Now that we’ve shared some fun inspiration with Newton and Puppy, it’s time to highlight this great add on to the release – Party On! which is a great sentiment stamp set to have in your stash for lots of occasions!

Party On! stamps

Today I have a trio of cards I created with the new Card Layout 7 die and the New Retro paper pad. This is a fabulous way to bust out a bunch of cards to have on hand in your stash or if you have an occasion where you need multiple of the same theme of card.

I also want to point out that I assembled these three cards just a little differently to show ways you can change the look. With the background – one has just the frame popped up, another has just the inserts popped up and the other has the frame and inserts glued to the card front.

Here’s the look with the frame popped up and the sentiment banners popped up on the same level as the frame. Also, I added color to the card bases of these cards by taking my felt ink pad direct-to-paper which essentially means I drug it across the surface for a quick, easy, textured look.

This card has the frame glued down and the inserts all popped up with foam tape and then the banners popped up with foam tape on top of that. Lots of dimension and lots of interest. It’s also fun to mix and match ink/embossing powder colors for different looks.

This final card has the frame and inserts all glued directly to the card base and the sentiment banner is popped up with foam tape. I also mixed stamping and heat embossing sentiments on the same banner here for a bit of extra interest.

Check out the Design Team Blogs for more inspiration and featured project details:

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

Of course we started our highlights off with the famous Newton, but a fair amount of us are equally puppy fans so we couldn’t leave him out of this party!

Puppy’s Mix Tape stamps and dies

Puppy’s Mix Tape is equally as cute and with a new batch of mix tape titles, some of which are great to mix and match between Puppy and Newton!

For this card, I chose a few bright ink colors and blended them together on a white panel using distress oxide inks. I splattered the panel with water and blotted it dry. Then used the new Music Notes stencil and spread black widow Stellar Paste through for a great shiny background.

I stamped and colored Puppy with copic markers and used the coordinating die to cut him out. *Pro tip I forgot to mention before today – color your images and stamp your mix tape sentiment after to avoid possible smearing of the words.*

With all the pieces of my card ready I started to put it together and decided to change it up a little. I trimmed the stenciled panel down and added a glitter cardstock border. Then I blended some teal ink at the top of my card base before adding the panel with foam tape. Last, I added Puppy with some foam squares to the bottom right corner.

To finish things off today I tied some organza ribbon around the top and added my favorite glossy accents to Puppy’s nose and toe beans like always.

Check out the Design Team Blogs for more inspiration and featured project details:

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

We’re back today to highlight inspiration featuring the new Newton’s Mix Tape stamps and dies. Here’s a closer look at this adorable upcoming set.

Newton’s Mix Tape stamps and dies

He’s so adorable and those mix tape titles are absolutely purrrr-fect! Now, on to some added inspiration for this set.

Today I colored Newton in a different colorway and also used deeper, brighter colors for my 80s mix tape! Isn’t it awesome!?! I love it!

Today’s background features the new Retro Vibes stencil set. It’s a 2-step stencil with solid images on one and the dot/line details on another. So for the first layer, I used distress oxide inks for vibrant solid color. Then I combined a few of my Neon Lunar Pastes for the detail layer and I’m kind of obsessed with how awesome it turned out!

When the background panel dried, I glued it to a card base. Then popped up a scallop circle from the Circle Frames die set and added Newton to that with more foam squares.

I finished the design off with more glossy accents for Newton’s nose and toe beans, along with bright neon ribbon tied at the top of the card design.

Check out the Design Team Blogs for more inspiration and featured project details:

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

Hey friends! So excited that it’s release week for Newton’s Nook and we’re taking it way back!!! Today we get to reveal the whole release with some fun inspiration and then through the rest of the week we will be highlighting different products each day for more inspiration!

Newton’s Nook Retro Party Release

Today I have a card to share highlighting both sets of toner card fronts, the awesome Party On sentiment stamps and our favorite Newton with his mix tape!

This card started by playing with the new toner card fronts. I first used a silver flower foil on the patterned panel from the Retro Mix Toner Card set, then took the negative foil from that and foiled it on one of the new Solid Black Toner Cards. It’s a great way to stretch your foil and get some fun reverse designs.

After foiling, I stamped and colored Newton’s Mix Tape with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut him and his music notes out. With a direction on color palette, I splattered my white foiled panel with ink and spritz spray that coordinated and die cut a circle from the upper center. I lined the back of the white panel with foam tape and adhered it to the reverse foiled panel so the patterns matched up.

Next, I added Newton and the music notes with foam squares. Then stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Party On! on one of the banner trio dies. After gluing the ends in place, I popped this up with foam strips as well.

Finally I glued the whole panel to a white card base and tied some neon ribbon to the top. For finishing touches I added glossy accents to Newton’s nose and toe beans, along with the music notes too.

Check out the Design Team Blogs for more inspiration and featured project details:

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

Hi friends! I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog today with some fun inspiration using older, but still favorite, goodies! Who doesn’t love a good farm pun?!? Definitely this girl!

I started by stamping and coloring a couple of adorable pigs from the Oink set and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Then I found some great orange cardstock to cut my oval from using one of the Oval Frames dies. But I knew I needed to break it up with something so I went digging in my stencils.

That Argyle stencil will win the day every single time! I inked a white panel up with light teal and dark blue for a great play on the orange we’ve got going on. I trimmed the stenciled panel down by 1/2 inch and popped it up on a white card base. Then I stamped my sentiment on the bottom of the orange oval before popping it up on the argyle with the piggies.

I ended up not liking the white strip at the bottom of my card like I thought I would so I cut a strip of the orange cardstock and added it which I love! It’s great when things work out. For finishing touches I added glossy accents to the piggy snouts, hooves and dots on the bandana.

This is such a fun love-themed card using anything but traditional colors and I think it’s fantastic!

Products used:
Oink stamps and dies
Argyle stencils
Oval Frames dies
Foam tape
Blending brushes
Stellar Inks
Glossy accents
Liquid glue

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We’re already on the final day of features. I hope you’ve enjoyed them all and found some fun inspiration to create with!

Silhouette Bunnies dies

This new set of adorable bunny silhouettes (and carrot) are so sweet and fun to create with using a multitude of mediums. My card last Friday had them cut from felt and today I’m using Thermoweb flock mixed with cardstock for fun texture.

And as promised, I’ve paired these sweet bunnies with the new Corner Flip dies too. It’s difficult to see in pictures but on the corner flip portion, I add a small foam square close to the fold line, then a glue dot on the corner tip before folding and adhering the panels. This gives them a little dimension which is really cool in person.

I used my trusty, favorite direct-to-paper inking technique on my background panel to get a textured green background. Then glued the corner flip pieces with liquid glue and popped my sentiment strip and bunnies up with foam squares. The carrot is glued directly to the bunnies with liquid glue.

Last, the panel is popped up on a white card base for even more dimension and visual interest.

Products used:
Silhouette Bunnies dies
Happy Easter paper pad
Banner Trio dies
Springtime Roundabout stamps
Foam squares and tape
Glue dots
Liquid glue

Check out the Design Team Blogs for more inspiration and featured project details:

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

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The week is chugging along! Today we have some more fun dies to share with you that are going to be a fast favorite, I’m sure!

Easter Egg Builder dies

These eggs are so fun to cut from a billion colors and just play with, mixing and matching different colors. Ink blending or coloring the details. Even cut them from patterned paper for more options that are quick and easy!

Today I created a little outdoor scene for the kiddie Easter egg hunt in all of us! I cut lots of bits from all the different styles of eggs and used liquid glue to adhere them together. Then I cut some layers of grass, adding a little ink blending to the tips for depth and glued the layers together, nestling the eggs in between.

Next, I took a light blue panel and spread texture paste through the Petite Clouds stencil haphazardly so it’s not perfect and set the panel aside to dry. While I was waiting I cut the Happy Easter sentiment and shadow, using liquid glue to adhere the layers together.

When the clouds were dry, I ink blended the edges of the panel a little for some depth there too. Then I adhered the grass and eggs along with the sentiment to the sky. Then I glued the whole thing to a card base.

Products used:
Easter Egg Builder dies
Land Borders dies
Petite Clouds stencil
Happy Easter dies
Texture paste – matte
Liquid glue

Check out the Design Team Blogs for more inspiration and featured project details:

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

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Welcome back everyone! It’s day 2 of release features and today we have two new die sets that coordinate but can be used alone too!

Card Layout 6 die and Corner Flip dies

If you saw my card on Friday for the Instagram Hop, you saw one way to use the new Card Layout 6 die. Today I created a shaker card using it. Be sure to come back Thursday to check out a way to use the Corner Flip dies on their own!

To create the shaker, I cut the frame from white cardstock and trimmed a piece of acetate to fit the whole panel. These are adhered with double-side tape. Then I lined the back with foam strips, they fit perfectly! I filled each well with some shaker bits from my stash and sealed the whole thing up with a piece of patterned paper from the Happy Easter paper pad!

Next, I took the center diamond that cuts out from the Card Layout 6 die and inked it lightly with pink before stamping my sentiment and adding a couple Easter eggs from the Springtime Bunnies stamp set. I glued that in place with double-sided tape because it was on the acetate panel.

I wanted to tie the pink in more so I drug my pink ink pad directly to my card front before adhering the shaker panel. Then finished things off with glossy accents on the Easter eggs.

Products used:
Springtime Bunnies stamps and dies
Happy Easter paper pad
Card Layout 6 die
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Glossy accents

Check out the Design Team Blogs for more inspiration and featured project details:

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

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Hi friends! Newton’s Nook had a release last Friday and this week we’re featuring products to share added inspiration and get you geared up for springtime crafting! Let’s go! Today we have…

Happy Easter paper pad and Springtime Bunnies stamps and dies

These new bunnies are the cutest thing you’ve ever seen and the color palette of this new paper pad has me craving spring like never before!

For my card, I chose a few of the Springtime Bunnies images to stamp and color with my copic markers. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and started playing to arrange them across my card filling the scene from left to right. I used liquid glue to adhere the little groupings together and added foam squares to the back of each one.

I trimmed a piece of Happy Easter patterned paper to fill the bottom 2/3 of my card front and used that as a guide where to start my light ink blending for the sky behind my bunny line up. After ink blending, I glued the panel to my card front and stamped my sentiment on the bottom right corner.

I trimmed a piece of “grass” and popped it up with a foam strip on the border between the pink and the sky. Then added my bunny scene to that. For finishing touches on this card, I added glossy accents to bits of the eggs and both bunny noses.

Products used:
Springtime Bunnies stamps and dies
Happy Easter paper pad
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Glossy accents

Check out the Design Team Blogs for more inspiration and featured project details:

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

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Happy Friday everyone! It’s release day for Newton’s Nook and we’re having an Instagram Hop to celebrate full of inspiration to get you going! Next week we’ll do highlights of the new products for more ideas and fun too!

My card today features the new Happy Easter paper pad paired with the new Card Layout 6 die which is becoming a fast favorite for me. I cut the whole thing from white cardstock, saved the inserts and just used the frame for this card. Then I trimmed some rectangles from the paper pad and cut the 5 sections from those.

I glued the frame to an A2 piece of blue cardstock and popped the inserts up with foam tape. Then I cut one of the new Silhouette Bunnies from cardstock and felt, glued them together and popped them up with foam squares. The cardstock backing gives the felt a little more stability and makes it easier to add the foam squares too.

Next, I pulled out an old favorite from my stash – Springtime Roundabout and chose a sentiment to use from there. These sentiments coordinate with the Banner Trio dies perfectly. Just remember to cut your banner first because this die set is sold and hard (translate to impossible) to line up. I popped my banner up with foam squares as well.

Finally I glued the whole panel to a white card base. Then decided to finish the design off with a sweet baker’s twine bow around the bunny’s neck. Isn’t that the cutest touch?!? I didn’t realize how much I would love it until it was there.

Remember, head to Instagram and hop with us for inspiration, comment while you’re there for chances to win!

Products used:
Bunny Silhouette dies
Happy Easter paper pad
Card Layout 6 die
Banner Trio dies
Springtime Roundabout stamps
Foam squares and tape
Liquid glue
Benzie felt

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