Hello my crafty peeps! It is the first day of the April release at Newton’s Nook Designs. I always get excited during release week and it never cease to amaze me how Jennifer come up with amazing stamps and dies month after month. You will absolutely LOVE this month’s stamp release! You also have a chance to win each stamp set during release week so check out the details I have indicated at the end of this blog post. [Just a little important note: I know some of you had difficulties finding the comments section. If you would like to leave a comment to participate in the giveaway, the “comments section” will only be ever visible when a single post on Word Press is being viewed. Please click on this particular blog post and you will be able to leave a comment below. Thank you for understanding and I apologize for the confusion.]
For today’s project, I am showcasing the Beautiful Plumage stamp set and its coordinating dies. This Beautiful Plumage stamp set and coordinating dies will be available for purchase on Friday, April 14, at 8:00 a.m. CST.
I stamped my peacock on Neenah solar white card stock and colored my images in with my Copic markers. I also wanted to highlight the swirls on the peacock so I used my Sakura gel pen, and used my gold stickles to add a whimsical touch to the simple coloring and make the image pop.
I have a clouds border die from my stash that I use as stencil to add some cloud images on my front panel. Using my sponge and broken china distress ink, I lightly sponged the color on my card stock to create the look of the clouds. I then dry-embossed my card stock with my embossing folder and die-cut the window with a die from my stash. I knew I wanted some branches and flowers for my peacock and so I die-cut a bunch of those branches from a Cherry Blossom die-set by Spellbinders. I made the flowers pop by using the end of my marker and pushing it in on a foam pad to make it look more realistic. I adhered the images with my Xyron mega runner and liquid glue.
Here’s my card:
Would you like to win the “Beautiful Plumage” Stamp Set? This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! Here’s how to win:
Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal 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, April 13th at 9pm CST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 14th.
Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter the giveaway:
Maria Russell (you are here)
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So gorgeous, love your coloring and the cloud background – the swiss dot embossing folder is PERFECT for your card!
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This card is gorgeous! The colors are so pretty and your cloud background really finishes is off beautifully.
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I really LOVE this amazing card, Maria! Great design and colors! It turned out really beautiful!
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It’s a gorgeous card! I love the colors!
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Those gold drops are a great idea! So pretty and creative!
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Love the beautiful design you did here with this gorgeous bird sitting among the cherry blossoms.
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This is so beautiful! I love the added details with the gel pen and gold glitter! It really adds a perfect finishing touch! Thanks for the amazing ideas today!
-Jen {Newton’s Nook Designs}
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Love all the extra details you added and for sharing how you did it, like the gold dots and 3D flowers😀
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Gorgeous card, love the colors and what a fun stamp set.
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Very pretty. Love all of the little elements you used on your project. TFS
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I love everything about your card! Simply gorgeous.
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so nice!
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Too answer your question, I would LOVE to win a set of these gorgeous stamps. I’d be crazy not to want them.
Gorgeous card!!
TFS xo April
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This is so so pretty!
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So pretty and all the embellishments are lovely!!! Especially the Stickler on the peacock.
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Such a pretty card! I love the blossoms!
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lovely textures and details on your beautiful card! love the peacock set!
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wow–I am loving that card!!
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Oh wow!!! Love your Peacock card!!! Absolutely gorgeous!!!
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Gorgeous card! Love your coloring and the cherry blossoms!
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This is such a cute card. Loved it!!
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Beautiful card.
Love how you perched him on the limb.
Great idea.
thanks for sharing.
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OMG this card is just gorgeous – LOVE it:)
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Love the colors, sparkle and the sweet flowers.
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The peacock is beautifully colored and I love how it’s perched on that flowering branch.
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Your gorgeous peacock in the cherry blossoms is beautiful!
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What a visually stunning card. I love this image but your addition of stickles and glitter along with the 3D flowers is just wonderful.
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beautiful card! Love it 🙂
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