Newton’s Nook – July Release Day and Instagram Hop

Happy Release Day for Newton’s Nook! We’re having a fun Instagram Hop that I hope you’ll join in on. It’s extra packed this month with guest designers along side the design team!

For the hop I decided to create a gift tag using two of the stamp sets and the new paper pad. Aren’t they too fun together!?! I love it!

I simple cut the bookmark tag from patterned paper, then chose another pattern and cut it out with the same die based on where I wanted it to fit on my tag. Then I glued them together and cut a white paw from the die in the same bookmark set. I stamped my sentiment and went over the stitching areas with a black pen to make it more legible.

I stamped and colored my images from Cat Party and Dog Party, using the coordinating dies to cut everything out. Then I popped everything up on the tag with foam squares and threaded some ribbon through the hole.

For finishing touches I came in with stardust Stickles and glossy accents on parts of each image.

Remember to head over to Instagram for inspiration, and be sure to comment as you hop along for another chance to win!

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

Newton’s Nook – July Release Reveals Day 4

Okay, here we are…the final day of release reveals! We’ve got one more stamp and die set to share with you before we let you loose to shop these awesome new goodies and start crafting your own creations!

Birthday Postage Sampler stamps and dies

This is a really fun staple set to have in your stash whether you like to create with the postage stamps or not. These images are fun and perfect for celebration themed crafting. I have two cards to share with you today.

For this card, I stamped and colored my images, die cutting them before adding them to the Postage Stamp layout die. I also ink blended and stenciled the inserts of each stamp before decorating them with the colored images and postage details. I finished the design off with the Happy Birthday sentiment die being cut from the same paper as my background to tie it all together.

I wasn’t done playing with these birthday postage stamps or the new card layout dies so I have one more card for you today.

It’s bright and fun and ready to party! For this card, I cut the card layout die from white cardstock and used distress oxide sprays to color the inserts. I used liquid glue to adhere the frame and inserts to a card base.

Then I added my fun postage stamps and die cut sentiment directly to that. In the end I liked the idea of the postage stamps stopping at the layout frame instead of the card edge so I used a craft knife to carefully cut them away and it worked pretty well!

To finish things off I added some glossy accents and stardust Stickles to the stamp images. It goes well with the glitter cardstock sentiment!

Enter to Win a $25 Prize!

One lucky winner will receive a $25 prize 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 this week. For a chance to win, leave comments on the Design Team Member Blog Posts (see list below) from Monday July 14 through Thursday July 17th. 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, July 17th at 9 pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Friday, July 18th.

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Newton’s Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Farhana Sarker
Amanda Wilcox

Newton’s Nook – July Release Reveals Day 3

Yesterday we brought you some partying kitties to play with. Well, the puppies wouldn’t have it if we didn’t include them! So, let’s get a look at those yappers woofin’ it up!

Dog Birthday Party stamps and dies

Yup, you guessed it…I’m smitten with these too! Although I went a little quicker and simpler today with a fun layout idea that only requires one image and I love it; although it was really hard to pick.

I cut one of the patterned papers from the new pad with the largest Frames & Flags die, angled it on the card front and popped it up with foam tape! To be fair, that happened after I inked up the card front and splattered it because you know I love that sort of thing.

Then I cut a circle from the Circle Frames dies and inked it up a little before popping my partying puppy up with a foam square. I added the card to my Misti so I could stamp the sentiment perfectly without stressing. Last, I finished it off with lots of sparkly Stickles on the party hat and cake frosting.

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Newton’s Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Farhana Sarker
Amanda Wilcox

Newton’s Nook – July Release Reveals Day 2

Alright then, let’s keep this celebration going! Today we have a new stamp and die set to reveal and it’s meow-tiful!

Cat Birthday Party stamps and dies

This is another set with that really fun, smaller size Newton images doing all sorts of fun birthday and partying things! Today I paired them with the sweet new paper pad and the other card layout die. They’re so fun together!

I cut the whole Card Layout 4 die from some pink cardstock in my stash and then cut pieces from the paper pad to fit the inserts. I was being stingy with my paper pad to do it this way, you could cut the whole thing from each one to mix and match, creating 3 card backgrounds too!

Once that part was done, I chose four kitties to fit across that line on the panel, stamped and colored them to coordinate with the paper pad. I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the Birthday Roundabout on a Banner Trio die and popped everything up with foam squares.

Like always, a little finishing touches here and there with Stickles and glossy accents never hurt anybody.

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Newton’s Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Farhana Sarker
Amanda Wilcox

Newton’s Nook – July Release Reveals Day 1

Hello friends! I’m excited that we’re back for another full week of release reveals for Newton’s Nook with an Instagram Hop and release available for purchase on Friday! Let’s see what we have today, shall we?

Birthday Time paper pad, Happy Birthday dies, Card Layout 3 die, Card Layout 4 die

I’m using all of these goodies sprinkled throughout the release but today I have a fun card to share with you using the Card Layout 3 die and some older but equally as fun products!

For this card I cut the layout die from white cardstock and went to town on the frame and inserts with distress oxide inks and sprays, separately so that I could get different browns for each part.

After lots of sprinkling and spraying, I let the pieces dry and then glued them to a white card front. Then I finished things off with the Hug in a Mug sentiment cut 3 times and glued together for dimension and a few Silhouette Coffee Mugs popped up with foam squares.

I couldn’t resist a little stardust Stickles on the mug heart to sparkle things up a bit but I wanted to make sure you could really see the awesome design of the background die.

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Newton’s Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Farhana Sarker
Amanda Wilcox

Doodlebugs – Heading Back to the Beach

Happy Monday everyone! Back this week to playing with all things beach! Have you noticed how much amazing beach-themed product has been released this year? It’s over the top and I’m here for it! Today I took the time to play with Waffle Flower and Pretty Pink Posh beach releases from June. Still loving it all!

This card starting with the Waffle Flower Lighthouse and Coastline die sets. I love that the Coastline set comes with a simple coloring stencil and the lighthouse dies were so easy to put together! I used some copic markers on the lighthouse for dimension. Plus I added splatter to my sandy beach panel from the coastline.

Moving on to the background panel, I chose the Pretty Pink Posh Seashell background stencil and Lawn Fawn forget me not ink. Then I spritzed it with Solar Spray for shimmery texture.

I used liquid glue to adhere the lighthouse to the rock and then glued that whole scene to my background panel. I adhered that to a card base and moved on to choose my spattering of sentiment strips.

The Pretty Pink Posh sentiment strip dies and stamp series are literally one of the best investments I’ve ever made. They’re available for every occasion and the perfect little addition to almost any design. I chose three from the Summer stamp set and cut them out with the smallest strip die, then adhered them with liquid glue too.

This might be the flattest card I’ve ever created. But it works so well and I love it!

Products used:
Waffle Flower Lighthouse dies
Waffle Flower Coastline dies
Pretty Pink Posh Seashells background stencil
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strip dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strip | Summer stamps
Liquid glue
Solar Spray – golden hour
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn forget me not, peacock, narwhal and walnut inks

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

Spellbinders – Merry Moments Card

Happy weekend everyone! I’m stopping in with an elegant but simple Christmas card today featuring and focusing on the Christmas Cameos 3D embossing folder from the Spellbinders Merry Moments release that happened on Thursday.

For today’s card, I embossed a piece of red cardstock and then lightly drug my white pigment ink pad across the embossing to make it pop. It’s simple and quick to do, just use a light hand and go over multiple times if you need to. Then I trimmed the panel down to 4×5.25 inches and popped it up on a white card base.

Then I pulled out two die sets from Christmas releases last year to add a sentiment and floral decor to my pretty embossed panel. Handmade Sentiments is a great sentiment banner die set for the holidays and Delivering Joy is spectacular for it’s large sleigh image but all the supporting decorations are great to use with it and on their own like I did here with the foliage.

I used liquid glue to adhere the pieces together and then popped them up on the card front with foam squares after everything was dry enough to move.

Be sure to check out all the new Christmas in July joy that’s happening at Spellbinders!

Products used:
Christmas Cameos embossing folder
Delivery Joy dies
Handmade Sentiments dies
Foam squares
Liquid glue
White pigment ink pad
Reverse tweezers

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

Spellbinders – Country Christmas Release Day

Welcome back everyone! I’m back today with a card featuring goodies from a couple of Spellbinders Christmas in July releases happening today. This first card features sweet scene dies from the Country Christmas Collection by Annie Willis and an embossing folder from the Merry Moments Collection.

I spent some relaxing time die cutting all the elements for my Country Snowman, using ink blending and a little copic marker coloring for shading and texture in places. Reverse tweezers and liquid glue are always my friend when creating with dies like these.

Once I had my scene elements created, glued and drying, I ink blended a panel with distress oxide inks and ran it through the die cutter with the Christmas Cameos 3D embossing folder. I glued that to a card base and started assembling the rest of my card.

After adding the Country Snowman elements with foam squares I pulled out my favorite sentiment banners from last year to finish things off. The white layer on the sentiment banner helps the sentiment pop and hides the foam behind it but this time I offset it for a little added interest.

Are you Christmas crafting yet?

Products used:
Country Snowman dies
Christmas Cameo embossing folder
Handmade Sentiments dies
Foam squares
Reverse tweezers
Liquid glue
Distress Oxide ink – peacock feathers, salvaged patina, tumbled glass

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

Newton’s Nook – All Die Cut Cards, When It’s too Hot to Color

Hello everyone! I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog today with a fun, book-themed card that’s all die cuts with one stamped sentiment. I recognize that it’s summer and hot and not everyone has air conditioning. If you color with materials like copic markers that are pressurized, it makes it difficult to accomplish anything when the temperatures rise.

I’m in that boat right now as our air conditioner is out so I pulled out some fun die cuts to play around with and love how it turned out.

The books I used are from the Bookmark II die set and the flowers are from the Daisies die set. I cut from colored cardstock and used copics to add little accents to the book spines, just coloring the inserts a shade or two darker so they stood out.

I cut a piece of white cardstock down to 3.5×4.75 and ink blended a section a couple inches up from the bottom. Then I glued a piece of rose gold foil cardstock to the seam and used the same apricot ink to stamp my sentiment that I ink blended with.

I used liquid glue to adhere all the die cut elements and finished the design off with some glossy accents on the flower centers. Then I popped the panel up on a white card base with foam tape and my card is all finished.

Products used:
Daisies dies
Bookmark II dies
Never Enough Books stamps
Glossy accents
Foam tape
Liquid glue

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

Doodlebugs – Spooky Wishes

Hey friends! I interrupt your regularly scheduled summer fun for some spooky wishes featuring the Mama Elephant Halloween awesomeness that recently released! If you’ve been here for just a minute, you know Halloween is my favorite and any excuse to create for it has me ALL IN!

I had a general idea that I wanted to create a big sentiment with the adorable mummies and witches around and in the letters somehow. So I started with my background to set the tone and choose my color palette…perfect summerween colors! I used the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Stars stencil set on pink cardstock to start off with. I used Lawn Fawn carrot and jet black inks.

Next, I adhered white cardstock to craft foam and covered the back with adhesive sheet. Then I die cut my sentiment using the Lawn Fawn Henry’s ABCs die set. This gave instant dimension with less work than cutting each letter 4 times and gluing them together. After arranging my letters together I chose a Spellbinders Emerald Cut Label die to cut from vellum as a backdrop.

Now that I had a general placement and size of open space, I chose a couple of mummies and a witch from the new Mama Elephant sets – Mummified and Bewitched. I stamped, colored and die cut them, then adhered each mummy with foam squares and the witch with liquid glue.

Hiding adhesive behind the letters and images, I adhered the vellum panel with tape runner to the stenciled background. Next, I used liquid glue to adhere the whole thing to a card base.

For finishing touches I added orange glitter brush pen to the sentiment and white gel pen highlights to the images.

On a scale from 1 to spooky, how much do you love crafting for Halloween?

Products used:
Mama Elephant Mummified stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Bewitched stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Layered Stars stencils
Spellbinders Emerald Cut Labels dies
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn inks – carrot and jet black
Liquid glue
Adhesive sheets
Craft foam
Foam squares
Tape runner

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