July Reveal Day 1 - 10 Year Celebration + NEW Cat Themed Products!

Newton’s Nook Designs is so excited to be celebrating our companies 10 Year Birthday!
- WOW - That's TEN awesome years of getting our paws inky!

We want to take a moment and say that we are so THANKFUL for all of you, our amazing fans and customers! Your enthusiasm for our products and support of our small business has been so incredible over the years! We really appreciate every order and are so happy that we are able to continue to run our small business from our home with help from you! 

To celebrate our birthday we are releasing brand new birthday themed products this month! We will be revealing our new birthday themed products over the next few days with tons of amazing inspiration! Plus, we will be having a birthday sale starting on Thursday, July 20th too, so save the date!! 

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. 

Newton's Birthday Delights

Newton is enjoying heights of sweets on this yummy 4x6 stamp set. This design features two tall images with kitties and stacks of ice cream and cake that are perfect for birthday celebrations and more! Both images will also fit on the bookmark in our Bookmark Die Set.(Die sets sold separately.)

Here's some info on the Newton's Birthday Delights Stamp Set

• 4x6 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 8 stamps: 6 images and 2 sentiments
• Coordinating Newton's Birthday Delights purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 10 dies
• Tall images will also fit on our Bookmark Die Set
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Thursday, July 20th

Birthday Meows Paper Pad

Join Newton and his kitty friends for loads of birthday fun on this 6x6 paper pad. This 24 sheet paper pad features 2 each of 12 different double sided designs on heavy cardstock with a touch of sheen. Many of the designs feature kitties enjoying the birthday celebrations with birthday hats, balloons, cake and more! These designs will also coordinate perfectly with our Newton themed stamp designs! Use them to add fun prints to your cards and scrapbook pages too!

Here's some info on the Birthday Meows Paper Pad:

• 6x6 Paper Pad includes 24 sheets (12 Double-sided designs)
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Thursday, July 20th
  

Pounce through the blogs to see cat themed birthday cards by our Design Team!

Check out all the awesome projects below from our Design Team below! Make sure to click through to all their blogs for details on their cards - some of the designers have extra projects on their blogs that you won't want to miss! You can also leave a comment on each of the blogs for a chance to win! Details on the giveaway are at the bottom of today's post.

Card by Tatiana using the new Newton's Birthday Delights Stamp Set and Birthday Meows Paper Pad. Additional products used: Bookmark Die Set, Fancy Edges Tag Die Set, Frames Squared Die Set

Card with bookmark by Amanda using the new Newton's Birthday Delights Stamp Set and Birthday Meows Paper Pad. Additional products used: Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set, Bookmark Die Set, Speech Bubbles Die Set

Card with by Diane using the new Newton's Birthday Delights Stamp Set and Birthday Meows Paper Pad. Additional products used: Oval Frames Die Set, Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set

Card by Samantha using the new Newton's Birthday Delights Stamp Set. Additional products used: Speech Bubbles Die Set, Frames & Flags Die Set, Summer Scoops Stamp Set

Bookmark by Larissa using the new Newton's Birthday Delights Stamp Set and Birthday Meows Paper Pad. Additional products used: Bookmark Die Set, Circle Frames Die Set, Frames Squared Die Set

Card by Farhana using the new Newton's Birthday Delights Stamp Set and Birthday Meows Paper Pad. Additional products used: Circle Frames Die Set, Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set

Card by Donna using the new Newton's Birthday Delights Stamp Set and Birthday Meows Paper Pad. 

Bookmark by Ellen using the new Newton's Birthday Delights Stamp Set. Additional products used: Bookmark Die Set, Trailing Leaves Stencil, Banner Trio Die Set

Card by Maria using the new Newton's Birthday Delights Stamp Set and Birthday Meows Paper Pad. Additional products used: Land Borders Die Set, Frames Squared Die Set

Would you like to win the “Newton's Birthday Delights" Stamp Set?
This foil 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 Wednesday July 19th at 9pm ET to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Thursday, July 20th.

Newton's Nook Designs

Donna Idlet

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Diane Morales

Maria Russell

Farhana Sarker

Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox

Sneak Peek! New Products Coming Soon!

 New Product Reveals are Next Week!!

Ready for some new goodies? Here are a few peeks!

SAVE THE DATE:

Reveals will be Monday through Wednesday July 17th-19th

and new products will be for sale on Thursday, July 20th!

Cat-itude Cards by Amanda Wilcox

Cat-itude!

Today we are sharing a trio of cat themed cards by Amanda that are perfect for sending greetings to the cat lovers in your life! Plus, they're quick and easy to create! 

For this  fun trio she started with fun cat themed papers from our A Cat's Life Paper Pad. She cut all three background pieces at the same time so the pieces all mixed and matched like a puzzle. She added the fun prints onto each card front and then added sentiments from our Cat-itutde Stamp Set onto each one. To create shapes to hold the sentiment she used various shape dies from our collection.  For one card she used an oval from our Oval Frames Die Set, for one she used a circle from our Frames Squared Die Set and for the third card she used the pawprint shape from our Pawprint Shaker Die Set. Shed added a bit of green ink to the edges of each of the sentiment shapes so that they coordinated. Then on each card she added a cute little cat silhouette using our Cat Silhouettes Die Set, again with a print from our  A Cat's Life Paper Pad.

Here are individual photos of each card so you can see them up close.  

We love this fun idea of creating a trio of cards that are similar, yet each individual! Plus, it's so quick and easy when you fill the card front with pretty pattered papers! you could repeat this design using any of the pretty patterns from any of our different seasonal or themed Paper Pads to make cards for different occasions too! 

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

 

Floral Filled Jars Card Set and Video by Jennifer Jackson

Filling Jars with Flowers! 

Hello! Jen here today and I'm sharing more fun ways to use our Jar Hot Foil Plate! Last week I shared a post where created a card using the jar as a terrarium (you can find that post here if you missed it). Today I'm back to share another awesome way to use the Jar by filling it with flowers! I was having so much fun with this that I created a whole series of cards using various blooms from our floral category. 

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.  For the first card I chose to use the daisy image from our Dainty Daisies Stamp Set. I added some color to the image using watercolor markers and then cut the image out using the coordinating Dainty Daisies Die Set. 

One I tucked the flowers into the jar I realized the image would be too large for a standard A2 (4.25" x 5.5") sized card so I decided to make an A7 (5" x 7") sized card instead. I cut out a large scallop edged rectangle using our A7 Frames and Banners Die Set. Then I added flowers to this panel using our Petite Flowers Stencil with some yellow and orange inks. 

Next, I decided the jar needed something behind it to frame it so I used our Oval Frames Die Set along with patterned paper from our Spring Blooms Paper Pad and some vellum to create two layers of ovals. 

For a message I added  the sentiment "Bright Birthday Wishes" from our Bright Sentiments Hot Foil Plates.  I foiled this using my hot foil machine with some gold foil and then cut it out using the Banner Duo Die Set. I layered this over the jar to complete this fun card!

Once this card was completed, I decided to create a few more cards using the same layout and different flowers. 

This was made exactly the same as above but uses our Daffodils Stamp Set: 

This one uses our Tulips Stamp Set: 

For this one I switched up the colors to purples and then used our Lilac Stamp Set:

And last, I switched the colors to pinks and used our Roses Stamp Set:

I hope you have enjoyed this post! I also created a video showing my card creation process for these fun cards that you can view below:

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 you are enjoying our new Hot Foiling products and that this has given you some inspiration! 

Thanks for hanging out with me today!

Purr-fect Day at the Beach Card by Samantha Mann

Purr-fect Day at the Beach! 

Today Samantha is taking us to the beach on this adorable kitty card!

This sweet card features a duo of kitties from our Kitten Beach Stamp Set. These sweet feline friends are having so much fun with building a beach sand castle!  and bucket. She colored the kitties in gray, giving them fun fur stripes and pink cheeks. Then she added on more fun details with a white gel pen too. She cut the images out with the coordinating Kitten Beach Die Set then set off to make a fun beachy scene for them to play in. 

For her scene she used distress inks to create a beach scape. She used masking tape to tape off the top of the card and then inked up a blue water line and faded it into some brown inked sand. She added paint and ink speckles to give it the sand texture and smooshed some white ink along the edge to make the waves too. For the sky she used our  Clouds Stencil with yellow ink to create a sunny, yet cloudy sky! So pretty! Last, she added the message "have a purr-fect" day, stamped onto vellum and carefully fussy cut out to layer over the clouds! 

What a gorgeous beach scene! We hope this card makes you want to create some beach scenes of your own! To say hello to Sam and see more of her beautiful creations you can visit her over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!  

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?

Welcome Diane Morales to our Design Team!

We have a new addition to our Design Team!  
A big warm welcome to Diane!

We are so excited to have Diane Morales joining our team! You might recognize Diane as a former member of our Inky Paws Challenge Inspiration Team! We've loved her work for quite some time now so when we had a spot open on our team - We knew she would fit right in! Diane will begin designing with our team this month and we can't wait to share what she creates!

Here's a little more about her and a fun summer creation from her today:

Diane Morales

2 Sisters Project

Hello Newtons Nook Fans!

My Motto is “do what you love and share it with others.”

I am currently living in Beaverton, Oregon with my husband, and tribe of four cats. Like most I started scrapbooking and migrated into cardmaking. I am obsessed with shaped cards, pattered paper, and bright bold color. I first fell in love with Newton’s Nook when I was looking for a stamp set that best reflected how my cats acted. Newton’s Antics was my first stamp set and I have been in LOVE ever since.

When I am not “procraftinating" you can find me outside with a cup of coffee in the garden. You can find me on Instagram at 2.sistersproject  and #dianeiscrafty

The sea is calling!

Today Diane is starting out her spot on team by creating and amazing circle shaped summer card! This sweet little card is sure to make you smile!

She started out with the cute image of the kitty listening to the seashell from our Newton's Seashell Stamp Set. She colored the sweet image in neutral colors and cut it out using the coordinating Newton's Seashell Die Set. 

For the card base she cut out some circles using our Circle Frames Die Set. The larger circle was cut from white and blue cardstock that she layered together. The smaller scallop edged circle was die cut from a pretty patterned paper from our Summertime Paper Pad. She added the sentiment from the Newton's Seashell Stamp Set tucked next to the kitty image. 

What an adorable card! This card is a petite sized and would be perfect for tucking into someones bag or lunch tote for a sweet summer smile! 

Diane will be back with more inspiration soon so stay tuned! Until then, you can visit her on her blog, 2sisters project. 

And a now we'd like to give a BIG shout-out to the rest of our AWESOME Design Team! 

We just LOVE our Design Team! We are so thankful to have all these lovely ladies staying on our team! They continue to amaze us each month with their incredible creativity!

Samantha Mann 

Designer & Design Team Coordinator

Sam's Scrap Candy

Hi, I'm Samantha Mann and I couldn't be happier to continue for another term with Newton's Nook Designs!! My husband and I have lived all over the US, from Washington State to Florida, but we're currently in hot, humid, coastal South Carolina! We have two boys (who I usually call my little Menn, even if they're not-so-little anymore)! I have always been in love with school supplies (ever since elementary school when I would save my nickels to buy cute pencils or erasers!) and that love just grew and developed into my crazy obsession (read: passion!) of paper crafting! I love making cards and even dabble with the occasional scrapbook layout! You can always find me with some inky fingers and lots of ink blending! I'm definitely quirky, and love to make playful, humorous sentiments for my cards (and layouts)! I work full time for an advertising company and spend every other moment I can paper crafting, reading and enjoying the little moments in everyday family life.

 

Ellen Haxelmans

Crafty Ellen

Hello, I’m Ellen and I live a little further from the USA; I come from Belgium and live with my husband Davey and two sweet cats; Oliver & Bailey.

I've always been artsy and even studied art. In my current job I don’t do anything creative and that’s why I really like to paint, draw and of course create cards in my free time. Even till Davey gets nuts of it haha! As a big Newton’s Nook Designs fan, I'm so blessed and happy to be a part of this awesome team for another term! I’m so curious what the next release will look like, so bring it on!

You can see more of my work on my blog, crafty ellen or on instagram at craftyellenh

Larissa Heskett
Larissa Heskett Designs

I’ve been married to my best friend Adam for almost 17 years, and we have two handsome boys, Beckett (16 yrs.) and Greyson (10 yrs.)!! We live on our Family Farm with an Entourage of Animals, and I enjoy EVERY aspect of living a rural life. I’m a Certified Surgical Technician, but I’m very blessed to be a stay-at-home mom. I enjoy crafting in every way, jewelry making, baking/cooking, gardening, singing, nature and taking photos. I LOVE Spending time with my Family and Friends and meeting/crafting with other creative people I’ve found/met online and through other events! I also LOVE to try new techniques and experiment with my supplies!! I look forward to inspiring you with the AMAZING Newton's Nook Designs products!! I cannot even begin to explain how HONORED and EXCITED I am to have the opportunity to design with this AWESOME Design Team!! For More Info about my Designs you can Visit my Blog: larissaheskettdesigns.blogspot.com

Donna Idlet
Creative Lady

Hello, my name is Donna Idlet and I am so excited about joining Newton’s Nook Designs team. I have been a fan of Newton for many years. I live in Northern Virginia which is just 30 minutes away from Washington, DC. I am a wife, mother and mema. My husband is retired from the military who served 30 years of service. He is truly an amazing husband, father, and papa who is dedicated to his family and supports me in all of my endeavors. I have a son, a daughter and three beautiful grandchildren, who are the loves of my life.

My travels have been vast as I was fortunate to live abroad and in multiple states around the Country. The most interesting thing about traveling is seeing all the beauty that surrounds the World which has shaped my life and eye for creativity. I have always loved crafting and I inherited that trait honestly because my mother was a crafter and a quilter.  I have been making cards for over 15 years. I love, love, love making cards, altered art, and photography. I also love Scrapbooking--traditional and digital. I always strive to integrate my joys that I captured or created in my designs to share on social media. I just wish there were more hours in the day.

I love coloring with Copics and experiencing with other mediums. I like clean lines, coloring, layering and elegance. I love learning new techniques and playing with all sorts of stamps, digital images, dies and papers. My style varies but it is always elegant and well put together.  

You can find me on my blog Creative Lady, on instagram @didlet and on Facebook.

Zsofia Molnar 

safsafdesign

Hello! My name is Zsofia Molnar and I am a card maker from Hungary. I am thrilled to join this amazing Design Team. I live in beautiful Budapest with my 2 kids (11 and 8 years old) and the most loving husband ever. We are a truly trilingual family as my husband is Egyptian and we communicate with each other in English. I started paper crafting more or less 8 years ago when I was fascinated by all the pretty scrapbook layouts. I have never even made a single one, but rather fell in love with making cards and sharing handmade kindness with my family and friends. I am an addict since then, I have to be crafty every day to feel good. This is my little escape. I love cute critters, florals and I really enjoy building scenes with layers. I am curious to try new techniques but my favourites are still Copics and Distress inks. You can follow my crafty journey on my blog www.safsafdesign.wordpress.com or on Instagram @safsafdesign2016.

Maria Russell

Maria Russell Designs

Hello stampers and crafters. My name is Maria Russell and I am so THRILLED to be a part of the Newton’s Nook Designs design team.  My husband and I have lived all over the world and we have two talented, beautiful children (now adults).

My love for paper crafting began in high school when my friends and I wrote each other letters, took photos, kept a journal and scrapbooks.  It kind of looked like a smash-book because I had everything in there from ticket stubs, to beautiful napkins, to candy wrapper.  Paper crafting is very therapeutic for me.  I only ventured into card making in 2013 and I am hooked!  I was really honored when one of my cards got published at Scrapbook and Cards magazine, Creative Cards Volume I in 2015.

I am so HAPPY to be a part of this amazing design team!  I’d be honored if you’d like to visit my blog www.mariarusselldesigns.com or follow me on Instagram @rprmlr77

Farhana S
Everyday Engineered

Hi crafty friends! My name is Farhana and I am so excited right now to be part of the Newton's Nook team! I've been crafting for almost 10 years now. It's always been paper crafts, transitioning from scrapbooking to cardmaking. Newton Nook Design stamps were some of my firsts from back in 2013, so there are many retired sets in my stashing and the Inky Paws card challenge was also the first challenge that I ever did! With two littles at home, crafting gives me a much needed break after bedtime! I can't wait to create with NND products and inspire all of you! Critter stamps are cute, but florals will always be my favourite! 

When I'm not crafting or running after the littles, you'll find me baking in the kitchen or taking in the great outdoors here in WA! I'm super excited to be here and see what 2022 has in store for all of us! 

Tatiana Trafimovich
Tatiana Craft and Art

Hello! My name is Tatiana and I’m so excited and honored to be joining the Newton’s Nook Designs DT! I live in sunny Rome with my hubby, stepson and two sweet kitties, Tommy and Lilly.

I always loved everything handmade and crafty related and tried all kinds of hobbies from jewelry making to crocheting until I discovered and felt in love with a magical world of paper crafting. Cardmaking and coloring became my relaxing getaway.

I like getting inky, experimenting, stretching my supplies, learning new techniques and coloring with any medium, especially cat images which I often make look like my kitties.

Amanda Wilcox
Twiddler's Nook

Hi crafty friends! My name is Amanda and I'm so thrilled to be on the design team for Newton's Nook. I live in Oregon with my amazing husband, our wonderful daughter and our 4 wild fur babies. 

My day job doesn't have anything creative about it so I really enjoy my time in the craft room. I've been making cards for over 20 years and have loved it all. I look forward to the adventures this year brings with it. You can follow me along my crafting journey at twiddlersnook.blog.

That's a lot of amazing talent, don't you think!? We can't wait to see what everyone creates next!