Mother's Day Floral Card and Bracelet by Larissa Heskett

Fanciful Florals for Mother's Day!

Today I'm sharing this gorgeous card by Larissa using the new Fanciful Florals stamp set. Larissa stamped three flowers from our set with a two-tone ink effect and then fussy cut them out to create this beautiful floral trio. She also stamped and fussy cut out a bunch of leaves too! I love all the dimension it has! Then she added the "happy mother's day" sentiment from the Love Grows stamp set. Of course I also love that gorgeous watercolor background too!

And if that's not enough -she made this amazing bracelet too using the floral image from the Fanciful Florals stamp set as the focal point for the charm on the bracelet! This girl is talented, right? How awesome is that?

Thanks so much Larissa for inspiring us today! Please make sure to head over to Larissa's blog, Larissa Heskett Designs to see more details about her work and say hello to her today!

Today is the LAST DAY to enter our Inky Paws challenge #20 SKETCH Challenge!

Have you checked out our latest challenge? You have until TONIGHT - Friday, May 8th at Midnight CST time to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project based on this sketch and using & NND products! 

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.

Bold Floral Ombré card by Lydia Evans

Bold Flowers & Ombré = Beautiful Together!

WOW! That's what I said when I first saw this card by Lydia. She used the pretty bold floral images from our Fanciful Florals stamp set and stamped them in bold black over a gorgeous hand painted watercolor ombré background. This is just SO COOL! The black really POPS out over the awesome blue and green background! I also love the added bit of white dots and the white card stock base. This is such a beautiful card. I think it would be fun to try it in reverse too with white flowers embossed over a colorful ombré background! I'm totally inspired - how about you?

Head over to Lydia's blog today Lydia Evans Design to see more details on her project today! Make sure to leave her a nice comment too!

Don't forget - Our deadline is Friday to enter our Inky Paws challenge #20 SKETCH Challenge!

Have you checked out our latest challenge? You have  just a couple more days - until  Friday, May 8th at Midnight CST time to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project based on this sketch and using & NND products! 

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.

Happy Birthday Doxie Card by Stephanie Muzzulin

Happy Birthday Doxie!

Awww - this adorable dachshund birthday card by Stephanie Muzzulin is sure to make you smile! She used the sweet little doxie pup from the Delightful Doxies stamp set and paper pierced him along with the balloon to create a cute little scene. I love the string going from the ballon to the pups mouth! So CUTE! The "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from the Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set. I also love the layers of pattern paper in such adorable little prints! What a sweet card! 

To find out more about her project, head over to Stephanie's blog, Handmade Creations by Stephanie!

Hello Floral Card by Kimberly Rendino

Hello Flowers!

I LOVE the lush blue and green color combo on this card by Kimberly using our Fanciful Florals stamp set! It's so fun how she used that gorgeous minty teal color and then gave the edges a darker tone. It gives the whole card a lovely ombré effect!  She also used the fun "hello" and swirly flourishes from the same Fanciful Florals stamp set! So pretty! The sequins in the flower centers give it the final finishing touch!

To see more, head over to Kimberly's blog Kimplete Kreativity and say hello!

There's still time to enter our Inky Paws challenge #20 SKETCH Challenge!

Have you checked out our latest challenge? You have until Friday,  May 8th at Midnight CST time to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project based on this sketch and using & NND products! 

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.

Meet our May Guest Designer - Jenn Shurkus!

This is our second post today. To see winners from the May Flowers blog hop from this weekend, scroll down or click here. 

Our very special Guest Designer for our May is Jenn Shurkus! 

I'm so super excited to have Jenn as a guest this month! Jenn creates cards in a variety of styles with some cards clean & simple and other designs with complex layers and textures! She also has a GORGEOUS loft where she teaches classes and an adorable kitty, Mister Harley, who also likes NND stamps :)

She will be posting with our Design Team with our May release reveals next week! I can't wait to see what she creates with our stamps! Here's some more about Jenn - Make sure to check out her blog and say hello!

Jenn Shurkus
Creative Chick

Jenn lives in New England, with her kitty Mister Harley and her boyfriend Chris. She's been papercrafting for 15 years, and has played multiple roles in the paper craft industry as an independent store manager, designer and teacher. With a degree in graphic design she is also Copic and Ranger certified. Jenn loves to show people new and clever ideas to design their cards and projects. She has a flair for the "artsy-fartsy" without going over the top. She designs her projects in the way to inspire, but not intimidate. Jenn is eager to share her creative passions with others and encourage their artistic growth. She currently teaches in person and online classes as well as host Loft Art Retreats. You can read more about her, her handsome kitty Mister Harley and wicked cute boyfriend Chris on her blog {creative chick} http://www.shurkus.com/

And here's a cute card Jenn made for a previous inky paws Challenge using our stamps:

This card uses the Newton's Curious Christmas stamp set - but she made it into a valentine! How Cute! We can't wait to see what she does with our May Release! 

May Flowers Blog Hop Winners!

May Flowers Blog Hop - Winners!

Thank you to everyone for participating in our blog hop this weekend! We really enjoy reading all of your comments! Check out below to see if you won! The the blogs and the comments were chosen using Random.org.

The following winners get a $10 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs
1. This comment from Kimberly's blog :

2. This comment from Lydia's blog :

Congrats to the Winners! Don't forget - you have 7 days to e-mail us at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com with your full name and email address to claim your prize.

May Flowers Blog Hop!

Happy May Day + Blog Hop!

Hello! Hope you're having a great "May Day"! Since April Showers bring May flowers we decided it was a good excuse to have a May Flowers Blog Hop! You are at the first stop of the hop so make sure to click through all the Design Team Members posts - they are all featuring flower cards on their blogs today with Newton's Nook Designs stamps! And of course there will be prizes (scroll down to the end of the post to see how to win) YAY! 

I decided to make a Mothers Day card for the hop. I used the new bold flower set Fanciful Florals to create a bold floral image with hot magenta and lime. Then I added the "Happy Mother's Day" Sentiment from the Love Grows Stamp set. I love how simple this card was to make. To dress it up, I added on a few pearls, a slight peek of patterned paper and some white bakers twine. Then the whole thing was put on a gray card base. 

 

PLUS - Newton's Nook Designs is having a SALE!

Do you love our flower stamps? Grab them up and any of your other favorites this weekend with FREE SHIPPING* Now through May 3. Use Code: MAYDAY at newtonsnookdesigns.com

* Offer good on new retail orders of in-stock items only, while supplies last. 

Expires Midnight CST, May 3, 2015

 

AND a Giveaway!
Want a chance to win a $10 store credit? We're picking 2 lucky winners!

Here's how to win:
Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blog hop 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 Sunday, May 3rd at 9pm CDT to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Monday, May 4th.

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