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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Hi everyone! Today I’m back on the Newton’s Nook blog with a Valentine themed card featuring one of my all-time favorite sets – Love Quarry! It’s punny and so cute! Also fun to color and create with in a variety of ways!

Today I stayed with a more traditional color palette throwing in a splash of my favorite teal to break things up. I stamped and colored images from the set and then used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

Next I ink blended the Bokeh Hearts stencil set on a piece of teal cardstock before die cutting it with the rounded rectangle found in the Frames & Flags die set. While the set was out, I also die cut a white panel using the largest die in the set.

Back to the teal panel, after die cutting it I spread texture paste through the Petite Hearts stencil for dimensional texture as well.

After the texture paste dried, I stamped my sentiment on the upper right corner and started arranging my images. This is what I thought having a “ground” for my cement mixer would be awesome and I pulled out the Valentine Word Trio dies! Finding coordinating cardstock colors, I cut and paper pieced the XOXO panel together. Then I adhered it all to the teal panel with foam squares.

There’s never a shortage of dimension on my cards. So now that the teal panel is perfect, I popped it up on the white pane with foam tape and then added that to a red card base. For finishing touches I added glossy accents to parts of the truck and cones. It makes such a difference!

Are you creating Valentine goodies yet?

Products used:
Love Quarry stamps and dies
Frames & Flags dies
Bokeh Hearts stencils
Petite Hearts stencil
Palette knife
Texture paste
Liquid glue
Foam squares and tape
Glossy accents

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Hi friends! This is my last Newton’s Nook post for 2025. The year sure flew by, didn’t it?!? I think so but don’t they all. I’m here today to share a fun winter themed card with you. This is typically my sentiment because we don’t get snow often where I live but I can understand those that get so much might not agree.

To create my card, I started with a piece of white paper and lots of strips of teal and blue cardstocks in varying widths. I didn’t measure any of the strips, just chopped away. I glued them down in a random order and trimmed the panel down to just smaller than the scalloped panel from the Frames & Flags die set.

Once the striped panel was complete, I took the white scalloped panel and cut three of the Snowfall snowflake shadows from it. Then I used those pieces to cut the snowflakes from them. I splattered some distress oxide spray and pearl watercolor across the panel and left it to dry.

Next I used just the sentiment die and cut Let it Snow from three colors of blue and teal cardstocks gluing them together shifted just a bit to show all the colors. Once the cover panel was dry, I added foam squares to the back and attached it to the strip panel from the beginning. Then I used liquid glue to add my snowflakes in their spots and the sentiment in the area between them.

Last, I just glued the whole panel to a white card base and my card is finished. How are you doing with your holiday card stash? Are you finished and have them mailed out or still creating until the last minute?

A small tip, as it gets closer to the holiday and I might not need as many actual Christmas cards, I try to keep the sentiments generic so that they might be used for thank you cards after the holidays as well.

Products used today:
Snowfall dies
Frames & Flags dies
Let it Snow dies
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Distress Oxide Spray – mermaid lagoon
Pearl watercolor

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It’s release day for Newton’s Nook and, therefore, Instagram Hop day as well! Before you head over and fill your carts up. Head to Instagram and hop with us for a chance to win and more inspiration too!

I created this card to share for the hop which uses the new Snowfall dies to make gingerbread cookies! I cut the shadow from brown cardstock and the snowflakes from white glitter foam! Perfect combo for almost edible looking cookies!

I inked up the Holiday Foliage stencil on green cardstock for my background and used the Circle Frames dies to create my cookie plate. I glued a piece of kraft cardstock to a card base and then added my foliage panel directly to that with liquid glue as well. The cookies are quite tall stacked up like that so I didn’t want to risk too much dimension.

I glued the cookie plate down and trimmed the excess off before adding my sentiment (from the October release) with foam squares to help it lay nicely with the cookies.

Like I said before, head to Instagram and comment on the hop for a chance to win plus so much fun inspiration! Then head to the Newton’s Nook shop to fill your carts and start crafting!

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Welcome back everyone! For day 2 of the Newton’s Nook November release reveals, we’re completing your winter wonderland for crafting! Let’s check it out!

Snow Flurries toner card fronts, Snowfall dies and Let it Snow dies

 Isn’t this a fabulous start to a winter wonderland?!? I think so! Plus I have 2 cards to share with you for inspiration today.

I had so much fun playing with all of these goodies. I know you will too! Let’s have a look at the beautiful toner card fronts first.

I foiled my panel with a teal deco foil from Thermoweb. Then splattered it with distress sprays in peacock and gold. Once those were dry, I cut the panel with the largest Framework die and inked the edges with teal ink for added interest.

I added a teal panel to a card base and popped the foiled panel up on that with foam tape. Next, I cut a holiday sentiment that released this time last year and popped it up too. Last, I finished the design off with some jute twine tied around the card front on the left side. A little rustic and a little shine – perfect combo!

Next I paired the new sentiment dies and snowflake dies with an oldie but goodie stencil called Snowfall. I started by inking a light teal panel from the top left corner out, fading for an ombre effect. Then I splattered the panel with teal ink and let it dry. Next, I spread Astro Paste through the Snowfall stencil also, fading from the top left corner down.

I cut the new snowflakes from white cardstock and vellum, using liquid glue to adhere them together. Next I cut my sentiment dies from white cardstock and teal for the shadow. This time I cut the words 4 times from white cardstock so they have height. I glued the snowflakes to the panel with liquid glue and popped the sentiment up with foam squares.

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 Wednesday November 12 through Thursday November 13th. 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, November 13th at 9 pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Friday, November 14th.

Want another chance to win? We will be having an instagram hop on Friday with a second prize! Please join me on Instagram on Friday, November 14th for details! 

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

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

Hi everyone! We’re here with a reveals for the Newton’s Nook November mini release! It’s perfectly winter to balance your Christmas goodies and carry you right into the new year! Let’s look at today’s surprises!

Snowman Postage Sampler stamps and dies AND Snow Flurries paper pad

I am smitten with these adorable snowmen and just love the color palette of the new paper pad too! Mix them together?!? Crafting fun for days!

I have 2 cards to share with you today using both of these new goodies together in totally different ways.

For this first card, I pulled out the Postage Frame dies and cut them apart into strips. I inked the inserts with teal ink and stamped some smaller images, plus a sentiment. Then I added my snowmen and glued the strips together.

I chose 2 patterns of paper from the pad and trimmed one to 5.25 x 4 inches and glued it to a white card base. Then I cut another strip about 1 x 4.25 inches and glued that down. Then I added my stamp strips with foam tape on the left. I cut the heart in the center of the Circle Frames die set from the background paper and popped it up next to those. This card was finished off with stardust Stickles on parts of the images and glossy accents on all carrot noses!

For my second card, I decided to create a fun shaker using one of the card layout dies. These are so perfect for this style of card! They make it fun and easy. I cut the frame from pink cardstock, plus trimmed acetate to the same size, adhering them together with double-sided tape. I added foam tape to the back of that and set it aside.

Next I trimmed a snowflake pattern to A2 size and glued it to a card base. I sprinkled some shaker bits onto the center, and adhered my shaker frame to that. Then I chose my snowmen to stamp and color – coordinating to the paper I chose. Last, I used one of the tag dies in the Card Layout die set to hold my sentiment.

This card is finished off the same as the first with stardust Stickles and glossy accents for all the snowmen images.

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 Wednesday November 12 through Thursday November 13th. 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, November 13th at 9 pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Friday, November 14th.

Want another chance to win? We will be having an instagram hop on Friday with a second prize! Please join me on Instagram on Friday, November 14th for details! 

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

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