Daffodils Thank You Card by Samantha Mann

Spring Thank You!

Today we are sharing a gorgeous spring thank you card by Samantha. This card features our  Daffodils Stamp Set along with our new Card Layout 7 Die Set.

Samantha stamped and colored the pretty bundle of flowers from the Daffodils Stamp Set multiple times so that she could create big bundles of daffodils on the sides of her card. She cut all of the flowers out using the coordinating Daffodils Die Set.

For the card base she stamped more daffodils in green all over a background panel. She also added an ombré of green to the panel panel using shades of green distress ink. She then cut this panel out using our Card Layout 7 Die Set and added the three die cut pieces onto her card. 

She added the flowers onto the two corners of her card, letting them extend beyond the edges of the layout. Then she trimmed off anything that was sticking beyond the edges of her card. 

For the sentiment she embossed "thanks so much" from the Daffodils Stamp Set onto a black banner that was cut out using our A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. 

This gorgeous card is perfect for sending a thank you during the spring season! 

To see more beautiful cards by Samantha you can visit her over on her blog, Sam' Scrap Candy!

Snowman Thank You Card by Larissa Heskett

Snowy Thank You!

Today we are sharing an adorable snowy thank you card by Larissa featuring our Snowman Postage Sampler Stamp Set. 

To begin, Larissa used the cute little snowmen and snowflakes from the Snowman Postage Sampler Stamp Set to create a fun background. She stamped and embossed the snowmen all over the background and then used different colors of distress inks to stamp the snowflakes. 

Next, she cut out two hearts using our Heart Frames Die Set. One heart was cut from white paper and the other was cut using a blue polka dot from our Pastel Basics Paper Pad. She stamped and colored two more snowmen to put onto the center of the heart, cuttting them out using the coordinating Snowman Postage Sampler Die Set

She added a banner under the heart to hold the sentiment. The banner was cut out using our A7 Frames & Banners Die Set and the thank you sentiment was stamped using our Daffodils Stamp Set.

What a perfectly sweet snowy thank you! 

To see more projects by Larissa you can visit her on her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Cheerful Daisy Card by Larissa Heskett

Cheerful Daisy Card!

Today we are sharing a beautiful floral card by Larissa that uses our Floral Delights Stamp Set with simple ink blending! This is a technique you will definitely want to try! 

Larissa starts out by stamping the tall daisy image from our Floral Delights Stamp Set several times onto white cardstock, embossing the blooms with white embossing powder.  Then she uses various distress inks and small blending brushes to add color to the blooms. You don't have to be perfect with the color application, just blend around the outlines to give a fun halo effect.

Isn't it gorgeous how the white outlines pop once the color is added over the top?

Next she cuts the pretty panel out using our Basic Frames Die Set to give it a fun stitched edge. She layers it over a fun pink polka dot paper from our Pastel Basics Paper Pad that was cut out using our Frames & Tags Die Set to give it the zig zag edge. 

Last she added the sentiment from our Daffodils Stamp Set onto a circle cut out with our Circle Frames Die Set. 

We hope you will try this technique and quick and easy cards! The end result is simply gorgeous!

To see more projects by Larissa you can visit her on her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Tulip Thank You Card by Zsofia Molnar

Floral Thank You

Today Zsofia has created a beautiful spring thank you card featuring a floral theme. 

She started out by stamping the pretty bundle of blooms from our Tulips Stamp Set. She colored the tulips white by adding just a hint of light shadow and added bright green to the stems and leaves. The image was cut out using the coordinating Tulips Die Set. 

Next, she created a gorgeous lacy background using our Floral Lace Stencil with blue and green inks. She added a bit of black paint splatter to the top and then cut it out using the largest frame from our Frames & Flags Die Set to give it the fun scalloped edge. She cut a second panel using the same die again with dark green paper and layered it behind the patterned piece to give it a contrasting edge. Then she layered both pieces at an angle onto her card. 

For the thank you message she used the sentiment from our Daffodils Stamp Set, stamped along the edge of the angled pattern. 

What a beautiful card. This fun layout could be easily duplicated using any of other floral designs and would be perfect for creating a series of floral thank you cards!

We hope you enjoyed this beautiful card by Zsofia today! You can find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

Floral Filled cards by Zsofia Molnar

Blooms for Someone Special!

Today we are sharing a duo of floral cards by Zsofia that are perfect for sending smiles to someone special!

To create these beautiful cards, Zsofia paired prints from our Spring Blooms Paper Pad with coordinating flower stamps from our Daffodils Stamp Set and Dainty Daisies Stamp Set! It's so fun how the stamps and papers match up perfectly!

First we are sharing her daisy card. For this card she stamped the image of flowers from the Dainty Daisies Stamp Set. She added some color to the flowers with alcohol markers and cut it out using the coordinating Dainty Daisies Die Set. 

She framed the image with a frame cut from green cardstock using our Framework Die Set. She added a rectangle of vellum behind the frame and then layered it over the daisy printed paper from our Spring Blooms Paper Pad. She also used our Framework Die Set to cut out the daisy paper, adding a fun postage stamp edge.  The finishing touch is the sentiment "Hope your day is as special as you are" from the Dainty Daisies Stamp Set, embossed in white on a black rectangle. 

Next, she created a second floral card using the same design but this time using daffodils. 

For this card she stamped the main image using the flowers from our Daffodils Stamp Set. 

She again colored the flowers and cut them out using the coordinating Daffodils Die Set. Again she She framed the image with a frame using our Framework Die Set and added a rectangle of vellum behind the image.  This time she used the daffodil paper from our Spring Blooms Paper Pad. Again, she cut out the paper using the large postage edged die from our Framework Die Set.  She used the same sentiment from the sentiment Dainty Daisies Stamp Set, embossed in white on a black rectangle. 

Which flower is your favorite? It's hard to choose as both cards turned out beautifully! 

You could also make this design using our Spring Blooms Paper Pad with our Tulips Stamp Set or our Lilac Stamp Set since the paper pad has tulips and lilacs too! 

We hope you enjoyed these lovely spring cards today! You can find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

Floral Get Well Card with Guest Designer Brennan Keane

Today we are sharing another post with our very special guest. We featuring the work of the young and talented Brennan Keane! Brennan is a big fan of creating cards featuring flowers and we are enjoying all his lovely floral cards over on instagram at bkd_creations! Today we are excited to share a card he created especially for our blog! Keep reading on to view his lovely project today!

 

Hello everyone again!
My name is Brennan and I am a 15 year old crafter from Boston!
This is my second guest design for Newton’s Nook and it has been an absolutely amazing experience! In almost all of my paper crafting creations, flowers are involved. For this guest design, I wanted to use one of the many flower stamps from Newton’s Nook. After looking through all of the great options, I decided on the Lovely Blooms stamp set! 

I first stamped out the larger of the flowers, the stem, and the large leaf. Instead of using my typical ink (which is distress ink in the color black soot) to stamp the flower, I used the VersaFine Clair ink pad in the color Nocturne.

I then covered the ink with clear embossing powder and heated it up. I then colored the flower with copic markers. I used RV10 as the base and then blended R81 on top to get the gradient. I used G24 for the leaf and stem and added Y15 for the centers of each flower. After everything was colored, I cut the images out with the coordinating dies and assembled the flower. I used liquid glue, but you could use whatever adhesive is your favorite! I just like the extra time the liquid glue gives me to adjust the pieces if needed.

To add interest to the card, I blended some of Catherine Pooler’s ink in the color Garden Party through the Serene Stripes Stencil. After the background was created, I stamped the Get Well Soon sentiment from the Daffodils Stamp Set (another one of my favorites)! While I don’t do this too often, I decided to pop up the card with foam squares. To put the finishing touch on this card, I added a few green embellishment gems and a black border to the card front before gluing it to the card base!

There you have it! I really hope you all enjoyed reading my second guest design. This experience working with Newton’s Nook has been absolutely amazing. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read this post and as always, happy crafting!

- Brennan 

(find me on instagram at bdk_creations)

Note: The Lovely Blooms Stamp Set and coordinating die set are part of our retiring sale and will only be available while supplies last so if you like this product, make sure you get it while you can and don't forget to see what else is retiring in our retiring sale category! 

Flying Butterflies Card by Farhana Sarker

   

Flying Butterflies! 

Today we have a unique and creative card by Farhana featuring a kitty and butterflies that are suspended by fishing line!

For this card, she started by creating a card front with an oval window. She covered her card front with clouds using a printed paper from our Springtime Paper Pad. Then she cut the oval out of the center using our Oval Frames Die Set. 

Next, she stamped and colored the kitty with a butterfly net from our Captivated Kittens Stamp Set. She colored the kitty in neutral tones and used the coordinating Captivated Kittens Die Set to cut the image out. She added the kitty to the lower corner of the oval frame. 

To create the fun suspended butterflies she stamped a bunch little butterflies from the Newton's Blooms Stamp Set, Gnome Garden Stamp Set, Daffodils Stamp Set and Bitty Bunnies Stamp Set. She colored all these pretty butterflies, make two of each so they could be two sided. She cut them all out with the coordinating die sets.  Then she adhered them to fishing line, back to back, with the fishing line glued between them. Then she attached the fishing lines at the top and bottom. The little butterflies look as if they are suspended in the sky and can spin back and forth too! Here is an image of how that looks from the inside of the card:

And here is the finished card when it is closed. She also added the sentiment "Meow's it going?"  from our Captivated Kittens Stamp Set, stamped onto the stitched rounded edge banner from the A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. 

What a fun technique! How cool would it be to receive a card like this in the mail!?

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

 

 

Enjoy the Little Moments Card by Tina Herbeck

Garden of Mice!

Today Tina has created created a whole garden of adorable mice and mixed in some gorgeous flowers too! 

She started out by stamping and coloring three of the adorable images from our Garden Mice Stamp Set. She colored the images of the mice with the flowers and butterflies in fun spring colors and cut them out using the coordinating Garden Mice Die Set. Then, she also stamped and colored more flowers using our Bleeding Heart Stamp Set and Daffodils Stamp Set. She also colored these blooms and cut them out using their coordinating  Bleeding Heart Die Set and Daffodils Die Set. 

For her card base, she chose to use the larger 5x7 card size, perfect for showcasing all these images together. She cut the big background panel with the scalloped edge using our A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. Then she ink blended to create a scene using gorgeous purples for the sky and greens for the grass. So lovely! She added all those fun floral blooms and mice to the scene and accented them with little gemstones. The sentiment "Enjoy the little moments in life" from the Garden Mice Stamp Set fits perfectly in the sky. What an amazing card!

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

Mother's Day Card by Farhana Sarker

Happy Mother's Day! 

Have you thought about Mother's Day yet? Today we are sharing a card by Farhana that would be sure to make any mother smile!

For her card she features that gorgeous bunch of blooms from our  Daffodils Stamp Set, coloring them in shades of cheery yellow. She used the coordinating Daffodils Die Set to cut the image out and layered it over a fun shaker card window! 

To create this shaker card, she first used our Floral Roundabout Stamp Set and embossed the big round image in white. She inked over it with a blending of several ink colors for that gorgeous background. 

Next she cut created a white card front with subtle texture by dry embossing with our  Basketweave Stencil. She then cut a large circle out of this panel using our Circle Frames Die Set, which perfectly frames that floral inked background. She made this into a shaker window and added pretty sequins inside that coordinated with the colors! So beautiful! 

The finishing touch is the "Happy Mother's Day" sentiment, stamped from our Mom & Dad Stamp Set onto a stitched banner that was die cut using our Banner Trio Die Set.

We hope this card has inspired you to create something special for mom! 

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

Gnome Birthday Card by Amanda Wilcox

Birthday Gnome!

If you're like me, you never have enough birthday cards on hand! Today we are featuring a fun gnome themed birthday by Amanda that would be super fun to add into your birthday card stash! 

For this adorable card, Amanda features the gnome holding a flower from our Gnome Garden Stamp Set. She colored the gnome, along with some extra butterflies and a ladybug and cut the images out using the coordinating  Gnome Garden Die Set. Next she stamped and colored the big bouquet of daffodils from our Daffodils Stamp Set. These pretty blooms look so fun and big when paired with that cute little gnome! She cut the daffodils out with the coordinating Daffodils Die Set.

To make these images into a scene she used some of our favorite die sets. She created a fun blue sky panel using our Frames & Flags Die Set. Then she added grass and a fence using our Land Borders Die Set and Fence Die Set. If you look closely, you can see subtle clouds in the sky that was added on using our Clouds Stencil. A dark blue scalloped edge frames the scene and was also cut out with our Frames & Flags Die Set. The finishing touch is the birthday sentiment from our Gnome Garden Stamp Set, added into the sky. 

This birthday card is sure to make the recipient smile! We hope you are inspired to create some fun gnome themed birthday cards to send out!

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

You Brighten My Life Daffodil Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Brighten Someones Day!

Spring is nearly here and with it, the bright and cheerful colors of spring flowers. Today we are sharing a cheerful card by Tatiana that features daffodils, one of our spring favorites! 

She created this card by stamping the cluster of flowers from our Daffodils Stamp Set twice. She used the coordinating Daffodils Die Set to cut out the images. Then cut the second image apart by hand so she could put the bloom from the top onto the bottom to create a new arrangement. She colored both sets of blooms using copic markers in fun shades of yellow. She also stamped and die cut the butterfly from the Daffodils Stamp Set three times to add to her card. 

She added the blooms and butterflies to a stitched rectangle that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. She added the sentiment "You brighten my life" to the panel and layered it all over a kraft colored card base.

The vibrant yellow blooms on this card are sure to brighten the recipients day!

Don't forget to visit Tatiana at her blog, Tatiana Trafimovich, to say hello and see more of her beautiful work! 

February Reveals Day 4 - Newton's Rainy Day Trio + Daffodils

Today is the final day of our reveals for February and we have two more incredible designs to share! Today we are celebrating a rainy day with Newton and his friends donned in their rain-gear! Next, in our second set, daffodils are sure to brighten your days this spring!  down for details. Plus, we are having a giveaway today, so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Newton's Rainy Day Trio

Meow-ing in the rain! This delightful 4x4 stamp set features an Newton and his kitty friends, sheltering together from the rain. This sweet trio of friends look so cute dressed in their rain coats and boots! This image is the perfect way to celebrate a rainy day! Die sets sold separately.

Newton's Rainy Day Trio Stamp Set

• 4 x 4 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 5 stamps: 3 images and 2 sentiments
• Coordinating Newton's Rainy Day Trio purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 3 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, February 19th

Daffodils

This lovely 3x4 stamp set features a beautiful bunch of daffodils. Perfect for spring themed projects, this cheerful floral set also includes sentiments that are great for sending get well wishes and for brightening someone's day! Don't forget to add the little butterfly too! Die sets sold separately.

Daffodils Stamp Set

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 5 stamps: 2 images and 3 sentiments
• Coordinating Daffodils purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 2 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, February 19th

Brighten up any rainy day with cheerful inspiration from 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.

Created by Amanda using the Newton's Rainy Day Trio Stamp Set. Additional products used: Frames & Flags Die Set, Music Stencil, Land Borders Die Set

Created by Maria using the Daffodils Stamp Set. 

Created by Samantha using the Newton's Rainy Day Trio Stamp Set. Additional products used: Banner Trio Die Set

Created by Tina using the Daffodils Stamp Set. Additional products used: Circle Frames Die Set, Banner Trio Die Set, Bitty Bunnies Stamp Set, Bitty Bunnies Die Set

Created by Larissa using the Newton's Rainy Day Trio Stamp Set. Additional products used: Frames & Flags Die Set, Raindrops Stencil

Created by Tatiana using the Daffodils Stamp Set and Basketweave Stencil. Additional products used: Circle Frames Die Set

Created by Zsofia using the Newton's Rainy Day Trio Stamp Set. Additional products used: Essential Alphabet Die Set, Raindrops Stencil, Framework Die Set, Land Borders Die Set

Created by Ellen using the Daffodils Stamp Set.  Additional products used: Houndstooth Stencil, Heart Frames Die Set

Created by Samantha using the Newton's Rainy Day Trio Stamp Set. Additional products used: Clouds Stencil

Created by Farhana using the Daffodils Stamp Set. Additional products used: Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set, Petite Flowers Stencil

Would you like to win the “Newton's Rainy Day" or the "Daffodils" Stamp Set?
We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

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 February 18th at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 19th.  

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Ellen Haxelmans

Tina Herbeck

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Maria Russell

Farhana Sarker

Tatiana Trafimovich

Samantha VanArnhem

Amanda Wilcox