Newton’s Nook – You Can Count On Me

Hello friends! Today I have a super festive and adorable Newton’s Nook card to share with you in celebration of them sponsoring the Cat Lovers Hop!

For this card, I had an idea that I wanted to try so I didn’t waste any time adhering the Ghosts stencil to a dark gray panel and spreading Thermoweb transfer gel blanco through it. I set it aside while I stamped and colored images from Count Newton with my copic markers. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out.

I actually did this card in two stages. So the next morning I turned my laminator on to heat up while I decided on background colors and sentiment details. I landed on wilted violet distress oxide on a white panel, spritzed with water and adhered to a card base. Then I stamped my sentiment on a yellow circle from the Circle Frames die set. I inked up the edges with mustard seed distress oxide for a little depth. Finally, I cut a scrap of black cardstock with the scalloped rectangle in Frames & Flags and trimmed the top with the grass die in Land Borders.

With my laminator heated up I ran the stenciled panel through with opal decofoil and it LOOKS SO COOL!!! After foiling I die cut the panel with the same scalloped rectangle in Frames & Flags. For assembly, I added foam tape or squares to everything with the exception of the headstones which were adhered with liquid glue.

Then, for finishing touches I added glossy accents to parts of the gravestones, Newton’s nose and the clasp on his cloak. The black grass looked stark so I used a blending brush and white pigment ink to give it a little ghostly dimension. Just the perfect touch!

Products used today:
Count Newton stamps and dies
Frames & Flags dies
Circle Frames dies
Ghosts stencil
Land Borders dies
Thermoweb Pixie Spray
Thermoweb DecoFoil – opal
Thermoweb Transfer Gel Blanco
Thermoweb Stencil Pal

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Pink & Main – Sending Cheer

Hi everyone! I’m over on the Pink & Main blog today with a very special card to share with you. Given that it’s National Breast Cancer Awareness day and Pink & Main is a sponsor of the INK! Pink Hop, I used goodies from the brand new release to create another thinking of you card for the occasion.

To create my card, I die cut the smallest size in the notched corners die set from white cardstock and placed it in my MISTI, then I stamped each layer of the Sending Cheer rainbow with a different color of pink dye ink. Next, I stamped and heat embossed the sending cheer sentiment in black.

I chose light pink and melon colored cardstock and cut one from the next size up notched corner die and then trimmed the other to fit on my card base. I used the EZ Squeeze liquid adhesive to adhere the largest to the card base, then foam tape to adhere the other layers down.

To finish things off I glued down a scattering of pink pearls from the new Rainbow Pearls Set 2 collection.

My favorite thing about rainbows is their cheerfulness and versatility in crafting. You can make a rainbow any color scheme, in any order and it’s just happy. All the time.

Products used today:
Notched Corners dies
Sending Cheer stamps
Rainbow Pearls Set 2
EZ Squeeze liquid adhesive
Foam tape

Head over to Instagram and hop along with us for the INK! Pink Hop. There are tons of prizes and some wonderful and inspiring cards to see.

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INK! Pink Hop | Newton’s Nook – Stay Strong

Hello everyone and Happy National Breast Cancer Awareness Day! There are a bunch of us bringing cheer and inspiration over on Instagram with a fun hop!

There’s a great line up of artists and a fabulous array of sponsors for this great hop. Head over to Instagram and comment as you hop along for chances to win prizes from each sponsor.

Today I have a card featuring Newton’s Nook and Thermoweb who are both generous sponsors of today’s hop.

I started by coloring the main image from Newton’s Support with my copic markers. Then I used my scan-n-cut to cut him out. I also die cut a vellum heart from the Heart Frames die set and heat embossed a sentiment on it.

Next, I moved on to my background. I just love this Bokeh Hearts stencil. I inked up one layer with pink dye ink and then spread bubblegum glitz gel from Thermoweb through the second layer. I left it to dry over night and then die cut it with the scalloped rectangle from the Frames & Flags die set.

I cut a pink panel to cover my white card base and popped the stenciled panel up with Thermoweb foam tape. Then I adhered Newton to the vellum heart with Thermoweb foam squares and hid my tape runner for the vellum heart behind Newton.

I finished the front of my card off with some glossy accents on Newton’s nose. But I didn’t want to stop there.

So on the inside of my card I stamped a ribbon in the same ink I used on the stenciling and then another sentiment over the top of that.

Most of the time my cards are blank on the inside for lots of room to write, but this time it was too perfect not to keep that feeling going all the way.

Products used today:
Newton’s Nook Newton’s Support stamps
Newton’s Nook Bokeh Hearts stencils
Newton’s Nook Frames & Flags dies
Newton’s Nook Heart Frames dies
Thermoweb Glitz Glitter Gel – bubblegum
Thermoweb Foam Tape and Foam Squares
Thermoweb XL Tape Runner
Thermoweb Stencil Pal

Now, don’t forget to head to Instagram and comment on the hop stops for chances to win!!!

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Miss Ink Stamps – Stencil Week | Autumn Greetings

Hello everyone! It’s time for a super fun stencil release for Miss Ink Stamps! There’s a giveaway over on the Miss Ink Stamps Instagram page but before you head there let me share some fun inspiration with the new Fall Mandala stencil and my favorite little squirrels!

To create my background, I inked up an oversized white panel with gathered twigs and tea dye distress oxide inks. Then I sprayed my fall mandala stencil with pixie spray and stuck it to my panel off center a bit. I inked the stencil up with brown dye ink and then removed it. I splattered the panel with gold watercolor and set it aside to dry.

Next, I stamped and colored one of the squirrels from Oh, Nuts! with my copic markers. I used the scan-n-cut to cut it out and added foam squares to the back. Now that my panel is dry, I used an A2 rectangle to cut it down and adhered it to a white card base. I popped it in my MISTI and stamped a sentiment from Autumn Thanks in the top left corner.

Finally, I added my squirrel and his leaves. Then for finishing touches I added black glaze pen to his eyes and nose. After the black was dry I came in with a white gel pen accent on the eyes.

My main focus on today’s card was to add to the stencil and let it shine. I think everything turned out pretty great! Don’t you?!?

Products used today:
Oh, Nuts! stamps
Fall Mandala stencil
Autumn Thanks stamps
Pink & Main Layered Rectangle dies
Thermoweb Pixie Spray
Thermoweb foam squares

Thanks for hanging around this long. Now, head over to the Miss Ink Stamps Instagram and enter to win!

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Trinity Stamps – Tree Rex

Hello everyone! Today I also have a super fun dinosaur Christmas card featuring the Tree Rex stamps and dies from the new Trinity Stamps release! This set is too cute for words and so fun to color up any way you like!

I chose a variety of greens for my dinosaurs using copic markers. After the image was colored, I used the coordinating dies to cut it out. I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment on black cardstock and used a banner from the 4-Bar Card die set to cut it out.

Moving on to the background, I cut a white panel using one of the stitched rectangles in the 4-Bar Card die set and inked it from the center out with my blending buddy brush and a red dye ink. Then I splattered it with gold watercolor.

Once the panel was dry I added foam tape to the back and popped it on a white card base. Then I used foam squares and strips to pop the image and sentiment strip up on that.

I finished things off with glossy accents on all of the Christmas lights and unicorn Stickles on the star. Last, I went over the dinosaur eyes with black glaze pen so they shine.

Next time I think I’ll try heat embossing and watercoloring the whole image. That extra texture on the dinosaurs will look really cool I think!

Products used today:
Tree Rex stamps and dies
4-Bar Card die set
Blending Buddy
Glossy accents
Stickles – unicorn
Foam tape, squares and strips

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Newton’s Nook – Main Street Christmas Card

Hello everyone! Today I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog with some fun holiday card inspiration to share with you!

I pulled out one of my very favorite holiday stamp sets and did some therapeutic coloring the other day. This Main Street Christmas set is super cute and so fun to color in a million different combinations! So that’s what I did. I stamped and colored it with my copics, then cut it out with the coordinating dies.

Next, I stamped and heat embossed Santa in black and some snowflakes in gold glitter and die cut those too.

I inked up a panel with distress oxide inks in abandoned coral, dried marigold and tattered rose. Next, I taped my Music stencil to it and blended white pigment ink through the stencil. It’s subtle but I knew which sentiment I wanted to use and it seemed perfect. Then I flicked some light gold watercolor all over the panel and let it dry.

Once that was dry, I adhered it to a white card base and popped my Main Street image up with foam strips. I used my MISTI to stamp the sentiment below the street and adhered the snowflakes down with liquid glue. Finally I popped Santa up with some foam squares so he didn’t get lost at all.

Then I finished the whole card off with glossy accents on EVERY. SINGLE. WINDOW. Can anyone say hand cramps??? Oh my word, yes! But sooooooooo worth it!!!

Products used on today’s card:
Main Street Christmas stamps and dies
Music stencil
Distress Oxide – abandoned coral, dried marigold, tattered rose
Glossy accents
Foam squares

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Ellen Hutson – Halloween Pyramid Box

Hi there! Today I’m popping in with a simple little treat box just in time for Halloween! It featuring the recently release pyramid box dies from Ellen Hutson and a total favorite dinosaur from Dinomite Halloween!

I stamped and colored images from Dinomite Halloween with my copic markers. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and used liquid glue to adhere them all together.

Next, I die cut 2 panels with the Pyramid Box die from black cardstock. I ran the panels through the die cutter a second time with the Trinity Stamps Starry Skies cover plate. This gives pierced stars and dots like a night sky. Then I used strong tear tape to adhere my box together.

I die cut one of the Farmhouse Tags from white cardstock and stamped a sentiment from Tag It – Halloween in green ink. Then I cut the reinforcer from orange cardstock, glued it in place and tied some magenta twine from my stash through the holes.

I adhered my dinosaur to the box with liquid glue and the tag with a glue dot. The box opens from the bottom so nothing is interfering with me being able to fill it and give it away. So cool!

Products used today:
Pyramid Box die
Farmhouse Tags dies
Tag It – Halloween stamps
Dinomite Halloween stamps and dies
Trinity Stamps Starry Skies die

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook – Designer’s Nook Sneak Peek

Hey friends! We have quite a few new followers here so I wanted to be sure to pop in and let you all know that Newton’s Nook has an exclusive email newsletter that only goes out to subscribers every Tuesday! It’s called Designer’s Nook and it comes straight from the design team with special inspiration just for you!

Here’s a little sneak peek of my project coming out in tomorrow’s edition!

It’s super cute and so much fun so you won’t want to miss out! If you’re not subscribed already, click HERE and be sure to click the Designer’s Nook box when you sign up!

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Pink & Main – Batty For Candy

Welcome everyone! Today I’m popping in with a fun Halloween themed card featuring some super fun goodies from the September Pink & Main release. I hadn’t had a chance to ink up these adorable bats and I really just couldn’t let that happen!

Today I pulled out a few stamp sets from the September release to create my fun Halloween scene. I started with the bat and sentiment from Batty For You and decided to add that sweet little peeking ghost from Hello Bootiful. I inked them all up and colored them with copic markers. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out, stamped the second part of my sentiment and heat embossed it before die cutting it with a Large Sentiment Banner die.

I wanted something more than ink blending for my background so I took the tree from Oh Nuts and heat embossed it on a large panel. Then I did some messy fun ink blending with distress oxide inks to “color” my scene in. I used gathered twigs, seedless preserves and chipped sapphire. Then I spritzed the panel with water.

To frame everything up I cut an A2 rectangle and then die cut the next-to-largest Stitched Arches die from it. I added foam tape and popped it on the inked panel. Next, I used foam squares to adhere all of my images and sentiments.

Total transparency…I didn’t like my card at this point. So I walked away and came back later. I decided that the black frame and background were too stark for me. So this is where we remember that it’s just paper and we can change things!

I die cut the images another time from scrap cardstock and laid them over the colored images that were already in place. Then I carefully put the card in my splatter box and went to town with my favorite pearl and gold watercolors. I left it to try for a few minutes and just dumped the die cut masks in the trash.

I know this may be too busy for some people but I LOVE IT! Moving on to finishing touches, I added glossy accents to the ghost and bat eyes and the candy in the bucket.

Last, I went over the word “batty” with a Wink of Stella glitter brush pen for some shimmer in the light. This card was quite a process and I loved all the stages! Mostly, remembering that it’s okay to walk away and it’s even more okay to try something out, it might even work!

Products used today:
Batty For You stamps and dies
Hello Bootiful stamps and dies
Oh Nuts stamps
Stitched Arches dies
Large Sentiment Strip dies
Distress Oxide Ink – seedless preserves, gathered twigs, chipped sapphire
Glossy accents

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Newton’s Nook – Holiday Home Snowglobe Shaker

Hello my wonderful crafty friends! I’m popping in today to share a super fun card featuring one of the new stamp sets just release yesterday by Newton’s Nook and a different way to use it! The smaller images and the sentiments from the new Holiday Home stamp set fit inside the Snowglobe Shaker dies! It’s a whole new level of fun!

I started by playing around and creating my shaker globe. I die cut the base piece and stamped the house from Holiday Home on it, colored it with my copic markers and then cut the other elements to the shaker. The frame was cut from white cardstock with a little light blue copic coloring to match the scene and the base of the snow globe from kraft and shaded with copic markers as well. I cut a piece of acetate and sealed it all up with foam strips and some shaker bits from my stash.

For my background panel, I taped a kraft panel to the Reindeer stencil. Then, I inked it up with brown ink, cleaned my stencil and taped it back down, shifting it just a smidge. Next, I spread gold glitz glitter gel through it and set it aside to dry. While that was drying I cut a piece of green cardstock and adhered it to a white card base.

I die cut the word “merry” from the Snow Globe Shaker die set 3 times from red cardstock and glued them together with liquid adhesive. Then I adhered them to my shaker. With the glitz panel dry, I die cut it with the largest Frames & Flags die and popped it up with foam tape on my green base.

Finally I added my shaker snow globe to the front with liquid adhesive. For finishing touches I used Wink of Stella glitter brush pen on the die cut word and stamped a sentiment from Holiday Home on the inside of the card.

Wouldn’t these shakers make amazing Christmas gift tags too??? I think so!

Products used today:
Holiday Home stamps and dies
Snow Globe Shaker dies
Reindeer stencil
Thermoweb Glitz Glitter Gel – gold
Foam tape roll
Ultra Bond liquid adhesive

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day! And don’t forget to go check out the new Newton’s Nook release!!!