Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #465 (ft. Newton’s Nook Designs)

March 4, 2019March 1, 2019 Tatiana2 Comments

Hello and welcome!

I’m super excited to be a “Guest Sweetie” today over at the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge blog! Have you heard about them? This is such a SWEET Challenge Group! For each challenge they post an amazing cupcake photo and color combo for inspiration! Everybody likes cupcakes, right?

Well, “Plaid Theme” immediately make me think about Newton’s Nook Designs Plaid Stencil Bundle. It’s a fun product that comes in two layers and offers you really infinite possibilities and combinations. Since spring is showing up here, I decided to go with yellow and teal colors and inked the first layer using Squeezed Lemonade Distress ink and the second one with Peacock Feathers shade. Next I cleaned and applied once more the second stencil layer slightly shifted since I felt like the plaid design was needed more yellow tones.

The cute girl was first die cut from Loads of Blooms Die Set and then stamped with the coordinating Loads of Blooms stamp set and a waterproof black ink since my intention was to use Tombow Markers for coloring. As always, I opted for Strathmore Bristol paper and a small water brush from Pentel.

In case you’re wondering, here’s the complete list of all TOMBOW markers used here: n.025, n.055, n.133, n.173, n.373, n.443, n.452, n.476, n.535, n.703, n.761, n.873, n.912, n.990.

To frame the spring scene, I die cut a stitched rectangle from Frames & Flags Die Set and stamped some rainy droplets from Newton’s Rainy Day stamp set with the same teal ink I used before. Since Distress inks are reactive with water, I added some water droplets on top for a more playful look. I completed the scene with a little frog from Newton’s Rainy Day stamp and die sets and the coordinating sentiment. Finally I “grounded” the whole scene by drawing a simple puddle.

Hope you like this sweet and simple card and make sure you pop over to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge blog to see more amazing projects today! As always thanks so much for stopping by! I really appreciate your love and support!

Tatiana

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Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #445 (ft. Newton’s Nook Designs)

April 30, 2018April 23, 2018 Tatiana1 Comment

Hello and welcome!

Well, the roses from the inspiration picture made me immediately think about the super adorable Lovely Blooms stamp set from Newton’s Nook Designs and so grabbed some flowers and leaves and heat embossed a bunch on a white Bristol paper using a white embossing powder.

I used Distress Oxide inks in Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Cracked Pistachio and Peeled Paint shades and a few ink blending tools to add color. This is a super fun, quick and easy way to do that since the embossed lines resist from being inked and remain white revealing the pattern.

Next I die cut all the elements with the coordinating dies that came so handy for this project along with a “MOM” sentiment using new Essential Alphabet dies. Finally all the elements were arranged on a plain white card base and adhered with a bit of dimention.

Tatiana

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Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #434 (ft. Craftin Desert Divas)

December 3, 2017December 1, 2017 Tatiana4 Comments

Happy Sunday!

Today’s inspiration graphic has a limited color palette and it’s soooooo beautiful and elegant!!!! The design of this project is a take on my own card that I made a few years ago! It’s still so popular on Pinterest that I decided to recreate it using Craftin Desert Divas products!

First of all I made a bit of die-cutting preparing the circle window and the winter scene. I really love Fall Border Dies set since it’s so beautiful and versatile! You can cover the themes all year round with it!!! For the card base I used a very light blue cardstock and added some texture with a winter feel through Snowflake Flurries Stencil. Once the embossing paste was dry, I started assembling the whole scene giving a lot of dimension with a foam tape and finally added faux snow using Snow Marker. Here’s a little tip for you: for a better control I squeeze the liquid from the marker on a piece of paper or acetate and use a tooth pick to apply the liquid to the desirable spots. Snow Marker needs to be heat settled with a heat gun! But be sure not to overheat it since it can start looking burnt and assume brown shades! Guess how I know it!!! LOL!!!

Hope you like this simple card and make sure you pop over to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge blog to see more amazing projects today! As always thanks so much for stopping by! I really appreciate your love and support!

SUPPLIES:

Christmas Wishes

Fall Border Dies

Inside Scalloped Circle Dies

Snowflake Flurries Stencil

Snow Marker

Memento Dye Ink Pad – Tuxedo Black

Multi Medium Matte

Cutter Bee Scissors 5″

Craft Tweezers

White Gelly Roll Medium Point Pen

Mono Sand Eraser

DISCLOSURE:

As a Design Team Member I’m affiliate to Craftin Desert Divas online shop. Where available I use their compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I really love their products and enjoy using them. All opinions are my own. I truly appreciate your support and will use the money raised to bring you more crafting projects.

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Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #429 (ft. Newton’s Nook Designs)

October 29, 2017October 29, 2017 Tatiana3 Comments

Happy Sunday!

Orange, green and brown seemed to me a perfect color combo for an autumn thanks card! Plus it’s always so handy to have a few thanks cards in the stash! Playing around the autumn theme, I decided to use beautiful leaves from Newton’s Nook Designs Autumn Leaves die set as a focal point.

I die-cut some leaves and acorns from a watercolor cardstock along with a cute little tag from NND Tags Times Two die set and blended on top a few shades of Distress inks.

Assembling the card I added some dimension with a foam tape and finally finished with a matching brown sentiment from NND Cottage Garden stamp set!

Tatiana

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Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #400 (ft. Newton’s Nook Designs)

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017 Tatiana2 Comments

Happy Friday!

So excited to be a “Guest Sweetie” today over at the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge blog! Have you heard about them? This is such a SWEET Challenge Group! For each challenge they post an amazing cupcake photo and color combo for inspiration! Everybody likes cupcakes, right?

This week they are celebrating their #400 Challenge! Woo-Hoo!!! And so they invite participants to combine a birthday theme project with a past Cupcake Inspiration Challenge. Past challenges can be found on the CIC Pinterest Board.

Newton’s Nook Designs is sponsoring this challenge today so if you play along, you have a chance to win a store credit to NND online store at newtonsnookdesigns.com! Don’t miss a chance!

I created a super simple watercolor card using a bunch of SWEET stamps from Newton’s Nook Designs!!! They are from Made From Scratch (this set couldn’t be any perfect for this scheme!), Newton Loves Cake and Love & Chocolate stamp sets!

I decided to use a gray dye ink instead of a usual black one for stamping to achieve a softer look! I used a watercolor paper and did a very simple coloring just playing with my watercolors and wet-on-wet technique! Once dried I popped up the central part on a foam tape and added a white embossed sentiment on a matching gray cardstock. I tiny die-cut heart finished the card!

Hope you like this sweet card and make sure you pop over to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge blog to see more fun today! As always thanks so much for stopping by! I really appreciate your love and support!

Tatiana

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