Happy Birthday Kitty card by Jennifer Jackson

Sweet and Simple Birthday Card!

Hello! Jen here today with a sweet and simple kitty card that is perfect for birthday wishes! To create this card I started with a panel of watercolor paper that was cut out into a scalloped rectangle using our Framework Die Set. Then I stamped the image of the kitty and flowers from our  Newton's Daydream Stamp Set using a waterproof ink. I colored the image using Derwent Inktense Watercolor pencils and a water brush. Then I added the big Happy Birthday sentiment above the image using our Birthday Essentials Stamp Set.  For the background I used our Cloudy Sky Stencil with white embossing paste and created clouds across the top half of a piece of white cardstock. Then I used distress inks to add blue over the top and blended it into green to create a sky to grass effect. 

I hope you enjoyed this card today! I love how this turned out! It's a great way to make a simple yet lovely birthday greeting!

Love You Deerly Card by April Guest Designer Svetlana Pavlova

Hi everybody! It's my turn again to show you my new card in your blog. I made a tunnel card for today. 

I used Deer Friend set of stamps. It became my favourite one. I can't stop doing cards with it. 

These deer are in my heart now! 

To make such card I took a base and two sheets of paper for creating a tunnel. I cut out several ovals with dies in to sheets that made a tunnel. Then I made a background with grass and clouds. Added deer and some flowers. 

And also added butterflies from Newton's Daydream set of stamps. So, the card is ready! 

Enjoy it!

- Svetlana

Interactive Spinning Dream Card by February Guest Designer Emily Lauritzen

Hello hello!!
I have a super fun card to share with you today!  It speaks a lot towards my current mood and what I'm dreaming of.

I just absolutely adored the Aloha Newton stamp set ...so I had to use the whole thing!  But fitting that many amazing stamps onto one card front can be a bit challenging.  So I made a spinning wheel card!!  Honestly, this is my first time ever making a card like this!  But once all the nitty gritty details were worked out, it was so quick and easy!!  The hardest part was getting the dream bubble the right size to fit enough of the image so you know what it is, but also fit 4 of them on my little wheel.

I started with the dream bubble from the Newton's Daydream stamp set, but that was just a little too big.  So I worked around with an oval die cut 'til I got it just right.  Then figured out where each bubble would land on my wheel and using a mask so I didn't get parts of the images where I didn't want them, stamped everything through the opening.

Now in order to get this many large images on this wheel, I had to make it kind of large.  So it ended up being a 4.25 inch circle, which filled a good portion of my card.  But I knew it would give me a nice space to create my little dream scene with Newton.  And I kind of like that the edges hang out a little on each side in addition to the larger opening on the right side.  It helps to highlight a little more that it spins.

I created a little cloud mask and used my Prismacolor pencils to add some dark stormy looking clouds, making sure to try and highlight the dream bubble opening above my sweet kitty.

Then I set to coloring my images!  I used the same colors throughout each image so the whole card has a nice flow to it.  And I tried to blend out around each image so there wasn't any super harsh lines as you spin the wheel.

From the images above, there is a beach scene with a sunset!  Of course!  You can't go to Hawaii without enjoying the gorgeous sunsets!  Then we have my kitty rolling in a bed of flowers!

Here we have my kitty playing an Ukulele with the sun setting behind her.

And of course, my favorite thing to do in Hawaii...Nap on the beach!
I started this card while it was dark and stormy here in Seattle and it's been a week where all I want to do is go back to Hawaii.  But I'll have to just enjoy it through my cards for now.  And let my little Cloud kitty share my dreams.

To finish off the card, I used a few little sentiments from the Aloha Newton stamp set and the Newton's Daydream stamp set and repeatedly stamped it tone on tone to some blue cardstock.  Then printed off my sentiment onto some vellum and wrapped it around the front of the card.  And randomly scattered a few Nuvo Drops for some shine, along with some sparkle to the flowers.

This card turned out so awesome!  I love it so much!

I hope all of your dreams come true!!  Thanks so much for visiting!!
 - Emily

A Day of Sunshine Card with August Guest Designer Mindy Baxter

Hi there it's Mindy from MyCreativeScoop.com, again.

Today I have a fun everyday card to share with you. But I'm actually using Newton's Curious Christmas Stamp Set. Isn't that awesome! This stamp set is so versatile if you just think a little bit outside the box! I took the Newton looking at the moon and Santa Sleigh Stamp and just colored Newton and cut him out. Pretty clever, right!? You can actually use this stamp set for so many occasions.

I used my Cool Grey Copic Markers to color this little darling Newton and I used my Copics also to create the the Rainbow on the other side of the window. I made the window from rectangle die cuts and just glued the the little strips for the inside of the window. The sentiment is actually from Newton's Mini Stamp Set, Newton's Daydream.

I hope you feel inspired and ready to dig out your Newton Nook's Stamps and create!

I'll be back next Monday with a new project to share.

♥ Mindy

Bunny Tails Treat Bag by Jess Moyer

Bunny Tail Treats! 

Need a fun last-minute Easter project? These cute little treat bags by Jess Moyer would be so fun for an Easter place setting or a fun party favor! I love the fun little toppers she created using the bunny butts from our Bunny Hop Stamp set. They are so adorable!!  She also used the tiny butterfly image from the Newton's Daydream stamp set. 

Here's a video Jess created- check it out to see how to make this card:

You can download her pdf printable template here.

Make sure to visit Jess at her blog, Jess Crafts  - and you can also follow her Jess Crafts youtube channel to see more fun videos!

Inky Paws Challenge #19 - Use Watercolor

This month's challenge is to a Create a project using WATERCOLOR! 

Get your your watercolor pencils, paints or inks and play along!

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to our online store and a Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! If we get more than 15 participants, we will choose two winners so be sure to tell your friends to play along! 

You have two weeks to play along. Deadline to enter is Friday, April 10th, 2015 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, March 9th.

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky?

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item).

• Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp - check out our Freebies page).

• Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr , Pinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC19).

• Link back to this challenge (if posting in an online gallery copy the link into the photo description). 

• Submit your project to this challenge using the InLinkz widget below. You must submit a DIRECT link to your post page.

• Have more than one great idea? You can enter more than once! Just link up each card separately. 
• TIP: Please make sure your photo in focus  - We can't pick you as a winner if we can't see your card clearly because your photo is blurry! 

Here's some inspiration!

Several of our Design Team Members decided to play along - Scroll down to see how they added hearts into their projects and then enter your project at the bottom of the post! Read the description below each card to see who made it!

Larissa created this gorgeous floral card using our new Beautiful Blossoms Stamp set. I love the layers she cut with the watercolored flowers! 

Yukari tried the "no line" stamping technique with watercolors on the kitty from Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set! So beautiful!

Jess tried some fun watercolor techniques on her card - head over to her blog to see a video too! She used our Simply Sentimental and Wild about Zoo stamp sets. Love the water splatter!

Stephanie created this charming card with our Beautiful Blossoms stamp set! I love the watercolored blooms and the bits of watercolor splatter! She also used the words from our Simply Sentimental stamp set. 

Here is a sweet card by Samantha using watercolor as a background. It's so beautiful how she watercolored the kitty from our new Newton's Birthday Flutter too! 

Here's one by me - I watercolored a fun background for the Eiffel Tower from our Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set!

An InLinkz Link-up

Think Spring Card by Samantha Mann

Think Spring Kitty Card

Awww - isn't this kitty card by Samantha Mann super cute? I love how she created a wreath made of little flowers around the kitty's head! It looks like a she dressed Newton with a lion mane for spring! This is such a fun idea - It reminds me of the saying "in like a lion, out like a lamb" for March. 

Samantha used a ton of little sets for this - can you spot them? She used Newton's Daydream, Newton's Antics, Basket of Wishes, Bunny Hop, Easter Scramble, Hanging Around and Love Grows! Wow - that's a ton of sets to create all those fun little flowers!!

Hopefully this sweet card will bring on spring (we had snow here in the Midwest yesterday-ugh)! Meanwhile, you can pop over to Samantha's Blog, Sam's Scrap Candy, and say hello :)

Inky Paws Challenge #18 - Just ONE Layer!

This month's challenge is to a Create a project using just ONE layer!

 

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to our online store and a Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! If we get more than 15 participants, we will choose two winners so be sure to tell your friends to play along! 

You have two weeks to play along. Deadline to enter is Friday, March 6th, 2015 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, March 9th.

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky? 

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item).

• Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp - check out our Freebies page).

• Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr , Pinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC18).

• Link back to this challenge (if posting in an online gallery copy the link into the photo description). 

• Submit your project to this challenge using the InLinkz widget below. You must submit a DIRECT link to your post page.

• Have more than one great idea? You can enter more than once! Just link up each card separately. 
• TIP: Please make sure your photo in focus  - We can't pick you as a winner if we can't see your card clearly because your photo is blurry! 

Here's some inspiration!

Several of our Design Team Members decided to play along - Scroll down to see how they added hearts into their projects and then enter your project at the bottom of the post! Read the description below each card to see who made it!

This adorable one-layered scene was created by Yukari Yoshioka. She used our Newton's Daydream stamp set.

I love the fun way Samantha repeated the words over and over around the flamingos from the Flirty Flamingos stamp set! So fun!

 Danielle created this fun strawberry card using the Sweet Summer stamp set! Love the watercolor mixed with gold foil! 

This card by Jess has so much dimension you can hardly tell it's just one layer! She used the Bunny Hop stamp set and a fun sunburst technique! 

This stunning one layer card is by Kimberly!  I love the look of the gold and black on the Kraft card base. She used the  Falling into Autumn stamp set! So fun!

Lydia got some extra mileage out of some fall themed stamps for this spring card! She used the spooky tree from the Spooky Street Halloween set and the dots from the Falling into Autumn stamp set to created the fun leaves. Then she added the sentiment from the Newton's Daydream stamp set.

Here is a fun and playful one layer card is by Crafty Math-Chick! She even added fur to the koala from the Hanging Around stamp set. I also love the mint green circle she sponged around the words!

Larissa created this fun one-layer scene with lots of creative masking (although she did break the rules a bit by mounting it on another piece of cardstock -lol!)  She combined stamps from Bunny Hop, Versatile Vases, Winter Tails and Newton's Daydream.  What an adorable scene! 

Here was my try at a one-layer card. I stamped the flowers from the Love Grows stamp set and used the "heartfelt" from the Simply Sentimental stamp set. I added a bit of watercolor flicked onto it to add texture!

An InLinkz Link-up

Newton Shares Card by Samantha Mann

The cat shares the cheese! 

Today I have an ADORABLE card by Samantha Mann! Samantha always has the cutest ideas for combing images from different sets to create new ideas! I LOVE this! She took the cheese and little thought bubble from Just say Cheese and the little mouse from Newton's Daydream and combined them with the sweet kitty from our newest set, Newton Dreams of Paris.  Then she made her own sentiment "how you like meow." This is so adorable! 

I also love her gorgeous coloring the fun background with embossing paste and paint splatters! Awesome card!

To say hello to Samantha and see more of her work, you can find her at  Sam's Scrap Candy.

Inky Paws #14 - Challenge Winners

Inky Paws Fall Color Challenge Winners! 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last Inky Paws Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog! This months theme was a fun Fall Color Challenge! We had so much fun checking out all the entries! Everyone did such a AMAZING job - it's always so hard to narrow it down to the winners! Great job & thanks to everyone who played along! 

Top picks for Inky Paws Challenge #14

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!!

This cutie by Joyce really caught our eye! We loved the fall plaid paper with the sparkly leaves behind the kitty from our Newtons Perfect Pumpkin set! 

This card by Emily was our other top pick! We love how she took the summer kitty from our Newton's Daydream set and made this fun fall card! It has beautiful coloring too!

Congrats to Emily and Joyce!! 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 Favorites

Since there were so many beautiful 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 just loved seeing all our pals from the Boo Crew Set on this card by Indy - looks like they're ready to go trick-or-treating! 

We loved the fall wreath made of sequins on this card by Tatiana! Plus the coloring on that kitty from our Newton's Holiday Mischief set is so pretty! 

One more Fav - this cutie is by Zoey and the Furballs! We loved the Fall scene and the great use of Fall papers too! She also used our Newtons Perfect Pumpkin set! 

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 try again next month. The new challenge will be posted on Friday, October 24.