Two Kitty Cards by Special Guest Karen Letchworth

Today we are excited to be featuring two adorable kitty cards by special guest Karen Letchworth! 

Hello, friends of Newton.  My name is Karen Letchworth, and I'm tickled pink to be a Guest Designer for Newton's Nook Designs.  I've been such a fan of Newton's Nook art for a very long time.  What a treat it is to create with these adorable products.

My first card was created using white cardstock and patterned papers from the Pastels Basics 6x6 Paper Pad and the Springtime 6x6 Paper Pad that I machine stitched together.  I used a piece of white cardstock that I inked, splattered and stamped with sentiments found in the adorable Newton Hangs Out Stamp Set.  I colored the image with my Copics and used the coordinating Newton Hangs Out Dies to cut the adorable tree holding Newton.

I used the Frames & Tags Die Set to cut the little tags that I cut from scraps of the patterned papers listed above.  I clipped them together with a Tim Holtz Clip and added some Baker's Twine.  I like adding small accents like this, and my Newton's Nook inventory is sparse.  This is me trying to be creative with what I've got.

To be honest with you all, I could have gone crazy ordering cute stamp/die sets from Newton's Nook.  They carry SO many adorable sets, and these cards just came together so easily because of how adorable all these images are.  You really can't go wrong with these darling and super fun stamps.  So anyway, the next stamp/die set I chose to work with for my Guest Design spot with Newton's Nook is their sweet Newton's Birdhouse.

Once again, I used white cardstock for the base of the card.  I used the same two paper pads - the Pastels Basics 6x6 Paper Pad and the Springtime 6x6 Paper Pad that I machine stitched together in creating my base.  Similar to my first card, I cut a smaller piece of water watercolor paper that I inked on to create a messy background.

I used the adorable Newton's Birdhouse Stamp Set to stamp the darling Newton and birdhouse images.  I colored these images using my Copics.  I cut the image using the coordinating Newton's Birdhouse Dies.  The smaller images (birds and hearts) are also found in this same set, so I stamped and cut several small images for the background of the second card.  I used the Frames & Tags Die Set again to cut the small tags from paper scraps.

THANK YOU to Newton's Nook Designs for the opportunity to Guest Design for your amazing company.  I will be sharing this post on my Personal Blog and Instagram Page that I'd love to have you visit.  Newton and I wish you all a wonderfully creative and happy week.

Blessings,

Karen