Happy Hello Card by Maria Russell

A Happy Hello!

Today we are PAW-sing to share a happy greeting by Maria! 

This sweet creation combines our new Birdhouse Greetings Stamp Set with the adorable kitten from our Smitten Kitten Stamp Set. She stamped and colored both the images with alcohol markers, adding little dot patterns to the kitties fur and white gel pen accents to both images to give them beautiful details! She cut the images out with the coordinating Birdhouse Greetings Die Set and Smitten Kitten Die Set. Here's a close up so you can see the gorgeous coloring:

For the card background she ink blended the sky using distress inks in several colors and then added white and colored paint splatters for a fun bit of texture. The sentiment from the Smitten Kitten Stamp Set was stamped into the sky and is purr-fect for wishing someone a happy day! The finishing element to scene is an edge of grass that was cut out using our Land Borders Die Set from some green flocked paper for another bit of texture! So amazing!

We hope you enjoyed this fun and cheerful card by Maria today!  You can visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs to see more of her beautiful work!

Newton's Nook Designs Sweet Treats Blog Hop!

It's our 9th Annual Sweet Treats Blog Hop!

The Newton's Nook Designs Team is hopping along today to share some great Sweet Treats - just in time for Valentine's Day! Make sure you scroll down to the bottom of this post to see the whole list and hop along and comment for a chance to win!

For my stop on the hop today,  I created a trio of treat toppers to hold some yummy candy hearts!

For these treat toppers I knew I wanted to feature our Smitten Kittens Stamp Set so I got out the stamp set, stamped a bunch of kittens and  colored them in a a variety of different fur colors. I used watercolor markers to color the images. Next, I cut the images out using the coordinating Smitten Kittens Die Set. 

I found some cellophane bags that fit my jelly candy hearts and then measured the width of the bags to decide how wide to make the treat toppers. In this case the bags are 3" wide so I made the toppers 3 1/4" wide by 2 3/4" tall but you could adjust the size to fit any treat bag you might have on hand. I started with a kraft colored cardstock base and then added pieces of patterned papers from our Love & Meows Paper Pad, adding two patterns across each topper. I then cut out the hearts using our Heart Frames Die Set. I chose a color for each heart that coordinated with the papers and kittens.  I used two sentiment from the 

Smitten Kittens Stamp Set ("Smitten as a Kitten" and "You're the cat's Meow"). Then I added the sentiment "Be my MEOW-entine" from the Newton's Heart Stamp Set for the third treat topper. 

Here are a few close-up photos so you can see the fun details:

I had so much fun making these and coloring the kittens in different colors! I hope you enjoyed this project today!  I'm sure these little treats will make someone smile!

The next stop on the hop is Donna Idlet! Make sure you hop through all the blogs listed at the end of this post and leave a comment for a change to win :)

Sweet Treats SALE!

As an extra treat to you, we are celebrating with a SALE! 

Use code TREAT to receive 15% off your order this weekend! 

Now through Monday, February 6th at www.newtonsnookdesigns.com

Sweet Treats Blog Hop Giveaway!
Would you like to win a $25 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs online shop?
We are giving them out to TWO lucky winners!

Here's how to win! Sweet Treats Blog Hop Prizes!
We will be choosing two lucky winners to win a $25 store credit for Newton's Nook Designs online shop! To enter, just leave comments on the Design Team Member and Guest blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the blog hop. 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 Sunday, February 5th at 9 pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, February 6th.

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

Newton's Nook Designs <----You are here

Donna Idlet

Ellen Haxelmans
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox

Valentine's Day Banner by Ellen Haxelmans

 

Valentine's Day Banner!

Today Ellen is sharing a fun way to decorate for Valentine's Day with a heart shaped Banner!! 

The hearts on the banner are adorned with the sweet kitty images from our Smitten Kittens Stamp Set, Captivated Kittens Stamp Se and Knead Kittens Stamp Sets and she uses sentiments from our Heartfelt Love Stamp Set. She also includes pretty papers from our Love & Chocolate Paper Pad and cut out circles and banners using our Circle Frames Die Set, A7 Frames & Banners Die Set and Banner Trio Die Set.

Here are a couple more photos of the banner:

Are you smitten with this project? Read on to get tips from Ellen on how she created it!

Here is a tutorial  from Ellen on how to create this Valentine Banner:

• (Left photo above): First I die cut all stamps and shapes. I used the Circle Frames Die Set and Heart Frames Die Set for the hearts and circles. I also used the Banner Trio Die Set and the A7 Frames & Banners Die Set  for the banner shapes.
  
  
• (Center photo above): I wanted text on all white hearts. To have some differentiation I changed the layout a little. On the one you can see on the 2nd picture, I layered a heart on top of the heart. I embossed the sentiments with white embossing powder using the Heartfelt Love Stamp Set. The banners are from the A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. The heart is the smallest scalloped die from the Heart Frames Die Set. The tiny colored heart is from the Smitten Kittens Stamp Set.
  
  
• (Right photo above): On the other white hearts I simply stamped other sentiments on the same banners. The fact that the banners on the second picture are smaller, is because I cut them twice.

• (Left photo above): On all pink hearts I layered different shapes. On top of the banner from the Banner Trio Die Set there are two circle one from the Circle Frames Die Set and one from the Frames Squared Die Set. I also used a pattern paper from the Love & Chocolate Paper Pad.
  
  
• (Center photo above): Next I colroed the illustrations with a watercolor markers. All the illustrations you can see are from the Smitten Kittens Stamp Set, Knead Kittens Stamp Set and Captivated Kittens Stamp Set. Ps. Doesn’t look the dough like a cute blanket?!
  
  
• (Right photo above): The last step was to place the illustration on top of the circles.
  
  
  Here is a quick video so you can see how it looks when it's all assembled:

We hope you enjoyed this fun project by Ellen today and are inspired to decorate your space for Valentine's Day!  To see more creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen

 

Kitty Themed Thank You Card by Amanda Wilcox

Kitty Themed Thank You!

Today we are sharing a kitty themed card by Amanda that is purr-fect for sending a special note of thanks!  

For this adorable card, Amanda started out by stamping the sweet duo of kittens from our Smitten Kittens Stamp Set. She colored them to look like her own two cats and used the coordinating Smitten Kittens Die Set to cut the image out. 

For the card background she used our Bokeh Hearts Stencil Set to create a gorgeous bokeh pattern using shades of blue ink with the two piece stencil set. Then she added the sentiment "thanks so much" from our Floral Roundabout Stamp Set, stamped onto a pink banner that was cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set.

To add more of feline theme, she also added the sentiment "you're the cat's meow" from the Smitten Kittens Stamp Set.She stamped it inside a speech bubble that was cut out using our Speech Bubbles Die Set.  Some white paint splatters and heart embellishments add the perfect finishing touches!

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

This card would be purr-fect as a note of thanks for anyone who loves cats! 

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

Smitten Kitten Birthday Tags by Samantha VanArnhem

A Kitten Birthday!

Today we have a fun trio of birthday tags created by Samantha! These adorable tags combine a few different NND products in a way that is super quick and easy! 

She started out by stamping the big circle image from our Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set and embossing it onto red, green and blue papers. This is a perfect way to create fun tone on tone backgrounds. Then she cut each image out using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. She also cut out three white tags and layered the colored layers on the top.  

For the cute kittens, she used three images from our Smitten Kittens Stamp Set. To color them, she left them mostly white and added light gray shading and pink ears! So cute! She used the coordinating Smitten Kittens Die Set to cut the kittens out and layered them onto each tag. For a finishing touch she added a birthday sentiment across the bottom of each tag from our Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set, stamping it in a coordinating color! 

Here is a close up of each color:

These fun and easy tags would be perfect for dressing up birthday favors or gifts! 

Thanks, Sam, for the inspiration today! To say hello to her and see more of her work you can visit Samantha over on her blog, Sam Van Designs!

Newton's Nook Designs & Therm O Web Inspiration Week - Day 1 with Ellen Haxelmans & Tina Herbeck

This week Newton's Nook Designs and Therm O Web are partnering for a fabulous inspiration week! All week long both design teams will be sharing ways to add fun foils and more to your cards using Therm O Web products with Newton's Nook Designs stamps! There are prizes too! Read all the way to the end of this post to find out how you can win! 

Today we are featuring projects by Ellen and Tina! 

First up we are sharing a gorgeous duo of floral cards by Ellen: 

For her first card Ellen created a lovely sparkly floral panel using foil transfer sheets from Therm O Web and layered it with die cut images and a sentiment from Newton's Nook Designs for a beautiful friendship card! Products listed below. 

From Newton's Nook Designs: 
Frames & Flags Die Set | Heart Frames Die Set | Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set (sentiment)

From Therm O Web: 

Deco Foil A2 Toner Card Fronts - Blossom Buddies | Deco Foil Transfer Sheets - Iridescent | Gina K. Designs Double-sided Adhesive Tape - White | Gina K. Designs Double-sided Adhesive Foam Squares - White  | Gina K. Designs Permanent Adhesive Dot Runner

For her second card, Ellen created another floral themed card, this time for Mother's Day. She features a cluster of die cut flowers and sentiment from Newton's Nook Designs along with a heart background created with the toner card front from Therm O Web! Products listed below. 

From Newton's Nook Designs: 

Flower Trio Die Set | Walking Woofs Die Set | Frames & Flags Die Set | Mom & Dad Stamp Set

From Therm O Web: 

Deco Foil Toner Sheets | Deco Foil Toner Card Fronts - Dainty Hearts | Deco Foil Transfer Sheets - Enchanted Rose | Gina K. Designs Fancy Transfer Foil - Jelly Bean Green | Gina K. Designs Double-sided | Adhesive Tape - White | Gina K. Designs Double-sided Adhesive Foam Squares - White | Gina K. Designs Permanent Adhesive Dot Runner

Visit Ellen's blog: Crafty Ellen to see more of her amazing work!

 Next, we have two more fun and sparkly cards by Tina:

For her first project Tina created a card like gnome other! She used the adorable garden gnome image from Newton's Nook Designs, creating a cute scene inside a circle. Then she layered it over a panel that was foiled using a toner card front from Therm O Web! What a magical creation!

From Newton's Nook Designs:

Gnome Garden Stamp Set | Gnome Garden Die Set | Framework Die Set | Circle Frames Die Set | Clouds Stencil

From Therm O Web: 
Deco Foil Transfer Sheets - Rainbow Shattered Glass | iCraft Ultra Bond Permanent Adhesive | iCraft 3D Double-sided Adhesive Foam Squares - White | Deco Foil Toner Card Fronts - Love Blooms

For her second card Tina created a sweet love filled card using those sweet kittens along with a die cut heart and sentiment from Newton's Nook Designs. She then layered it over a rainbow of tiny hearts created using foils and toner card fronts from Therm O Web! So sweet!

From Newton's Nook Designs:
Smitten Kittens Stamp Set | Smitten Kittens Die Set | Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set | Banner Trio Die Set | Heartfelt Blooms Stamp Set

From Therm O Web: 
Deco Foil Transfer Sheets - Rainbow Shattered Glass | iCraft 3D Double-sided Adhesive Foam Squares - White | Deco Foil Toner Card Fronts - Dainty Hearts | iCraft Easy-Tear Tape, 1/4in

Visit Tina's blog: The Scrappin' Rabbit to see more of her lovely projects!

Make sure to come back tomorrow for more fun with Newton's Nook Designs + Therm O Web!

For a chance to win, enter using the link at the end of this blog post today!

There are also more amazing projects over on the Therm O Web blog so pop over there for more inspiration! Don't forget to enter to win a prize from either Therm O Web or Newton's Nook below! 

Espresso Your Love Kitty Card by Tina Herbeck

Special Delivery!

Today Tina has created an adorable kitty card that is perfect for Valentine's Day! She started out by stamping the kitty from our Newton's Mug Stamp Set. She added hearts to the front of the mug using the hearts from the Love Emergency Stamp Set and the Smitten Kitten Stamp Set. Then she colored the image with copics, adding fun fur stripes on the kitty. So cute! The image was cut out using the coordinating Newton's Mug Die Set

Behind the kitty she created a pretty pattern of hearts using our Tumbling Hearts Stencil along with some Distress inks. She cut this out with our Framework Die Set to add the fun postage edge. The sentiment "Espresso your Love" is from our Love Cafe Stamp Set. 

Tina proves that any image can work for a Valentine's Day Card - just add some hearts! 

We hope this adorable Valentine by Tina has inspired you today! Don't forget to pop over and say hello to Tina and see more of her awesome creations on her blog, The Scrappin Rabbit!

January Reveals Day 2 - Smitten Kittens + New Masking Stencils

Welcome back for Day 2 of our January Release Reveals. Today we are sharing an adorable kitten stamp set that is sure to steal your heart! Se are also revealing a new style of stencils, perfect for masking and ink blending! Scroll down for details. Plus, we are having a giveaway today, so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Smitten Kittens

Our adorable kittens are back in this charming 4x6 stamp set. Inspired by the kittens at NND headquarters, these sweet kittens are sure to steal your heart! Pair the adorable images with the kitty themed sentiments to create cards that are perfect for cat lovers on Valentines Day and throughout the year! Die sets sold separately.


Smitten Kittens Stamp Set 

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 10 stamps: 5 images and 5 sentiments
• Coordinating Smitten Kittens purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 5 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, January 22nd

Slimline Masking Stencil Sets

We are introducing two new custom stencil sets that are perfect for creating ink blends on your projects. The first set features a trio of hearts in horizontal and vertical configurations. The second set features one stencil with circles and one with squares. Each individual stencil also includes three removable masking pieces that can be separated so you can use both the positive and negative parts as masks. The outer stencils include etched grid lines to help align them to your project. They are perfectly sized for Slimline card layouts but can also be used on cards and projects of other sizes.

• Each set includes two 4x9 inch stencils with 3 removable masking pieces
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, January 22nd

Are you ready for cuteness overload? These adorable creations from our Design Team will make your heart melt!

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.

Created by Amanda using the Smitten Kittens Stamp Set and Slimline Masking Circles & Squares Stencil Set. Additional products used: Speech Bubbles Die Set

Created by Maria using the Smitten Kittens Stamp Set and Slimline Masking Circles & Squares Stencil Set. Additional products used: Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set, Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set

Created by Samantha using the Smitten Kittens Stamp Set. Additional products used: Sunscape Stencil, Cloudy Sky Stencil

Created by Tina using the Smitten Kittens Stamp Set and Slimline Masking Hearts Stencil Set. Additional products used: Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set, Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set, Heartfelt Love Stamp Set.

Created by Ellen using the Smitten Kittens Stamp Set and Slimline Masking Circles & Squares Stencil Set. Additional products used: Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set, Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set, Pawprint Stencil

Created by Tatiana using the Smitten Kittens Stamp Set and Slimline Masking Hearts Stencil Set. Additional products used: Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set, 

Created by Larissa using the Smitten Kittens Stamp Set. Additional products used: Heartfelt Love Stamp Set.

Created by Samantha using the Smitten Kittens Stamp Set and Slimline Masking Circles & Squares Stencil Set. Additional products used: Land Borders Die Set, Clouds Stencil

Created by Zsofia using the Smitten Kittens Stamp Set and Slimline Masking Hearts Stencil Set.

Created by Farhana using the Smitten Kittens Stamp Set and Slimline Masking Hearts Stencil Set. Additional products used: Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set

Would you like to win the “Smitten Kittens" 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 January 21st at 9pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, January 22nd. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Ellen Haxelmans

Tina Herbeck

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Maria Russell

Farhana Sarker

Tatiana Trafimovich

Samantha VanArnhem

Amanda Wilcox