July Reveals - Day 1 - Winston's Lake House, Lake Advice + NEW Dies & Stencils!

Today is the first reveal day for our July Release! This is extra special for us as we are celebrating the  FOUR year anniversary of our company! That means an extra big release with new stamps, new dies and NEW STENCILS! Today we are revealing several of our new products so scroll down to see them! We are also giving away a $20 store credit each reveal day to one lucky winner so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Introducing.... STENCILS! 

We're super excited to be adding a line of STENCILS to our product mix! Our first four designs go perfectly with our new releases this month! The designs are: Pawprints, Starfield, Tropical Leaves and Waves. Our amazing Design Team will be showing ways to use these throughout the week on their projects and they will be for sale with our new release on Friday, July 14th!

Here's some info on our new Stencils:

• 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 stencil is 6 x 6 and is sold individually
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, July 14th
  

Winston's Lake House

Head to the lake with Winston in this adorable 4 x 6 stamp set. Winston, our cute bear, is ready to help you send some relaxing summer vibes! He's so adorable in his Adirondack chair and canoeing with his puppy friend! The little lily pad and cattails are perfect for creating water scenes. Pair the "I'm still looney for you" sentiment with the little loon for a cute love or anniversary card too!

Here's some info on the Winston's Lake House Stamp Set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 11 stamps: 7 images and 4 sentiments 
• Coordinating Winston's Lake House Die Set (sold separately) includes 7 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, July 14th

Lake Advice

Send advice from the lake with this 3 x 4 stamp set! This little set is packed with wonderful lake-themed images too! It features a fun inspirational sentiment and images of a kayak, canoe, paddle, trees and ripples! Try using the sentiment for the focal point of your card and creating fun backgrounds with the smaller images!

Here's some info on the Lake Advice Stamp Set:

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 7 stamps: 6 images and 1 large sentiment 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, July 14th

Sea Borders Die Set

Create oceans of fun with this set of three fun sea border shapes! Two of the waves include a stitching detail and one of the waves has the stitching detail on both sides of the cut line so you can use both sides paper once it's cut out!

Here's some info on the Sea Borders Die Set:

• Includes 3 border dies that are approximately 6 inches long
• Two of the dies have a stitched edge feature
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, July 14th
  
  

Head to the Lake with these awesome projects 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 - all the designers will have additional cards on their 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.

Juliana created this awesome card using the big sentiment from the Lake Advice Stamp Set. Those little icons included in this set are perfect for creating adorable backgrounds! 

This card by Amanda is so gorgeous! She created a whole lakeside scene using the stamps from Winston's Lake House Stamp Set along with the new Sea Borders Die Set! Love the sunset too!

Ellen created a gorgeous ombré effect using embossing paste with the new Waves Stencil and then inking over it with shades of blue! Then she added the sentiment from the Lake Advice Stamp Set over the top! Stunning! 

Winston looks so awesomely relaxed on this cute card by Maria! She used the new Waves Stencil to create a background and then used images from Winston's Lake House Stamp Set along with the big sentiment from the Lake Advice Stamp Set!

Holly created this beautiful card using the Lake Advice Stamp Set. I just love how she watercolored all those little images to create a background and used the sentiment as the center focus of the card. The distressed edges give a perfect outdoorsy touch! 

This watercoloring on this card by Samantha is so gorgeous! She created a pretty lake scene using the little cabin and sentiment from the Winston's Lake House Stamp Set!  

I love the rustic feel this card by Jennifer has! She created a fun scene on a kraft textured card base using the images from Winston's Lake House Stamp Set along with the new Sea Borders Die Set! The watercoloring on the waves really looks cool! 

Naki created a soft textured background using the new Waves Stencil and used it as a backdrop for the big sentiment from the Lake Advice Stamp Set embossed on vellum! The added icons along the side of the card are super fun too! 

This cozy lake scene by Tatiana is so beautiful! She used images from the Winston's Lake House Stamp Set combined with waves cut using the new Sea Borders Die Set! The watercoloring is awesome too!

This card by Larissa is so serene and pretty! She used the new Waves Stencil to create a layered wave background panel and then used images from the Lake Advice Stamp Set along with the Sea Borders Die Set to create a lovely little scene! 

Would you like to win a $20 store credit to Newton’s Nook Designs?

ONE lucky comment will be chosen from each reveal day to win! 

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 July 13th at 9pm CST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, July 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

Juliana Michaels

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Jennifer Timko

Tatiana Trafimovich

SNEAK PEEKS for July Release!

 Our July Release is ALMOST here!!

Ready for some new goodies? Here are a few peeks (including NEW product peeks on the bottom row):

SAVE THE DATE: Reveals start Monday, July 10th and

new products will be for sale on FRIDAY, July 14th! 

Amazing Friend Card by Larissa Heskett

Amazing Friend!

This gorgeous cactus card by Larissa is perfect for sending to a friend to make them feel special! She created this fun card using two of the cacti and pots from our Cultivated Cacti stamp set using Distress oxide inks. Then she cut them out using the coordinating Cultivated Cacti Die Set! Those tiny little pink and orange flowers are also part of this set and are so perfect for adding  a pop of color to the cacti! She added the images to her card base in front of a fun colorful background and added the "Amazing Friend" sentiment by embossing the words from our Lovely Blooms stamp set in white on black cardstock! The fun splatter on the white card base gives this card the perfect finishing touch!

To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Flower Cards by Jennifer Jackson

Lovely Floral cards

Today I'm sharing a couple of cards I created with our retiring Garden Starter and Flower Garden stamp sets! Both these sets are retiring and are on sale now so if you like them you should grab them while you can! Once we sell out they are gone for good! 

The first card I created is a sympathy card using the pansies from the Flower Garden stamp set. I colored them with watercolor markers and used the coordinating Garden Window die (retired and sold out) to cut out the oval and stitched frame from patterned papers.

I created a custom sentiment by using the "thinking of you" from the Vegetable Garden stamp set (also retiring) combined with the words "with sympathy" from the Simply Sentimental. The purple twine and doily give this card a soft finishing touch!

My second card today uses the daisies and frame from the Garden Starter stamp set. I stamped the image of the daisies directly inside the frame and colored them both using watercolor markers. 

I stamped the "Happy Birthday" sentiment, also from the Garden Starter stamp set to layer over the image. Again, I used the coordinating Garden Window die (retired and sold out) to cut out the banner and stitched frame from patterned papers.

I hope you enjoyed these floral cards today. If you like these sets make sure you grab them before they are sold out. And don't forget to check out the rest of our retiring sets too. Some have already sold out and some have just a FEW left! You everything that's still available at newtonsnookdesigns.com/retiring-products

Aloe! Cactus Card by Holly Endress

Aloe!

Today we are sharing another adorable cacti card by  Holly! She used our fun Cultivated Cacti stamp set to stamp a bunch of two toned blue pots and two toned green cacti! These fun bold images are perfect for this type of inking technique. Then she used our Cultivated Cacti Die Set to trim them all out and assembled them over a fun yellow watercolored background! So cute! That little "Aloe!" sentiment is also from the the Cultivated Cacti stamp set

Holly created a video for this card too! If you want to see how she did the two toned stamping, you can check out her video here. 

You can find more of Holly's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Hollybeary Creations or visit her YouTube Channel for more fun videos!

Celebrate Today Card by Jennifer Timko

Celebrate Today!

Today we have a beautiful yellow toned floral card by Jennifer using our Lovely Blooms stamp set! She used the big hydrangea bloom and colored in in gorgeous tones of yellow. She used the coordinating Lovely Blooms Die Set to trim out the flower and leaves and then added them to a piece of yellow paneled paper! The "Celebrate Today" sentiment is from our Happy Little Thoughts stamp set. She finished off the card by added just a few gold dots! This card is so gorgeous! You could easily recreate this in any of your favorite colors!

Thanks, Jennifer for the beautiful inspiration today! To see more creations by Jennifer, you can head over to her blog, Stampin' on the Fly!

Newton's Garden Card by July Guest Designer Cynde Whitlow

Today we have our first post from our July Guest Designer, Cynde Whitlow! We are thrilled to have Cynde designing with us this month! Her amazing ability to combine images to make unique scenes is definitely going to inspire you! We can't wait to share what she creates with our stamps! Keep reading to find out more about Cynde today and to check out her first project below!

My name is Cynde and I live in the beautiful state of Montana. I’m married to my first love and together we have 4 kids. We also have a feline fur-baby named Ginger. My family is a lot like the Brady Bunch, if they'd been an 80's hair band. For real. I've always had the creative bug. In fact, I was that kid who had an imaginary friend and I thought purple horses were the bomb in kindergarten. I've been cardmaking for a little over 2 years and my blog is The Pink Envelope. I LOVE every bit of blogging. Sharing what I make and inspiring other folks is an amazing thing! My favorite type of cards to make are one layer cards that I can build up with lots of masking and color it all in with Copic's. My other crafty kryptonite is ink. I have more than what any one person should have, but they are all fab, so I tell myself I need them. Seems reasonable. I'm SO excited to be guest designing for Newton’s Nook and I look forward to sharing what I’ve created with you all!

Hey folks!

I'm super duper happy to be guest designing for the Newton's Nook Blog this month! Today's post is one of four I will share and I can't wait to share them all!

One of my favorite things about Newton is that he makes for a great scene. Whether you take any Newton Stamp Set and use it as is or pair him with other fabulous images, you've got yourself a story to tell.

For my card today, I paired up several stamp sets. I started with some images from the Garden Starter and Flower Garden Stamp Sets. I knew that I would be doing quite a but if masking so I stamped and cut those out first.

Before I started stamping any of the images on my white cardstock panel, I used a ruler and lightly traced a rectangle on the front with a pencil. This will be my faux frame. I'm also going to use this as a guide so I know where to stamp my images.

When stamping scenes like this, it's always important to stamp the images that are going to be in the front or foreground first. With this card, I needed to keep in mind what images I wanted in front, but also which ones I wanted to go outside the faux frame and the ones I wanted to stay inside the frame. For those that need to stay in the frame, I simply blocked off the outer edge of the frame with more masking paper.

The mischievous feline I chose to go with those big beautiful blooms is from the Newton's Antics Stamp Set. I LOVE how he looks like he's ready to pounce!

When I had everything stamped where I wanted it, I colored it all in with Copic's. I adore big, bold color folks. It's go big or go home in my crafty world. Plus, I really wanted the whole scene to jump off the page.

Using a Copic Multiliner, I went over the faux frame again and added shading with my grey Copic's. The idea is to make it look like it's another layer to the card.

There's no need for embellies on this card peeps. However, to finish off my panel, I used Clear Wink Stella on the highlights of the images and Ranger Glossy Accents on the center of all of the flowers and called it a day.

That's it! Easy peasy.

I hope you enjoyed my card today and thanks so much for stopping by to see me!

Until next time!

 - Cynde