Special Day Card by February Guest Designer Caitlin Anthony

I am so excited to share this card with you today! I cannot wait for spring but first we have to get through a lot of snow and then rain to get to the good stuff, so this card has a mix of both. I made a fun ink blended, splattered and glitter paste stenciled background trying to evoke the feeling of rain and puddles and paired it with some fun and bright spring stamps from the Loads of Blooms Stamp Set.

I started out with a piece of white cardstock measuring 5.5 x 4.25 inches and used 3 shades of Distress Inks to create a watery background. I started by blending tumbled glass over the entire cardstock and then added in mermaid lagoon from the upper left corner, making a point to not create a smooth blend and going about halfway across the space. I then added the chipped sapphire, keeping it mostly in the corner and went in with a mixture of that ink and water on a small brush and made some small puddles and splotches. Because this was cardstock and not watercolor paper, I tried to use as little water as possible. I let the whole thing dry and then added splatters of all three inks and some watered down white paint.

The final step to finish this background was to add some iridescent glitter paste using the Bubbly Stencil and trim the panel down to 5 x3.75. I glued this smaller panel onto a white-wood pattern paper background that is 5.5 x 4.25 to fit a standard A2 sized card. I was already loving this background but the stencil really stepped up the rainy feel while also making it more fun. Glitter is always fun in my book, especially when it's the kind that doesn’t transfer off the card lol.

I used two different stamps from the Loads of Blooms Stamp Set. I stamped the umbrella lady once and the flowers from the top of the bike lady twice with an alcohol friendly ink and used copic markers to color them all in. I wanted to stick with a small color pallet of all cool toned colors and used a fuchsia pink for a fun and bright pop. I used the coordinating Load of Blooms Die Set for all three images and then trimmed the bike images down to use as bushes behind our main lady.

I stamped out a sentiment from Dainty Daisies Stamp Set onto a white wood print paper to match the backer panel. I decided to glue the bushes and sentiment down flat to the paper and to pop the umbrella lady up on foam tape for some fun dimension. 

This card is a happy reminder that warmer days are coming and flowers can only bloom with the help of some rain!

- Caitlin

Cheers for You Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Cheers For You!

Today Ellen is sharing a fun celebratory card using our Newton Celebrates Stamp Set. Although we shared many cards over New Year's Eve using this stamp set, she wanted to show how you can use this card for any celebration throughout the year!

For her card today, she colored the kitty in the martini glass from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set using copic markers. She added such fun patterns to the fur and sweet pink cheeks too! The image was cut out using the coordinating Newton Celebrates Die Set. She also colored a chocolate from the Love & Chocolate Stamp Set and some bubbles and confetti from the Newton's New Year Stamp Set. She used the coordinating Love & Chocolate Die Set and Newton's New Year Die Set to cut these out. 

For the card base, she created a slimline card using our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set to give the pink panel a fun scalloped edge. Then she added to the celebration theme by using our Bubbly Stencil with orange and yellow distress inks and layering that on top of the scalloped frame. 

To finish out the card, she used the word "cheers" on the top, cut out using our Cocktail Mixer Die Set from pink glitter paper. The "for you" was stamped from our Newton Celebrates Stamp Set and embossed in white. 

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

Oink Trio of Birthday Cards by Ellen Haxelmans

Squeal! You'll Love with These Piggy Cards by Ellen!

Today we have a trio of adorable piggy cards created by Ellen! She used the adorable pig images from our Oink Stamp Set to create three fun pig cards! For the first card (shown above) she used the piggy with the birthday cake. She colored the image and used the coordinating Oink Die Set to cut the image out. Then she layered it over a fun yellow splattered background that was cut out using our
Frames Squared Die Set.

If you like this splattered look on this little background piece, scroll to the end of this post for instructions on how to do this technique! 

For the background she used our  for the large scalloped border. She also cut out the stitched rectangle using our Frames & Flags Die Set and stenciled confetti on it using our Confetti Stencil.

For the second piggy card, Ellen used the image of the pig with the big bow from our Oink Stamp Set and paired him with a pie slice from our Newton's Thanksgiving Stamp Set. So cute! She cut the images out with the coordinating Oink Die Set and Newton's Thanksgiving Die Set. She used a similar layout as the last card, adding layers using our Frames & Flags Die Set and Frames Squared Die Set. This time she used the Hardwood Stencil for the background panel.

The third piggy card using the cute image of the pig from our Oink Stamp Set lying on the ground. This time she paired the pig with the champagne glass from the Newton's New Year Stamp Set  and party hat from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set. She used the coordinating dies to cut the pieces out and layered them again with shapes from our Frames & Flags Die Set and Frames Squared Die Set. On this card she also used our Bubbly Stencil for the background bubbles and added the "sip happens" sentiment from our Wine a Little Stamp Set.

Here's a little tutorial from Ellen on how to make the Splattered Backgrounds! 

• First apply your ink. It's best to use an ink that reacts with water like Distress ink or Oxide inks. I used Oxide inks. After that I used water. For this I use a mini mister with water. Take out the nozzle and tap with your finger on it. The water drops will fall on your paper. Wait till you see the ink reaction from the water and then dab wet areas away with a towel.
• You can do the same ‘tapping’ technique with white Dylusions White Linen ink. The only difference is that I heat it with my heat gun to dry.
• The last step is to apply a glimmer ink. For this I use Glitter Sprays are my favorite. After you sprinkled the ink, you dab the ink off with a towel.

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

Play in the Puddles Card by Amanda Bodine

Play in the Puddles! 

Are you enjoying all the lovely Spring creations this week? Today we have another beautiful Spring card created by Amanda! She featured the fun image of the kitty and umbrella from our Newton's Rainy Day Stamp Set. She colored the image with copics using fun and vibrant colors! The pink umbrella really pops from the scene. Plus, isn't it so cute how she added the frog from the set on top of the umbrella!?  She cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Rainy Day Die Set.

To create the scene behind the image, she used our Sea Borders Die Set for the layer of water and our Land Borders Die Set for the hill. Then she added dots into the background using our Bubbly Stencil to create a rainy sky effect.

To finish the card off she stamped the sentiment "Play in the puddles" from the Newton's Rainy Day Stamp Set onto a little flag that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

Thanks for the adorable Spring inspiration today, Amanda! To see more of her beautiful coloring and projects, visit Amanda over at her blog,  RutabagaPie Designs!

Season's Givings Blog Hop

Happy New Year & a Blog Hop! 

Happy New Year Everyone! Today we are thrilled to be participating in the Seasons Givings Blog Hop! The idea for this wonderful hop was created by Latisha Yost and it's all about thanking our blog readers.

If you are new to our blog - WELCOME! We hope you will keep coming back for more inspiration this year! If you are already a reader - THANK YOU! We are so grateful for all of you who read our blog every day and we are happy for the chance to say thank you for your support of our small business!!

Just in case you aren't familiar with our brand, we are a small husband and wife company - Jen and Jeff- run out our home in southern Wisconsin. Jen is the creative side and is the artist behind all the adorable stamp designs in our shop. Jeff is more on the analytic side and runs the business and web side of things! Although we both definitely help each other whenever we can, Jen looking over spreadsheets and Jeff helping decide on product design ideas! We are supervised by our two adorable kitties - Newton, who is the namesake of our company, and Hobbes, who is his sweet, slightly younger brother. 

Here's a quick photo of Newton (he's the orange one - just like our logo) and Hobbes in their favorite snuggly spot!

Happy New Year Card! 

Since today is the first day of the New Year I wanted to share a New Years card I just created with everyone!

I have been having so much fun with our new Newton Celebrates and Newton's New Year Stamp Sets! Those kitties with the champagne make me smile! For this card I used the kitty holding the bottle from the Newton's New Year Stamp Set and the kitty holding the champagne glass is from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set. They are so cute together! I colored both images using Copic markers and cut them out with their coordinating die sets. For the background of this card I cut a panel of shiny silver paper and then used our Bubbly Stencil with white embossing paste over the top! For a bit more texture, I layered a piece of vellum that I cut into a stitched rectangle using our Frames & Flags Die Set over the top. Then I added a black banner, also cut out with the Frames & Flags Die Set and layered the kitties over the top. I wanted to add the year onto the banner so I got out our Essential Alphabet Die Set to add in the 2019. This die set is perfect for adding custom words and numbers to your cards! I finished out the card by stamping the "happy new year" sentiment from the Newton's New Year Stamp Set on a yellow circle and tucking it behind the kitties! 

I love how this turned out! I hope you enjoyed this card today and the blog hop too! Read on to find out how you can win and make sure you check out the other blogs in this hop since EVERY stop has a prize giveaway!! How awesome is that!?

New Years Sale is on now! 

We are having a sale right now if you'd like to try some our products at a discount! You can receive 19% off your purchase by using code NEWYEAR19  at  Newton's Nook Designs! Offer good through January 2!

Enter to Win! Season's Givings Hop Prizes! 

We will be choosing one lucky winner to win a $25 store credit for Newton's Nook Designs online shop!

To enter, we ask that you do one or more of the following:

• Follow newtonsnook on Instagram for inspiration and kitty photos too!
• Sign up for our e-newsletter for weekly inspiration and sale information!
• Join our Create & Share Facebook Group where you can connect with other fans and share projects

Then leave a comment on this post telling us which of the above you have done. If you already do all the items above you can still enter, just leave a comment saying you are already a follower. 

You have until Sunday, January 6th at 11 pm EST to enter -- winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, January 7th.

The WHOLE blog hop!

There are a ton of awesome stops on this hop so make sure you check out the whole list below for more chances to win prizes at each stop!

Lawn Fawn

Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine

Hero Arts

Papertrey Ink

My Favorite Things

Reverse Confetti

My Sweet Petunia

Picket Fence Stamps

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Ink Blot Shop

Indigo Jade Art

Sunny Studio Stamps

Paper House Productions

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Newton's Nook Designs <--- You are Here

Latisha Yoast

Lydia Fiedler

Lori Craig

Dina Kowal

Nichol Spohr

Chari Moss

Jenn Shurkus

Vera Yates

Ashley Newell

Beth Pingry

Giovana Smith

Dana Joy

Heather Hoffman

Margie Higuchi

Mindy Eggen

Julie Tilman

Cindy Lawrence

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Kelly Latevola

Emily Midgett

Ilina Crouse

Emily Leiphart

Kristie Goulet

Debi Adams

Tracey McNeeley

Wanda Guess

Ashley Harris

Tracey McLennon

Janine Tinklenberg

Amy Rysavy

Caly Person

Marcie Sharp

Mary-Ann Coulter

Amy Tsuruta

Tricia Barber

Shemaine Smith

Christine Meyer

Lisa Henke

Shellye McDaniel

Kathy Schweinfurth

Yvonne Van Der Grijp

Lynette Kaufmann

Laura Williams

Dana Tatar

Cheiron Brandon

Patti Gilliam

Gracie Chavez

Carisa Zglobicki

Debbie Seyer

Mariana Grigsby

Michele Woerner

Deborah Saaranen

Lisa Stein

Celebrate Card by Holly Endress

Ready to Celebrate!  

Today we are sharing a super cute celebration card by Holly. She used the fun image of the dog and cat opening a champagne bottle from our new Newton Celebrates Stamp Set.  She colored those cuties with copic markers and added them to her card, trimming them out using the coordinating Newton Celebrates Die Set. She added in bubbles in the background with our Bubbly Stencil and distress inks.  She finished it off by adding the "celebrate" sentiment onto a banner that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set.  This card would be so great to have on hand for any type of celebration that comes up! You could use it for a New Years Card or for a anniversary, wedding or even a birthday! 

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

November Reveals - Day 3 - Newton Celebrates and Newton's New Year

Today is our final reveal day for our November Release and we're sharing two new celebratory and New Year themed stamps sets! We have a giveaway too so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Newton Celebrates

Get ready to party with Newton! In this fun 4x6 stamp set, Newton is ready to help you celebrate any occasion. He's so cute hanging out in the Martini Glass, raising a toast and opening champagne with his puppy friend. This set is perfect for any party or celebration through the whole year!

Here's some info on the Newton Celebrates stamp set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• 12 stamps: 5 images and 7 words/sentiments 
• Coordinating Newton Celebrates purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes5 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, November 23

Newton's New Year

Bring in the new year with this adorable 3x4 stamp set! Newton is ready for a glass of champagne and to say cheers! The cute image of the kitty with the champagne would also be great for celebrations and anniversaries throughout the year!

Here's some info on the Newton's New Year stamp set:

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• 6 stamps: 4 images and 2 sentiments 
• Coordinating Newton's New Year purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 4 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, November 23

Celebrate with fun projects by our Design Team using these two new designs!

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 card by Juliana is perfect for a New Years celebration! She combined the two sets revealed today, using the kitty with the champagne bottle from the new Newton's New Year Stamp Set with the kitty raising his glass from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set. She cut out the black stitched rectangle panel using our Frames & Flags Die Set.  For the background she used shiny gold foil with our Confetti Stencil! 

This fun card by Zsofia is perfect for a party or birthday card any time of year! She used the kitty in the Martini glass from our new Newton Celebrates Stamp Set. She added on the party hat and layered the image of a fun blue sun ray background using our Sunscape Stencil. She added on the word Party" using die cut letters from our Essential Alphabet Die Set and adding in some gold party streamers using our Balloon Shaker Die Set. 

This Happy New Year card by Naki is so celebratory! She used the images from our new Newton's New Year Stamp Set, coloring the kitty with fun shades of gold and navy. Then she used the coordinating  Newton's New Year Die Set to cut the outline of the kitty in several colors to layer behind him for a fun effect! For the background she repeatedly stamped the "cheers" and added some confetti in lime green!

This adorable birthday card was created by Holly using our new Newton Celebrates Stamp Set. She added the birthday hat to the kitty in the Martini glass and added it to her card with fun bright colored papers! She also used our Frames & Flags Die Set to cut out the Scalloped Edged panel, stitched rectangle panel and banner for the sentiment! 

Time to party with Newton and his friends on this adorable card by Tatiana! She used the images from our new Newton Celebrates Stamp Set to create a fun party theme. She colored the images in fun bright colors and cut them  out with the coordinating die set. She layered them over a fun confetti background that was created using our Confetti Stencil. Perfect for a celebration or birthday card!

Samantha created an adorable tag that would be perfect to tie onto a bottle for a celebratory gift! She used the kitty from our Newton's New Year Stamp Set, along with two champagne flutes. She added the fun images to a tag that was cut out using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. She finished it out with the "Cheers" die cut from our Cocktail Mixer Die Set

Maria created a fun shaker card that is perfect for a New Years Celebration! She used the kitty with the champagne bottle and the champagne flutes from our Newton's New Year Stamp Set! She added them to her fun shaker filled with tiny stars. Along the bottom she created a big scalloped border using our Sky Borders Die Set. 

If you are throwing a Holiday party, this card by Amanda would be perfect for creating invitations! She used the image of Newton in the cocktail glass from our Newton Celebrates Stamp Set and colored the drink bright green! Then she paired this with fun red and green patterned paper and the "let's party sentiment." Perfect for Holiday celebrations! 

Ellen also created a little gift tote using our two new sets together. She used the kitty with the champagne bottle from the new Newton's New Year Stamp Set with the kitty raising his glass from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set. She also added in the "Cheers" die cut from our from our Cocktail Mixer Die Set. For the background she created a lovely yellow and orange argyle pattern using our new Argyle Stencil Set! What fun!

This amazing card by Larissa would be perfect for a Holiday Party! She used the image of the kitty in the martini glass from our Newton Celebrates Stamp Set and added on the hat, coloring it in candy cane stripes! For that amazing background she used BOTH our new Plaid and Argyle Stencil Sets. She layered the Plaid using one of the stencils twice to get a 3 color pattern. Then she added the argyle on top using foil! What a fun technique!

Would you like to win a $25 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs?

ONE lucky comment will be chosen from each reveal day to win! 

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 Wednesday November 21st at 9pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, November 23rd.

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
Zsofia Molnar
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Tatiana Trafimovich

A Jolly Holiday Card by Samantha Mann

Jolly Holiday!

This adorable London themed Holiday card was created by Samantha! She's channeling her inner Mary Poppins on this one! She used the cute kitty with the umbrella, double decker bus and clock tower from our Newton Dreams of London Stamp Set. She also added in a row of city buildings using our Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set. She cut out the images with the coordinating Newton Dreams of London Die Set and Snow Globe Scenes Die Sets to create a fun cityscape! She aded some snow in the sky too with our Bubbly Stencil. For the sentiment, she combined words from a few different sentiment stamps from the the Sentiments of the Season Stamp Set to make her own custom sentiment! HOW FUN!

Who has the Mary Poppins song stuck in their head now? So cute!

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

Holiday Camper Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

May your Holidays Sparkle!

Today we are sharing this fun Holiday camping scene by Tatiana! We designed that cute little camper from our Cozy Campers Stamp Set with summer in mind but we love the idea to use it for a winter camping scene too! Tatiana used that cute camper and colored it fun bright colors with copic markers. Then she cut it out using our Cozy Campers Die Set and added some snow along the top to make it feel right for a winter card! She added it to the scene along with the little deer and trees from our Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set. She also cut out the trees and deer using the coordinating  Snow Globe Scenes Die Set and added bits of snow to their tops!

For the snowy scene in the background, she used white embossing paste with our Bubbly Stencil over blue cardstock to make a fun snowy background. Then she cut the snow globe shape out of white using our Snow Globe Shaker Die Set to set it into just one fun area of the card. 

She finished out the card by stamping a sentiment from our Sentiments of the Season Stamp Set along the bottom! What do you think of this winter camper scene!? Does it give you ideas on how to use your summer sets throughout the year? 

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