Hey friends! The Newton’s Nook Back to Basics release is available in the shop and we’re having an Instagram Hop to celebrate! I hope you’ll head over and join us. It’ll be packed with inspiration!

I always have fun finding medium size dies to create this type of layout with so when I found that the cool notched corner rectangle in this new die set was perfect, I had to test it out.

I started by choosing colors and patterns from the Pastel Basics paper pad and cut one notched rectangle from each one. Then I chose a coordinating but different color to ink my background panel up with. I think the soft pink rounds everything out pretty well. I inked the edges of that panel with pink and splattered it with white paint for texture.

Next, I stamped images from Newton’s Blooms and colored them all with copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut it all out and then a little liquid glue to adhere the grass and ladybug to the pot. After arranging everything, I went digging for a shape to stamp my sentiment and ground the images. I found this rounded rectangle in the A7 Frames die set.

After adhering everything in place with foam tape and squares, I finished the design with glossy accents and stardust Stickles in various places.

Remember, Instagram Hop! Lots of inspiration. Lots of fun. Come join us!

Products used today:
Newton’s Bright Blooms stamps and dies
Basic Frames dies
A7 Frames dies
Embossing & Watermark ink
Magic anti-static brush
Embossing powder – frosting
Foam tape
Touch of Gloss
Stickles – stardust

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Hey friends! Did you see the release reveals on the Newton’s Nook blog yesterday? Well, just in case you missed it I’m going to summarize them and then jump into a card using one of the new die sets and paper pad! First up…

Frames & Tags die set

A2 Card Layout die

Basic Frames dies

Pastel Basics paper pad

Brights Basics paper pad

Newton’s Bright Birthday stamps and dies

Oh my word! Wasn’t that a lot of amazing??? It’s all so great and has been a blast to create with! Today I’m using the Frames & Flags dies with the Bright Basics paper pad.

I cut the frame from white cardstock and the largest tag from black cardstock. Then I stamped and colored my image from Newton’s Kite and used the coordinating die to cut him out. I stamped my sentiment part on the tag and part of a piece of cardstock I colored with the same color I used on the kite.

Next I chose paper from the Bright Basics paper pad and cut them down to A2 size. I die cut the green with the new zig zag rectangle in the Frames & Tags die set and popped it up with foam tape on the red polka dots. Then I glued the white frame to that and popped my image and sentiment tag up with foam squares.

For finishing touches today, I threaded black jute twine through the tag hole and added glossy accents to Newton’s nose and the kite tail.

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Hey friends! I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog today with more inspiration from the February release. I adore the Newton puppies and this lucky dog set is now at the top of those! I wanted to share a fun card that shows how these new sets don’t have to be only for St. Patrick’s Day.

So I stamped and colored my sweet pup and some hearts with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Then, I had an idea for extra layers and shapes so I went to work with the Frames Squared die set.

I cut the rounded square from pink cardstock and used the petite hearts stencil on it. Then I cut half of the label die from black cardstock and glued it behind. I stamped my sentiment on the smallest circle on that set and glued it to the right of center where I knew I wanted the puppy.

Next, I ink blended distress oxide inks on a heart using the basketweave stencil and splattered it with gold watercolor. I glued that down before popping my puppy up with foam squares.

Working all the way backward, I trimmed a piece of gray cardstock down and ink blended the edges with pumice stone and a teeny bit of black soot distress oxide inks. This panel is popped up with foam tape on a card base with some green washi tape tucked under the bottom edge. Then I popped the other collection I already have glued together up with foam tape on that.

For finishing touches I went over the puppy’s eyes with black glaze pen, let it dry and added a white gel pen highlight back in. Then I added glossy accents to his nose and stardust Stickles to the floating hearts and clover.

Products used today:
Lucky Dog stamps and dies
Frames Squared dies
Heart Frames dies
Petit Hearts stencil
Basketweave stencil
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn ballet slippers ink
Distress Oxide ink – brushed corduroy, ground espresso, black soot, pumice stone
Touch of gloss
Stickles – stardust
Sakura gelly roll glaze pen – black and white
Liquid glue
LH Colors watercolor – gold

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Happy Sunday friends! I’m popping in to remind you of the Newton’s Nook release that went live on Friday and share another fun card for inspiration! I have been hoping and wishing for more St. Patrick’s Day goodies from Newton for a while and I’m so happy that it’s finally here!

I started with hot foiling the new Shamrocks plate twice across a piece of white cardstock. Then I masked off sections and ink blended a rainbow with blending brushes and dye inks covering the whole panel. Next, I splattered the panel with gold watercolor and set it aside to dry.

I die cut the ticket shape from the Framework die set twice, one black and one white. Then I heat embossed the sentiment from Newton’s Lucky Clover in gold on the black one. I used liquid glue to adhere the tickets together and popped them up on the foiled panel with foam squares.

I glued the panel to a card base and finished the design off with a few red clay hearts.

I don’t have a lick of Irish in me but my heart has got to be part green as much as I love St. Patrick’s Day and all things related!

Products used:
Shamrocks hot foil plate
Newton’s Lucky Clover stamps and dies
Framework dies
Twiddler’s Nook Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn dye inks (any rainbow)
Twiddler’s Nook Sweethearts embellishments
Liquid glue
Magic anti-static brush
Embossing and watermark ink
Embossing Powder – golden palace
Foam squares

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Hey friends! We’ve got a super adorable mini-release from Newton’s Nook today! Let’s take a look at all the products and then a few inspiration projects too!

Newton’s Lucky Clover stamps and dies

Lucky Dog stamps and dies

Shamrocks hot foil plate

Aren’t these new goodies so much fun!?! I have a few projects to share with you so let’s dive right in! We’re starting with Newton’s Lucky Clover with a side of the Shamrocks hot foil plate.

When I received these release products, I heated up my glimmer machine and started playing with the Shamrocks hot foil plate first. I foiled some scraps and some full size card front pieces as well.

For this card, I took a scrap and perfectly die cut it with the Fancy Edges Tag die. After inking up my foiled tag with green dye ink and a blending brush, I cut a second tag from white and a hole reinforcer from gold glitter, then used liquid glue to adhere them all together.

I cut rainbow strips of cardstock and glued them to a white panel before die cutting it with the largest Framework die. I stamped my sentiment across the bottom of that and set it aside to stamp and color my Newton’s Lucky Clover images. I colored those with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

I added foam tape and squares to the back of everything. But before assembling it all, I took a green ink pad and drug it across the front of my card base. It gives a cool texture while quickly adding color to my background.

After assembling all the layers, I added glossy accents to Newton’s nose, toe beans and the buckle on his hat. Then I couldn’t resist a little stardust Stickles on the horseshoe and floating heart too.

Now, let’s get a little Lucky Dog action going on!!!

For this card, I took a panel I had hot foiled with the new Shamrocks plate and ink blended distress oxide inks across part of it. I faded from mowed lawn to twisted citron and then splattered it with water. I die cut the panel with the rounded rectangle in the Frames & Flags die set. To break up the line where I masked the panel, I added a strip of gold glitter cardstock next.

After stamping and coloring my puppy with copic markers, I used the coordinating die to cut him out. Then stamped and heat embossed my sentiment on a speech bubble. Now we can assemble this card too.

I cut a piece of light gray cardstock and glued it to a card base, then popped the foiled panel up with foam tape. Next, I added the puppy and speech bubble to that with foam squares.

To finish things off I tied twine around the top of the card and added glossy accents to the puppy’s nose. Last, I added black glaze pen to the puppy’s eyes, let it dry and added a white highlight back in.

Remember, these new products are all available in the Newton’s Nook shop right now! Treat yourself to a bit of luck and get them while they’re hot!

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Hey friends! It’s been a while since I reminded you about the Newton’s Nook Designer’s Nook Newsletter.

It’s an email newsletter that goes out every Tuesday with a special project from one Newton’s Nook design team member to you. It’s got extra info, how to, tips and tricks, and always more inspiration!

Here’s a little sneak peek of my project tomorrow! Oh my word am I excited to share it with everyone!

If you’re not signed up yet, click HERE and do it before you miss out on any more ideas and inspiration!

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Hi friends! I’m on the Newton’s Nook blog today sharing a sweet love themed bookmark tag. I really love creating with this die set. The long tag shape is different and works great for decorating a slimline card, a bookmark and a gift tag too!

Today I started with my tag first and that led the way for my color palette. I cut the tag from a gray-blue cardstock in my stash and inked it up with the Waves stencil using a slightly darker blue ink. Then I shifted the stencil and messily spread texture paste through it for a little mixed media feel. I set that side to dry while I stamped and colored my images.

I chose the whale from Tides of Love and colored it with copics close to the color of my cardstock. Then I went digging for extra small images to add and found these awesome seashells in Summer Moments. I used the coordinating dies from each set to cut everything out. Finding the best shape for my sentiment came from the Circle Frames die set. I didn’t like the stark white though so I used the same copic markers as the seashells to color that too.

I used liquid glue to add the seashells to the bottom of the tag and the sentiment circle. Then I popped the whale and senitment circle up with foam squares. I cut a second tag from white cardstock, layered them together and threaded ribbon through the hole. I tied that with jute twine and finished things off with glossy accents and stardust Stickles on the whale.

I had Valentine’s Day in mind when I created this but it really would be fabulous for an anniversary or just because gift too.

Products used:
Tides of Love stamps and dies
Summer Moments stamps and dies
Bookmark dies
Circle Frames dies
Waves stencil
Blending brush
Stencil pal
Texture paste
Lawn Fawn deep sea ink
Foam squares
Touch of gloss
Liquid glue
Stickles – star dust

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Hey friends! Newton’s Nook isn’t having a new release this month but they are having an awesome Sweethearts sale and lots of new inspiration from the design team this week. I had some die cutting fun and wanted to share it with you today.

I started by die cutting the heart shapes with the coordinating dies to the Candy Hearts stamp set. I love that this die set works with the heart stamp or without. I chose copic markers a smidge darker than my cardstock and colored the edge of the back layer so there was dimension. I glued the two layers together with liquid glue and stamped the candy heart sayings on each one.

Next I die cut XOXO three times each from white cardstock using the Essential Alphabet dies and glued them to a black banner from the Banner Trio die set. I folded the edges of the banner and used liquid glue and reverse tweezers to hold it while it dried.

Next I cut a teal panel with the largest Framework die and inked the center using the Petit Hearts stencil with darker teal ink. I popped the panel up with foam tape on a white card base and then did the same with the hearts and sentiment banner too.

A question that goes along with that of Peeps and candy corn, do you like conversation hearts at Valentine’s time? I definitely do! But I’m also a sucker for Peeps all year long now that they’ve expanded and candy corn for Halloween is a must. Lol.

Products used today:
Candy Hearts stamps and dies
Framework dies
Essential Alphabet dies
Petite Hearts stencil
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn peacock ink
Foam tape
Liquid glue

Don’t forget about the sale at Newton’s Nook!

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Hi friends! I’m on the Newton’s Nook blog today sharing a fun gate fold valentine using one of my favorite stamp sets – Love Quarry! It’s so much fun and makes it really simple to make valentines for the guys in your life.

I started my card by working on the excavator, heart layers and sentiment speech bubble. I colored my image with copic markers and used the coordinating die to cut it out. Then I chose a speech bubble to cut out and stamped my sentiment on that. I cut a gray scalloped heart and the next size down in white. I used the Heartfelt Love stamp on the white heart with gray ink so it was subtle but definitely following my love theme.

I created a card base, scoring at 2 1/8 from each side and folding to the center. I inked up a separate panel that measured 4×5.25 inches with a few blue inks randomly and splattered it with water. Then I splattered the panel with unicorn watercolor paint. While that was drying I took the darkest ink I used on that panel and inked the edges of my card front flaps. Then, I cut the splattered panel in half and glued it to my card front.

I used liquid glue to adhere my heart to the left half of the card front only. That way it opens up nicely to reveal a surprise and my handwritten message too. Before we get to the inside, I added glossy accents and stardust Stickles to the excavator and a clay heart to my speech bubble.

This inside sentiment comes from the Heartfelt Love stamp set I used on the front and the accent images are from Love Quarry. Aren’t they so cute?!?

Products used:
Love Quarry stamps and dies
Heartfelt Love stamps
Heart Frames dies
Speech Bubbles dies
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn inks – fish tank, forget me not, deep sea, carrot and sunflower
Glossy accents
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Twiddler’s Nook Sweethearts clay embellishments

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