Have a Purr-fect Day Card by Diane Morales

Purr-fect Day!

Today Diane has created a sweet kitty card that is purr-fect for sending smiles! This card was inspired by all the flowers she is seeing in her neighborhood this spring!

For this fun card she started out by stamping the kitty surrounded by flowers and butterflies from our Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set. She colored the image using neutral colors on the kitty and bright reds and yellows for the flowers and butterflies. She also stamped and colored two additional butterfly images. Everything was then cut out using the coordinating Newton's Flower Garden Die Set. 

For her card base she used our Floral Lace Stencil with some white pigment ink and dark red ink to create a fun floral background. She cut this panel out using the stitched rectangle from our Basic Frames Die Set to add a fun stitched edge on her card. 

She then added the kitty and butterflies onto her card and the sentiment, "Have a purr-fect Day!" stamped from the Cat-itude Stamp Set onto a white bubble that was cut out using our Speech Bubble Die Set. 

We love the fun floral theme of this card combined with the sweet kitty! To see more creations by Diane, you can visit on her blog, 2sisters project. 

 

Beautiful Moments Kitty Card by Jennifer Jackson

Collect Beautiful Moments!

Hello! Jen here today with a fun summer kitty card! I just love these kitties playing in the garden from our Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set. I stamped two of the images onto watercolor paper using a waterproof ink. Then I colored them using Inktense watercolor pencils. I had a ton of fun giving the one kitty tabby stripes and the other one a fun tortoiseshell pattern. It's so fun to create different coloring on our kitty images! The sky is the limit! Once the kitties were colored I cut them out using the coordinating Newton's Flower Garden Die Set. 

Next, I created a scene for the kitties to play in. I started by cutting out a rounded rectangle using our Frames & Flags Die Set. Then I used our Clouds Stencil to create layers of clouds in the sky and our Hills & Grass Stencil to make a green hill. I love using these fun edge stencils to create landscapes! Then I added some grass along the bottom that I die cut out of green polka dot paper using our Land Borders Die Set. I sponged a bit of green ink to the tops of the grass for a little more dimension. The sentiment "Collect beautiful moments" from the Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set was stamped into the sky. 

Then I assembled everything together, layering it over a strip of light blue cardstock and a kraft colored card base. The kitties were added using foam dimensional adhesive and I added a bit of white bakers twine too. 

I hope you enjoyed this card today! I just love creating scenes for our critter stamps! If you like creating scenes, make sure to check out all of the fun products in our Scene Building Category

I hope you enjoyed this card today! Thanks for stopping by!

If Friends Were Flowers Card by Larissa Heskett

If Friends were Flowers...

Sometimes it's fun to create a card using almost exclusively die cuts! That is what Larissa is sharing today! She started out by creating a long skinny card featuring our new slimline die sets. She used our new Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set to cut the scalloped panel in the back, cut from woodgrain paper and the panel in the front with the three portholes, cut from word patterned paper. In between those two layers she added a stitched frame that was cut out using our Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set.

To add some flowers to her card, she used our Flower Trio Die Set to cut flowers and leaves out of flocking sheets. The little glittery butterflies were stamped using our Monarchs Stamp Set and cut out with the coordinating Monarchs Die Set.

She added a gem in the flower centers and glitter to the butterflies for bits of sparkle:

She added the sentiment into the center circle, stamped from our Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set:

Thank you, Larissa, for the beautiful inspiration today! To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Oh Happy Day Card by Amanda Wilcox

A Happy Day in the Garden!

We hope you are having a happy day today! This card by Amanda will definitely help spread happy thoughts! She features the kitty from our Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set, surrounded by flowers in the garden.  She colored this fun image with alcohol markers and cut it out using the coordinating Newton's Flower Garden Die Set. Then, she layered the image over a gorgeous background that was created using our Floral Roundabout Stamp Set. She embossed the big floral circle  and the sentiment with white embossing powder and inked a gorgeous blue ombré background over it. She also added color  and dimension to the flower centers using Nuvo crystal drops! So pretty!

Here is a close-up image so you see all the incredible coloring details and dimension:

Thank you, Amanda, for helping spread smiles and happiness today! To say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Amanda over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Newton's Flower Garden Card Set by June Guest Designer Amy Tollner

Hi everyone! I’m so excited for my second post with Newton’s Nook Designs! I absolutely LOVE the new Newton’s Flower Garden Stamp Set. When I saw the new Butterflies Stencil Set I knew I had to use them together!

I started by die cutting the two stitched square pieces with dies from the Frames Squared die set. On the smaller squares I made a sky with the Clouds Stencil. I then die cut the smaller pieces from the Fence Die Set and the Sky Scene Builder Die set I would need for my scenes and colored them with Distress Oxide Inks.

The colors I used are:
Sun – Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade
Clouds – Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean
Grass – Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn
Fence – Weathered Wood, which I lightly dabbed on in a few places

Next, I made the butterfly backgrounds with the new Butterflies Stencil Set, and they came out gorgeous! The problem was, I knew I wanted to apply glitter paste over the butterflies, and after stenciling on Layer 2, I realized that the details would be obscured by the glitter paste. I have included the picture below because I wanted to show how absolutely beautiful this stencil set is.

For the top card - Layer 1:
Squeezed Lemonade
Spun Sugar
Shaded Lilac

Layer 2:
Mustard Seed
Worn Lipstick
Wilted Violet

For the bottom card -Layer 1:
Twisted Citron
Wilted Violet
Tumbled Glass

Layer 2:
Cracked Pistachio
Seedless Preserves
Salty Ocean

I decided to use just Layer 1 of the Butterflies Stencil Set and apply the glitter paste over it. This is a picture before the glitter paste was applied. 

For the top card the colors I used are Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar, and Shaded Lilac. For the bottom card I used Twisted Citron, Wilted Violet, and Tumbled Glass.

Here is a picture after applying the glitter paste. The colors become muted and take on a more pastel shade, which is what I was going for!

Before assembling the cards, I stamped a sentiment from Newton’s Flower Garden over the clouds in black pigment ink and clear heat embossed over it. I love the shiny look it gives to the sentiment!

For this card I used crouching Newton, adding a couple flowers and fluttering butterflies around him, and colored them with Copic markers.

The Copic colors I used for Newton are: C0, C1, C2, and C3 for his stripes
Belly – C00, C0
Ears – R20, R32
Nose – R20

For the flowers and butterflies:
Y00, Y02, Y08
B000, B01, B02, B04
RV10, RV23, RV14
V12, V04, V06
YG11, YG03, YG17
E11, E13, E15

For this card I used Newton chasing butterflies, adding a couple more flowers and another pretty butterfly, and colored them with Copic markers.

The Copic colors I used for Newton are: YR0000, YR000, YR20, and YR31 for his stripes
Belly – W0, W1
Ears – R20, R32
Nose – R20


For the flowers and butterflies:BV31, BV02, BV04
R20, R22, R14
Y00, Y02, Y08
BG11, BG23, BG13
YG11, YG03, YG17
E11, E13, E15

I finished off both cards using a glitter pen on the butterflies, and applying glossy accents to the butterfly bodies, butterfly details, flower centers, and Newton’s cute nose! I hope you all enjoyed my cards this week, and are able to get your *paws* on some of these awesome new products! Have a great week everyone!!

-Amy

You Make Me Smile Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Circles + Smiles!

Today Tatiana has created a beautiful kitty card, perfect for sending smiles! She features the kitty chasing butterflies from our new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set. She colored the kitty with copics, adding adorable tiger stripes, then cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Flower Garden Die Set.  For her card base she took a white card front and cut three circles out of it using our new Circle Frames Die Set. Then she added another layer of white behind it, adding brightly colored inks into the area behind each cut out circle! Such a fun way to create a colorful yet simple card! She layered the images into each circle, adding the sentiment into the top one too. A few iridescent sequins ad a bit of sparkle to the finished card.

This lovely and colorful card will certainly brighten the day of whoever receives it!

We hope are inspired to try to make a circle  card like this beautiful one by Tatiana today! If you like this project you can see more of Tatiana's work over on her blog, Tatiana Craft and Art.

If Friends Were Flowers Card by Zsofia Molnar

If Friends were Flowers...

Today Zsofia has created a friendship card that is filled with things that will make you smile! She started out by coloring the image of our favorite kitty playing in the flowers from the new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set.  The colors she used are so vibrant and pretty! She cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Flower Garden Die Set. She layered the image over  a fun plaid paper that was cut into a rounded edge square using our Frames Squared Die Set. The colors on the paper match the flowers perfectly! The sentiment was added into a circle, also cut out using our Frames Squared Die Set.

Behind the image she created a couple of fun elements using die cuts. She added a scalloped edges using one of the dies from our Sky Borders Die Set to create borders from yellow cardstock and layered them with some green cardstock.

Here is a close-up so you can see the lovely coloring details and sparkle and gloss:

Thank you, Zsofia, for the beautiful friendship card today! You can find more of Zsofia's lovely creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

May Reveal - Day 4 - Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set

Today is our final reveal day for our May Release and we are finishing things out with two favorites: kitties and flowers! The new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set is filled with so much to love! Our favorite kitty will steal your heart as he plays in the flowers! 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's Flower Garden

Newton is enjoying a day in the flower garden on this 4x6 stamp set! Our favorite feline is having so much fun chasing butterflies and playing in the floral blooms. This set will become a favorite for creating fun summer scenes and uplifting cards! The sentiments are perfect for sending cheerful cards to friends!

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 10 stamps: 7 images and 3 sentiments
• Coordinating Newton's Flower Garden purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 7 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, May 22nd

Play in the Garden 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.

Maria created a sunny summer scene for the kitty from our Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set to play in! She used our Sunscape Stencil to add sun rays to the sky and then added in clouds using our Sky Scene Builder Die Set. She added hills using our Hills & Grass Stencil and grass using our Land Borders Die Set.

Amanda created this beautiful card featuring the kitty from our new NNewton's Flower Garden Stamp Set, enjoying a day filled with butterflies and flowers! She added a whole sky of two toned butterflies using our new Butterflies Stencil Set. Then she added clouds along the top with our Sky Borders Die Set and grass along the bottom with our Land Borders Die Set.

This cheerful card by Tina is perfect for sending smiles! She created a square card using our Frames Squared Die Set. That kitty from our new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set is so adorable playing with the butterflies and flowers! She used our Sky Scene Builder Die Set and Clouds Stencil to surround the kitty with a sunny setting and framed it all with a circle from the new Circle Frames Die Set.   

Samantha creates a playful kitty scene that is sure to make you smile! She features the kitty frolicking win the garden with butterflies and flowers from the new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set. Then she creates a gorgeous setting for the scene by stenciling sun rays in the background using our Sunscape Stencil and grass along the bottom using our Land Borders Die Set.

This duo of playful kitties couldn't be cuter! Andrea created this card with two of the kitties chasing butterflies from our new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set. She colored the kitties with fun bold colors and created a picturesque scene for them to play in, adding grass with our Land Borders Die Set and clouds with our Sky Borders Die Set. She also added some beautiful rays to the sky using our Sunscape Stencil. 

This whimsical kitty card was created by Zsofia. She colored two of the kitties from the new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set in matching hues. She created a sunny scene for them using our Sky Scene Builder Die Set for sun and clouds and added a layer of grass with our Land Borders Die Set. The scene was created onto a piece of vellum that was cut out with a postage edge using our Framework Die Set and layered over some cloudy patterned paper! So adorable! 

This delightful kitty card was created by Tatiana. She features the image of the kitty chasing a butterfly from the new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set. She adds the image to the top of a little polka dot hill, adding in more flowers and butterflies surrounding him! Subtle sun rays in the background added with our Sunscape Stencil complete the charming scene. 

Ellen wows us with her artistic skills by creating a hand drawn woodland scene for her card! She features two kitties from our new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set and colored them with amazing details and then creates an enchanted forest around them! Stunning! 

Larissa features created this adorable scene, that is sure to spread smiles! She features the adorable kitty chasing butterflies from our new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set. She adds in a charming backdrop, adding a fence and grass using our Fence Die Set and Land Borders Die Set. The scene is framed with a scalloped panel using our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

This adorable kitty card is collecting beautiful memories and butterflies! Naki created this sweet scene featuring the kitty and butterflies from our new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set. She colored the images with gorgeous no line coloring, giving the kitty pretty tiger stripes! She also used our Hills & Grass Stencil to create a grassy border along the bottom edge. 

Would you like to win the “Newton's Flower Garden” 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 21st at 9pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, May 22nd.

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Andrea Shell

Tina Smith

Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox