Hi friends! I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog today sharing another bit of Halloween inspiration. This time I took one of the awesome card front layout dies and turned it into a partial shaker card with some fun spooky elements.
This is the A2 Card Layout 2 die. Since the beginning of this die, I’ve kept all the white inserts from times when I just needed the frame so I had those already and just needed to cut it out once for the black frame. Then I ink blended each insert with blending brushes and dye inks.
Next, I stamped colored and die cut images from the Spooky Stories set and glued them to the ink blended panels. On the orange panel I stamped my sentiment and some small images directly to it before creating the shaker portion.
I added some fun star confetti and microbeads as shaker bits and sealed it up. Then popped the whole panel up on an orange card base with foam tape.
Hello everyone! I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog today with a fun, book-themed card that’s all die cuts with one stamped sentiment. I recognize that it’s summer and hot and not everyone has air conditioning. If you color with materials like copic markers that are pressurized, it makes it difficult to accomplish anything when the temperatures rise.
I’m in that boat right now as our air conditioner is out so I pulled out some fun die cuts to play around with and love how it turned out.
The books I used are from the Bookmark II die set and the flowers are from the Daisies die set. I cut from colored cardstock and used copics to add little accents to the book spines, just coloring the inserts a shade or two darker so they stood out.
I cut a piece of white cardstock down to 3.5×4.75 and ink blended a section a couple inches up from the bottom. Then I glued a piece of rose gold foil cardstock to the seam and used the same apricot ink to stamp my sentiment that I ink blended with.
I used liquid glue to adhere all the die cut elements and finished the design off with some glossy accents on the flower centers. Then I popped the panel up on a white card base with foam tape and my card is all finished.
Happy Thursday everyone! I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog today with a fun spring themed card that I plan to use for a birthday card. The sentiment is super versatile which is awesome!
I started by stamping and coloring my images from Newton’s Blooms. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out and set them aside to get inky for my backgrounds.
I pulled out the Basic Frames dies to create all the panels for my background. I cut the banner from white cardstock and the notched rectangles from melon and peach cardstocks. Next, I used distress oxide sprays on all the panels – salvaged patina, abandoned coral and wild honey – on the corresponding cardstocks. Then I splattered those with water once the spray had dried. This gives another level of distressing.
Once the panels were dry, I stamped my sentiment at the top of the banner and adhered my images with foam squares. I used liquid glue to adhere the notched rectangles to a white card base and then popped the banner up with foam tape on top of those.
For finishing touches I added glossy accents to bits of all the images – kitty noses, flower centers, wings and ladybug dots.
Do you find a specific time of year when you need to update your stash? Most of our birthdays and celebrations are at the end of the year so after Valentine’s Day I feel like my boxes are empty and I have to get moving creating a variety of themes.
Hi friends! Happy to be here this week with reveals for the Newton’s Nook February release! It’s day 1 and we’ve got a couple of super fun things to share!
Easter Postage Sample stamps and dies and Happy Easter dies
I have a sweet card to share with you featuring all of these goodies although they’re going to be just as perfect separately too.
For this card, I stamped and colored a bunch of the images from Easter Postage Sampler, then used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I trimmed a piece of cardstock about 1.5″ wide and glued my images along the edge of that. I lined the back with foam tape and set that part aside.
Next, I pulled out the Plaid stencil and a piece of pink cardstock. I inked the first layer of the stencil with pink dye ink. For my second stencil layer, I added yellow paint to texture paste and spread that through the stencil with a palette knife.
While that was drying I cut the new Happy Easter dies from white and purple cardstocks and used liquid glue to adhere them together. Next, I assembled all my layers onto a white card base. The stenciled panel is adhered with liquid glue so that the sentiment and left panel could pop up with foam squares and tape.
For finishing touches I added stardust Stickles to bits of various images for a little sparkly interest here and there.
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Hey friends! I’m always happy to be on the Newton’s Nook blog sharing cuteness and fun inspiration! Today we’re getting caffeinated and playing with one of my new Christmas gifts – distress spritz sprays!
I started by stamping and heat embossing the horizontal image from the Coffee Delights stamp set. Then I watercolored the image and used the coordinating die to cut it out.
I used the stitched panels but not the frame from the Fractured die set to pop up on a white card base. My foam tape is solid and wide so I was able to stamp my sentiment and heat emboss it after assembling the card front. But if you’re a sparse foam taper be sure to do that part first. Then I spritzed on a couple colors of Distress Spritz Sprays and let it dry. The sprays are so shimmery in the light! I’m in love!
Last, I just added more foam tape to my cute mugs and popped them up, centered over the diamond at the top.
I am truly loving this celebratory feeling card that’s mellow and pretty but definitely needs to contain a coffee shop gift card when I send it out. Right?!?
Hey friends! I’m happy to be on the Newton’s Nook blog today with a trio of gift tags for Valentine’s Day. I love the images from the Valentines Postage Sampler set but don’t always want to make postage stamps…good think they’re perfect on their own too!
I started with a few of my favorite images from the set – stamping, coloring and die cutting them out. Then I cut a few hearts with the Heart Frames die set in different colors, plus a smaller size in white.
I chose sentiments from the stamp set and stamped one crisp one on the white heart and kept stamping until the ink was gone for a faded effect. Then I used the Petite Hearts stencil on all of the colored hearts for a tone-on-tone look that gives a little interest in the background.
I glued the white hearts to the colored one and popped the images up with foam squares on each one. Then I die cut an addition large white heart for each one so I had clean room to write a message to the recipient. I lined the hearts up and punches holes in them all, tying them together with some jute twine.
For finishing touches I added glitter enamel dots to each one and then something extra to the image. This one has stickles on the balloon shine spot, the roses are glittery and the cherries got a splash of glossy accents.
Are you gearing up for Valentine treats yet? I’m almost done already and it feels great!
Hi friends! I’m so happy to be on the Newton’s Nook blog today. It’s my last post of the year but I’ll be back again next year and can’t wait for all the adventures that will bring! However, today I have another fun card using products from the new release!
I pulled out the Valentine Postage Collage stamps and just created 3 stamps. I cut them from copic paper so I could stamp and color right on the stamp, more of a true postage stamp vibe this way. Then I arranged them in a cluster, holding it together with washi tape and added foam tape to the back.
I inked up the Bokeh Hearts stencil on a pink panel and glued it to a white card base. Then I cut the “love” word from the new Charming Hearts die set three times from white cardstock and glued the layers together.
I adhered everything to the stenciled card front panel and came in for some sparkly details. Gold watercolor was added to the postmark and stardust Stickles were added to little bits of each stamp and the bottom of the word die cuts.
I’m having so much fun Valentine crafting already! It feels almost sinful. Lol! Have you started yet?
Happy Thursday everyone! I’m happy to be on the Newton’s Nook blog today sharing another card using bits from the new release. Something about the color palette in the new paper pad really spoke to me and I just ran with it. I loved how they went together and the types of colors just made me happy to create. Needless to say, today’s card follows those same colors again. Yay!
This time I cut my sentiment shadow from dark blue cardstock and the letters from white. I used liquid glue to adhere them together and lined the back with foam tape. Using that as a guide, I ink blended teal behind where I wanted the words to go on a piece of white cardstock. Then I splattered that with more teal ink for extra texture.
I chose a couple patterns from the new Coffee Shop paper pad and trimmed them down. The bigger portion measures 5.5×1.5 inches and the strip is 5.5x.25 inches. These are popped up in the ink blended panel with foam tape.
After adding the sentiment over the ink blending, I used liquid glue to adhere the panel to a white card base. Then, for a little extra, I wrapped the top with jute twine and tied it in a bow.
The vibe of this card wasn’t asking for sparkle and shine so I resisted. It’s pretty great without it. Also, noting that this new paper pad and set of products are going to be fabulous for masculine feeling cards!
Happy Tuesday everyone! It’s release week for Newton’s Nook and we’ve got some really fun new things to share with you. Let’s jump right in to today’s release reveals.
Coffee Delights stamps and dies AND Coffee Shop paper pad
I had a blast with all of the products this week and really found inspiration in the new paper pad. You’re totally going to love it! Today I have a card featuring both new products to share with you.
I stamped and heat embossed images from Coffee Delights on Bristol smooth cardstock and watercolored the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. I pulled my color palette from the paper pad knowing that I was going to use it in my background.
I chose four patterns from the paper pad, cutting three with the Fancy Edges Tag die and trimming one down to A2 size for my background. I cut white hole reinforcers and used liquid glue to adhere them. Then added some twine to each tag.
I glued the tags together with liquid glue and added foam tape to the back to them all plus my coffee cup stack. I adhered them to the patterned paper background and glued it all on a card base. Then I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment on a circle from the Circle Frames set and popped it up as well.
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Hey friends! I’m happy to be on the Newton’s Nook blog today sharing another twist on last week’s release goodies! I love this release more than words can really express and was excited for an excuse to play with it once more right away.
I loved that the new Christmas Coffees images were perfect to fit in the new Postage Stamp Layout die cut! So I grabbed a few images, stamped and started coloring. I didn’t have a plan per se but my brain sure had a color scheme in mind.
Seeing that clearly, I inked up the postage stamps and then glued my images down, trimming off the excess hanging off the edge of some. Then I grabbed the Holiday Postage Sampler for the special images to add to my stamps. I inked up a background panel with pumice stone Distress Oxide Ink and glued my postage frame to it with liquid glue. Then I popped all the inserts up in the frame with foam squares.
I felt like something was missing so I stamped and die cut a few of the Holiday Happy Mail images and added those to my design with foam squares and liquid glue. For some finishing touches I added glossy accents to the holly berries, wreath bow and candy canes. Then stardust Stickles to the center of the postmark images too.
What kind of postage stamps are you going to create? I have a few themes in mind!
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