Get Whale Card by Samantha Mann

Get Whale Soon!! 

He he he... This card by Samantha Mann makes me smile! Samantha made this fun get well card using the whale and fish from our  Season's Greetings set!  What a great way to get some mileage out of a set that was a "holiday" set! Such a great idea! I also love the big splash of watercolor behind the fish and the fun stripe down the side! This card would make anyone feel better! 

Thanks, Samantha, for the fun inspiration! To see more of her work, head over to Samantha's Blog, Sam's Scrap Candy! 

Did you get your paws inky yet? 

You have until Friday, May 9th, 2014 at Midnight CDT to enter our latest challenge! Check out our Challenge Post and create a card with this month's card sketch for a chance to win 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 use the digital freebies on our freebies page here. 

Winston & Newton Birthday Cards!!

Two friends of mine had birthdays this weekend so I was able to put our two favorite birthday stamp sets - Winston's Birthday and  Newton's Birthday Bash to use! 

Winston celebrates 40! 

The first card was for a 40th birthday party for my friend Jacki! I used Winston - our bear  -  and the little cupcake image from our Winston's Birthday set. I colored them with copics and fussy cut them out. Then I added him to the card with some circles cut from patterned papers and a big "40" that I cut out with a Big Shot Sizzix die.

The "grin and bear it" sentiment is also from our Winston's Birthday set. I also embossed the yellow paper with a polka dot embossing folder and added some chevron washi tape and bakers twine! 

Purr-fect birthday wishes! 

For my second card - for my friend Lisa -  I used Newton squeezing the balloon from our Newton's Birthday Bash set. I stamped the image on white card stock and colored it with copics. Then I added some clouds with light blue ink (the one with the straight bottom is from our Winged Wishes set and the curvy bottom is from our Spring Showers set) 

Once I had the sky, I thought it might be fun to add some hills and make a complete scene. I cut some curves using a scissor and some green polka-dotted paper and sponged the edges lightly. I also added some fun washi tape and ribbon to bring in some extra color! 

Happy Birthday Girls!!

Sweet & Simple Flower card by Jamie Greene

Today I'm sharing this Clean and Simple Card by our Guest Designer, Jamie Greene. This card uses the sweet flowers from our Versatile Vases set. This is so simple and pretty! I love the subtle texture on the card stock too! 

Thanks, Jamie for the sweet card today! 

Make sure to take a minute to visit Jamie on her blog, The Greene Family & Crafts and say hello!

Inky Paws Challenge #9 - Spring Color Challenge!

Happy Friday and the the first day of #09 Inky Paws Challenge!  

This month's challenge is a Color Challenge!

image credit: Minty House

I just love spring flowers so I thought  this beautiful bouquet would be perfect inspiration for a fun spring color challenge!

 The colors we're looking for in projects are: Pale Pink  • Yellow • Lilac • Soft Green

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,  May 9th, 2014 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, May 12th.

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

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item) based on the sketch above.

• 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 or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC09).

• 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 and Guests decided to play along - Read the description below each card to see who made it!

Tessa Wise created this fun using our Love Grows set. What a perfect card for Mother's Day! 

Samantha Mann created this fun card using the the banner from the Winged Wishes with the bird from the Snow Day set. I love the soft colors behind the bird!

Guest Designer, Elena Joldersma created this fun card using our Versatile Vases set. Those little flowers make the perfect pops of color. 

Design Team Member, Christine Drogt created this fun using our Love Grows Set. I love those watercolored roses! So pretty! 

Larissa Heskett created this pretty card using the mason jar and flower from the Versatile Vases set. She also used the doodle line stamp from the Love à la Carte stamp set to make the fun pattern on the bottom! 

Here's one from me - I created this spring tulip card using the Easter Scramble set. To stamp the fill on the tulips, I just flipped the stamp over and used the back side of the stamp to create a solid shape!

And one more - for this one, I used the vases from the Versatile Vases set and paper-pierced them to add some simple color to this card. I colored the flowers with copics. 

Now it's your turn!

Use the widget below to add a link to your project! Don't forget to tell your friends to play along too - If we get more than 15 participants we will pick TWO winners!

An InLinkz Link-up

Two Lovely Flower Cards by Christine Drogt!

Beautiful Flowers by Christine! 

Today I'm sharing TWO beautiful cards by Christine Drogt using our newest floral sets! For the first card she used the rose and petals from our new Love Grows set to create this gorgeous get well card. I love that pretty background she created. The sentiment "get well soon" is from the Spring Showers set.

This second card features stamps from the Versatile Vases.  She created a fun backround and added cute flowers in pots and the "thinking of you" sentiment  curved around the edge! This card is so fun! I love the bright, modern feel!

Make sure to head over to Christine's blog, Kartenchaos and say hello!

Inky Paws Challenge #9 starts tomorrow! 

Make sure to check back tomorrow to see our new Inky Paws challenge!

Gorgeous Vellum Roses by Samantha Mann

Samantha does it again with Vellum & Roses!

If you haven't noticed,  Design Team Member Samantha Mann has been rockin' the vellum look on her cards lately - and she does such a great job of it! I love how she embossed all the roses from our Love Grows stamp set on the vellum panel in white and added color behind them - It looks so soft and pretty! She didn't add a sentiment to it  - so it can be a "go to" card to grab for any upcoming occasion - Mother's Day, a Birthday, a wedding or shower... That is such a good idea! Does anyone else make cards without sentiments for that same reason?

To see what else Samantha is up to lately, pop over to her blog Sam's Scrap Candy!

Sweet Shaker Card by Valerie Ward

Sweet Spring Shaker Card!

This fun shaker card by Valerie Ward will definitely brighten your day! Valerie combined the squirrel image from the Sweetheart Tails set with the words and flower from the new Versatile Vases stamp set and the grass from the Wild Child to create this fun scene! These fun bright colors and patterns are so cheerful - it makes me smile! 

Thanks, Valerie - for inspiring us today! Pop over to Valerie's blog Val by Design to see what else she's up to and tell her how cute her card is! 

3 Adorable cards by Elena Joldersma

Today I'm sharing three super cute cards by our Guest Designer Elena Joldersma. This first card is such a fun idea! She took the words "mom" from our Love Grows set and "child" from our Wild Child set and "best buds" from our Versatile Vases set to create the cute sentiment!  I love it! The bears are also from the Wild Child Set. 

Here's another cute bear card using the bears from our Wild Child set. I like how she used the patterned paper to create a scene for them! 

The third card uses that cute little owl from our Sweetheart Tails set. I love the soft pretty colors she used on this one! It's so sweet and pretty!

Thanks, Elena for the fun inspiration today!

Make sure to take a minute to visit Elena on her blog, The Red Haired Girl and say hello!

Our New Release Sale is still going on! 

Don't forget - our New Release (including that cute bear image above) is now available  at www.newtonsnookdesigns.com  PLUS- we're offering a shipping special  - Just spend $20 or more & receive free shipping to US ($3 off orders to Canada/International)! Use code TULIP20 Offer good until Monday, April 21st at midnight (CST)!

Happy Easter!

Hello! I just wanted to pop in and say Happy Easter to All our fans today! I hope everyone is having a great weekend and is spending time with family and friends!

Here's a couple of cute easter cards I made for my family - I used the Basket of Wishes set:

 

And another one - also using Basket of Wishes:

Don't forget - our New Release is now available  at www.newtonsnookdesigns.com  PLUS- we're offering a shipping special this weekend! Just spend $20 or more & receive free shipping to US ($3 off orders to Canada/International)! Use code TULIP20  Offer good until Monday, April 21st at midnight (CST)!

April Release Available + Blog Hop Winners

Are you ready to get your paws inky with our fabulous new stamps?  Scroll down to see if you won - if not, you can go shopping now and get our new sets at newtonsnookdesigns.com. 

PLUS- we're offering a shipping special this weekend! Just spend $20 or more & receive free shipping to US ($3 off orders to Canada/International)! Use code TULIP20  Offer good until Monday, April 21st at midnight (CST)!

April  Release Winners! 

Thank you to everyone for participating in our blog hop. 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.

Note to winners: you have 7 days to contact us with your full name and shipping address to claim you prize.

For the stamp set Love Grows from Crafty Math Chicks blog:

For the stamp set Love Grows from the Newton's Nook Designs blog:

For the stamp set Versatile Vases from Danielle Pandeline's blog:

For the stamp set Versatile Vases from Christine Drogt's blog:

For the stamp set Wild Child from Taheerah Atchia's blog:

For the stamp set Wild Child from Jamie Greene's blog:

Congrats to the Winners! 

If you didn't win- you can shop online now - our new release is up in the store now! 

NND April Release - Day 3 - Wild Child!

Today is our first full reveal day for April and we are featuring the set Wild Child. We are giving this set away to two lucky winners so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win! 

Here's some info on Wild Child:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 13 stamps: 6 images, 1 border and 6 sentiments
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, April 18th

Ready to be inspired? 

Check out all the amazing cards below from our design team and special April release guest designers! 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 - some inspiration from our guest designers! 

Guest Designer Elena Joldersma created this very sweet baby card! I love colored ink stamping - no need to color those images every time! 

Guest Designer Jamie Greene created this adorable gift tag using the mama and baby bear! So adorable!

Let's see what our Design Team created...

 Valerie created this adorable shaker card using the tigers! Awww!

 Tessa created this sweet baby card with the giraffes! Can you believe she cut out that grass- too cool!

Such an adorable Penguin Tag on this card by Christine! I love how she colored them!

What a sweet little tag by Taheerah! I love those soft baby colors!

This card by Crafty Math-Chick is Wild! Love the animal print and contrasty black and orange!

Such a fun baby card by Larissa  - Love the row of bears with colored faces!!

This card by Danielle as such a fun earthy feel - love the twine and soft earthy colors!  

Samantha's card has a fun bold feeling with the cool triangle background and woodgrain cut-outs!

Would you like to win Wild Child?

This set will be given away to Two lucky winners! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs 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 17th at 9 pm (CDT) to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 18th. 

We are also having a giveaway this week on our Facebook Page so make sure to head over there to enter that too! 

Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs

Taheerah Atchia

Christine Drogt

Samantha Mann

Larissa Heskett

Crafty Math-Chick

Danielle Pandeline

Valerie Ward

Tessa Wise

Jamie Greene  - Guest Designer

Elena Joldersma - Guest Designer