Newton's Nook Designs "Deck the Halls w/Inky Paws Blog Hop" {2nd Post}

~if you are looking for the 3GJ Holiday Hop please click HERE~

Good morning and welcome to the....

I am very excited to be joining the Newton's Nook Designs DT as well as some guest designers for this fun holiday hop! I hope you were able to check out my Guest Designer projects that I showcased HERE. If not, please take a look....

Now onto the hop......

You should be coming from 

Rachel W K 

if not and you just happened to pop in, you will want to head on back to 

Newton's Nook Designs Blog

there will be 2 winners from the hop and all the details and the entire line-up can be found at the end of my post.

I have several cards to share with you today....the first one is using the adorable 

Frozen Friends stamp set.

I started with a black card base and added some designer paper from the DCWV~Home for Christmas paper pack. I added some zig zag machine stitching to the border and then tied some Totally Black Trendy Twine to a cute heart button. 

For the main image, I stamped the cute snowman, added some color with my copic markers and then cut a frame around the snowman using my cameo. He was then popped up on my die cut Stitched XL Label Die from My Creative Time. Since the frame was black, I stamped the sentiment in white using some Colorbox Frost White Pigment ink.

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For my next project, I made a set of  5 cards, all the same design but with different sentiments/pattern paper using the Holiday Wishes Stamp Set and a sketch from an older Retro Sketch design. You can click on the pics to bring them up larger if you want.

I used designer paper from My Mind's Eye~Lost & Found Christmas for all the cards. Each one is on a Kraft cardstock base, layered with a Bazzill card stock mat and the matching designer paper. For the embellishments, I used the matching enamel dots. 

These cards are CAS, easy to replicate and make a great holiday card to mail to friends and family.

So there are my projects....I hope you have enjoyed them!!!!

You are now heading over to 

Chan Vuong

Thanks so much for stopping and hopping with us!

A special thank you to Jennifer for asking me to be a Guest Designer! I really LOVED playing with your adorable Newton's Nook Designs stamps!!!

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Would you like to win a $10 coupon for Newton's Nook Designs online shop?

We will be choosing Two lucky winners! 

Here's how to win: 

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 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 Sunday, December 8th at 9 pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Monday, December 9th.

Make sure you check out all the blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs Blog

Jennifer Ingle

Tessa Wise

Jocelyn Olson

Samantha Mann

Shelly Mercado

Rachel W K

Jessica Esch

Chan Vuong

Ashley Marcu

Danielle Lounds

Alice Wertz

Danielle Pandeline

Kim Singdahlsen

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Entering this into the following Challenges:

Paper Issues~ Christmas

3GJ Holiday Blog Hop...{Post 1}

Good Morning and Welcome to the
 3 Girl JAM Holiday Blog Hop!

We have some awesome Holiday inspiration lined up today and some special Guest Designers too!
All of the Designers have used some of the new Holiday Products on their projects ~
 The Ribbon Candy Crinkle Ribbon Bundle, Christmas Flair, or the new Jute Ribbon and String Bundle.
These are such a great addition to the store and perfect for your holiday projects!
  

3 Girl JAM 
will also be having a Special this weekend on these products!
You can use the code: 
HOLIDAY to save $10.00 off your order of $20.00 or more when you buy one or more of the 3 new products
OR
You can use my Code:
JE10
 for 10% off your order
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Let's get this part started!
You should be coming from 

3 Girl JAM
if not head on back to the start...you will not want to miss a thing :)

For my project I made a bunch of Hand Sanitizer gift sets...
these make such GREAT stocking stuffers or  teacher gifts
There are a few pics so please bear with me...LOL!!

So cute...right???

Here is what I did 

I designed my own cut file in the Silhouette Designer Studio 

to hold the 1 oz Bath and Body Works mini hand sanitizers. 
(I will be sharing this as a freebie too...info on how to get this will be listed below as well)

After cutting out my pieces and assembling the holders, I added some designer paper from My Mind's Eye and attached it to the front panel. Using the adorable PKS penguins from the July SOTM set, I paper pieces them, popped them up to the front and added my sentiment. I die cut the banner using MCT and the sentiment comes from PKS Christmas Mini Tags stamp set.
To finish this set up and to help hold the Hand Sanitizer box close, I added some of the gorgeous new Green Ribbon Candy Crinkle Ribbon to the one holder and some of the Natural Jute Ribbon to the other holder.

Here is another set I made. The same papers and stamps as well, all tied together with the 

Natural Jute Ribbon.

How about another cute set....using the Ribbon Candy Bundle. 

Ok my final set :)

This one is uses papers from DCVW~The Merry Christmas Stack and the perfectly matching

Evergreen Jute Ribbon

Supplies Used:
Paper~ Kraft, 
MME~Merry Little Christmas
DCWV~ The Merry Christmas Stack
Stamps~ Peachy Keen Stamps~
July 2013 SOTM Kit
November 2013 SOTM Kit
Christmas Tag Minis
Dies/Cuts~ PKS Kit SVGS
My Creative Time~Just Simply Live Die
Hand Sanitizer SVG~(designed by me)
Embellishments~ 3 Girl JAM
Ribbon Candy Bundle
Jute Ribbon
Stickles,copics, white gel pen, pop dots

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Interested in receiving the Hand Sanitizer Cut file???
Just send me an email 
eschfamily@yahoo.com
with Hand Santizer Cut File Freebie in the subject
and I will send it over to you. 
I only have it saved as a Silhouette File so remember that if you want it :)
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Now it's time to continue on with the hop~
Your next stop is over at
Annette
our first GD

BLOG CANDY!!
1 person  will win a pack of Christmas Flair, a Ribbon Candy Bundle, and a Jute Bundle
All you have to do is comment on ALL the projects within the hop!!

Just a reminder too....
Don't forget to link up your Holiday Projects below for our current challenge!

Thanks so much for hopping with us!! Have a GREAT Friday and weekend!!
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Here is the hop lineup in case you get lost

3 Girl JAM

Jessica

 Annette~ Guest Designer

Jovan

Cheri

Abby

Julie 

Nicole

 Ashley~ Guest Designer

Jessica B

3 Girl JAM Challenge Blog
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Entering these into the following Challenges:
V's Sweet Ideas~ Holiday Theme (#2)
Just B Creative Crazy~ Dec Linky Party
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
Paper Issues~ Christmas

Deck the Halls w/Inky Paws.....{Newton's Nook Designs GD}

Good Morning and Happy Hump Day!!

I am very excited to share with you some awesome news.....

not to long ago I was asked by Jennifer~owner and designer for Newton's Nook Designs if I would be interested in being a Guest Designer the first week of December. Well of course I said yes~ first because I had never heard of Newton's Nook Designs and secondly because I thought it would be a great way to share with my friends and followers an adorable stamp company that makes the cutest sets! 

I was able to pick out 2 stamp sets to use and have several projects to share between today's post and the fun Blog Hop we have scheduled for Friday. 

For my first card I used the Frozen Friends stamp set and made this....

I started with a Kraft card stock base and used designer papers from My Minds Eye~All is Bright paper pack.

I stamped the cute snowmen on a piece of the designer paper, and added a bit of color to them using my copic markers. I thought they would look adorable in a frame so I die cut the frame from My Creative Time~Just Simply Live set. I added additional hearts above the snowmen and then stamped the sentiment from the same set onto the frame.

After adding some stitching to the border of the designer paper as well as some zig zag stitching to add some more decorative elements, I put the card together. I thought it needed a little something more, so I pulled a snowflake punch out, added a few in the matching designer paper and then added some SU bling to the center. I also added touches of diamond stickles to the snowmen for a bit more sparkle.

For my next card I used the Holiday Wishes stamp set and came up with this CAS design

I actually am going to make several more of these to send out to friends for Christmas. For this card I started with a black card base, added a layer of green and then my top layer of white cardstock. I stamped the sentiment first onto the white card stock, making sure to line up the wording as best as I could in the center of the card. Once I was happy with the centering, I stamped my stockings above and then went to adding some color to the image using my copics. I wanted to add some more sparkle to the stockings so I brought out my diamond stickles again. To finish up my card I added a few red sequins around the sentiment and my card was finished.

I hope you have enjoyed my cards! I really had fun putting them together. Make sure to check out the Newton's Nook Designs Blog for more projects and inspiration using these sets as well as their store for additional stamp sets that are available.

Please come back and join myself and an amazing lineup of designers on Friday for the.....

There will be lots of inspiration and a prizes as well!

Have a GREAT rest of your day and thanks so much for stopping by!!!

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Entering this into the following Challenges:

Paper Issues~ Christmas
My Craft Spot~Sparkle and Shine

Just B Creative Crazy~ Dec Linky Party

Sentimental Sundays~Traditional Christmas Colors

A Sweet Elf Gift.....Just Add Warm Milk

Hi everyone!!

I have a great gift idea to share~ 1 of 8 actually completed for my son to hand out to his teachers for Christmas~Of course I ran out of the paper I wanted to use to complete the rest of them :(

Anyways...

he is in middle school and even though treats for his friends are no long acceptable..LOL... he still wants to take something in for his teachers...alittle something to wish them a Merry Christmas.

Using a fun file from SVG Cutting Files and the sentiment stamps from Jaded Blossom I made this

"sweet" hot cocoa gift set.

Inside the Elf fry box is a package of Dark Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix, 2 Candy Canes and a small bag of Marshmallows. Yummmmmm!!!

I embellished the bag with an adorable wooden spoon from Trendy Twine, stamped using a sentiment from Jaded Blossom's Hot Cocoa stamp set and tied onto the bag with some gorgeous White Tinsel Ribbon, Candy Cane Trendy Twine and some small jingle bells.

So cute, super easy to put together and sure makes for a fun gift idea.

Supplies Used:

Paper~ 

Bazzill Iris Eyes Cardstock, white, black cream (stash)

Stamps~ 

Jaded Blossom~Hot Cocoa

Cuts/Dies~

SVG Cutting Files~Elf Fry Box

Jaded Blossom~ Fancy Topper Die (layer die)

Embellishments~ 

Trendy Twine~Mini Wooden Spoons

Trendy Twine~Candy Cane

Sparkly Sweet Craft Notions~ May Arts Sheer White Tinsel Ribbon

jingle bells, stickles, treat bag

Hot cocoa supplies :)

So there is my project for today. I hope you enjoyed this sweet treat!

I am off to do some more Christmas Decorating!

Have a GREAT rest of your Tuesday!!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Jaded Blossom~ Anything Christmas

Scrappy Moms Stamps~ Silver or Gold

Ribbon Carousel Blog~Anything Goes

Paper Issues~ Christmas

Just B Creative Crazy~ Dec Linky Party
Craftin Desert Divas~Tags (does a spoon tag count????)

Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes
Everyday is an Occasion~Sunday Funday #15

Paper Playtime~Anything Goes

Noel.....{TKJ Sketch Challenge #149}{Post 3}

Good Morning and Happy Monday everyone!!!

It is a BUSY morning here on my blog so if you are looking for
 ~ my EAD Designs project click HERE~

~my Trendy Twine project click HERE

It is time for a new challenge over at

 The Kraft Journal!

This week the challenge is this sketch:

 I came up with this card. I hope you like my inspiration!

For my card I started out with a Brown Kraft Cover Weight Cardstock card base and added a layer of Buff Ivory Cover Weight Cardstock as well as a layer of My Mind's Eye Christmas pattern paper.  Then I took some Brown Hemp from the Earthy Hemp Cord pack and wrapped it around my card mat 3 times, adhering it to the back of the mat using some tape.  

For the focal point of my card, I cut 2 ovals using my cameo, one in the Brown Kraft Cover Weight Cardstock and the other in the Buff Ivory Cover Weight Cardstock. I stamped my sentiment, using My Creative Time's~ From Our Family to Yours stamp set and adding the decorative piece using a stamp from the Build a Postcard set. I added white gel pen to the "snow" on the "Noel" sentiment and then added some Diamond Stickles for some shimmer and sparkly. I also added some Red Stickles to the center of the ornament and the decorative piece....all to match the glittery pattern paper.
To further embellish my card, I took a Tiny Wooden Clothespin, added some more Red Stickles to it and when it was dry, hot glued a Cream Twill Tape bow to the center.
I attached the Tiny Wooden Clothespin to the sentiment piece, added foam pop dots to the back of the sentiment and centered it onto my card.

So there you have it....

my inspiration for this week's challenge.

I hope you have enjoyed my card and will play along with us!

As always I have linked all the supplies I used from The Kraft Outlet throughout my description.  If you have not checked out the store yet....make sure you do! There is so much available, the prices are so reasonable and shipping is super fast!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT Monday!!

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Entering this into the following Challenges:

Paper Issues~ Christmas

Jingle...All the Way~ Holiday Treat Boxes {Trendy Twine} {Post 2}

 Good Morning Everyone!!

It is a BUSY morning here on my blog so if you are looking for
 ~ my EAD Designs project click HERE~

~my Kraft Journal project click HERE~

It is time for another Trendy Twine DT post and monthly challenge!

This month the DT will be showcasing some of the great Christmas colors and fun packaging idea!

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The December Challenge:

 Wrap It Up with Trendy Twine
Work TT into your Christmas gift wrapping (on your actual package)

**If you do not have Trendy Twine, use hemp, jute, 

embroidery thread, or yarn only

(no other brands of bakers twine)**

 or 

you can pop over HERE and pick up some of the new and older Christmas colors

along with all the other AWESOME colors!

 

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Now onto my project...

 I used the 

new Christmas Mint and Cherry Limeade

 

A gorgeous mix of red & lime w/white and red & lime w/o white
And the 2x2 Clear Boxes to make these fun treats

These were so easy to put together and would make such great hostess gifts, teachers gifts or holiday place settings :)

So here is how I did these..... I used the 2x2 clear boxes and filled them with Hershey Kisses. For the sentiments on the kisses, I used My Creative Time~ Postcard Add-Ons and a 3/4" circle punch. I stamped them first on white cardstock using Versamark ink and Peeled Paint Distress Ink for the trees....then using my punch to center the images, punched them out and attached them to the bottom of the kisses.

Then using the Christmas Mint TT, I wrapped it around the box in a double strand and tied a bow to the top. To further embellish my treat, I added some white jingle bells and a stamped tag using My Creative Time~Holiday Tickets and the matching Stitched Fun Ticket Dies.

My other box was decorated exactly the same way except I switched up the color of the kisses, added some Cherry Limeade Trendy Twine and red jingle bells.

So what do you think?? I just LOVE these clear boxes!!!
Make sure to hop over to the Trendy Twine Blog to see what the other DT members made.
And don't forget to play along in our challenge!!!!

New to Trendy Twine??? Check out the other places where we share our projects .....

Trendy Twine Blog~ HERE

and the

Trendy Twine Facebook page~ HERE

Don't forget to visit the 

 new and improved, packed with tons of product

 Store HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Monday!
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Entering this into the following challenges:

Paper Issues~ Christmas
V's Sweet Ideas~ Holiday Theme

Just B Creative Crazy~ Dec Linky Party
Craftin Desert Divas~Tags

EAD Designs Holiday Blog Hop......{Post 1}

Morning and Happy Monday Everyone!!

I have a very busy day up on my blog today....3 posts in total so if you are looking for

~my Trendy Twine project click HERE

~my Kraft Journal project click HERE

We are doing it again..... There's a group of us that are EAD Designs fans so we decided to inspire each other to use our goodies!  For those of you that don't remember, EAD Designs designed vinyl stickers and rub-ons.  Awesome products but the company closed up shop about a year ago.

What all of our projects will have in common is that we are all using EAD Design supplies with a holiday flair!

Want a chance to win some EAD Designs and some other goodies?  

Make sure to leave a comment on all of the blogs listed below for a chance to win! 

 There will be 4 winners!!!

You should be coming from 
Amy  
She is the start of our mini hop....
Make sure to check out her project before moving along......

Now onto my card.....
I used the current sketch from
The Deconstructed Sketch

And designed this card.....

I started with a Kraft Cardstock base and used the designer papers from 

Echo Park~Season's Greetings. 

I designed my whole LO in the Silhouette Studio and cut the circles with my Cameo.

Since EAD Designs is no longer open I don't know the exact name of the stickers I used and can not link back to it :( But it was the perfect sized sentiment for my circle cut.

I embellished my card using my sewing machine, a button from my stash, some hemp twine and some enamel dots... which BTW I LOVE and have to add some more to my crafty stash.

Now it is time to hop along to 

Julie Smith

remember to comment all along the line-up and maybe you will be one of the lucky 4 to win a prize pack.

 Commenting will be open until Friday, December 6th, 2013 @ 11:59 pm Pacific. 

  Prizes must be claimed within 1 week of the blog hop.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Monday!!

Catch you back here in a few hours for post #2 and #3

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Here is the whole line-up

Amy  

Jessica ~ ME

Julie Smith 

Julie Tucker-Wolek 

June 
Kathe Deck

Lauren Bergold  

Rose  

Stephanie  

Wendi 

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Entering this into the following challenges:
Deconstructed Sketch~#128
Sentimental Sundays~Traditional Christmas Colors