly.blogspot

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  29. Love the water coloring and all the stars.
    isoscia at aol dot com

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Thank you so much for commenting!!! :)