Thank You Card by Farhana Sarker

Amazing Thank You! 

Today we are sharing a beautiful thank you card created by Farhana! This lovely card is filled with butterflies and flowers, a perfect spring combination!

She started out by embossing the big floral oval from our Best Mom Oval Stamp Set in gold. She added some soft colors to the flowers and cut the image out using the  Oval Frames Die Set to give it a scalloped edge. She also used the Oval Frames Die Set to cut a second oval, this time in bright purple to layer over the center. She added the sentiment from the Best Mom Oval Stamp Set onto this layer, embossing it in white. 

Next, she embossed a couple of butterflies from our Beautiful Wings Stamp Set onto vellum. She cut them out by hand but you could also use the coordinating Beautiful Wings Die Set. She added these butterflies along with some pretty rhinestone gems to the image.

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

For the last step, she cut a piece of patterned paper from our  Springtime Paper Pad the same size as her card base to cover it with butterflies! She layered her large oval onto the center for a beautiful card that is perfect for spring! Those butterflies and flowers go perfectly together!

You can find more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered.

Here for You Card by Samantha Mann

Here for You Butterfly Card

Today we are sharing this lovely butterfly card by Samantha! She created those lovely butterflies using images from our Beautiful Wings Stamp Set and stamping them onto vellum with distress oxide inks. Then she embossed over them using clear embossing powder. Don't they look so delicate and pretty? For her card base she cut out a heart using our Darling Hearts Die Set and used it as a stencil to ink inside. Then she added lots of fun splatters using distress inks and water. She finished it off with the "I'm here for you" sentiment from the Newton's Support Stamp Set, embossed in white on a little black banner and some black and white washi tape.

This card would be perfect for sending to someone who needs a little support to let them know you care!

Thank you Samantha for the inspirational card today! To say hello to Samantha and see more of her awesome creations, you can visit Samantha's Blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

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

Today is day two of our inspiration week with Newton's Nook Designs and Therm O Web! 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 Amanda and Samantha! 

First up is the this gorgeous shaker card by Amanda:

For her card, Amanda used the new Clear Toner Sheets (Groovy) by Therm O Web for her shaker window. She foiled the pattern on the clear sheet using Deco Foil in Spring Green from Therm O Web and a heat laminator to make the yummy green pattern on the front of the shaker! Once the shaker portion of her card was created she added florals to her card using our Lovely Blooms Stamp Set and Die Set.  She stamped the mason jar and flowers from the Lovely Blooms Stamp Set, colored them in gorgeous bright colors, and trimmed them out with the coordinating Lovely Blooms Die set. She assembled them into a big and beautiful Bouquet in front of the shaker window. Then she finished the card off with the "thinking of you" sentiment from the Beautiful Wings Stamp Set. How lovely!

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

Next we have two beautiful cards using foil  by Samantha: 

For first card, Samantha used created a gorgeous little circle of foiled waves using our Waves Stencil and the Deco Foil Transfer Gel from Therm O Web. Once the transfer gel was dry, she added on pieces of Deco Foil by Therm O Web in Aqua, Silver Shattered Glass and Spring Green colors and heat set it with a laminator! So pretty! She then colored that sweet mermaid from our Mermaid Crossing Stamp Set and fussy cut it out to layer over the waves. She added the "have a fin-tastic birthday" sentiment on a black banner that she cut out using the little banner from our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

For her second card, Samantha created lovely foiled buildings! She used the Deco Foil Transfer Gel from Therm O Web and smeared it all over a piece of cardstock. Once the gel was dry, she foiled sections of the cardstock using several different colors of Deco Foil by Therm O Web. The foil colors she used were Aqua, Silver Shattered Glass, Spring Green, Gold Shattered Glass, Red Rouge and Pink Melon. She stamped and embossed the buildings on top of the foiled colors and fussy cut them out to add onto her card! For the buildings she used images from both Newton Dreams of London and Newton Dreams of New York. She added the "lets go on an adventure" sentiment from the Stowaway Newton Stamp Set, embossing it with white embossing powder on a black banner that she cut out using the little banner from our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

Visit Sam's blog: Sam's Scrap Candy 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 (March 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 March 9th at midnight CST to comment. The winner will be announced on the NND blog post on Monday, March 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!

Butterfly Card by August Guest Designer Neha Parab

Today we have our first post from our August Guest Designer, Neha Parab! We are so excited to have Neha designing with us this month! Her gorgeous cards and fun techniques are definitely going to inspire you! We can't wait to share what she creates with our stamps! Keep reading to find out more about Neha today and to check out her first project below!

Hello! My name is Neha Parab and I am beyond excited to be a guest designer for Newton’s Nook Designs! I go by the name CompletelyHandmade in the crafty world. I am a Software Developer by profession who is also doing Masters in Healthcare Management. Work and school keep me from crafting all day long, but I still manage to get some time working with stamps and ink, blog about it and make videos! I live in Shrewsbury Massachusetts. I have been crafting since I was a kid. My mom encouraged me to make birthday cards for my dad, brother, cousins and grandparents. My dad always purchased a huge bundle of cards before Diwali, which is a major festival in India, so that he could mail it to friends and family. These acts have rooted the liking for handmade gift giving in me.

My card making style varies very much. I love making my own backgrounds using Distress Inks, Stencils, texture pastes, watercolors, etc. The ink smooshing technique is my favorite! I’m so grateful for this opportunity here at Newton’s Nook! Thank you for having me as your guest! Hope you will like what I have prepared for you! :)


Hello Everyone!!!

I’m so excited to finally be able to share with you all today, that I am the Guest Designer for the month of August at Newton’s Nook Designs! The card I have today uses a mix of Newton's Nook products along with stencils & inks from other brands. Let's take a look.

Here is a close-up showing coloring on the butterfly image.



Process:
I started by sponging ink using Memento Dew Drops through Tim Holtz Dot Fade stencil on 4 x 5 1/4 inches Strathmore Bristol paper card panel.

On another Bristol card panel, I stamped various butterfly images from the Newton's Nook Designs Beautiful Wings stamp set using black ink.

I colored all of those images using Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens and then fuzzy cut them.

I arranged all the images on the stenciled card panel , then decided the position for the sentiments.

The sentiments are a combination of stamps from the Beautiful Wings Stamp Set & Newton Loves Cake Stamp Set sets.

Finally I attached all the butterfly images to the card panel using foam tape.

Lastly I finished the card by attaching the entire card panel to an A2 sized top folding card base.

I absolutely love this stamp set as it reminds me of all the quilling I did in the past!

I hope you all liked it. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of u soon. Till then take care. :) PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-)


Supplies used:
Recollection card base - Navy Blue
Strathmore Bristol paper : SSS
Newton's Nook Designs stamp set - Beautiful Wings : NND | SSS
Newton's Nook Designs stamp set - Newton Loves Cake : NND | SSS
Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens - 202, 222, 025, 031, 036, 037
Tim Holtz Collection stencil - Dot Fade : SSS
Versamark inkpad - Onyx black : SSS
Memento Dew Drops - Summer Sky, Bahama Blue, Danube Blue :SSS
Misti Stamping tool original : SSS
Fiskars paper trimmer : SSS
Distress mini ink blending tool : SSS
Distress mini ink blending sponges : SSS
Tombow Mono glue : SSS
Foam Tape : Scotch | SSS
Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy : SSS

Inky Paws Challenge #35 - Burlap and Lace

This month's challenge is:

Create a project using burlap and/or lace!

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to our online store and a Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! If we get more than 15 participants, we will choose two winners so be sure to tell your friends to play along! 

You have TWO WEEKS to play along - Deadline to enter is Friday, September 9th, 2016 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog.

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky?

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item).

• Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp - check out our Freebies page).

• Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr, Pinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC35).

• Link back to this challenge (if posting in an online gallery copy the link into the photo description). 

• Submit your project to this challenge using the InLinkz widget below. You must submit a DIRECT link to your post page.

• Have more than one great idea? You can enter more than once! Just link up each card separately. 
• TIP: Please make sure your photo in focus  - We can't pick you as a winner if we can't see your card clearly because your photo is blurry! 

Here's some inspiration!

Several of our Design Team Members decided to play along - check out all the awesome burlap and lace cards they created! Read the description below each card to see who made it.

Naki created an awesome pumpkin card using burlap and lace with our Pick-a-Pumpkin stamp set and Pick-a-Pumpkin Die Set! Such a perfect look for Fall! 

This simplicity on this card by Samantha is so lovely! She used burlap and a lace doily along with the butterflies from the Beautiful Wings stamp set and coordinating Beautiful Wings die set. 

Kimberly created this awesome Autumn card using our new Beautiful Leaves stamp set and coordinating Beautiful Leaves die set! I love the burlap leaf that she cut out with the oak leaf die! 

Crafty Math-Chick used burlap as a fun background for the die cut deer shape from our Splendid Stags Die Set. Then she added the "Happy Birthday" from the new Raccoon Rascals stamp set. What a great masculine birthday card! 

Of course I had to play along too! I used the images from the Beautiful Leaves stamp set and embossed them on kraft colored paper in gold, white and brown. Then I trimmed them out with coordinating Beautiful Leaves die set. The tag was cut out using our Tags Times Two Die Set.  I added some burlap behind the tag and a strip of lace too! 

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Inky Paws Challenge #33 - Ombre

This month's challenge is:

create a project using ombre!

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to our online store and a Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! If we get more than 15 participants, we will choose two winners so be sure to tell your friends to play along! 

You have TWO WEEKS to play along - Deadline to enter is Friday, July 8th, 2015 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog.

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky?

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item).

• Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp - check out our Freebies page).

• Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr, Pinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC33).

• Link back to this challenge (if posting in an online gallery copy the link into the photo description). 

• Submit your project to this challenge using the InLinkz widget below. You must submit a DIRECT link to your post page.

• Have more than one great idea? You can enter more than once! Just link up each card separately. 
• TIP: Please make sure your photo in focus  - We can't pick you as a winner if we can't see your card clearly because your photo is blurry! 

Here's some inspiration!

Several of our Design Team Members decided to play along - check out all the awesome Ombré cards they created! Read the description below each card to see who made it.

This gorgeous card is by Larissa. She created ombré birds using the bird image from the Darling Duos stamp set mixed with the die cut feathers from the Points & Plumes die set! I Love the dipped gold edges too!

Jess created a beautiful purple ombré coffee cup background using the little coffee cups from the Newton Loves Coffee stamp set. Then she colored two cute kitties with their coffee cups too! 

Crafty Math-Chick used some awesome ombré background paper featuring watermelons and then added on that cute watermelon stamp from our Sweet Summer Stamp set! I love how that yummy melon slice pops off the card!

Lydia created this sweet pink ombre background and then added on the butterfly and sentiment from the Beautiful Wings stamp set. I love the soft pink and vellum together!

This sweet card by Samantha features the kangaroo and joey from our Hoppy Days stamp set. I love how they're hopping through that gorgeous ombre watercolor background!

Danielle created a sea of sharks from our Shark Bites stamp set  in a blue ombre pattern! All you need is a bold stamp and a couple of shades of ink to make your own ombre patterns!

I love the gorgeous ombré background on this card by Yuki! The flower from our Beautiful Blossoms set and butterfly from the Beautiful Wings set really pop the background off so nicely!

Here's what I created. I used different shades of blue cardstock to create the ombré and cute them freehand with a scissor to make them look like waves. The shell stamps and "Seas the Day" sentiment from our Tranquil Tides Stamp set were stamped in ombré inks and trimmed out with the Tranquil Tides die set.

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Simply Wonderful Card by Danielle Pandeline

Lovely Spring Roses by Danielle!

Today we have a lovely pastel flower card by Danielle.  She used our fun big roses from the our Love Grows stamp set stamped them on that fun circle card shape. I love the bright pinks and yellows she used to color them. Then she added on a fun butterfly from the Beautiful Wings stamp set. I love how she stamped the butterfly in white and watercolored over the top. She trimmed that cute image out using the coordinating  Beautiful Wings Die Set. Then the finished off the card with the "You are simply Wonderful" sentiment, also from the Beautiful Wings stamp set, embossed in white on vellum! This whole card has such a lovely spring feel! It would be so fun to send out as a Spring hello or Birthday greeting! 

To see more of Danielle's lovely creations,  you can head over her blog, GirlRacerScrap!

Butterfly Cards by Jess Gerstner

Beautiful Butterfly Card Set! 

Jess created this fun quick and easy card sets using images from our Beautiful Wings stamp set!  I love how she masked off a strip of the card and stamped fun ombre colored butterflies and flowers. Then she stamped the big butterfly and used the coordinating Beautiful Wings Die Set to cut it out. This is a super simple layout that you can customize by adding different sentiments. She used the "You are simply wonderful" and the "Happy Birthday", both from the Beautiful Wings stamp set. It would be fun to make a bunch of these in different colors to have on hand when you need a quick card!

Here's a video Jess created showing you how she made this card:

Thanks for the fun inspiration today,  Jess! You can see more of her projects on her blog, Jess Crafts  - and you can also follow her Jess Crafts youtube channel to see more fun videos!

Watercolor Butterfly Card and Video by Kelly Latevola

Beautiful Wings Watercolor card! 

Today we have a feature by our guest designer for March, Kelly Latevola. She created an gorgeous watercolored card using our new Beautiful Wings stamp set. 

I absolutely love the fun bright colors she used - It reminds me a bit of a tye-died shirt!

She used distress inks to create that beautiful background!

Kelly was also sweet enough to create this video, showing us all the fun techniques she used to create this card! Check it out:

Wasn't that amazing? We'd like to say thank you again Kelly for being our guest designer this month! We really enjoyed having you as a guest and seeing what you created with our stamps!!

You can continue to follow Kelly on her blog, You and Your Big Dreams.

Inky Paws Challenge #30 - Spring Theme

This month's challenge is a Theme Challenge! 

create a project with a Spring Theme!

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to our online store and a Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! If we get more than 15 participants, we will choose two winners so be sure to tell your friends to play along! 

You have TWO WEEKS to play along - Deadline to enter is Friday, April 8th, 2015 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, April 11th.

We usually pick our favorite entries for each challenge theme but this month we thought we'd switch things up a bit and pick TWO RANDOM WINNERS - so every entry has an equal chance to win. Just follow the guidelines below to qualify.

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky?

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item).

• Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp - check out our Freebies page).

• Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr, Pinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC30).

• Link back to this challenge (if posting in an online gallery copy the link into the photo description). 

• Submit your project to this challenge using the InLinkz widget below. You must submit a DIRECT link to your post page.

• Have more than one great idea? You can enter more than once! Just link up each card separately. 
• TIP: Please make sure your photo in focus  - We can't pick you as a winner if we can't see your card clearly because your photo is blurry! 

Here's some inspiration!

Several of our Design Team Members decided to play along - check out all the awesome birthday cards they created! Read the description below each card to see who made it.

Kimberly created this beautiful spring sky using our new Beautiful Wings stamp set and Beautiful Wings Die Set!

Awww! I love the fun little bunny in the frame on this card by Samantha! She used our Hello Spring stamp set.

This sweet little wagon card by Yukari is perfect for spring! I love the soft colors she used! The wagon is from the Wagon of Wishes stamp set and the "hello friend" sentiment is from the Versatile Vases stamp set.

Nina-Marie got out her watercolors to do some springy no-line coloring! She used our Hello Spring stamp set. You can check out her blog today for a video too!

This beautiful spring card by Stephanie is so cheerful! She used the new Beautiful Wings stamp set and Beautiful Wings Die Set for the butterflies and our Simply Seasonal stamp set for the sentiment.

And here's one by me - I created a fun little card using the chicks and cracked egg from the new Hello Spring stamp set, mixed with some fun bright pattern papers.

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