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

Happy PURR-thday Card by Samantha Mann

PURR-thday Wishes! 

Any cat lover would be thrilled to receive this adorable kitty themed birthday card by Samantha!

This sweet card features two kitty images from our Newton's Birthday Bash Stamp Set. Samantha colored both of the kitties in neutral browns and with fun fur patterns. Then she used tones of pink to color the gift boxes, balloon and party hats for a birthday card that's pretty in pink!

For her card base she used our two layer Bokeh Balloons Stencil Set to make a background that is jam packed with pink balloons. She added the kitties in front of the balloons and then added the sentiment "Happy PURR-thday!" from the Heartfelt Meows Stamp Set, embossing it onto a vellum banner that was die cut using our Banner Trio Die Set. 

What a wonderful way to celebrate a birthday, especially for a recipient who loves kitties, pink, or both!!

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

Newton's Nook Designs & Therm O Web Inspiration Week - Day 4 with Donna Idlet and Larissa Heskett

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 are featuring projects by Donna and Larissa! 

First up with have two fun celebratory cards by Donna:

For her first card Donna created a sparkly rainbow background using the Balloons Stencil from Newton's Nook Designs with rainbow foil from Therm O Web. This fun rainbow background makes the perfect celebratory birthday card when paired with the fun kitty hugging the balloon from the Newton's Birthday Bash Stamp Set by Newton's Nook Designs. Products listed below.

From Newton's Nook Designs: 

Newton's Birthday Bash Stamp Set | Newton's Birthday Bash Die Set | Balloons Stencil | Circle Frames Die Set 

From Therm O Web: 

Deco Foil Transfer Gel Duo | Deco Foil Transfer sheets - Rainbow Shattered Glass

For her second card Donna keeps it clean and simple but with lots of sparkle! Perfect for a special dad, she created that awesome background using toner card fronts and foils from Therm O Web. Then she added on a die cut banner and sentiment from Newton's Nook Designs. Full products listed below. 

From Newton's Nook Designs: 

Mom & Dad Stamp Set | Banner Trio Die Set

From Therm O Web: 

Deco Foil Toner Card Fronts - Reverse Polka | Gina K. Designs Fancy Transfer Foil - Turquoise Sea

Visit Donna's blog: Creative Lady to see more!

Next we have this lovely pet sympathy card by Larissa:

Larissa created a beautiful and shimmery sympathy card for a pet. She combined the circle die cuts from Newton's Nook Designs with foil from Therm O Web to create a card that feels truly special. She also added pretty papers to the card front and a sweet sentiment to the inside using products from Newton's Nook Designs. Full product list below. 

  

From Newton's Nook Designs: 

Dog Silhouettes Die Set | A Cat's Life Paper Pad | Furr-ever Friends Stamp Set } Newton's Book Club Die Set (heart) | Circle Frames Die Set

Note: The Dog Silhouette Die Set is temporarily out of stock but we will be getting more in very soon! If you'd like to be notified they are back in stock, just sign up on the product page to be notified!

From Therm O Web: 

Deco Foil Transfer Sheets - Turquoise Satin | Deco Foil Transfer Sheets - Lime Satin | Deco Foil Toner Sheets  | Gina K. Designs Fancy Transfer Foil - Glimmering Gold | iCraft UltraBond Adhesive Pen

Visit Larissa's blog: Larissa Heskett Designs to see more!

Make sure to come back tomorrow for more fun 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! 

Five Incredible Roundabout Cards by June Guest Designer Amy Tollner

Hi everyone!! Today is, unfortunately, my last post as the Newton’s Nook Guest Designer for June. I am honored for the opportunity and have had a wonderful time! I LOVE the new Roundabout stamp sets and went a little crazy with them as I have 5 cards to share with you today!

 

Thanks So Much Card

For this card I stamped the Floral Roundabout Stamp Set in gray ink on colored paper and colored it with Copic markers. It took a little while to find colors that I really liked the look of on the colored paper, but I think I found some good combos! I left the stamp in my stamp positioning tool. After coloring the flowers, I re-stamped them with embossing ink and gold heat embossed the image. I then used the largest scalloped circle from the Circle Frames Die Set to cut out the Floral Roundabout. It came out so beautifully that I knew I didn’t want to cover up too much of it! I used a banner from the Banner Trio Die Set and gold heat embossed the sentiment. I then rubbed the embossing ink pad along the sides of banner and dipped it in the embossing powder. I liked the look so much I used it for the banners on my other circle shaped cards as well!

Copic colors used:

• BV02, BV04, BV08
• RV04, RV06, RV09
• V12, V15, V17
• BG05, BG07, BG09
• BG32, BG34, BG49
• G02, G05, G17
• G24, G94, G99

For a final sparkling touch, I added gold Stickles to the flower centers and berries!

Oh, Happy Day Card

For this card I used the same process for stamping, coloring, and embossing the Floral Roundabout Stamp Set as the previous card except that I used silver embossing powder instead of gold. I used the same color Copics, and just switched them around a little. I used the largest scalloped circle from the Circle Frames Die Set to cut out a piece of silver glitter paper. I then cut out my Floral Roundabout Stamp Set with the largest stitched circle die and adhered it to the scalloped circle with liquid glue. I used a banner from the Banner Trio Die Set and silver heat embossed the sentiment. I then rubbed the embossing ink pad along the sides of banner and dipped it in the embossing powder. I decided to use the Hummingbird Stamp Set, and again used the same stamping, coloring, and embossing process to create a silver heat embossed hummingbird. I fussy cut the hummingbird along the embossing lines so I wouldn’t have any excess white around it, and popped it up with foam tape.

Copic colors used for Flowers:

• BV02, BV04, BV08
• RV04, RV06, RV09
• V12, V15, V17
• BG05, BG07, BG09
• BG32, BG34, BG49
• G02, G05, G17
• G24, G94, G99

Hummingbird: 

• BV0000, BV000, BV00, BV01, BV02
• RV0000, RV000, RV00, RV02
• YG0000, YG00, YG01, YG03
• BG0000, BG000, BG11

For finishing touches I added silver Stickles to the flower centers and berries, and gave the Hummingbird a sparkling underwing with a glitter pen!

You Are Amazing Card

For this card I stamped the Floral Roundabout in black ink and colored it with Copic markers. I used the largest scalloped circle from the Circle Frames Die Set to cut out a piece of gorgeous purple glitter paper. I then cut out my Floral Roundabout Stamp Set with the largest stitched circle die and adhered it to the scalloped circle with liquid glue. I used a banner from the Banner Trio Die Set and gold heat embossed the sentiment and edges of the banner. Then, I wanted to have one of the beautiful butterflies from the Monarchs Stamp Set fluttering its wings on this card! I stamped two of the same butterfly, using dye ink, leaving the stamp in place in my stamp positioning tool. I colored both butterflies, then stamped them again, this time using black pigment ink, and embossed them with clear embossing powder. That way I was able to get a great contrast with the pigment ink being so dark, and was also able to make them shine! I then cut them out with the matching die set. I adhered the first butterfly with foam tape, then glued only the body of the second butterfly on top, gently bending its wing forward.

Copic colors used for Flowers:

• V01, V12, V04, V17
• RV10, RV13, RV14, RV25
• Y00, Y02, Y08, Y19
• YG01, YG03, YG17, YG67
• G21, G24, G94, G99
• BG11, BG23, BG15
• B000, B01, B02, B04

Butterfly: 

• Y08, Y17, YR04, YR16, YR07

I finished off this card by using different colored sparkling Stickles for the flower centers and berries!

Hip Hip Hooray Card

This time I used the Birthday Roundabout stamp set, stamping the image in gray ink, and coloring it with Copic markers. I used the largest scalloped circle from the Circle Frames die set to cut out a piece of beautiful hot pink glitter paper. I then cut out my Birthday Roundabout with the largest stitched circle die and adhered it to the scalloped circle with liquid glue. I used a banner from the Banner Trio die and gold heat embossed the sentiment and edges of the banner. I then used one of my favorite stamp sets, Newton’s Birthday Bash, along with the matching die set, to stamp, color, and cut out a party hat and Newton holding the balloon. I just love that stamp! I popped Newton up on a Mini Action Wobbler for some added fun!

Copic colors used for Birthday Roundabout:

• BV31, BV02, BV04
• V01, V12, V04, V17
• RV10, RV13, RV14, RV25
• Y17, YR04, YR16, YR07
• Y00, Y02, Y08, Y19
• YG00, YG03, YG06, YG09
• BG11, BG23, BG13, BG15
• B000, B01, B02, B04
• E50, E51, E53

Newton:

• C0, C1, C2, C3 – for stripes
• Ears – R20, R32, R43
• Nose – R20
• Balloon – RV13, RV14, RV25, RV29
• Hat – RV13, RV14, RV25
  YR04, YR16, YR07, YR18
  Y00, Y02, Y08, Y19
  V12, V04

To finish off this card I used a glitter pen and glossy accents for some sparkle and shine!

Happy Birthday Card

For my last card I cut down a 5"x 7" card to an A6 size card, 4 ½" x 6 ¼", because it was the perfect size for the card I wanted to make. I used the Balloons Stencil with one of my favorite things, glitter paste, to make a sparkling background! I then cut out the largest scalloped circle from the Circle Frames Die Set and blended Distress Oxide Ink colors Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, and Mermaid Lagoon. I cut out a banner using one of the Banner Trio dies and blended the same ink colors onto it. I stamped the Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set onto my ink blended scalloped circle with embossing ink and white heat embossed the image. I also white heat embossed my sentiment onto my ink blended banner. I then stamped and colored Newton holding the balloon and a party hat from Newton’s Birthday Bash Stamp Set and cut it out with the matching die set. I once again popped Newton up on a Mini Action Wobbler in the center of the Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set!

Copic colors used for Newton:

• YR0000, YR000, YR20, YR31 – for stripes
• Ears – R20, R32, R43
• Nose – R20
• Balloon – YG01, YG11, YG03
• Hat – BG11, BG23, BG13
  YG01, YG11, YG03

I finished off this card by using a glitter pen on Newton’s hat, and giving Newton a shiny glitter balloon!



I’m sorry this post was so long, but I hope you enjoyed all of the cards today! I have truly enjoyed my time as Guest Designer for June and want to say a huge THANK YOU to Newton’s Nook Designs! It was such an honor to design for my favorite company! Thank you everyone and I hope you all have a great day!!
-Amy

Purr-ect Birthday Card by May Guest Designer Jeannean Marshall

I am loving the look of slimline cards so I had to make some birthday cards featuring Newton's Birthday Bash Stamp Set!

The card stock base starts from an 8 x 9 inch paper with the center folded at 4 inches on the 8-inch edge. This size is perfect to fit into a standard business-sized envelope.  The top panel is about 1/4 inch smaller than the front of the card stock base.

I'm stamping my scenes and masking images to make the background wall. This confetti wall is made by sponging die ink all over and then again through the confetti stencil. (For more dimensional flooring, first draw the horizon line of the floor where it is meeting the wall. Then draw the wooden floor using a ruler by making a starting point higher than the actual horizon/floor line, and start drawing the planking right below that horizon line, down to the edge of the card panel. 

Each line of planking is made by lining up the dot at the starting point above the horizon/floor line and fanning out your ruler along the bottom edge of the card front. Then color in to resemble wooden panels.)

Images are colored with Copic markers. Grey Copic shadows around images and sparkle pen are added for dimension. 

Finally, black pen is used around the outside edge of the cover panel before it is adhered to the card base.   

Crafty Hugs!!
-Jeannean

Fan Feature Week - Day 4

Today is the last day of 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 this week! 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 Amanda Bodine picked this super pretty and spring-like card by Julia_Pix. This card uses our Woodland Spring Stamp Set, Woodland Spring Die Set, Land Borders Die Set and Sky Borders Die Set.

"I found this card on Instagram. I follow Julia_Pix and I just love her scene cards! She puts so much detail into her backgrounds and the collection of Woodland Critters underscored by the floral swag is just perfect!"

Design Team member Nakaba Rager picked this no line watercoloring card by Michelle aka michii00 on Instagram. This card uses our Newton's Birthday Bash Stamp Set.

"First of all, I absolutely adore her no-line watercoloring! She colored the kitty just like her kitty and it is simply beautiful and perfect! Second, her CAS design really showcases the adorable image, and the minimum embellishments were all this card needed. I just LOVE everything about this card!"

Design Team member Maria Russell picked this no line watercoloring card by Sheyla Corredig. This card uses our Newton's Birdhouse Stamp Set and Newton's Birdhouse Die Set.

"I love the beautiful colors on this card and cheerful sunny background with the clouds and heart! Just simply beautiful!"

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!