NinaB Designs January 2013 Blog Hop

Welcome to the NinaB Designs* first team blog hop of 2013! We hope you have had a relaxing holiday break and ready to join us for another year of inspirations and prizes!

*NinaB Designs is a product designer for a few paper crafting companies including Spellbinders, Want2Scrap and Penny Black, and The Craft's Meow.

For this month's hop, Nina challenged the team to create a project with the LOVE theme, which can be interpreted in many ways: Valentine, Anniversary and Friendship.
Here is my altered frame project:

I was wandering around Michael's a week ago looking for something to alter for this blog hop and came across this heart frame which I found for $1...LOVE those kind of deals! The back/sides were painted with Painterly Pink Claudine Hellmuth Studio paint and then I adhered some 12x12 Echo Park Victoria Gardens patterned paper using Scor-Tape.

  For the center of the frame I used some of Nina's stamps from The Craft's Meow, as well as the coordinating Spellbinders dies Home Sweet Home.

 Then I adhered the Blessed piece of chipboard using my Xyron Creative Station, it went through the machine very smoothly. The hearts are little wooden veneers from Studio Calico.

      Here are the NBD products I used for my altered frame: 

Love Dwells Here

Home Sweet Home

Beautiful Bling Borders

The NinaB Designs team is giving away these TWO PRIZE PACKAGES: Prize Package #1 includes Spellbinders Venetian Accents and Motifs:

 

Prize #2 includes 2 retired sets from Layers of Colors stamps:

 

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

Nina Brackett * Beate Johns * Beatriz Jennings * Clare Buswell * Heather Jensen * Jennie Harper * Julie Overby * Lea Lawson * Linda Lucas *Viola Mahr

Everybody is welcome to comment and be eligible to win. The winners will be announced on  January 22 on Nina's Blog, where you will also find all the relevant info regarding the giveaways. 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

Penny Black Inc.  Want2Scrap 

Thank you for joining us today!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

Thank You

Hello! I have a fun card to share today that I made using The Paper Loft patterned paper and combined it with the sketch challenge. I love sketches of any sort and was excited to see they started them this month on The Paper Loft Blog. All of the paper (except the Ivory cardstock is from The Paper Loft and either Everyday Life or Easy Breezy).

The house was die cut using the Spellbinders Home Sweet Home dies and the sentiment is from Love Dwells Here.

Obviously I have been a bit hit/miss blogging due to all the extra things this month. We are having a wonderful month and amazed Christmas is just a few days away...how did THAT happen!  I felt so ahead the start of the month and wham, now it is nearly over!  Yikes... I have more Christmas cards to get postal or handed in person so obviously behind just a smidge :) (as usual, lol!)

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

NinaB Designs Blog Hop

Hello, friends! After a much needed summer break, the NinaB Designs team is back to showcase some of Nina's designs for our monthly hop. Make sure you check out the new Summer CHA Releases by Spellbinders, Want2Scrap and Penny Black, and her monthly release by The Craft's Meow. For this month's hop, Nina challenged us to create something with gift-giving in mind. Here is my project:

I made some Lemon-Poppy Seed Zucchini Bread and using stamps/dies packaged it for gift giving.  I used the leaves from Foliage Fancy (a stamp set illustrated by Nina for Penny Black) and combined it with a sentiment from Sew Lovely (The Craft's Meow).  The tag was made using Spellbinders dies: Home Sweet Home.

Here are the products I used for my project:

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

The winners will be announced September 22 on Nina's blog.  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! 

Blessings, 

Hello chica!

I have a quick card to share today that I made with the clear stamp set Tweet of You from The Craft's Meow and some Teresa Collins Everyday Moments patterned paper.  LOVE her 6x6 pads and just got her new Sweet Afternoon 6x6 pack and it is so pretty!!  I used White and In the Navy from Gina K. Designs and did a little paper piecing with the cute little bird.  The sentiment is stamped on a scrap piece of Everyday Moments patterned paper and die cut with the tag Home Sweet Home Spellbinders die.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

NinaB Designs Blog Hop

Welcome to the NinaB Designs's 2nd blog hop! We had a great time last month and we just want to thank you for your enthusiasm and encouraging words. The NBD team has new projects to show you today featuring NinaB Designs Spellbinders™ Paper Arts (Home Sweet Home and Sewing Elements), The Craft's Meow Stamps, and Want2Scrap bling. We have added a new twist to our hop. Not only do we have tons of inspiration for you, but we also are joining in the Crafty Friends' challenge that you can participate in. And of course, there will be prizes up for grabs! You will find more info below, but first...here is my project:

I used the The Craft's Meow stamp set Mother and Father and paired it with the Spellbinders dies Sewing Elements and the little heart from Home Sweet Home.  The patterned paper is Every Day Moments from Teresa Collins and love the blue/yellow color combination.  I stamped the sentiment using Memento Paris Dusk just above the sentiment on the patterned paper of {memories} what I will remember most... which I found most fitting. 

For the sewing machine die cut itself, I stamped the dots from Vintage Backgrounds using Memento Cantaloupe ink onto Sweet Corn cardstock prior to die cutting.  Here is a close-up of the sewing machine die cut:

Adding a little Want2Scrap Beautiful Bling Borders Endless Waves to the base of the sewing machine.  

THE CHALLENGE: If you choose to participate in the challenge, create a new project that uses two die cuts. They don't have to come from two different die cut sets. Then, link it to the Crafty Friends' challenge blog. One participant will win the Sewing Elements dies. You can enter as many as you want. THE RULES: Leave a comment on as many blog hop stops as possible. FOUR commenters left on the NinaB Designs team blogs will be picked to win prizes. One comment per blog please. This is open to our international friends. Here are the links to the NBD team:

NinaB Designs * Beate Johns * Beatriz Jennings * Clare Buswell * Heather Jensen * Jennie Harper * Lea Lawson * Linda Lucas * Mona Pendleton * Viola Mahr * Crafty Friends' Challenge Blog

THE PRIZES: There are several prizes to be won. One Crafty Friends' challenge blog participant will be randomly picked to get the Spellbinders' Sewing Elements dies

Four commenters left on the NinaB Designs team blogs will be picked to receive the following:

 Spellbinders Home Sweet Home

The Craft's Meow's Thanks Bee to Thee stamp set

The Craft's Meow's Lovely Birds set

Finally, please consider liking the following Facebook pages that are represented on today's hop:

NinaB Designs

Spellbinders Paper Arts

The Craft's Meow

Want2Scrap

We hope you enjoy the projects we're sharing with you today and enter the Crafty Friends challenge as well!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

 

NinaB Designs Blog Hop

Welcome to the first ever Nina B Designs Dream Team Blog Hop! We are so thrilled to have you join us on this very special day. My friends and I have some projects to show you that feature the Nina B Designs' Spellbinders™ Paper Arts (Home Sweet Home and Sewing Elements), The Craft's Meow Stamps, and Want2Scrap bling.

Here are my projects: 

  I used Spellbinders Sewing Elements, The Craft's Meow Sew Lovely stamp set and Want2Scrap Borders.  It is hard to believe it is only one stamp and that being the sentiment.  These dies are just amazing and I lightly sponged them with Memento Bamboo Leaves and Desert Sand.

I also made a quick circle card using Spellbinders Home Sweet Home, Want2Scrap Borders, and sentiment stickers from SRM Stickers.  

This was so much fun to put together and love this little house.  The patterned paper is Echo Park Splash.


Here is a closer look at the amazing dies Nina has designed that were used for both of these projects:

 Spellbinders Home Sweet Home 

Spellbinders Sewing Elements 

Now we can't have a hop without giveaways, can we? I added a fun twist to the giveaways. There is a prize hidden in each of the designers' blogs, so, I encourage you to comment on each of them to be entered in all the drawings. Now the rules:

• The prizes are hidden in the blogs and winners will be drawn randomly.
• One comment per blog please.
• The giveaways are open to everybody in the world!
• The winners will be announced on Wednesday, March 21.
• This is not required, but if you have projects using NinaB Designs stamps, dies and/or bling (see tabs above), please upload it to the NinaB Designs Flickr gallery, so we can all see your beautiful work. And who knows, I may have a Flickr fan giveaway someday :).
• This is not required, but please consider liking the following Facebook pages: NinaB Designs, Spellbinders Paper Arts, The Craft's Meow and Want2Scrap. These companies provided some of the prizes today. Join me in thanking them and tell them NinaB Designs sent you. Thank you, friends. :)

Here are the prizes that are being given away - 11 prizes and 11 stops in the hop:

Spellbinders Layered Flowers dies	Spellbinders Aster Flower Topper dies	Spellbinders Bauble Blossoms One	Spellbinders Bauble Blossoms Two dies
Spellbinders Classic Decorative Inserts One dies	TCM Timeless Tags set	TCM Sending You Sunshine set	TCM Lovely Birds set
TCM It's a Banner Day set	TCM Fruity For You stamps	Want2Scrap Borders and Corners

Thank you for joining in my excitement with this fabulous team!  Now, go be inspired as you visit these talented ladies:

Beate Johns * Beatriz Jennings * Clare Buswell * Heather Jensen * Julie Overby * Lea Lawson * Linda Lucas * Mona Pendleton * Viola Mahr * Nina Brackett 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,