2024 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop!

Today we are playing along with the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop!

If you like coffee you are going to LOVE this blog hop! There are so may fun stops on this hop featuring coffee themed cards you are sure to be inspired! There will be prizes too on most of the stops! Read all the way to the end of this post for details on the giveaway from us at Newton's Nook Designs and a link to all the stops. 

For our stop on the hop we are featuring a fun coffee themed card by Larissa:

For this beautiful card Larissa used several of our fun coffee themed products. She started by die cutting that to go coffee mug using our Coffee Silhouettes Die Set. She then added ink blending to the different pieces of the travel mug and assembled them together. Next, she used a piece of patterned paper that was filled with coffee beans from our Coffee House Stories Paper Pad and cut it into a scalloped heard using our Heart Frames Die Set.  She also die cut a tag using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. She layered the heart and the coffee mug onto the tag, inking a light blue halo behind them. She also added the message "Thanks a LATTE" from our Heartfelt Coffee Stamp Set along the bottom of the tag. 

For her card she chose a light blue card base, matching the light blue halo on the tag. Then she layered a red polka dotted rectangle on top using a patterned paper from our Canine Christmas Paper Pad. She added the tag on top, tying a bunch of pretty ribbon through the top.

What a fun way to send a special thank you! This would also make a perfect gift if you paired it with a mug or bag of coffee!

Here is a look at the coffee themed products Larissa used today: Coffee House Stories Paper Pad,  Coffee Silhouettes Die Set and Heartfelt Coffee Stamp Set.

We also have a BUNCH of additional designs that have coffee or tea in them. 

You can find them ALL here: Coffee & Tea Sets

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

Here's how to win: Leave a comment on this blog. We'd love to hear what your favorite warm beverage is. What's your favorite coffee? Black or flavored? Or do you like tea, hot chocolate, or another warm beverage instead? We will pick one random comment to win! You until next Friday, March 22nd at 9pm  ET to comment for a chance to win. The winner will be announced on the NND blog post on Monday, March 25th.

Stops on this hop will be each be giving away their own prizes so you'll want to visit them all (see full link up below) and don't forget to head over to the Coffee Lovers Blog to see more inspiration all week!  

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Joyful Holiday Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Joyful Holiday Friends

Today Tatiana has created a beautiful holiday card featuring the forest friends from our Festive Fawns Stamp Set. 

For this fun card she stamped and colored the image of the deer and bunny peeking around the snowman from our Festive Fawns Stamp Set. She used fun pastel colors, giving the snowman an adorable pink hat! Then she cut the image out using the coordinating Festive Fawns Die Set. She then cut a pair of tall thin trees using our Forest Scene Builder Die Set to nestle beside the cute image. She added some ink blending to the trees and a bit of snow too. 

She layered the images onto a tag that was die cut from a pice of light blue gingham paper from our Spring Blooms Paper Pad using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. She also added a layer of vellum over the patterned paper to soften the look.  She also added the word "joy" and a few snowflakes, die cut using shapes from our Snow Globe Shaker Die Set.

For her card base, she created a soft and sparkly snow background, using our Snowfall Stencil with a mix of white, clear and teal texture pastes. What a gorgeous effect!

Have you started working on holiday cards yet? We hope this card by Tatiana has inspired you! 

To see more of her lovely work, you can visit Tatiana at her blog, Tatiana Trafimovich! 

Recycled Gift Box by Ellen Haxelmans

A Special gift for mom!

Today Ellen has created fun and unique gift box as a special gift for mom!

To create this box, she simply carefully took apart a box with printing on it and turned it inside out to use the blank inside as the outside. She then decorated it, using our Trailing Leaves Stencil to add pretty pink leaves all over the front. She then used dies from our  Flower Trio Die Set (retiring), Frames Squared Die Set and Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set to create the fun center image on the box. 

Last, she added a tag using our Tags Times Two Die Set and Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. She stamped the "to my mom" using our Best Mom Oval Stamp Set to decorate the tag. 

What a fun way to make a special customized box! You don't need a special die set, just use what you have on hand and get creative! 

To see more creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen

Birthday Barks Bookmark by Amanda Wilcox

Birthday Bookmark!

Today we are featuring a a fun birthday themed bookmark by Amanda that is perfect for a dog lover!

To create this fun bookmark she used our Bookmark Die Set to cut out the fun bookmark shape. She added a stripe of fun foiled paw prints to the the bookmark using our Paw Prints Hot Foil Plate with silver foil! So fun! 

To decorate the bookmark she used the cute image of pups from the Birthday Barks Stamp Set. This image is sized to fit perfectly on the bookmark! She colored it in fun bright colors using copic markers and cut it out using the coordinating Birthday Barks Die Set to add it to her card. She also stamped the sentiment, "Bark for another Birthday" from the Birthday Barks Stamp Set, cutting it out using a banner shape from our A7 Frames & Banners Die Set and tucked it behind the top of the dog image. 

To add some special personalization to her bookmark, Amanda added the recipients name! She cut  out another bookmark using our Bookmark Die Set. Then she cut out the letters to spell the name using our Essential Alphabet Die Set and adhered them to the bookmark. To make this bookmark shorter she used one of the edge dies from our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set to add the decorative edge to the bookmark. Then she adhered the two bookmarks together with some ribbons! So fun!

We love how this turned out! What a great way to customize a project and make the recipient feel special!

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

 

Fall Themed Cards and a Fond Farewell to Maria Russell

Fall is in the Air!

Today we are sharing two fun fall cards by Maria using some of our brand new Fall products! 

For her first card she features that sweet kitty in the wheelbarrow full of pumpkins from our new Newton's Harvest Time Stamp Set. She colors the image in gorgeous fall neutral tones and adds white gel pen accents. She cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's  Harvest Time Die Set.

For her card, she uses several of the fun prints from our Autumn Paper Pad to create both background strips and to cut out leaves using our Autumn Leaves Die Set. What a fun way to combine the fall shapes and prints together! She layers the papers and leaves behind a scallop edged circle that was cut out using our Circle Frames Die Set. What a fabulous fall creation!

For her second card she features the yummy caramel apples from our Autumn Apples Stamp Set:

She stamped and colored a trio of caramel apples that look good enough to eat! She cut them out using the coordinating Autumn Apples Die Set. For her card she added a tag using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. She adds teal polka dot patterns using our Autumn Paper Pad to frame the top and bottom of the tag. In the center she adds the sentiment "You're the caramel to my apple" from our Autumn Apples Stamp Set. She adds some mustard yellow colored polka dot paper to add a perfect background that ties in with the caramel color on the apples! For this she again uses our Autumn Paper Pad and adds a postage die cut edge using our Framework Die Set. 

What a fabulous color combo for Fall! Who is in the mood for a caramel apple treat now!?

A Fond Farewell

We are sad to say that this project marks the LAST post for Maria Russell as part of our Design Team at Newton's Nook Designs! We have enjoyed having Maria on our team and are sad to see go! Maria such a unique talent for combining dies, papers, and stamped images in ways we never would have thought of! Her creative twists always delights us! We know we will continue to be inspired by her in the future and we wish her the very best in her future creative endeavors! 

Thank you so much, Maria, for the awesome inspiration! We'll miss you!

If you would like to continue to follow Maria you can always find her at her blog, Maria Russell Designs!

Birthday Card and Bookmark for a Dog Lover by Zsofia Molnar

Birthday Card and Bookmark for a Dog Lover!

Today we are sharing an adorable birthday creation by Zsofia that is perfect for a dog lover!

For this fun card, she knew her card recipient loved dogs so she created a custom dog themed greeting.  She started by die cutting the dachshund silhouette using our Dog Silhouettes Die Set. She then cut out a tag using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. This fun tag die set includes options to create borders and pieces to go around the hole of the tag and she added those fun elements, using the dog themed paper for the top border from our A Dog's Life Paper Pad. So fun! 

She added the dog onto the tag, pairing him with some balloons cut out of glittery papers. She layered it over a fun red balloon background paper that was cut out from our Birthday Party Paper Pad using our Frames & Flags Die Set. She also used the Frames & Flags Die Set to cut out a little blue banner and added the "Happy Birthday" onto the banner using a sentiment stamp from our Birthday Oval Stamp Set.

To make this project even more fun, she created a coordinating bookmark for the recipient. She cut out the bookmark and paw print using our Bookmark Die Set. Then she added on the same dachshund die cut from our Dog Silhouettes Die Set and cut out letters to spell a name using our Essential Alphabet Die Set.

The opposite side of the bookmark features a fun dachshund themed paper pattern to match, also from our A Dog's Life Paper Pad. What a fun project!

Isn't it neat how you can customize a project to work perfectly for the recipient? We hope this has given you some ideas and that you try to customize cards (or bookmarks) of your own! 

You can find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

January Reveal Day 2 - Newton's Heart Stamp Set

Welcome to the second reveal day for our January Release! If you liked our puppy design yesterday, you are sure to love our kitty design today! Newton didn't want to miss out on hugging a heart too so we created the Newton's Heart Stamp Set! Make sure to read all the way to the bottom of today's post for details on how to enter our giveaway for a chance to win today too. 

Newton's Heart

This love filled 3x4 stamp set features our adorable kitty, Newton, hugging a big heart! The front of the heart is blank and perfect for you to decorate. The four included sentiments are all sized to fit on the blank heart front so you can customize your greeting. This set is PURR-fect for Valentine's Day, Anniversaries and more! (Die sets sold separately.)

Here's some info on the Newton's Heart Stamp Set

• 3x4 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 6 stamps: 2 images and 4 sentiments
• Coordinating Newton's Heart purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 2 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, January 20th

Get ready to Feline the Love with 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.

Card by Samantha using the new Newton's Heart Stamp Set. Additional products used: Frames & Flags Die Set, Essential Alphabet Die Set

Card by Tatiana using the new Newton's Heart Stamp Set and Love & Woofs Paper Pad. Additional products used: Bokeh Hearts Stencil Set, Love & Chocolate Stamp Set, Love & Chocolate Die Set

Card by Zsofia using the new Newton's Heart Stamp Set. Additional products used: Meow Stencil, Fancy Edges Tag Die Set

Card by Tina using the new Newton's Heart Stamp Set and Love & Woofs Paper Pad. Additional products used: Love & Meows Paper Pad, Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set, Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set, Heart Frames Die Set

Card by Ellen using the new Newton's Heart Stamp Set and Love & Chocolate Paper Pad. Additional products used: Frames & Flags Die Set, Heart Frames Die Set

Card by Maria using the new Newton's Heart Stamp Set. Additional products used: Heart Frames Die Set, Petite Hearts Stencil, Love & Meows Paper Pad

Card by Amanda using the new Newton's Heart Stamp Set. Additional products used: Bokeh Hearts Stencil Set, Frames Squared Die Set

 

Valentine treat bag by Larissa using the new Newton's Heart Stamp Set and Love & Chocolate Paper Pad. Additional products used: Fancy Edges Tag Die Set

Card by Donna using the new Newton's Heart Stamp Set and Love & Woofs Paper Pad. Additional products used: Circle Frames Die Set, Frames & Flags Die Set

Shaped bookmark by Farhana using the new Newton's Heart Stamp Set and Love & Woofs Paper Pad. Additional products used: Essential Alphabet Die Set

Would you like to win the “Newton's Heart" 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 January 19th at 9pm ET to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, January 20th.  

Newton's Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Ellen Haxelmans
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich
Amanda Wilcox

Newton's Stocking Gift Bag and Tag by Larissa Heskett

Stocking Kitty for Christmas!

Larissa has created an adorable gift tag and bag that is sure to help make a holiday gift feel special! 

To create this beautiful gift, she started out by stamping and coloring the image of the kitty in the stocking from our Newton's Stocking Stamp Set. She added some amazing details to her coloring with shading, stripes on the kitty and white gel pen accents. She cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Stocking Die Set and added a little pom pom to the Santa hat.  She also adorned the stocking, adding a sprig of holly stamped from our A Kitten Christmas Stamp Set with a heart embellishment to replace the berries!

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

She added this fun image to a tag that was cut out using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. She added a little circle tag to the larger tag using our Jolly Tags Stamp Set (cut out with the coordinating Tags Times Two Die Set). She embellished the top of the tag using a bunch of pretty ribbons! She also used patterned papers from our Canine Christmas Paper Pad and our Christmas Time Paper Pad. 

What a gorgeous Holiday creation! The recipient of this gift is sure to be wowed! 

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