Inspired by Jenn Shurkus!

Celebrating Jenn Shurkus today!

Hello! Jen here and I'm excited to sharing a project celebrate Jenn Shurkus! Jenn has reached the milestone of 20 years of blogging! What an incredible milestone! Jenn is having an inspiration party to celebrate and I am excited to join along! Scroll down to see my projects and pop over to Jenn's blog today to see more inspiration! Plus, we are having a World Cardmaking Day Sale, starting today. Read all the way to the end of this post for details!

I personally have always been a fan of Jenn and her creativity! I love watching her videos and have taken a few of her online classes. Not only is she a fabulous and talented artist but she's a fantastic teacher too! If you haven't tried her classes, I highly recommend them. I also want to thank her for supporting Newton's Nook Designs in her classes and events over the years! Her support of our brand means a lot to us and we really appreciate it. Plus, we are joined in friendship over our love of our feline companions! 

Today Jenn challenged the participants in her inspiration party to choose a card from her blog that inspired us and create a card of our own! It was a hard decision since she has SO many gorgeous projects on her blog but I knew I wanted to create a Halloween card so that helped me narrowed it down. I choose her set of Halloween cards from this blog post using a large stamp from Colorado Craft Company. I loved the way she created two cards, one ink blended over the image and one with colored pieces. I created my own version using our Halloween Postage Sampler Stamp Set.

Although the card that was created by Jenn used one large stamp I wanted to try doing something similar with a bunch of smaller stamps. I used images from the Halloween Postage Sampler Stamp Set and stamped them repeatedly onto panels of Bristol paper using Versafine black ink. This is my favorite ink for getting a crisp image, especially with bold silhouetted stamps. 

For the first card I made sure the ink was dry and then I blended over the images using distress oxide inks. I used Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberries, Carved Pumpkin and Twisted Citron. 

For the sentiment I used "trick or treat" from the Halloween Postage Sampler Stamp Set and embossed it in white onto a 2 inch x 2 inch square of black cardstock. I used dimensional adhesive to add it to the center of the card and then mounted everything onto a black card base. 

For my second card I used Zig Clean Color Watercolor Markers to add color to the images. I purposefully used a few more images that would be good to add color to when I stamped this card panel.

I used markers in shades of purple, orange and green with a little bit of yellow and gray. When I was done I also went back and splattered some purple, green and orange over the panel. I then created the exact same sentiment as the first card, adhering it on with dimensional adhesive. 

I had a lot of fun being inspired by Jenn's blog and creating my own projects!

I hope that you are inspired to look at projects created by another crafter and create new cards of your own! Sharing and being creative with others is one of my favorite things about card making! Make sure to check out Jenn's blog Creative Chick to find more inspiration! 

Thank you, Jenn, for inviting me to be a part of your celebration! Congratulations on 20 years of blogging!!

World Cardmaking Day Sale Starts Today!

If you liked the stamp set I used today, you can get your own along with anything else in our shop for 15% off! It's World Cardmaking Day this Saturday but we are starting the party early! Use code WCD25 at newtonsnookdesigns.com

Thanks for reading today! I hope you have a wonderful crafty day and happy shopping!