Friday, April 17, 2020

Send Uplifting Smiles Blog Hop!

Send Uplifting Smiles Blog Hop!

Today the Newton's Nook Designs and Inky Paws Challenge Team members are hopping along to Send Uplifting Smiles! Our goal today is to help brighten your day with uplifting and encouraging cards that will make you smile! We know that many of you are under stay home orders to help fight the spread of the Coronavirus and during this time of social distancing it's more important than ever to keep in touch with family and friends and we encourage you to spend some time creating and sending cards to those who matter to you! Check out all the stops in this hop to get inspired on ways you can send uplifting smiles!  

Make sure you scroll down to the bottom of this post to see the whole list and hop along and comment on all the blogs hopping along today for a chance to win a store credit to our shop too!

For my stop on the hop today,  I created an uplifting card using our Holding Happiness Stamp Set.

Newton's Nook Designs Send Uplifting Smiles Blog Hop | Uplifting card by Jennifer Jackson | Holding Happiness Stamp Set, Uplifting Wishes Stamp Set, Hills & Grass Stencil and Sky Borders Die Set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook #handmade
The girl with the giant bouquet of balloons makes me smile every time I create with it so I thought it would be great for an uplifting card! I colored the image using copic markers and then used a white gel pen to give little highlight accents to the balloons. The image was cut out using the coordinating Holding Happiness Die Set to add onto the card. 

For the card, I created a scene by adding a hill and some grass using our Hills & Grass Stencil. This stencil has borders on both sides so it makes it easy to create a scene like this. Then I used our Sky Borders Die Set to cut out the cloud border along the top, layering it over a strip of blue paper. The final touch was the "You lift me up" sentiment, stamped from our Uplifting Wishes Stamp Set. This set has the perfect sentiments in it for sending smiles! 

Newton's Nook Designs Send Uplifting Smiles Blog Hop | Uplifting card by Jennifer Jackson | Holding Happiness Stamp Set, Uplifting Wishes Stamp Set, Hills & Grass Stencil and Sky Borders Die Set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook #handmade

We hope you enjoyed this cheerful card today and that it helped bring a smile to your day! 
Don't forget to reach out and send smiles to your friends! Together we will get through this!

Visit all the NND designers today for more uplifting inspiration! The next stop on the hop is Ellen Haxelmans and you can find the whole list at the bottom of this post!

Inspired?
What will you create? We are having a sale this weekend so you can stock up on your favorites to make some cards today! Shop now and save 15% off your order with coupon code SMILES at www.newtonsnookdesigns.com

The discount includes retiring products, with already reduced prices so make sure to check those out too!




Send Uplifting Smiles Hop Giveaway!
Would you like to win a $25 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs online shop?
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)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal 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 Monday, April 20th at 9pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Tuesday, April 21st.

36 comments:

  1. Indeed an uplifting blog hop, during these difficult times! Loved all the inspirations at every stop! :) Thank you team :)

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  2. What a fabulous card, Jennifer! Love the bright happy colors and awesome uplifting sentiment!!!

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  3. An "uplifting" card.
    thanks for having the hop
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  4. Holding happiness is a lovely stamp set, it is on my wishlist. Love this card with balloons.

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  5. So much needed in the current times...thanks for love!!This card is really inspiring and definitely has put a smile on my face!!Off to Hop now

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  6. Such a wonderful card! I'm so bummed that I placed my order a day too early to get in on the sale, but it's all good!

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  7. I love you cute wimsical designs. And i love you have affordable stamps and dies.

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  8. Oh this is such an amazingly happy card! The bright, vivid colors are so whimsical ~ instant smile here! Thanks for the smiles in the midst of very trying times ♥

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  9. A great card for smiles and uplifting others!

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  10. Thanks for the lift! Very cute card, having a sad day here. Losing an elderly extended family member to the virus.

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  11. What an uplifting Hop and lovely card!! Thank you!

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  12. Luv this UPLIFTING kinda card, esp. in this unsettling time. Mahalo!

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  13. Jen, this is fantastic! Love the design and cheery colors.

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  14. Awww I love the balloons, so bright and cheery! Great hop! and great theme!

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  15. Wonderful blog hop!
    So beautiful card with balloons!
    I love all cards in the hop!
    So many gorgeous projects!

    Thanks for this uplifting blog hop. It was so fun to hop around!

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  16. Love this girly with the balloons! So cute <3<3<3

    Hugs,
    Mary Ellen

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  17. Super cute card Jen! So excited to make more cards this weekend!

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  18. Just too cute
    and so fun!
    Carla from Utah

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  19. So generous and so fun. And I'm in love with legs lady!!

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  20. Crafting keeps my mind off of the hysteria of others, and what is going on. Thank you for this blog hop. I love the background on this card. So peaceful.

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  21. Wahoo! Love the “Send Uplifting Smiles Blog Hop”! Made me smile immediately! The bold balloon colors and vivid backdrop do indeed lift me up! Thank you!

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  22. Had a great time hopping - such wonderful inspiration!! Sweet card with a sentiment that is perfect for the "balloon girl"!!

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  23. So cute and this sentiment is perfect with the colorful balloons.

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  24. The much needed blog duri g such times.. All the cards are so beautiful and this card with the balloons to uplift our souls and courage is lovely ❤️❤️

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  25. This is so fun! I love the balloons and sweet scene! Thank you!

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  26. Wow. Its a wonderful idea to sends smiles and hugs to everyone at this difficult times. Thanks for this hop. The card is amazing with great sentiment.

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  27. What a beautiful card! You created such a fun scene; I love the girl with her giant bouquet of balloons. :)

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  28. Thank you organizing such a wonderful hop. It is definitely uplifting with smiles and hugs

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  29. Jen, This is so bright, so cheerful, and just wonderful! So glad you created this inspiring hop, and of course, making the cutest stamps and products that I just adore!
    Hugs,
    debbie

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  30. I like this girl with the huge balloons -- the background is stunning and shows her off nicely - such a cool greeting to encourage someone - TFS and for the hop

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  31. All those wonderful balloons! Along with that super sentiment - you can't help but smile and feel uplifted! Stay safe! :)

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