Retiring Products Feature Week - Day 4 - Ellen Haxelmans & Samantha VanArnhem

It's time to make room for new products so we are retiring select designs! 

These designs are discounted up to 40% off while supplies last so hurry to get your favorites before they're gone for good! Head over to the shop to see what's going away in the retiring sale category!

All week our design team will be sharing inspiration using some of their favorite products from our retiring list and we are starting the week out with projects today by Ellen and Samantha!

 Ellen created two sweet baby cards using our retiring Winston Takes Flight Stamp Set and Newton Cleans Up Stamp Sets:

The adorable slimline card features Winston in his airplane with the word "congratulations" in the banner!  The fun cloudy sky creates the perfect setting for this image. For her second card she used our retiring Newton Cleans Up Stamp Set stamp set to decorate the card inside with a fun basket of laundry. (card outside shown below features non-retiring baby stamps.) Detailed product list below each photo.

Retiring products used: Newton Cleans Up Stamp Set, Newton Cleans Up Die Set

Additional products used: Lovable Laundry Stamp Set, Stitched Onesie Die Set, Bitty Bibs Stamp Set

Circle Frames Die Set, Framework Die Set, Cascading Stars Stencil

Retiring products used: Winston Takes Flight Stamp Set, Winston Takes Flight Die Set

Additional products used: Petite Clouds Stencil, Sky Borders Die Set, Sky Scene Builder Die Set, Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set, Bitty Bibs Stamp Set (sentiment)

Visit Ellen's blog: Crafty Ellen to see more!

Next, Samantha has created a holiday card using the retiring Festive Flamingos Stamp Set!

Send wishes for a pink Christmas with this flamingo themed Christmas Card! Samantha used the duo of flamingos wearing scarves and Santa hats from our Festive Flamingos Stamp Set. Red and pink paper behind the image gives it a fun modern twist too! So adorable! 

Retiring products used: Festive Flamingos Stamp Set

Additional products used: Frames & Flags Die Set

Visit Samantha's blog: Sam Van Designs to see more!

Check back tomorrow for more inspiration!

Don't forget to check out the Retiring Products Category to see everything that is discounted and get your favorites before they are gone for good!

Skip the Dishes card by Jennifer Jackson

 

Skip the Dishes!

Hello! Jen here today with a fun kitty card that is perfect to send to a friend! To create this adorable card, I started with the image of ht kitty peeking around a stack of dirty dishes from our Newton Cleans Up Stamp Set. I colored the kitty and the dishes with copic markers and added some fun stripes onto the kitties face and tail. I cut the image out using the coordinating Newton Cleans Up Die Set. For the background I stenciled a panel of kraft cardstock using our Hardwood Stencil. I layered this half way up the front of a white panel and then cut them both out together using the large rectangle scalloped edge die from our Frames & Flags Die Set.  I added a bit of yellow glow with distress ink and dauber behind where I placed the kitty image.  then I stamped the sentiment in the upper right corner and added some mint and white baker's twine to finish the card. 

Don't you think that woodgrain is a fun way to make it look like the kitty is leaning around the dishes on a table? 

I hope you enjoyed this card today! If you're like me, you'll agree that one of the best parts about going to lunch is that you don't have to do the dishes! 

I hope that this card today makes you smile!

May Reveals - Day 3 - Newton Cleans Up

Today is our third reveal day for our May Release and we are sharing an adorable new set where newton helps do household chores called Newton Cleans Up! We are having a giveaway today too, so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Newton Cleans Up!

Newton makes housework cute and fun in this 4x6 stamp set! Our feline friend is so adorable "helping" to fold laundry, do the dishes and vacuum! Each of these fun images has a sentiment or two that coordinates with the image to create adorable cards for Birthdays and friendship!

Here's some info on the Newton Cleans Up Stamp Set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 8 stamps: 3 images and 5 sentiments
• Coordinating Newton Cleans Up Die Set (sold separately) includes 3 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, May 17th

Let's Clean House with Newton and 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.

The dishes are piling up on this card by Tatiana! She used the image of the kitty and dishes from our new Newton Cleans Up Stamp Set, stamping the dishes several times to make the pile higher! For the background she added a lovely Starry pattern using our new Cascading Stars Stencil.

The kitty in the laundry basket on this card by Naki looks so cozy! She colored the kitty and laundry from our new Newton Cleans Up Stamp Set in sweet soft colors! For her card she added a gorgeous background of pastel colored stars using our new Cascading Stars Stencil! So sweet and pretty!

Newton is ready to help with the vacuuming on this adorable card by Andrea! She colored the kitty on the vacuum from our new Newton Cleans Up Stamp Set and adde fun strips and gel pen details. For her card she also used our Frames & Flags Die Set to create the fun layered panels and flags! 

Household chores are better with two! Larissa created this fun card using two kitties from the new Newton Cleans Up Stamp Set. She colored them using a fun red, yellow and grey color palette and added them to her card over a woodgrain floor. She added some subtle stars in the background using our new Cascading Stars Stencil. She also used our Framework Die Set to add a fun postage edge and our Speech Bubbles Die Set for the bubble that holds the sentiment.

Newton is cute hanging out with a rainbow of colored dishes on this card by Samantha! She used the image of the kitty and dishes from our Newton Cleans Up Stamp Set and colored it in gorgeous bright colors. For her card she added on a "tablecloth" by cutting out a scallop edged panel using our Framework Die Set and adding stars over the top using embossing paste with our new Cascading Stars Stencil!

This card by Zsofia is adorable! She used the kitty and laundry from our new NNewton Cleans Up Stamp Set, coloring it in shades of green and blue. She added it onto a tag using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. She also created that gorgeous background using our new Cascading Stars Stencil with lovely ink blends! 

This card by Ellen is perfect for a belated birthday greeting! She used the kitty riding the vacuum from our Newton Cleans Up Stamp Set and paired it with a starry background that was created using our new Cascading Stars Stencil. She used our Essential Alphabet Die Set to add in the "oops" and our Speech Bubbles Die Set to hold the sentiment! The stitched edged panel was also cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

This card my Amanda makes doing laundry look like fun! She used the cute kitty in the laundry basket from our Newton Cleans Up Stamp Set and colored it in fun bright colors! She added a fun heart background to her card using our Tumbling Hearts Stencil and added the sentiment onto a banner that was cut out using our  Frames & Flags Die Set.

Maria created a fun and sparkly birthday card featuring the kitty from our new Newton Cleans Up Stamp Set. She used the image of the kitty and vacuum and added on two balloons from our Fabulous Frenchies Stamp Set. She also added in a pile of birthday gifts from our Newton's Christmas Cuddles Stamp Set. For her background she created a gorgeous ombre of ink and then added glittery stars over the top using our Cascading Stars Stencil! 

\

Cleaning is more fun when you use a pink and lime green vacuum! Holly created this playful card using the kitty and vacuum from our new Newton Cleans Up Stamp Set. She also added that fun bubbly background using our Bokeh Stencil Set with pink and green ink. So adorable!

Would you like to win the Newton Cleans Up 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 May 16th at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, May 17th.

Note for Google+ users: Blogger no longer supports commenting with G+ accounts. If you have selected a G+ profile in the past you will appear as an unknown author until you login to Blogger and supply a new display name and avatar. You may do this by going to your Blogger account and going to Settings/User Settings. Once there you can  select "Blogger" as your profile and edit it. Information on these changes to blogger can be found this article. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs

Amanda Bodine

Holly Endress

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Andrea Shell

Tatiana Trafimovich