Happy Summer-ween Card by Amanda Wilcox

A Perfect Summer-ween Card

Hi friends! This is Amanda from Twiddler's Nook. I've got a fun summerween card to share with all of you spooky lovers out there! Any excuse to pull out my Halloween goodies is a good day and now that we're past 4th of July, it's all fair game for me.

This card features:
Jack-O'-Lantern Stencil Set
Newton's Boo-tiful Night Stamp Set
Newton's Boo-tiful Night Die Set
A7 Frames & Banners Die Set
Newton's Happy Meowr Stamp Set
Oval Frames Die Set

Today I started by creating my stenciled background. I inked up pink and orange pumpkins using the Jack-o'-lantern stencil set on peach cardstock. After stenciling, I splattered the panel with pearl watercolor for some texture and sparkles.

 

Next, I stamped and colored my image from Newton's Boo-tiful Night with copic markers. I used the coordinating die to cut it out. Then stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the same stamp set on a banner from the A7 Frames & Banners die set. To alter the sentiment I stamped "summer" from Newton's Happy Meowr in orange ink and trimmed it out with scissors, gluing the two together.

Then, I die cut the smallest scalloped oval in the Oval Frames die set from vellum cardstock and started assembling everything together. I glued the stenciled panel to a card base, then popped the Newton image and sentiment strip up on the vellum oval with foam squares. Finally, I hid another layer of foam squares on the back of the oval behind the image/sentiment banner and popped that up on the card front. 

For finishing touches, I added glossy accents to the jack-o-lantern faces, the crow beak and Newton's nose.

I hope you enjoyed today's summerween fun! I'd love to know if you celebrate at all. My daughter and I have at least one movie night during the summer watching our favorite Halloween movies with themed treats galore.

To see more cards by me you can visit me over on my blog, Twiddler's Nook or Instagram at @twiddlersnook

Ice Cream Kitty Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

 

Treat Yo' Self!

Today Tatiana is celebrating summer with a duo of kitties enjoying frozen summer treats!

For this tasty card she stamped the two kitties with their frozen treats from our Newton’s Summer Treats Stamp Set. She colored the kitties using alcohol markers in soft neutral colors and the treats in fun summer pastels. She also added white accent details with a white gel pen. The kitties were cut out using the coordinating Newton’s Summer Treats Die Set. She then cut out two stitched rectangles using our A7 Frames & Banners Die Set and layered a kitty onto each one. The sentiments, "It's Summer" and "Treat Yo'Self" were also stamped using the Newton’s Summer Treats Stamp Set and added to the panels. 

For the card base she created a colorful paw print pattern using our Petite Paw Prints Stencil. She inked it up in the same bright summer pastel colors as she used on the frozen treats, perfect for tying everything together! 

Does anyone else want ice cream now? I wonder if those kitties will share?

 

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

 

 

Treat Yo' Self Card by Zsofia Molnar

Celebrate with Treats!!

Today we have a fun celebratory card by Zsofia that is filled with sweet treats!  To create this fun and tasty card she started by creating a fun background of cupcakes using our new 3 piece Cupcakes Stencil Set. She used two of the stencils from the 3 piece set to create fun gray and white cupcakes over a kraft cardstock panel. This stencil also includes a third piece if you want to add sprinkles and cherries to the cupcakes but it looks great with just the first two stencils too! She cut this panel out using our Frames & Flags Die Set to give it a fun scalloped edge. 

Next, she used the image of the kitty with a giant ice cream cone from our Newton's Summer Treats Stamp Set for her focal image. She colored the kitty in neutral tones and added fun bright pops of pink, mint green and red to the ice cream! She also added a bit of gloss accents. The image was cut out using the coordinating Newton's Summer Treats Die Set. 

She assembled her card, framing the kitty with a circle shape that was cut out using our Circle Frames Die Set. She added a second circle, cut out with the same set using pink paper and added the sentiment from the Newton's Summer Treats Stamp Set onto it. She added some hearts too, also cut out using the bonus heart on the Circle Frames Die Set.

She finished the card by adding the sentiment "Time to Celebrate" from the Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set. She stamped this onto a mint colored banner that was cut out using the Banner Trio Die Set. 

This card is filled with treats that are perfect to make any day special! 

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

Happy Birthday with Sprinkles on Top Card by Farhana Sarker

A Rainbow of Birthday Treats!!

Today Farhana has created a whole rainbow of fun ice cream treats on this delicious birthday card featuring our Summer Scoops Stamp Set. She started by stamping all the fun treats from the Summer Scoops Stamp Set and coloring them in a rainbow of yummy colors! She fussy cut the images out by hand but you could also use the coordinating Summer Scoops Die Set to trim them out. She layered all her images in a row onto a slimline card, layering them over a fun piece of rainbow patterned paper. She also embossed the sentiment "Happy Birthday with Sprinkles on Top" in white across the top. 

What a fun and tasty card for a birthday greeting! You can find more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered.

Kitty Ice Cream Card with Bokeh Background by January Guest Designer Tina Wilstrup

Hello everyone! I'm back for my 3rd post as guest designer and I'm really excited about this one because this is my first bokeh background.

But first I colored up these 2 adorable ice cream eating kitties from the Newton's Summer Treats Stamp Set. I'm getting in a summer mood because I'm going on vacation soon. And a sunny vacation and ice cream just goes together, right?!

I wanted to match the background with the kitties so I inked up a panel with matching distress inks. I wasn't careful with the blending at all. Once it had dried I grabbed a stencil with different sizes of circles in it. The Bokeh Stencil Set from Newton's Nook would work perfectly for this technique. I used a white pigment ink starting with the larger circles and ending with the smaller ones, making sure they overlapped. It was one of those "just one more" moments and I just had to stop myself in the end. 

I kept it really simple so not to hide the bokeh background. I cut the panel with a rectangle die, popped up the kitties and added a sentiment to a strip of white cardstock. This sentiment is so true! Especially with my daughter, ice cream really does solve everything!

Hope you enjoyed! Happy crafting, people!
-Tina

Fan Feature Week - Day 1

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 Ellen Haxelmans picked this fun and summery card by Anila DK. This card uses our Newton's Summer Treats Stamp Set and Newton's Summer Treats Die Set.

"I really like the watercoloring on this one, these colors make it just perfect for summer! And I saw more of the ice-cream licking cats on her Instagram; I'm curious what kind of card will follow out of it!!!"

Design Team member Holly Endress picked this beautiful winter rainbow card by Meghan K. This card uses our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set and Cup of Cocoa Die Set.

"I love the way she kept the card clean and still showcased the bright colors of the rainbow and multiple images!"

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!

Summer Beach Cards by July Guest Designer Ildi Imrefalvi

Today we have our first post from our July Guest Designer, Ildi Imrefalvi. We fell in love with her beautiful cards on instagram and are excited to see what she creates this month using NND products! We hope you will enjoy her projects and she will inspire you each week! Keep reading to find out more about her today and to check out her first project below!

Hi everyone, my name is Ildi and I live in Budapest, Hungary with my wonderful and supportive husband. We share our home with three cats and three dogs.

My passion for cardmaking started many years ago and became an important part of my life. I love coloring, masking and scene building the most love and of course I love collecting the cutest stamp sets from all around the world.

When I’m not in my craft room I love clicker training my pets and hiking with my dogs.
My instagram is hellopilda and you can also find be on my blog, Hellopilda.

Newton and Friends on the Beach

Hello everyone, my name is Ildi and I’m super excited and feel honored to be guest designing for Newton’s Nook this month.

We’re having a really hot summer here in Europe, so I often find myself dreaming of a day off at the beach. It gave me the idea to create two similar cards which together make a larger beach scene where Newton and his friends are having fun.

For a start I took two pieces of cardstock and attached them together on the back with a piece of removable adhesive tape so that I could handle them as one while creating the background. I tore a larger piece of paper in half and placed it diagonally on the cardstock.

I applied different shades of yellow, orange and brown Distress Inks onto the bottom area to create sand then took the negative piece of my torn paper, covered the colored area to create sea with blue Oxide Inks. To add a little texture I used a white gel pen to draw sea foam here and there.

I colored and fussy cut a bunch of elements from my favorite summer themed Newton’s Nook stamp sets: Newton’s Summer Treats and Newton’s Summer Vacation.

I found some pretty seashells in the mini set Vitamin Sea, found them perfect to have interesting details.

I attached my colored elements with foam dots to add dimension to my cards.
Thank you for stopping by!
 - Ildi

June Reveals - Day 3 - Newton Hangs Out & Newton's Picnic Stamp Sets

Today is our third reveal day for our June Release and today we are sharing TWO fun new Newton stamps! Newton fans will adore our Newton Hangs Out Stamp Set and the new Newton's Picnic 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!

Newton Hangs Out

Hang out with Newton on this sweet little 3x4 Stamp Set. This kitty is determined to hang onto that branch, no matter what! This fun image is perfect for sending uplifting wishes and encouraging greetings!

Here's some info on the Newton Hangs Out Stamp Set:

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 4 stamps: 2 images and 2 sentiments
• Coordinating Newton Hangs Out purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 2 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, June 14th

Newton's Picnic

Newton is digging into a picnic basket on this cute 3x4 stamp set! With his cute little kitty butt in the air he's digging into the basket looking for the best picnic treats! Pair this image with the "Life's a Picnic" and "dig in" sentiments for cute cards that will be perfect for sending Summer smiles!

Here's some info on the Newton's Picnic Stamp Set:

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 6 stamps: 4 images and 2 sentiments
• Coordinating Newton's Picnic purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 4 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, June 14th

Let's Hang Out and Go on a Picnic with awesome creations 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.

Newton is pigging out on his picnic lunch on this card by Samantha! She used the image of the kitty in the basket from our new Newton's Picnic Stamp Set and paired it with the image of the kitty with a full belly from our Newton's Thanksgiving Stamp Set. So funny! She added in a sunny background using our Sunscape Stencil and layered clouds over it using our Cloudy Sky Stencil. She also added in grass and hills using our Land Borders Die Set.

This little square card is by Larissa is perfect for showcasing the Newton Hangs Out Stamp Set. She stamped the kitty in the tree from the set and colored it in vibrant neutral tones, adding texture to the kitty with some stippling. She created a square card in shades of teal, layering the die cuts from our Frames Squared Die Set. Love that color combo!

Andrea created this gorgeous picnic card featuring the kitty digging into this picnic lunch from our new Newton's Picnic Stamp Set.  She colored the image in fun vibrant colors and added it to her card over an awesome plaid background. She used our Plaid Stencil Set to create the fun plaid background. She cut the background panel out using the scalloped edge die from our Frames & Flags Die Set. the cute sentiment was stamped into a bubble that was cut out using our Speech Bubbles Die Set. 

This card by Holly is sure to cheer up a friend who needs a smile! She created this charming scene using the kitty in the tree from our Newton Hangs Out Stamp Set. She colored the image in fun colors and added gel pen details. She layered the image over a simple cloudy background using a mask created from our Sky Borders Die Set and layering in some die cut clouds too!

This delightful picnic card was created by Amanda. She used the image from our new Newton's Picnic Stamp Set,  coloring it in fun, bright colors and paring it with fun red and white polka dots! She also added in a bit of grass using our Land Borders Die Set.

This adorable card by Ellen is perfect for sending inspirational wishes to a friend! She used the cute image of the kitty in the tree from our new Newton Hangs Out Stamp Set. She layered the image over a sweet pink sky that was inked onto a rounded square, cut out with our Frames Squared Die Set. She also added a woodgrain background using our Hardwood Stencil and framed it with a scalloped edge using our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

I hope Newton doesn't let all the bugs ruin his picnic! Zsofia created this darling card featuring the image from our Newton's Picnic Stamp Set. It's so cute how added in a ton of little antes, dragonflies and butterflies too! To create a scene she included a line of grass using our Land Borders Die Set. She also added in a fun scalloped edge and frame using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

That kitty better hang onto this tall branch tight! This adorable card was created by Naki! She used the image from our new Newton Hangs Out Stamp Set, stamping the tree trunk twice to make the tree longer.  She colored the image with no line watercoloring to give it lovely soft colors. She gave that kitty fun google eyes too! So cute!

If life's a picnic, Newton is certainly enjoying it! Tatiana created this adorable card using the image from our new Newton's Picnic Stamp Set and coloring it in gorgeous bright colors! She added the image, layering it over a circle and added some lime green grass using our Land Borders Die Set. The fun stipe of leaves in the background was created using our Tropical Leaves Stencil.

Maria created this loveable card featuring that kitty in the tree from our Newton Hangs Out Stamp Set.  She colored the image in fun colors, adding stripes to the kitty.  Then she layered the image with scallops on top and bottom and sunshine in the corner. She added the "Because Cats" Sentiment from our new Cat-itude Stamp Set for the purr-fect finishing touch!

Would you like to win “Newton Hangs Out” or the “Newton’s Picnic” 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 June 13th at 9pm ET to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, June 14th. 

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