Let the Good Times Roll Card by Jennifer Jackson

Let the Good Times Roll! 

Hello! Jen here today and I'm sharing a fun cat themed birthday card that is sure to make the recipient smile! 

To create this card I started by stamping the kitty unrolling the toilet paper from our Naughty Newton Stamp Set. Isn't this image so funny? I added stripes to the kitty and some white gel pen accents too. Then I cut the image out using the coordinating Naughty Newton Die Set. 

I was looking through my stamps and decided that it would be fun to make this image into a birthday card by pairing it with the cat themed birthday sentiment from our Heartfelt Meows Stamp Set and the message "let the good times roll" from our Cycling Friends Stamp Set. Doesn't that go perfectly with the unrolled toilet paper!? I cut out the sentiments using the Banner Trio Die Set for the blue banner and the circle from the Frames Squared Die Set for the stitched circle shape. 

I then made a little setting for the cat using our Serene Stripes Stencil to make a wallpaper and a piece of gray for a floor.  I cut both pieces out into a smaller rounded square using our Frames Squared Die Set. The large scalloped rectangle is that frames the whole layout is from our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

I hope that this card made you smile today! And don't forget to look at the stamps you have and try mixing and matching the sentiments from different sets to create fun new ideas! 

Always On My Mind Card by June Guest Designer Melissa Andrew

Hi ya everyone! Melissa here to share my last card as a Newton’s Nook guest!  I had so much fun creating with these adorable stamps, dies and stencils. Today is no exception as I used the Naughty Newton Stamp Set, Newton’s Birdbath Stamp Set, and the Clouds Stencil.

First, I stamped little Naughty Newton and his flower pots in alcohol marker safe ink. Next, I masked him off and stamped Newton playing in a birdbath over top.  The mask prevents the lines from stamping on the image in the front.

I then colored the image in alcohol markers.  I wanted to also create grass beneath their little feet.  I then cut a piece of paper to an A2 size and used a blending brush and a light blue ink with the Clouds Stencil to create a cloudy sky. I then cut this panel down to a 4 x 5.25 inch panel.

I then used the little butterfly from Newton’s Birdbath to stamp onto the cloud background and cut out the image of the kitty and the birdbath to pop up onto the cloud background.

Last, I colored the butterflies, stamped a sentiment and popped up the kittens with foam tape.  I then adhered the panel to an A2 white card base.

Thank you so much for following me while I was a guest designer here at Newton’s Nook Designs! Make sure to come back for more beautiful projects from the fabulous design team!

-Melissa

Got TP? Card by Nakaba Rager

Got TP?

Today's card by Naki is sure to make you laugh! As we have been seeing stores with empty toilet paper shelves because people were afraid they might run out during the days of the pandemic, we  could use a laugh and this adorable card by Naki provides just that!

For this whimsical card she used the kitty unraveling the toilet paper from our Naughty Newton Stamp Set. She colored the kitty with a fun stripe pattern to look like her own kitty. She cut the image our using the coordinating Naughty Newton Die Set. For the background she created a blue inked background and added some texture using our Confetti Stencil. This set also includes other shapes but she applied the paste carefully to just add in the streamers.  The finishing touch is the words "Got TP?" added on by cutting out letters using our Essential Alphabet Die Set.

This is such a fun idea! I'm sure anyone who was sent this card in the mail would definitely smile!

Thank you for the laughs 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!

Tea-Rex Card by Nakaba Rager

ParTEA Rex! 

This adorable card by Naki today will make you laugh!  She used our cute new dino holding tea from our Tea-Rex Stamp Set for the image. She colored him and cut him out with the coordinating Tea-Rex Die Set. Then she made a hilarious sentiment by paring the "TEA-REX" words from this set along with the "Par" from the word party from our Naughty Newton Stamp Set  to make a "ParTEA-Rex! So funny!

For her card background she used our Sunscape Stencil to create the grey rays and added some birthday confetti with embossing paste and our Confetti Stencil. She also added a party hat onto the dino using a hat die cut from our Balloon Shaker Die Set!

This card is so unique and fun for a birthday party! Thank you for the smiles today, Naki! If you like this project you can see more of Naki's work  you over on her blog, Notes from Naki. Stop by and say hello!

Enjoy the Little Things Card by Nakaba Rager

Enjoy the Little Things! 

Today we are sharing a sweet spring kitty card by Naki! She used the kitty tipping over the plants from our Naughty Newton Stamp Set. She colored the kitty and pots in soft colors using no-line coloring and trimmed out the image using the Naughty Newton Die Set to add it to her card. For the card she die cute a little stitched rectangle panel using the Frames & Flags Die Set created a scene with grass and sky using loose watercoloring. She added the "Enjoy the little Things" Sentiment from our Happy Little Thoughts Stamp Set to finish it off. She is planning to use these cute little cards to add onto little potted plants as teacher gifts! How fun!

To see more beautiful projects by Naki,  you can head over to her blog, Notes from Naki and say hello!

Happy Halloween Card by October Guest Designer Waleska Galinda

Hello Friends!!! Waleska here... and for today's card poor Newton was so scared he jumped to the wall.  Every time I make scene cards, I try to think on a special scenario and work with my images! Let me share with you how I created this one:

CARD DETAILS:

I wanted to create a scene with a spooky wall with Newton hanging because he is so scared after seeing that spooky frame or mirror.  I cut a cream cardstock for the front of my card and sponge the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.  To make the down part of the wall I used a score board and score every 1/2 inch to create a wall texture and sponge it again with Walnut Stain Distress Ink to accentuate the raised lines.  I cut a strip of cardstock in the same color and adhere it to the scored panel with foam.

After I had my wall I stamped the spooky frame from the Creepy Cameos Stamp Set with Versafine ink and added clear embossing powder, for the inside part of the frame I used gray cardstock to simulate glass and stamped the creepy skull that scares Newton.  Finally I added the very frightened Newton from a non halloween stamp set called Naughty Newton to the wall and I added the sentiment from Newtons Costume Party Stamp Set.

I hope you like my card and I could inspire you to create and think outside box with your stamps to create fun scenes!  I hope you have a great starting week!

Naughty Newton Card by July Guest Designer Cynde Whitlow

Hey folks!

I'm back for my third post in my guest design series for Newton's Nook! Woot!

I gotta be honest, the card I'm sharing with you today is extremely ambitious. It was loads of fun and worth every bit of work that was put in to it. HOWEVER! Don't be intimidated by it. I went totally over the top, but this would be doable on a standard 4.25"x5.5" card panel and just as cute!

I did have had plan mapped out before I started making this card. I knew I would be working with quite a few stamps sets and let's be honest folks, 4"x9" is a pretty big canvas. I was really excited to be able to use 4 stamps set though. I don't get to do that very often. On this card I used: Hanging Around, Naughty Newton, Lovely Blooms and the Versatile Vases Stamp Set.

I started by using a ruler and lightly tracing a line just about the bottom edge of my card panel. I needed this to make sure all of my stamps would line up and I would get the proper perspective. Of course, I couldn't help myself I ended up adding an entire frame. What d'ya do?

To save myself a little bit of time, I cut multiple masks out of all of the images. All of them folks. It is a lot, but the trick is to layer 2 pieces of masking paper. Stamp the one on top and cut out both at the same time.

There was only one stamp I had do make a special accommodation for. This was the stamp from the Naughty Newton Stamp Set. It's the one where Newton is sitting next to the pot that's been knocked over. Since I had cut out 2 masks of this image, I took one and carefully trimmed Newton from around the pot. I left the other mask intact.

I placed my panel in a stamp positioning tool and placed the 2 piece mask on the panel where I planned on stamping my image. Then I placed the stamp over the top of the mask. I made extra sure it was line up properly. When I had it where I wanted it, I removed the pot portion of the mask, leaving Newton in place. I didn't ink the entire stamp, I went a little over onto Newton, but it's no big because we have a mask in place. I removed the mask and with a Copic Multiliner, I drew in the rest of the pot.

For the rest of the stamping, I stamped the rest of the images that are in the front, then started working my way backwards. The other trick for something this size is to work from both ends towards the middle of the panel. Stamp as many images at one time as possible. It's a huge time saver aaaaand it really helps to give you an idea where spaces need to be filled. The Versatile Vases Stamp Set has lots of choices and fillers for this!

After all of my images were stamped, I colored them all in with Copic's. The largest jar is from Lovely Blooms Stamp Set and the hanging Newton is from the Hanging Around Stamp Set. They fit together perfectly!

To finish it off, I added some detail with a Signo Uni-Ball White Gel Pen and a Clear Sakura Glaze Pen. Also, no card is complete without a little bit of Clear Wink of Stella. Here is where we call it a day.

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

Until next time!
-Cynde

Fan Feature - Day 1

The rest of this week we're spotlighting creations by our fans!

We see so many amazing projects featuring Newton's Nook Designs products that we thought it would be fun to have our Design Team members pick their favorites and share them on our blog! Each day for the rest of this week we will share a couple of our favorite projects, created by YOU, our fans! See your project below? Make sure to scroll down to the end and grab our "spotted" badge for your blog!

Design Team member Larissa Heskett picked this adorable card by Jenn Shurkus. This card uses our Shark Bites and Tranquil Tides Stamp sets. 

"I just LOVE LOVE LOVE the AMAZING Scene she created!"

Design Team member Samantha Mann picked this adorable card by D'Anns Crafting Whims. This card uses our Naughty Newton stamp set. 

"It seriously CRACKS me up!!! What a FANTASTIC scene!! I love all of the detail, and the cat in between the blinds is HILARIOUS! Ha ha! The attention to detail on this card is amazing - I'm in LOVE! Awesome!"

Design Team member Yukari Yoshioka picked this adorable card by Just Kate Crafting. This card uses our Newton Dreams of London stamp set. 

"Wow! How fun is this card? The background goes perfectly with the London-theme London-theme and the coloring is amazing! Absolutely love everything about it!"

Don't forget - we've created a fun "spotted" badge too - so if your project was featured above, you can you can grab this badge and share it on your blog with a link to this post to show everyone that you were spotted by the Newton's Nook Design Team! 

If you'd like to be considered for a future feature, tag your posts with #newtonsnook in social media to make sure we see them! Check back tomorrow for more fun fan spotlights!

Guest Designer - Simon Hurley

This is our second post today, to see our inky paws #24 winners scroll down or click here. 

Hello and Happy Monday!

A quick announcement today - We are welcoming back Simon Hurley as a guest designer this month! Simon is only 13 years old and makes awesome cards and videos too! How cool is that? He did an awesome job helping us out with our release in February and we can't wait to see what he does with our new fall sets! He'll be posting projects with our team during our release the week of September 21st! 

Simon Hurley
Inklipse

Hello! My name is Simon Hurley and I am a thirteen year old card maker. I love to create clean and simple cards using inks, stamps, watercolors, and much more! I have always been a very crafty person, but about a year ago I fell in love with card making. My goal is to teach you new techniques using fun new products so you can get inspired to make awesome cards! You can check out my work at inklipse.com

Here's a fun card by Simon today using our Naughty Newton Stamp set:

I love the fun colorful background he created for this - do you think that kitty made that big mess of paint? So cute - and I love the little white dots on the cat too - such a fun detail! 

Thanks for the awesome card today, Simon!

Simon will be joining us for our new release in a couple of weeks - until then you can see more of his work over on his blog, Inklipse!

Inky Paws Challenge #24 Winners - Sketch Challenge

Inky Paws Challenge #24 Winners! 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last Inky Paws Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog! This months Challenge was a SKETCH Challenge! 

We loved seeing all the ways everyone used the sketch for this challenge! THANK YOU to everyone who entered! All the beautiful entries always make it SO HARD to choose the winners! 

Top picks for Inky Paws Challenge #24

Announcing.... our top picks! Read the description below each card to see who created it - and make sure to visit their blogs and tell them congrats!!

Our first winner is this fun card by Naki! We loved how she used a fun chevron cut out shape for one "flag" on the sketch and the reverse of the cut out for the other - such a fun idea! It looks like those arrows are helping guide the snail from our In Slow Motion! 

Our second winner is this fun card by Magda! Can you believe she just started card making and this was her first card post? We love how she hand-cut trees to make the sketch and used the snuggling kitties from our Newton's Antics stamp set nestled in the branch! Adorable! 

Congrats to Naki and Magda! Don't forget to send us an e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit and get your winner badge for your blog!

Inky Paws #24 Favorites

Since there were so many great cards with this sketch cards, we chose THREE more as our favorite picks! If you see your card below, contact us if you'd like to get a "favorite" badge for your blog!

We love this beautiful Fall card by Emily! She used our fun bold leaf set, Falling into Autumn to create that fun gorgeous background. Then she added the fun kitty from our Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set - I love the way she interpreted the sketch too - so creative!

This card by Deb tickled our funny bone! I love how she used the image of the kitty with the toilet paper from the Naughty Newton stamp set and used ACTUAL toilet paper to create a background! So fun! 

Our third favorite is this fun farm card by Holly! We love the fun way she created a little window scene using the animals from the Farmyard Friends stamp set! This card made us smile! 

Thanks so much!
Thanks again to everyone who entered - It's really so much fun to look through all the entries and see everyones ideas! If you didn't win this time we hope you'll play along again next time! Save the date: the next challenge will begin on September 18th.