NinaB Designs September Blog Hop

EDIT: Some of the links may be off in the team members' blogs. Please use the list on my blog for the updated links. Thank you!

Hello, friends! After a much needed summer break, the NinaB Designs team is back to showcase some of my designs for our monthly hop. Make sure you check out the new Summer CHA Releases by Spellbinders, Want2Scrap and Penny Black, and my monthly release by The Craft's Meow.

For this month's hop, I challenged the team to create something with gift-giving in mind. Here are my projects. First is a set of tags that used Spellbinders' Homespun dies, Penny Black Free Flight stamps (background on tag) and The Craft's Meow stamps for the sentiments (Life is a Carnival and Love Dwells Here).

Here is a close up of the pie die cut. I just love how you can mix and match the top and bottom parts with different patterns. The sentiment is from TCM's Life is a Carnival.

Here's a close up of the basket with a small tag die cut using Spellbinders' Home Sweet Home dies and TCM's Love Dwells Here. The tags are Want2Scrap Manilla Tags..

My second project is a card set using S5-088 Sewing Elements dies and TCM Sew Lovely stamps. This is the box I packaged the cards in.

I shared one of the cards in this set on a previous post. I'll be sharing the other two in a future post!

Here are the products I used for my tags and card box:

S5-142 Homespun

 

S5-089 Home Sweet Home 

The Craft's Meow's Sew Lovely

 TCM Love Dwells Here stamps

Penny Black Free Flight

To welcome you back to our hop, we are giving away these TWO PRIZE PACKAGES:

Prize Package #1 includes Spellbinders Ironworks Accents and Motifs:

Prize #2 includes The Craft's Meow's Vintage Rides and Retired Layers of Colors Dotted Dahlias and Dotted Peonies Stamp sets:

Winners will be picked randomly from 2 of the designers' blogs:

Nina Brackett (you are here!) * Beate Johns * Beatriz Jennings * Clare Buswell * Heather Jensen * Jennie Harper * Julie Overby * Lea Lawson * Linda Lucas * Viola Mahr

Everybody is welcome to comment and eligible to win. I will announce the winners on  September 22 right here. Due to the number of prizes being given away on my blog and my dependence on my mom to do the shipping, I have to ask that the winners email (via Contact tab above) me with their info within 4 days (till September 26) in order to claim the  prize. This will help with organization and avoiding confusion. Thanks for understanding!

Finally, please consider liking the following Facebook pages that are represented on today's hop, so you don't miss the latest news and happenings:

NinaB Designs

Spellbinders Paper Arts

The Craft's Meow

Want2Scrap 

Penny Black Inc.

I hope we'll inspire you all today! Happy hopping! 

I'm still here! And summer highlights...

Hello, friends. Have you missed my posts? I know I have. I've been traveling and hosting all summer that I had to take a break from blogging. After a busy June and July traveling, hosting guests and doing outreach camps, my family and I went to visit the US to celebrate (though belatedly) my in-laws' 50th anniversary. I was away from my craft table pretty much all summer, but being with dear friends and family made it worth it :). I had hoped I would have time to do some work while in the US, but we don't go there often and always have more friends and family to see than we have days there.

I have missed creating and blogging, but I hope I'll get back on track quickly. I find that when I take a long break from anything, it takes me a while to get used to it again. My card today is something I made for my NinaB Designs blog hop that I had planned on Aug 15th, but an uncle passed away during that time that I had to postpone it. We will still have one in the near future, so don't worry :). This is a little preview.

I used my Spellbinders' Sewing Elements dies, which coordinate well with my The Craft's Meow's Sew Lovely and Sew Happy stamp sets. The papers are Crate Paper.

I used my usual favorite embellishments like seam binding and lace (from Ribbon Carousel), button and twine.

Here are some highlights of our summer. Our girls' introduction to professional baseball. Atlanta Braves vs the Padres. The Braves won!

Bible Camp in Pag, Croatia

English Camp

Visiting Vienna, Austria with some dear friends

Conference at the Aegean Sea, Greece (photo courtesy of Rich Hall Photography)

So how was your summer?

 

The Craft's Meow Previews: Sew Happy

Welcome to day three of The Craft's Meow's May release previews. I hope you've been enjoying the projects the team has been showing to inspire you all. Today we're showing my second set called Sew Happy, which coordinates with Spellbinders Sewing Elements dies and my previous set, Sew Lovely.

I stamped one of the Sew Lovely stamps and die cut it with the coordinating Spellbinders die with brown ink. I stamped the sewing machine from Sew Happy and it fits perfectly inside the Spellbinders Sewing Elements coordinating die.

This set also comes with dress forms, bobbin, pin cushion and matching sentiments in a cross stitch pattern as you can see on my card. The papers are October Afternoon's Farmhouse.

Please make sure you check out the TCM blog for more inspiration and giveaway info. Speaking of giveaways, make sure you check out the NinaB Designs blog hop where there are 5 prizes up for grabs.

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A card, an announcement, a deal and a new addition to our family

This cold/flu bug has hit me like a ton of bricks! It's been a while since I've been this sick and I didn't know what to do with myself. I tried to get around yesterday and suffered for it late afternoon and evening yesterday with high temps again. I seem to feel much better now. We'll see how long it lasts. My family has already recovered. Thank you for your prayers!

Before I share my card, have you seen the Penny Black blog today? My friend Laura and I have been officially introduced to their family! It's been great working with them and I look forward to many years and designs with them and with you all!

Also, i just want to pass on a GREAT deal. Want2Scrap is celebrating National Scrapbook Day (May 5th) by having a HUGE 30% Off Sale on their Entire Website this week from May 1st - May 4th! On May 5th ALL BLING IS ON SALE FOR ONLY 99 CENTS! It's time to stock up!

Now, my card...I have another springy one for you that uses my Spellbinders Sewing Elements  and Dress Forms dies. The sentiment is from TCM's Sew Lovely stamps. The papers are WeR Memory Keepers.

Finally, I want to share with you the newest member of our family! Meet Max, named after Maxwell Smart from one of our favorite TV shows!

He's a half Maltese and half Poodle. He's one of the least allergenic types of dogs, which is required for us. He's so sweet and can you tell that my girls are smitten?

 

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