Mushroom Themed Graduation Card by Samantha Mann

Mushroom Fun for Graduation!

Samantha is enjoying has created a funny graduation card featuring our Fabulous Fungus Stamp Set! This card is sure to get a giggle!

For this fun creation she started by coloring a bunch of mushrooms from our Fabulous Fungus Stamp Set. She colored the mushrooms in a rainbow of fun bright colors. Then she added accents with a white gel pen. She cut them all out using the coordinating Fabulous Fungus Die Set.  She also stamped and colored some green branches to add on using our Succulent Garden Stamp Set and cut them out using the

Succulent Garden Die Set. 

To make this into a graduation card she also stamped and colored graduation hats using our Newton's Graduation Stamp Set. She cut them out using the coordinating Newton's Graduation Die Set and then added them onto the mushrooms! So fun!

For her card she used our Frames & Tags Die Set to create a fun framed background panel. She added bright purple ink to the interior cuts and then arranged the mushrooms around the edges. For the fun sentiment she used letters from our Essential Alphabet Die Set combined with the word "shiitake" from the Fabulous Fungus Stamp Set. She also added "congratulations" from the Newton's Graduation Stamp Set onto a banner cut out from our A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. 

What a fun and unique card! I'm sure it will make the graduate smile!

To say hello to her and see more of her beautiful creations you can visit her over on her blog, Sam' Scrap Candy! 

Beautiful Succulent Card by Samantha Mann

Life would Succ Without You!

Today we are inspired by this gorgeous succulent card by Samantha!

To create this beautiful card she heat embossed the pretty succulent stamps from our Succulent Garden Stamp Set using white embossing powder. Then she added color to the leaves using watercolor markers in shades of pink, green and orange. So gorgeous! She cut all the pretty little plants out using the coordinating Succulent Garden Die Set. 

For her card, she inked a white card base using green oxide inks and then added leaves to it using our Hibiscus Stencil Set. Next she inked up a second cardstock panel using pink and orange and then cut it out into a frame using our Frames & Tags Die Set. So gorgeous! 

To assemble her card she added the pink and orange frame over the background, popping up the outer frame using some dimensional adhesive.  Then she added all the little succulent pieces, arranging them in a cascade across the frame. She added some white paint splatters across the whole card for an added fun texture. Last, she embossed the sentiment "Life would SUCC without you!" in white onto black cardstock and hand cut it out to add onto her card. This fun sentiment goes perfectly with the succulent theme! 

What a gorgeous floral card! We love the technique of embossing the images in white and adding color! We hope you will give this a try!

To say hello to her and see more of her beautiful creations you can visit her over on her blog, Sam' Scrap Candy! 

Springtime Wishes Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Springtime Wishes

Today we are sharing a beautiful card by Tatiana that is perfect for sending a spring hello. 

To create this gorgeous card she started by stamping all the pretty plants from our Succulent Garden Stamp Set. She colored them all in stunning hues of purples and yellows using watercolor markers and then added accents with a white gel pen. She cut all the images out using the coordinating Succulent Garden Die Set. 

For her card, She created an oval window on her card panel by using our Oval Frames Die Set. On one side of the oval she created a tone-on-tone pattern using white texture paste on white cardstock using our Trailing Leaves Stencil. She added the floral images to the other side of the oval, layering them using dimensional tape. She also added some black paint splatters for a fun additional bit of texture. 

For the message she used the "Springtime Wishes" sentiment from our Tulips Stamp Set, stamping half of it on a black rectangle and half of it directly onto the card front. 

We hope you enjoyed this beautiful card by Tatiana today! To see more of her lovely work, you can visit Tatiana at her blog, Tatiana Trafimovich! 

Terrarium Card & Video by Jennifer Jackson

Plant-astic Terrarium!

Hello! Jen here today and I'm sharing a fun card that I created using our newest products together to created a terrarium!

In case you didn't know, I am the owner (with my husband Jeff) of Newton's Nook Designs and I do ALL  design creation for all of our products! When I was designing our new Hot Foil products I wanted to create something fun and shiny and came up with this adorable Jar Hot Foil. We revealed this jar with Fireflies to go inside it but when I was designing it I was also thinking of lots of other uses for the jar! One of the ideas I had was to add in our new Succulent Garden Stamp Set to create a terrarium so that is what I'm sharing with you today! 

If you are a fan of succulents like I am, you know how cute they look in different containers so I thought that filling the jar would be so cute! First I used our Jar Hot Foil Plate to foil the jar with a silver foil. I then used the coordinating die set (which comes with the plate) to cut it out. 

Next, I stamped a bunch of succulents using our Succulent Garden Stamp Set and colored them in shades of teal, green and purple using zig watercolor markers. I cut them all out using the coordinating Succulent Garden Die Set. Then I arranged them inside the foiled jar. Arranging the blooms is half the fun! I also added a bit of teal twine to the mouth of the jar for a fun detail. 

Then I added my jar to a card. The purple floral paper is from our Spring Blooms Paper Pad and I die cut it to give it a scalloped edge using our Frames & Flags Die Set. I used this same die set to cut out the stitched vellum rectangle and the light teal banner. I stamped the sentiment "You're PLANT-astic!" onto the banner and then assembled it all together! I love how this turned out. 

I also made a second version of this card with a video too. For this version I stamped the succulents onto colored paper and added just a touch of color for dimension. So quick and easy! 

You can view this video to see how easy this is to create! Enjoy!

Don't forget to head over to our Newton's Nook Designs YouTube Channel for more inspiration and subscribe to be informed when we add new content too! 

I hope this card has inspired you to be creative and find ways to fill your foiled jars! What would you put inside yours? I'm thinking sweets or flowers next?

Succulent Birthday Card by Guest Designer Brennan Keane

Today have another special guest post from Brennan Keane! Brennan has been created a few cards features for us this spring and today we are sharing a new card using our Succulent Garden Stamp Set! Keep reading on to view his lovely project today!

Hi everyone!
My name is Brennan and I am a 15 year old card maker. This is my third guest design for Newton’s Nook Designs and I’m so excited that I was asked back! For this card, I’ll be using the Succulent Garden Stamp Set and coordinating die set.

First, I stamped out five succulents and ran them through my big shot with their dies. Once they were cut out, I colored them in with some Copic markers. I used RV34 and RV17 for the center succulent, V15 and V12 for the two purple succulents, and lastly, BG13 and BG23 for the two teal succulents. After all of the coloring was done, I took a 4x4 inch card front and blended a light teal ink onto it. Once that had dried, I took a much darker teal ink and blended it through my new favorite stencil, Trailing Leaves!

Then I cut a circle out of the center of my panel. I don’t normally do this, but I decided to add some height for interest! I glued the succulents to the card front and popped that up on another 4x4 panel. I then stamped the “Hope your birthday doesn’t succ!” sentiment, from the same Succulent Garden Stamp Set, onto my card! I added a black border to the card front, and then glued that all to a card base to finish off the card.

I hope that you all enjoyed this card! It was super fun to make and a little different for me because it *technically* didn’t include any flowers! Also, a special thank you to Jennifer and Samantha for reaching out to see if I wanted to do another guest design (of course the answer was yes!). 

Have a nice rest of your day everyone and happy crafting! 

- Brennan 

(find me on instagram at bdk_creations)

Plant Filled Slimline Card by Maria Russell

Let Your Light Shine!

This amazing card by Maria combines our new Succulent Garden Stamp Set with our Trailing Leaves Stencil for a fabulous plant themed greeting! 

To start out, Maria created a fun slimline card base using our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set to cut out a fun scalloped border. She framed it with a piece of black cardstock to really make it pop. She also added fun little hand drawn dots and dashes along the edge using a white gel pen.

For her rainbow colored windows she inked up a rainbow background and then used our Trailing Leaves Stencil over the top with black ink. What a beautiful effect!  She cut out three circles from her inked panel using our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set. She also cut out three scalloped edge circles from white paper with our Circle Frames Die Set to frame each colorful circle shape. 

She then added several cute succulent plants to the top and bottom circles. These plants stamped using  our Succulent Garden Stamp Set and cut out using our Succulent Garden Die Set. 

The final detail is the "Let Your Light Shine" Sentiment across the center. To create this she used our Bright Sentiments Hot Foil Plates with bright blue foil on black cardstock. Then she cut the message out using the Banner Duo Die Set. What a perfect finishing touch!

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

Plant-astic Kitty Card by Zsofia Molnar

Plant-astic Kitties!

Today Zsofia a fun plant themed card featuring our Newton's Hanging Basket Stamp Set! 

For this card she started by stamping the image of the kitty in the basket from our Newton's Hanging Basket Stamp Set. She stamped the image twice and colored the leaves and baskets the same but gave the kitties different colors. So cute! She cut the images out using the coordinating Newton's Hanging Basket Die Set. 

For her card she created a slimline card layout. She used the scallop edged die from our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set for the bright teal panel. Then she used the die with three windows from our Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set to cut a yellow-green frame and layered that over the top. She placed a kitty on each side, leaving the center for the sentiment. For the sentiment she chose to use the "you're Plant-astic" from our  Succulent Garden Stamp Set. What a great combination! 

Here are close-ups of both sides of the card so you can see the lovely coloring on those kitties:

We hope you have enjoyed this fun card by Zsofia today!

Find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

May Reveal Day 2 - Succulent Garden Stamp Set and Trailing Leaves Stencil

Welcome to reveal day two for our May Release! Today we are having fun with plants and puns on our new Succulent Garden Stamp Set and Trailing Leaves Stencil! Make sure to read all the way to the bottom of today's post for details on how to enter our giveaway for a chance to win today too. 

Succulent Garden

Create gardens of fun with this 4x6 stamp set. This design features a beautiful variety of succulent plants that can be mixed and matched together to create beautiful plant arrangements. Pair the images with the fun plant and succulent themed sentiments for cards that are sure to make the recipient smile! The messages included are perfect for birthday and thank you cards, or just to send a happy hello to a friend!

 (Die sets sold separately.)

Here's some info on the Succulent Garden Stamp Set

• 4x6 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 15 stamps: 10 images and 5 sentiments
• Coordinating Succulent Garden purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 10 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, May19th 

Trailing Leaves Stencil

This stencil features stems of leaves swirling in all directions. Use this fun pattern to create beautiful organic backgrounds for all your paper crafting projects. Try paring it with images from our floral category too!

Here's some info on the Trailing Leaves Stencil:

• 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. 
• Includes one 6x6 stencil
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, May19th 

Enjoy a Garden full of cards by 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.

Card by Zsofia using the new Succulent Garden Stamp Set. Additional products used: Framework Die Set, Frames & Flags Die Set

Card by Ellen using the new Succulent Garden Stamp Set. Additional products used: Oval Frames Die Set, A7 Frames & Banners Die Set, Spring Blooms Paper Pad

Card by Amanda using the new Succulent Garden Stamp Set. Additional products used: Sea Borders Die Set

Card by Maria using the new Succulent Garden Stamp Set. Additional products used: Oval Frames Die Set

Card by Tatiana using the new Succulent Garden Stamp Set. Additional products used: Springtime Paper Pad

Card by Donna using the new Trailing Leaves Stencil. Additional products used: Mom & Dad Stamp Set, Banner Trio Die Set

Card by Samantha using the new Succulent Garden Stamp Set. Additional products used: Tree Rings Stencil

Card by Tina using the new Succulent Garden Stamp Set and Trailing Leaves Stencil. Additional products used: Slimline Masking Circles & Squares Stencil Set, Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set, Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set

Card by Donna using the new Succulent Garden Stamp Set. Additional products used: Frames Squared Die Set, Frames & Flags Die Set

Card by Larissa using the new Succulent Garden Stamp Set. 

Would you like to win the “Succulent 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 18th at 9pm ET to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, May 19th.  

Newton's Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Ellen Haxelmans
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Tatiana Trafimovich
Amanda Wilcox