Newton’s Nook – Halloween Postage Sampler but Make it Not Postage

Hey friends! I’m excited to be on the Newton’s Nook blog today with a fun way to use the postage sampler collection, not as postage stamps! Those are fun but sometimes they get old or they aren’t what you’re in the mood for. These sets are good for so much more though!

This one really called to me with that great big sentiment! I knew it needed to be in the center of my icon grid. So I pulled it out plus a handful of others, stamped and colored everything. Next, I used the coordinating dies to cut it all out.

Taking my vibe from the colors I used on the images, I cut a piece of white cardstock with the largest Framework die and taped off the edges. Then I ink blended distress oxide inks from kitsch flamingo to scattered straw, that was light so I added a little carved pumpkin at the bottom and blended it back up. Then I spritzed the panel with water and blotted it dry. SO PRETTY!

Next, I arranged my images on the panel and popped each one up with foam squares. I took my gray ink pad direct to the edges of my card base and then popped the framework panel up on that with foam tape too.

To finishing things off I added bits of glossy accents and stardust Stickles to different images, not all but most of them.

Products used:
Halloween Postage Sampler stamps and dies
Framework dies
Foam tape and squares
Distress Oxide ink – kitsch flamingo, scattered straw, carved pumpkin
Lawn Fawn narwhal ink
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust

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Doodlebugs – Cozy Autumn Greetings

Welcome to Mix it Up Monday for the Doodlebugs shop! Today I’m falling into cozy fall vibes with a fun combo of Pretty Pink Posh and Lawn Fawn goodies new and older.

I started by die cutting all the bits from Pretty Pink Posh Winter Mug and Fall Mug Additions die sets. I used some ink blending to give the pieces depth and liquid glue to adhere them all together.

Next, I pulled a piece of the new Lawn Fawn Favorite Flannel Fall paper pad for my card front, and cut a rounded rectangle from vellum to center my images. Next I heat embossed my sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips Fall on brown cardstock and used the coordinating dies to cut the strip and scallop panel out.

Everything was adhered with foam tape on the vellum panel and then another layer of foam was added behind those to pop it up on the plaid card front. To finish things off I glued down a scattering of Pretty Pink Posh espresso pearls across the design.

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Winter Mug dies
Pretty Pink Posh Fall Mug Additions dies
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips | Fall stamps
Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strips dies
Pretty Pink Posh espresso pearls
Lawn Fawn Favorite Flannel Fall paper pad
Lawn Fawn Rounded Rectangle dies
Foam tape and squares
Liquid glue
Embossing and watermark ink
Magic anti static bag
Embossing powder – white

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Newton’s Nook – Release Day and IG Hop

Hey friends! It’s finally release day for Newton’s Nook and we’re having an Instagram Hop to celebrate! Below are details for my card but be sure to head to Instagram to hop along and comment there for chances to win today!

After I finished my cards using these two new sets – Autumn Fields and Pumpkin Tails – I absolutely had to try this design out with the scarecrow sticking out of the pumpkins! Isn’t it totally meant to be?!? I think so!

So, after stamping and coloring my images, I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and then inked up a sweet background with the Pumpkin Patch stencil. I used cream cardstock for the base and the mini blending brushes to get the different colors mixed in on this single stencil. I love that it almost has a watercolor look to it.

Next, I cut a piece of brown cardstock with the largest Frames & Flags die, then cut the center out of that panel with the largest Basic Frames die. It fits perfectly creating a great scallop border. I glued that to the stenciled panel and popped up my images with foam squares. Then I placed the whole thing in my MISTI and stamped my sentiment in the upper right corner.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to all kitty noses, pumpkin stems and parts of the scarecrow too! I’m completely smitten with how this card turned out! It might just stay on my craft desk for the season.

Products used:
Autumn Fields stamps and dies
Pumpkin Tails stamps and dies
Frames & Flags dies
Basic Frames dies
Pumpkin Patch stencil
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn dye inks
Glossy accents
Foam squares

Remember to head to Instagram for the hop and another chance to win!

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Newton’s Nook – September Release Day 3

Today is the last day of Newton’s Nook September Release reveals and it’s as cute as ever! I can’t stop coloring these images, they’re so sweet!

Autumn Fields stamps and dies and Pumpkin Tails stamps and dies

I’ve got another couple of cards to share with you today featuring both stamp sets but also a take on how to use the new Card Layout 5 die we revealed on Tuesday!

Given that both stamp sets are more fall vibe, it was easy to cut the Card Layout 5 die from a perfect green cardstock and use both elements on my cards.

I started with the frame on a kraft panel ink blended with the Falling Leaves stencil and splattered with gold watercolor. The pups from Pumpkin Tails fit perfectly as a focal point in the middle of the layout design.

Then I stamped my sentiment on a banner from Frames & Flags and popped it up with foam tape as well. I finished this design off with bits of glossy accents on the poppy noses and collar tag.

For the layout on this card, I drug my brown ink pad across a white cardstock panel for textured inking. Then I splattered the panels from the Card Layout 5 die with gold watercolor and let them dry while I colored my images from Autumn Fields.

With the panels dry, I added foam tape to the back of each one and placed them back in my die for alignment. I centered that on a grid mat and carefully pressed my inked panel into the panels that were sitting in my die. They picked up perfectly and I instantly had my background.

Next I added the sunflower image with liquid glue and popped everything else up. Then I stamped and heat embossed another sentiment on a smaller banner from Frames & Flags and popped it up on the upper right side of the design.

I finished this card off with some glossy accents on various parts of the images as well.

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 Tuesday September 9 through Thursday September 11th. 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, September 11th at 9 pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Friday, September 12th.

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

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

Newton’s Nook – September Release Day 2

We’re back for day 2 of release reveals on the Newton’s Nook September Release! More fall fun to share with you today. Let’s take a look.

Autumn Postage Sampler stamps and dies and Halloween Postage stamps and dies

Today I have a card featuring each stamp set to share with you. One using the postage vibe and one showing how you don’t have to use them that way at all!

My first card features the Halloween Postage Sampler stamps and the coordinating Postage Stamp Layout die together.

For this card, I inked up the postage stamp centers with distress oxide inks and then stamped images from Halloween Postage Sampler on each one. I used a little washi tape on the back of each to hold the center into the frame and then liquid glue to adhere them together how I wanted. After that was dry, I added foam tape and set them aside.

I cut a gray panel with the largest Framework die and inked it with the Ghosts stencil using white pigment ink. I inked up the edge of my card base with that tried and true direct to paper technique using orange ink. Then I popped gray panel up with foam tape and added the stamps on that. I thought things were a little lacking so I went back and added ghosts, the postmark and a little spider on my baker’s twine.

To finish things off I added some stardust Stickles to the ghosts and spider.

Now, for my Autumn Postage Sampler card, I chose an assortment of my favorite images to stamp, color and die cut. Then I trimmed a kraft panel down to 3.75×5 inches and ink blended it from the top fading out. I spritzed it with water and blotted it dry before stamping sentiments from the stamp set across the panel.

Once that was done, I added my images with foam squares and popped the whole panel up on a white card base with foam tape. For finishing touches on this card I added stardust Stickles and glossy accents on the images with a scattering of enamel dots across the design.

Enter to Win a $25 Prize!

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

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

Newton’s Nook – September Release Day 1

Hi friends! I’m so excited to bring you sneak peek reveals of the Newton’s Nook September release! It’s full of all things fall and Halloween so you know my heart is full and ready to share! Let’s look at today’s reveals.

Card Layout 5 Die, Autumn Coffees stamps and dies, and Spooky Coffees stamps and dies

I have two cards to share with you today so let’s not waste any time!

First up, I have a card featuring Autumn Coffees, paired with a few older dies and stencil.

I chose a few adorable images from Autumn Coffees to color and die cut out. Then I cut the sentiment from Coffee Frames dies three times from white cardstock and glue them together. Next, I pulled out the Circle Frames dies and cut the largest from blue cardstock and the next one down from cream. I ink blended the center of the cream panel with brown ink and splattered it with water. Then I adhered the sentiment with liquid glue and mugs with foam squares.

Next I ink blended a kraft panel with the Basketweave stencil, going around the edges with more ink after removing the stencil for a little depth. I glued that to a card base and popped my circle panels up on that with foam tape.

I finished things off with glossy accents on the mugs and stardust Stickles on the whipped cream and steam.

Now let’s get spooky with a fun shaker card! I started by stamping and coloring a handful of mugs and then used the coordinating dies to cut them all out. Then I ink blended the Jack-o-Lantern stencil set on pink cardstock, going around the edge with more pink for depth and interest at the end.

Next I cut the inverted scallop rectangle from Frames & Flags from black cardstock and lined the back with vellum. I added foam tape and sealed in some shaker bits on my stenciled panel.

Next I popped some mugs up on the shaker panel with foam squares. Then I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment on the smallest Framework die and added a mug to one end. This is popped up on the card front with foam squares as well.

I finished everything off with glossy accents on different bits of the mugs.

Enter to Win a $25 Prize!

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

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

Doodlebugs – Halloween Word Art

Hi there! Today for Doodlebugs Mix-it-up Monday I’m playing with this new set from Pretty Pink Posh called Halloween Word Scenes. They are really fun spooky words and sayings with images in place of some letters. They’re adorable and a fun way to combine your sentiment and images into one.

I was really stuck on the “trick or treat” sentiment so I stamped and colored that first, then used the coordinating die to cut it out. I immediately went to the notched rectangle dies because it seemed like it would fit and I was right. It’s perfect!

After popping the sentiment up with foam squares on the black square, I switched to deciding what I wanted to do with my background. That’s when I remembered this new Concord & 9th embossing folder called Dashed Lines that I hadn’t played with yet. So I embossed a green panel and went over it with my blending brush to help those lines pop.

After gluing the embossed panel to a card base I thought it was missing something so I added a gray strip about 1″ wide behind the notched square. Then I finished things off with a scattering of Pretty Pink Posh pearls and some stardust Stickles on some of the images, plus glossy accents on the jack-o-lantern’s face.

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Halloween Word Scenes stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Notched Square dies
Pretty Pink Posh pearls – pistachio
Concord & 9th Dashes Lines embossing folder
Foam tape and squares
Liquid glue
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn ink – artichoke
Stickles – stardust
Glossy accents

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Spellbinders – Club Sign Up Time

Hey everyone! It’s open call to sign up for Spellbinders Clubs if you’re not already subscribed! These are a steal of a deal and guarantees so many fun things brought to your doorstep every month! Remember you can skip months too and cancel at any time.

This month is packed full of fall wonder and I’m smitten with it all! I have two cards to share today with a fall spin versus the Halloween card I shared a few days ago.

First up, a gorgeous and simple card featuring the Stencil of the Month. I loved building this background one layer at a time! Once it was completed I went around the edges of my panel with my brown blending brush and toned down the stark white. Then I splattered it with gold watercolor and set it aside to dry.

While that was drying I used the Better Press Autumn Sentiments on porcelain Better Press paper using black ink. These press plates come with a coordinating die so I immediately had three sentiments with one pass. It’s genius!

Next I took some time to play with the Small Die of the Month and Embossing Folder of the Month. Both are amazing and I’m in love! This embossing folder is going to be a fall staple in my routine for sure. I cut a Mirrored Arch Label from kraft cardstock and embossed it, then went over it with a blending brush and brown ink to help it pop more.

Next I cut some florals from the Small Die of the Month and rounded them into a wreath, adhering with liquid glue as I went along. Once it was how I liked, I glued it to the embossed panel and popped that sweet kitty up with foam squares. It was too perfect not to add another of the Better Press sentiments from my previous card, and now I still have a bonus ready to go!

I popped the Mirrored Arch panel up on a white card base with foam tape and almost immediately had a hard time with the bright white. So I pivoted and used my teal blending brush (without adding ink) and lightly went around all of the edges. I really like how that turned out!

Remember club sign ups are live now to snag any or all of these awesome goodies for a severely discounted price.

Products used:
Small Die of the Month Club
Embossing Folder of the Month Club
Stencil of the Month Club
Autumn Sentiments Better Press plates and dies
Mirrored Arch Labels dies
Blending brushes
Foam squares and tape
Liquid glue
Reverse tweezers

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Hero Arts – It’s All Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus

Hello again. I’m back with a bit more inspiration for the Hero Arts Hocus Pocus Collection. Like I said before, the scattered stars stencil set was so fun and I just kept inking up different color combos. So when I went to create cards, they just kind of put themselves together. This one features another background from that inking session and the Tricks and Treats stamps and dies.

Pulling from the colors in my background, I stamped and colored images from Tricks and Treats, then used the coordinating dies to cut them all out. I played around with the arrangement of my images for a while feeling like the flow of the stars was pulling them across my card.

Once I liked where they were at. I added foam squares to the back one at a time and replaced them in their spot. Then I put the panel in my MISTI and stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set in the upper left corner.

I glued the panel to a card base and finished the design off with some glossy accents and stardust Stickles on various parts of the images. Isn’t it whimsical and fun!?!

Products used:
Tricks and Treats stamps and dies
Scattered Stars stencils
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust
Blending Brushes
Lawn Fawn inks – sugar plum, black soot, sunflower

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Hero Arts – Hero Studio

Hello everyone! I’m here today with some inspiration for this month’s Hero Studio subscriptions for Die and Stencil of the Month! I love how the Hero Studio series always coordinates together in fun ways. This month is Fall in the Forest and it’s so fun!

First up I have a fun card combining the die and stencil of the month together! I had to have a first go-around creating all of the critters in the die set and then I couldn’t choose just a couple for my card so I tried stacking them and when they fit, I knew it was meant to be!

It seemed perfect to ink up a panel with the stencil of the month for my panel these critters are peeking around and look at those gorgeous trees! I love how different the are and the way the layers easily build a full panel with lots of color! After inking this panel, I edged it with a gold strip and glued my critters to that.

With everything adhered, I popped the stenciled panel and critters up on a white card base with foam tape. Then I chose a sentiment from and older set and stamped it up the left side. Isn’t it so perfect and lends this card to be great for a variety of occasions.

Next, I have a card using more of the die of the month set, creating a sweet sleeping bear. I used on layer of the scattered stars stencil from the Hocus Pocus Collection to create a starry sky. Once the astro paste was dry from the stenciling I lightly inked the edges with white pigment ink for a foggy, cloudy look.

Then I glued the bed frame to the card base along with the pillow and comforter and popped the bear head up with foam tape. Then I carefully glued his paws to the comforter.

Last, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from another older set, trimmed it into a strip and popped it up with foam squares.

Products used:
Hero Studio Die of the Month
Hero Studio Stencil of the Month
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn inks
Foam tape
Liquid glue
Embossing & Watermark Ink
Embossing powder
Magic anti-static brush
Reverse tweezers

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