Welcome Spring Card with Video by Tatiana Trafimovich

Welcome Spring!

Who's ready for Spring! We are certainly hoping for warmer weather here soon! Until then, we can enjoy this lovely spring card by Tatiana! For her card today she featured the adorable little lamb from our Woodland Spring Stamp Set. She colored this cutie using copic markers, adding a fun dotted texture! Then she cut the image out using the coordinating Woodland Spring Die Set to add to her card. She mounted it on a circle and added the "Welcome Spring" sentiment above the image and added the lovely flower border image from the set below it!

For the card background she used our Bold Blooms Stencil with some embossing paste to create a fun floral texture!

Here's a video by Tatiana showing you how she created her card:

Thank you for the fun inspiration for Spring, Tatiana! If you like this project you can see more of Tatiana's work over on her blog, Tatiana Craft and Art.

Cheers to You Card by Naki Rager

Cheers!

Get ready to celebrate with this fun card by Naki! This adorable card features the cute kitty in a martini glass from our Newton Celebrates Stamp Set. She stamped the kitty with light colored ink and colored the image in soft colors, adding a fun green hue to the cocktail! Then she cut the image out using the coordinating Newton Celebrates Die Set to add to her card. For the card she created a fun shaker window using our Framework Die Set to get that fun scalloped edge. She also embellished the frame with "Here's to you" Sentiment from our Cocktail Mixer Stamp Set and the "cheers" die cut sentiment from the Cocktail Mixer Die Set!

This card is dual purpose - it works great as a Birthday card but she also chose a green and gold color combo so that it doubles as a St. Patrick's Day Card! How fun is that for a March Birthday?

Thank you for the fun card today, Naki! If you like this project you can see more of Naki's work over on her blog, Notes from Naki. Stop by and say hello!

Let's Stir Things Up Card by Holly Endress

Stir things up!  

Today we are sharing a fun baking themed card by Holly. She stamped the images of the mixer, bowl, measuring cup and rolling pin from our Made from Scratch Stamp Set. She colored the images with copics and added fun details, like texture on the rolling pin and little accents with a white gel pen. She trimmed the images out using the coordinating Made from Scratch Die Set. For her card, she cut a stitched edge rectangle using our Frames & Flags Die Set out of a fun baking themed patterned paper. Then she layered all the images over it,  adding the "let's stir things up" sentiment onto a banner that was also cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. This card would be fun to send to a friend who loves to bake! 

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

Living on the Hedge Card by February Guest Designer Jennifer Dove

Today was a day to live on the hedge with this happy little Hedgehog from Newton's Nook Hedgehog Hollow Stamp Set. I can hear him saying "oh, what have I gotten myself into?". It is a good thing he has a little buddy to get into trouble with. Everyone needs at least one friend that will cause a bit of trouble whenever possible, it gets that adrenaline going and that will make us live longer...thus giving us more days to create. I like that idea, don't you?

I think I am one of those that likes to live on the hedge just a bit...I mean on the edge. Life can be so "everyday". I encourage you to take time to make today different. Take a moment to people watch, listen to the birds, find an imaginary animal-shape in the clouds, or stick out your tongue and capture a snowflake (I know there are a lot of you that are getting enough of them). Even in the little things we can find a moment of "different".

You can find this set available in the store. I know you will enjoy all the different little sayings and hedgehogs doing fun things.

Newtons Nook Designs: 
Hedgehog Hollow clear stamp set 
Hedgehog Hollow coordinating die set

Copic Markers: [E40] [E41] [E42] [E43] [E44] [E47] [E49] [B01] [B02] [B05] [B06] [R14] [R29] [BV20] [BV23] [BV25] [BV29] White Gel Pen

Happy Coloring
 - Jenn Dove

Wanted Interactive Birthday Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Interactive Cowboy Newton Card!

Hello and Happy Friday! Today we have another fun interactive card by Ellen. For this project she's featuring Newton as a cowboy from our Newton Rides West Stamp Set on a mini scene that opens up from the front of the card.

Read on for details on how she created this fun card!

Creating the scene:

• Photo 1 (left): On the inside I wanted to create a little scene, so I created a background. This was made with a rectangular die and Sea Borders Die Set. The paper piece was colored with Tumbled Glass and for the hill the “Antique Linen” and “Vintage Photo” Distress ink.
• Photo 2 (center): To get a dreamy blue sky some water, white and blue ink was sprinkled on top.
• Photo 3 (right): As last step I colored the images with Copic Markers (the cat is from the Newton Rides West Stamp Set  and the gifts are from the Christmas Haul Stamp Set with Copic Markers. Once the images were colored I cut the out using the coordinating Christmas Haul Die Set and Newton Rides West Die Set
  
  Here are the colors I used:
• The cat: W5, W4, W3, W2, W1, W0 and C5, C4, C3, C2 Stripes BV29
• Brown: E37, E35, E33, E31
• Light Green: YG06, YG03, YG01, YG00
• Dark Green: G07, G05
• Blue: B29, B18, B16
• Pink: RV13 and R11

What the card looks like closed:

Creating the interactive piece:

• Photo 1 (left): I really wanted to create a card with an interactive piece that opened. Therefore I thought of using the 2nd frame die from the Framework Die Set. To focus on the little interactive piece, a pattern was added. For that pattern I used the Argyle Stencil Set.
• Photo 2 (center): After the base was created I started the with the interactive pice. The size of the little piece is 3.35 inch (13,6 cm) x 2.87 inch (7,3 cm). When you did cut it out you can fold it in three piece like an accordion. The next thing was to find some sentiments and add it to the piece with embossing powder. The sentiments come from the Newton Rides West Stamp Set and the Newton's Birthday Bash Stamp Set.
• Photo 3 (right): For the front I used the smaller illustrated stamps from the Newton Rides West Stamp Set set and created my own cowboy pattern.

What a fun way to make a card interactive! It will be so fun for the recipient to open the extra surprise!


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

Being a Unicorn

Today have an awesome unicorn card by Samantha! She created this fun card using that cute unicorn image from our Believe in Unicorns Stamp Set. She colored the unicorn using a rainbow of fun vibrant colors for the mane and tail. Then she cut out the unicorn and some little clouds using the coordinating Believe in Unicorns Die Set. For her card she inked up a lovely sky in rich purple using distress inks. She also added stacks of clouds along the bottom using our Sky Borders Die Set. She added the sentiment, also from the Believe in Unicorns Stamp Set in the lower corner of the clouds. 

This card also has a fun bit of movement to it. That unicorn leaps out from the clouds on a fun slider. What a cooly way to make this awesome card even more fun! Here's a close up:


To say hello to Samantha and see more of her awesome creations, you can visit Samantha's Blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

Thinking of You Card by Andrea Shell

Thinking of You!

Today we are sharing a fun spring card created by Andrea! For this uplifting card today, Andrea created a fun pink bokeh background using our new two piece Bokeh Stencil Set. She added the two layers of bubbles over a lovely pink distress inked background. Then she cut the background panel out using the postage edged die cut from our Framework Die Set. Then she added on the fun image of the lady with the umbrella from our new Loads of Blooms Stamp Set. She colored this image in bright and cheerful colors, giving the lady a fun yellow coat and boots and a bright blue umbrella. Then she die cut it out using our Loads of Blooms Die Set and layered it onto her background along with a circle of vellum.

To finish off the card she added the sentiment "Thinking of you" from our new Woodland Spring Stamp Set. It was stamped onto a white banner that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set

Thank you for the lovelySpring inspiration today, Andrea! To see more beautiful projects by Andrea, you can visit her over at her blog, Blissfully Scrappy too!

A Sweet Spring Hello Card by Maria Russell

A Sweet Spring Hello!

Today we have an adorable spring card to share by Maria! For her card today, she stamped three of the cute animals wearing flowers from our new Woodland Spring Stamp Set. She colored these adorable animal using copic markers and cut them out using the coordinating Woodland Spring Die Set. She added each animal to a cute polaroid shaped die cut and added on some extra flower garlands onto each image too, Woodland Spring Stamp Set. For her background she created layers of pastel colored  clouds by masking with our Sky Borders Die Set and using soft ink colors. Then she finished off the card by stamping the sentiment "a sweet Spring hello" in the center.

Thank you for the lovely Spring inspiration today, Maria! 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!

That's How We Roll Card by February Guest Designer Jennifer Dove

Flamingos, bright cheery, retro, black and pink...need I say more? This is my second card using the  Cozy Campers Stamp Set from Newton's Nook Designs. When I think retro campers all the things I imagine are in this set! I love how you can use one set to get so many different styles of cards. You can see my other card HERE.

This warm and inviting camper was just asking to be colored in fun retro colors don't you think? I random stamped the background with a darker pink stamp pad and then colored in all the hearts and Flamingos with [R81]. I love creating my own background paper when the sets give smaller images to stamp. It was a huge bummer to cover so much of it up, but it just worked out that way for this card. I also used some of the fun frame dies from the Framework Die Set. What a great versatile die set. I know I will get a lot of use beyond just my Guest DT spot...it is now in my favorite-die pile. I hope you enjoyed the use of the Cozy Campers Stamp Set this month.

Look out for more inspiration using the Hedgehog Hollow set next week.

Newton's Nook Designs:
Framework Die Set

Cozy Campers Stamp Set

Copics:
[R81] [R83] [RV34] [Y11] [C1] [C10] White Gel Pen

 

Happy Coloring
 - Jenn Dove

February Products Now Available + Blog Hop Winners

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

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

Our new products are now available at newtonsnookdesigns.com

February 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.

From Reveal Day 1 - Winner of the Loads of Blooms stamp set from Amanda's blog: Lee

From Reveal Day 2 - Winner of the Woodland Spring stamp set from Samantha's blog: Wendy

From Reveal Day 3 - Winner of the Newton's Peeps stamp set from Maria's blog: Cathy Lillie

From Reveal Day 4 - Winner of the Spring Pile Up stamp set from Naki's blog: Andre M

From Reveal Day 4 - Winner of the Puppy Pals stamp set from the Newton's Nook Designs blog: Cindi

Congrats to the Winners! Don't forget - you have 7 days from today to to e-mail us at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com with your full name and mailing address and the name of the set you won to claim your prize.

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

February Reveals - Day 4 - Spring Pile Up and Puppy Pals!

Today is the final reveal day for our February Release and we have two more adorable sets to share. First, we have the adorable Spring Pile Up Stamp Set, perfect for Easter and Spring Greetings. Then we have a cute duo of dogs on the Puppy Pals Stamp Set. We are having a giveaway today too, so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Spring Pile Up

Get ready for Spring time smiles on this 3x4 stamp set. This set includes a lamb, bunny and chick stacked up to create an adorable tower of spring animals. Use the fun included sentiments to complete cute spring and Easter greetings! The coordinating die set also includes a bonus "Happy Easter" word die!

Here's some info on the Spring Pile Up stamp set:

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 3 stamps: 1 images and 1 sentiments
• Coordinating Spring Pile Up purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 2 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, February 15th

Puppy Pals

This adorable 3x4 puppy stamp set is perfect for celebrating friendship! These two sweet pups are so cute sharing a their stick! The added spots and bandana will make them so fun to color too! Choose from the three fun included sentiments to create adorable friendship and thank you cards!

Here's some info on the Puppy Pals stamp set:

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 5 stamps: 2 images and 3 sentiments
• Coordinating Puppy Pals purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 2 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, February 15th

The cuteness continues with adorable creations from 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.

The puppy friends are so adorable on this card by Tatiana. She colored the image of the puppies from the new Puppy Pals Stamp Set in fun bright colors. Then she layered it over a fun heart cut out using our Darling Hearts Die Set. She added paw prints to the hear using our Pawprints Stencil. She also added in a cute frame edge using our Framework Die Set. For the background she added textured flowers using our Bold Blooms Stencil. 

This card by Zsofia is perfect for a spring hello! She created a fun pile of animals using our Spring Pile Up Stamp Set. She added them to her card over a strip of kraft paper and added in some grass using our Land Borders Die Set. She also created a lovely floral background using several ink colors with our new Bold Blooms Stencil! 

Amanda created this awesome dog card! She added in that cute pair of pups from our new Puppy Pals Stamp Set, coloring in vibrant tones using copic markers. She also added a chick onto each of their heads using our new Newton's Peeps Stamp Set. For her background she created a lovely pink and yellow bubble pattern using our Bokeh Stencil Set. The postage edge was cut out using our Framework Die Set.

This adorable pile of friends is ready to celebrate Easter! Maria created this fun card, using the image and sentiment from our newSpring Pile Up Stamp Set. She colored the image in fun Spring colors. She added it onto her card, layering it over a strip of clouds that was created using our Sky Borders Die Set to create a mask. 

These cute pups are so fun in the blue and orange color combo! Naki created this darling card using the image of dogs from our Puppy Pals Stamp Set and layering it over a fun background that was created using our Bokeh Stencil Set. She also used our  Frames & Flags Die Set to cut out the stitched rectangle panel and banner. 

The vibrant spring colors on this card by Samantha are sure to brighten up your day! She used the cute stack of animals from our new Spring Pile Up Stamp Set. She created a fun setting for them to hang out in using layers of bright green grass cut out using our Land Borders Die Set and a fun yellow bokeh sky using our new Bokeh Stencil Set! So cheerful! 

Ellen created this amazing puppy card using bold primary colors! She started with a blue pawprint background created with our Pawprints Stencil. Then she layered a big heart shape over it to hold our cute puppies from the Puppy Pals Stamp Set. She used colored pencils to color them in gorgeous tones of brown and gray! 

Larissa is piling on the fun with this incredible spring card! She used the image of the lamb, bunny and chick from the new Spring Pile Up Stamp Set and layered it on top of the kitty from our Newton's Peeps Stamp Set to create an even bigger stack of fun! She also added in grass using our Land Borders Die Set, and a scalloped edge using our  Frames & Flags Die Set. The blue circles in the background were added using our new Bokeh Stencil Set too.

This card by Andrea is so pretty in purple! She used the cute pups from our new Puppy Pals Stamp Set and colored them with copic markers. Then she layered them over a die cut heart, cut out using our Darling Hearts Die Set,  so you can see the purple background! The background has pawprints on it that were created using our Pawprints Stencil. She also used our Frames & Flags Die Set for the scalloped edge. 

Holly created a super fun and colorful spring card using the stack of animals from our new Spring Pile Up Stamp Set! Isn't it cut how she added swirls to the sheep and extra details with a white gel pen? She also added in a hill from patterned paper using our Land Borders Die Set.

Would you like to win the “Spring Pile Up”  or the "Puppy Pals"Stamp Set?

We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

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 February 14th at 9pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 15th.

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

Zsofia Molnar

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Andrea Shell

Tatiana Trafimovich