Monday, February 29, 2016

Creating Mud Puddles with Distress Inks for Mint Owl Studio


Hello crafty friends! Today I'm sharing a card featuring the Piggy Party set from Mint Owl Studio. I used Distress Inks to 'smoosh' some mud puddles for the cute little piggies. For more info check out the video:



If you love cute little Critters as much as me be sure to join my Critter Loving Papercrafters Group over on Facebook. Also you can see the rest of the release at Mint Owl Studio.





Monday, February 22, 2016

Religious Easter Card featuring Easter Blessings from Mint Owl Studio


Hello crafty friends! Today I have a video for Mint Owl Studio using the Easter Blessing stamp set. You can check out a full tutorial in the video as well as a suggestion for a fast version of a religious Easter card. 


I did not realize what a crazy amount of fussy cutting I was getting myself into on this one but I'm so thrilled with the result. Be sure to pick up this gorgeous set and see the rest of the release at Mint Owl Studio.


Monday, February 15, 2016

Bright Birthday Card on Mint Mondays with Jess for Mint Owl Studio

Bright Birthday Card by Jess Gerstner for Mint Owl Studios

Hello crafty friends! Today I'm sharing a card featuring the Scripty Sentiments set from Mint Owl Studio. I used the Prima Water Soluble Oil Pastels to create a fun bright background and then heat embossed the sentiments over the background. For more info check out the video:


The February release is already available in the shop and contains some fun and beautiful stamp sets that I can't wait to share in the next few installments of Mint Monday with Jess.

Bright Birthday Card by Jess Gerstner for Mint Owl Studios

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Newton's Nook Designs February Release Newton Unwinds


Hello crafty friends! Today I am sharing the Newton's Nook Designs February Release. This set is called Newton Unwinds and there are coordinating dies available. I'm loving that Jennifer is including extra value in the dies by adding the word meow. I had been wanting to show how awesome using Prismacolor pencils on kraft is and this was a great image for just that. It was so hard to choose which super cute Newton from the set to use. Check out the video below for more and keep reading to find out how to win this set!

Would you like to win the “Newton Unwinds” 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 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, February 11th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 12th

Newton's Nook Designs

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Newton's Nook Designs February Release Made from Scratch


Hello crafty friends! Today I am sharing the Newton's Nook Designs February Release. This set is called Made from Scratch and there are coordinating dies available. I'll admit I'm not much of a baker so I think some of you will be getting more use out of this than me but what I love is that like most of the NND sets this even includes a punny birthday sentiment. So many times I will see cute images but there won't be useful sentiments with it so this is a winner to me. Since this is a one layer card I used my Primascolor pencils so there would be no bleed through. Keep reading to find out how to win this set!


Would you like to win the “Made from Scratch” 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 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, February 11th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 12th

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

Monday, February 8, 2016

Mint Owl Studio Share the Love Event


Rainbow Greeting Card by Jess Gerstner for Min Owl Studio Share the Love

Hello crafty friends! I'm so lucky to be playing along in the Mint Owl Studio Share the Love event. The idea of this event is to make a card and send it to someone you love. We are part of an amazing hobby and we can use our talent to put a smile on someone’s face. You can send it to a friend or family member who has a birthday, needs some encouragement, or just to say hi. Make sure to leave a comment on all of the blogs on this hop to be eligible to win a $25 gift certificate to the Mint Owl Studio store. There will be one winner chosen, so the more blogs you comment on, the
better your chance is to win! Today I have a video tutorial for my card which you can check out and then keep scrolling to find out more about how to play along with your own card for another chance to win! 


How can you participate and share the love?
-Make a card for someone in your life (it can be a friend, family member, co-worker, etc.)
-Post a photo of it on social media, tag us and use the hashtag #sharethelovemos
-If you don’t use social media, post it on your blog and then leave a link to it on the Mint Owl Studio blog post.
-Send the card in the mail so you can share the love!
-For each card you make and share, you will be eligible to win a $25 gift certificate to the Mint Owl Studio store.
-This event starts on February 8th and ends on February 14th at 11:59 PM CST.



Friday, February 5, 2016

Sweet Treats Blog Hop featuring Newton's Nook Designs

Fox Valentine Treat by Jess Gerstner featuring Newton's Nook Designs

Hello crafty friends! Today I'm excited to be part of the Newton's Nook Designs Sweet Treats blog hop. The Newton's Nook DT has a variety of treat related projects to share with you and there's a chance to win! For a tutorial on my simple project using Simply Seasonal and Fox Hollow check out the video.



Would you like to win a $10 store credit to our Newton's Nook Designs?
We are giving them out to
 TWO lucky winners

Here's how to win: 
Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blog 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 Sunday, February 7th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Monday, February 8th