Birthday Party Favors by Ellen Haxelmans

Kitty Themed Birthday Party!

Today Ellen has created a fun set of projects that are PURR-fect for kitty themed birthday party! 

First, she decorated two party hats using our cute birthday themed cat images.  The hat on the left uses the image of a kitty eating birthday cake from our Newton Loves Cake Stamp Set. The hat on the left uses the image of the kitty opening gifts from our Newton's Birthday Bash Stamp Set. She colored both images with alcohol markers, adding tiny spots for details and pink cheeks. Then she cut the images out using the coordinating Newton Loves Cake Die Set and Newton's Birthday Bash Die Set. She also added hats and bits of confetti from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set and Newton's New Year Stamp Set. 

She layered all the pieces over a circle that was cut out using our Circle Frames Die Set and adhered them to the fronts of the birthday hats!

Next, she created a fun birthday banner:

For the banner she used the cupcake with a bite cut out of it from the Bleat Stamp Set. Then she added the cupcakes to banners cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. For the center, she cut out another circle using our Circle Frames Die Set and added the "Did someone say CAKE?" message from our Newton Loves Cake Stamp Set, embossed in gold! 

Who needs to go to the party store when you can create your own custom party decorations!? So fun!

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

Newton's Nook Designs & Therm O Web Inspiration Week - Day 5 with Tatiana Trafimovich and Ellen Haxelmans

This week Newton's Nook Designs and Therm O Web are partnering for a fabulous inspiration week! All week long both design teams will be sharing ways to add fun foils and more to your cards using Therm O Web products with Newton's Nook Designs stamps! There are prizes too! Read all the way to the end of this post to find out how you can win! 

Today we have inspiration from Tatiana and Ellen! 

 Today we have a gorgeous birthday card by Tatiana:

For her project Tatiana created a this gorgeous birthday card featuring the kitty image from Newton's Nook Designs. For the amazing background she paired the star stencil from Newton's Nook Designs with gold glitter toner from Therm O Web. What a gorgeous birthday scene! Full products are listed below.


From Newton's Nook Designs:
Newton Loves Cake Stamp Set | Newton Loves Cake Die Set | Cascading Stars Stencil

From Therm O Web:
Deco Foil Transfer Foils by Unity - Gold Glitter | Deco Foil Transfer Gel Blanco | iCraft Removable Pixie Tape Roll |  iCraft 3D Foam Squares Dispenser Box

Visit Tatiana's blog: Tatiana Trafimovich to see more today!

Next we are sharing a birthday card by Ellen: 

For her card Ellen combined die cuts from Newton's Nook Designs with Deco flock sheets from Therm O Web to create fun flocked flowers for a birthday card with lovely textures! She also added Therm O Web flock sheets to the stenciled pattern using the Newton's Nook Designs Gingham Stencil. Full product list below. 

From Newton's Nook Designs: 

Oval Frames Die Set | Best Mom Oval Stamp Set | A Dogs Life Paper Pad | Flower Trio Die Set | Frames & Flags Die Set | Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set | Gingham Stencil

From Therm O Web:  

Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets - Sunshine Yellow | Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets - Orange Glow | Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets - Green Envy | Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets - Emerald Green | Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets - Blue Sky | Deco Foil Neon Flock Transfer Sheets - Hello Yellow | Foam Adhesive Sheets | Deco Foil Transfer Gel Duo | Adhesive Dot Roller | iCraft 3D Foam Squares | iCraft 3D Tape Jumbo Roll

Visit Ellen's blog: Crafty Ellen to see more of her amazing work!

And we have a couple of bonus projects for you today from Jennifer: 

Hello Everyone! This is Jennifer, owner of Newton's Nook Designs, and I couldn't resist playing along! I created two fun cards using the Therm O Web goodies today! First up is a card using our new cycling friends! I created a fun scene for them to cycle by using Therm O Web products! I added foil to the trees and created a die cut grassy area using flock sheets! 

As you can see in the close up photo, the mix of textures is so fun! Full product list below.

From Newton's Nook Designs: 

Cycling Friends Stamp Set | Cycling Friends Die Set | Tree Line Stencil | Land Borders Die Set | A7 Frames & Banners Die Set (banner) 

From Therm O Web:  

Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets - Green Envy  | Deco Foil Transfer Sheets - Spring Green | Deco Foil Transfer Gel Duo |  iCraft 3D Tape Jumbo Roll

For my second card today I created an amazing firework background using rainbow foil from Therm O Web! When I saw this rainbow foil I knew it would go perfectly with our Fireworks Stencil! I used the Deco Foil Transfer Gel over the stencil and then adhered the foil with a heat laminator. So pretty! It's the perfect backdrop for the image of the newlyweds in the car from our recent release! A bit of vellum and the sentiment give it the perfect finishing touch! I just love how this turned out! Full product list below. 

From Newton's Nook Designs: 

Destination Love Stamp Set | Destination Love Die Set | Tree Line Stencil | Land Borders Die Set | Frames & Flags Die Set 

From Therm O Web:  

Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets - Summer Rainbow  |  Deco Foil Transfer Gel Duo |  iCraft 3D Tape Jumbo Roll

Thank you for joining us for the fun collaboration week with Newton's Nook Designs + Therm O Web!

For a chance to win, enter using the link at the end of this blog post today!

There are also more amazing projects over on the Therm O Web blog so pop over there for more inspiration! Don't forget to enter to win a prize from either Therm O Web or Newton's Nook Designs below! 

Trio of Birthday Tags by June Guest Designer Melissa Andrew

Hi ya everyone!  Melissa here and I’m so excited to share my second project as a guest designer here at Newton’s Nook Designs!  I love creating tags as they are perfect for birthday presents.  For today’s tags, I used a number of Newton’s Nook items including; Frames and Flags Die Set, Clouds Stencil, Newton Loves Cake Stamp Set, Bitty Bunnies Stamp Set and Dainty Daisies Stamp Set. 

I started by first using a tag die cut I had in my stash and cut white card stock. (If you don't have a tag die set, Newton's Nook has a fun one called Fancy Edges Tag Die Set.)  I also cut the banner die from the Frames and Flags Die. I decided to create three tags total.

Next, I used my tag die to cut the top of the banner so they would add to my tags easily.  I did a few ink blended clouds on the banner tags using the Clouds Stencil from Newton’s Nook. 

I then stamped images from the Bitty Bunnies Stamp Set and Dainty Daisies Stamp Set in a light colored dye ink.  I wanted to create a no line watercolor look, and a light dye ink works perfectly.  After stamping each bunny and three dainty daisies I used my watercolor pens to water color the images.  I did this on Bristol Smooth paper.

Next, I fussy cut the bunnies and dainty daisies.  After fussy cutting, I cut the dainty daisies right in half.  I wanted each half for my tag.  I simply put them on my paper trimmer and cut them in the center.  I then adhered them to my inked banner.

I used the Happy Birthday sentiment from Newton Loves Cake and stamped on vellum with pigment black ink and then used a clear embossing powder.  I then used twine and ribbon to layer the banner onto the tag and then adhered the vellum around the entire tag.

Last, I added foam dots to the bunny images and popped them up on my tags.  I love the added dimension of the foam dots and it makes the bunnies the real star of the show!

I hope you enjoyed today’s birthday tag project and that you’ll join us again for more fabulous projects!

-Melissa

Kitty Birthday Cake Slimline Card by Tina Herbeck

A Kitty Birthday Card!

Today Tina is sharing an adorable slimline birthday card featuring two of our favorite Newton stamp sets! In the center she features the kitty with the cake from our Newton Loves Cake Stamp Set and the kitties on the top and bottom are stamped from our Newton's Antics Stamp Set. She added birthday hats to all three kitties using the birthday hat from the Newton Loves Cake Stamp Set. Each kitty is colored with unique fur colors using copic markers.  She also added on the toy mouse, heart, toy ball and ball of yarn from our Newton's Antics Stamp Set. Since she changed the image shapes by adding the hats she used her Scan N Cut to cut out the images. But if you want to add the hats on separately you could cut everything out using the coordinating dies too (Newton's Antics Die Set, Newton Loves Cake Die Set). 

To create the slimline card, she used cut a purple scallop edged frame using our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set. On top of that she added the frame with 3 square windows from our Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set. Each window has an ink blended square behind it that was created using our Slimline Masking Circles & Squares Stencil Set with distress inks. This stencil is sized to coordinate perfectly with the square window frames! 

She also mixed the sentiments from the Newton's Antics Stamp Set and Newton Loves Cake Stamp Set to create a fun kitty themed message inside each window. 

We hope this adorable kitty card by Tina has inspired you today! Don't forget to pop over and say hello to Tina and see more of her awesome creations on her blog, The Scrappin Rabbit!

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #500!

Have you heard of the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge? For each challenge they post a YUMMY cupcake photo and color combo for inspiration! Everybody likes cupcakes, right?

The Cupcake Challenge has currently challenge is currently celebrating reaching its 500th Challenge!  How cool! This is also a perfect reason for a birthday themed challenge to celebrate!

We're sponsoring this challenge too so if you head over to their blog today you can see more inspiration! Don't forget to play along you have a chance to win a $25 store credit to our store at newtonsnookdesigns.com! How awesome is that?

Of course I had to play along -- here's the card I created:

If you are anything like me, I never have enough birthday cards on hand so I was excited to play along with the challenge theme of BIRTHDAY! I grabbed the one of my favorite kitty stamps from the Newton Loves Boxes Stamp Set to create a fun birthday card. I colored the image of the kitty in the stack of cardboard boxes using copic markers. This set doesn't have a birthday hat in it so I grabbed one from the Newton Loves Cake Stamp Set to add onto the kitties head! The images were cut out using the coordinating Newton Loves Boxes Die Set and Newton Loves Cake Die Set.

For the card, I kept it simple, using our Pawprints Stencil with orange and yellow distress inks over the white card base to create a fun cat themed background pattern. Then I added a strip of yellow cardstock across the bottom and added the sentiment from the Newton Loves Boxes Stamp Set. A little bit of white bakers twine is the finishing touch! This card was so simple to make and will be great to have on hand for a birthday greeting for any cat lover! 

I hope you enjoyed this card today! 

Make sure you pop over to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge blog to see more fun today. We have several other NND Design Team members featured as "Guest Sweeties" for this challenge and some of the regular "Sweeties" (that's what they call their Design Team -- cute, right?) are featuring Newton's Nook Designs stamps too! And don't forget to create a card with the birthday theme  and link it up over there for a chance to win our sponsored prize! 

Newton Loves Cake Cards by August Guest Designer Angie Cimbalo

Hi everyone, it's Angie Cimbalo here with my 2nd guest design post for August! I'm so happy to be here to share my Newton's Nook card creations with you this month!

Today I have 2 cards made with Newton Loves Cake Stamp Set stamp and die set, one slimline and one A2 sized card using the same products for both.

Here's a look at the slimline card first:

The cake-hungry kitties were colored with Spectrum Noir pastel markers and Prismacolor Pencils. Two of them were attached to black sentiment strips that were heat embossed in white.

All the images and sentiments were popped up on foam tape onto a background panel made from thin vellum paper pack by Creative Devotion. The paper is not quite large enough to cover the slimline design so I used 2 pieces with the "seam" connecting them hidden under the middle image/sentiment strip. The background was adhered to the card base with vellum adhesive. 

Here's another view of my card:

Here's my 2nd card, and A2 size card made with the same goodies!  

This card was made the same way, except for the background I stacked 4 layers of the vellum on top of each other so that the colors and splatters would be more vibrant. Also because the card is smaller I only used 2 of the images and a different sentiment. 

I love the "from scratch" part of the sentiment - it just makes me smile!

Here's another look:

The Newton Loves Cake Stamp Set is one of my all time favorite Newton's Nook sets! The images are so cute and the sentiments are just fun!

I hope I've inspired you to create some sweet "cake" cards for your family and friends. They are perfect for anyone who loves cake!

I'll be back later in the month with some more creations to share with you, and thanks again to Jennifer and Samantha for inviting me to guest design this August - it's been soooo fun!

Find me at my blog,  cimbacreativefun and on instagram at macimbalo

Paw-Some Shaker Birthday Cards by June Guest Designer Amy Tollner

Today we have our first post by our June Guest Designer, Amy Tollner! Amy has been an active participant in our Inky Paws Challenges for sometime and we have been admiring her creations! We are excited to have her as our guest this month and can't wait to to share what she creates! Check back each Monday to see them! Keep reading to find out more about her today and to check out her first project below.

Hi everyone! My name is Amy Tollner and I live in upstate New York with my husband, fur babies, and a turtle. I am an X-ray technologist and work three 12 hour days, which I love, because it gives me time to craft and volunteer for our local animal shelter. I have been making cards for about 5 years now. I really enjoy coloring stamped images with Copic markers, and I love using glitter and glossy accents for finishing touches on my projects! I am very honored and beyond excited to be the Guest Designer for Newton's Nook Designs this month. They are my favorite company and I love creating with their awesome products! Thank you so much and I hope you enjoy!

@amy.tollner - instagram

Hi everyone! For my first post I created two shaker cards because I couldn’t decide on just one!

I started by blending Distress Oxide Ink backgrounds. For the first card I used Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, and Blueprint Sketch. On the second card I used Squeezed Lemonade and Picked Raspberry. They blend together very well to make that pretty orangey-coral color.

I then used the postage stamp die from the Framework Die Set, and the scalloped edge die from the Frames & Flags Die Set to cut out my backgrounds. After that, I used gorgeous glitter paste with one of my favorite stencils, the Confetti Stencil, to finish off my background pieces.  

I love using the Framework Die Set pictured below to make a shaker card.  It’s just the right size to see the beautiful background you created and still add a fun shaker element to your card!  I added Distress Oxide Ink to the frames of each shaker. 

For the sentiment I used black pigment ink and clear heat embossed over it for a shiny look!  I attached my sentiment piece with liquid glue, patted down the acetate with a dryer sheet to help with static, and used two layers of foam tape to attach the shaker frames.  

For this card I used the Paw-some Birthday Stamp Set and the coordinating Die Set and colored it with Copic markers.

The Copic colors I used for the gifts, hat and collar are:

• RV10, RV23, RV14
• BG11, BG23, BG13, BG15
• BV31, BV02, BV04
• YG00, YG03, YG06
• B000, B01, B02, B04

For the pup and bone I used:

• E41, E51, E53, E23, E25, E29
• W0, W1

For this card I used the Newton Loves Cake Stamp Set and Puppy Playtime Stamp Set and die sets. I used the sentiment from the Paw-some Birthday stamp set and colored the images with Copic markers.  

The Copic colors I used for the cupcake and hats are:

• Y0000, Y000, Y00, Y02
• RV0000, RV000, RV00, RV02
• V0000, V000, V01, V04
• BG0000, BG00, BG01

For Newton:

• YR0000, YR000, YR20, and YR31 for his stripes
• Ears – R20, R32, R43
• Nose – R32

For Pup:

• E50, E51, E53, E11
• Muzzle – E41, E42, E53
• Spots – E13, E15, E25
• Nose – R11, E93, R20

I finished off both cards with a  glitter pen and glossy accents for some sparkle and shine! I hope you all enjoyed my post today. I can't wait to share another card with you next week! Thank you so much and I hope you all have a fun and creative week!

-Amy