Newton’s Nook – August Release Day 2

Things are just chugging along and today we get to share 2 really adorable Halloween themed stamp sets and coordinating die sets with you! I can’t even express how much fun I had creating with these cuties! I hope you love them too!

Trick or Treat Kittens stamps and dies

Count Newton stamps and dies

These sets are absolutely adorable and I have two fun cards to share with you today! I’m going to start with the sweet Trick or Treat Kittens where I also used the Candy Corn stencil that was revealed yesterday!

I had a simple design in my head for this card so I started by inking up the Candy Corn stencil layers with distress oxide inks. I just love how these sit on top of the paper so you don’t have to ink them on white! These candy corns on the kraft cardstock just look awesome to me! I let the ink dry for a bit and then I die cut the panel with the scalloped rectangle from the Frames & Flags die set.

Next, I stamped and colored images from the Trick or Treat Kittens set with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and arranged them together, using liquid glue to adhere them where they overlap.

For the sentiment, I wanted to use one of the Banner Trio dies so I cut it from black cardstock and went digging for a long sentiment to put on it. Last year’s Spooky Roundabout has a fabulous selection so I stamped and heat embossed one from there on the banner.

I added foam tape to the back of the stenciled panel and popped it up on a black card base. Then I added foam squares to the images and sentiment banner and popped them in place next.

For finishing touches, I came in with glossy accents on the kitty’s nose and toe beans, plus the spots and stripes on the candy pieces. Then I thought it would be fun to draw a little interest to the face on the bag so I put them on there too. Last, I added black glace pen to the kitty’s eyes. I really think this makes a difference in the face and darkens those cute eyes just perfectly.

Now, for this fantastic new Count Newton set, I had to make a scene card. There are so many fun supporting images in the set that if you add just a couple supporting dies, it was quick and fun to create a fun, full scene!

For this card, I started by stamping and coloring my images. At the beginning I wasn’t sure if I would make an A2 size card or a slimline. Once the images were die cut and I started playing, it was clear that a slimline would be SO FUN! So that’s what I did. I die cut the Slimline Frames & Portholes scalloped rectangle twice. The background panel I inked up with distress oxides in seedless preserves, blueprint sketch and black soot. Then I took the grass die from the Land Borders set and cut either end off the other scalloped slimline panel. I inked those up with mowed lawn and twisted citron. With the middle portion left of the scalloped panel I used the other land border to cut the top off and create my dirt hill. I inked that up with gathered twigs and ground espresso.

Once all the panels were inked I put them on my glass mat and spritzed them with a distress sprayer all at once. While they were drying, I cut the fence die and some trees from the Forest Scene Builder die set from black cardstock.

Before adhering my layers together I splattered the night sky panel with pearl watercolor. Then I used liquid adhesive to glue all the layers together and let them sit with acrylic blocks on top for a few minutes since there were so many. Next, I came in wtih all of my images, adhering them with a combination of liquid glue and foam squares.

Once I got to filling in the sky, I thought it needed something so I die cut a moon from the Sky Scene Builder die set from white cardstock and colored it with a very pale yellow copic maker. After gluing it down I popped my last bats in place and stamped m sentiment at the bottom of my scene.

I cut a slimline card base but didn’t want a white border so I also cut a 3.5×8.5 inch orange panel and splattered it with black acrylic paint. After that was adhered to the card base I popped my scene panel up with foam tape and moved on to finishing touches.

I added glossy accents to various parts of my images like Newton’s nose, collar medallion, pumpkin face and bits on the headstones too. Then I came in with Wink of Stella glitter brush pen for the bats again because I just love that subtle shimmer.

Would you like to win the “Count Newton” or the “Trick or Treat Kittens” Stamp Set? We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

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 Thursday August 19th at 9pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, August 20th.

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

Newton’s Nook Designs
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich
Samantha VanArnhem
Amanda Wilcox

Newton’s Nook – August Release Day 1

Woo-hoo!!!! Super excited to start sharing the amazing Newton’s Nook August release with you all this week! Today we’re starting with a REALLY fun stamp set and a new triple-layer stencil that you’re going to die for! Let’s not waste any time!

Brooms & Boos stamps and dies

Candy Corn stencil

Today I have a super fun card to share with the Brooms & Boos stamp set but I’ll be sharing an adorable card with the candy corn stencil later on this week! So, stay tuned!

The sentiments in this set go so well with the images and I just love it all! Today I narrowed it down to a silly, moderately snarky sentiment and this cute little witch with her broomstick! I had fun pulling out some traditional Halloween colors to use too!

After stamping my images, I used copic markers to color them and the coordinating dies to cut them all out. For my background panel I blended distress oxide inks in mowed lawn, seedless preserves and carved pumpkin. I sprizted the panel with water and let it dry. Then I adhered the Cascading Stars stencil to it and spread Wild Lilac Glitter Glitz Gel from Thermoweb through that. I started in the top left corner and just spread until it faded out. I didn’t want a full panel of glitter, just some fun accents.

Once that panel was dry, I trimmed it down to 5.5×4 inches and added foam tape to the back. For a little accent I stuck a strip of washi tape on the edge of my card base and then adhered the background panel down.

Arranging my images on the card front, I decided to add my sentiment to a banner from the Frames & Flags die set. This die is solid so I cut it out first and stamped the sentiment second. Then I added foam squares to the back of everything and adhered it all down.

For finishing touches I added some glossy accents to my witch on things like her hat band, boots, broom and belt. Then I added Stickles to the moon for a little glitz up there too. I couldn’t leave the bats alone though so I painted some Wink of Stella clear glitter brush pen on them so they shimmer too!

Would you like to win the “Brooms & Boos” Stamp Set?This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

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

Newton’s Nook Designs
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich
Samantha VanArnhem
Amanda Wilcox

Birch Press Design – Sending Rainbow Wishes

Happy weekend friends!!! I’m up on the Birch Press Design blog today with some bright and happy watercolor fun! Be sure to head there for the step-by-step, but here’s a look at the card and the general gist.

I stamped and heat embossed images from the Rainbow Lingo Notes and Happy Lingo stamp sets with clear embossing powder on Bristol Smooth Cardstock. Then I watercolored them with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers.

Then I inked blended a background with distress oxide inks in mermaid lagoon and tumbled glass. I spritzed the panel with water and flicked some pearl watercolor on it too.

Next, I adhered the images with a combination of foam squares and liquid glue. After the watercolor portion was adhered I thought it was lacking something. That’s when I discovered the fun “sending rainbow wishes” sentiment in the Rainbow Lingo Notes set and had to use it. I stamped and heat embossed it on black cardstock and popped it in place with a foam strip.

Voila! So bright and happy! I just love how this turned out! I also think it would be fun to color the rainbow in non-traditional, out-of-order colors, maybe with a color theme in mind too! I tend to stick to reality but sometimes it’s just more fun not to! Don’t you think?

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and found some inspiration to create something wonderful.

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

Trinity Stamps – Summer Blooms Papercrafting Kit Release

Woo-hoo!!!! Super excited to announce the release of the first ever Trinity Stamps kit! It’s called the Summer Blooms Papercrafting Kit and it includes a stamp and die set, 4 Ink on 3 ink cubes, a special embellishment mix and a coordinating paper pad! We’ve been sharing sneaks all week and today I have another card to share with you plus details on a sale and we’re having a hop over on Instagram too!

So many things going on, we better jump in!

I wanted to showcase as much of the kit as possible so today I stamped and heat embossed the largest image in the stamp set and used the Ink on 3 cubes to watercolor them. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I used paper from the pad and die cut a Slimline Modern Embossed panel. Then I took the next two sizes down from the same set and cut a thin frame from paper in the set as well. I used liquid glue to adhere these together and to a white slimline card base.

I used liquid glue to adhere the watercolored florals and put clear blocks on top to keep them flat while I switched gears to foiling my sentiment.

For this part, I used the Spellbinders Glimmer System and the new Big Celebrate Cut and Foil die set. I foiled the word Celebrate in silver on a white panel and then used the shadow die to cut it out. I adhered this to my card with foam tape.

For finishing touches I adhered a scattering of jewels from the embellishment mix in the kit all across my design.

I just love the bright and happy feel this kit naturally has and because of that how bright and happy my card is! Okay, now for info on the sale and such…

Summer Blooms Papercrafting Kit was designed by Paper Starr and because of that Trinity has a sale on our First Bloom stamps and coordinating dies which were also designed by her. For a limited time, we are offering a discount on our 4×6 First Bloom Stamp Set and Coordinating Die set when they are purchased with this kit. Just enter code FirstBloom20off at checkout for a 20% discount off of the 4×6 First Bloom Stamp Set and Coordinating Die Set (both items must be added separately and purchased with the kit in order to receive the discount.)

Also, we’re having a hop over on Instagram today so be sure to join us for the celebration and comment there for a chance to win!

Products used on my card today:
Summer Blooms Papercrafting Kit
Slimline Modern Embossed Panels dies
Big Celebrate Foil and Cut dies

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Pink & Main – Forever Friends

Happy Friday my crafty friends! I hope you had a wonderful week and will be able to do what makes you happy this weekend! Today I’m over on the Pink & Main blog with a floral slimline card.

I thought these florals would be great for a slimline card with their long stems so I started by stamping both images from the You stamp set. I colored them with my copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Playing off the colors I used on the flowers, I chose inks close to the flower centers and blended them across a white panel and then again over the deco stencil. Then I used the smaller slimline shape from the Beautiful Slim Line die set to cut the panel out.

Next, I die cut a purple panel with the next-to-largest Layered Slim Line dies and moved on to assembling my card. First I used EZ Squeeze glue to adhere the purple panel to a white slimline card base. Then I popped the stenciled panel up with foam tape. Finally I used foam squares to pop up my flowers.

This latest release was packed full of wonderful sentiment sets so I looked through those and landed on one, which I heat embossed on black cardstock. I trimmed it into a strip and used foam to pop it up as well.

For finishing touches, I added glossy accents to all of the flower centers. Then after much hemming and hawing, I chose beautiful orange pearls to adhere all around my design from the Rainbow Pearls embellishment wheel.

I’m not a floral girl at all but I was quite happy with the way this turned out and had fun coloring these sweet images.

Products used on today’s card:
You stamps and dies
Beautiful Slim Line dies
Layered Slim Line dies
KSue Friendship 1 stamps
Deco stencil
Rainbow Pearl embellishments
Ergonomic Blending Brush
EZ Squeeze liquid adhesive

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Miss Ink Stamps – Birthday Gnomes Part 2

Hello again! I’m back with Part 2 of the Miss Ink Stamps Birthday Gnomes card set. These cuties are so much fun I couldn’t just make one card with them. So I’m back today using the rest of the images from the set.

I started things by stamping and coloring the images in a limited color palette. Then I pulled from those colors for my background panel and card base.

For the background I used the two stencils in the Layered Small Alternating Dots stencil set. I inked up the larger dots with a purple ink and then positioned the smaller dots in between and spread gold glitz glitter gel from Thermoweb through the stencil.

Once it was dry, I added foam tape to the back of the panel and adhered it to a pink card base. Then I used a combination of liquid adhesive and foam squares to adhere all of my images. I chose a sentiment from the set, stamped it and trimmed it into a rectangle. Then I mounted it on a piece of black cardstock and popped it up as well.

For finishing touches I added a mixture of white gel pen highlights and glossy accents across the images.

Isn’t the glitzy background super cute with this sweet girl gnome? I just love the vibe this card has. It’s so fun!

Products used on this card:
Miss Ink Stamps Birthday Gnomes stamps
Miss Ink Stamps Layered Small Alternating Dots stencil
Thermoweb Gold Glitz Glitter gel
Stencil Pal
Pixie Spray
Lawn Fawn Juice Box ink
Trinity Stamps Blending Buddy brush
Copic markers
Foam squares and tape
Glossy accents

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Trinity Stamps – Summer Blooms Papercrafting Kit Sneak Peek

Hi there! I’m popping in today with a sneak peek from a brand new product hitting the Trinity Stamps shop this Friday. They are releasing their very first, very gorgeous, card kit! It comes with stamps, coordinating dies, paper pad, ink cubes and special embellishments! Soooo much fun!

For my card today, I cut 1/4 inch strips of various papers in the kit and glued them to an A2 size piece of a different paper from the kit. Then I die cut it with the largest modern embossed rectangle stack die. Then I stamped and heat embossed a couple of images from the Summer Blooms stamp set in copper and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I adhered some directly to the panel and the larger image I popped up with foam squares. Then I pulled the “thanks” die from thanks senti-mini set and cut it 4 times from black cardstock. I used a glue pen to adhere the layers and then glued it to my card front.

Last, I added a scattering of embellishments from the exclusive mix in the kit across my card design. These gems are just gorgeous and I thought they played well with the shiny copper heat embossing.

On Friday we’re having a fun Instagram hop to celebrate the release of the new kit. There will also be a sale on the First Bloom stamps and coordinating dies when you buy the new kit too! Stay tuned for all the details on Friday!

Products used on today’s card:
Summer Blooms Papercrafting Kit
Modern Embossed Edge Rectangle dies
Thank You Senti-mini dies

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Miss Ink Stamps – Birthday Gnomes Part 1

Hello everyone! I’m over on the Miss Ink Stamps blog today sharing this super fun tri-fold birthday card featuring the Birthday Gnomes stamps and Diamond Fade stencil. Here’s a look at the card, but you can head HERE if you’d like to see a step-by-step how I created it.

What a fun, unassuming card front we’ve got going on here!?! Am I right??? But when you open it up…

These cuties are ready to celebrate!!! I love how large this image in the set is! So fun to color and easy to make the focal point of your card.

Then, when they open it up one more time we’ve got a final sentiment and plenty of room for a message or maybe some cash or a gift card too!

Here’s the link to the Miss Ink Stamps blog again in case you’d like to see how I created this card. Stay tuned later this week for Part 2 of the Birthday Gnomes where I use the other images from the set in a completely different birthday card.

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Pink & Main – Sweet Greetings

Happy Friday friends! Today I have a fun interactive card to share with you featuring the new Pink & Main stamp set called Sweet Greetings. The hummingbird images in this set are beautiful and so fun to color! Today I just couldn’t resist keeping the design simple and putting my hummingbird on an action wobbler. It just seemed too perfect!

I stamped and colored my images with copic markers, then used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Next, I inked up a panel with distress oxide inks in peacock feathers, blueprint sketch and seedless preserves. I spritzed the panel with water and trimmed it down to 4×4.25 inches.

Next, I used EZ Squeeze liquid adhesive to glue the panel to a white card base and then used my MISTI to stamp a sentiment in the white space at the bottom. I added foam tape to the back of the hummingbird feeder and placed it down, trimmed off the excess hanging over the side. Then I added my wobbler to the hummingbird and placed it so it’s beak is just over the feeder.

For finishing touches, I glued down a scattering of the pink and green pearls from the Unicorn Pearls embellishment pack. Then I came in with my Wink of Stella glitter brush pen on the hummingbird’s wings, face and the liquid inside the feeder.

I love how this set comes with a few flowers that you could use instead of the feeder for a totally different look too! Such a sweet stamp set with lots of fun possibilities.

Products used on today’s card:
Sweet Greetings stamps and dies
Unicorn Pearl embellishments
EZ Squeeze liquid adhesive
Wink of Stella glitter brush pen
Distress Oxide ink – peacock feathers, blueprint sketch, seedless preserves

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Miss Ink Stamps – For My Friend…

I just can’t resist this fabulous pup from Miss Ink Stamps in the Slim’s Whims stamp set. He’s too fun to color and the sentiments crack me up! So I’m back again today with another card I made featuring him.

I stamped Slim and colored him up with my copic markers. Then I used the scan-n-cut to cut him out. I chose a sentiment and trimmed it into a strip, then switched gears to stencil my background.

I wanted to play off the army green that I used for his glasses so I chose a dark orangey-red cardstock and my scallop stencil from the Miss Ink Stamps Basics Bundle. I used an ink from my stash similar to the cardstock for a tone-on-tone look. Once the inking was done I used liquid glue to adhere it to a white card base. Next, I die cut a piece of kraft cardstock with a Trinity Stamps Embossed Edge rectangle die and then took a die 2 sizes down and cut the center out creating a frame.

I added foam strips to the back of the frame and popped it in place. Then I added foam tape to the back of Slim and the sentiment strip and placed them on the card front too.

To finish things off I glued down a scattering of Trinity Stamps gold satin baubles around the design. I love how these colors play off of each other. Great for a masculine card if you needed one!

Products used on today’s card:
Miss Ink Stamps Slim’s Whims stamps
Miss Ink Stamps Basics Bundle -scallop stencil
Trinity Stamps Embossed Edge Rectangle dies
Trinity Stamps Gold Satin Baubles
Thermoweb Foam strips
iCraft liquid adhesive

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