You are Such a Deer Card by Naki Rager

Such a deer! 

Today's card by Naki is sure to make you say "awwww!" She created an adorable watercolor scene using the fawn from the new Deer Friend Stamp Set. She did some gorgeous no-line watercoloring using that sweet curled up fawn image and added in a sky and some grass to create the soft scene.  She added some hearts in the sky using the Tumbling Hearts Stencil too. It's so cute how she added just one tiny heart above the deer! She roughed up the edges of the watercolor panel and added some lovely black and white paper and ruffle up the side. This has such a sweet vintage shabby chic look to it! It reminds me of a page from children's book!

To see more beautiful projects by Naki,  you can head over to her blog, Notes from Naki and say hello!

Oh La La Card by Holly Endress

Oh la la!

Today we are sharing this gorgeous rainbow oh la la card by Holly! Her card features two of our cute kitties from our Newton Dreams of Paris Stamp Set. She colored the kitties with copic markers and trimmed them out with the coordinating Newton Dreams of Paris Die Set. She also added a bit of sparkle on the pink beret and a mustache on the boy kitty! So adorable!

For her card, she created an amazing rainbow background using  distress inks. Then she used our Tumbling Hearts Stencil with some Transparent embossing paste to create a subtle heart texture over the top! Here's a close-up so you can see how pretty it is!

She also added a little silhouetted scene of Paris (using a die from another company) and finished off the card with the "oh la la" sentiment from the Newton Dreams of Paris Stamp Set. This adorable card would make a lovely Valentine but could really be sent to a friend any time of year!

Thank you, Holly, for the adorable card today! You can find more of Holly's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Hollybeary Creations!

Toucan Party Card (and video!) by January Guest Designer Jessie Banks

Hey everyone! Jessie Banks here with my last guest design post! I would love to send a big thank-you out to Jennifer, Samantha and everyone over at Newton's Nook for this opportunity I had a blast and loved every minute of it!

For my last card for them this month (not my last card ever, I have fallen head over heels for the stamps this company puts out) I brought back out the Toucan Party stamp set!

I love making cards like this, only layer, lots of stamping and inking and colouring! It is a great time! I also filmed a complete process video of this card if you are interested in seeing how it all comes together!

Thanks for stopping by!
Hugz, Jessie

Interactive Shaker Tags by Ellen Haxelmans

If you are a fan of Ellen's work you know she LOVES to combine sets and make projects that interact or move! This year she's going to do a series of interactive features for the NND blog! How Cool is that!? Each month she will share an interactive project one week after our new release! 

Today is her first interactive project and she's sharing how to make these amazing shaker tags:

Here's how you can use the FUSE heat tool with our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set to create a fun shaker tag shape:

Note: If you aren't familiar with the FUSE it's a little heat tool with a wheel at the end that you can use to fuse to layers of plastic together. Ellen is using two layers of plastic with a piece of cardboard underneath so she doesn't damage her work surface with the heat. 

Picture one (above left): Tape the inside of the die on a  transparency (don't cut it out with your die-cutting machine, the dies is just a guide).

Picture two (above right): Use your die as guide and go around the outside of the die with your fuse tool. Don't completely go around your die; Keep a small part open.

Picture three (above left): Put some sequins in the opening of your shape. This gives the magic.

Picture four (above right): Finish fusing the opening closed and then cut out the tag with a scissors. After the hard work is done, you can decorate it as much as you want.

To decorate her tags today Ellen combined a bunch of different stamp sets. On the strawberry tag she combined the strawberry dipped in chocolate from the Love & Chocolate Stamp Set  with the "sending smiles" words from the new Sending Hugs Stamp Set. On the little bear tag she used the banner from Winston Takes Flight Stamp Set with the little bear from the Sending Hugs Stamp Set. Both tags were created as shown above using the Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. She also used this set to add on the decorative tabs over the tag holes. 

These amazing tags are so fun to shake and interact with! They would be awesome tied onto some Valentine Treats! 

If you love this project by Ellen you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen to see more of her beautiful creations!

Being a Unicorn Card by Samantha Mann

Awesome Unicorn Card!

This unicorn card today by Samantha is truly awesome!! She used that cute unicorn from our Believe in Unicorns Stamp Set and colored him in fun shades of teal and gray. She added an adorable heart on the butt and some awesome gold sparkle to the horn! So cute! She trimmed out the unicorn with coordinating Believe in Unicorns Die Set and added to her amazing card base.

To make the fun background she started out with a scallop edged panel that she cut out using the Frames & Flags Die Set. She created the rainbow of clouds by creating a mask with our Sky Borders Die Set and inking around it with different colors! She stamped the sentiment from the Believe in Unicorns Stamp Set in the clouds and added some fun texture by using our Waves Stencil with embossing paste over sections of the background! So lovely!

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

Kitty Valentine by Juliana Michaels

Valentine's Day Kitty Couple 

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and today we have an adorable kitty Valentine card by Juliana! She used that cute image of the kitty couple from our new Newton's Sweetheart Stamp Set and colored both the kitties in shades of dark gray. Then she created a super cute frame for them by stenciling a panel of cardstock using our Tumbling Hearts Stencil and then cutting out a heart from the center using the Darling Hearts Die Set. What a cute way to focus on the kitties! She also added the "Happy Valentine's Day" sentiment from the Love Bites Stamp Set on a strip of black cardstock to finish it off! I love the way this card uses just a few colors! So pretty!

Thanks, Juliana, for the fun Holiday inspiration today! To see more creations by Juliana, visit her over to her blog, 17 Turtles!

Love Bites Projects + Video by Maria Russell

Adorable Foodie Valentines by Maria!

Today we have THREE adorable projects by Maria to share that she created with our new Love Bites Stamp Set! This set is filled with cute little food parings that are too cute for Valentines and more! Her first card features those adorable little olives and the "olive you" sentiment! She cut a panel of fun dotted paper using our Frames & Flags Die Set to give it the fun scallop edged border. Then she used another die to add in the heart cut outs (from another brand). Those olives and sentiment go perfectly inside the trio of hearts! You can also see hearts peeking behind the scallop edge. Those were stenciled using our Tumbling Hearts Stencil. 

For her second card today she used the two soda bottles from the Love Bites Stamp Set with the "I soda like you" sentiment in the center! Aren't the faces on those sodas so cute? She added some dimension to her card using a window die and border die and some cute heart paper!

Maria also created an adorable tag using the toast and jam from or Love Bites Stamp Set. She even added some yummy jam to the front of the toast when she colored them. She added them onto a cute little tag that was cut out using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. This tag set is super cool because it includes fun little mini borders that you can use to dress up your tag. Maria used two of them here on the top and bottom of the tag! 

Want to see more of Maria's process on creating these projects? She has a fun video today too:

To see more beautiful projects by Maria, visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs and don't forget to subscribe to her YouTube channel too!

Newton Loves Coffee Card by January Guest Designer Jessie Banks

Hey everyone! Jessie Banks back again today with some more inspiration to share! This time I inked up Newton Loves Coffee, he is like a cat after my own heart in this set!

I coloured the image up with my copic markers, then masked him it out with masking paper! I used distress inks to create the background and the table top. Adding a few yellow dots in the background finished it off!

Copics used: Cat - N7. N5, N3, N1, N0 Cup- BV29, BV25, BV23, BV20 Purple dots - V09. V05, V01 Coffee - E50, E51, E53, E55

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugz, Jessie

January 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

January 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 blogs and the comments were chosen using random.org.

Winner of the Love Bites stamp set from Naki's blog: Paula H.

Winner of the Sending Hugs stamp set from Holly's blog: Andrea W

Winner of the Deer Friend stamp set from Juliana's blog: Kristina "Tina"

Winner of the Newton's Sweetheart stamp set from the Ellen's blog: Katie

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 mailing address to claim your prize. Also please include the name of the set you won!

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

January Reveals - Day 4 - Newton's Sweetheart

Today is the Day 4 of our January Release Reveals and we have one more adorable set to share! Today we are revealing our newest Newton set where newton finds a girl kitty just in time for Valentine's Day in our new Newton's Sweetheart Stamp Set and Coordinating Die Set. We are giving the Newton's Sweetheart stamp set away one lucky winner so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

 

Newton's Sweetheart

Our favorite feline, Newton, has found love in this 4x6 stamp set. This set features Newton with his adorable kitty sweetheart! These sweet kitty couples will be so fun to color and add onto Valentine's greetings, Anniversary cards and more! The sentiments included are perfect for cat lovers too!

Here's some info on the Newton's Sweetheart Stamp Set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• 10 stamps: 5 images and 5 sentiments
• Coordinating Newton's Sweetheart purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 5 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, January19th

You are going to LOVE these cute kitty couples! Check out adorable inspiration from our Design Team below!  

Check out all the awesome projects below from our Design Team below! Then, make sure to click through to all their blogs for details on their cards - you will find a few extra cards on some of the DT blogs and you might even find a fun video or two along the way! Make sure to comment on all the blogs for a chance to win! Details on the giveaway are at the bottom of today's post.

Holly created this beautiful kitty Valentine using the cute kitty couple from the new Newton's Sweetheart Stamp Set. She added them in front of a gorgeous sparkly heart background that she created with the new Tumbling Hearts Stencil. She also used the heart die cut from our Darling Hearts Die Set behind the kitties!

Aren't the kitties sharing a bottle of milk on this card by Samantha so adorable!?  It's so fun how she featured the kitties against a white card base and added a beautiful rainbow going up the side! This card is so happy and cheerful it's sure to make the recipient smile!

The sweet kitty couple on this card by Larissa will leave you "smitten!" She colored those kitties with cute stripes and used our Frames & Flags Die Set to cut out the black scallop edged frame. She also used our Tumbling Hearts Stencil to add in some light blue hearts behind the kitties.

Tatiana used those smitten kitties sharing a milk from the new Newton's Sweetheart stamp set along with shades of red and kraft for this adorable card. She also used our Tumbling Hearts Stencil with white embossing paste to create that lovely background! 

The kitty couple on this card by Maria look so cozy together! She added them to a clean and simple card with a fun scalloped edge and a border along the bottom. She also created that heart patterned edge using our new Tumbling Hearts Stencil! 

This beautiful card by Naki features the kitty couple colored in soft no-line coloring! She layered them over a lovely pink and orange background that she created using our Tumbling Hearts Stencil with embossing paste and distress inks over the top!

Juliana created this darling shaker card using that cute kitty couple from our new Newton's Sweetheart Stamp Set. They are so cute colored in shades of black in front of the pale pink heart background that she created with the Tumbling Hearts Stencil. She also used our Frames & Flags Die Set to create the frame for the shaker! 

Jennifer is playing matchmaker on her card today. She colored the boy kitty to look like our Newton and the girl kitty to look like her kitty, Kate! The look so adorable together in front of that cardboard heart (cut out using the Darling Hearts Die Set). 

Ellen created an adorable scene using the snuggly kitty friends from the new Newtons Sweetheart along with some cacti from the Newton Rides West Stamp Set. To create scene she used our Land Borders Die Set for the hills and for the starry sky she used our Starfield Stencil! 

Would you like to win the “Newton's Sweetheart” Stamp Set?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal 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 January 18th at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, January 19th. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:
Newton's Nook Designs
Holly Endress
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Juliana Michaels
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Jennifer Timko
Tatiana Trafimovich