Hello again everyone! I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog again this week with a second bit of inspiration and today we’re going down deep in the ocean with my Purr-maid friend Newton. I hope you love it as much as I do!

This card all started with the idea to create that fun wavy color block pattern in the background. I chose a selection of cardstock colors and cut them all with one of the Sea Borders dies. I nested them together and secured them with washi tape on the back before die cutting them with the rounded rectangle in the Frames & Flags die set.

Next, I chose images from Purr-maid Newton and Scuba Newton, stamped and colored them with my copic markers, before cutting them out with the coordinating dies. Then I arranged them on the panel, deciding on final placement and where to put my sentiment. I eventually thought the speech bubble would be fun so I cut one and stamped the sentiment on that and then adhered the images with a combination of liquid glue and foam squares.

Next, I took a white A2 size panel and lightly inked up the Waves stencil with teal ink and a blending brush before popping the focal panel up with foam tape on it. Then I used liquid glue to add the whole thing to a card base and moved on to finishing touches.

For those I added black glaze pen to the fish eyes and glossy accents to the stripes or fins on each fish and Newton’s nose. Then I came in with unicorn Stickles on Newton’s tail and the bubbles above the sentiment.

I had so much fun creating this card and just love how the wavy panel turned out! I think it’s so cool!

Products used:
Purr-maid Newton stamps and dies
Scuba Newton stamps and dies
Sea Borders dies
Frames & Flags dies
Speech Bubbles dies
Waves stencil
Foam squares and tape
Stickles – unicorn
Glossy accents
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn mermaid dye ink

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

Hello everyone! Today I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog sharing a big cup of thanks and an adorable Newton colored to resemble our kitty, Oreo. It’s so fun to customize these cute kitties to look like pets in our lives.

I started by stamping the main image from Newton’s Mug and the pair of cups from Love Cafe and colored them with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and then kept going back and forth between adding the sentiment to my large mug or decorating it with lines and dots. Obviously, I landed on the sentiment but either way would have been awesome!

Next, I cut a gray panel and inked it up with the mugs stencil for a tone-on-tone look. I die cut the panel with the largest Framework die. I just love that postage stamp edge and the stitching detail. It’s so fun! Next, I cut a rounded rectangle out of vellum using a die from the Frames & Flags die set.

To adhere all these layers, I glued the mugs together with a little liquid glue and added foam squares to the back of them. I adhered them to the vellum rectangle and hid tape runner behind those to add my vellum to the stenciled panel. I wrapped twine around that and then added foam tape to the back before popping the whole thing on a white card base.

Doing things in this order gives us lots of help in different ways. First, we hid the adhesive on the vellum in areas you can’t see it. Then, wrapping the twine before adding foam tape lets us avoid that area so it’s not bulky and lays nice and flat.

For finishing touches I simply added glossy accents to Newton’s nose and the hearts and both mugs. I intentionally kept it minimal and not super glittery because this card was giving me masculine vibes, even with the heart mugs, and I wanted to keep it that way. I always need more like this in my stash but I have to make an effort to stop with the glitter. Haha.

Products used today:
Newton’s Mug stamps and dies
Love Cafe stamps and dies
Mugs stencil
Framework dies
Frames & Flags dies
Foam tape
Foam squares
Glossy accents

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