Treat Yo' Self Card by Samantha Mann

Treat Yo'Self! 

Do you love ice cream as much as we do? A fun ice cream cone is one of our favorite things about summer. Today we have a fun ice cream card to share from  Samantha that will remind you to treat yo' self! 

For this adorable card she features the pup who is licking a dropped ice cream cone from our  Dog Days of Summer Stamp Set. That pup is definitely making the best of the situation! 

Next, she created a fun background by randomly stamping ice cream treats using our Summer Scoops Stamp Set in a light gray ink. She added some matching ink splatters too, adding to the fun! She then used our Essential Alphabet Die Set to cut out the letters to spell out "treat yo' self" from the stamped panel. She layered the panel with the cut out letters over a fun pink ombré inked background tO really makes the letters pop! And it matches the ice cream too! 

We hope you have enjoyed this card by Sam today and are able to find time to treat yourself to some ice cream! 

To say hello to Sam and see more of her beautiful creations you can visit her over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!  

Wish You Were Here Card by Samantha Mann

Wish You Were Here!

Today we are wishing were were at the beach with this gorgeous card by Samantha! She created a stunning beach scene by creating layers of sand and waves using our Land Borders Die Set and Sea Borders Die Set. She added colors to the die cut layers using distress inks in vibrant colors! Then she added textures on them by adding water splatters and white and colored ink splatters! Love that look!

Once the scene was created she filled it with furry friends! On the shore she used the image of the dog wearing an inner tube and scuba gear from our Dog Days of Summer Stamp Set. In the waves she added the corgi from our Corgi Beach Stamp Set. Behind another wave she added the kitty in the back with the scuba mask from our Newton's Summer Vacation Stamp Set. The original image has him looking into a fish bowl but she cut it apart and tucked it behind a wave! So creative! She colored all the images using gorgeous bright colors and carefully fussy cut them out by hand! The wish you were here sentiment from the Newton's Summer Vacation Stamp Set is added on in the top corner.

This amazing scene would be perfect to send summer greetings to a friend that you miss! 

To say hello to Sam and see more of her amazing creations you can visit Sam over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

You Make Me Smile Card by Samantha Mann

You Make me Smile!

Today we are sharing this adorable summer themed dog card by Samantha! She created this fun and cheerful scene featuring the dog playing with a water hose from our Dog Days of Summer Stamp Set! She colored this adorable image using watercolor markers and fussy cut it out by hand. For her card background she started out by stenciling a big sunburst in the background using our Sunscape Stencil with yellow ink. Then she added a layer of clouds over it using our Cloudy Sky Stencil with white embossing paste! It's so fun to layer stencils like this to create custom backgrounds! She layered the pup over the top and added a banner with the "you make me smile" sentiment, also from the Dog Days of Summer Stamp Set. What a perfect card for sending cheer on a hot summer day!

If you loved this creative project by Sam today you can say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

Dog and Ice Cream Summer Card by Naki Rager

You make my Tail Wag!

Happy 4th of July to our readers in the USA! We hope you are having a fabulous holiday and enjoying some summer treats today! Since we are in the mood for some summer treats here we are sharing this adorable card by Naki featuring a dog  enjoying a treat of ice cream! She used the image of the dog from our Dog Days of Summer Stamp Set and colored it with soft watercolors. Then she carefully fussy cut out the image to add to her card. For her card she created a fun background of bubbles using our Bokeh Stencil Set. Then she added the "You make my tail wag" Sentiment from the Say Woof Stamp Set on top, embossing it with metallic embossing powder. She added on the dog, adding in a hand drawn horizon line for him to sit on. She also added a layer of grass along the bottom using our Land Borders Die Set! What a perfect summer scene!

Thank you for the fun beautiful summer card today, Naki! If you like this project you can see more of Naki's work over on her blog, Notes from Naki. Stop by and say hello!

Thank You Card by Larissa Heskett

Thank you with a Scuba Dog!

This thank you card today by Larissa is sure to make you smile! She used our adorable dog wearing the scuba gear beach inner tube from the  Dog Days of Summer stamp set! Isn't it so fun how she gave him a little sandy beach to stand on? She did such an amazing job coloring him too with the added bits of shine! Then she added the big "thank you" using the stamp that she received for being one of the first 100 orders last month when we had our big 3 year celebration! What a fun card! 

Thanks so much Larissa for the super amazing card today! To see more beautiful projects by Larissa, head over to her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs and say hello to her today!

LAST CHANCE to enter our Inky Paws #34 Summer Challenge!

There's just a little time left to enter our current inky paws challenge! Our challenge closes tonight Friday, August 5th at Midnight CST time. To enter, all you need to do is create a card or project using a summer theme and NND products!

The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still play along - just download and use one of the digital freebies on our freebies page.

Inky Paws Challenge #34 - Summer

This month's challenge is:

create a project inspired by summer!

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, August 5th, 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 IPC34).

• 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 Summer cards they created! Read the description below each card to see who made it.

Naki created an awesome beach scene combining two or our Newton summer sets. The kitty in the hammock and tropical drink are from the new Aloha Newton stamp set and the kitty with the sandcastle and pail are from the Newton's Summer Vacation stamp set. 

Samantha created an awesome watercolor beach scene on her card. She used distress markers to ink up the palm tree  from our Paradise Palms stamp set and watercolored over the top! The "summer lovin'" sentiment is from the new Dog Days of Summer Stamp set. 

Stephanie created this awesome beach card! She used bright watercolors to color the kitty from the new Aloha Newton stamp set! She also added in the tiny die cut hibiscus and leaf from the Tiki Time stamp set! Such a perfect summery combo!  

What says summer more than a tiki drink? Jess used a whole crew of tiki faces  from our new Tiki Time stamp set across the bottom of her card! I love that pretty sky she put behind them! 

Larissa created some beautiful summer earrings using the Hibiscus die set and shrink plastic! What a fun idea! These turned out amazing! She created those cool backer cards for them using the frame from the Garden Starter stamp set! 

I had fun playing along this month too! I created a dog card using the pup and ice cream from our new Dog Days of Summer Stamp stamp set.  I made a simple card, just adding a sentiment and some washi and flags ups this side using paper scraps! I thought it needed a little bling so I added on a big button! 

An InLinkz Link-up

July Release - Reveal Day 1 - Dog Days of Summer + Freshly Squeezed

Today is our First Reveal day for our July Release and we are featuring TWO new stamp sets today: Freshly Squeezed Stamp set & Dog Days of Summer Stamp Set. We are giving a $20 store credit to one lucky winner today too so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

First is our Freshly Squeezed stamp set

Nothing says summer like a lemonade stand! In this sweet 4 x 6 stamp set, Winston (our bear) and Lily (our bunny) are teaming up to bring you some fresh squeezed cuteness! Winston is ready to serve Lemonade or Sweet Tea from his little stand. The words “Lemonade” and “Sweet Tea” fit in the space above him, along with the price of “50¢”. These cute images along with some fun sentiments will be perfect for sending some sweet smiles!

Here's some info on the Freshly Squeezed stamp set: 

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 13 stamps: 8 images and 5 words and sentiments 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, July 15th 

Next is our Dog Days of Summer stamp set

Summer can be hot, but these pups know how to cool down! This adorable 4 x 6 stamp set features images of silly dogs getting into summer mischief. These whimsical images will be so fun to color to look like your dog! They are also perfect for sending cards to dog lovers!

Here's some info on the Dog Days of Summer stamp set: 

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 11 stamps: 6 images and 5 words and sentiments 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, July 15th 

Get ready for some sweet summer fun with 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 - Most of the Team will  have extra cards on their 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.

Such a sweet Lemonade card by Kimberly  using our new Freshly Squeezed Stamp set! I love how she added polka dots to the Banner and used a fun yellow red and teal color combo for Winston's Lemonade stand! 

Send someone greetings to "Stay cool" this summer with this cute pup and ice cream image from our new Dog Days of Summer stamp set! I love how Lydia used it to create this clean and simple card! 

This card by Danielle using our new Freshly Squeezed stamp set gives me a craving for some lemonade! I love the bright yellow background with the lemons stamped over it and the cute bunny with the pitcher of lemonade looks ready to share it! 

This adorable puppy card by Yukari uses our new Dog Days of Summer stamp set. Isn't that pup with his swim goggles and flippers so cute?! 

Stephanie created this fun summery card with Winston and his lemonade stand from the new Freshly Squeezed stamp set! I love the bright color combo she used! 

The pup stealing the ice cream seems to be the favorite image today from the new Dog Days of Summer stamp set! This card by Naki is so sweet with the watercolor heart and puppy too! 

Jess created an awesome duo of tags to add onto a packet of lemonade mix! She used the images from the new Freshly Squeezed stamp set. I love the bright colors! What a fun way to make someone smile! 

Crafty Math-Chick used mirror stamping to create a sweet couple of pups sharing an ice cream!  The image and sentiment are from the the Dog Days of Summer stamp set. 

Samantha created this yummy Sweet Tea card using the mason jar of tea and lemons from the Freshly Squeezed stamp set. Doesn't it look yummy? 

Larissa used the sweet pup and ice cream image from the Dog Days of Summer stamp set and created this adorable shaker card! I love how she added in all the sentiments too!

Would you like to win a $20 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 blog release 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, July 14th at 9pm CST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, July 15th.

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Lydia Evans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Jess Gerstner

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Naki Rager

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka