Cozy Coffee Card by Amanda Wilcox

Cozy with Coffee & Books!

Today we are featuring a coffee and book themed card by Amanda that is perfect for spending a cozy day in! 

This card features the adorable image of the girl, curled up in her armchair with a good book, a cup of coffee and her cat from our Sips & Stories Stamp Set. What a perfect way to spend the day! She colored the image in beautiful soft colors and then cut it out using the coordinating Sips & Stories Die Set. She layered the image over a circle that was die cut from vellum using our Circle Frames Die Set. 

For the sentiment, she chose "Never judge a book by it's movie!" which she stamped from our Sips & Stories Stamp Set. She embossed the message in white onto a black banner that was die cut using our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

For her card background she chose the paper filled with steaming coffee mugs from our Coffee House Stories Paper Pad and cut it out with our Frames & Flags Die Set to give it a fun scalloped edge. She also used the teal polka dot paper from the same paper pad, layering it behind so it just peeks around the edges and gives a perfect pop of teal to the card. 

This lovely card would be perfect for sending a hello to a book-lover!

To say hello to Amanda and see more details you can visit her over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Don't forget that the Fall/Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop is going on this week. 

You can play along with the hop by creating a coffee themed card (or cocoa, tea or cider) and linking it up for a chance to win prizes from all the sponsors including us at Newton's Nook Designs. For more information, visit the  Fall/Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop Post here.

A Cozy Story Time Card by Farhana Sarker

A Cozy Story Time! 

Today we are enjoying a cozy storytime card by Farhana that is sure to make warm you up on a cold day!

For this fun card she features the image of the girl reading and drinking a warm beverage from our Sips & Stories Stamp Set. She colored the image, giving her a fun red sweater, and cut it out using the coordinating  Sips & Stories Die Set. 

For her card background she started with a white panel and used our Serene Stripes Stencil to dry emboss the striped pattern by pressing it through her die cutting machine. Then she used the snow globe shape from our Snow Globe Shaker Die Set to cut a window out of the panel.  She made this window into a shaker shape, adding sparkly snowflakes to the background using our Petite Snow Stencil. She also added little snowflake and circle shapes too. Isn't this so pretty? It looks like she is gazing out into a snowy day!

 

The final touch is the sentiment "I'm so glad that you're part of my story" which is embossed in gold onto black cardstock and carefully cut out by hand. 

This card is perfect to send a friend to let them know you are thinking of them during the cold winter days!

You can find more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered.

Happiness is Coffee and a Good Book Card by Amanda Wilcox

A Happy Coffee Card!

Today Amanda has created a cozy coffee card with a fun fall color vibe! 

This awesome card features the girl curled up in her arm chair with three of our favorite things: a kitty, a book, and a coffee! This image is from our Sips & Stories Stamp Set. She colored the image using neutrals along with pops for teal and red for a fun color combo that feels perfect for fall! The image was cut out using the coordinating Sips & Stories Die Set. 

For her card she combined a few different elements to create a fun layout. She started by stenciling a panel of green paper with green ink using our Mugs Stencil. Then she cut the panel out using our Framework Die Set to give it that fun postage edge. 

Next, she cut out a bright golden yellow tag using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. She used the mini edge dies from the same set to add a brown tag topper with a zig zag edge. She also used our Houndstooth Stencil to to add a bit of pattern to the tag. 

She assembled all the pieces and added the sentiment, embossed in white onto a black banner that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. A few mini white hearts add a fun finishing touch too. 

Here is a close up so you can see all the gorgeous details. 

This card would be perfect for sending to any book lover!

To say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Amanda over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

2021 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Today we are playing along with the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog hop!

There are going to be TONS of fun prizes too - 

including a $25 store credit from us at Newton's Nook Designs! 

You can head over to the Coffee Lovers Blog for more details on how to play along! 

Here's what I created:

Today I decided to create a fun coffee themed card featuring our Sips & Stories Stamp Set. This set has coffee and book lovers theme so it is perfect for celebrating a cozy day, complete with coffee! My favorite image from this set is the girl sitting in the comfy chair reading a book and drinking coffee with her kitty! Doesn't that sound like a wonderful way to spend an afternoon?

I wanted this card to have a spring feeling so I chose fun bright spring pastels to color this image and I also colored the image of a single mug to match. I used the coordinating Sips & Stories Die Set to cut the images out. I also cut out two pink hearts using our Heart Frames Die Set and stamped the sentiment into the larger heart. 

For the card background, I used our Mugs Stencil with teal ink on light teal paper to make a fun coffee mug background. I cut out this panel and the vellum panel that is layered over it using our Frames & Flags Die Set for the fun stitched and scalloped edges! 

What do you think? Doesn't this look like a wonderful day? This card would be perfect to send to a friend who loves, coffee, books or cats.... or all three! 

If you haven't seen these products yet, here are images of what I used today:

Sips & Stories Stamp Set and coordinating Die Set, Mugs Stencil

 Heart Frames Die Set and Frames & Flags Die Set 

We also have a BUNCH of designs that have coffee or tea in them. 

You can find them all here: Coffee Sets

If you are new to us, you might not know that Newton, the kitty on our logo and stamps, was inspired by our real kitty! Although Newton passed away last year, we still love that he lives on in our designs. We now have two young kitties, Toulouse and Marlowe that we adopted last fall! You can follow us on facebook or instagram to see lots of photos of them!

Hope you enjoyed this coffee card today! Make sure you head over to the Coffee Lovers Blog to find out how you can link up your card to play along -- There are a TON of prizes, including one from us at Newton's Nook Designs. 

Happiness Is... Card by March Guest Designer Jane Trivedi

Hi everyone! 
Jane here sharing this rainbow colored card using the adorable Sips and Stories Stamp Set set by Newton’s Nook Designs.

To create the rainbow background, I first taped the Serene Stripes Stencil to a piece of white card stock and used a scrap piece of post-it tape in the center to create a mask. Next, I ink blended a rainbow of colors using the following distress ink colors: carved pumpkin, worn lipstick, candied apple, seedless preserves, mermaid lagoon, cracked pistachio and squeezed lemonade. After removing the mask, the panel was cut using a paper trimmer to 5 inches by 3.75 inches and adhered to a white A2 card base using foam tape.

The image was stamped in copic-friendly black ink on white card stock and colored using copic markers. White gel pen was used to add highlights and texture. The image was then cut using scissors and mounted to the card front using foam tape. The sentiment is also from the Sips and Stories Stamp Set and was stamped on the card front using black ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Hope you found some inspiration using these amazing products from Newton’s Nook Designs!

-Jane

A Slimline Card for Book Lovers by Amanda Wilcox

A Slimline Card for Book Lovers!

Today Amanda has created another beautiful tall slimline card, perfect for a book lover! She used the frame with three windows from our Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set to feature the three lovely ladies reading books from our Sips & Stories Stamp Set. The images were cut out using the coordinating Sips & Stores Die Set and layered onto the tall slim card!

Behind these adorable girls she added a scallop edged panel that was cut out using our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set. She also added a fun coffee mug pattern onto the panel using our Mugs Stencil. In  the center window she added the sentiment, embossed in white onto a banner from our Frames & Flags Die Set.

The bits of sparkle and glossy effects on the images really add a special touch. Plus, check out the dot details on that kitty! So cute!

We hope you enjoyed this fun book themed card by Amanda today! To say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Amanda over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

New Job Card by Ellen Haxelmans

New Job Card!

Today Ellen has created a beautiful card for someone who just started a new job, complete with a little treat too!  

She started by coloring the kitty with the globe from our Newton's Graduation Stamp Set. Along with this image she added the stack s of books from the Classy Teachers Stamp Set and the single book and mug from the Sips & Stories Stamp Set. These images were all cut out using their coordinating die sets and added over a circle that was created using our Circle Frames Die Set. 

For the custom sentiment, she used the word "new" from our Loveable Laundry Stamp Set and paired with with letters cut out using our Essential Alphabet Die Set to spell "job". These words were added onto a blue banner that was cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set. 

For a bit of sparkle she created a lovely background using our Houndstooth Stencil with sparkly texture gel. 

Tips on creating this card

Below we have some tips from Ellen on how this card was created:

1. (left photo) I know someone who just got a job in a university, so searched for all things that could fit the theme of the card (Books, coffee…). Then I colored it with my Copic markers.
2. (center photo) When you want a specific sentiment it’s so easy to use the alphabet dies. Suddenly I remembered the word ‘new’ was in the Loveable Laundry baby set and that made a perfect match with the word ‘job’, which was cut out using the Essential Alphabet Die Set.
3. (right photo) The card base was created with the Houndstooth Stencil and Red Velvet Glitz Glitter Gel. For the circle I blended blue distress ink and splattered water on top.

Bonus treat!

To go with this card, Ellen also embellished a cute little apple shaped treat container! She used the same sheet that was patterned with our Houndstooth Stencil and red glitter paste and cut out a tiny tag using our Tags Times Two Die Set. She added "mew did it" from the Newton's Graduation Stamp Set and a little apple from the Classy Teachers Stamp Set! How adorable!!

We hope you enjoyed this fun project today and tips from Ellen! To see more unique creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen!

August Reveal - Day 1 - Sips & Stories + New Stencils

Welcome to first reveal day for our August Release! This month we have some amazing new products share! We are starting things out today with a new coffee & book themed set called Sips & Stories! Scroll down for details. Plus, 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!

 

Sips & Stories

Stay inside and enjoy cozy day on this 4x6 stamp set. This set features a trio of lovely ladies relaxing with their coffee and books. The sentiments are perfect for creating cards for all the book lovers you know! The small coffee mugs and books are just right for creating background patterns too!

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 12 stamps: 8 images and 4 sentiments
• Coordinating Sips & Stories purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 8 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, August 21st

Houndstooth and Mugs Stencils

Today we are introducing two new gorgeous stencils! The Houndstooth Stencil (pictured below left) is perfect for creating classic textures and patterns that coordinate with cards for any occasion. The Mugs Stencil (pictured below right) is great for creating backgrounds to go with all of your coffee and tea themed projects! Both designs will become fast favorites in your collection! 

• Our premium custom stencils can be used with your favorite spray mists, inks, embossing pastes, chalks, paints, and more to add pattern and texture to your paper crafting projects. 
• Each design includes one 6 x 6 stencil. 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, August 21st
  
  

Relax and grab a favorite book! Enjoy this Inspiration 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.

Amy created this beautiful slimline card featuring our new Sips & Stories Stamp Set. She used our Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set and Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set to create the layers on the card, filling the windows with patterns using our new Houndstooth Stencil and Mugs Stencil in soft shades of pink! The sentiment in the center and the girls on each side are from our new Sips & Stories Stamp Set!

Tatiana combines all three new products today on this adorable card! She uses both the Houndstooth Stencil and the Mugs Stencil to create background pattern layers. Then she added on the image of the girl reading from our new Sips & Stories Stamp Set, layering it over a tag that was cut out using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. 

Samantha creates a cozy card featuring two of the lovely ladies with their books and coffee from our new Sips & Stories Stamp Set. She colors them in gorgeous bright colors and layers them over a starry background that was created using our Cascading Stars Stencil. The girls are truly the stars of their stories!  

Zsofia created a cozy scene that any book lover would adore! She used the image of the girl reading with her coffee and kitty from our new Sips & Stories Stamp Set. She then layered the image over a circle that was cut out using our Circle Frames Die Set, adding more books along the bottom edge of the circle! For the background pattern she used the new Mugs Stencil and gave the panel a postage edge using our Framework Die Set. The sentiment gives the finishing touch, stamped on a banner that was cut out using the extra shape from our Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set. 

This cheerful slimline card was created by Ellen! She used our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set to cut out the colorful layers and then added two of the lovely ladies from our new Sips & Stories Stamp Set on the outside circles. For the center circle she added in the sentiment along with some more books and coffee! Such a fun and colorful card!

If you ever thought "the book was better" then you will love this card by Amanda! She features two scenes of ladies reading books and drinking coffee from our new Sips & Stories Stamp Set, framing them with scalloped edged frames and vellum using our Framework Die Set. She added in a fun coffee mug background using our new Mugs Stencil.

This sweet book themed card by Maria would be perfect to send to a friend who loves books! She features the lady dreaming of her book while drinking coffee from the new Sips & Stories Stamp Set. She adds the image onto a tag that was cut out using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set, adding a bow from our Pines & Holly Die Set and some stars in the background using our Starfield Stencil. The card background also features some gorgeous textured mugs created with texture paste and our new Mugs Stencil.

Andrea created a lovely vertical slimline card with the fun book and coffee theme! She used our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set to cut out slimline layers, adding coffee cups to the frame layer using our new Mugs Stencil. Then she added two of the ladies with their coffee and books from our new Sips & Stories Stamp Set, adding the fun sentiment in the center!

The two lovely ladies on this card by Larissa are enjoying a cozy day of reading and coffee! She colored the two images from our new Sips & Stories Stamp Set in gorgeous rainbow colors and then layered them over white floorboards. Such a fun idea! She also added rainbow colored letters to the sentiment!

Would you like to win the “Sips & Stories” 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 August 20th at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, August 21st. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:
Newton's Nook Designs
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Andrea Shell
Tatiana Trafimovich
Amy Tsuruta
Amanda Wilcox