Hello Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Customized Card for a Happy Hello!

Today Ellen has created a fun spring card that is sure to make a friend feel special. This fun custom card features the kitty in some fun pink rain boots from our Newton's Rain Boots Stamp Set. She colored this cute image along with the flowers and ducks from the set and cut them out using the coordinating Newton's Rain Boots Die Set.  

This cute image was added onto a scene that was created using our Land Borders Die Set for grass and hills, our Fence Die Set and our Sky Scene Builder Die Set to add clouds. Over the sky she created a custom sentiment by spelling her friends name using letters die cut out with our Essential Alphabet Die Set. She also added "hello"  and some tiny hearts from the Newton's Birdhouse Stamp Set. 

How to create this card:

Below we have some instructions from Ellen on how to create this card.

1. (left photo) I colored the images from the Newton's Rain Boots Stamp Set with Copic Markers:
   Ducks: beak YR16, Y38, YR31, body Y17 + Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11 + belly Y02, Y00, Y000
   Cat: body Y28, E43, E41, E40 + ears: RV13, RV42, E02
   Boots: gold Y28, Y26, Y21 + pink RV06, RV04, RV02, R000 + light purple RV19, RV17, RV14, RV06, RV04 + dark purple V09, BV08, BV04
   Flowers: leaves YG07, YG05, YG03, YG00 + blue BG13, BG11, BG10 + yellow YR16, Y35, Y13
   Hearts: RV04, RV21, RV00.
   
   
2. (center photo) Next I created the background using the Sky Scene Builder Die Set, Land Borders Die Set and Fence Die Set and distress ink.
   
   
3. (right photo) As last step I added the message on the card. I transferred the foil on top of a Transfer Sheet. I did cut a piece of foil slightly larger than the design. Then I placed foil, color side up, on top of the back side of the Transfer Sheet. I placed both pieces inside a folded parchment paper. Next inserted the folded parchment paper with the project into a hot laminator. As the last step, I took out the project and peeled the foil transfer sheet away to reveal the foiled piece of paper! It was time to die cut the name out of this glimmer paper using the Essential Alphabet Die Set!
   

We hope you enjoyed this fun project today and instructions from Ellen! To see more unique creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen!

Rainy Days Card by Samantha Mann

Rainy Days Made Brighter!

This adorable card by Samantha would be perfect for sending to someone who makes your life a little brighter! She created a fun slimline card layout featuring all the cute umbrellas from our Umbrella Pals Stamp Set. This set is packed with adorable umbrella critters and she colored them in fun bright colors. She used the coordinating Umbrella Pals Die Set to cut them out. 

For the slimline card base, she used our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set to cut the fun slim panel with the scalloped edge. She used purple distress inks to create the gorgeous purple colored background. Then she used our Raindrops Stencil with some transparent texture paste to add shiny raindrops over the top! So cool! 

  

Here is a close up so you can see all the amazing details:

This card is sure to brighten someones day! Don't forget to take time to send cards out to those you care about to let them know!

To say hello to Sam and see more of her amazing creations you can visit Sam over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

Celebratory Butterfly Card by Amanda Wilcox

Newton Celebrates with Butterflies!

Today Amanda has created a gorgeous butterfly themed card that is perfect for celebrating any occasion! To create the beautiful shiny butterfly background she used our Butterflies Stencil Set. This stencil set is a two piece layering design so she used the first layer that has the butterfly silhouettes and added black ink. Then she used the second layer which includes the wing patterns to large orange foil onto the wings! So gorgeous!  She created this into a card base, framing it with a black scalloped edge that was die cut using our Frames & Flags Die Set and layering it over a purple card base. 

Next, she colored that cute image of the kitty chasing butterflies from the Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set. She even coordinated the colors on the butterflies so that they match the background pattern and the flowers to match the card base. She cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Flower Garden Die Set. Then she added the image to her card, layering it over a vellum heart that was cut out using our Heart Frames Die Set. 

The finishing touch is the sentiment "Time to Celebrate" which was stamped from our Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set onto a banner that was cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set. 

Here is a close-up of the coloring and the foiled background:

We hope you are inspired by this gorgeous card today! To say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Amanda over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

You're the Only Fish in the Sea for Me Card by Maria Russell

Slimline Sea Scene!

Slimline cards are so perfect for creating fun scenes! Today we are sharing a fabulous underwater scene card by Maria featuring the bold aquatic images from our Tranquil Tides Stamp Set. 

To create this fun scene, Maria used the large scallop edged slimline rectangle from our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set. Then she masked off the edge outside the stitched border and used our Waves Stencil to create waves and our Hills & Grass Stencil Set to create sandy underwater hills. She stamped the fish from ourTranquil Tides Stamp Set, cutting them out by hand and adding gloss over them for a fun shiny look. She added them to her underwater scene.  Then she stamped the coral and bubbles from our Tranquil Tides Stamp Set over the background using bright colored inks so that the images pop off the background. She added the sentiment "You are the only fish in the sea for me" in the upper corner with black ink. Then she added a few sequins for a bit of finishing sparkle! 

To see more beautiful projects by Maria you can visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs and don't forget to subscribe to her YouTube channel too!

 

Thanks a Bunch Card by April Guest Designer Mugdha Gujarathi

Hello crafty friends, Mugdha here. Today I am going to share a floral card with you all. I absolutely love this stamp called Floral Fringe.

I started with stamping the beautiful floral image with versamark ink on watercolor paper and then embossed using Ranger white embossing powder and heating tool. I then colored the image using zigs real brush pens.

After coloring I cut the image and pasted it on black cardstock and then adhered the entire panel on ivory card base using foam adhesive. Lastly, added the sentiment which is from same stamp set.

Thank you for stopping by.
- Mugdha

Thinking of You Card by Larissa Heskett

Thinking of You! 

Today we are sharing a sweet thinking of you card created by Larissa. This adorable card featuring the cozy kitty and puppy sharing a swing on our  Porch Swing Friends Stamp Set. This sweet duo will warm your heart! She colored this cute image using a gorgeous spring color palette of purple, teal and yellow with added white gel pen details. The image is cut out using the coordinating Porch Swing Friends Die Set. Then she layered it over circles that were cut out using our Circle Frames Die Set. A bit of light teal ink blending in the background really helps the images to pop! She also added the "Thinking of You" sentiment onto the lower corner from the Floral Roundabout Stamp Set. Some sweet sparkly sequins give this card a special finishing touch! 

Here is a close up so you can all the gorgeous coloring details: 

What a beautiful card! This sweet scene is perfect for sending cozy wishes to a friend or family member to let them know that they are in your thoughts! 

To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Pretty Peony Card by Farhana Rahman

Friends are Flowers Peony Card!

Today we are sharing a gorgeous spring floral card by Farhana! This amazing floral card features the lovely peony blooms from our Peony Blooms Stamp Set. She embossed the two of the flower images with gold embossing powder and then colored the blooms in gorgeous hues of pink. She fussy cut her blooms out by hand but if you don't like to hand cut, you could use the coordinating Peony Blooms Die Set instead. 

For the card base, she embossed a lovely floral background by using our Bold Blooms Stencil and passing it through her die cutting platform to create a dry embossed background texture. Then she layered the lovely colored blooms onto the lower corner using dimensional adhesives. She also added the sentiment, embossed in gold from our Blooming Botanicals Stamp Set. The black banner was die cut using a banner from our Frames & Flags Die Set and perfectly frames the sentiment. 

What a gorgeous combination of products! 

We hope that you enjoyed this beautiful card by Farhana! You can find more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered.

Coffee-Themed Card Set by Tina Herbeck

Coffee Card Trio!

Today we are sharing a fun trio of coffee themed cards by Tina! This fun set of cards shows how you can use the same design to create a fun set of cards simply by changing the images!

She started out by choosing three fun coffee themed stamp sets. She used the kitty in the big mug from our Newton's Mug Stamp Set, the kitty hugging a travel mug from our Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set and the duo of heart mugs from our Love Café Stamp Set. She embossed these images and sentiments from the sets onto watercolor panels with white embossing powder and then used distress inks to paint colors over the top. She chose yummy shades of pink and brown that go perfectly with the coffee theme. Each panel was also die cut with our Framework Die Set to give it a fun decorative postage edge. She also finished them off by adding iridescent sequins for a bit of sparkle. 

Here are some close-ups so you can see the amazing details. 

Card one: image from Newton's Mug Stamp Set, sentiment from Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set

Card two: image and sentiment from the Love Café Stamp Set.

Card three: image and sentiment from the Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set.

Aren't these amazing? This set of cards would be a great gift for a coffee lover too! 

To see more amazing cards by Tina, you can visit her blog, The Scrappin Rabbit!

Beautiful Sympathy Card by Zsofia Molnar

Sweet Flowers for Sympathy

Today we are sharing a sweet floral sympathy card by Zsofia. It is always sad when you need to create a sympathy card but they are essential to have on hand. This lovely floral card is perfect for letting someone know you that you care. 

She created this lovely card by using stamping the bouquet of daisies from our Dainty Daisies Stamp Set twice. She colored the florals with soft pinks and yellow centers and used the coordinating Dainty Daisies Die Set to cut them out. Behind the flowers she added a soft gray woodgrain background by using our Hardwood Stencil with gray ink. She also added a few butterfly silhouettes using our Monarchs Stamp Set. The sentiment was stamped from our Heartfelt Essentials Stamp Set. The Heartfelt Essentials Stamp Set is filled with sentiments that are perfect for sending caring thoughts. The sentiment was embossed onto a banner that was die cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set.  All of the sentiment on this set will fit onto the banner dies too, which makes them really versatile. 

To add a finishing touch, a postage edged panel was added to frame the image using our Framework Die Set. 

Here is a close up so you can see all the lovely details. 

If  you don't need a sympathy card, you could easily modify this card by changing the sentiment. It would be lovely for almost any occasion! 

You can find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

Happy Birthday Slimline Card by April Guest Designer Mugdha Gujarathi

It's the first Monday of April today and we are welcoming our April Guest Designer,  Mugdha Gujarathi! We have been enjoying Mugdha's cute and clever creations on instagram and can't wait to see what she creates this month using our products! She will be back each Monday for the month of April with a new project! Keep reading to find out more about her today and to check out her first project below.

Hello Everyone, I am Mugdha Gujarathi from India. I am a Teacher by profession and Crafter by passion. I love Stamping and coloring. I love to make Clean and simple and Slimline cards. Besides Crafting, I enjoy Reading books, cooking, and watching movies.

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Mugdha here. I am so happy and excited to be Guest Designer at Newton's Nook for the month of April. Today, I am going to share a cute slimline Birthday card which I made using the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set and the Slimline Masking Circles and Squares Stencil Set.
Let's have a look!

I started with Stamping the cute images from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set and colored them using Zigs real brush pens. I then fussy cut all the images.

I used Slimline Masking Square Stencils, Wilted violet and Picked Raspberry Distress Inks for background. I then adhered all the fussy cut images using foam adhesive tape.

I stamped the sentiments from the same stamp set on strips of paper and pasted them. I die cut out some confettis using a Balloon Shaker Die Set and adhered them to finish off my card.

 
Lastly, I adhered the entire slimline card panel on 8.5 inches to 3.5 inches folded card base.

Thank you!
Kind regards,
- Mugdha

Birthday Card Duo by Larissa Heskett

Easy Ink Blended Cards!

Today Larissa is featuring a beautiful set of ink blended cards! Not only are these cards gorgeous, they are also quick and easy to create. She started by stamping the large circle of flowers Floral Roundabout Stamp Set multiple times and embossing it with white embossing powder. Then she simply blended over it with colored ink.  She added some black paint splatters and sequins for texture and sparkle. For the sentiments, she chose two phrases from our Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set and stamped them onto rounded edge banners from our Banner Trio Die Set. Then she layered a coordinating patterned paper behind each panel, die cutting the scalloped edge with our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

Here are photos of the two cards:

Ink blending like this looks so lovely and is perfect for creating cards for any occasion. Just change the sentiment or the stamped image and you can change the theme!

If this project looks familiar, you might remember another similar set of cards Larissa created last month using the same technique with butterflies. To see those cards, check out this post: Butterfly Cards with Ink Blending. 

To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Happy Easter Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Happy Easter!

Easter is just around the corner! Today we are sharing an a fun Easter themed card by Tatiana that is perfect for celebrating!

Her card features the adorable round image filled with easter baskets, carrots, chicks and bunnies from our Spring Roundabout Stamp Set.  She colored the image in fun bright pastel colors and cut it out using the  Circle Frames Die Set. This image is sized perfectly to cut out using the large circle or scalloped circe from this die set! She embossed the "Happy Easter" Sentiment on black cardstock with white embossing powder and hand cut around it to layer it over the image. A few irridescent sequins give a bit of shimmery detail too. 

For the card base she used our two piece Bunny Tails Stencil Set. She stenciled the bunny silhouettes with a light brown ink using the first stencil and then used a darker brown ink with the second stencil for their tails! The etching on the stencils makes it easy to perfectly line them up! She then added some brown and white splatters to add a fun bit of detail to the background. Some twine gives the perfect finishing touch. 

We hope this card has inspired you to send out some Easter greetings! 

To see more of her lovely work, you can visit Tatiana at her blog, Tatiana Trafimovich!

Something to Perk Up Your Day Card by Samantha VanArnhem

Perk up your Day with Cute Kitties!

Are you feeling tired today? We hope that this adorable card by Samantha will perk you up! Or at least get your creativity energized! This adorable card features the image of kitties playing in the big stack of mugs from the Caffeinated Cats Stamp Set. She colored the mugs with a minimal color palette, using only shades of blue. Then she added the neutral browns for the kitties and coffee! Doesn't this look beautiful!? Sometimes using less colors can achieve a stunning result! 

This image is sized just right to fill your whole card front and it also fits perfectly inside the scalloped frame from the Frames & Flags Die Set, which she cut out in dark blue to match her mugs. Then she added the sentiment, also from the Caffeinated Cats Stamp Set, stamped onto the banner that was also cut out using the  Frames & Flags Die Set. 

You could use this technique to create a whole series of cards in different color palettes. Then you can choose the favorite color of the recipient you will be sending the card to! How fun is that!? 

Thanks, Sam, for the fun idea today! To say hello to her and see more of her beautiful creations you can visit Samantha over on her blog, Sam Van Designs!

Fluttering By...Card by Farhana Rahman

Butterfly Slimline Birthday Card!

Today we are fluttering by with a fun birthday card by Farhana! This beautiful card features the pretty butterflies from our Monarchs Stamp Set. She stamped and embossed them with gold embossing powder and then added ink blends over the top. Aren't they so pretty!? She cut her images out by hand but if you don't like to fussy cut, you could use the coordinating Monarchs Die Set. 

For the slimline card base, she used the large scalloped edge die from our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set. Then she used our Slimline Masking Circles & Squares Stencil Set  to mask over her die cut and stenciled flowers over the masked areas using our Petite Flowers Stencil using a blend of yellow, orange and red to create that lovely ombré flower background!  In the center image she added the sentiment, also from the Monarchs Stamp Set. 

Over the top of this background she added shaker frame by die cut the trio of windows using our Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set. She popped up the frame, layering it with dimensionals and acetate and filled the inside of each window with sparkly embellishments that match the colors. 

The butterflies were added over the top of the windows to finish this amazing card. 

We hope that you enjoyed this beautiful card by Farhana! You can find more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered.

Thinking of You Card by March Guest Designer Jane Trivedi

Hi friends!  It’s Jane here, sharing my last card as guest designer for Newton’s Nook Designs. Today, I'm featuring the adorable critters from the Woodland Spring Stamp Set.  Modeling paste and Serene Stripes Stencil also used to create a textured background to frame my scene.

To create this card, I first stamped the floral image on a piece of Bristol cardstock. Next, I stamped the image on masking paper and cut the image using my scissors. The same process was repeated for all the images, stamping and then masking each image. Next, using a small blender brush, I blended the following Catherine Pooler Inks (left to right): chiffon, orange peel, coral cabana, be mine, pixie dust, and serenade.

After the blending was done, I colored the images using a fine water brush and Zig clean color brush markers.  Next, I used a black waterproof pen to go over the images adding thicker lines in some areas to create the illusion of shadow. Then, I added white gel pen highlights to the images and surrounding ink blended areas for a whimsical touch!

To create the textured background, I used the Serene Stripes Stencil  and white modeling paste on a piece of heavy weight watercolor paper. After the panel was dry, I cut the embossed panel to 5 inches by 3.75 inches. The ink blended panel was also cut and mounted on foam tape and adhered to the textured background.  Sentiment from the Woodland Spring Stamp Set was white heat embossed on black cardstock and adhered to the front of the card using foam tape.

The entire card front was mounted to a piece of light grey cardstock and then to an A2 white card base and that completes the card!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Big thanks to Newton’s Nook Designs for having me as a guest this month! 

Happy crafting everyone!

-Jane

Movie Night Card and Box by Ellen Haxelmans

How About a Movie Night?!

Do you love movies? Today Ellen had created a set of projects that is perfect for a movie night! She started out with a card featuring the trio of kitties in a movie theater from our Newton's Movie Night Stamp Set.

Isn't the coloring on those kitties amazing? She also colored a pair of 3D glasses and some popcorn kernels and cut the images out using the coordinating Newton's Movie Night Die Set. For the background she used our Popcorn Stencil with light colored ink to create a popcorn pattern on scalloped square that was cut out using our Frames Squared Die Set. She also cut out a red square with rounded corners using the same die set to frame it.

Inside the card, is the fun "movie night" sentiment, added onto a tag shape (cut out using our Framework Die Set). She also added more popcorn, cut out using the bonus shape on the coordinating Newton's Movie Night Die Set.

To make it even more fun, she created a decoration for a popcorn box! For this she cut out shapes using our  Circle Frame Die Set and Heart Frame Die Set. Then she used the same Popcorn Stencil for the background and added the sentiment, 3D glasses, popcorn and stars using our Newton's Movie Night Stamp Set. 

Instructions from Ellen:

Below we have some details from Ellen on how she colored and created the images for this set:

1. (left photo) The images from the Newton's Movie Night Stamp Set are colored with Zig Clear Color Brush Markers, listed below:
   1. Orange Cat: No.052 Bright Yellow, No.070 Orange, No. 72 Beige and No.222 Pink Flamingo
   2. Brown cat: No.064 Oatmeal No.068 Deep Brown and No 222 Pink Flamingo
   3. Seats: No.022 Carmine Red and No.095 Dark Grey
   4. Glasses: No.036 Light Blue, No.022 Carmine Red and No.095 Dark Grey
   5. Food: No260 Deep Red, No.049 Green Shadow, No067 Mustard, No050 Yellow, No.036 Light Blue and No.092 Blue Gray
   
   
2. (center photo) Cut out a square and heart shape. Use the Popcorn Stencil with Antique Linen Distress Ink. Afterwards you ink the sides with Vintage Photo Distress ink; this gives it a light burned look (yummy). As last step I sprinkled some drops on top. The same inks where used on the popcorn shapes.
   
   
3. (right photo) As last step I die cut out some colored paper. The colors I used were picked to match with the image and popcorn box: red, white and yellow.
   

We hope you enjoyed this fun project today and instructions from Ellen! To see more unique creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen!

Squeeze the Day Card by Samantha Mann

Squeeze the Day!

Today Samantha has created a lovely card and inspiring card featuring the lemons from our Lemon Twist Stamp Set. She stamped several lemons onto various yellow and green patterned papers and fussy cut them out by hand. Then she added shading to the images using distress inks and added splatters of yellow too. What a fun technique! 

For the card base, she inked up a background using distress inks in shades of purple. She added fun splatters with the distress ink colors and white acrylic ink!

Here is a close up so you can see all the fun splatters!

With everything going on in the world right now, I'm sure you know someone who could use a card with a sentiment like this!

To say hello to Sam and see more of her amazing creations you can visit Sam over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

Butterfly Mug Card by Amanda Wilcox

Decorate a Custom Mug!

Today Amanda shares how she combined two stamp sets to create a gorgeous butterfly mug! She started out with the image of the kitty in a mug from our Newton's Mug Stamp Set. This image has a big blank mug, designed to stamp sentiments on the front, but it also works great to stamp a custom image on it too! Amanda masked off the edges of the mug and then used the pretty butterfly from our Monarchs Stamp Set to decorate the front! So gorgeous! She colored the mug and kitty and cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Mug Die Set. 

For her card, she used dies from our Framework Die Set and Frames & Flags Die Set to create a frame. Behind the frame she used our Mugs Stencil with pale yellow ink to create a background that coordinates perfectly with the mug theme! 

For the sentiment she stamped "kit tea cat" from the Newton's Mug Stamp Set onto a circle that was cut out using our Frames Squared Die Set. Then she cut out a banner using our Banner Trio Die Set and stamped "you are loved" onto it using our Heartfelt Essentials Stamp Set. 

Here is a close-up of that beautiful mug:

Did you know it's also the Coffee Lover's Hop this week? This card would be a perfect addition to the to link up to the hop for a chance at a prize! We are sponsoring this fun event and would LOVE for you to link up your coffee or tea themed creation! Head over the Coffee Lovers Blog for details!

To say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Amanda over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!