Harvest Blessings Card by September Guest Designer Priscilla Joseph

Hello Crafty Friends!



I am delighted to be back for my 3rd blog post as the September Guest Designer for Newton's Nook Designs.

Unlike last week’s card, which featured only black, gray, and white, today’s mini slimline card is bursting with the vibrant and contrasting fall colors of rust and navy. I love this bold combination! My card features the Autumn Newton Stamp Set (coordinating dies are available). This adorable 4 x 6 stamp set showcases Newton participating in lots of fun fall activities. Plus, I used the Falling Leaves Stencil to create a three-dimensional background on the card. And just for fun, I created a mini slimline envelope to match! 

Card Details:

• I created a mini slimline card base (6” x 7”, scored at 3.5”) out of dark rust card stock.
• To create the background scene, I used white embossing paste tinted with the “Rusty Hinge” Distress Oxide re-inker and then spread it through the Falling Leaves stencil over navy card stock.
• The image was colored with Copic markers and die cut out.
• For added dimension, I paper pieced a navy bow over the stamped bow.
• I stamped the sentiment “harvest blessing” onto light rust card stock and adhered it and a circle frame onto the embossed leaf background.

• Finally, the colored image was foam mounted on top of the circle and the card was finished by framing it in the same light rust colored card stock before adhering it to the slimline card base.
• For a finishing touch, I created a matching mini slimline envelope and used the Falling Leaves stencil and “Rusty Hinge” Distress Oxide ink to add leaves to the front.


I hope you enjoyed today’s vibrant autumn card. Stay tuned for my 4th and final card next week. Here’s a hint – should candy corn be included in “Food Pyramid”?

- Pricilla

Be Thankful Card by Larissa

Be Thankful!

Today we are gorgeous fall card by Larissa! She used image from several different fall themed stamp sets and arranged them into the shape of a wreath. She started with some lovely sunflowers from our Sunflower Days Stamp Set. She also used images of little pumpkins, acorns and leaves using our Paw-tumn Newton Stamp Set and Autumn Newton Stamp Set. She colored all these fall themed images in gorgeous autumn colors. Then she cut them out using the coordinating Sunflower Days Die Set, Paw-tumn Newton Die Set and Autumn Newton Die Set. After all the images were colored and cut out use carefully arranged them over a lightly blue inked background to create the gorgeous autumn wreath shape. The Sentiment "be thankful" is from our Autumn Newton Stamp Set. Lastly, she framed the whole panel with a scalloped frame, cut from patterned paper using our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

Here's a close-up so you can see all the incredible details on her coloring:

This card would be perfect to send for Thanksgiving or just as a fall thank you for someone special! 

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

Fall Themed Card Duo by August Guest Designer Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie Cimbalo here with another guest design post for August.  I'm so honored to be here sharing my creations with you!

I have two fall themed cards using stamps from the Autumn Newton Stamp Set & Beautiful Leaves Stamp Set, along with the Newton's Nook Gingham Stencil, and a few of the bird feathers stamps from the Newton Birthday Flutter Stamp Set, that I used as falling leaves.

Here's a closer look at my first card:


I inked the clouds using the Clouds Stencil with Distress Ink in "Speckled Egg" and a blender brush. Next I added a little light green ink on the bottom for the grassy ground. I stamped and cut the cute Newton images and colored them with a mix of alcohol markers, Zig Clean Color brushes and Prismacolor pencils. I added the image on the right and the one on the left, directly to the card and then popped the middle image up on foam tape for dimension.

The sentiment was heat embossed in white on brown card stock, then cut into a banner and popped up on foam tape in the top left corner. Here's one last look at my Autumn pile of kitties!


Now that is one cute pile of Autumn goodies!

Here's my next project:


For my second card, I used the Gingham Stencil. I only wanted a small portion of the pattern as a backdrop so I took an oval die and cut it with my Gemini Junior, then used the opening as a mask. I used Distress Oxide "Fossilized Amber" and a blender brush to stencil inside the oval, then removed the mask and die cut the white panel with a dotted rectangle die. The two larger leaves at the top are stamped and cut from the Autumn Newton Stamp Set and the small leaves are really feathers from the Newton's Birthday Flutter Stamp Set stamp set, colored to look like small falling leaves.


The image is from Autumn Newton Stamp Set colored with the same markers and pencils as my first card. After I colored the image I added it to the bottom of the plaid oval. I cut a brown mat for the main white top panel, then heat embossed the sentiment in white on the same brown card stock. The sentiment, from the Beautiful Leaves Stamp Set, was cut with another dotted rectangle die and popped up on foam tape.

After gluing the brown panel to the card base, I popped the white panel up on fun foam for dimension. The final step was to add two colors of Nuvo Jewel drops: "Orange Marmalade" and "Limoncello" in various spots on the card.

Here's one last look at my card:


I hope I've inspired you to make some fall cards - it's such a gorgeous time of year and one of my favorite seasons! I had an awesome time creating with these adorable Newton images in fall colors.

I'd like to thank Jennifer and Samantha for inviting me to guest this month.

It's been so much fun to create with Newton's Nook goodies!

Thanks so much for stopping by!


Find me at my blog,  cimbacreativefun and on instagram at macimbalo

Newton's Nook Designs & Therm O Web Inspiration Week - Day 2 with Larissa & Amanda

This week Newton's Nook Designs and Therm O Web are partnering for a fabulous inspiration week! All week long both design teams will be sharing ways to add fun foils and more to your cards using Therm O Web products with Newton's Nook Designs stamps! There are prizes too! Read all the way to the end of this post to find out how you can win! 

Today we are featuring projects by Larissa and Amanda! 

First we have a lovely foiled Christmas caroling card by Larissa: 

Larissa created an adorable scene of the caroling kitties in front of a window. She colored those cute kitties from our Caroling Newton Stamp Set using fun bright holiday colors. Then she cut the trio of kitties out using the coordinating Caroling Newton Die Set. She also adding in those two sweet caroling mice from the Caroling Newton Stamp Set. For her scene she created a lovely window backdrop using Designer Toner Sheets (Starry Night and Rustic Winter) from Therm O Web for the window scene. For the trees on each side of the window she cut out the tall skinny trees using our new Forest Scene Builder Die Set and added foil to the die cut images using Deco Foil Toner Sheets and Gina K Designs Fancy Foil in Gold Sequins and Emerald Watercolor from Therm O Web.  On the inside of the card she used our Music Stencil and the Sentiment "Wishing you the Happiest of Holidays" from our new Ornamental Wishes Stamp Set to finish off the design!!

Visit Larissa's blog: Larissa Heskett Designs to see more and leave a comment for another chance to win!

 Next, we have a beautiful sparkly fall Shaker card  by Amanda:

Amanda created this beautiful shaker card featuring those cute kitties and pumpkins from our Autumn Newton Stamp Set! She colored the image with copics and cut it out using the coordinating Autumn Newton Die Set. Then she created a beautiful shaker window panel using using Designer Toner Sheets (Wheat Fields) with Opal Deco Foil from Therm O Web to create the sparkly wheat pattern. She used this for the front of the shaker and framed it with a die cut frame that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. She also added the "be thankful" sentiment from our Autumn Newton Stamp Set, embossed in white on a banner that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. So adorable and perfect for Fall!

Visit Amanda's blog: Rutabaga Pie Designs to see more and leave a comment for another chance to win!

There are also more amazing projects today over on the Therm O Web blog so pop over there for more inspiration!

Would you like to win a Prize pack including a $25 store credit to Therm O Web AND a $25 store credit to Newton’s Nook Designs? 

Here's how to win: 
Here's how to win: Leave comments on the NND & Design Team blog posts using therm-o-web products all week (November 5-9) to enter. One winner will be randomly chosen from blog posts throughout the week so the more posts you leave comments on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Friday November 9th at midnight CST to comment. The winner will be announced on the NND blog post on Monday, November 12th.

Want another chance to win? Therm O Web will also be giving away a prize pack! Visit the Therm O Web blog each day this week for more inspiration and leave comments there for another chance to win!

Interactive Halloween Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Today we have another fun interactive project to share by Ellen! Each month she is sharing an interactive project to inspire you! 

Today is she's sharing a Halloween Slider card where the ghost moves across the scene card when you pull out the slider tab!

Here are step-by-step instructions from Ellen on how to make a card like this:

1.  Color all images of your choice. For this card I used Copic Markers and colored images from several sets. The ghost is from the Boo Hoo Stamp Set, the trees are from the Fox Hollow Stamp Set, the leaves and acorn are from the Autumn Newton Stamp Set and the row of houses is from the Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set. All of them were cut out using the coordinating die sets. To make the ghost a little bit more cute I did glue a few “eye” enamel dots on his face.
2. (Photo on Right) cut out all the scene objects. You need a sky, a hill and a grass shape using the Land Borders Die Set. These shapes where colored then with distress ink. I also added the Happy Halloween sentiment on the top using the Halloween Trio Stamp Set. On the hill you cut out a small rectangular shape. Next to that you need a little bigger rectangular shape as slider tag. I used one of the toppers from the Fancy Edges Tag Die Set, so I could put twine through the slider tag.
   
   
3. (Photo on Left) Cover the backside with pop dots and self adhesive foam. Make sure the slider tag fits in the spot with the opening. Close only one side on the left or right, so you have a stop point when you push in the tag.
4. (Photo on Right) Put the scene together. Afterward you need to place the tag in the correct furthest in position. Put foam adhesive on the opening on top of the tag and place your ghost on top of the foam. I mounted the whole scene on a scallop edge black panel that was cut out using the Framework Die Set. Then I mounted it all to the card base with some spooky word patterned paper!

Here is how the finished card looks before you pull the slider: 

The ghost is hiding behind the trees!

When the slider is pulled the ghost moves to be revealed between the trees:

What a fun way to send send a cute and spooky interactive Halloween Card!

If you love this project by Ellen you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen to see more of her beautiful creations!

Spring Kitty and Flowers Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Just Because it's Spring!

Today Tatiana took a stamp set that was meant for fall and used a little creativity to make a fun Spring card! She started out with the image of the kitty and barrel from our Autumn Newton Stamp Set. The barrel holds pumpkins but she covered them with layers of flowers using tons of tiny flowers from our Bitty Bunnies Stamp Set and Holding Happiness Stamp Set and leaves from our Deer Friend Stamp Set. She used the coordinating dies to cut them out and layered them over the image, leaving the kitty peeking over the top! She also added a little butterfly on the kitty tail from the Bitty Bunnies Stamp Set.

To create the rest of the scene she used our Cloudy Sky Stencil with white embossing paste to create the lovey clouds and then inked over them with blue ink. She used the grass from our Land Borders Die Set too. She created some dimension by popping up the scene from the background on a stitched rectangle that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. And last, she added on the "just because" sentiment from the Little Lilies Stamp set! Wow!

This is so cool! Are you inspired to look at your seasonal stamps in a new way and see what you could create?

To see more details on her projects today and more of her beautiful creations you can visit Tatiana at Tatiana Craft and Art!

Thankful Card by Larissa Heskett

Be Thankful Fall Card

Happy Friday! Today we are sharing this gorgeous Fall card by Larissa! To create this card Larissa die-cut all those pretty leaves in different colors using our Autumn Leaves Die Set. She added some fun distressing and ink splatters on them which makes them look so cool - like real leaves that have been outside for awhile! Then she created an awesome background pattern using the sentiment and little stamps from the Fall-ing for You Stamp Set. She also did some distress inking on that background pattern. What a fun way to created your own patterned paper! To finish off this lovely card she added the "be thankful" sentiment from the Autumn Newton Stamp Set! What a beautiful card to send to someone this Fall!

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

Enjoy the Little Things Card by Jennifer Timko

Enjoy the Little Things!

Today we have another beautiful Fall card by Jennifer!  She used the sweet image of the kitty with the Fall pumpkins and gourds from our Autumn Newton Stamp Set and did some beautiful watercoloring on the image. The way she added multiple colors on that kitty is so cute! She also stamped and colored a few of the tiny leaves from the Autumn Newton Stamp Set and then she trimmed it all out using the coordinating Autumn Newton Die Set. For the shape behind the kitty she cut out the circle with the flat bottom from our new Snow Globe Shaker Die Set. What a fun way to get more use out of the snow globe shape! Then she added on the "enjoy the little things" sentiment from our Happy Little Thoughts Stamp Set. This sentiment is such a perfect reminder to slow down and enjoy the little things during the seasons! She finished off her card, adding it all to a fun woodgrain card base with a bit of burlap! So perfect for Fall!

Thanks, Jennifer for the beautiful inspiration today! To see more creations by Jennifer, you can head over to her blog, Stampin' on the Fly!

Autumn Inspired Card by Holly Endress

Autumn Kitty Card!

Today we have a gorgeous Fall card by Holly! For the card background Holly inked up all those pretty leaves using the Falling Leaves Stencil and selectively inking just some of the leaves in different colors to create that fun swirly pattern! She added a little bit of blue sky over them and the "Fall Breeze, Autumn Leaves" Sentiment from the Autumn Newton Stamp Set.  She colored the cute kitty in a pile of leaves, also from the Autumn Newton Stamp Set, in pretty Fall colors and trimmed him out using the coordinating Autumn Newton Die Set. Then she added the kitty to her card over the leaves and added a fun little hill along the bottom by cutting our a piece of green patterned paper using the Land Borders Die Set.

Here's a video by Holly showing you how she created her card:

Thank you, Holly, for the beautiful card today! You can find more of Holly's creations and say hello 

Thank you, Holly, for the beautiful Fall inspiration today! You can find more of Holly's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Hollybeary Creations!

Autumn Fun Card by Guest Designer Tracy Freeman

Hey guys September is going by so quickly !

Today I am sharing a Autumn card with you made with the super cute Autumn Newton Stamp Set.

I watercolored this piece after stamping him onto some Canson Watercolour Card. I wanted to go for a black kitty with a white face to match one of my own kitties.

I had a lot of fun watercoloring the leafs all the different colours and tones and as I wanted the image to be the main focus I added some basic shading around him.

I die cut the main piece out along with some Gina K card stock and Echo Park patterned paper and then used a scallop border die from Simon Says stamp along the edge of the red card before heat embossing the sentiment.

To finish the card off I added some natural twine and adhered all the pieces to an A2 top folding notecard and it was done.

Have you checked out the new release ? All I can say is I am glad it is my birthday month because I want to buy the whole release!

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you have a great day!

Happy Crafting!
-Tracy

Hello Fall Card by Holly Endress

Ready for Fall?!

Fall is just around the corner and we're getting in the mood today with this adorable card by Holly! She used that adorable image of the two kitties playing in the Fall cornstalks and pumpkins from our Autumn Newton Stamp Set! She colored this cute image with copics and trimmed it out using the coordinating Autumn Newton Die Set. She added it to her card base with some pretty fall woodgrain texture and fall words patterned papers! She finished off the card by adding the "hello" from our  Winston Takes Flight Stamp Set in a little banner. This card makes me want to start thinking of fall decorations! So pretty! 

Thank you, Holly, for the beautiful card today! You can find more of Holly's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Hollybeary Creations!

Autumn Newton Project Peek

Sneak Peek

Hello Everyone! I just wanted to share a peek of 2 cards I created for a feature over on the Simon Says Stamp blog today using our Autumn Newton Stamp Set. Pop over to the Simon Says Stamp Blog to see the full feature!

August Reveals - Day 4 - Autumn Newton + Autumn Leaves Die

Today is the final day of reveals for our August Release! I hope you have been enjoying the release so far. Today we switching gears a bit with a kitty set that's perfect for Fall called Autumn Newton and a new Autumn Leaves Die Set. We are giving the stamp set away one lucky winner so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Autumn Newton

Newton is having tons of Autumn fun in this adorable 4 x 6 stamp set. Our favorite feline is participating in fun Fall activities like heading to the pumpkin patch and playing in a leaf pile! The  little leaf images are perfect for creating fall scenes and backgrounds! Complete with lovely Fall sentiments, this adorable set will make great cards for any fall occasion!

Here's some info on the Autumn Newton Stamp Set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 11 stamps: 7 images and 4 sentiments 
• Coordinating Autumn Newton purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 7 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, August 18th

Autumn Leaves Die Set

Dress up your Fall cards with these gorgeous leaves. This set includes three beautiful leaves and an acorn that are perfect to use on their own or in combination with any of our fall themed stamp sets! The thin center pieces can also double as twigs! 

Here's some info on the Autumn Leaves Die Set:

• Shape die set that includes 4 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, August 18th

Get inspired with Fun Fall cards by our Design Team!

Check out all the awesome projects below from our Design Team below! Then, make sure to click through to all their blogs for details on their cards - you will find a few extra cards on some of the DT blogs and you might even find a fun video or two along the way! Make sure to comment on all the blogs for a chance to win! Details on the giveaway are at the bottom of today's post.

This fun shaker card by Juliana features Newton playing in the pile of leaves! She even cut some extra leaves out to shake around with the sequins! So fun and a perfect for breezy Fall days!

Larissa created this amazing Fall card using two of the new images from this set together! All those kitties look so cute playing in the fall harvest under the sunset! 

This Fall scene by Samantha is so cute! I love the fun mint and purple she used to create a bright and fresh color palette for her fun card! The black paint splatters give a fun finishing touch too!

The watercoloring on this card by Tatiana is so beautiful! She used gorgeous shades of fall along with a little pop of purple to color the kitty playing in the harvest. She also used some creative masking to add the extra corn stalks and pumpkins behind the image.

Holly did some lovely watercoloring on her image using fall colors with a pop of bright blue! She also added some bright blue watercoloring to the circle behind the kitty! So charming and perfect for Fall!

Naki created such pretty soft edges on her image by embossing it in gold before watercoloring it! The kitties and pumpkins are so cute with their soft fall colors! The leaves falling down across the card give the perfect finishing touch!

The bright bold Fall colors on this card by Amanda are so eye catching! The cute image of the kitty with his bushel of gourds and pumpkins really pops off that polka dot background! The little leaves and acorn added to the banner are super cute too!

This card by Maria is filled with fantastic colors! She created an awesome watercolor background as a setting for the cute image of the kitties playing in the fall harvest! What a gorgeous combination!

Jennifer created this lovely fall card using the image of the kitty playing in the leaves! She did some really fun coloring on the kitties face and tail and then added beautiful fall colors to the leaves. The extra little leaves across the card give it such a fun whimsical feeling!

Ellen created this adorable harvest card using the image of the two kitties with the pumpkins and cornstalk! The fun bold geometric patterns she added behind them make for a cheerful fall greeting!

Would you like to win the “Autumn Newton” stamp set?

This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here's how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday August 17th at 9pm CST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, August 18th.

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs

Amanda Bodine

Holly Endress

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Juliana Michaels

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Jennifer Timko

Tatiana Trafimovich