A Window Scene Card by April Guest Designer Svetlana Pavlova

Hello everybody! Well, it's time for the latest publication as a guest designer in your blog! I am glad that I was able to make a few cards with your amazing sets of stamps.

Here's a card with the continuation of the story. To create this postcard, I used the stamps and coordinating dies Winston's Lake House.

I made a day turning into night on my card.

Stamps and distress inks helped to create it.

Thanks for your attention and comments!

- Svetlana

NND Sponsors Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #445

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 the a FLORAL theme!

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. Since we just release a cute little floral set called Little Lilies this month I wanted to use it for this challenge!  This little stamp set features an image of the lily of the valley flower. I stamped and colored it using watercolor markers. This image of lily in the valley is super simple to color. I just used green for the leaves and a tiny bit of grey to add highlights to the flowers. Then I trimmed out the image using the coordinating Little Lilies Die Set.

For the card I die cut out the scallop edged panel from some striped yellow paper using our Frames & Flags Die Set. I also cut out the white stitched rectangle using the same die set. On the rectangle I added some blue watercolor splotches. Then I layered and lily over the panel and added the "thinking of you" sentiment next to it! So simple and pretty.

I decided to add on a kraft colored twine ribbon and a small piece of green washi to give this card some extra finishing touches! Then I mounted the whole thing on a light blue cardstock base which matches the blue watercolor. 

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 some of the regular "Sweeties" (that's what they call their Design Team -- cute, right?) are featuring Newton's Nook Designs stamps too!

Interactive Rainy Day Card and Video by Ellen Haxelmans

Today we have another fun interactive project to share by Ellen! Each month she is sharing an interactive project one week after our new release! 

Today is she's sharing how to make a card with a scene on a flap that folds up for a message inside!

To create the scene on the card front she used the image of the kitty with the umbrella and duck from our Newton's Rainy Day Stamp Set. She colored it fun fun bright colors and created a rainy scene for him using clouds die cut with our Sky Borders Die Set and waves die cut using our Sea Borders Die Set. She also added in a lily pad and cattails from our Winston's Lake House Stamp Set.

When the card opens you reveal this adorable message inside! She used our Sky Borders Die Set to make a matching cloudy sky to the front. Then she added in the umbrella critter from our new Umbrella Pals Stamp Set and gave him some adorable googly eyes. She then added the "Miss U" sentiment, created with letters that were die cut using our new Essential Alphabet Die Set. How wonderful! 

Want to see how she did it?

Ellen is sharing a video today too with details on her project: 

Don't forget you can always see more beautiful creations by Ellen!
Just visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen!

Watercolor Beach Card Duo by Samantha Mann

Find your Paradise!

I'm ready for a beach vacation! How about you!? Today's project by Samantha will definitely have you craving some sun and palm trees! She created a duo of lovely beach cards using our Paradise Palms Stamp Set. She embossed the palms and land in black and then added some teal blue watercolor over the top! Don't you love the blue water dripping down the card? So cool!

The cards are nearly the same but the do have a couple of differences. On this one she added the sentiment "find your paradise" from our Paradise Palms Stamp Set on the card base and added some birds in the sky:

On this one she added the sentiment "Live in the Sunshine, swim in the Sea"  from our Paradise Palms Stamp Set onto a vellum tag using our Tags Times Two Die Set. She also added gesso to this card before stamping it, which gives the card a little more stiffness to support the watercolor and embossing.

I can't decide which one I like best since they are both so awesome!

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

Sending Love Coffee Shaped Shaker Card by Juliana Michaels

Sending Love and Coffee! 

Do you know someone who loves coffee? This card by Juliana would be perfect to send to them. She created a fun coffee cup shaped shaker window and added hearts to the background using our  Tumbling Heart Stencil. Then she added that sweet kitty holding a coffee mug from our Sending Hugs Stamp Set. This set is so fun because when you cut it out the critters with the coordinating Sending Hugs Die Set it also cuts around their arms so they can HUG the little accessories in the set! The kitty is just too cute hugging the coffee mug, isn't he? She also added on a trio of heart from the Sending Hugs Stamp Set and the "sending love" sentiment! What an adorable card! I know a few coffee drinks who would like this one!

To see more details on her project today, make sure to visit  Juliana over on her blog, 17 Turtles!

April Showers Card by Maria Russell

April Showers + Flowers!

Today Maria created this amazing spring floral card combing two of our stamp sets! She started out with the big spring sentiment from our brand new April Showers Stamp Set, stamping it in black and adding a little blush of color behind it. Then she stamped the big beautiful flowers from our Lovely Blooms Stamp Stamp Set. She colored them in bright spring colors and cut them out using the coordinating Lovely Blooms Die Set. Then she added them along the curve to accent the sentiment! So pretty! I love how these two sets compliment each other!

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!

Love You Deerly Card by April Guest Designer Svetlana Pavlova

Hi everybody! It's my turn again to show you my new card in your blog. I made a tunnel card for today. 

I used Deer Friend set of stamps. It became my favourite one. I can't stop doing cards with it. 

These deer are in my heart now! 

To make such card I took a base and two sheets of paper for creating a tunnel. I cut out several ovals with dies in to sheets that made a tunnel. Then I made a background with grass and clouds. Added deer and some flowers. 

And also added butterflies from Newton's Daydream set of stamps. So, the card is ready! 

Enjoy it!

- Svetlana

April Products 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

April 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 Newton's Graduation stamp set from Naki's blog: Annalisa Young

Winner of the Wedding Frills stamp set from Samantha's blog: Jeanne Beam

Winner of the Umbrella Pals stamp set from Holly's blog: Sharon G

Winner of the April Showers stamp set from Juliana's blog: Denise Ward

Winner of the Little Lilies stamp set from Tatiana's blog: Avra

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!

April Reveals - Day 4 - Little Lilies and April Showers Stamp Sets

Today is our FINAL day of reveals for our April Release and we are sharing TWO adorable new 3x4 stamp sets. Our new April Showers and Little Lilies Stamp Sets are both so sweet and perfect for Spring! We are picking two winners today! One winner will get the new April Showers Stamp Set and one will get the new Little Lilies Stamp Set! Make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

April Showers

Celebrate Spring with this delightful little 3x4 stamp set! This set has everything you love about spring including a lovely large Spring sentiment and images of flowers, butterflies, an umbrella and raindrops! Try using the sentiment for the focal point of your card and creating backgrounds with the smaller images!

Here's some info on the April Showers stamp set:

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• 7 stamps: 6 images and 1 large sentiment
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, April 20th

Little Lilies

This adorable 3x4 stamp set features the delicate Lily of the Valley flower. Perfect for Spring, this dainty floral set includes lovely sentiments that you help you to "enjoy the little things" or send sweet greetings "just because" to someone dear.

Here's some info on the Little Lilies stamp set:

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• 7 stamps: 3 images and 4 sentiments
• Coordinating Little Lilies purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 3 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, April 20th

Celebrate spring with sweet creations below by our Design Team!

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.

Naki created a sweet trio of lilies in a row using the new Lovely Lilies Stamp set. She cut them out with the coordinating die set and layered them over a fun soft yellow background. She also added in a hill that was die cut using our Land Borders Die Set.

Maria created this delightful Spring card! She used the big sentiment from the April Showers Stamp Set in the center and stamped all the little images from the set around the edges to create a colorful spring border! So awesome! 

Ellen created this charming spring shaker card featuring the lilies from our new Little Lilies Stamp Set. She added in some layers of grass and clouds to her shaker using our Land Borders Die Set and Sky Borders Die Set. She also used our Frames & Flags Die Set to create the fun scalloped edge panel. 

This colorful spring card was created by Holly! It's so fun how she accented used the big sentiment from the April Showers Stamp Set surrounded by little sparkly butterflies. She stamped it onto the stitched rectangle cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. She set off the sentiment with an awesome rainbow striped background! 

This adorable little circle card was created by Samantha! She inked the circle in shades of pink and purple to match the blooms on the flower image from the new Little Lilies Stamp Set! So delicate and pretty! 

The fun card by Juliana is perfect for Spring! She used the sentiment from our AApril Showers Stamp Set, embossed in white on a blue tag that was cut out using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. She also added on three cute stitched umbrellas using our new Umbrella Pals Die Set (revealed here yesterday)! The colors are so bright and cheerful too!

Amanda created this whimsical scene! She used the lily from our new Little Lilies Stamp Set and couldn't resist adding a little cat to her card with a flower blossom on his head! The cat is from the Newton's Costume Party Stamp Set. She created the amazing background by stenciling with our new Floral Lace Stencil over some green polka dot paper. She also used our Frames & Flags Die Set for the scallop edged yellow panel and banner. 

This incredible Spring shaker card was created by Tatiana. She used the sentiment from our new April Showers Stamp Set and stamped it onto acetate using Staz-On ink for the front of the shaker window. She cut out the frame using our Frames & Flags Die Set. She also added on a bunch of pretty butterflies from the April Showers Stamp Set, fluttering around the frame! So fun!

This lily card by Jennifer is so sweet and simple! She used the lily from the new Little Lilies Stamp Set and added it onto her card with a watercolored circle. She adde the "just because" sentiment inside the circle with a few sequins. What a perfect card to send to a friend just for fun!

Larissa created this awesome Spring card using our new April Showers Stamp Set. She masked off most of the big sentiment and used just the first part of it embossed in a circle. Then she used all the little flowers from this set along with flowers from the Bunny Hop Stamp Set, Raccoon Rascals Stamp Set and Sweetheart Tails Stamp Set.

Would you like to win the “April Showers” or the "Little Lilies"Stamp Set?
Each of these sets 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 April 19th at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 20th. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs

Amanda Bodine

Holly Endress

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Juliana Michaels

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Jennifer Timko

Tatiana Trafimovich