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Newton’s Nook – June Release Day Instagram Hop

Welcome back everyone! Super excited to share my card for the Newton’s Nook June Release Day Instagram Hop on here, but remember to head to IG to comment and hop along for chances to win!

I’m still feeling my stencil era so I pulled out a few oldies but goodies to pair with Newton’s Sand Dollar on today’s card. I used the Retro Sun & Palms, paired with the Waves & Splashes stencils to create my background. Then I cut a curvy sand bank using the Land Borders dies, splattering the kraft cardstock with brown and white paint for the sandy look.

I stamped and colored all of the images from Newton’s Sand Dollar and used the coordinating dies to cut them all out. With all the pieces ready, I used liquid glue to adhere them all together. Then I tore the right side of my panel for some awesome texture and added foam tape to the back of the panel.

Before popping it up on my card base, I drug my teal ink pad across the edge for texture and color at the same time.

Then I added my scene panel and popped it up a heat embossed sentiment banner using one of the banners in the A7 Frames die set. I finished things off with glossy accents on all of the images.

Click HERE to head to Instagram and hop along, commenting for a chance to win.

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Newton’s Nook – June Release Reveals

Hey friends! Welcome to release reveals for the Newton’s Nook June Mini Seaside Release! I’m smitten with the new stamp set and in love with the color palette of the new paper pad! I want to use it everywhere! Let’s take a look!

Seaside Paper Pad and Newton’s Sand Dollar stamps and dies

I have 2 cards to share with you today using both of these new products. Then I’ll be back tomorrow with another card and a link to the Instagram hop celebrating release day!

I used a few pieces of the new paper pad with the A2 Card Layout die. I cut 2 white frames first and then cut the patterned paper, keeping the inserts to paper piece. One fun thing about these is that I cut the center from the same piece of paper, just used one side on each card.

For this first card, I stamped and colored Newton’s Sand Dollar and used the coordinating die to cut him out. Then I grabbed a circle from the Circle Frames dies for my sentiment. On the card front, I went direct-to-paper with my light brown ink pad for color and texture with no bulk.

With all of that done, I just grabbed my glue and foam squares and started assembling it all together. I finished things off with a clay heart on the sentiment and some glossy accents and stardust stickles on the image.

For this card, I repeated the process, using light teal ink on the card front because the browns didn’t quite match enough for my liking. Then I went and grabbed the Hello die in the Filigree Oval Frame dies for my sentiment and just adorned it with a seashell from the stamp set.

It’s simple but so pretty and perfect for any beach lover! Goodness knows I have enough of those in my life. Then for finishing touches I just added a little stardust stickles on the seashell for sparkle.

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One lucky winner will receive a $25 store credit to spend at Newton’s Nook Designs online shop! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog posts featuring our new products today. For a chance to win, leave comments on the Design Team Member Blog Posts today (June 12th). 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 Sunday, June 15th at 9 pm ET to comment.  Winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, June 16th.

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

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Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Farhana Sarker
Amanda Wilcox
Zsofia Molnar

Doodlebugs – Postage Collage Happy Mail

Hello friends! Today for Mix it up Monday, I’m playing with some more of the Waffle Flower Postage Collage series. I love all of these and that you can mix and match bunches of them together if you want. It adds life to the product and makes it more fun today play with. Today I had a hard time breaking up my rainbow of envelope stamps though.

After die cutting the postage collage base, I cut that with the postage collage envelope base. Then I stuck it to my grip mat and used the postage collage envelope stencil to ink them up in a rainbow of colors.

I used my scissors to trim them apart and arranged them on an A2 scrap of cardstock before using liquid glue to adhere them all together. While those were drying, I cut a piece of dark blue cardstock with the Pretty Pink Posh Pierced Scallops cover plate and splattered that with white paint.

Once all of that was dry, I glued the blue panel to a white card base and popped the envelopes up on that with foam squares. After trimming off the excess I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment from the Waffle Flower Birthday Wishes set. This set has coordinating dies so I also cut it out before popping it up with foam squares to match the level of the envelopes.

For finishing touches here I added a little sparkle to the envelope hearts with stardust Stickles.

Products used:
Waffle Flower Postage Collage dies
Waffle Flower Postage Collage Envelope die
Waffle Flower Postage Collage Envelope stencil
Waffle Flower Birthday Wishes stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Pierced Scallop cover plate
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn inks – guava, juice box, mermaid, cilantro, sunflower, carrot
Anti-static pouch
Embossing & Watermark ink
Embossing powder – white
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Stardust Stickles

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Miss Ink Stamps – Stencil Layering with Punny Farm Pigs

Hello everyone! I’m here with a little dose of Miss Ink Stamps inspiration today. I’m in my stencil everything era so that’s what we’re focusing on today. It’s really fun and gives a great impact on any card design. There are so many options and ways to use them, plus they are a lower price point crafty supply which is nice when that budget isn’t what we wish it was.

For today’s card, I chose 3 stencils to create my background. First I layered the Diagonals Masking stencil over a piece of white cardstock. I inked it up with a light yellow ink, then I added the first layer of the Flower Shower stencil set on that and inked up my flowers with guava ink. I removed the flowers and added the leaf layer, inking those with jalapeno ink.

Now, I removed the masking stencil, flipped it around and positioned it to ink up the in between stripes. When the masking stencil was in place, I added the Enchanted stencil over that, inking it with mermaid ink. After removing that stencil I didn’t like the white so I went over the whole area with more mermaid ink which darkens the first layer and gives a light layer to what was white.

I trimmed that panel to 4×5.25 inches and splattered it with pearl watercolor paint. While that was drying, I stamped and colored images from Punny Farm Pigs and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I also stamped and heat embossed a sentiment on a banner from the same stamp set.

When the watercolor was dry, I popped the panel up with foam tape on a white card base. Then I added the images and sentiment strip with a combo of liquid glue and foam squares, finishing things off with a little glossy accents on the piggy, duck and flower centers.

Have you tried masking stencils or using a shape as a mask to stencil only a certain area? It’s almost magical and also a really fun way to think outside the box of supplies you already have.

Products used today:
Punny Farm Pigs stamp and dies
Diagonal Lines masking stencil
Flower Power layering stencils
Enchanted stencil
Banner die
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn inks – guava, jalapeno, butter, mermaid
Pearl watercolor
Foam squares and tape
Liquid glue
Glossy accents

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Pretty Pink Posh – Using Shaped Dies for Tags

Hello everyone! So, I needed a set of gift tags and thought mixing and matching dies to create them would be fun and different. Traditional tag shapes are cute and all but how fun is it to get a butterfly shaped tag attached to your package!?!

I even coordinated the colors of the butterflies with the gifts inside the bags since they are clear cellophane bags. It’s going to be adorable! To start these off I cut two different butterflies from the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Butterflies die set. Then chose a mid-sized body to go with them. I placed the butterflies in my splatter box and sprayed them with distress spritz spray and solar spray for fun shimmer and sparkle in the light. Once they were dry I used liquid glue and reverse tweezers to adhere the layers together.

Next, I cut the smallest die in the Mama Elephant B2B Arches die set from teal cardstock. Then I stamped a sentiment from the Mama Elephant Essential Tag Sayings stamp set. It seemed boring so I pulled the sketch heart from Mama Elephant’s Write with Me set and stamped in with Lawn Fawn mermaid ink above the sentiment.

Last, I punched holes in the butterfly wings and threaded them together with the sentiment tag using pink jute twine. I think they’re super cute and can’t wait to hand these gifts out.

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Butterflies dies
Mama Elephant B2B Arches dies
Mama Elephant Essential Tag Sayings stamps
Mama Elephant Write with Me stamps
Lawn Fawn mermaid ink
Solar Spray – royal flush
Distress Spritz – tattered rose
Liquid glue
Reverse tweezers

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Doodlebugs – When Life Gives you Lemons…

Hi friends! It’s getting juicy around here! There are lemons for days and I’m here for it. The original idea was for one card but I ended up with so many lemons and lemon slices that I just couldn’t let them spoil, so we’ve got two cards today!

They are the same design but I put the sentiment in different places so you could see the options; maybe you like one place better than the other. Personally, I couldn’t choose.

To get these started I took yellow cardstock and splattered it with white paint. Then I took watercolor paper and did some ink smooshing with different yellow inks. When the papers were dry, I cut bunches of lemons and lemon slices using the Lawn Fawn Zesty Lemon dies.

Next, I cut the center piece from white cardstock. This is the clincher right here. This step ended up giving me twice as many slices as planned because I loved the combo both ways so I made them all!

I cut two notched squares using the new Pretty Pink Posh dies from teal cardstock and used them as a guide for the size of my lemon wreaths. I used liquid glue to adhere the lemons together and an acrylic block to hold them in place while they dried.

While those were drying I got messy with distress oxide spray and spritz on my teal squares. I also added some watered down white paint to these for more texture.

While all that was drying, I cut pink panels for my card fronts and glued them to bases. I inked the edges a little with a blending brush and ballet slippers ink but I think the colors were too close because it didn’t show up a lot. Next, I cut Pretty Pink Posh sentiment strips and stamped my sentiments on them. This one came from the Pretty Pink Posh Citrus stamp set.

Then everything was assembled with foam tape and squares so there is a bundle of dimension and visual interest on both cards. For finishing touches I added stardust Stickles to the centers of the flowers on both cards.

Products used:
Lawn Fawn Zesty Lemon dies
Pretty Pink Posh Citrus stamps
Pretty Pink Posh Notched Squares dies
Distress Oxide Spray and Spritz – salvaged patina and cracked pistachio
Liquid glue
Foam tape and squares
White paint
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn ink – bubblegum, ballet slippers, sunflower, carrot
Stardust Stickles

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Doodlebugs – Sunshine Thank You Tags

Hello again everyone! I’m on the Doodlebugs blog with a bundle of thank you tags I created for the end of the school year. The design is really versatile, easy to do it batches and cuter than cute!

To create these cards I did them in a few different sessions. First, I ink smooshed some watercolor paper with dark yellow and orange inks. Then I took yellow cardstock and spritzed it with Distress Oxide ink so it had some texture. Then I let all of that dry. Next, I die cut the yellow with a 2″ circle and the ink smooshed panels with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Sun Frame. I used liquid glue to adhere them together and an acrylic block to hold them flat while they dried.

Next session, I stamped and colored the same cute Mama Elephant Little Agenda Hedgehog and used the coordinating die to cut him out. I also die cut a banner from the Mama Elephant Banner Greetings die set and glued the layers together.

In my last session, I added the banners and hedgehogs to the sunshines with foam strips and squares. I finished each one off with some blue twine to tie on the gift bags I have set aside and stardust Stickles on the little flower he is holding.

I don’t want to ruin any surprises but these are going on gift packages with a “don’t grow up, enjoy summer” vibe and I’m really excited about them!

Products used today:
Mama Elephant Banner Greetings dies
Mama Elephant Little Agenda Hedgehogs stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn Stitched Sun Frame dies
Waffle Flower Nesting Circles dies
Foam squares and strips
Liquid glue
Lawn Fawn sunflower and carrot inks (ink smooshing)
Distress Oxide Spray – mustard seed
Stickles – stardust

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Coffee Loving Cardmakers – Spring | Summer Hop

Hi friends! I’m excited to revive my love of creating caffeinated cards for today’s hop! And, as always, proud to be a super sponsor for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hops. Today you have a chance to win $20 to the Twiddler’s Nook shop.

I took a moment earlier this week to create a fun shaker card using a number of our products to do so and I wanted to share it with you today!

I used a number of fun Pretty Pink Posh products, paired with Twiddler’s Nook embellishments and tools to create my sweet teacup shaker card. Starting with the shaker teacup, I filled it with primrose confetti bits and the spring fling mix too.

Moving on to the background, I used our blending brushes with the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Sunflowers stencil set. After inking all the layers, I thought it would be more fun to add texture to the flower center layer so I mixed paint with texture paste to make the perfect yellow paste to spread through the stencil.

I had so much fun creating this sweet card and hope you enjoyed the bit of inspiration too!

Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win $20 to the Twiddler’s Nook shop. Winner will be chosen from the comments on this post only. Commenting closes Friday, May 30, at 11:59 p.m. Winner will be announced Friday, June 6, on the Coffee Lovers Blog.

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Newton’s Nook – Beekeeper Newton

Hey friends! I’m back on the Newton’s Nook blog today with a sweet little card featuring Beekeeper Newton and he’s got honey to share! Also, over on Instagram today I’ve got a coloring reel to share if you’re feeling like zoning out for a few minutes.

After stamping and coloring all of my images, I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out. I snagged the smallest die from the Basic Frames die set to stamp and heat emboss my sentiment on.

My background was premade from a batch I created when the A2 Card Layout 2 die was released. I made 4 backgrounds then and only used 2 so I still had 2 waiting for the proper inspiration to hit. Today was just such a day.

This background uses the A2 Card Layout 2 die for the white frame and the Natural Basics paper pad for the stitched inserts. The whole thing is popped up with foam tape on a white card base.

I used liquid glue to adhere bits together like the honey jars and the honey pot to the apiary. Then added foam squares to the back of everything and popped it all in place.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to the jars, Newton’s nose, the apiary and honey pot. Then I added stardust Stickles to the bee’s wings for some sparkle too.

Products used today:
Beekeeper Newton stamps and dies
A2 Card Layout 2 die
Basic Frames dies
Natural Basics paper pad
Liquid glue
Foam squares
Embossing & watermark ink
Magic anti-static brush
Embossing powder
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!