Merry Kiss-mas card by Samantha Mann

Merry Kiss-mas Card
Today, Samantha has a card using two of our sweet Christmas stamp sets from last year! She used the adorable Holiday Smooches for the heat embossed sentiment and the cute Newton's Christmas Cuddles stamp set for the image!

The adorable duo of cats were watercolored and then popped up against that winter-y watercolor-y sky! I love the sequins for stars!

Thank you Samantha for this fun, holiday card!

Hey There Pumpkin Card by Danielle Pandeline

Hey There Pumpkin
Today, Danielle created this adorable scene by mixing and matching various Newton's Nook Designs stamp sets! That cute duo of pumpkins and the sweet to go coffee cup are from the new Fall-ing for You stamp set! I love how she colored them and added the subtle shading!
The cute sentiment is from the new Newton's Boo-tiful Night and I love it on that banner!

Those trees really add to the set, (I love the punch of green) and they're from the sweet, watercolor-y Whispering Pines stamp set!

Thank you Danielle for this perfectly fall card!! We love it!

Follow Your Dreams Card by Lydia Evans

Follow Your Dreams
Wow - I need to start off my just mentioning the sheer gorgeous night sky on this card! It's captivating and completely wondrous! Wow! Lydia really outdid herself with this card!

The beautiful palm trees are from the super pretty and watercolor-y Paradise Palms stamp set! I LOVE the 'stars' she created, with what I can only assume are watercolors!
The beautiful sentiment is from the Adventure Awaits stamp set!

Be sure to pop over to Lydia's blog to see even more of this truly stunning card!

A Fetching Birthday Card by Crafty Math Chick

Fun Birthday Labrador!

Today Crafty Math-Chick created this fun doggie birthday card! She used the fun image of the labrador from the Fetching Friendship stamp set and colored him with a fun bright yellow ball! The "Fetch-ing you a Happy Birthday" is also from our Fetching Friendship stamp set. Doesn't this make a fun card for dog lover? The fun paw-print border gives it just the right finishing touch and I love the bright yellow and black color combo!

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

Hope Your Day is Filled with Surprises Card by September Guest Designer Ellen Hax

This is our second post today, to see our STAMPtember exlusive set, scroll down or click here. 

Hallo everyone! It's Ellen here with unfortunately the last guest post from me this month. It's very sad that this is already my last post, I had a lot of fun and hope you liked it too.

Today I like to share another scene card and a giveaway... This card features three different stamp sets: Raccoon Rascals, Fox Hollow and Winter Tails.

Because this is my last post and I loved being here and see all these sweet comments, I love to give this card away to one lucky winner. What do you need to do? Write a nice comment below and maybe you are the lucky winner!! The winner will be contacted and publish on my own blog next Monday.

Big thanks for Newton's Nook Designs for the opportunity to show my projects here on the blog and get these great comments a lot love from the Newton Fans. Thank you all!! Good luck and till next time!

STAMPtember Exclusive with Simon Says Stamp & Newton's Nook Designs!

Today we are featured on the Simon Says Stamp site with an EXCLUSIVE stamp set designed by us for their STAMPtember celebration! How cool is that? I know many of you LOVE shopping over at Simon Says Stamp so make sure you head over there today and check out our exclusive Bushels of Love Stamp set and coordinating die set. These items are  only available on their site while supplies last!

Here's an image of the set I designed for their STAMPtember celebration!  I thought it would be fun to design a Fall set with Winston (our bear) and his friends in Fall scenes:

You can find this set & a coordinating die  ONLY at Simon Says Stamp!

And, of course, I had to play with the set to show you what you can create with it! I created two fun Fall cards with watercolors:

First I created a couple of watercolor backgrounds using Tim Holtz Distress inks and watercolor papers. I used these as the background for both my cards. For the first card I stamped the image of the raccoon in the basket with Archival Ink on watercolor paper. Then I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers to color him. He is so fun to color! I cut him out, along with the extra little pumpkin with the coordinating die. Then I added him onto the watercolor background with dimensional adhesive squares.

I stamped the "Sending you bushels of LOVE" sentiment onto the watercolored panel and then mounted the whole thing onto a yellow cardstock base.  To finish it off I used some thin orange twine.

For the second card I did the same process using the image of the fox and coloring it with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. I also colored the little bird and added both these onto the second watercolored panel I had created.

For this card I used the "There is always something to be thankful for" sentiment! I love this sentiment - it would work great for Fall thank you cards!

I hope you liked my projects and our new exclusive set. Remember, you can only get this at Simon Says Stamp while supplies last! 

Our Design Team was also able to play along with this new set!

Check out their blogs to see all their amazing projects:

Jess Gerstner

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Naki Rager

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

Coffee Lovers Fall Blog Hop!

This is our second blog post today - if you're looking for our new Inky Paws Challenge, scroll down or click here. 

Today I'm playing along with the FALL Coffee Lovers Bloghop!

There are going to be TONS of fun prizes too - 

including a $25 store credit from us at Newton's Nook Designs! 

You can head over to the Coffee Lovers Blog for more details on how to play along! 

Here's what I created:

For my card today I used our BRAND NEW Fall-ing for You stamp set! We just released this set a this month and we are having SO MUCH FUN with it! I stamped a bunch of the images of the little pumpkins, coffee and leaves onto a background panel. I used waterproof ink so I could watercolor the images using Zig Clean Color Water Brush Markers. I love how bright the colors are on these. Then I inked the edges of the panel a little with some distress ink to give it a softer feel. I stamped the big sentiment from this set onto another panel and added some blue distress into to that. Then I finished off the card with some striped washi tape and a bit of twine. So pretty!!

If you liked this card, you find the Fall-ing for You stamp set in our shop. Here's an image of it:

We have a few other fun sets that include Coffee too--
A favorite is our Newton Loves Coffee stamp set:

Unfortunately, this set is out of stock at the moment since it's SO popular - but we should have more very soon and you can sign up for our list on the Newton Loves Coffee page on our site  if you want to be notified when we get it back in stock. 

If you are new to us, you might not know that Newton is our real kitty! You can follow us on facebook or instagram to see lots of photos of him! By the way - Newton really DOES LOVE COFFEE! I can't leave it unguarded or he will come stick his paw into the mug and then lick it! Silly kitty!

Hope you enjoyed this coffee card today! Make sure you head over to the Coffee Lover's Blog to find out how you can link up your card to play along -- There are a TON of prizes, including one from us at Newton's Nook Designs!

Inky Paws Challenge #36 - Halloween!

This month's challenge is:

Create a project with a Halloween theme!

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, October 7th, 2016 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog.

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 IPC36).

• 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 - check out all the awesome Halloween cards they created! Read the description below each card to see who made it.

Naki created this super cute Halloween shaker card using our Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set!
I love the spiderwebs in the corners too! 

Samantha combined the pup in the tutu from our Boo Crew Stamp set with the "Happy Hallo-weenie" sentiment from the new Dress Up Doxies stamp set! Such a fun combo! 

This sweet kitty treat tote was created by Larissa using the new Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set! The fun newsprint paper is perfect for Halloween and it's so cool how she colored different colored pumpkins! 

Stephanie used our used the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set with some fun bright halloween colors on her card! Do you see the tiny polka dots on the kitty, hat and broomstick that she paper pierced?

Yuki created this awesome Halloween Kitty card using our Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set. Isn't that vellum grass so cool? 

This trio of fun treat holders is by Crafty Math-Chick! She used a bunch of sets to create these. The spider and web are from the Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set, the pumpkin is from the new Dress Up Doxies stamp set and the owl on the branch is from the Spooky Street stamp set. 

Here's a card by me :) I had so much fun watercoloring the kitty and pumpkins from our new Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set. 

An InLinkz Link-up

Football Season Card by Samantha Mann

It's Football Season!

Do you love football? Here at NND headquarters in WI, we are big Green Bay Packer Fans. I think it's a requirement if you live in WI! So we are quite excited that it's football season again! 

Today we're sharing this fun football themed card by Samantha! She used our Touchdown Tails stamp set, stamping the cheerleader bunny and referee dog. She did some awesome coloring on those two and then fussy cut them out to add to her card. I love the fun lightly inked background and black and white stripes up the side. The "You're #1in my playbook" sentiment is also from the Touchdown Tails stamp set. This card would be great to send any sporting fan to tell them how awesome they are! 

Thank you Samantha for the fun card today! To say hello to Samantha and see more of her awesome creations, you can visit Samantha's Blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

Autumn Wishes Card by Yukari Yoshioka

Hedgehogs and Leaves for Autumn! 

Today we're sharing this adorable Fall card by Yukari. She used two of our newer Fall stamp sets: Hedgehog Hollow and Beautiful Leaves. I love how she used the leaves from the Beautiful Leaves stamp set to create a lovely Fall background, coloring them right on the kraft colored paper! Then did the same thing with that cute hedgehog hugging his acorn from the Hedgehog Hollow stamp set! The "Autumn Wishes" sentiment that she used is from the Beautiful Leaves stamp set. I love the way this all goes together so beautifully! 

Thanks so much to Yukari for the the Autumn inspiration today! You can head over to her blog, Handmade by Yuki and see more details about her project - and make sure to say hello!

Hello Foxy card by Naki Rager

Hello Foxy!

Today we're sharing this adorable foxy shaker card by Naki! She used the cute fox and trees from our Fox Hollow stamp set and trimmed them out with the coordinating Fox Hollow die set.  This stamp set was orginally released around the holidays but it's so perfect for fall cards too. The fun mint and grey scarf she gave the fox is perfect for Fall! I love how she created a fun shaker window filled with pretty Fall colored sequinstoo! She added the "Hello Foxy" sentiment, also from the Fox Hollow stamp set on a fun tag. Do you spy that cute little acorn too? That's from our Hedgehog Hollow stamp set! What a fun Fall card! 

Don't forget to visit Naki and see more of her awesome creations over her blog, Notes from Naki!

Sweet Tea and Sunshine Card by September Guest Designer Ellen Hax

 Hello everyone!! Ellen here with a little gift idea some tea and soap. Today I like to talk about how I start creating.

When I start making a project, I always start with the colors I already have. For example in this case it's yellow from the jar and the lemon soap. Then I start looking for the color combinations, for this project I found a pretty color combination from the "The Design Inspirationalist".

After that I choose a stamp set that goes well with the items I got; what's better than Freshly Squeezed for this project.

Thank you so much for stopping by and see you next week!

Sponsoring Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #376

Have you heard of the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge? For each challenge they post a YUMMY cupcake photo and color combo for inspiration! Everybody likes cupcakes, right?

The current challenge going up today features fun fall cupcakes:

We're sponsoring this challenge so If you head over to their blog and play along you have a chance to win a $25 store credit to our store at newtonsnookdesigns.com! How awesome is that?

Of course I had to play along -- here's the card I created. I was inspired by colors to do a Fall themed card and immediately thought of our  Pick-a-Pumpkin stamp set. I stamped the thanks pumpkin with orange ink (closest I had t the papaya) and then the argyle pumpkin in eggplant. I cut them both out using the coordinating Pick-a-Pumpkin Die Set.  I had a hard time working the forest into my card but used it on the pumpkin stems and a lighter version of it for inking the circle behind the pumpkins!

For the card I used a strip of paper that has a "gauze" layer over it - I thought this looked good for  the Fall/Halloween theme. Then I added a strip of orange pattern paper, some enamel dots and a twine bow.

Make sure you pop over to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge blog to see more fun today. We have several other NND Design Team members featured as "Guest Sweeties" for this challenge and a bunch of the regular "Sweeties" (that's what they call their Design Team -- cute, right?) are featuring Newton's Nook Designs stamps too!

September 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 new products are now available at newtonsnookdesigns.com

Plus - we just added a new die set to coordinate
with our Newton's Sick Day stamp set! 
Newton's Sick Day Die Set
This coordinates with our Newton's Sick Day stamp set.

September Blog Hop 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 randomnumbergenerator.com.


Winner of the Dress up Doxies stamp set from the Newton's Nook Designs blog: 

Winner of the What a Hoot stamp set from Larissa's blog: 

Winner of the Fall-ing For You stamp set from Naki's blog: 



Winner of the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set from Samantha's blog: 

Congrats to the Winners! Don't forget - you have 5 days from today to 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!