It is the second day of the November reveals by Newton’s Nook Designs. I hope you were able to check out yesterday’s reveal. 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 our projects today, the design team is showcasing the Poinsettia Blooms and Winter Birds stamp set plus the coordinating dies. Here’s what they look like:
Just like I said yesterday since we are featuring a couple of products each day, I will not have any tutorials. If you have any questions or would like to see how I made it, please leave me a message below.
POINSETTIA BLOOMS:
At first, I colored the poinsettia images in pink but I didn’t like how it turned out so I used my red Copic markers to layer on top of the pink. For this card, I also used my all-time favorite Pines & Holly die set and added the berries from the Winter Birds stamp set. For my sentiment I used the Ornamental Wishes stamp set, released last month. Here’s a little close-up:
WINTER BIRDS:
Jennifer was just so kind because she sent us this PDF document that identifies the birds and what they look like in real life.
Here’s how I colored mine:
I just LOVE cardinals! They are so pretty and in my opinion, they are a symbol of the holidays! For my card, I used the Pines & Holly die set once again to decorate my branch and the Festive Forest stamp set for the trees. Here’s a little close-up:
Would you like to win a $25 store credit to Newton’s Nook Designs? ONE lucky comment will be chosen from each reveal day to win!
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 will be randomly chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Wednesday November 21st at 9pm EST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, November 23rd.
Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:
Absolutely beautiful cards!
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COPY and PASTE every single person’s blog… the SAME… grrrrr
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I can’t believe how beautifully you colored the birds! WOW! I love that you looked them up and posted the pics!
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Thank you so much Megan! 🙂
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Gorgeous cards!!! Love the Poinsettias!!!
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your cards are so pretty, the colors are always perfect – love the birds
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Your cards and birds are stunning!
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Your cards and the stamps are lovely. The little birds are so sweet–thank you for including the pictures you got of what they look like in real life 🙂
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Love the songbird cards and stamps!
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So pretty and festive; love your cards, Maria. The cardinal is my very
favorite bird. We have a pair that’s always in my neighbor’s backyard and
I hear them every day, but those little buggers don’t like to be seen! lol So
it’s a treat when I do catch a glimpse.
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The cardinal is my fave too! Thanks so much!
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Gorgeous cards! I love your poinsettia card – such a great design! Thanks for the pictures of the birds – great to see how you coloured them!
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Your cards are so beautiful! Love them!!
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Good idea to look at photos of real birds. I didn’t know that the female Cardinal looks like that in the winter. Go figure. Your Poinsettia card is so pretty. I like the scalloped paper that you added. Nice.
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What a great idea to add the tree paper in the background of the bird card. You didn’t even have to stamp trees. Thanks for showing us your work.
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Oh! I LOVE having that coloring guide! TFS!! I also love how you framed up that gorgeous cardinal!
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Love both of your cards! I am with you on your first card! Coloring it in red looks gorgeous!
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Like how you colored the birds. Wonderful that you had the pics to refer to. Cardinals are different looking in different parts of the US. Here in Central TX the Male Cardinal is bright red and the Female is a dull red.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
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I love ALL those sweet little songbirdies! Thank you for providing such pretty pictures we can use for our coloring! And your poinsettia card is really beautiful – I never think to stamp on patterned paper (you selected a really subtle yet stunning design BTW), thank you for the magnificent inspiration!
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Thank you so much! It means a lot!
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Gorgeous cards Maria! I love the cardinal sitting in the window. Beautiful design for that card
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I love the poinsettia card design. It’s so beautiful with the pine sprigs and holly! You did a fantastic job coloring all the birds, and the cardinal card is so pretty.
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Thanks for sharing your lovely work to inspire us all. I enjoyed seeing your creativity.
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The sprigs of greenery are lovely touches on both cards!
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Just beautiful. Love the poinsettia card the most. Cheers.
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Beautiful cards. We are so fortunate to have all these types of birds at our feeders all the time and have cardinal couples feeding.
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What amazing cards and thanks for sharing the colors of each bird. The one thing I struggle with.
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Fantastic coloring of the birds. Love
the frame around the cardinal.
The lacy edging for the poinsettia
is a wonderful kidea. thanks for sharing
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Wow such beautiful designs! Thanks for sharing the Guide identifying the birds & what they look like! Your coloring of them is awesome!
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