This week flew by! It’s already release day and with it comes a fun Instagram hop with added inspiration for the new release!

Today I have a card using the cat builder dies and the holiday accessories…I couldn’t just make a dog with these fun accessories. Plus I really wanted to play with more pieces too!

So I cut the pieces from various colors of cardstock and used liquid glue to assemble it all. Once the kitty was done and had his scarf and hat on, I arranged the other accessories and also used liquid glue to adhere those in place.

Next, I cut a piece of kraft cardstock from the largest die in the Torn Edge Frames die set and ink blended the Holiday Foliage stencil over the top. I like to use the mini brushes on this one and loosely ink each thing different colors. I removed the stencil and inked the edges with extra brown for depth.

Next, I stamped my sentiment on the bottom and added the kitty with foam squares just above it. Then I added foam tape to the panel and popped it up on a piece of red cardstock that was glued to a white card base.

Head to Instagram and comment and you hop along for a chance to with a gift card to the Newton’s Nook shop!

Yippee!!! We’re at the final release reveal today and tomorrow the release is available to purchase! I can’t wait to see what everyone creates with these new additions!

Cozy Sweater Dogs stamp and die set

Being equal opportunity kitty and puppy lover, I was so happy to see pups in cozy sweaters too! Aren’t they adorable!?!

This time I pulled in the new Arch Frames dies for all of my pieces. It’s a really well rounded set having a large rectangle and small rectangle in between the arch shapes. These areches are the smallest size with some blue ink blending in the center and snowflakes stamped around the puppies that are popped up on foam squares.

The background panel is red cardstock with red ink blending the first layer of the plaid stencil and green lunar paste on the second layer for some texture and shine.

My sentiment and snowflakes are heat embossed on the smallest die in the arch set and then added with a combo of foam and liquid glue so it lays nice and flat on the arches.

Finishing touches on this card were just glossy accents on all puppy noses.

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

Newton’s Nook Designs
Larissa Heskett
Donna Idlet
Rosie Lopez
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Amanda Wilcox

Welcome to day 2 of release reveals for the Newton’s Nook November release! We’re getting cozier into our sweaters today with a new stamp and die set.

Cozy Sweater Cats stamp and die set

These cute little kitties were so fun to color! I love all the different designs on their sweaters and the different poses they are in too!

I was really excited to use this sentiment so I chose 3 sweet kitties because they fit perfectly the width of it and started coloring them in different ways. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and switched to my background.

For that I used the largest cirlce frames die to cut a scalloped circle from white cardstock and then used the gingham stencil with green ink and a blending brush. I stamped my sentiment and then popped the kitties up on foam squares.

Next, I took a white card base and drug my teal ink pad direct-to-paper for quick color with a great textured look. I tied a red ribbon around the left side of the card before popping the circle up with foam tape.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to all kitty noses and the reindeer antlers. Then I added stardust stickles to the bits on each sweater for a little sparkle too.

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

Newton’s Nook Designs
Larissa Heskett
Donna Idlet
Rosie Lopez
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Amanda Wilcox

Hey friends! It’s time for another reveal week for Newton’s Nook! Cozy Christmas is coming your way and today we’re starting off with some fun dies and a new paper pad!

Lovely Knits paper pad and Holiday Accessories die set

If you haven’t snagged the cat or dog builder dies yet, you’re going to want to. They are fun, versatile and the add ons are coming in hot! This time we’re set for Christmas and all things winter plus a cozy sweater paper pad to throw in the mix!

Small disclaimer – I didn’t receive the paper pad before release so my cards don’t feature that yet but I’ll have some to share later on.

So, today I chose to use the dog builder dies and add some fun winter accessories to him and create a sweet winter scene. I die cut the puppy bits from cream cardstock and ink blended and coloring on them. Then I cut the sweater and hat from teal and red cardstock but also used ink blending for some shading. Everything is assembled with liquid glue and reverse tweezers.

I cut a strip of blue cardstock and inked up the Evergreen stencil with dark green ink and a blending brush. Then came over the top of that with the Snowfall stencil and Lunar Paste for shimmery snowflakes in the sky. I actually used the Ocean Borders die to cut the snow drifts which is glued directly to the stenciled panel.

While the paste was drying, I cut “let it snow” from white cardstock four times and used liquid glue to adhere the layers together. I trimmed some red cardstock and glued it to the edges of my white card base before popping up the stenciled panel. Next, I glued the sentiment in the sky and popped the puppy up with foam tape too.

For finishing touches today, I stuck to some white gel pen highlights along the dog and his accessories.

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

Newton’s Nook Designs
Larissa Heskett
Donna Idlet
Rosie Lopez
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Amanda Wilcox

Hey friends! I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog today, squeezing in one more bit of Halloween inspiration before we switch gears to other fall fun! I love the new sentiment dies so I made sure to include one of those and you all know I love playing with stencils so that just felt right.

For this card, I started with an A2 piece of orange cardstock where I spread black widow astro paste through the flying bats stencil. I did this haphazardly so not to completely cover the panel. I set this aside to dry.

For my sentiment, I die cut the shadow from black cardstock and the words from bright green cardstock. I used a blending brush and inked up the top and bottom of the words so it’s got depth and almost glows off the card. I used liquid glue to adhere the layers together.

With the paste dry, I ink blended black soot distress ink from the top left corner down and out, fading as I went. Then I tore the side of the panel off for more distressing. I glued a strip of black cardstock to the right side of a top folding card base and popped the stenciled panel up with foam tape. I added the sentiment the same way. Then I wrapped twine around the top, tying it in a bow.

While I’m completely smitten with the way the card front turned out, I often like to add inside surprises to such simple cards. So I played with the Halloween Accessories die set and just make a jack-o-lantern with no kitty or puppy and glued it to the bottom corner. I grabbed my Halloween Postage Sampler stamps to add my sentiment and some more bats to the inside for good measure.

Products used today:
Flying Bats stencil
Halloween Greetings dies
Halloween Accessories dies
Halloween Postage Sampler dies
Astro Paste – black widow
Palette knife
Liquid glue
Blending brush
Foam tape
Distress Ink – black soot

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YIPPEE!!! We made it to release day! The Newton’s Nook release is available in the shop and we’re having an Instagram hop to celebrate today! Below is my card but be sure to head to Instagram and comment along the hop for a chance to win!

I’m pulling us back to reveal day 1 goodies with all things fall and the Autumn Dogs stamp set. I couldn’t resist this sweet pup and his barrel of apples. I just loved it so much I thought he needed his own moment to shine!

I paired him with the Autumn Leaves paper pad and the Card Layout 6 dies that parner with the Corner Flip dies (used here). This is a great way to show off both sides of your patterned paper, especially when you just don’t want to have to choose!

My sentiment is stamped on a banner in the Frames & Flags set and everything is glued down except for the flipped corners and the main image which are popped up with foam squares. Then for finishing touches I added glossy accents to the puppy’s nose and the red apples. I also added white gel pen highlights on a few spots and a red clay heart below the sentiment.

Products used:
Autumn Leaves paper pad
Autumn Dogs stamps and dies
Corner Flip dies
Card Layout 6 die
Foam squares
Glossy accents
Liquid glue
Sweethearts embellishment mix

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Welcome everyone! It’s day 2 of the Newton’s Nook September Release reveals and, like I said yesterday, there’s so much! Today is all Halloween goodies and they are SO GOOD!!!

Seriously! We have spiderwebs and sentiments, plus a new paper pad and to top it all off, accessories for the new cat and dog builders! OMG they’re so fun!!!

Since I didn’t have the new dies when I was orinally designing for this week, I went digging and played with older Halloween goodies to give the new paper pad a try. Isn’t this haunted house so fun with the stripes! It’s giving Addam’s Family for me and I’m not mad about it.

The sky portion of my background was created with distress oxide and spritz sprays. It makes for fun texture and shimmer in the end. My sentiment was borrowed from the Trick or Treat Newton stamp set.

My dies came and I couldn’t resist playing immediately so I had some inspiration to share with you! Here is a fun card featuring the new Halloween Accessories on the Cat Builder! Eeeekkk!

I pulled the paper pad back out and paired it with the Arched Frames and one of the new Halloween sentiments too! Everything is popped up with foam tape and squares like I do and it just makes it so fun!

For finishing touches on this card, I added glossy accents the the kitty nose and bits of the candy pieces.

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

Newton’s Nook Designs
Larissa Heskett
Donna Idlet
Rosie Lopez
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Amanda Wilcox

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Hi friends! I’m excited to be back with another Newton’s Nook release week reveal post! This time we have 2 days of reveals – so much good stuff – and release day is on Thursday! So buckle up, here we go!

Phew! Today we’re revealing two new stamp and die sets – Autumn Cats and Autumn Dogs, plus Autumn Leaves paper pad – swoon, plus Arched Frames dies and Torn Edge Frames dies! Now, distributers were slow so I didn’t have all the dies when creating for this so bear with me – all of us really. We did our best!

First up we have a little taste of the Autumn Leaves paper pad and Autumn Cats having fun in the fall leaves! Aren’t they super cute!?! I added the frame from the Card Layout 5 die for a little texture on the background to break up the patterned paper. It gives a great focus to the center.

I popped my scalloped over up with foam tape and popped the images up off that too. You all know by now that I love dimension. I can’t help myself. Finishing touches on this one are glossy accents for all kitty noses and white gel pen highlights on the images. Then I came back and added glossy accents on random leaves throughout the images. I just couldn’t help myself.

For my Autumn Dogs inspiration, I pulled out the paper pad again because it’s packed full of such different patterns, who can resist!? Not it. The dies I used were the largest Frames & Flags scalloped rectangle with the tags from the Essential Tags die set.

I took a distress oxide dusty concord ink pad direct to my card base for the textured purple edge and then popped everything up layer by layer with foam tape and squares. Finishing touches here were just glossy accents on puppy noses, coffee mug, pumpkin stems and caramel on the apple.

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

Newton’s Nook Designs
Larissa Heskett
Donna Idlet
Rosie Lopez
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Amanda Wilcox

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Hi friends! I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog today sharing more inspiration featuring the new release plus reinvigorating some fabulous older products! I love it when the new does that for the old. Let’s dive in!

I started this card with the vision that my puppy would fit in the center of the Birthday Oval but when I physically had it all in front of me, the vision changed. Not a lot this time, but enough and I want to make space for everyone to remember that it’s okay to change your mind in the middle of the process. Go with your gut!

So using the guide on the packaging of the Puppy Builder dies, I die cut and ink blended all the pieces of my pup, including the collar and tag this time. I used liquid glue to assemble and then also cut a birthday hat using the Birthday Accessories dies.

Next, I haphazardly ink blended yellow and green (matching my pup’s accessories) on a white panel. I stamped the Birthday Oval image on it and die cut it with the next-to-biggest Oval Frames die. For a bold contrasting background, I cut a piece of blue cardstock and ink blended it a little deeper blue along the edges, spritzing with water for more visual texture.

At this point I was playing with placement and that’s when I really decided I didn’t like the puppy in the middle of the oval but a sentiment there with the pup on the side would be pretty perfect. So that’s what I did.

After the stamping was done, I used copic markers to color the open letters of “happy” and splattered silver watercolor on the panel. Once that dried I popped the oval up with foam tape and then did the same with the puppy.

For finishing touches, I added white gel pen highlights to the puppy eyes, nose and tag. Then I glued a scattering of blue pearls across the design for more bubbly texture.

Products used today:
Dog Builder dies
Oval Frames dies
Birthday Oval stamps
Blending brushes with yellow and green dye inks
Pearls – blue
Gelly Roll white gel pen
Liquid glue
Reverse tweezers
Watercolor – silver
Foam tape

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