Happy Purr-thday Card by Samantha Mann

Happy Purr-thday!

Blast off! Today Samantha has created an adorable birthday card featuring the kitty and balloons from our Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set. She colored the image of the kitty in fun bright colors, adding white accents with a gel pen. She used the coordinating Newton's Birthday Balloons Die Set to cut out the image. For the background she created a gorgeous sky using our Clouds Stencil with blue and purple distress inks. Added splatters of water give the sky a fun added texture. She also added little white clouds from the Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set, layered on top. The sentiment "Happy Purr-thday" adds the perfect finishing touch! 

This birthday card is perfect for sending a cheerful birthday wish, especially to someone who loves cats!

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

It's Your Birthday! Card by April Guest Designer Jennifer Hartsgrove

Hi Krafty Friends! I’m back up on the Newton’s Nook Designs blog and YouTube Channel today as April’s Guest Designer!


In this weeks project I used Newton’s Birthday Balloons, and Oink Stamp Sets. Plus, I used their Confetti and Cloud Stencils. I also tried some techniques that I haven’t tried before!

Starting my project I used Pixie Spray to adhere the stencil temporarily to Bristol Smooth Cardstock. Then I randomly spread Rina K Designs Electro-Pop Neon Glitz Gels onto NND’s Confetti Stencil in Poppin’ Pink, Orange Glow, Hello Yellow and Screamin’ Green using a palette knife. I then scraped the excess off with my Stencil Pal. I did have a little difficulty with lifting the stencil off my paper, I had some tearing. I tried it several times, and wasn’t able to get one solid piece without some sort of tear. I’m not sure if I need to wait longer to remove, or if I used a little too much Pixie Spray. I was able to get what I needed for my card, and will have to do more experimenting in the future. That being said the pieces that didn’t have any damage, were absolutely gorgeous!


I stamped my images onto Copic friendly Cardstock with Lawn Fawn’s Jet Black Ink. I then decided to pre-cut the images out, I wanted to use flock on my balloons and thought this would be the best course of action.

My color palette:

• Newton’s Fur – Y35, Y38, YR15 and YR16. Ears: R20
• Piggy: R20, R21 and R22. Hoofs: N0 and R01
• Cake: E35 and E37
• Green: YG06
• Orange: YR04
• Yellow: Y18
•  Hot Pink: RV04

I have wanted to experiment with flock for a while, so I thought these balloons would be a cool place to check it out. I used the same colors as the Glitz Gels.


I first used Deco Foil Transfer Gel Blanco and painted it onto the “kitty” balloon. Then I waited about an hour for it to set, and added a small piece of the flock face down on the balloon. I used my household parchment paper to make an envelope and ran it through my laminator on the hot setting.


I repeated this step for each balloon using different colors. I thought the results were super cute!


Next, I cut out two Stitched Scalloped Circle Frames from Lawn Fawn. I wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted to do with them yet. So I tried two different ideas. I ultimately decided to use NND’s Cloud Stencil with Tumble Glass Oxide Ink to make a cute sky background. I tried some Electro-Pop Neon Enamel on the outer circle, but wasn’t happy with the color combo, I decided to keep the scalloped circle white. I then trimmed three pieces of my Confetti stencil pieces to 1.25″ x 4″, looking for sections that didn’t have any tearing. I adhered them to a 5.25″ x 4″ base, leaving a little room on the top and the bottom. Then I added my circle and scalloped edge a little over the edge of the card, then trimmed off the overhang.


Next, I added Newton in the sky, where the balloons are whisking him up, up and away. Then added the little piggy holding the cake with foam on the bottom left hand corner. I wanted some interest on my sentiment strip, so I decided to make diagonal stripes of color going across the sentiment, “It’s your Birthday.” I used foam for dimension under the sentiment as well.

When I assembled my card, I didn’t care for the empty white spaces. So at the last minute I added some coordinating colors to the spaces. I was very happy with this result. My finishing touch was to add three green rhinestones from my stash onto my card. Then I made a card base out of neon green Bazzill Cardstock, and glued my card panel to the base.


This is a much brighter project than I’m used to doing! But I love it! It was fun to dig out my laminator and learn how to flock!


I've also created a video showing you how I created this card:

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As always, I love working with Newton’s Nook Designs products! I really can’t get enough of Newton Kitty! I can’t wait to come back next week, with another Newton creation! Thanks for stopping in, stay krafty and stay safe everyone!

- Jennifer (Katahdin Krafts)

Masculine And Feminine Birthday Cards by January Guest Designer Tina Wilstrup

Hello everyone! Here's my second post as a guest designer and I have 2 cards for you today. The kitty from Newton's Birthday Balloons is so cute I couldn't decide on a feminine or masculine card, so I made both.

Here's the grey kitty with blue, teal and green balloons and present. I cut out the image and glazed the balloons for a shiny look.

To make the background I masked off the sides and then ink blended the centre with Tumbled glass and Salty Ocean Distress inks. Then I ink blended Peacock feathers and Mermaid Lagoon Distress inks through the Confetti Stencil. I added 2 cute sentiments on small flags ink blended with Twisted citron and Mowed lawn.

Here's the white kitty with pink, purple and violet balloons and present. I cut out the image and before I glazed the balloons I gave them a good run over with a clear sparkle pen.

For the background I ink blended Shaded Lilac, Wilted Violet and Dusty Concord Distress oxide inks. I then stamped the sentiment using Dusty concord - the oxide inks can totally be used for stamping! Finally I placed the Cloudy Sky Stencil over the panel and applied a clear and very sparkly glimmer paste. I love the amount of sparkle and the texture it adds to a card.

I hope you found some useful inspiration. Happy crafting!

Tina

2019 Cat Lovers Hop!

2019 Cat Lovers Hop

This week is the 2019 Cat Lovers Hop! This hop is so fun and since the theme is CATS we knew we HAD to play along! To participate in this blog hop, you just have to create a project that features a cat theme  and upload it to the post on Her Peaceful Garden! We Hop you can play along since there are some really awesome sponsors and prizes, including one from us at Newton's Nook Designs! 

Here's what I created:

If you're like me, I never have enough birthday cards on hand so when I do have time to create that's what I usually like to make! For this card I grabbed the cute image of the kitty with the trio of balloons from our Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set. I kept the coloring really simple and didn't do any shading, just added flat colors using copic markers to make a quick and easy card. 

For the background I used our Bokeh Stencil Set to create a cool two color pattern. If you haven't used these fun  stencil sets yet, they are so fun to use! The unique Stencil Sets include two pieces and each piece has an etching of the other layer so you can easily line up the layers and create two color patterns. For this card I used pink and yellow. 

Below are links to the products I've used today. Click on the names to find them in our shop!

Newton's Birthday Balloons

Bokeh Stencil Set 

We also have LOTS of other cute kitty stamps too! 

Make sure to check them all out here in our Newton Category. 

I hope you will play along with the Cat Lovers Hop! You have until Oct 26th to link up at Her Peaceful Garden for a chance to win prizes! 

It's Your Birthday Right Meow Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

It's Your Birthday Right MEOW!! 

This adorable card by Tatiana is perfect for sending a birthday greeting to a cat lover!  For this cute card she used the image the kitty floating in the sky with balloons from our Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set. She colored the kitty in fun colors using Tombow Markers and trimmed the image out using the coordinating Newton's Birthday Balloons Die Set. For her card base she created an amazing sky full of clouds using our Cloudy Sky Stencil with white embossing paste over a gorgeous distress inked background.  She left space in the lower corner to add the "It's your Birthday Right Meow" Sentiment from the Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set.

Here's a video by Tatiana showing you how she created this amazing card:

Thank you for the fun card and video, Tatiana! If you like this project you can see more of Tatiana's work over on her blog, Tatiana Craft and Art.

Happy Purr-thday Card by Holly Endress

Happy PURR-thday!  

Today's card by Holly is PURRfect for a birthday! She colored that cute kitty floating into the sky with his bundle of birthday balloons from our Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set. It's so cute how she added in the multiple shades of orange on the fur and the cute white gel pen accents. Then she cut the image out using Newton's Birthday Balloons Die Set to add it to her card. For her card base she created a fun cloudy sky using layers of clouds that were cut out with our Sky Borders Die Set. She added some fun blue watercolor behind them for a fun sky effect! She finished her card off with the "Happy Purr-thday" Sentiment along the bottom, also from the Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set.

Thank you, Holly, for the adorable inspiration today! You can find more of Holly's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Hollybeary Creations!

Interactive Folding Card with Ellen Haxelmans

Today we have another fun interactive project to share by Ellen! Each month she is sharing an interactive project one week after our new release! 

Today is she's sharing how to make a card with scenes that appear in layers and build suspense as you open the card:

Here are step-by-step instructions on how to make the folding layers for this card:

1. For this card you start using a square card base. One side you cut off half of it. (photo top left)
2. The next step is to make three flaps with the same measurements as the half sized flap and with a bit extra so you can glue the flap on your card. After cutting the paper I folded the sides with my bone folder. (photo top right)
3. Glue down the three extra flaps on the rest of the sides. (photos bottom left)
4. Let the fun begin and decorate your flaps. On her card today Ellen created created three scenes, but you could also decorate each flap with something different.

Here is what Ellen's finished card looks like.
When the card is closed with all flaps folded in, she has a fun birthday scene on the front.



To create this scene she used the images of gifts and the  cute kitty popping out from the gift from the Newton's Christmas Cuddles Stamp Set. She colored the piles of gifts in fun bright colors and also added in some fun clouds to the sky using the Cloudy Sky Stencil and added on the "celebrate" from the new Birthday Essentials Stamp Set. The little stitched purple flag was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

Next, you open those two flaps to reveal this next scene:

So cute! For this scene Ellen used the kitty with the cake from the from the Newton Loves Cake Stamp Set and add a cute little coke bottle for him from the Love Bites Stamp Set. She created a hill using the Land Borders Die Set and also added in a cute little chick from the Newton's Easter Basket Stamp Set. In the sky behind the kitty she added pawprints using our Pawprint Stencil. She also added the "make a wish" sentiment from the new Birthday Essentials Stamp Set.

Then you can fold open those two flaps to reveal the final message and inside of the card:

Wow! What fun! On this last scene Ellen used the kitty with balloons from the Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set. She added some clouds along the bottom using our Sky Borders Die Set and added confetti to the sky with the Confetti Stencil! She also added in the "Happy Birthday" from the new Birthday Essentials Stamp Set. She even added in a cute little birthday hat from the Newton Loves Cake Stamp Set.

This is so fun, don't you think!? It makes opening the card such a fun journey with a scene at each step! Are you inspired to try to make a fun card like this for someone special? Make sure you share it with us if you do! We'd love to see it!

If you love this project by Ellen you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen to see more of her beautiful creations!

Big Wishes Card by Maria Russell

Big Wishes!!

Today we have an adorable card to share created by Maria!  She started out with that cute kitty from our NEW Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set. She colored that kitty with cute little stripes and gave him some colorful balloons and a gift. She also added on such sweet little details on the balloons and kitty cheeks with a white gel pen. The she trimmed hi out with the coordinating  Newton's Birthday Balloons Die Set to add onto her card. For her card base she used a piece of paper cut out from our Sky Borders Die Set as a mask and layered pretty clouds through the background.  She added on the fun "Big Wishes" and "because you're worth it" sentiments from our new Holding Happiness Stamp Set over the clouds. Then she layered a fun die cut panel over that (from another company) and layered that cute kitty on the top! She also added on a fun little white bow detail using the bow from our Pines & Holly Die Set. So pretty!

To see more beautiful projects by Maria, visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs and don't forget to subscribe to her YouTube channel too!

March Reveals - Day 3 - Newton's Birthday Balloons

Today is our third reveal day for our March Release and we've got an adorable new kitty set to share today! We're featuring the NEW Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set feature our favorite kitty, Newton! We have a giveaway too so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set

Newton is ready to help send birthday wishes in this sweet 3x4 stamp set! He is so delightful floating away carrying a gift and balloons, including one with cat ears! Create birthday cards  using the fun "It's your Birthday right MEOW" and "Happy PURR-thday" sentients. The "Time to PURR-ty" sentiment is great for party invites too. This set is PURR-fect for birthdays greetings for all the cat lovers in your life!

Here's some info on the Newton's Birthday Balloons stamp set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• 6 stamps: 3 images and 3 sentiments
• Coordinating Newton's Birthday Balloons purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 8 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, March 16th

Float away with adorable Birthday creations by our Design Team today!

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.

Tatiana created this adorable birthday card! She masked off a square and inked the area to make the fun blue ombré sky. Then she layered the kitty and balloons from the Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set over the top! She finished it off with some clouds and the "It's your birthday right MEOW" sentiment! 

Amanda created this amazing card card that could be used for a birthday or just to send inspirational wishes to a friend. She used the kitty with the balloons from the Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set and layered him over a fun teal background. She added some fun bubbles to the background using the new Bubbly Stencil. She finished the card off with a sentiment from the Uplifting Wishes Stamp set (revealed here yesterday).

Maria created this beautiful card! She created a fun distressed sky using the Sky Borders Die Set and distress inks. Then she layered the cute kitty and balloons from the Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set over the top. She added in the "Happy PURR-thday!" Sentiment on a little banner that was cut out using the Frames & Flags Die Set. 

Holly created this cheerful birthday card! She used the kitty from the new Newton's Birthday Balloons stamp set and colored him in fun bright colors. She inked a pretty blue sky behind him and added some clouds too! She used our Frames & Flags Die Set to create the scallop edged yellow panel and the stitched rectangle.

Samantha created a gorgeous sky using distress inks and added in those cute little clouds and kitty from the Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set over the top! Isn't it cute how it looks like he's floating away in a breeze!? 

This gorgeous kitty birthday card is by Naki. She created an amazing distress ink background and then added that kitty from the Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set layered over the top. For her sentiment she added the "Happy PURR-thday!" onto a banner cut out using the Frames & Flags Die Set. Isn't that no-line coloring on the kitty really beautiful too? 

Juliana created this fun and colorful birthday card! She used the kitty from the new Newton's Birthday Balloons stamp set and colored him in fun bright colors. For the card base she used our new Bubbly Stencil to create the festive multicolored background confetti. She also added the sentiment onto a stitched banner that was cut out using the Frames & Flags Die Set.

Larissa created this delightful PURR-thday card! She used a cut out from the Sky Borders Die Set as a mask to create layers of fluffy clouds in the background. Then she colored the kitty from the Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set and cut him out with the coordinating die set to add to her card! So cute!

Jennifer created a fun background for her card by embossing a piece of navy blue cardstock with our new Bubbly Stencil! Embossing with stencils is such a fun way to add texture! She added on that cute kitty from the Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set, layered over  square of vellum. She finished the card off with the "wish" sentiment which was die cut out using the new Balloon Shaker Die Set.

Ellen created a gorgeous night scene for her birthday card. She used the Starfield Stencil to create that lovely background and added a cloud border using the Sky Borders Die Set. She layered the cute kitty and some clouds from the Newton's Birthday Balloons Stamp Set over the top. What a cute birthday scene!

Would you like to win the “Newton's Birthday Balloons” 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 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 March 15th at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, March 16th. 

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

Juliana Michaels

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Jennifer Timko

Tatiana Trafimovich