Play in the Puddles Card by Amanda Bodine

Play in the Puddles! 

Are you enjoying all the lovely Spring creations this week? Today we have another beautiful Spring card created by Amanda! She featured the fun image of the kitty and umbrella from our Newton's Rainy Day Stamp Set. She colored the image with copics using fun and vibrant colors! The pink umbrella really pops from the scene. Plus, isn't it so cute how she added the frog from the set on top of the umbrella!?  She cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Rainy Day Die Set.

To create the scene behind the image, she used our Sea Borders Die Set for the layer of water and our Land Borders Die Set for the hill. Then she added dots into the background using our Bubbly Stencil to create a rainy sky effect.

To finish the card off she stamped the sentiment "Play in the puddles" from the Newton's Rainy Day Stamp Set onto a little flag that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

Thanks for the adorable Spring inspiration today, Amanda! To see more of her beautiful coloring and projects, visit Amanda over at her blog,  RutabagaPie Designs!

Let Your Dreams Blossom Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Sweet Spring Florals!

Today's card by Tatiana will get you in the mood for spring flowers! She created this card featuring the fun floral die cuts from our Flower Trio Die Set.  She created two gorgeous clusters of flowers by die cutting the different flower and leaf shapes using this die set. She added color the them using  vibrant inks in green, pink and yellow. She created a square card base out of light blue cardstock and used our Bokeh Stencil to add layers of colored and textured dots. Then she used our Frames Squared Die Set to create a white frame.  The sentiment "Let your dreams blossom" is from the Floral Fringe Stamp Set and was added onto a circle of vellum that was also cut out using our Frames Squared Die Set. What a beautiful card!

Thank you for the gorgeous floral card today, Tatiana! If you like this project you can see more of Tatiana's work over on her blog, Tatiana Craft and Art.

Garden Mice Card by Nakaba Rager

Mouse in the tulips!

Today we have an adorable Spring card created by Naki! She used the sweet image of the mouse and tulips from our Garden Mice Stamp Set on her creation today. She stamped the image of the mouse hugging the tulip stem in a light colored ink and then colored the image in using watercolor markers. She cut the main image out using the coordinating Garden Mice Die Set. Then for her card base she used some creative masking to stamp just the tulip from the image and overlapped it serval times to create a bunch of tulips up the side of her card! She also added some soft blue and yellow into the the background. So beautiful!

She finished the card by adding the "Enjoy the little moments in life" sentiment and some gold washi tape! What a gorgeous spring creation! Here's a close up so you can see the lovely coloring:

Thank you for the beautiful 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!

A Pineapple a Day Card by Holly Endress

Pineapple a Day!  

Today we are sharing a delightful pineapple card by Holly! This card features the fun bold pineapple image and sentiment from our Pineapple Delight Stamp Set. Holly stamped the fun bold images, adding a shadow using a second color of ink on one side of the image. She cut the images out using the coordinating Pineapple Delight Die Set.  Then she stamped the sentiment, also from the Pineapple Delight Stamp Set on a strip of green patterned paper. In the background of her card she added two more fun panels of patterned paper, cutting each one out using the stitched rounded corner rectangle from our Frames & Flags Die Set. She finished the whole card out with some cute yellow enamel dots! What a fun and cheerful creation!

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

May Your Days Be Filled with Beauty Card by March Guest Designer Jane Clark

Well, firstly I would like to thank Samantha and Jennifer for their trust and having faith in me to make cards using the fabulous Newton’s Nook Designs stamps! I have had so much fun making these cards and just as much fun styling them! 

My last card was simple, so this one is totally the opposite!! It’s over the top, for me anyway lol, I’ll certainly not be making another!! 

The idea started out as a subtle background again, with a repetitive stamped image, but, it turned into this fully coloured scene with lots of ladies, puddle reflections and raindrops!! My creative brain just went into overdrive!! 

Anyway, I stamped the girl with the umbrella image from Newton’s Nook Designs Load of Blooms set on white card using Memento tuxedo black ink. I covered her with a post-it-note mask, then stamped her another five times using the second generation of ink as shown. 

I coloured the first stamped image with Copics in vibrant shades and used soft tones for the other ladies, then I fussy cut the panel of ladies. I sponge white card with Distress Inks - tumbled glass and chipped sapphire, then glued the girl panel towards the bottom as pictured. I stamped the feet again aligning them up with the ladies so they looked like the reflections in the puddles. I use a white gel pen to draw puddles and a white prismacolor pencil to create shadows and raindrops. Oh my I could’ve gone further but I stopped there lol. 

I have truly enjoyed being the March Guest Designer and as always....playing with Newton’s Nook Designs Stamps. 

Thanks so much for all your lovely comments and happy creating!

Miss Jane

Paw-some Birthday card by Jennifer Jackson

Paw-some Birthday!

Hello! Jen here today with another fun birthday card using our Paw-some Birthday Stamp Set! I never have enough birthday cards when I need them so I decided to create a couple of extras using this new stamp set. For this card I colored the pup to look like a chocolate lab and then used fun primary colors for the stack of gifts using copic markers. I also colored the birthday hat to match. I cut out the images using the coordinating Paw-some Birthday Die Set. I love how this color combo looks and it will work great for a masculine birthday too!

For the card I used our new Balloons Stencil and used a blend of yellow and orange ink to create a fun balloon background. I layered the pup over the background, adhering him with foam tape. Then I added a stripe of teal and white striped washi up one side. To finish the card I added the sentiment, also from the Paw-some Birthday Stamp Set onto a green banner that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

I know this card will come in handy for the next time I need a birthday card!

Have a great Friday!

I'm So Fawned of You Card by Samantha Mann

So Fawned of You!

Today have an adorable deer card by Samantha! We just love the vibrant colors and the sweet little scene she created! She started out using two of the deer from the Deer Friend Stamp Set. She colored them with lovely highlights and added pink cheeks too! Then she used the coordinating Deer Friend Die Set to cut them out and nestled them together on her card. She cut the layers of grass and hill using our Land Borders Die Set and used distress inks to add all that gorgeous texture to the grass and to the purple sky! She finished the card out by embossing the "so fawned of you" sentiment onto a black banner and added it to the corner.

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!

So Happy You're My Friend Card by Andrea Shell

Sweet Friendship Card!

Today we are sharing an adorable friendship card created by Andrea! For this card today Andrea combined the sweet mouse from our new Garden Mice Stamp Set with the flowers from the Floral Fringe Stamp Set. She used masking on the images to overlap them and make it look like the mouse is playing behind the field of flowers! Then she colored them in gorgeous colors using copic markers and added in a blue sky and green grass too to make it a complete little scene. Then she used our new Frames Squared Die Set to created the white frame that is layered over the sweet little scene. She also used the Frames Squared Die Set to cut the rounded edge square from polka dot paper and the stitched circle from the to hold the sentiment.

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

Cat and Mouse! Cards by Maria Russell

Cat and Mouse! Cards by Maria!

Today we have TWO adorable cards to share that were created by Maria using some of our new goodies! For her first card she used the cute birthday kitties from the Newton's Birthday Trio Stamp Set. She colored the kitties so beautifully and added colors to the thought bubbles as well! She cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Birthday Trio Die Set too. 

For the card base she used a fun kitty themed embossing folder to create a cute themed border and added balloons inside using our Balloons Stencil in pink and blue! So cute!

For her second card today Maria features a cute mouse from our new Garden Mice Stamp Set. She colored the image with lovey soft pastels and cut it out using the coordinating Garden Mice Die Set to add it to her card. For the card she used an embossing folder to add a tree and also added some clouds from the Newton Scoots By Stamp Set into the sky. For the grass border across the bottom she used our Land Borders Die Set. She also added in a couple of little leafy branches using our Deer Friend Stamp Set. She finished it off by adding a strip of rainbow washi tape up the side. Check out the close-up below to see her lovely coloring!

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!

You Matter a Whole Bunch Card by March Guest Designer Jane Clark

Hi there, Miss Jane here again. I can't believe this is my third card already for March, it's going too quickly for me! I'm having too much fun playing with these gorgeous stamps, and I want to share so much more!!

Anyway, today's card is a simply one, well it is for me, I find making simple cards the hardest! I really wanted this card to be all about the Blooming Botanicals image. I did the silly thing of looking at what the Design Team members have created using this set, I was quite daunted, they're all so gorgeous, what else could I possibly create and make look different?! So the idea of making a card in soft pastels tones sprung to mind!

I stamped the Newton's Nook Designs Blooming Botanicals floral image on smooth white card with VersaMark ink, seriously, I could've stopped right there!! The watermark design left on the white card was just stunning, do I keep it just like that? No, I couldn't do that, I had that pastel colour idea in my head, so I proceeded and applied soft pink, yellow and purple chalks over the stamped VersaMark image (if you haven't got chalks then you could use Pan Pastels instead). I didn't apply the chalks right to the edges of the card, I wanted a gradual shaded effect so the centre part of the design would be the main focus.

All the card needed then, was a sentiment stamped in black ink, a few sequins and a couple of strips of thin silver sparkly washi tape, Viola! 

Just think of all the colour combinations!! Greens, blues, purples, oh be still my heart! This is going to be a very repeated card design!

Thanks for checking my card out, now go and create!

Miss Jane

March 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

March 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 Newton's Birthday Trio stamp set from the Newton's Nook Design's blog: Anna Tracy

From Reveal Day 1 - Winner of the Paw-some Birthday stamp set from Andrea's blog: Sharon Gullikson

From Reveal Day 2 - Winner of the Floral Fringe stamp set from Tatiana's blog: Jeanne Beam

From Reveal Day 3 - Winner of the Newton's Block Party stamp set from Samantha's blog: Fikreta

From Reveal Day 4 - Winner of the Garden Mice stamp set from Amanda's blog: Stacey Kowbel

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!

March Reveals - Day 4 - Garden Mice Stamp Set

Today is the last reveal day for our March Release and we are sharing a adorable new mouse set called Garden Mice! 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!

Garden Mice Stamp Set

Our adorable mice are back for Spring on this 4x6 stamp set! These sweet little mice are so darling playing in the garden with a mushroom, flowers, and butterflies. The mouse themed sentiments will add the perfect finishing touch for for sending little notes of friendship and thanks to your friends! 

Here's some info on the Garden Mice stamp set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 9 stamps: 5 images and 4 sentiments
• Coordinating Garden Mice purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 5 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, March 15th

Have a mice day with adorable cards 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.

This adorable mouse card by Maria is so fun and cheerful! She used the cute mouse under the flower from the new Garden Mice Stamp Set. She colored the image and cut it our using the coordinating die set to add to her card. She also created a fun stripe of yellow bubbles using our Bokeh Stencil in the background! 

Samantha created the cutest little scene for her card! She used the mouse under the mushroom from the new Garden Mice Stamp Set. She cut the image out using the coordinating die set. Then she also added a bunch of little mushrooms using the images from the Hedgehog Hollow Stamp Set.  She created a shaker card window using the rounded corner square from the new Frames Squared Die Set. The grass and clouds were added on using the Land Borders Die Set and Sky Borders Die Set. 

Zsofia created this delightful card featuring three of the mice from our new Garden Mice Stamp Set. The stamped and colored each mouse in fun bright colors using copics. Then she cut them out using the coordinating die set and added them to a long skinny card. She created a lovely scene fro them by adding clouds into the sky using our Cloudy Sky Stencil too. 

This lovely mouse card by Holly would be a perfect thank you note! She used three of the mice from the new Garden Mice Stamp Set and colored them in vibrant colors using copic markers. She used coordinating die set to cut the images out to add to a white card base. She added the sentiment onto a banner that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set!

The mouse is so cute nestled behind the flowers on this card by Tatiana! She used the mouse from the new Garden Mice Stamp Set and added in an edge of flowers that were cut out from one side of the square image in the new Floral Fringe Stamp Set! She also cut out the scalloped edge and the banner that holds the sentiment using our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

Andrea created this charming Spring scene using the mice from our new Garden Mice Stamp Set. She stamped two of them in light ink and colored them with the no-line coloring technique and copic markers. Then She created a scene for them by adding layers of grass using our Land Borders Die Set. She also used our Frames & Flags Die Set to add a scallop edged border. 

Larissa created this sweet mouse card featuring using our new Garden Mice Stamp Set. She stamped the image of the moue under the mushroom and colored it using copics. She added it to her card along with a mushroom die cut (from another brand). She also added the butterfly into the sky using our Bitty Bunnies Stamp Set and added the postage edge using our Framework Die Set. 

The coloring on this card by Naki is so soft and sweet! She created a Spring scene using the mice from our new Garden Mice Stamp Set. She stamped them in light ink and colored them with soft pastel colors to get this effect. She added a layer of grass  along the card bottom using our Land Borders Die Set. She also used the decorative square from our new Frames Squared Die Set, cut from vellum, to hold the sentiment.

 Amanda created a trio of adorable clean and simple cards featuring the mice from our  new Garden Mice Stamp Set. She stamped and colored each one with copics in vibrant colors! Then she used the coordinating die set to cut them out. She added each one to a card, layering them over a decorative square that was created using a die cut from our new Frames Squared Die Set as a mask for the inking. So cute!

Would you like to win the Garden Mice Stamp Set?

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

Note for Google+ users: Blogger no longer supports commenting with G+ accounts. If you have selected a G+ profile in the past you will appear as an unknown author until you login to Blogger and supply a new display name and avatar. You may do this by going to your Blogger account and going to Settings/User Settings. Once there you can  select "Blogger" as your profile and edit it. Information on these changes to blogger can be found this article. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Amanda Bodine

Holly Endress

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Andrea Shell

Tatiana Trafimovich