Make Lemonade Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Lemonade, please!

Today we are featuring a delicious lemonade themed card by Ellen!

This fun card features our Jar Hot Foil Plate along with juicy lemons from our Lemon Twist Stamp Set. 

To create the jar part of the card Ellen used our Jar Hot Foil Plate and die. She used the hot foil plate to add silver foil onto a heat resistant transparency sheet. She then used the die from the set to cut out the shaker window from a blue inked background. She filled the jar shaker with lots of sequins and sparkle! 

Next, she stamped and colored the lemon pieces from our Lemon Twist Stamp Set. She colored them with alcohol markers, adding fun dotted details. She cut the lemons out using the coordinating Lemon Twist Die Set and arranged them around the jar. She also added a bit of sand along the bottom using our Land Borders Die Set to cut the curved edge. The whole thing is framed with a yellow scalloped edged panel that was cut out using our  Frames & Flags Die Set.  Last, she added the sentiment, embossed on white onto a yellow banner that was cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set.

Ellen decorated an envelope to match too! She used our Trailing Leaves Stencil to stencil yellow leaves onto the envelope flap and added the sentiment from the Lemon Twist Stamp Set. So fun! 

We hope your enjoyed this card by Ellen today! 

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

When Life Gives You Lemons Card by Donna Idlet

Life Gives you Lemons!

This sunny cheerful card by Donna is sure to brighten your day! 

She created this card using the yummy lemon images from our Lemon Twist Stamp Set. She stamped the big lemon twice, coloring it in bright yellow shades with green leaves. She also stamped a couple of the tiny flowers from the set. She die cut the images using the coordinating Lemon Twist Die Set and then arranged them in a cluster to add onto her card. 

For the card, she started with a white card base, then added a fun pop of yellow paper, cutting it out with our Framework Die Set. She masked off the edge of the die cut along the stitching and then added stamped citrus slices to the inside of the masked area. She also added a bit of dark yellow ink along the top edge to help the lemons pop!

For the sentiment, she embossed the words onto black cardstock using white embossing powder. 

We hope this card has brought some sunny smiles to your day! To see more beautiful cards by Donna, you can visit her blog, Creative Lady!

Hello Sunshine Card by Larissa Heskett

Hello Sunshine

Today Larissa has created a card that is sure to brighten your day!

This sunny card features a cluster of lemons from our Lemon Twist Stamp Set. She colored them in gorgeous bright yellows and cut them out using the coordinating Lemon Twist Die Set. She added them to her card, arranging them in a yummy bunch and added several little flowers and swirls from the same set.

To add a pop of color she layered a butterfly on top using our  Monarchs Stamp Set, cut out with our Monarchs Die Set. She framed the whole panel with a pretty blue polka dotted paper from our Love & Meows Paper Pad, cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

We hope this card has brightened your day! To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, you can visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Hello Sunshine Card by Samantha Mann

Hello Sunshine! 

Are you enjoying the sunny days of summer? We hope so! This yummy card by Samantha is perfect for sending a sunny summer greeting! 

For this beautiful summer card she features the images of lemons from our Lemon Twist Stamp Set. She colored two full lemons and one single slice in beautiful bright colors. She cut the images out using the coordinating Lemon Twist Die Set. 

For the card background she created a gorgeous tropical themed setting using our Tropical Leaves Stencil with shades of pink distress inks to set the theme. She cut this panel to be just a little thinner than her cardfront and added some black and white washi tape along side it to add a pop of contrast.  Then she layered the lemons over the background, adding the two full lemons to the top and the slice to the lower right corner. 

In the center she added the sentiment, "hello sunshine" from the Lemon Twist Stamp Set. She embossed the words in white onto vellum paper and hand cut around them to add them to her card.  So lovely!

This tasty card is sure to brighten anyones day!

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

Meow-garitas Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

  

MEOW-garitas! 

Today we are sharing MEOW-garitas with Newton on this fun card by Tatiana!

For this card, She started with the image of the kitty with the margarita from our new Newton Loves Tacos Stamp Set. She colored the image, adding fun stripes to the fur and glitter to the edge of the glass to look like a salt garnish! She cut the image out using the coordinating Newton Loves Tacos Die Set. 

Next, she stamped a second margarita, this time using our Cocktail Mixer Stamp Set. She colored it to match the first margarita, again adding the sparkle for the edge of salt. This image was cut out using the coordinating Cocktail Mixer Die Set.

To add to the fun lime theme, she added big fruit slices using images our Lemon Twist Stamp Set. She colored the slices green instead of yellow to make them into limes! She cut these out using the coordinating Lemon Twist Die Set. 

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

For her card base she created a fun lime green to pink gradient using distress inks and then added sun rays over the top using our Sunscape Stencil with glittery texture paste. She added all the fun images over the background and added a few sequins too. The sentiment "Let's get Meow-garitas!" from the Newton Loves Tacos Stamp Set is the purr-fect finishing touch!

We hope you have enjoyed this fun card by Tatiana today! 

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

Squeeze the Day Card by Samantha Mann

Squeeze the Day!

Today Samantha has created a lovely card and inspiring card featuring the lemons from our Lemon Twist Stamp Set. She stamped several lemons onto various yellow and green patterned papers and fussy cut them out by hand. Then she added shading to the images using distress inks and added splatters of yellow too. What a fun technique! 

For the card base, she inked up a background using distress inks in shades of purple. She added fun splatters with the distress ink colors and white acrylic ink!

Here is a close up so you can see all the fun splatters!

With everything going on in the world right now, I'm sure you know someone who could use a card with a sentiment like this!

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

Squeeze the Day Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Squeeze the Day!

Today Tatiana created a gorgeous lemon card by contrasting a dark card base with vibrant colors! She used the images of the whole lemon and lemon slice from our Lemon Twist Stamp Set. She embossed the image with white embossing powder to give them soft edges.Then she used watercolors to color the images, adding details and fun splatters for texture! The lemon images were cut out using the coordinating Lemon Twist Die Set. She layered these images of a dark navy blue card base! She also embossed the sentiment and little twists one to the base layers with gold embossing powder. A few gold droplets really help tie the images all together!

Such a gorgeous card! The contrasting base and white embossed edges really make the images pop!

We hope this fun card by Tatiana inspires you to try to make a card with a dark colored cardstock base! So stunning! If you like this project you can see more of Tatiana's work over on her blog, Tatiana Craft and Art.

Thank you Lemon Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Thank You Lemon Card!

Today Ellen has created a gorgeous and colorful lemon card using a color wheel to help her pick colors! Scroll down to the end of this post to see her color wheel tips!

For this stunning card she started out with a beautifully inked background panel in bright red. She framed the panel with a yellow scalloped frame that was die cut using our Frames & Flags Die Set. 
Next she added a full lemon and lemon slice using our Lemon Twist Stamp Set, coloring them in gorgeous shades of yellow. She also added some pieces of lemon twists and little flowers from the same set, cutting all the images out using the coordinating Lemon Twist Die Set.

For the sentiment, she created a custom message. She cut out the letters to spell "Thanks" using our Essential Alphabet Die Set. Then she added the "You are Amazing" sentiment from the Floral Roundabout Stamp Set, embossing it in white onto a banner from the Banner Trio Die Set. She matched the cardstock colors on the die cut letters and the banner so they coordinate perfectly together! 

Using a Color Wheel

Below we have some tips from Ellen on how to use a color wheel to choose colors:



A color wheel is handy an essential tool for crafters. By organizing the colors in a circle, the wheel shows you what the relationship between different colors is, what the effect of mixing colors will be and which colors combine well with each other. Today I look at the Triadic colors. Those are three colors that are equally spread over the color wheel. These create a lively visual interest. It is therefore ideal to make a card with the correct contrast colors. Some palettes are brighter, while others are more refined.

Of course I colored the lemons yellow so I used that as a starting point. The other two colors are red and blue. You can of course also make adjustments by adding a lighter shade or some darker shade instead of sticking to the real color. I did the same with the blue color; I made it much lighter. I would never combine these colors myself but I think the card looks beautiful!

We hope you enjoyed this fun card today and tips from Ellen! To see more unique creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen!

A Big Welcome to Amy Tsuruta + Design Team Recap!

We have a new addition to our Design Team!  A big warm welcome to Amy!

We are so excited to have Amy Tsuruta joining our team! We have always been big fans of Amy's work and are so happy to have her sharing and creating with our team on the Newton's Nook Designs blog! Her cards are filled with gorgeous color combos and creative layouts that will surely make you smile! Amy will begin designing with our team with the new Release in August and we can't wait to share what she creates!

Here's a little more about her and a fun project by her today!

Amy Tsuruta

Tsuruta Designs

Hey there, my name is Amy and I'm thrilled to be a new designer on the awesome Newton's Nook Designs' team!  I'm a Canadian living in Washington State.  I work part-time for a biotech company and the rest of the time you can usually find me in my craft room drinking coffee and designing cards. I remember being crafty when I was in elementary school but I feel like things really started when I signed up to be my youngest's co-op preschool's Scrapbook Coordinator. Honestly, I had never scrapbooked at that point but I had so much fun managing it and we still have that scrapbook from 19 years ago [wow].  My style has changed so much over the years, these days I'm smitten with pastels but I still love designing with bright and bold colors too.  You can find me on my blog or IG.

We even have a fun new project created by Amy to share with you today! She used our Lemon Twist Stamp Set to create a fun citrus themed card! She stamped the image of the lemon slice three times and colored it in orange, pink and yellow. She cut the slices out using the coordinating Lemon Twist Die Set. Then she added them to a beautiful slimline card!

She used our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set to create the fun slimline die cut shape with the trio of holes and for the background with the scalloped edge. She placed a slice of citrus over each circle cut out and then used our Essential Alphabet Die Set to add in the custom sentiment, "You are the zest" placed between the citrus slices! So clever!

We hope you enjoyed this project today by Amy! She will be back with us in a couple of weeks to help share our new August release! Until then, you can find more of her work over on her blog, Tsuruta Designs.

And a Now we'd like to give a BIG shout-out to the rest of our AWESOME Design Team! 

We just LOVE our Design Team! We are so thankful to have all these lovely ladies staying on our team! They continue to amaze us each month with their incredible creativity!

Samantha Mann 
Designer & Design Team Coordinator

Sam's Scrap Candy

Hi, I'm Samantha Mann and I couldn't be happier to continue for another term with Newton's Nook Designs!! My husband and I have lived all over the US, from Washington State to Florida, but we're currently in hot, humid, coastal South Carolina! We have two boys (who I usually call my little Menn, even if they're not-so-little anymore)! I have always been in love with school supplies (ever since elementary school when I would save my nickels to buy cute pencils or erasers!) and that love just grew and developed into my crazy obsession (read: passion!) of paper crafting! I love making cards and even dabble with the occasional scrapbook layout! You can always find me with some inky fingers and lots of ink blending! I'm definitely quirky, and love to make playful, humorous sentiments for my cards (and layouts)! I work full time for an advertising company and spend every other moment I can paper crafting, reading and enjoying the little moments in everyday family life.

 

Ellen Haxelmans

Crafty Ellen

Hello, I’m Ellen and I live a little further from the USA; I come from Belgium with my husband Davey.

I've always been artsy and even studied art. In my current job I don’t do anything creative and that’s why I really like to paint, draw and of course create cards in my free time. Even till Davey gets nuts of it haha! As a big Newton’s Nook Designs fan, I'm so blessed and happy to be a part of this awesome team for another term! I’m so curious what the next release will look like, so bring it on!

You can see more of my work on my blog: crafty ellen

Larissa Heskett
Larissa Heskett Designs

I’ve been married to my best friend Adam for almost 15 years, and we have two handsome boys, Beckett (13 yrs.) and Greyson (7 yrs.)!! We live on our Family Farm with an Entourage of Animals, and I enjoy EVERY aspect of living a rural life. I’m a Certified Surgical Technician, but I’m very blessed to be a stay-at-home mom. I enjoy crafting in every way, jewelry making, baking/cooking, gardening, singing, nature and taking photos. I LOVE Spending time with my Family and Friends and meeting/crafting with other creative people I’ve found/met online and through other events! I also LOVE to try new techniques and experiment with my supplies!! I look forward to inspiring you with the AMAZING Newton's Nook Designs products!! I cannot even begin to explain how HONORED and EXCITED I am to have the opportunity to design with this AWESOME Design Team!! For More Info about my Designs you can Visit my Blog: larissaheskettdesigns.blogspot.com

Zsofia Molnar 

safsafdesign

Hello! My name is Zsofia Molnar and I am a card maker from Hungary. I am thrilled to join this amazing Design Team. I live in beautiful Budapest with my 2 kids (9 and 6 years old) and the most loving husband ever. We are a truly trilingual family as my husband is Egyptian and we communicate with each other in English. I started paper crafting more or less 6 years ago when I was fascinated by all the pretty scrapbook layouts. I have never even made a single one, but rather fell in love with making cards and sharing handmade kindness with my family and friends. I am an addict since then, I have to be crafty every day to feel good. This is my little escape. I love cute critters, florals and I really enjoy building scenes with layers. I am curious to try new techniques but my favourites are still Copics and Distress inks. You can follow my crafty journey on my blog: www.safsafdesign.wordpress.com or on Instagram @safsafdesign2016.

Maria Russell

Maria Russell Designs

Hello stampers and crafters. My name is Maria Russell and I am so THRILLED to be a part of the Newton’s Nook Designs design team.  My husband and I have lived all over the world and we have two talented, beautiful children (now adults).

My love for paper crafting began in high school when my friends and I wrote each other letters, took photos, kept a journal and scrapbooks.  It kind of looked like a smash-book because I had everything in there from ticket stubs, to beautiful napkins, to candy wrapper.  Paper crafting is very therapeutic for me.  I only ventured into card making in 2013 and I am hooked!  I was really honored when one of my cards got published at Scrapbook and Cards magazine, Creative Cards Volume I in 2015.

I am so HAPPY to be a part of this amazing design team!  I’d be honored if you’d like to visit my blog: www.mariarusselldesigns.com

Andrea Shell

Blissfully Scrappy

Hi, NND friends!  My name is Andrea, and I live in the beautiful state of Tennessee.  I'm wife to a wonderful, supportive man and mama to two human babies and two fur babies.  I originally got into papercrafting with scrapbooking, but a few years ago, I fell hard for cardmaking (I still scrapbook because I want to preserve my family's stories, but I spend way more time making cards!).  One of the first stamp companies I discovered when I started this hobby was Newton's Nook Designs.  I just love their adorable, whimsical images!  To be joining their Design Team is truly a dream come true, and I can't wait to share my love for NND with you!

Tatiana Trafimovich
Tatiana Craft and Art

Hello! My name is Tatiana and I’m so excited and honored to be joining the Newton’s Nook Designs DT! I live in sunny Rome with my hubby, stepson and two sweet kitties, Tommy and Lilly.

I always loved everything handmade and crafty related and tried all kinds of hobbies from jewelry making to crocheting until I discovered and felt in love with a magical world of paper crafting. Cardmaking and coloring became my relaxing getaway.

I like getting inky, experimenting, stretching my supplies, learning new techniques and coloring with any medium, especially cat images which I often make look like my kitties.

Amanda Wilcox
Twiddler's Nook
Hi crafty friends! My name is Amanda and I'm so thrilled to be joining the design team for Newton's Nook. I've been married to my best friend for 13 years, but together for almost 20! We have one daughter who is 13, and three fur babies at home, 2 cats and a pup. 

My day job doesn't have anything creative about it so I really enjoy my time in the craft room. I've been making cards for over 20 years but really took things to another level just in the last few. I look forward to the adventures this amazing opportunity brings! You can follow my crafting journey on my blog at twiddlersnook.blog.

Tina Smith
YouTube Video Contributer

Cards and Coffee Time

Hello crafty friends! My name is Tina and I am so happy to meet you here at Newton's Nook. Happy dance alert!! I am super excited to be part of this Incredible and Talented Design Team. I am a wife, married to the love of my life. I am also a mother of three children super creative and wonderful kids that more often than not drive me crazy but keep me young at heart My passion is baking and creating anything papercraft:) My first memory of creating was in grade school, they handed out glue, scissors and construction paper, I knew it would turn into a love. Same goes with baking, in fact the hubby and I own a Bakery & Cafe in Oklahoma. My online paper crafting journey started a few years ago and now, with the help of staff, I am able to break away from work early and create until my hearts content. That's when I started my Blog & YouTube Channel called Cards and Coffee Time. Be it a cupcake or a card, creating something that is handmade and to give it with someone with love, makes me happy. I encourage you to do what you love and to love what you do!! I am honored to be part of the Newton's Nook Design Team and can't wait to create for you all! Crafty Hugs!

We are so honored to have all these amazing and talented ladies create with us and we can't wait to see what everyone creates next!