July Reveals - Day 2 - Newton's Summer Treats and Cozy Campers

Today is day 2 of our new July product reveals! I hope you are having as much fun as we are! Today we are sharing two new stamp sets with coordinating dies that are purr-fect for summer! 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!

Newton's Summer Treats

Newton is enjoying summer and all the cold summer treats he can in this fun 4x6 stamp set! He's so cute with all the ice cream cones, sundaes and popsicles that it will be hard to pick a favorite from this set! Pair the cute images with the cool summer sentiments to create tasty summer cards that everyone will adore!

Here's some info on the Newton's Summer Treats stamp set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• 9 stamps: 4 images and 5 sentiments 
• Coordinating Newton's Summer Treats purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 4 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, July 20th 

Cozy Campers 

Become a happy camper with this adorable 4x4 Stamp Set! This sweet little set includes two charming campers that are so fun to color with their sweet little flags and lights. Add on the bistro set and lawn flamingo to create adorable camping scenes. The included sentiments go perfectly with the camper theme!  

Here's some info on the Cozy Campers stamp set:

• 4 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• 9 stamps: 6 images and 3 sentiments 
• Coordinating Cozy Campers purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 6 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, July 20th 

Summer is in full swing with these adorable cards 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 - you will find a few extra cards on some of the DT 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 fun camping card using our new Cozy Campers Stamp set and die set. She added in the fun sun in the background using our Sunscape Stencil and stamped the sentiment into the center of the sun! She added a layer of grass using our Land Borders Die Set. She also used our Frames & Flags Die Set for the scalloped edge and stitched rounded rectangle. 

The trio of kitties enjoying ice cream on this card by Larissa are so cute! She stamped the kitties from our new Newton's Summer Treats Stamp Set and colored them in fun cozy colors. Then she used the coordinating die set to cut them out. For her background she added in some paws with our Pawprints Stencil. 

Amanada created a gorgeous night scene using our new Cozy Campers Stamps and die set. She created such a lovely scene with the campers on the hills. She used our Starfield Stencil to create that twinkly starry sky and then added some hills and grass to her scene using our Land Borders Die Set. 

The kitty on this card by Tatiana is ready for some summer fun! She used the cute kitty with the sunglasses and popsicle from our new Newton's Summer Treats Stamp Set. She cut him out with the coordinating die set and added him over a fun soft rainbow striped panel that was created using our stitched rectangle die from the Frames & Flags Die Set. She also created a fun tropical background using our Tropical Leaves Stencil with white embossing paste. 

Zsofia created this adorable camping scene using both campers from the new Cozy Campers Stamp Set. She colored the campers in fun bright teal and nestled them in a grassy border using our Land Borders Die Set. She also used our Sunscape Stencil to create a lovely sunny sky in the background. 

This yummy ice cream card was created by Samantha using our new Newton's Summer Treats Stamp Set. Isn't the kitty with the tower of ice cream so cute? The bright colors on the ice cream really pop against the white card base!  

Maria created this romantic camping scene using our new Cozy Campers Stamp set! She colored the camper and bistro set in fun coordinating colors and cut them out with the coordinating die set to add to her card. She created the awesome moonlight scene using distress inks and added in some hills using Land Borders Die Set. 

Holly created this sweet ice cream card using our new Newton's Summer Treats Stamp Set. She stamped the trio of kitties and colored them in shades of grey with bright colored ice cream treats! She added them to a card base with some cute patterned ice cream paper! So yummy!

Naki created this lovely starry night scene using the camper and flamingo from our new Cozy Campers Stamp Set. She colored the images and cut them out with the coordinating die set and layered them in front of a starry sky created using our Starfield Stencil. She also added in a layer of vellum grass using our Land Borders Die Set. 

The cool cat on this card by Ellen is enjoying his summer in the city! Ellen used the kitty with his sunglasses and popsicle from the new Newton's Summer Treats Stamp Set. Then she created a city scene using buildings from our Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set and the taxi cab from our Newton Dreams of New York Stamp Set. She also used our Land Borders Die Set to create the hills and grass!

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 19th at 9pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, July 20th.

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
Zsofia Molnar
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Tatiana Trafimovich

Summer Beach Cards by July Guest Designer Ildi Imrefalvi

Today we have our first post from our July Guest Designer, Ildi Imrefalvi. We fell in love with her beautiful cards on instagram and are excited to see what she creates this month using NND products! We hope you will enjoy her projects and she will inspire you each week! Keep reading to find out more about her today and to check out her first project below!

Hi everyone, my name is Ildi and I live in Budapest, Hungary with my wonderful and supportive husband. We share our home with three cats and three dogs.

My passion for cardmaking started many years ago and became an important part of my life. I love coloring, masking and scene building the most love and of course I love collecting the cutest stamp sets from all around the world.

When I’m not in my craft room I love clicker training my pets and hiking with my dogs.
My instagram is hellopilda and you can also find be on my blog, Hellopilda.

Newton and Friends on the Beach

Hello everyone, my name is Ildi and I’m super excited and feel honored to be guest designing for Newton’s Nook this month.

We’re having a really hot summer here in Europe, so I often find myself dreaming of a day off at the beach. It gave me the idea to create two similar cards which together make a larger beach scene where Newton and his friends are having fun.

For a start I took two pieces of cardstock and attached them together on the back with a piece of removable adhesive tape so that I could handle them as one while creating the background. I tore a larger piece of paper in half and placed it diagonally on the cardstock.

I applied different shades of yellow, orange and brown Distress Inks onto the bottom area to create sand then took the negative piece of my torn paper, covered the colored area to create sea with blue Oxide Inks. To add a little texture I used a white gel pen to draw sea foam here and there.

I colored and fussy cut a bunch of elements from my favorite summer themed Newton’s Nook stamp sets: Newton’s Summer Treats and Newton’s Summer Vacation.

I found some pretty seashells in the mini set Vitamin Sea, found them perfect to have interesting details.

I attached my colored elements with foam dots to add dimension to my cards.
Thank you for stopping by!
 - Ildi

Ice Cream Kitty Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

 

Treat Yo' Self!

Today Tatiana is celebrating summer with a duo of kitties enjoying frozen summer treats!

For this tasty card she stamped the two kitties with their frozen treats from our Newton’s Summer Treats Stamp Set. She colored the kitties using alcohol markers in soft neutral colors and the treats in fun summer pastels. She also added white accent details with a white gel pen. The kitties were cut out using the coordinating Newton’s Summer Treats Die Set. She then cut out two stitched rectangles using our A7 Frames & Banners Die Set and layered a kitty onto each one. The sentiments, "It's Summer" and "Treat Yo'Self" were also stamped using the Newton’s Summer Treats Stamp Set and added to the panels. 

For the card base she created a colorful paw print pattern using our Petite Paw Prints Stencil. She inked it up in the same bright summer pastel colors as she used on the frozen treats, perfect for tying everything together! 

Does anyone else want ice cream now? I wonder if those kitties will share?

 

We hope you enjoyed this tasty summer creation by Tatiana today! To see more of her beautiful work, you can visit Tatiana at her blog, Tatiana Trafimovich!

 

 

Treat Yo' Self Card by Zsofia Molnar

Celebrate with Treats!!

Today we have a fun celebratory card by Zsofia that is filled with sweet treats!  To create this fun and tasty card she started by creating a fun background of cupcakes using our new 3 piece Cupcakes Stencil Set. She used two of the stencils from the 3 piece set to create fun gray and white cupcakes over a kraft cardstock panel. This stencil also includes a third piece if you want to add sprinkles and cherries to the cupcakes but it looks great with just the first two stencils too! She cut this panel out using our Frames & Flags Die Set to give it a fun scalloped edge. 

Next, she used the image of the kitty with a giant ice cream cone from our Newton's Summer Treats Stamp Set for her focal image. She colored the kitty in neutral tones and added fun bright pops of pink, mint green and red to the ice cream! She also added a bit of gloss accents. The image was cut out using the coordinating Newton's Summer Treats Die Set. 

She assembled her card, framing the kitty with a circle shape that was cut out using our Circle Frames Die Set. She added a second circle, cut out with the same set using pink paper and added the sentiment from the Newton's Summer Treats Stamp Set onto it. She added some hearts too, also cut out using the bonus heart on the Circle Frames Die Set.

She finished the card by adding the sentiment "Time to Celebrate" from the Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set. She stamped this onto a mint colored banner that was cut out using the Banner Trio Die Set. 

This card is filled with treats that are perfect to make any day special! 

You can find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign. 

Kitty Ice Cream Card with Bokeh Background by January Guest Designer Tina Wilstrup

Hello everyone! I'm back for my 3rd post as guest designer and I'm really excited about this one because this is my first bokeh background.

But first I colored up these 2 adorable ice cream eating kitties from the Newton's Summer Treats Stamp Set. I'm getting in a summer mood because I'm going on vacation soon. And a sunny vacation and ice cream just goes together, right?!

I wanted to match the background with the kitties so I inked up a panel with matching distress inks. I wasn't careful with the blending at all. Once it had dried I grabbed a stencil with different sizes of circles in it. The Bokeh Stencil Set from Newton's Nook would work perfectly for this technique. I used a white pigment ink starting with the larger circles and ending with the smaller ones, making sure they overlapped. It was one of those "just one more" moments and I just had to stop myself in the end. 

I kept it really simple so not to hide the bokeh background. I cut the panel with a rectangle die, popped up the kitties and added a sentiment to a strip of white cardstock. This sentiment is so true! Especially with my daughter, ice cream really does solve everything!

Hope you enjoyed! Happy crafting, people!
-Tina

Cat & Ice Cream Cards by August Guest Designer Kara Pogreba

Ice cream, need I say more?  No, but of course I will! Today, Newton and his ice cream from the Newton's Summer Treats Stamp Set take center stage! This first card features Newton, stamped in light orange, and colored with Copics and a few colored pencils to create some texture on his fur.  The upper sentiment is from the Birthday Essentials Stamp Set and is woven on top of the main panel, but below the frame from the Framework Die Set. The other strips of pink paper lie underneath the panel.  The lower sentiment is from Newton's Summer Treats.

On this second card, Newton and the sentiment are stamped in black and colored in Copics.  The green background was inked in two colors of Distress ink using the lower portion of the Bubbly Stencil. I gave Newton a wonky cut panel using one the the Framework Die Set dies, and raised it up with fun foam.

Supplies:
Stamps: Newton's Summer Treats Stamp Set, Birthday Essentials Stamp Set
Dies:  Framework Die Set
Stencil:  Bubbly Stencil
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Cantaloupe, Distress Ink Twisted Citron, Picked Raspberry
Copics:  W00,0,1,2,5, RV000,10,11,21,23,52,55, YR20,21,23, R05,27, BG000,00 E0000,000,00,21,23,47,49,50,51,53,71,74,77,79,99, YG11, G40
Other:  SSS detail white embossing powder, Zing white embossing powder, Prisma Colored Pencils: 942,943,945,1034, Signo white gel pen, fun foam

I hope Newton didn't make you too hungry for ice cream.  Well, would that be so wrong?  Have a wonderful week and I'll see you here next Monday for my last guest designer post.
 - Kara

It's Summer Card by Special Guest, Taheerah Atchia

It's Summer Card by Taheerah!

Today we have the awesomely talented Taheerah Atchia as our special guest! We are such huge fans of her work and love to share it on our blog! Today she's playing with some of the sets from our recent July release! 

For her card today, Taheerah used our new Seashells Stencil  to create this soft and elegant beach card! She dry embossed the seashell pattern using the Seashells Stencil. Then she watercolored over the embossed panel using soft peach and blue and added some salt to give a fun mottled effect! She also dabbed a bit of white paint over the top to help the shells pop out more.

Once this lovely seashell panel was finished she mounted it onto her card base and added the sentiment, "It's Summer" from our Newton's Summer Treats Stamp Set, popping it up with some dimensional tape. She also added a lovely knot in the corner to add a bit more beachy flair!

Thank you Taheerah for the lovely inspiration today! Now I feel like heading toward a beach!

If you loved this card, you can always view more of Taheerah's work over at her awesome blog, Fill you Paper with the Breathings of your Heart.

Treat Yo' Self Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Ice Cream Treats!

Hot summer days call for towers of ice cream, right? This adorable card Tatiana is perfect for a hot summer day! She used the image of the kitty and ice creams from our Newton’s Summer Treats Stamp Set. She colored the image and fussy cut it out. Then she stamped it a second time and colored and fussy cut out JUST the ice cream stack so she could add it onto the first image and create a tall tower of ice cream! What a fun idea! She just fun bright colors, coloring the image with Zig Clean Color Markers. 

For her card background, she added some soft bubbles using light blue ink with our Bubbly Stencil and layered the kitty image over that. She also added the "treat yo' Self" Sentiment from the Newton’s Summer Treats Stamp Set and a few sequins. The finishing touch is some black and white washi tape up the side!

Here is s video by Tatiana sharing how she colored the kitty for this card:

To see more details on her projects today and more of her beautiful creations you can visit Tatiana at Tatiana Craft and Art.