Yay!!! We made it all week long and the Newton’s Nook release is finally available in the shop. I’m here with a quick and easy but beautiful card to round out inspiration for the week and remind you we have an Instagram Hop going on today to celebrate!
This is an all die cut card which would be perfect for mass producing but it’s so pretty with those patterned papers that I think it’s one of my favorites from the release!
I used two papers from the new Christmas Party paper pad and paired them with the Essential Tags dies and Happiest Holidays sentiment dies. Everything is adhered with liquid glue and foam tape. I finished the top off with a brown bow that I added with a foam square.
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We’re already to the last day of release reveals for the Newton’s Nook October release! The week has flown by and we saved the best for last! Bring on the puppies and kitties!!!
Today we reveal the Christmas Time Cats and Christmas Time Dogs stamp and die sets, along with new toner card fronts. Today I have cards to share using the new stamps but my toner card fronts didn’t get here in time so I’ll have fun inspiration using those coming very soon!
You know I love the new size of the Newton critters and these are no exception! I had a blast creating two cards to share with you today. Let’s visit the puppies first!
For this card I cut the Card Layout 2 die with green and black cardstocks. I heat embossed my sentiment on the larger rectangle and popped it all up on a piece of paper from the Christmas Party paper pad. Then I popped my puppies up with foam squares and finished the design off with some glossy accent noses and stardust Stickles on accents on each image.
The kitty design actually uses the inserts from my card on day 2 which were white! I used Distress Micah Spray to add a fabulous green sparkle to them before popping them up with foam squares on another piece of paper from the Christmas Party paper pad.
I cut a circle using a Circle Frame die, heat embossed my sentiment on the bottom and ink blended a little white pigment ink on the top. Then I splattered a little white paint and popped my kitties up with foam squares. I added that to the card front with foam tape and finished the design off with some glossy accents on parts of each image.
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Hello again. I’m back with day 2 of release reveals for the Newton’s Nook October release. Today we have a couple of die sets to share and I made a card with each one for inspiration.
These new sets are called Merriest Christmas and Happiest Holidays. They’ll be a great addition to your holiday crafting stash. They have a beautiful script and a perfect shadow die included.
I used a couple of goodies we revealed yesterday to go with these awesome new word dies and created a Christmas and New Years card to share.
First up I used the frame from the Card Layout 5 die with some of the Christma Party paper pad to create a background for the Merriest Christmas sentiment. Then I added a few gifts using the Gift Builder set to frame the words. My sentiment is cut from white glitter foam so I just finished the design with some ribbon around the top instead my usual gloss and sparkle.
For new Happiest Holidays card, I used a stamp from the Christmas Greetings stamp set to repeat across a cream panel creating my background. Then I got messy with Ranger Astro Pastes and the Fireworks stencil to create a booming background for my sentiment. That panel is cut from the banner die in the Basic Frames set.
I tied some twine around the top and popped it up on the stamped background panel. Then I added my sentiment with liquid glue and added the whole panel to a white card base.
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Woo hoo!!! I’m so excited to be back with release reveals for another amazing Newton’s Nook release! We’re gearing up for holiday crafting so get ready!!! Let’s see what’s coming…
Four new products to chat about today – Christmas Greetings stamps, Christmas Party paper pad, Gift Builder dies and Essential Gift Tags dies! I’m smitten with it all and I have 2 projects to share with you today.
First off, you know I love making gift tags so that’s obviously where I started. Then I had some more fun with the Christmas Greetings stamps and that fabulous paper pad to create a card to share today too.
Straight away I cut the tag shapes from the paper pad and a couple of pink ones too. Then I started playing with those fun Gift Builder dies and just created a bundle of different color combos. Once that was done I played around putting them together in different arrangements. I added a sentiment to the larger one but left the other with just images.
For my card, I cut the largest Framework die from white cardstock and trimmed the stocking patterned paper to fit inside the stitching. I glued those together and cut another layer the same size from vellum. Then I stamped and heat embossed my Christmas Greetings sentiment in the center and hid some tape runner behind that to adhere it to the panel. I tied the ribbon around the top and thought it was missing something.
That’s when I went digging for my Christmas Postage stamps and added the stockings with foam squares to that. I love that they hang the opposite as the paper pattern. I added the panel to a red card base with foam tape and finished the design off with some stardust Stickles on the stockings.
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Okay, today it’s going to get a little controversial. Are you team candy corn or team no thank you? I live so far in the land of team candy corn, I can’t even hear you if you’re somewhere else. Lol!!! Hence, today’s fun Newton’s Nook card!
I used the candy corn stencil set on black cardstock with distress oxide inks for a toned down but cool background. Then I splattered it with white paint for some texture and interest.
Next I used a combo of Newton’s Candy Corn images, Spooky Sky dies, Land Borders dies and Frames & Flags dies to create a cool scene. My image is colored with copic markers and everything is assembled wit ha combo of liquid glue and some foam squares.
Then I stamped a sentiment from Newton’s Candy Corn on the smallest in the Oval Frames die set and popped it up with foam squares. Finally I popped the whole scene panel up with foam tape and glued the whole thing to a white card base. For finishing touches I just added some white gel pen accents to the Newton image.
Hi friends! Today I’m here with a fun little shaker card to celebrate National Coffee Day with the Coffee Loving Cardmakers! The hop is over on Instagram so be sure to comment there! Below are some of the details on how I created my card.
I couldn’t help but go for a Halloween coffee shaker card to celebrate today. I used our Happy Jacks embellishment mix with a variety of Lawn Fawn dies and Newton’s Nook stamps and dies for my sentiment.
I rediscovered a fun paper pad in my stash to create the background. First I cut a 4.25×5.5 panel with the green polka dots and then gave life to some scraps in the pad with stripes for some contrast. Isn’t that fun!?!
I created my shaker and glued it in place with a few extra visitors in the form of ghosts and a spider on his web. Then I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Newton’s Nook on a banner and popped it up with foam squares.
Hey friends! I’m excited to be on the Newton’s Nook blog today with a fun way to use the postage sampler collection, not as postage stamps! Those are fun but sometimes they get old or they aren’t what you’re in the mood for. These sets are good for so much more though!
This one really called to me with that great big sentiment! I knew it needed to be in the center of my icon grid. So I pulled it out plus a handful of others, stamped and colored everything. Next, I used the coordinating dies to cut it all out.
Taking my vibe from the colors I used on the images, I cut a piece of white cardstock with the largest Framework die and taped off the edges. Then I ink blended distress oxide inks from kitsch flamingo to scattered straw, that was light so I added a little carved pumpkin at the bottom and blended it back up. Then I spritzed the panel with water and blotted it dry. SO PRETTY!
Next, I arranged my images on the panel and popped each one up with foam squares. I took my gray ink pad direct to the edges of my card base and then popped the framework panel up on that with foam tape too.
To finishing things off I added bits of glossy accents and stardust Stickles to different images, not all but most of them.
Hey friends! It’s finally release day for Newton’s Nook and we’re having an Instagram Hop to celebrate! Below are details for my card but be sure to head to Instagram to hop along and comment there for chances to win today!
After I finished my cards using these two new sets – Autumn Fields and Pumpkin Tails – I absolutely had to try this design out with the scarecrow sticking out of the pumpkins! Isn’t it totally meant to be?!? I think so!
So, after stamping and coloring my images, I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and then inked up a sweet background with the Pumpkin Patch stencil. I used cream cardstock for the base and the mini blending brushes to get the different colors mixed in on this single stencil. I love that it almost has a watercolor look to it.
Next, I cut a piece of brown cardstock with the largest Frames & Flags die, then cut the center out of that panel with the largest Basic Frames die. It fits perfectly creating a great scallop border. I glued that to the stenciled panel and popped up my images with foam squares. Then I placed the whole thing in my MISTI and stamped my sentiment in the upper right corner.
For finishing touches I added glossy accents to all kitty noses, pumpkin stems and parts of the scarecrow too! I’m completely smitten with how this card turned out! It might just stay on my craft desk for the season.
Today is the last day of Newton’s Nook September Release reveals and it’s as cute as ever! I can’t stop coloring these images, they’re so sweet!
Autumn Fields stamps and dies and Pumpkin Tails stamps and dies
I’ve got another couple of cards to share with you today featuring both stamp sets but also a take on how to use the new Card Layout 5 die we revealed on Tuesday!
Given that both stamp sets are more fall vibe, it was easy to cut the Card Layout 5 die from a perfect green cardstock and use both elements on my cards.
I started with the frame on a kraft panel ink blended with the Falling Leaves stencil and splattered with gold watercolor. The pups from Pumpkin Tails fit perfectly as a focal point in the middle of the layout design.
Then I stamped my sentiment on a banner from Frames & Flags and popped it up with foam tape as well. I finished this design off with bits of glossy accents on the poppy noses and collar tag.
For the layout on this card, I drug my brown ink pad across a white cardstock panel for textured inking. Then I splattered the panels from the Card Layout 5 die with gold watercolor and let them dry while I colored my images from Autumn Fields.
With the panels dry, I added foam tape to the back of each one and placed them back in my die for alignment. I centered that on a grid mat and carefully pressed my inked panel into the panels that were sitting in my die. They picked up perfectly and I instantly had my background.
Next I added the sunflower image with liquid glue and popped everything else up. Then I stamped and heat embossed another sentiment on a smaller banner from Frames & Flags and popped it up on the upper right side of the design.
I finished this card off with some glossy accents on various parts of the images as well.
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We’re back for day 2 of release reveals on the Newton’s Nook September Release! More fall fun to share with you today. Let’s take a look.
Autumn Postage Sampler stamps and dies and Halloween Postage stamps and dies
Today I have a card featuring each stamp set to share with you. One using the postage vibe and one showing how you don’t have to use them that way at all!
My first card features the Halloween Postage Sampler stamps and the coordinating Postage Stamp Layout die together.
For this card, I inked up the postage stamp centers with distress oxide inks and then stamped images from Halloween Postage Sampler on each one. I used a little washi tape on the back of each to hold the center into the frame and then liquid glue to adhere them together how I wanted. After that was dry, I added foam tape and set them aside.
I cut a gray panel with the largest Framework die and inked it with the Ghosts stencil using white pigment ink. I inked up the edge of my card base with that tried and true direct to paper technique using orange ink. Then I popped gray panel up with foam tape and added the stamps on that. I thought things were a little lacking so I went back and added ghosts, the postmark and a little spider on my baker’s twine.
To finish things off I added some stardust Stickles to the ghosts and spider.
Now, for my Autumn Postage Sampler card, I chose an assortment of my favorite images to stamp, color and die cut. Then I trimmed a kraft panel down to 3.75×5 inches and ink blended it from the top fading out. I spritzed it with water and blotted it dry before stamping sentiments from the stamp set across the panel.
Once that was done, I added my images with foam squares and popped the whole panel up on a white card base with foam tape. For finishing touches on this card I added stardust Stickles and glossy accents on the images with a scattering of enamel dots across the design.
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