Lemonade Card by Amanda Bodine

When life gives you lemons...

This cheerful Lemonade card by Amanda is perfect for celebrating the last few days of summer! she used all those yummy lemons from our Freshly Squeezed Stamp Set to create a fun background, repeatedly stamping the lemons around the edges and leaving room in the center for a the sentiment. Then she added color to them with watercolors. I love how she left loose edges of blue around the images. Watercolor is so fun to use because it looks even better when it's NOT perfect! She also added the fun image of the lemonade in a mason jar and popped it up of the card for some dimension! So yummy!

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

Pug Picnic Card by Ellen Haxelmans

More Summer fun!

I think our Design Team is ready for warm weather! Today we have another summery card, this time by Ellen! She designed a super fun summer scene using some of our newer sets mixed with some older favorites! She created a grassy picnic featuring the cute Pug from our new our Pug Hugs stamp set! She added a yummy lemonade for the puppy using the mug from the  Freshly Squeezed stamp set and a chocolate covered strawberry from the new Love & Chocolate stamp set. What a fun scene! Then she finished the card off with the "Aloha" sentiment from the Aloha Newton stamp set.

This gorgeous card makes me excited for summer even though it's a bit far away! To see more adorable projects by Ellen, you can visit her blog Crafty Ellen today!

Sweet Tea and Sunshine Card by September Guest Designer Ellen Hax

 Hello everyone!! Ellen here with a little gift idea some tea and soap. Today I like to talk about how I start creating.

When I start making a project, I always start with the colors I already have. For example in this case it's yellow from the jar and the lemon soap. Then I start looking for the color combinations, for this project I found a pretty color combination from the "The Design Inspirationalist".

After that I choose a stamp set that goes well with the items I got; what's better than Freshly Squeezed for this project.

Thank you so much for stopping by and see you next week!

When Life Gives You Lemons Card by Yukari Yoshioka

Sweet pink lemonade! 

Today we're sharing this sweet pink lemonade card by Yukari using our new Freshly Squeezed stamp set. The image of our bear, Winston, with his lemonade stand looks so cute with the pink stripes and the fun yellow banner! I think he's probably selling pink lemonade today! She also added on the "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade" sentiment from the  Freshly Squeezed stamp set over some more pink and white stripes! I love how this looks! This card would be great to cheer someone up! 

Thanks so much to Yukari for the the cheerful card today! You can head over to Yukari's blog, Handmade by Yuki and see more details about her project - and make sure to say hello!

Fresh Squeezed Lemonade card by Jennifer Jackson

Fresh Squeezed Lemonade!

Do you love lemonade? To me, lemonade is a symbol of everything summer! I have been having a ton of fun with the cute critters in our new Freshly Squeezed stamp set! For this card, I colored the image of Lily, our bunny, holding a pitcher of lemonade with watercolor markers. Then I fussy cut her out so I could add her onto my card with a dimensional. I also stamped the "Fresh Squeezed" lemon and hand cut it out to put with her. 

I decided to stick with the yellow and gray color theme and added on some washi tape and pattern paper scraps from my stash to a white card base. Then, to add a bit of fun, I did some watercolor splatters on background paper with shades of yellow. I finished the card off with a bit of yellow and white striped twine! I really love how this came together! I think next time it would be fun to try one with yellow and pink for pink lemonade!

Don't forget to enter our Inky Paws #34 Summer Challenge

There's still time! You still have one week to enter our current inky paws challenge! Our challenge closes next 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.

You're My Sweet Tea Card by Crafty Math Chick

Lovely Owl Card!

Today Crafty Math-Chick combined several of our fun stamp sets to create this adorable Sweet Tea card! She used the sweet little jar of tea from the NEW Freshly Squeezed stamp set. Then she made a super cute custom sentiment combining the "you're my" from the Love à la Carte stamp set and the "Sweet Tea" from the Freshly Squeezed stamp set. Isn't that so fun? She also created a fun lemony background combining the little lemons from the Freshly Squeezed stamp set with the big lemon slice from the Sweet Summer stamp set! I love how creatively she mixed all these products!

Thank you, Crafty Math-Chick, for the fun inspiration today! To see moe details and other projects, you can visit her blog, Canines & Card Designs.

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