Friends Fur-ever Card by July Guest Designer Rachel Alvarado

Hello friends! It's Rachel here with a new post featuring some adorable images from the Puppy Pals Stamp Set.

I wanted the focal point of my card to be the two pups so I kept my card rather clean and simple.  To start, I stamped my images onto a sheet of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Card Stock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, colored them with Copic alcohol markers, and used the coordinating Puppy Pals Die Set to cut them out. (All Copic colors that I used are listed at the bottom of this post).

I then set these images aside and next created my card background. I trimmed a piece of white card stock to 4.25" x 11" and scored it on the long side at 5.5" to create a top-folding A2 card base.  I then trimmed a piece of blue patterned paper from the Sunny Studio Stamps Dots & Stripes Pastel Paper Pad to 4.25" x 5.5" and adhered it to the top of my folding card base. Next, I die cut a piece of smooth white card stock with the stitched rounded rectangle die from the Frames & Flags Die Set and lightly blended it with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.

I then stamped my sentiment on the bottom center of my card and adhered this piece to my card base with some 3D Foam Adhesive Tape for added dimension. Lastly, I added my images with some more 3D Foam Adhesive Tape for even more dimension.

Copic Colors Used: Dog on the Left: W00, W1, W3, E43, E44, E47; Dog on the Right: E31, E23, E25, E29; Reds: R14, R35, R37, R39; Blues: B21, B24, B39; Yellows: Y11, Y13, Y15

Thank you so much for stopping by! If you liked this card and want some more crafty inspiration, please feel free to check out my INSTAGRAM feed!

- Rachel

Fan Feature Week - Day 3

The rest of this week we're 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 Maria Russell picked this fun and summery card by fiki_fikreta.posavec. This card uses our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set and Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set.

"I love the chalkboard effect on the background and the focal point really stood out against the black with white hearts.  Creatively unique and beautiful in my view!"

Design Team member Amanda Wilcox picked this beautiful and colorful floral card by Tina Wilstrup at hartwildcards. This card uses our Puppy Pals Stamp Set.

"I love this card because Tina's coloring of these sweet pups is just wonderful! And putting them on that great rainbow background is super happy... Especially with those sentiments!"

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!

Thank You Card Duo by July Guest Designer Ildi Imrefalvi

Thank you. Twice.

Preparing for my guest designing I've made a bunch of sketches for the cards I planned to

create for Newton's Nook in July. Almost a dozen. As I realized that the end of the month is

near and there's only one blogpost to go, I tried to narrow and pick my favorite sketch to

make, but somehow I couldn't decide between two, so here they are :)

For my first card I stamped the floral elements of the set ‘Peony Blooms’ onto masking paper

and cut them out. After stamping the first flower I covered it with masking paper then went

for the next one. I stamped the images repeatedly making sure that the surrounding flowers

are covered with masking paper. 

I created a diagonal shape with the peonies leaving the bottom right area white. I coloured everything with Tombow markers and splattered white acrylic paint all over when it dried. To finish my card I stamped my sentiment with black ink and adhered the finished panel onto a deep blue card base.

For my monochromatic card I picked this adorable dog duo from the Puppy Pals stamp set as the center image and stamped it onto a card sized Copic friendly paper. The rest was just coloring with warm greys. 

Creating monochromatic cards is really relaxing as there's no need to think about which colors to pick. This card just needed six markers and a white gel pen. I usually use a bunch of tools to create my cards so it's fun to make something interesting with supplies fit my pocket :)

Thank you for inviting me, it's been wonderful to be a guest designer for Newton's Nook and I have had so much fun creating cards with these adorable products.

Thank you for reading my posts, I hope you liked my creations!

Hugs,

Ildi

Product used:

Peony Blooms

Puppy Pals

Adorable Puppy Cards by Andrea Shell

Puppy Love!

Do you love puppies? Today we are sharing TWO adorable puppy cards by Andrea today! Both of these creations feature our some of our new dog themed products along with adorable images from two of our favorite dog stamp sets! 

For the first card she created a fun little scene using the two pups sharing a bone from our Puppy Pals Stamp Set. She colored them using fun bright colors and added in sky and grass too. Then she created a layer of red using distress inks and cut a big pawprint out of it to frame the scene! The pawprint is from our Pawprint Shaker Die Set. Then she added the cute little sentiment from our Say Woof Stamp Set in the corner, adding it into a circle and making it look like a dog tag!

For her second card she featured that adorable pup from our Terrific Terriers Stamp Set. She colored that cute pup with copics, adding strokes to a fun hair texture! She cut the image out using the Terrific Terriers Die Set. She layered it over the big pawprint that was cut out of the previous card using our Pawprint Shaker Die Set. For the background she created a fun dog themed panel of pattern using our Woof Stencil with red ink and gave it a fun decorative edge using our Frames & Flags Die Set. She also added the cute sentiment from our Say Woof Stamp Set in the corner, embossing it with white on a black circle. 

Which card is your favorite? Both are so cute I can't decide!

Thank you, Andrea, for the adorable puppy cards today! To see more fun creations by Andrea, you can visit her over at her blog, Blissfully Scrappy too!

Two Puppy Pals Cards by May Guest Designer Anika Mercier

Hi Everyone! 

It's always nice to send someone special a sweet card to show them you care or to thank them for their kindness. I absolutely love the Puppy Pals Stamp Set  since it has the perfect sentiments for both occasions and a super sweet image to match! Today I'm sharing two cards I made with this stamp set one is a thank you card and the other is perfect for a special friend. 

Card One

Background 

Over the winter Newton's Nook Designs released two AMAZING stencils Plaid Stencil Set and Argyle Stencil Set which I absolutely love! I really wanted to use the Plaid Stencil Set on my cards since I think it adds so much interest and dimension. The super neat thing about these stencils is they have a very light etching on their surface so it's easy to line them up and have perfect inking every time. 

I taped down a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock and used Tumble Glass Distress Oxide ink for my first stencil layer. Next, I lined up the second stencil (super easy due to the etching) and inked it with Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink. I love how these two colors look together such a soft and happy spring combo.  

Image 

I stamped the Puppy Pals image onto a panel I cut using MFT's Stitched Tag Corner Rectangle dies and then colored it with Copic markers. For the ground and sky instead of using Copics, I thought it'd be fun to create the suggestion instead of a more literal interpretation. So, I inked the bottom of the die cut with Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink to give an impression of grass and then inked to top with Tumble Glass Distress Oxide ink to give an impression of the sky. 

Sentiments

For this card, I wanted to use both friendship sentiments in the Puppy Pals Stamp Set. I thought it would be fun to add a pop of color so I silver heat embossed the first sentiment onto soft yellow cardstock. For the second sentiment, I silver heat embossed it onto a soft blue cardstock which also matches the card base. I popped both sentiments up with foam tape and positioned them around the image making sure they were a bit wonky to give them some pop and to draw the eye to the pups. 

Finish Touches

To finish off the card I added Glossy Accents over the pups eyes and Black Glaze pen to their noses. Lastly, I added Nuvo Crystal Drops in Duck Egg Blue and Simply White around the card panel.

Card Two

This card is made virtually the same way as the card above with a few exceptions. 

Background

While I did use the Plaid Stencil Set for this card too however instead of using each stencil once I used one of the stencils twice which makes the pattern even stronger. I love that about these stencils you can layer and layer them to get different looks. 

On this card, I used a combination of dye inks: Lawn Fawn's No. 2 Pencil, Lawn Fawn's Doe, and Altenew's Citrus Burst. 

Image 

Here again, I colored the Puppy Pals image using Copics but this time to give the die cut an illusion of sky and ground I used Faded Jeans and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide inks. 

Sentiment 

I wanted this card to be a thank you card so I used that sentiment from the Puppy Pals stamp set. I think it makes for such a sweet thank you card!  

Finish Touches

To finish off the card I added Black Glaze pen to the pups eyes and noses and went over the tags on their collars with Glossy Accents. 

I hope you enjoyed both cards. I'd love to know which is your favorite so please comment below!

Please make sure to share with us your creations using Newton's Nook products by tagging #newtonsnookdesigns on Instagram. Thanks for stopping by the Newton's Nook Designs blog! 

Have a wonderful day and great week!

 - Anika

Please connect with me! You can find me at my blog colorandink.com or follow me on Instagram at colorandinkdesigns

February Reveals - Day 4 - Spring Pile Up and Puppy Pals!

Today is the final reveal day for our February Release and we have two more adorable sets to share. First, we have the adorable Spring Pile Up Stamp Set, perfect for Easter and Spring Greetings. Then we have a cute duo of dogs on the Puppy Pals Stamp Set. 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!

Spring Pile Up

Get ready for Spring time smiles on this 3x4 stamp set. This set includes a lamb, bunny and chick stacked up to create an adorable tower of spring animals. Use the fun included sentiments to complete cute spring and Easter greetings! The coordinating die set also includes a bonus "Happy Easter" word die!

Here's some info on the Spring Pile Up stamp set:

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 3 stamps: 1 images and 1 sentiments
• Coordinating Spring Pile Up purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 2 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, February 15th

Puppy Pals

This adorable 3x4 puppy stamp set is perfect for celebrating friendship! These two sweet pups are so cute sharing a their stick! The added spots and bandana will make them so fun to color too! Choose from the three fun included sentiments to create adorable friendship and thank you cards!

Here's some info on the Puppy Pals stamp set:

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 5 stamps: 2 images and 3 sentiments
• Coordinating Puppy Pals purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 2 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, February 15th

The cuteness continues with adorable creations from 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.

The puppy friends are so adorable on this card by Tatiana. She colored the image of the puppies from the new Puppy Pals Stamp Set in fun bright colors. Then she layered it over a fun heart cut out using our Darling Hearts Die Set. She added paw prints to the hear using our Pawprints Stencil. She also added in a cute frame edge using our Framework Die Set. For the background she added textured flowers using our Bold Blooms Stencil. 

This card by Zsofia is perfect for a spring hello! She created a fun pile of animals using our Spring Pile Up Stamp Set. She added them to her card over a strip of kraft paper and added in some grass using our Land Borders Die Set. She also created a lovely floral background using several ink colors with our new Bold Blooms Stencil! 

Amanda created this awesome dog card! She added in that cute pair of pups from our new Puppy Pals Stamp Set, coloring in vibrant tones using copic markers. She also added a chick onto each of their heads using our new Newton's Peeps Stamp Set. For her background she created a lovely pink and yellow bubble pattern using our Bokeh Stencil Set. The postage edge was cut out using our Framework Die Set.

This adorable pile of friends is ready to celebrate Easter! Maria created this fun card, using the image and sentiment from our newSpring Pile Up Stamp Set. She colored the image in fun Spring colors. She added it onto her card, layering it over a strip of clouds that was created using our Sky Borders Die Set to create a mask. 

These cute pups are so fun in the blue and orange color combo! Naki created this darling card using the image of dogs from our Puppy Pals Stamp Set and layering it over a fun background that was created using our Bokeh Stencil Set. She also used our  Frames & Flags Die Set to cut out the stitched rectangle panel and banner. 

The vibrant spring colors on this card by Samantha are sure to brighten up your day! She used the cute stack of animals from our new Spring Pile Up Stamp Set. She created a fun setting for them to hang out in using layers of bright green grass cut out using our Land Borders Die Set and a fun yellow bokeh sky using our new Bokeh Stencil Set! So cheerful! 

Ellen created this amazing puppy card using bold primary colors! She started with a blue pawprint background created with our Pawprints Stencil. Then she layered a big heart shape over it to hold our cute puppies from the Puppy Pals Stamp Set. She used colored pencils to color them in gorgeous tones of brown and gray! 

Larissa is piling on the fun with this incredible spring card! She used the image of the lamb, bunny and chick from the new Spring Pile Up Stamp Set and layered it on top of the kitty from our Newton's Peeps Stamp Set to create an even bigger stack of fun! She also added in grass using our Land Borders Die Set, and a scalloped edge using our  Frames & Flags Die Set. The blue circles in the background were added using our new Bokeh Stencil Set too.

This card by Andrea is so pretty in purple! She used the cute pups from our new Puppy Pals Stamp Set and colored them with copic markers. Then she layered them over a die cut heart, cut out using our Darling Hearts Die Set,  so you can see the purple background! The background has pawprints on it that were created using our Pawprints Stencil. She also used our Frames & Flags Die Set for the scalloped edge. 

Holly created a super fun and colorful spring card using the stack of animals from our new Spring Pile Up Stamp Set! Isn't it cut how she added swirls to the sheep and extra details with a white gel pen? She also added in a hill from patterned paper using our Land Borders Die Set.

Would you like to win the “Spring Pile Up”  or the "Puppy Pals"Stamp Set?

We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

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 February 14th at 9pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 15th.

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

Zsofia Molnar

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Andrea Shell

Tatiana Trafimovich