Retiring Products Feature Week - Day 4 - Nakaba & Ellen

Have you had a chance to shop our retiring products sale? 

It's time to make room for new products so they are retiring select designs! These designs are available at up to 40% off while supplies last so hurry to get your favorites before they're gone for good! Head over to the shop to see what's going away in the retiring sale category!

All week our design team is sharing inspiration using some of their favorite products from our retiring list and today we are featuring projects by Naki and Ellen!

Our first project today is this gorgeous sea themed card by Naki:

Naki created a gorgeous nautical project today that has so many fun details! She created that lovely bottle image using our retiring Message in a Bottle Die Set and filled it with sea colored beads. Inside the bottle she layered the image of the kraken from the retiring Message in a Bottle Stamp Set to layer over the top, coloring it in soft yellow. She also added the scroll from Message in a Bottle Stamp Set and added the sentiment onto the scroll. The little anchor in front completes the underwater scene and she even added a tiny chain for an extra fun detail! The waves in the background were created using our Waves Stencil

Visit Nakaba's blog: Notes from Naki to see more!

Next, we have a beautiful fairytale scene on this card by Ellen: 

If you love fairytales this gorgeous scene by Ellen will steal your heart! She created a scene full of adventure featuring the knight and dragon from our retiring Knight's Quest Stamp Set. She added more elements to her scene from other retiring sets. She use the the castle from the retiring Once Upon a Princess Stamp Set, the tree from the retiring Fox Hollow Stamp Set, and the scroll from the retiring Message in a Bottle Stamp Set. She did some gorgeous coloring on all these images with copic markers and then used the coordinating retiring die sets to cut them out (Knight's Quest Die Set, Once Upon a Princess Die Set, Message in a Bottle Die Set and Fox Hollow Die Set). 

The beautiful landscape was created but cutting out grass, land and water with our Land Borders Die Set and Sea Borders Die Set. In the background she added an orange sunny sky using our Sunscape Stencil. She also added that lovely postage edge around the whole long image by cutting out several panels with our Framework Die Set and lining them up for a long border. 

Visit Ellen's blog: Crafty Ellen to see more today!

Check back tomorrow for more fun projects!

Don't forget to check out the Retiring Products Category to see everything that is discounted and get your favorites before they are gone for good!

Retiring Products Feature Week - Day 3 - Tina & Andrea

Did you see that we are having a retiring products sale?

 It's time to make room for new products so they are retiring select designs! These designs are available at up to 40% off while supplies last so hurry to get your favorites before they're gone for good! Head over to the shop to see what's going away in the retiring sale category!

All week our design team is sharing inspiration using some of their favorite products from our retiring list and today we are featuring projects by Tina and Andrea!

Tina created this charming princess card using our retiring Once Upon a Princess Stamp Set:

Tina featured the images from our retiring Once Upon a Princess Stamp Set for this magical card! She stamped and colored the castle multiple times and layered it together to create the illusion of a larger castle! She also colored the princess, tree and frog from the set, adding white accents with a gel pen and some sparkle on the crowns too! She used the coordinating Once Upon a Princess Die Set (also retiring) to cut the images out. She layered the images onto her card over a softly inked blue sky background. She added the scalloped die cut edge to the panel using our Frames & Flags Die Set. To add more sparkle she adds sparkly stars to the sky using our Sky Scene Builder Die Set. The sentiment "if the crown fits..." is the perfect finishing touch!

Tina has a wonderful video on our YouTube Channel today with this card too! You can view the video here and don't forget to subscribe!

Visit Tina's blog: Cards and Coffee Time today to see more!

Next, we have a second magical themed card by Andrea featuring the retiring Once Upon a Princess Stamp Set and retiring Knight's Quest Stamp Set!

Andrea combines the princess and knight together on this stunning card! This card features the sweet princess from our retiring Once Upon a Princess Stamp Set looking out from the top of the castle. Below the castle wall stands the knight from our retiring Knight's Quest Stamp Set,  defending the princess from the dragon! She colored all the cute images using alcohol markers and cut them out using the coordinating Once Upon a Princess Die Set for the princess and the Knight's Quest Die Set for the knight and dragon. She also created a border of grass using our Land Borders Die Set. The beautiful blue clouds in the sky were created with our Clouds Stencil. In the sky she also added the birthday sentiment from the Knight's Quest Stamp Set, making this a birthday card that would be perfect for any fantasy fan!

Visit Andrea's blog: Blissfully Scrappy to see more today!

Check back tomorrow for more fun projects!

Don't forget to check out the Retiring Products Category to see everything that is discounted and get your favorites before they are gone for good!

Birthday Princess Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Birthday card fit for a Princess!!

Today Tatiana has created a birthday card that is fit for a princess! She created this adorable girly scene featuring the lovely princess holding her frog prince from our Once Upon a Princess Stamp Set. She added the castle and tree in the background, coloring all the images in pink, purple and blue pastels. She used the coordinating Once Upon a Princess Die Set to cut the images out.

For the background she added a circle filled with layers of clouds created using our Clouds Stencil in layers with pink, purple, and blue inks.

Here's a close up so you can see all the beautiful details:

Thank you for the lovely birthday wishes today, Tatiana!
If you like this project you can see more of Tatiana's work over on her blog, Tatiana Craft and Art.

Trick or Treat Card by Nakaba Rager

Trick or Treat!!

Halloween is tomorrow! Are you ready? Today we are sharing a fun trick or treat card by Naki! For her card she created two adorable kids dressed for trick or treating using the princess from our Once Upon a Time Stamp Set and the knight from our Knights Quest Stamp Set. She was inspired by the costume choices of her kids this year who will be going as a prince and princess! She colored the images with gorgeous no-line coloring and then cut them out using the coordinating Once Upon a Time Die Set and Knights Quest Die Set. She also tucked a purple pumpkin candy holder behind the princess using the image from our Dress Up Doxies Stamp Set! What a fun idea!

To set the scene for these cuties she used the spooky house and graveyard from our Spooky Street Stamp Set. She dressed the scene up with a glittery gold moon in the sky that she added in using our Bokeh Stencil Set as a template for the circle. She also added in some die cut bats and the "trick or treat" die cut sentiment from our Halloween Trio Die Set. What a fun sweet scene with a little touch of spookiness! So perfect for Halloween!

Thank you for the fun sparkle today, Naki! If you like this project you can see more of Naki's work over on her blog, Notes from Naki. Stop by and say hello!

Believe In Your Dreams Card by April Guest Designer Candice Fisher

It’s Springtime and for me that means coming out of hibernation from being buried in snow here in Minnesota!

I think this card using Newton Makes Plans Stamp Set is perfect for all the activities I can now go out and do!

The inspiration for this card comes from my daughter in college and son who is about to graduate high school.  I look at all the different Newtons in this set and see all the dreams that my kids can do!

To begin my card, I trimmed watercolor paper to the size of my card and inked it with spun sugar oxide ink.  I then used the Bokeh Stencil Set to create the circles, first with worn lipstick and then second with abandoned coral. The awesome thing about this stencil set is that they have very faint lines of the circles from the other stencil for easy lining up! Genius! I felt that the eye wasn’t drawn in, so I added a light inking of abandoned coral around the edges. 

I die cut the frame and inked each square along the bottom with cracked pistachio.  I pop dotted the frame at an angle and glued the squares in the center of each and trimmed the bottom with scissors.  For the rectangle I stamped the sentiment from the Once upon a Princess Stamp Set.  Next, I stamped all the mini Newtons, colored with copic markers, and die cut them out with the coordinating dies.  I am in love with mini stamps and I definitely recommend the coordinating dies to make it easier, (I, of course, have to use all of them on one card)!

To finish this fun card, I simply added the die cut you layered along the top.  I tried sequins and other accents, but it seemed to take away from these cuties so I kept it simple.  A hard concept for me to not add sparkle or shine! 

Just an FYI, my daughter is currently either the Newton in the laundry basket sleeping or the one buried in the book, while my son is the one exercising or joining his sister in the laundry basket!

I am so glad that you swung by and wish you a happy week!

Remember, you can always join in the Inky Paws Challenge for your chance to win!

- Candice 

Find me at: Candicards blog  • Instagram

A Big Welcome to Zsofia Molnar and Design Team Recap!

We have a new addition to our Design Team!  

A big warm welcome to Zsofia!

We are so excited to have Zsofia Molna  joining our team! We've been admiring her work on our inky paws challenge inspiration team for quite some time now so when we had a spot open on our team - We knew she would fit right in! Zsofia will begin designing with us for our upcoming July release and we can't wait to share what she creates!

Here's a little more about her:

Zsofia Molnar 

safsafdesign

Hello! My name is Zsofia Molnar and I am a card maker from Hungary. I am thrilled to join this amazing Design Team. I live in beautiful Budapest with my 2 kids (7 and 4 years old) and the most loving husband ever. We are a truly trilingual family as my husband is Egyptian and we communicate with each other in English. I started paper crafting more or less 4 years ago when I was fascinated by all the pretty scrapbook layouts. I have never even made a single one, but rather fell in love with making cards and sharing handmade kindness with my family and friends. I am an addict since then, I have to be crafty every day to feel good. This is my little escape. I love cute critters, florals and I really enjoy building scenes with layers. I am curious to try new techniques but my favourites are still Copics and Distress inks. You can follow my crafty journey on my blog: www.safsafdesign.wordpress.com or on Instagram @safsafdesign2016.

 Zsofia has been using our stamps for quite some time and has a few favorites she'd like to share today today. Srcoll down to see her lovely work!

Hello Everyone,

I am thrilled to join the Newton’s Nook Designs Design Team as of July 2018, it is a dream come true. You might have seen my cards on the Inky Paws Challenges during the past year. As an introduction I brought you today some of my favourite cards.

Wedding on the Beach

I love to stretch my stamps and find more and more occasions to use them. On this card I used the kitty couple from Newton’s Christmas Cuddles (one of my favourite sets), I placed them on the beach and added some accessories, so they look like getting married. Perfect for summer weddings!

Princess Birthday

I am a huge fan of patterned paper and love to combine them on my cards. For my daughter’s 7^th birthday I made this card using an Inky Paws Challenge sketch as a guide for the layout. The girl from Once Upon a Princess set was coloured to match the patterned papers, I do this often. I also love to use gems and crystals as a little extra bling.

Rainbow Cocktails

I love colours so much, they cheer me up. Usually my cards are bright, I enjoy including a rainbow whenever it is possible. The cute drinks from Cocktail Mixer were coloured in a rainbow order and got some extra shimmer and shine thanks to my favourite Shimmer Pen and Glossy accents. I believe these little details add a lot to card designs.

Unicorns

I am falling for cute critters and I adore unicorns which is probably the effect of my daughter. I often make my own backgrounds using distress inks and I love to use colourful inks to stamp my sentiments. On this card I used the Believe in Unicorns stamp and die set, coloured with Copic markers which is my favourite colouring medium.

Coffee addict

And last, but not least, I am a coffee addict. I love mine long with milk, from my favourite mug. I cannot imagine starting the day without it. The kitties from Newton’s Sweetheart are also sipping something like that instead of milk on this cheerful card. I also love to use tags as part of my card designs, they help setting the scene.

I hope you like my cards and I put a smile on your face. See you soon but till then happy crafting!
- Zsofi

And a Now we'd like to give a BIG shout-out to our AWESOME Current Design Team Members!

We just LOVE our Design Team! We are so thankful to have all these lovely ladies staying on our team for the rest of the year! They continue to amaze us each month with their incredible creativity!

Samantha Mann 
Designer & Design Team Coordinator

Sam's Scrap Candy

Hi, I'm Samantha Mann and I couldn't be happier to continue for another term with Newton's Nook Designs!! My husband and I have lived all over the US, from Washington State to Florida, but we're currently in hot, humid, coastal South Carolina! We have two little boys (who I usually call my little menn)! I have always been in love with school supplies (ever since elementary school when I would save my nickels to buy cute pencils or erasers!) and that love just grew and developed into my crazy obsession (read: passion!) of paper crafting! I love making cards and even dabble with the occasional scrapbook layout! I tend to lean towards clean and simple design, but not always! I am all about learning new techniques from fellow crafters! I'm definitely quirky, and love to make playful, humorous sentiments for my cards (and layouts)! I work full time for an advertising company and spend every other moment I can paper crafting, reading and enjoying the little moments in everyday family life.

Amanda Bodine

RutabagaPie Designs

Hi!  I’m Amanda Bodine.  I am so excited to be joining Newtons Nook Designs and their talented Design Team.  I’m married to Rob going on 21 years and we have a 19 year old son in college. We also have a dog named Scout and a kitty named Ashe who are loved and adored by all of us.  I’ve always been a crafty person.  From the time I was little, I loved to color and create fun little projects with arts and crafts supplies.  The year my son was born, I was introduced to scrapbooking.  10 years later I began making cards, and I’ve been passionate about it ever since.  I often travel with my Copics and pages of my favorite images to color.  I love creating in my studio on rainy days, with a tall pottery mug of tea, listening to podcasts or NPR.

Holly Endress

Hollybeary Creations

Hi I’m Holly Endress. I’m a Stay at Home mom to two Special Needs boys. My husband is retired Navy and after living all over the US we now live in PA just outside MD. I’ve been paper crafting for over 26 years and I love everything about. My favorite mediums right now are Watercolor, Copics and anything with Distress ink. I’m looking forward to working with everyone here on the Newton’s Nook Designs team and sharing Fun projects with you.

Ellen Haxelmans

Crafty Ellen

Hello! I’m Ellen and I live in Belgium with my boyfriend Davey and two chickens “Jip and Janneke”.  With the age of 25 I’m probably the youngest here in the team hihi...

I've always been artsy and even studied art. Because I don’t do anything creative it in my current job, I really like to paint, draw and of course create cards in my free time. As a fan from Newton’s Nook Designs I'm so happy to be a part of this awesome team! You can see more of my work on my blog: http://craftyellenh.blogspot.be/

Larissa Heskett
Larissa Heskett Designs

I’ve been married to my best friend Adam for almost 13 years, and we have two handsome boys, Beckett (11 yrs.) and Greyson (5 yrs.)!! We live on our Family Farm with an Entourage of Animals, and I enjoy EVERY aspect of living a rural life. I’m a Certified Surgical Technician, but I’m very blessed to be a stay-at-home mom. I enjoy crafting in every way, jewelry making, baking/cooking, gardening, singing, nature and taking photos. I LOVE Spending time with my Family and Friends and meeting/crafting with other creative people I’ve found/met online and through other events! I also LOVE to try new techniques and experiment with my supplies!! I look forward to inspiring you with the AMAZING Newton's Nook Designs products!! I cannot even begin to explain how HONORED and EXCITED I am to have the opportunity to design with this AWESOME Design Team!! For More Info about my Designs you can Visit my Blog: larissaheskettdesigns.blogspot.com

Juliana Michaels

17 Turtles

Hello! I'm Juliana Michaels. I grew up in a creative household loving art, design, and making things with my hands. I give all the credit for my creativity to my multi-talented Mom who loves to paint, sew and draw. Nearly 20 years ago I found my true passion in paper crafting and scrapbooking.

I've been a project designer in the paper craft/scrapbook industry since 2007 and I've been fortunate to work for many top manufacturers including: BoBunny, Bella Blvd, Elle's Studio, SRM Stickers, Provocraft, Pebbles, Therm O Web and Jillibean Soup. My projects have been published in a variety of magazines and idea books and I've had projects displayed at the Craft and Hobby Association Trade Show. Most recently I started a new journey in my creative career and fulfilled a life long dream to create graphics and product design as a graphic artist for Jillibean Soup. When I'm not creating for work, I love to create cards, scrapbook pages and other craft projects. I've also recently journeyed more into the world of stamping and found a new passion with stamps, inks and coloring mediums.

On the personal side, I'm married to Danny, my best friend and the love of my life. I'm also mom to two Golden Retrievers named Lincoln and Shirley and an American Paint Horse named Woody. I have a fondness for coffee, Mexican food, turtles, Halloween and antiquing. In my spare time I love crafting, card making, scrapbooking, playing with Lincoln and Shirley, enjoying the outdoors, and reading science and historical fiction.

Nakaba Rager

Notes from Naki

Hello Newton lovers! My name is Nakaba Rager but most people call me Naki. I am originally from Japan, came to the US to learn the English language in 1996. I met my husband in 1998 and got married 9 months later! we used to speak Japanese to each other because his Japanese was better than my English back then! Ha! We have 4 beautiful children together (2 boys and 2 girls) and we also have 2 boy cats! I met card making in 2012 but it was 2 years later that it became my true passion (AKA obsession) when I was introduced to many small companies including Newton's Nook Designs! I started to play many challenges, and here I am, on the NND DT for my second term! Jen's cute and sweet designs truly make me happy, and being on this DT is a dream comes true! I am so honored to be on the same team as these so-very-talented-ladies! Thank you Jen and Jeff!

Maria Russell

Maria Russell Designs

Hello stampers and crafters. My name is Maria Russell and I am so THRILLED to be a part of the Newton’s Nook Designs design team.  My husband and I have lived all over the world and we have two talented, beautiful children (now adults).

My love for paper crafting began in high school when my friends and I wrote each other letters, took photos, kept a journal and scrapbooks.  It kind of looked like a smash-book because I had everything in there from ticket stubs, to beautiful napkins, to candy wrapper.  Paper crafting is very therapeutic for me.  I only ventured into card making in 2013 and I am hooked!  I was really honored when one of my cards got published at Scrapbook and Cards magazine, Creative Cards Volume I in 2015.

I am so HAPPY to be a part of this amazing design team!  I’d be honored if you’d like to visit my blog: www.mariarusselldesigns.com

Tatiana Trafimovich
Tatiana Craft and Art

Hello! My name is Tatiana and I’m so excited and honored to be joining the Newton’s Nook Designs DT! I live in sunny Rome with my hubby, stepson and two sweet kitties, Tommy and Lilly.

I always loved everything handmade and crafty related and tried all kinds of hobbies from jewelry making to crocheting until I discovered and felt in love with a magical world of paper crafting. Cardmaking and coloring became my relaxing getaway.

I like getting inky, experimenting, stretching my supplies, learning new techniques and coloring with any medium, especially cat images which I often make look like my kitties.

That's a lot of amazing talent, don't you think!? We can't wait to see what everyone creates next!