Newton’s Nook Reveal Day #2

Well hello there and welcome to day two of the Newton’s Nook March release week! Today we are showcasing the lovely Beautiful Wings stamp and die sets and I have a watercolor card to share with you featuring these new products!

The butterfly images included in this stamp set are indeed truly beautiful. I love the swirl patterns that are in each wing and they make for really intricate and delicate images. In my card, I’ve watercolored each butterfly using distress inks and created a trail up the side of the card for an interesting focal point.

I started by white heat embossing the butterflies onto watercolor paper and using Twisted Citron, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers and Wilted Violet distress inks to watercolor the patterns inside the butterflies. After everything was watercolored, I die cut each one out using the coordinating dies.

For the background of my card, I wanted to create something with movement to help make the butterflies appear as if they are flying up the card. I used a swirl stencil from Create a Smile and blended Twisted Citron and Squeezed Lemonade distress inks onto a cardstock panel. I added some water  droplets to create a bit more texture and then stamped my sentiment (also from Beautiful Wings) in black along the left side.

To finish my card design up, I added some Glossy Accents onto the wings of each butterfly and scattered sequins from Pretty Pink Posh around them (Sunshine Glow 6mm, Share Kindness mix, Amythyst 4mm, Sparkling Clear 4mm).

KEEP HOPPING & A GIVEAWAY

Would you like to win the “Beautiful Wings” Stamp Set? This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! Here’s how to win:

Comment on the Newton’s Nook Designs blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog 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, March 17th at 9pm CST to comment  — winners will be announced on Newton’s Nook Designs blog post on Friday, March 18th.

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Jess Gerstner
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Nina-Marie Trapani… that’s me! :)
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka
Kelly Latevola – Guest Designer

MORE INSPIRATION

Looking for more watercolor inspiration? Here are some of my other recent posts, each featuring watercoloring techniques. And the one on the left is also features yesterday’s reveal of the Hello Spring Newton’s Nook stamp set, so be sure to check that out if you missed seeing it. Click on the photos to be taken to the corresponding post.

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PRODUCTS

If you are interested in any of the products used in this post, I have them all linked below to Simon Says Stamp. Affiliate links used when possible.

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SIMON SAYS STAMP

Simon Says Stamp STITCHED RECTANGLES Wafer Dies	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad TWISTED CITRON Ranger TIM43294	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SQUEEZED LEMONADE Ranger TIM34940	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad WILTED VIOLET	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad PEACOCK FEATHERS	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965
*Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Dimensional Adhesive	6mm Sunshine Glow Sequins Pretty Pink Posh	Pretty Pink Posh SHARE HANDMADE KINDNESS MIX	Pretty Pink Posh 4MM AMETHYST Cupped Sequins	*Pretty Pink Posh 4MM SPARKLING CLEAR Cupped Sequins	*Ranger Perfect Pearls PERFECT PEARL Individual Pigment Powder
Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White 660425	Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200 Wagner	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark	*Ranger Embossing Powder SUPER FINE WHITE	WHITE FUN FOAM 12 Pack 118711 9 x 12	US Artquest MATTE Perfect Paper Adhesive
Strathmore WATERCOLOR 9×12 SHEETS 373091

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