Happy Monday friends! I’m super excited to be celebrating Newton’s Nook’s July Release with you this week. It also happens to be their 11th birthday release! Holy wow!!! That’s so amazing!

First up…today’s product reveals.

Fractured Card Layout die

Black & White Basics and Natural Basics paper pads

This new background layout die is absolutely amazing and so fun to create with! Today I have a shaker card to share with you featuring the new die and one of the paper pads.

I’m definitely in my Summerween Era so any change to grab a Halloween themed anything I’m all over it these days! Therefore, we get an early taste of Count Newton today. Isn’t he the cutest!

I cut a piece of acetate and used tear tape to add the Fractured Card frame and inserts, except the center square/diamond so I had a window for my shaker bits. I lined the back with foam and sprinkled my bits in the opening. I backed that part with black cardstock and then glued the shaker panel to a card base.

Next, I cut the ticket shape from the Framework die set and heat embossed my sentiment on it. I popped the images from Count Newton up with foam squares and then put a light layer of liquid glue on the back of my sentiment and added it as well.

For finishing touches on this card I kept it simple and just added a little glossy accents to Newton’s nose and the button on his cape.

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 Monday July 15 through Wednesday July 17th. 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, July 17th at 9 pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Thursday, July 18th.

Want another chance to win? We will be having an Instagram hop on Thursday with a second prize! Please join us over on Instagram on Thursday, July 18, for details! 

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

Hello everyone! I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog today and I just couldn’t put the cute new farm goodies away just yet. But I also pulled out an older and REALLY fun farm set to go with it too!

For this card, I created another cute barn, using liquid glue to adhere all the details to the main barn piece. Then I cut a bunch of strips from the new Farmyard paper pad, gluing them to a piece of kraft cardstock.

I pulled out Cluck and chose one of the image to pair with my barn. After coloring it with copic markers, I used the coordinating die to cut it out. I added the barn and chickens with foam squares on the kraft panel. Then I chose the opener to my sentiment and stamped it above the top strip in brown ink.

I glued the panel to a white card base and wrapped jute twine around the top for some texture and interest. Then I popped it in my Misti and stamped on the inside of my card too! If you didn’t laugh at this, you must have a much more sophisticated humor level than I do because I get a kick out of this every time I look at it!

Okay, back to the front for finishing touches. We kept those simple with black gel pen on the eyes and glossy accents on the chickens’ beaks.

Is this not a super silly and fun card to send?!? I love it!

Products used:
Newton’s Nook Cluck stamps and dies
Newton’s Nook Farmyard paper pad
Newton’s Nook Barn dies
Foam squares
Glossy accents
Liquid glue

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Welcome friends! It’s the start of an amazing release week from Newton’s Nook! We’re excited and having so much fun creating with all of these new products. Today’s reveals are buzzing with fun!

Honeycomb Hot Foil Plates

Hexagon Frames Dies

Heartfelt Honeycomb Stamps and Dies

With all of these fun new reveals, I have two cards to share with you today. My first one focuses solely on the new Heartfelt Honeycomb stamps and dies. Which I had a blast creating with!

I pulled out my distress oxide inks in a variety of yellow/gold colors and blended a whole panel. Then I spritzed the panel with water, blotted it dry and splattered it with white and black paint, leaving it to dry while I stamped and colored some bees.

I die cut all of the elements and used liquid glue to adhere the dripping honey, and foam squares for the different bees. Then I die cut a banner from the Banner Trio set and heat embossed a sentiment on it, using liquid glue to adhere it hanging off the right side.

For my background panel I inked it using the Clouds stencil and splattered it with teal ink after the stenciling was done.

I trimmed the stenciled panel down to 3.75×5 inches and glued it on a piece of yellow cardstock measuring 4×5.25 inches. I popped the panel up on a white card base and then popped the honeycomb heart and sentiment strip up on it with foam tape.

For finishing touches on this card I added stardust Stickles to the bees wings.

Isn’t this card dripping with sweetness? I love it! How we switch gears to the new Honeycomb hot foil plates and Hexagon Frames dies. These are solid winners and this card was one of my favorites of the release!

To start, I hot foiled the honeycomb image and bees with a shattered gold hot foil from Thermoweb. I used the coordinating dies to cut the bees and different sizes from the Hexagon Frames to cut the honeycomb. I added a few other yellow cardstocks from my stash and kept cutting different sizes of hexagons.

I ink blended a panel cut from the largest Frames & Flags dies with pine needles and cracked pistachio distress oxide inks. After ink blending, I spritzed it with water and flicked gold watercolor all over it.

While the watercolor was drying, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment on another banner from the Banner Trio die set.

Before adhering all my layers together, I did simple copic coloring on the bees. Then I added everything to the inked panel with a combination of liquid glue and foam squares. Once that was complete, I added the whole panel to a white card base.

Enter to Win a $25 Prize!

We will be choosing two lucky winners to win a $25 store credit for Newton’s Nook Designs online shop! The winners 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 Monday June 17 through Thursday June 20th. 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, June 20th at 9 pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Friday, June 21st.

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

Welcome! I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog today with a fun summer themed birthday card. I had some stenciling and stamping fun creating this card and pulled my color palette from the bright, fun patterned paper.

For today’s card, I wanted the summer theme so I went digging through my stash and landed on Beach Bound stamps, the Palm Tree Line stencil and the Summertime paper pad. With all of that in front of me, I knew it was going to be a bright, fun card!

I inked up a piece of white cardstock lightly with teal dye ink, then used the Palm Tree Line stencil with distress oxide inks so they would sit on top of the teal and not mix colors. Then I chose patterned paper from the Summertime pad to trim the top and bottom of my palm trees. Cutting the strips down, I adhered them with foam tape.

I stamped and colored the awesome Bug in Beach Bound, cutting it out with the coordinating die. I added it with foam squares. Next, I chose two sentiments from the set. I stamped one in the sky and heat embossed a second on a rounded rectangle from the Basic Frames die set. That one is glued directly to the card with liquid glue.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to all the “metal” parts of the car plus the windows. At this point I thought it would be cool to distress the background. Not too risky so I spritzed my hand and flicked the water on the tree line. In reality, it’s better to do before assembling but sometimes these things happen.

Just like my next finishing touch…the twine. I had a skinny opening behind the patterned paper and decided it was a grand idea to thread the twine through so I could have that extra accent. It didn’t harm anything but took some perseverance. Lol.

Where there’s a will, there’s a way! And most of the time we make things work even if they’re a little out of order.

Products used:
Beach Bound stamps and dies
Summertime paper pad
Palm Tree Line stencil
Basic Frames dies
Foam squares and tape
Liquid glue
Anti-static brush
Embossing ink
Embossing powder – frosting
Distress Oxide Ink – mowed lawn, gathered twigs, ground espresso
Lawn Fawn dye ink – mermaid and peacock
Blending brushes

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Hi there. I’m so glad you’re here. Today I’m happy to be on the Newton’s Nook blog sharing a fun birthday card with lots of texture and sparkle. I hope you love it!

I started by stamping the ice cream image in Newton’s Birthday Delights and colored it with my copic markers. I used the coordinating die to cut it out and set it aside. Moving on to the background, I chose the Cascading Stars stencil and inked pink on pink cardstock for a subtle background. Then I splattered it with pearl and pink watercolors.

While the watercolor was drying, I cut a scalloped square from vellum using the Frames Squared die set. At that point I realized the larger circle in the same die set was the perfect size for my sentiment. So I cut a white one and used cracked pistachio distress oxide ink to stamp it. It matched my bottom ice cream scoop perfectly!

Once the watercolor was dry, I tore the bottom edge off and popped it up on a white card base. Then I added the ice cream image to the vellum square, hid tape runner behind the image and adhered that to the card base. I trimmed off the excess and popped my sentiment circle up on the other side of the card front. This also secures the other portion of the vellum without seeing any glue.

For finishing touches, I tied pink twine around the top of the card and tied it in a bow. Then I added white gel pen highlights to the image and glossy accents to the kitty noses and cherry on top. Last, but not least, I put two red clay hearts on the sentiment circle to carry the red over and balance things a little.

Products used:
Newton’s Birthday Delights stamps and dies
Frames Squared dies
Cascading Stars stencil
Blending brush
Watercolor – pink and pearl
Foam tape and squares
Tape runner
Sweethearts clay embellishments

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Hello friends. Today I’m on the Newton’s Nook blog with a simple spring thinking of you card. I used a technique of heat embossing my image on vellum and coloring it for a stained glass look. It’s a fun and different way to use all of your detailed images.

You may notice that my background is similar to one from the April release with the new Cherry Blossom set. I inked the same Trailing Leaves stencil but instead of the frame from the A2 Card Layout die, I saved the stitched rectangles, used another frame for a guide and popped them up in the same arrangement. I did do a little ink blending on the rectangles before popping them up for some depth and interest.

Like I mentioned at the beginning, I heat embossed the Floral Roundabout image on vellum and then colored it with my copic markers on the back side. This gives a faux stained glass look. Just remember you’ll need to choose much deeper and darker colors than usual to show through.

Next, I die cut a banner using one of the banner trio dies and heat embossed it with a sentiment from the Floral Roundabout stamp set. I used liquid glue and reverse tweezers to glue my banner flags down and then popped it up on the vellum with foam squares. I hid tape runner behind that to adhere the vellum to my card front next.

Here’s a close up look at the vellum coloring so you can see how pretty it looks. I used colors like B66, RV29, G16 and Y17 for this project. Notice that the saturation number (the second digit) is all above 5, where in my regular coloring I barely touch these dark colors except for deep shading.

Products used:
Floral Roundabout stamps
Circle Frames dies
Banner Trio dies
A2 Card Layout die
Trailing Leaves stencil
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn ink – cilantro
Embossing & Watermark ink
Embossing powder – frosting
Magic anti-static brush
Tape runner
Foam squares and tape
Liquid glue

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Hey friends! What a better way to start a new week than with Newton’s Nook release reveals?!? I’m really excited about this release and can’t wait to share it all with you. Today we’re starting out with a stamp and die combo plus a new die set.

Bookmark II dies

Never Enough Books stamps and dies

While these products work amazingly together, I had extra fun creating two separate projects to share with you today. First up, a new bookmark that I’m already using.

I cut the bookmark twice from kraft cardstock and glue the pieces together, then used the Tree Rings stencil on it for some texture in the background. I cut some books included in the Bookmark II die set from white cardstock and colored them with copic markers. I used liquid glue to adhere them to the bookmark and then stamped a sentiment above them which is from the Never Enough Books stamp set.

Last, I threaded some ribbon through the hole and tied it with twine. I seriously couldn’t identify with this sentiment more. My TBR pile is definitely larger than my lifespan and it’s always growing.

I really like the rustic look when it comes to book things so I kept it going for my Never Enough Books card using the same Tree Rings stencil in the background. This time I inked it up with distress oxide ink so I could get more distressing and color variation.

I stamped and colored images from the set with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Then I popped them up on the stenciled panel with foam tape, included a heat embossed sentiment on a flag from the Frames & Flags die set.

I adhered the panel to a side folding card base so that I could wrap twine around the side. Then I finished the design off with some glossy accents on various parts of the images and clay hearts from the Twiddler’s Nook sweethearts embellishment pack.

Enter to Win a $25 Prize!

We will be choosing two lucky winners to win a $25 store credit for Newton’s Nook Designs online shop! The winners 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 Monday April 15 through Thursday April 18. 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, April 18th at 9 pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Friday, April 19th.

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

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

Hello everyone. I’m happy to be over on the Newton’s Nook blog once again. This time with some fun birthday inspiration. I’m having fun mixing the Back to Basics release with some of my favorite already release products. Today I’ve got the new Bright Basics paper pad and Frames & Tags die set with those sweet Birthday Mice!

I was inspired by a sketch I saw while scrolling Pinterest so that’s where everything started. I chose a couple of fun papers from the Bright Basics paper pad, cut the blue to 4×5.5 and the green with the largest Circle Frames die. Then I cut a white circle with the next size down.

I wanted to make a birthday card so that narrowed my search a little. It wasn’t difficult to land on some of my favorite mice ever in the Birthday Mice stamp set. I colored him with copics before using the coordinating die to cut him out. I inked up a little orange glow on the white circle behind where the mouse would go before adhering all my layers.

For the sentiment I cut one of the tags in the new Frames & Tags die set from black cardstock and heat embossed the sentiment on that. I wrapped twine around the blue panel and tied the tag in place with that. Avoiding the twine I added foam tape to the back of the blue panel and popped it on a white card base.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to the mouse nose and holes in the cheese. Then I finished the design with stardust Stickles on the party hat and candle.

Products used:
Birthday Mice stamps and dies
Circle Frames dies
Frames & Tags dies
Bright Basics paper pad
Embossing & Watermark ink
Magic anti-static brush
Embossing powder – frosting
Foam tape
Touch of gloss
Stickles – stardust

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Hey friends! I’m happy to be on the Newton’s Nook blog today. I love the new release and was very excited to mix and match the new dies with the old. They are sized perfectly just for that so it expands their use by at least a billion times! It’s so great.

I was feeling springy so I pulled out the sweet Puppy Friends stamps and chose a few to stamp and color for my card. After using the coordinating dies to cut them out, I set them aside to make my messy background.

I cut the largest Framework die from kraft cardstock and taped off the stitched edging with Thermoweb Pixie Tape. I placed the Petite Paws stencil and spread Ranger Texture Paste through it. While that was drying I cut one of the small tags from Frames & Tags from black cardstock and heat embossed my sentiment on it.

Next, I popped the kraft panel up with foam tape on a white card base. Then I added a teal frame with foam strips, along with the images and sentiment tag. Then I added Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze pen to the puppies eyes. This makes them raised and shiny. Last, I added glossy accents to the noses, turtle shell, flower center and collar tags.

I love creating cards with grid frames like these. This new Frames & Tags set might be my favorite of all! It’s going to be so fun!

Products used:
Puppy Friends stamps and dies
Frames & Tags dies
Framework dies
Petite Paws stencil
Foam tape, squares and strips
Texture paste
Stencil pal
Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze Pen – black
Touch of gloss
Embossing & Watermark ink
Magic Anti-static brush
Embossing powder – frosting

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