Soft and Feminine Cards

I hope you had a great weekend. We are still facing a big freeze here in Europe with temperatures way below average. It's 14 deg F as I write this when it usually is around 30 and there is no relief in sight soon. It does look like winter wonderland outside, though, which my girls just love!

I have something simply and shabby for you today that uses Want2Scrap Nestabling, but I used it without a Spellbinder die cut, just to see. :) It took less than 10 minutes to make! The sentiment is by Layers of Color, papers by Melissa Frances.

I'm entering this to the CAS-ual Fridays challenge, which is to create a card based on a movie. What a fun challenge! This sentiment was made famous by Barbara Streisand in her movie, Funny Girl. The sketch was inspired by this week's Card Patterns (flipped upside down), my old stomping grounds :). And the colors are inspired by The Play Date Cafe. It feels so good to play with challenges again.

Here's the Nestabling pearls up close. Don't you just love it!

My next card is one I shared last week over on the SRM blog. It uses their Fancy Stickers Baby on a card that could be for graduation, new baby or job promo...there are so many occasions when the sentiment is perfect.

The silhouette lady is part of my LOC's Sweet Silhouettes set, which now out of stock, but hopefully will soon be available through another stamp company. I will share as soon as I'm allowed. And this patterned paper is one of current faves. It's from Crate Paper's Paper Heart.

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Thinking of You Silhouette

I've been so busy creating away for new stamp sets. It is always a dilemma for me what to do first, stamp designing or card making, since I love doing both. If only I can skip sleep and do both! :)

Have you been following the Spellbinders Blog Frenzy? The talented DT has shown several of my die designs, but the highlight will be tomorrow for me when I show my first licensed die designs. I will be showing you something I've never made before and I'm so pleased they turned out as expected. I hope to see you back here tomorrow!

Today's card is one I made a while ago and it's one of my favorites because it perfectly represents my style, whatever that may be :). I was saving it to submit for publication, but decided it's better to share it here with you all. I used the Layers of Color Sweet Silhouettes, Elegant Labels and Sentimental Banners sets. The bad news is these are sold out at the moment, but the GOOD news is they may be re-released later on by another company. I will update here on my blog when I'm allowed to share :).

Here's a close up of the silhouette, which was inspired by my oldest daughter.

Finally, did you see I'm sponsoring the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge this week. Two GinaK Designs stamps are the prizes! The challenge is use something new.

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Layers of Color's Nina B Designs Release Hop

Thank you for joining us today for the Layers of Color's release of my former Angel Company stamps.

 After TAC closed, I received so many emails inquiring about my designs. I was disappointed when TAC didn't work out, but was encouraged by the response to my stamps there. Even better, I met several new friends who were TAC fans, so not all is lost...not at all! And now some of these TAC stamps can be purchased through Layers of Color. And because the plates are different between two companies (LOC's are bigger), I have added new images to the set that complement the others in each set. It's great to have a second chance at designing the same sets :). I hope you will like them, too.

I have a few photos to share with you today. My first card uses Dotted Dahlias, which was colored with Copics, as the main focal point. I also used the Fairy Wishes set as a background. The sentiment is from the Beautiful Lace set.

Here is the close up of the dahlia. I had so much fun coloring this.

My second card is a little more involved than my usual cards, but I had so much fun putting it together. The butterfly is from Fairy Wishes set. The word "Mom" is from the Sweet Silhouettes set and the "i love you" is from The Love Chapter set.

I also found some burlap fabric to play with and die cut that using Spellbinders Heart Nestabilities. The birdcage is also die cut (links below). The papers are Webster's Pages and the bling is from Want2Scrap.

As with any LOC hop, we also have giveaways! Leave a comment here on this post and tell me which of my new sets do you like the most. I will pick a winner who will receive that set for free. You have till midnight tonight to enter. The winner will be announced tomorrow! I also have a referral contest going on now in my Nina B Designs Facebook page. Refer your friends to like it and I will pick a random winner who, along with his/her referrer, will win one of my LOC Christmas stamps.

 Make sure you stop by the Layers of Color blog for another chance for a giveaway! And here are the DTs' blogs for more inspiration:

 Diana Queen * Janice Whiting *  Jennie Harper * Jessica Fick  * Keri Lee Sereika * Linda Lucas  * Melisa Waldorf * Nina Brackett (you are here!) * Savannah O’Gwynn

LOC Sweet Silhouettes stamp set	LOC Beautiful Lace stamp set	LOC Dotted Dahlias stamp set	LOC The Love Chapter
LOC Fairy Wishes stamp set	Webster's Pages Country Estate Paper Pack	Vintage Photo Distress Ink	Antique Linen Distress Ink
Spellbinders Bird Sanctuary Dies	Spellbinders Heart Nestabilities	Spellbinders Grand Calibur	Copic Markers
Want2Scrap Silver Rhinestons	Wild Orchid Crafts Red Roses	ScorTape

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