Peep Peep! Easter Card by Diane Morales

Peep! Peep! 

Easter is nearly here and Newton is ready to celebrate on this adorable card by Diane.

She created this cute little shaped card by cutting a hexagon shaped garden scene using our Hexagon Frames Die Set with our Spring Blooms Paper Pad. 

In front of the tulip garden she added that cute kitty peeking out of an Easter egg with a baby chic on his head from our Newton's Easter Basket Stamp Set.  She added a bit of glitter for some sparkle onto the egg. She also stamped several extra chicks to add to the scene. 

This cute little shaped card would be perfect for tucking into an Easter basket! 

Hope you enjoyed our inspiration today! To see more creations by Diane, you can visit on her blog, 2sisters project. 

Birthday Card with Partial Die Cutting by Farhana Sarker

Sky High Birthday Wishes!

Today Farhana is sharing a how to create a fun birthday card using our Sky High Celebrations Stamp Set and Petite Clouds Stencil. 

She started with a white card front panel and stamped the image from the Sky High Celebrations Stamp Set close to the right edge of the card. Then she lined up the coordinating die, cutting only one side of the image. She then cut the remaining part of the front of the card to detach the negative space above and below the image. The image was then colored with copic markers. She also added the Happy Birthday sentiment using the Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set. 

On the inside of the card she stenciled an edge of clouds using our Petite Clouds Stencil with blue ink and added the sentiment from the Sky High Celebrations Stamp Set into the center. 

When the card is closed you can see the cards from the inside! 

We hope you will try this fun way to create a unique card layout! 

To see more of Farhana's creations you can visit blog, Everyday Engineered.

Easter Tulip Card by Donna Idlet

Tulips for Easter

It's tulip season and today Donna is inspiring us with a gorgeous tulip card featuring our Tulips Stamp Set and Spring Blooms Paper Pad. 

She colored the pretty bundle of tulips using alcohol markers in shades of pink, purple and yellow to match the tulips on the page of paper from our  Spring Blooms Paper Pad. She layered the tulip image over an oval (using our Oval Frames Die Set) and then added the paper below that.  

For the sentiment she choose "Easter Blessings" from our Easter Lily Stamp Set, stamping it onto a small rounded rectangle that was die cut using our Basic Frames Die Set. 

We love how the tulips coordinatine perfectly with the patterned paper! 

To see more beautiful creations by Donna, you can visit her blog, Creative Lady!   

Mice Birthday Card by Amanda Wilcox

Time to Celebrate!

Need an idea for a fun birthday card? Today we are sharing an adorable birthday greeting created by Amanda that is sure to inspire! 

To create this card Amanda combines images and sentiments from our Birthday Mice and Birthday Roundabout Stamp Sets. 

Note: Our Birthday Mice Stamp Set is part of our retiring sale and will only be available while supplies last so if you like this design, make sure you get it while you can. Find this set and see what else is retiring in our retiring sale category! 

Amanda colored those cute mice with the cupcake from the Birthday Mice Stamp Set in bright pastels and added glitter to their birthday hats and the candle flame for a fun bit of sparkle!

For the background she embossed the big birthday circle from the Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set in white onto watercolor paper. Then she added fun splotches of blue, yellow and orange inks over the whole background, matching the colors of the cupcake. She tore the bottom edge of the paper and added more blue ink along the bottom along the tear. Then she added a yellow border below the torn edge using the wave from our Sea Borders Die Set. 

For the sentiment she embossed "Time to Celebrate" from the Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set onto a banner that was cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set.

We love this fun and colorful birthday card and hope you are inspired to get some inks out and create fun and colorful backgrounds!

See more of Amanda's work over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Rainbow Coffee Card by Samantha Mann

A Rainbow of Coffees 

If you can't decide what colors to use on your card, why not try the whole rainbow? Samantha created this beautiful card with a rainbow of colors and a coffee theme featuring our Coffee Delights Stamp Set and Mugs Stencil.

For the beautiful mug background she inked the coffee mugs on our Mugs Stencil with a rainbow of distress inks. Then she removed the stencil and inked the same colors over the top of the stenciled image, using a very light pressure so she didn't cover the stenciled images completely. Once the stenciling was complete, she addd water splatters and paint splatters to add texture to the background panel. 

Next, she colored the row of cups from our Coffee Delights Die Set in a rainbow of colors using watercolor markers. So gorgeous! She cut the image out and then cut another another layer behind it, hand cutting it from vellum to give it an extra shadow. 

Last, she embossed the sentiments in white on black cardstock and added them above and below her image. 

We hope card by Samantha today inspired you to use a whole rainbow of colors on your next creation! 

To say hello to Samantha you can visit her over on her blog, Sam' Scrap Candy! 

Simple Sparkly Shaker Card by Farhana Sarker

A Simple Sparkly Shaker Card!

Today Farhana is sharing a how to create a fun and simple shaker card using our Daisies Die Set!

She started with a white card front panel and cut out two rows of daisy silhouettes using our Daisies Die Set. She also cut out black daisy centers and set them aside. She stamped the sentiment from the Hyacinth Stamp Set in the corner of the bottom white panel. 

Next, she took a second card panel and inked it with shades of pink and orange to layer behind the daisies. 

In between the two layers, she created a flat shaker pocket using a piece of thin plastic, leftover from a product packaging. Inside the pocket she added glitter that sparkles when the recipient shakes the card. The white panels were adhered on top of the glitter pocket and she glued on the black daisy centers too. 

A bonus of this technique is that the thin pocket and glitter only shaker make this card light, flat and easy to mail! 

We hope you enjoyed this fun way to create a simple shaker card with recycled materials and glitter! 

To see more of Farhana's creations you can visit blog, Everyday Engineered.

Hyacinth Thank You Card by Special Guest Brennan Keane

Today we a special guest post to share. We are featuring more inspiring work from the talented young Brennan Keane!  

Hi everyone! If you don’t know me, my name is Brennan Keane, and I’m a floral-obsessed seventeen-year-old teenage boy cardmaker (which is definitely a mouthful). Newton’s Nook Designs was the first company I ever designed for, so I’m beyond excited to be back as a guest designer!

For today’s card, I’m working with the brand-new Hyacinth Stamp Set. I stamped three of these gorgeous florals and colored them up with Copics. For the flowers, I used V17, V15, and V12, with V09 for the centers. For the leaves and stems, I went with YG17, G24, and G21.

Next up is the background! I kept it super simple with some soft ink blending, using the leftover blue and green ink on my blending brushes to mimic the sky and ground.

I used the coordinating Hyacinth Die to cut out the flowers and popped them up with a little foam tape for dimension. For the sentiment, I chose “thank you,” which is also included in the Hyacinth Stamp Set.

Instead of just gluing the card front onto a plain white base, I stepped it up by using a deep aqua cardstock and doing some tone-on-tone stamping with the Cherry Blossoms Stamp. It’s a subtle detail, but I love the extra depth it adds!

Thanks so much for taking the time to check out my post. I absolutely love guest designing for Newton’s Nook and am so grateful to be asked back. Huge thanks to Jen for another opportunity!

Hope you all have an amazing day and happy crafting!

- Brennan