Oops...Sorry Card by Crafty Math Chick

Oops  - Watch out for muddy paws!!

Here's a fun way to get some mileage out of a holiday set! Crafty Math-Chick used the dachshund in a sweater from the Holiday Hounds stamp set  and combined it with the sentiments our Naughty Newton stamp set to create this fun card. She tied the two sets together by creating "muddy" footprints using the paw prints from Newton's Antics.  I bet all the puppy owners out there can relate with that! What a fun idea! With a little imagination you can stretch your stamps for many occasions!

Thanks, Crafty Math-Chick for the fun card today! To see more details and other projects, you can visit her blog, Canines & Card Designs.

By the way - the pup and paw prints were colored with watercolor pencils so this would be a perfect card for our inky paws challenge! Have you checked it out yet?

Enter our Inky Paws challenge  #19
Use WATERCOLOR!

Have you checked out our latest challenge? You have until Friday, April 10th at Midnight CST time 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.

Paris Kitty Thank You Card

Merci Kitty!

Today I'm sharing a fun thank you card using our Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set. For this card I wanted to use a little bit more of a vintage look to go with this fun Paris theme paper. I colored the kitty and the balloon with copics to match the paper and then added some distress ink around the edges to soften the brightness. I used some Paris themed washi tape to attach the image to the card. For the message I used the word "merci" along with some hearts from the same set, stamped in black on a pattern paper. I also found a couple of heart brads from my stash that seemed to fit perfectly. This is a bit more "eclectic" than I usually do when cardmaking - but I think it turned out to be really fun! 

Inky Paws Challenge #19 - Use Watercolor

This month's challenge is to a Create a project using WATERCOLOR! 

Get your your watercolor pencils, paints or inks and play along!

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, April 10th, 2015 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, March 9th.

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

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item).

• 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 , Pinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC19).

• 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 decided to play along - Scroll down to see how they added hearts into their projects and then enter your project at the bottom of the post! Read the description below each card to see who made it!

Larissa created this gorgeous floral card using our new Beautiful Blossoms Stamp set. I love the layers she cut with the watercolored flowers! 

Yukari tried the "no line" stamping technique with watercolors on the kitty from Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set! So beautiful!

Jess tried some fun watercolor techniques on her card - head over to her blog to see a video too! She used our Simply Sentimental and Wild about Zoo stamp sets. Love the water splatter!

Stephanie created this charming card with our Beautiful Blossoms stamp set! I love the watercolored blooms and the bits of watercolor splatter! She also used the words from our Simply Sentimental stamp set. 

Here is a sweet card by Samantha using watercolor as a background. It's so beautiful how she watercolored the kitty from our new Newton's Birthday Flutter too! 

Here's one by me - I watercolored a fun background for the Eiffel Tower from our Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set!

An InLinkz Link-up

Big Wishes Card by Yukari Yoshioka

BIG wishes Dinosaur Card

Hello and Happy Thursday! Today I'm sharing a super fun Dinosaur card by Yukari. This card is so cute! I love how she stamped the word "RAWR" from our Prehistoric Pals set repeatedly to create a fun pattern. It's also super cute how she let the his big purple tail stick out over the grass and gave him a fun google eye!  

Make sure you jump over to Yukari's blog, Handmade by Yuki and see more details about her card today. 

If you like the Prehistoric Pals stamp set, it's a good time to add it to your collection - It's on sale right now for just $9.99 (it's normally $14.99 but we are trying to clear up some storage space for upcoming designs and we have a few sets on sale to make room).

Here's what the set looks like:

by the way.... our Inky Paws Challenge #19 starts tomorrow... 

so get ready to get our your stamps and get inky!!

The Cow Jumped Over the Moon Card by Samantha Mann

Hey diddle, diddle....

Every time I hear that nursery rhyme I need to say the WHOLE thing in my head! Anyone else? LOL! This card by Samantha Mann today features part of that rhyme along with a a super cool moon and of course, our cute new cow stamp, jumping over it! This cute little cow is from our new farm animals set, Farmyard Friends! Samantha cut his feet out and spread them apart a bit to make it look even more like he's jumping - super fun!!

For more details on this awesome card, check out Samantha's Blog, Sam's Scrap Candy! Don't forget to leave a nice comment :) 

Think Spring Card by Samantha Mann

Think Spring Kitty Card

Awww - isn't this kitty card by Samantha Mann super cute? I love how she created a wreath made of little flowers around the kitty's head! It looks like a she dressed Newton with a lion mane for spring! This is such a fun idea - It reminds me of the saying "in like a lion, out like a lamb" for March. 

Samantha used a ton of little sets for this - can you spot them? She used Newton's Daydream, Newton's Antics, Basket of Wishes, Bunny Hop, Easter Scramble, Hanging Around and Love Grows! Wow - that's a ton of sets to create all those fun little flowers!!

Hopefully this sweet card will bring on spring (we had snow here in the Midwest yesterday-ugh)! Meanwhile, you can pop over to Samantha's Blog, Sam's Scrap Candy, and say hello :)

Sweet Strawberry Card by Guest Designer Wanda Guess

Lion Card by Wanda Guess

Today I'm sharing another beautiful creation by our March Guest Designer, Wanda Guess! I just love the beautiful trio of strawberries on this card using stamps from our Sweet Summer stamp set! They look so yummy - and the addition of a little bling at their stems is such a cute idea! I also love the coordinating gingham checkered paper she used! 

This is such a fun card for spring .... Now I'm craving some strawberry shortcake!! LOL! 

Thanks so much to Wanda for the fun inspiration today!

Make sure you head over to Wanda's Blog, A Blog Called Wanda and to see more about this card and enjoy here amazing work!

March Release Now Available + Blog Hop Winners!

Are you ready to get your paws inky with our new stamps?

Winners from the blog hop are posted below - scroll down to see if you won

Our stamps are now available at newtonsnookdesigns.com

March 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.


For the stamp set Beautiful Blossoms from Lydia's blog :

For the stamp set Farmyard Friends from Stephanie's blog:

For the stamp set Newton's Birthday Flutter from Wanda'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 shipping address to claim your prize.

Remember - you can shop online now - our new release is up in the store!

Follow along for more inspiration!

Don't forget to like us on Facebook and follow us on Pinterest for more inspiration every day!

Crafty Friendship Blog Hop

Have you made friends online by Crafting?

If the answer is yes, you're not alone - so many of us have found such fun and lasting friendships by sharing our love of crafting online! Today we're sponsoring a special blog hop created to celebrate those crafty friendships! Make sure to check out this blog hop for a chance to win a prize from us at Newton's Nook Designs, along with many other fun sponsors!! 

Here's a SNEAK from one our our Desgin Team Members, Yukari Yoshioka - she's playing along in the blog hop today. You can visit her blog, Handmade by Yuki to see the full card:

And here is the full blog hop list:

Yuki

Tanya

Yolanda

Valerie

Ka

Mayra

Jessica

Monica

Francesca

Yainea

March Reveal - Day 3 - Newton's Birthday Flutter

Today is Reveal day three for our MARCH Release and we are featuring the set Newton's Birthday Flutter! 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! 

This 3 x 4 mini stamp set features Newton “catching” a bird - Don't worry REAL Newton would NEVER eat a real bird - but Stamp Newton thought it would make a funny birthday card! This little set has fun multiple meanings! Pair the kitty image and the “a little birdie told me it was your birthday” sentiment with the “so I ate him” for a funny birthday card. Or use the “I keep missing you” for a different way of looking at the image! A third option is “another year flew by” sentiment. Add balloons or little feathers to make a background or use them as accent images. This tiny set packs a punch with all it’s fun options!

Here's some info on Newton's Birthday Flutter: 

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 10 stamps: 5 images and 5 sentiments
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, March 20th

Let's get inspired...

Check out all the amazing projects below from our Design Team and Guest Designer Wanda Guess 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. 

The first card today is by our March guest, Wanda Guess. She made such a sweet little square card using the birdie and the balloon from this set on watercolor! You can see more on her blog today: A blog Called Wanda.

Stephanie created this adorable card using the kitty with the feathers - looks like he missed the birdie but still wishes you a Happy Birthday! I love all the layers of pattern she used too!

Here's a sweet birdie card by Yukari using the bird and balloon- isn't the sentiment on the cloud adorable?

 Jess created this colorful Kitty Birthday Card  - don't you love all the rainbow colored balloons? So fun!

 Here's another card using those cute birds and balloons by Kimberly - love the gloss she added on the balloons !

What an adorable shaker card by Larissa - I love the feathers mixed in with the sequins!

Check out this fun scrapbook page by Samantha - she stamped a TON of balloons on different pattern papers! WOW!

Crafty Math-Chick created this lovely clean and simple card using the bird and balloon! Such a sweet and simple birthday card! 

Danielle created this fun card! I love the cheerful layout with all the fun colored tapes and the colored feathers!

Lydia created this sweet sky scene using the birdies and balloons! I love the masked clouds!

Would you like to win “Newton's Birthday Flutter”?
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, March 19th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, March 20th. Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

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

March Reveal - Day 2 - Farmyard Friends

Today is Reveal day two for our MARCH Release and we are featuring the set Farmyard Friends. 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! 

This 4 x 6 stamp set features a cute little farmer and his friends along with some silly farmyard puns! The sentiments pair well with the cute farm animals for farm-themed birthday and thank “ewe” cards. There are also some great sentiments that are for everyday cards (such as “what’s moo?”). Mix and match the animals to create farm scenes and add the little corn cob and chicken as fun accents! These cute little animals will put you in the “moooood” to do some spring card-making!

Here's some info on Farmyard Friends: 

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 14 stamps: 6 images and 8 sentiments
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, March 20th

Let's get inspired...

Check out all the amazing projects below from our Design Team and Guest Designer Wanda Guess 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. 

The first card today is by our March guest, Wanda Guess. I love those sweet Sheep all in a row on the pretty pink polka dots! So adorable! You can see more on her blog today: A blog Called Wanda.

This awesome barn-shaped card is by Kimberly! I love the chicken up on the top! So fun! 

Lydia created this fun little tag using the cow and the "what's moo?" sentiment! What a perfect addition to a little gift! 

Samantha created this awesome Shaker card! She even created mini cows and chickens to put in the shaker using shrink plastic! Sam has another cute card on her blog today too so make sure to check it out!

Crafty Math-Chick created this super fun farm card with all the animals in a frame! She used the frame from the Around the House stamp set! What a fun idea!

Yukari created this adorable scene using all the fun farmyard friends! 

Here's a fun Pig card by Danielle! I love all the added texture with the embossing paste, sequins and wood embellishments! 

Stephanie created this fun card using the "whole herd"! I love the chicken on the farmers head - so funny! 

Here's a super fun birthday card by Jess using all of the farm animals! She added in the "happy birthday" from our Simply Sentimental stamp set. Check out her blog today for a fun video too!

Here's a super cute card with a barn on it by Larissa . I love those cute animals peeking out through the doors! She also added in the shamrock  and chicken prints in the dirt from the Chicken Scratches stamp set. 

Would you like to win “Farmyard Friends”?
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, March 19th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, March 20th. Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

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