Patterned Kitties!

Ready for some cuteness for your monday Morning? I don't know about you but for me Mondays are always a big of a blah day so I'm excited to brighten mine up by looking at this super fun and bright card by Design Team Member Tessa Wise! Tessa always wows me with her use of fun color and pattern! I love how she paper pierced the two kitties different patterns on this card! 

For more details on this card and to say hi to Tessa - pop over to her blog, Crafty Girl Designs!

Hope you have a terrific Monday!

you're grate!

Hello there and Happy Saturday! I just LOVE Saturdays - not having to get up early (although I often do anyway) and being able to make time to make a big breakfast and coffee in my pjs :) 

I'm hoping to get some crafting done this weekend - with the two "new" sets that will be coming out in just a couple of weeks! Shhhh... I'm not supposed to talk about them yet but I'm super excited and can't wait to play!

Ok -- onto what I'm posting today! Today I'm sharing one of the first cards I made with the Just Say Cheese stamp set. I had so much fun when I designed this stamp and tried to give it little "personalizations" like the heart in the cheese grater! I love how you can take a household object like that and make it cute! Then just pair it with a funny pun like the "you're grate" and the card practically makes itself.... ok, I did do a little coloring and some cutting and embossing, but really it wasn't that hard! 

I'm not sure about the color combo on this one though... what do you think?

Four more sweet cards by Samantha Mann!

Hello there and Happy Thursday! Samantha Mann has been rockin' the Newton's Nook Design sets! Last week during our launch party, she had two cards each day on her blog and since I thought some of you might have missed them I wanted to share them again here!

First up -Newton's Antics. Samantha made this cute card by cleverly combining some words  by masking them. She's way better at masking than I am, that's for sure. I also love the paper pierced kitties!

Next, and I think my favorite of the bunch, is this Campfire card using Campfire Tails. I love how she paper pierced the fire and put it onto black card stock. It really pops off and the sequins make it so cool! 

For this card Samantha used the Winged Wishes stamp set to make a cute little baby card. Simple and Sweet! 

Then last is this cute card using the Just say Cheese set.  Again - simple and sweet - She's really good at that. I love the thought bubble above the brie! 

Thanks again to Samantha for all the fun cards. If you haven't been to her blog Sam's Scrap Candy yet, make sure to go over and say hello! 

All four of these sets are for sale in our Newton's Nooks Designs online shop so make sure to go over and get yours today! 

AND - don't forget - one week left to enter our Inky Paws Challenge. The challnnge is open until Friday, August 9. Make sure to enter! You can find details on the Inky Paws Challenge page. 

Elena will be our Guest at Newton's Nook Designs for August!

I have a very special announcement today! Since It's August 1st (how did that happen so fast? )  I can finally tell you that Elena Roussakis  (justmeprints) will be joining us a guest designer for this month! I am so excited to have Elena showcase her talents with us and I can't wait to share with you what she's created! 

Elena will be helping with on of our August releases --- yep --- new stamps are coming soon -- and doing a feature on one of our favorite sets, Newton's Antics!

Here's some more about Elena in her own words

Elena Roussakis

justmeprints.blogspot.com

I'm a 30-something mom of 3 young kids.  I live right outside Montreal, Quebec (that's in Canada!) and I've been happily married for 10 years to my kindergarten sweetheart... I love to make cards, bake (but not cook), and party-plan! You can see a little bit of everything on my blog:  www.justmeprints.blogspot.com








Don't forget  to enter our Inky Paws Challenge - we've only had a few entries so far so you're chances to win are pretty good ---plus we REALLY love to see what you make! You can find the details on the Inky Paws Challenge page!

Wishing you a Purr-fect day!

I just love this card- Who wouldn't love to get this in the mail? The "wishing you a purr-fect day" sentiment from the stamp set Newton's Antics is so nice because you could use it for anything... birthday, celebration... or just to say hello!  I also had fun coloring the kitty image on this card. I used copic markers and just layered on the different colors until I achieved a look I liked... I really love working with those markers! And then I gave the kitty a ball of yarn... just for fun.  Since I colored the yarn green I searched around my patterned paper scraps and found some that would go with the yarn and based my color combo off that!

Do you have any stamps from Newton's Nook Designs yet? If you do, make sure to enter our first Inky Paws challenge to win a prize! You can see all the details on our Inky Paws Challenge Page. If you don't have any sets yet you can use our free digital download or check newtonsnookdesigns.com to get some for yourself! 

Time to go fishing!

Another cute project today using the fishing bear  from the Campfire Tails set by Design Team Member Tessa Wise! What I love about Tessas cards is her use of vibrant colors and this card is no exception! Look how cute that bright red fishing hat is? So adorable! And the pop of colored paper really coordinates well with the bear! Check out her blog, Crafty Girl Creations to see all the details for this project and say hello to Tessa. 

Don't forget - our Inky Paws Challenge is going on until Friday, August 9. Make sure to enter! You can find details on the Inky Paws Challenge page. 

Meet me by the Campfire!

Hello there! Happy Monday! How did the weekend go by so fast? They always do, don't they? I was able to spend a bunch of time working on our holiday release (I know, Christmas in July, right?) It's crazy to work so far ahead but that's how it goes :)

For now, let's get back to summer with a camping Card. I made this card using the Campfire Tails stamp set. This was one of the very first cards I made with this set but I haven't had a chance to share it yet so thought I would do that today!  I colored the fire with copic markers and punched it out using a circle punch.  Then I mounted that onto a piece of dark brown card stock  - makes it really pop off, don't you think? Then I layered that on top of a piece of light yellow card stock and sponged the edges. I added the sentiment "Meet me by the campfire" with black ink.  Then I used a woodgrain embossing folder to create the big woodgrain background and also sponged the edges of that. Then I mounted the whole thing on a bright orange base card. I really love how this turned out. I think it's one of my favorites that I've made with this set! 

What do you think? Love this campfire as much as I do? You can purchase your very own Campfire Tails set in the Newton's Nook Designs online shop! 

Don't forget - the Inky Paws Challenge is going on until Friday, August 9. Make sure to enter! You can find details on the Inky Paws Challenge page.