September Release - Reveal Day 1 - Newton Loves Coffee

Today is our first reveal day for our September Release and we are featuring the new Newton Loves Coffee stamp set! We are giving the stamp set away to one lucky winner so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win! 

Love Coffee? Love Cats? This set combines those two favorites in a purr-fect blend of coffee and kitty images! Send a fun birthday brew or tell someone you card with the sweet sentiments. This set is sure to delight all the coffee lovers out there!

Here's some info on the Newton Loves Coffee stamp set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 17 stamps: 11 images and 6 sentiments
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, September 25th

 

Let's get caffeinated with some awesome creations from our Design Team & Special Guests!

Check out all the amazing projects below from our Design Team & guests below - Then, make sure to click through to all their blogs for details on their cards - Some of the designers have extra cards on the blogs and you might even find a fun video or two along the way! Make sure to comment for a chance to win! Details on the giveaway are at the bottom of today's post.

Today we have a special guest hopping along with us - Amy Tsuruta! Amy is the organizer for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop so we thought it would be fitting to have her play with our new set! Her card is so adorable with a trio of coffee loving kitties in the little circle cut-outs! Thanks, Amy - for playing along today! There will be a new Coffee Lovers Blog hop starting up on Friday so make sure you check that out too! 

Our second guest today is Simon Hurley and he created this adorable coffee card! His color combo is so pretty and I love all little white details he added too! 

Check out the cute background that Yukari made in the center of her card by using the little bold images in this set! I love the coloring on that kitty too! So adorable!

This card by Samantha is so cute! I can just imagine that kitty is trying to choose which mug he will drink from. I love the mischievous quality to this card!

Crafty Math-Chick found the perfect coffee embossing folder to go with this stamp set! I love how that kitty really pops off the dark green background too!

I love how Stephanie created that adorable spotlight in the center of her card for Newton and his coffee! Such a fun layout and that coffee cup paper background is so cute too! 

I love this sweet coffee card by Kimberly ! It's so cute how she put a trio of mugs behind the kitty! She also used the thought bubble die from the Newton's Naptime Die Set.

I love the fun layout with the little frame around the coffee kitty on this card by Danielle! Such a fun coffee cup background too!

Nina-Marie created a fun shaker card with all the fun coffee mugs in the background! So fun and colorful!

Here's a fun bright and colorful coffee card by Jess! I love the way she created all that color surrounding the kitty! Check out her blog today for a video on this technique!

Lydia used the cute little "to go" coffee mug image to make this adorable coffee card! I love the texture of the vellum with the burlap and ribbon! so pretty! 

Another adorable shaker card, this one by Larissa! I love the way she colored that kitty and added some more cute mugs for him to peek over the table at. 

Would you like to win “Newton Loves Coffee”?

This prize will be given away to ONE lucky winner! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog release 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, September 24th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 25th. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs  <---you are here

Lydia Evans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Jess Gerstner

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Nina-Marie Trapani

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

Simon Hurley - Guest Designer
Amy Tsuruta - Guest Designer

September Release - Sneak Peeks!

It's SNEAK PEEK TIME!

Get ready for some more fun this week  - We will be releasing THREE fun new sets this month and some NEW DIES too! Reveals start tomorrow - Here is a little peek from each set - Any guesses on the themes of these new designs?

Full reveals will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and will be filled with fabulous fun from our FABULOUS Design Team and guests!

Inky Paws Challenge #25 - Halloween Theme

This month's challenge is a Halloween Theme 

Create a project inspired by the image below:

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to our online store and a Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! If we get more than 15 participants, we will choose two winners so be sure to tell your friends to play along! 

You have TWO WEEKS to play along - Deadline to enter is Friday, October 2nd, 2015 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, October 5th.

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky?

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item).

• Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp - check out our Freebies page).

• Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr, Pinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC25).

• Link back to this challenge (if posting in an online gallery copy the link into the photo description). 

• Submit your project to this challenge using the InLinkz widget below. You must submit a DIRECT link to your post page.

• Have more than one great idea? You can enter more than once! Just link up each card separately. 
• TIP: Please make sure your photo in focus  - We can't pick you as a winner if we can't see your card clearly because your photo is blurry! 

Here's some inspiration!

Several of our Design Team Members decided to play along - check out all the awesome birthday cards they created! Read the description below each card to see who made it.

This fun owl card by Danielle is perfect for Halloween! I love how she created a fun splatter background and used the sentiment for the owl to sit on. She used the Boo Crew stamp set!

Check out the awesome background on this card by Yukari Yoshioka! Love that curved sentiment too! She used our Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set for this card.

 Crafty Math-Chick created this fun Halloween card! That spooky house paper goes so perfectly with the house image from our Spooky Street stamp set! And I love the fun drippy edge on the tag!

I love that Nina-Marie used a non-Halloween set to create this fun Halloween treat tag! she used the kitty image from the Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set and Halloween colors to make it work!

Samantha created this sweet and girl Halloween card using the puppy dressed as a fairy princess from our Boo Crew stamp set! So adorable!

Stephanie used our Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set for this cutie Halloween card! Isn't her paper-piercing on the had so cute?

Oooh! Such a fun spooky scene by Kimberly! I love the fun inked circle she created for a backdrop for the scene. She used our Spooky Street stamp set.

This gorgeous shaker card by Larissa is perfect for Halloween! I love the way she used our leaves from the Falling into Autumn set around the pumpkin and the "Happy Harvest" sentiment in the center!  

Now it's your turn! What will you create with this sketch? Link up below:

An InLinkz Link-up

Fan Feature - Day 5

Last day of Fan Spotlights!

We hope you have been enjoying our FAN FEATURE week! It's been so fun to see all the amazing projects our fans have created! Make sure to click back through each day this week to see them all if you haven't yet!  See your project below? Scroll down to the end and grab our "spotted" badge for your blog!

Design Team member Stephanie Muzzulin picked this dreamy kitty card by Sheri Gilson. This card uses our Winged Wishes stamp set. 

"I have always loved Sheri's layering of papers and love the whole layout of this card."

And here's my pick (Jen) - this awesome kitty birthday card by Emily Lauritzen. This card uses the balloons, bird and sentiments from the Newton's Birthday Flutter stamp set and the kitty from the Newton's Antics stamp set.

"I LOVE how Emily created that giant bouquet of balloons and tied it around the tail of the kitty! The sentiments on the clouds are adorable too!"

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! 

Fan Feature - Day 4

Day THREE of Fan Spotlights!

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! Each day 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 Yukari Yoshioka picked this summer shaker card by Shannon McComb. This card uses our Newton's Summer Vacation stamp set. 

"I just love her fun coloring, CAS design and she turned the fish bowl into a shaker window, so fun!"

Design Team member Samantha Mann picked this dreamy kitty card by Julia Altermann. This card uses our Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set. 

"I LOVE the bold and the clouds and the sparkles!"

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, make sure we see your projects. Tag your posts with #newtonsnook in social media to make sure we see them! Check back tomorrow for more fun fan spotlights!

Fan Feature - Day 3

Day THREE of Fan Spotlights!

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! Each day 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 Lydia Evans picked this fun flamingo card by Just Jingle. This card uses our Flirty Flamingos stamp set. 

"I loove the CAS look ... and the clever use of watercolour" 

Design Team member Larissa Heskett picked this adorable summer kitty card by Diane Jaquay. This card uses our Newton's Summer Vacation stamp set. 

" I LOVE LOVE LOVE this BRIGHT and HAPPY Design by Diane!! Just a SUPER AWESOME Design!! "

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!

Fan Feature Week - Day 2

Day two of Fan Spotlights!

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! Each day 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 Jess Gerstner picked this fun doxie card by Ka at Stamping Smiles Designs. This card uses our Delightful Doxies stamp set. 

"I love how she keeps the focus on the dog image but still adds beautiful details like the bow and the faux stitching."

Design Team member Nina-Marie Trapani picked this possum card by Therese Calvird. This card uses our Hanging Around stamp set. 

" I love how she used the possums from to create this darling little scene! Her earthy color choices lend perfectly to the overall feel of the scene, and her attention to detail in the placement of everything creates a visually appealing and very beautiful work of art!"

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!