Flower Cards by Jennifer Jackson

Lovely Floral cards

Today I'm sharing a couple of cards I created with our retiring Garden Starter and Flower Garden stamp sets! Both these sets are retiring and are on sale now so if you like them you should grab them while you can! Once we sell out they are gone for good! 

The first card I created is a sympathy card using the pansies from the Flower Garden stamp set. I colored them with watercolor markers and used the coordinating Garden Window die (retired and sold out) to cut out the oval and stitched frame from patterned papers.

I created a custom sentiment by using the "thinking of you" from the Vegetable Garden stamp set (also retiring) combined with the words "with sympathy" from the Simply Sentimental. The purple twine and doily give this card a soft finishing touch!

My second card today uses the daisies and frame from the Garden Starter stamp set. I stamped the image of the daisies directly inside the frame and colored them both using watercolor markers. 

I stamped the "Happy Birthday" sentiment, also from the Garden Starter stamp set to layer over the image. Again, I used the coordinating Garden Window die (retired and sold out) to cut out the banner and stitched frame from patterned papers.

I hope you enjoyed these floral cards today. If you like these sets make sure you grab them before they are sold out. And don't forget to check out the rest of our retiring sets too. Some have already sold out and some have just a FEW left! You everything that's still available at newtonsnookdesigns.com/retiring-products

Newton's Garden Card by July Guest Designer Cynde Whitlow

Today we have our first post from our July Guest Designer, Cynde Whitlow! We are thrilled to have Cynde designing with us this month! Her amazing ability to combine images to make unique scenes is definitely going to inspire you! We can't wait to share what she creates with our stamps! Keep reading to find out more about Cynde today and to check out her first project below!

My name is Cynde and I live in the beautiful state of Montana. I’m married to my first love and together we have 4 kids. We also have a feline fur-baby named Ginger. My family is a lot like the Brady Bunch, if they'd been an 80's hair band. For real. I've always had the creative bug. In fact, I was that kid who had an imaginary friend and I thought purple horses were the bomb in kindergarten. I've been cardmaking for a little over 2 years and my blog is The Pink Envelope. I LOVE every bit of blogging. Sharing what I make and inspiring other folks is an amazing thing! My favorite type of cards to make are one layer cards that I can build up with lots of masking and color it all in with Copic's. My other crafty kryptonite is ink. I have more than what any one person should have, but they are all fab, so I tell myself I need them. Seems reasonable. I'm SO excited to be guest designing for Newton’s Nook and I look forward to sharing what I’ve created with you all!

Hey folks!

I'm super duper happy to be guest designing for the Newton's Nook Blog this month! Today's post is one of four I will share and I can't wait to share them all!

One of my favorite things about Newton is that he makes for a great scene. Whether you take any Newton Stamp Set and use it as is or pair him with other fabulous images, you've got yourself a story to tell.

For my card today, I paired up several stamp sets. I started with some images from the Garden Starter and Flower Garden Stamp Sets. I knew that I would be doing quite a but if masking so I stamped and cut those out first.

Before I started stamping any of the images on my white cardstock panel, I used a ruler and lightly traced a rectangle on the front with a pencil. This will be my faux frame. I'm also going to use this as a guide so I know where to stamp my images.

When stamping scenes like this, it's always important to stamp the images that are going to be in the front or foreground first. With this card, I needed to keep in mind what images I wanted in front, but also which ones I wanted to go outside the faux frame and the ones I wanted to stay inside the frame. For those that need to stay in the frame, I simply blocked off the outer edge of the frame with more masking paper.

The mischievous feline I chose to go with those big beautiful blooms is from the Newton's Antics Stamp Set. I LOVE how he looks like he's ready to pounce!

When I had everything stamped where I wanted it, I colored it all in with Copic's. I adore big, bold color folks. It's go big or go home in my crafty world. Plus, I really wanted the whole scene to jump off the page.

Using a Copic Multiliner, I went over the faux frame again and added shading with my grey Copic's. The idea is to make it look like it's another layer to the card.

There's no need for embellies on this card peeps. However, to finish off my panel, I used Clear Wink Stella on the highlights of the images and Ranger Glossy Accents on the center of all of the flowers and called it a day.

That's it! Easy peasy.

I hope you enjoyed my card today and thanks so much for stopping by to see me!

Until next time!

 - Cynde

Happy Birthday Card by October Guest Designer Karen Baker

It's Karen from The Bald Dragonfly here! I'm delighted to be back with my third card for Newton's Nook Designs as their October Guest Designer. You guys, the Garden Flower Series is amazing! There is so much you can do with Flower Garden Stamp Set, Garden Starter Stamp Set, and the Garden Window Die Set. I've used the last two products on my card today.

I started by masking and stamping the daisy image with black ink onto a white card base, focusing on the left side. I then stamped the same image onto a white card panel and then I inked the edges to "age" the paper. I then stamped the beautiful frame onto rust cardstock and die cut it out, and the sentiment onto white cardstock, this was also die cut. 

I assembled the shaker using some fall colored sequins and adhered the sentiment banner on top of the beautiful frame. I love how the flowers still take center stage and I didn't have to fuss with coloring them in!

I'm so excited to show you the card I have for next week use these same dies and stamp set, so please check back next Monday!

May Your Day Blossom Card Flower by October Guest Designer Karen Baker

Fall is my most favorite time of year! I love the richness of colors that can be seen everywhere. It's Karen from The Bald Dragonfly here and once again excited to be the Newton Nook's Guest Designer for the month of October. I am featuring the lovely Garden Starter Stamp Set on my card today. I started by masking and stamping the zinnia image onto Bristol Smooth cardstock with a mix of red and green dye ink. Then I loosely watercolored the images with Zig Markers, adding a lot of water towards the outside image to allow the ink to bleed. After the panel thoroughly dried, I restamped the zinnias with black ink, as well as the sentiment. After inking the edges, I affixed the panel onto some black cardstock, and then onto a kraft card base. and that finished off the card!

I'll see you next week for a birthday shaker card featuring this set, Garden Starter, as well as the coordinating dies from Garden Window Die Set. 

June Release - Reveal Day 1 - Garden Starter Stamp Set & Garden Window Die

This is our second blog post today - If you are looking for Inky Paws Challenge Winners, scroll down or click here. 

Today is our First Reveal day for our June Release and we are featuring the new Garden Starter stamp set & Coordinating Die Set. We are giving the stamp set away to one lucky winner so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Fill your cards with blossoms and smiles using our 4 x 6 Garden Starter Stamp Set. This fun set has a fun oval frame that looks like an old time seed packet. Inside the window you can stamp the Daisies, Zinnia or the "May your day Blossom with Smiles" sentiment. The remaining words all fit inside the banner. This set has so many fun possibilities! Plus, it coordinates with two additional stamp sets (revealing later this week) along with the Garden Window die! 

Here's some info on the Garden Starter stamp set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 9 stamps: 4 images and 5 words and sentiments
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, June 17th

This set also has a coordinating die - Garden Window purr-fect die set:

• This die set coordinates with Garden Starter stamp set and has 3 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, June 17th

You'll be ready to get gardening with fun 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 - Some of the designers have extra cards on the blogs and you might even find a fun video or two along the way! Make sure to comment for a chance to win! Details on the giveaway are at the bottom of today's post.

Nina-Marie created this gorgeous duo of cards! I love the bright watercolors and framed images! They look just like pretty seed packets! 

Samantha created a fun edge full of daises with some creative masking! So Cool! I love the watercolor sentiment on the cut out oval too! 

I love the colors Stephanie used on her card. That kraft colored border and ribbon goes so good with the pop of red! 

Lydia created a fun circle of flowers around the center sentiment!
What a fun way to use the flowers and dies!

I love the way Yukari embossed in gold over the Kraft Paper and Vellum! The teal and read color combo is so pretty too! 

Danielle created this beautiful daisy card using the new stamps and dies. I love the pretty papers and the yellow and blue color combo!

Kimberly used the fun new die to create a super cute flower shaker card! I love the plaid background too! 

I love the fun bright colors on this Zinnia card by Jess! Those flowers really pop off the page!

Crafty Math-Chick created this awesome card featuring a photo of her pet! What a great idea to use the frame and dies! This would be great for holiday cards too!

Check out these fun treat holders by Larissa! I love the way she used the bright yellow to bring everything together! So sunny and perfect for summer treats!

Would you like to win the “Garden Starter” Stamp Set?

This 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 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, June 16th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, June 17th. 

Newton's Nook Designs

Lydia Evans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Jess Gerstner

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Nina-Marie Trapani

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka