April Reveal Day 2 - Fanciful Florals

Today is our first reveal for our April Release and we are featuring the set Fanciful Florals! We are giving this 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! 

The big, bold blooms on this 4 x 6 stamp set will be the perfect addition to your flower collection. The solid image designs are perfect for creating quick cards. Just ink them up in your favorite colors and stamp away! The thick lines are great for techniques and embossing too! With the variety of blooms in this set, the possibilities are endless!

Here's some info on Fanciful Florals 

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 14 stamps: 11 images and 3 sentiments
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, April 17th

Let's get inspired...

Check out all the amazing projects below from our Design Team and Guest Designer Nicole Picadura  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. 

Our Guest Designer, Nicole Picadura created this set of cards using the big bold bloom. I love the simplicity of these and that you could to this in almost any color!

Samantha created this awesome card - I love how she repeated the hello stamp to create that fun background and then added the lovely flowers over it! 

This lovely card is by Taheerah! I just love the fun texture she added behind the bold black flower image! Gorgeous !

Jess created a fun set of clean and simple cards using the flower images - I love the ombre effect she gave them!!

The colors on this card by Kimberly really pop! I love how she embossed the big bloom in white and added color over the top! Beautiful!

Larissa used the floral stamps to create some jewelry! Isn't this bracelet amazing? Make sure to check out her blog to see more fun jewelry pieces! 

I love the softness the flowers have in this card by Danielle! It's almost like looking through a frosted window! 

The touch of gold on this card by Lydia is so gorgeous over the pretty colored floral base! 

This Mother's Day card by Crafty Math-Chick is so fun! I love how she used the leaves to create a pattern for the green base of the card! She used the Happy Mother's Day sentiment from the Love Grows stamp set. 

 This sweet and simple card is by Yukari. I love the soft spring colors she used! 

I love the bold colors and fun graphic feel on this card by Stephanie! 

Would you like to win “Fanciful Florals”?
This set 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, April 16th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 17th. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Taheerah Atchia

Lydia Evans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Jess Moyer

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

Nicole Picadura (Guest Designer)

April Reveal - Day 1 - Delightful Doxies

Today is our first reveal for our April Release and we are featuring the set Delightful Doxies! We are giving this 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! 

Get ready to be delighted with this adorable 4 x 6 dachshund stamp set! These cute little pups will “lift” up anyone’s day! Just mix and match the strings they are holding with the kite and balloon toppers for fun combos that are perfect for anytime of year. This set also includes some sweet sentiments that are perfect for everyday occasions! 

Here's some info on Delightful Doxies: 

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 14 stamps: 10 images and 4 sentiments
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday,  April 17th

Let's get inspired...

Check out all the amazing projects below from our Design Team and Guest Designer Nicole Picadura. 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. 

First up is this adorable card by our Guest Designer, Nicole Picadura. I love that pup floating in the sky! 

Here is a fun scene by Stephanie - I love the paper she used with the balloons and clouds! So pretty!

Samantha created this cutie using the kite on the doxies tail! I love the simple stripes and the sweet little butterfly she added to the sentiment! 

Jess created a whole sky full of doxies! This card is so fun and would definitely lift up anyone's day! Jess has a video on her blog too - so make sure to go check it out!

Kimberly had such a great idea for her card - she added the sentiment inside the dachshund's belly! Love this!

Taheerah created this adorable sweet and simple card! She added a fun "sketched" edge to the image - so adorable! 

Danielle created this fun doxie card - I love the modern paper and mix of gold and pink! 

Here's a pretty card Lydia - without the puppy! She used the sweet little butterfly image with the "fly away with me" to create this fun twist on this set! 

Yukari created this adorable doxie shaker! I love the sky paper she used and the sweet polka dot detail on the pups collar! 

Crafty Math-Chick created this adorable dachshund couple! This would be a great card for your sweetie! 

This doxie flying away with bundle of balloons by Larissa is so adorable! It reminds me of the movie "Up"! 

Would you like to win “Delightful Doxies”?

This set 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, April 16th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 17th. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs
Taheerah Atchia
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Jess Moyer
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka
Nicole Picadura (Guest Designer)

April Release Sneak Peeks!

This is our second post today - to see our Inky Paws Winners,  scroll down or click here. 

It's SNEAKY PEEK TIME!

Get ready for some fun - We will be releasing THREE fun new sets this month, with reveals starting tomorrow - Here is a little peek from each set - Any guesses? Hint: if you like doxies, you're going to be excited about one of these sets...

Full reveals will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (one full reveal each day) and will be filled with fabulous fun from our FABULOUS Design Team and March Guest, Nicole Picadura! 

Both sets will be for sale in the online shop on Friday, April 17th! Make sure you pop through all the blogs on Tuesday, Wednesday, and  Thursday and leave comments for a chance to win! 

Inky Paws #19 - WINNERS!

Inky Paws Challenge #19 Winners! 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last Inky Paws Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog! This months Challenge was to create a project with a USE WATERCOLOR! 

This was a tough one, for sure, but we were AMAZED by all the creative things everyone did with just one layer! The challenge entries were so awesome this month! THANK YOU to everyone who entered!  It's always hard to choose a winner!

Top picks for Inky Paws Challenge #19

Announcing.... our top picks! Read the description below each card to see who created it - and make sure to visit their blogs and tell them congrats!!

Our first winner is this gorgeous trio of Tags by Tatiana! We love how she tried watercoloring them in different ways - they all turned out so beautiful!! She used the Basket of Wishes and Bunny Hop Stamp sets. 

Our second winner is this awesome card by Dawn from the little mennonite. We really love the intense colorful background she created with watercolors! It's so bright and fun! She use our Newton's Summer Vacation stamp set. 

Congrats to Tatiana and Dawn! Don't forget to send us an e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit and get your winner badge for your blog!

Inky Paws #19 Favorites

Since there were so many beautiful heart cards, we chose THREE more as our favorite picks! If you see your card below, contact us if you'd like to get a "favorite" badge for your blog!

This adorable card by Melissa made us smile - we love how the pig is flipping across that fun watercolor background! So Adorable! The stamps she used are from the Farmyard Friends stamp set. 

We love the "spotlight" technique that Anja did on her card - using grays for most of the card and then spotlighting with bright colors inside the heart! What a fun idea!! She used the Just say Cheese and Newton's Antics stamp sets to create this card. 

This card by Vicki is also has some really fun watercoloring going on - we loved that background with the layers and splotches of watercolor! She used our cute little birdie stamp set - Tweet Talk. 

Thanks so much!
Thanks again to everyone who entered - It's really so much fun to look through all the entries and see everyones ideas! If you didn't win this time we hope you'll try again next time! The next challenge will begin on April 24.

From the Whole Herd Card by Larissa Heskett

The whole herd is here to say Thanks!!

Today I'm sharing this adorable card by Larissa using the new Farmyard Friends stamp set. I love how she fussy cut out all the farm animals and put them into a box that she created! This is so fun! To add even more whimsy, she stamped the "from the whole herd" sentiment  into the sign post from the Winter Tails stamp set! I love how this works together! Plus she added those  ute google eyes and all the little ears of corn! This card is just so fun!  To finish off this card, Larissa also added the little "hello friend" sentiment from the Simply Sentimental stamp set.

Thanks so much Larissa for this super fun project today! Please make sure to head over to Larissa's blog, Larissa Heskett Designs to see more of her work and say hello to her today!

Hope everyone has a great weekend! Make sure you come back to the blog Monday for SNEAK PEEKS - and next week is our new release so it's going to be an AWESOME WEEK!

TODAY is the LAST day to enter our Inky Paws challenge  #19 - Use WATERCOLOR!

There's still time! You have until Midnight CST tonight, Friday, April 10th to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project with Watercolor & NND products! The watercolor can be paints, pencils, whatever you have! 

The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still play along - just download and use one of the digital freebies on our freebies page.

Watercolored Flower Card by Lydia Evans

Beautiful Watercoloring by Lydia!

Today I'm sharing this gorgeous watercolored flower card by Lydia using our Beautiful Blossoms Stamp set. Lydia created a card similar to this one for the reveal of this set a couple of weeks ago and she had so many nice comments and questions that she decided to  create another card and a video to show you how to do this technique! This is so pretty!

 Head over to Lydia's blog today Lydia Evans Design to see the full video. 

Inspired to Watercolor? There's still time to enter our Inky Paws challenge  #19 - Use WATERCOLOR!

There's still time! You have until Midnight CST Friday, April 10th to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project with Watercolor & NND products! The watercolor can be paints, pencils, whatever you have! 

The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still play along - just download and use one of the digital freebies on our freebies page