Farmyard Birthday Card by Zsofia Molnar

Farmyard Birthday Fun!  

Zsofia has been having a ton of fun mixing and matching the farm animals from our latest release! Today she created a super fun birthday scene packed with adorable farmyard friends! She set up the scene using our Fence Die Set across the middle of the card and created hills and grass along the bottom using our Land Borders Die Set. In the front of the fence you she added two cute pigs from our Oink Stamp Set and a cluster of three chickens from our Cluck Stamp Set.  She also added that cute rooster from our Cluck Stamp Set. Behind the fence you can spot a little barn and cute cow from our Moo Stamp Set! She colored all these cute farm animals with copic markers and cut them out using the coordinating Oink Die Set, Cluck Die Set and Moo Die Set. She also stamped some words for each set of animals from their stamp sets and cut them out into bubbles to put over their heads using our Speech Bubbles Die Set! What a great way to combine all those fun critters together! 

She also added some fun glossy accents on the animals for a special extra touch. Here's a couple of  close-ups so you can see the amazing details!

Thank you, Zsofia, for the awesome inspiration today! You can find more of Zsofia's lovely creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

Hoppy Spring Card by April Guest Designer Candice Fisher

We are in full happy Springtime mode here and I had to create a card to go along with my happy mood!  This is my final card and thank you for all the love this month and thank you Newton's Nook Designs for having me hang out with you this month!

I know I am not the only one who has fallen in love with the cuties in the Woodland Spring Stamp Set, and again, I couldn’t just pick one from the set (are you noticing a reoccurring trend with me?!)

This card was a pretty quick one, even though it looks very detailed! Bonus! I started this by trimming watercolor paper a little smaller than my card base and inking with squeezed lemonade, worn lipstick, and shaded lilac. I took that inked piece and cut the words out using my cameo silhouette. I then inked another watercolor paper with scattered straw, spun sugar, and milled lavender to go under to words and glued the two together. Next, I splattered with a paint brush with white paint dipped in water. I set it aside to dry.

I stamped the adorable images from Woodland Spring Stamp Set, colored with copic markers, and used the coordinating dies to cut out. The sentiment I stamped on a banner and pop dotted on the card. Next, I added the adorable spring cuties by the words with pop dots.

For the finishing touches, I added the sequins in varying sizes and added some white nuvo drops near the sequins and pearl stickles to the center of the flowers. 

I hope you have been inspired by my creations this wonderful spring month and thank you again for the chance to share with you all!

You can enter the Inky Paws Challenge with me for your (and my) chance to win!

 You can also still find me on my blog & Instagram!

 -Candice

I Love Books Card by Amanda Bodine

I Love Books (and cats)! 

Happy Friday! Hope you are ready for the weekend! Maybe you'll even have some time to relax and read a good book! To get you inspired, today we are sharing a cute book themed card by Amanda! She used the adorable image of the kitty napping in the bookshelf from our Newton's Book Club Stamp Set. She colored the image, giving the library of books a variety of gorgeous colors and adding adorable stripes to the kitty. Then she created a woodgrain panel using our Hardwood Stencil. From this panel she cut out the stitched rectangle using the Newton's Book Club Die Set so that the image could peek through. She also added the die cut "I Heart Books" using the extra included sentiment die from our Newton's Book Club Die Set. She layered it over a red banner that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

This card is so perfect for sending to a friend who loves to read! Especially if they also love kitties!

Thanks for the beautiful card today, Amanda! To see more of her gorgeous coloring and projects, you can visit Amanda over at her blog,  RutabagaPie Designs! Make sure to say hello while you are there!

Happily Ever After Wedding Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Happily Ever After!

Spring is the perfect time of year for weddings and it's always nice to have a wedding card on hand for those special occasions! Today we are sharing a simple and elegant wedding card by Tatiana! She created a gorgeous floral background for her card by stamping the big floral image from our Blooming Botanicals Stamp Set and embossing it in white. She watercoloring over it using purple and then she cut the image out into a stitched rectangle shape using our Frames & Flags Die Set. She added some lovely sequins around the image and stamped the sentiment "Happily Ever After" from our Wedding Frills Stamp Set onto vellum, embossing it in white. She layered this image over a white card base to give a simple and elegant look! How beautiful!

If you'd like to make a card like this you can find both of the stamp sets that were used to create this lovely card are discounted right now in our sale category! 

Here is a little video from Tatiana about this card too:

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.

Kitty and Chickens Scene by Nakaba Rager

Kitty and Chicken Scene!

Today we are sharing this adorable kitty and chickens scene created by Naki! She combined the image of the kitty and birdhouse from our Newton's Birdhouse Stamp Set with the chicken and chicks from our Cluck Stamp Set. She stamped all the images and colored them using no-line coloring to create a lovey soft look! She cute details in her coloring like the stripes on the kitty and texture on the chicken. She also added an extra bird coming out of the birdhouse hole by doing some creative masking! She cut all the images out using the coordinating Newton's Birdhouse Die Set and Cluck Die Set. She combined all these images onto her card over a gorgeous ombré inked background, created with distress inks!

That kitty has so many fun birdie friends on this creation! Here's a close up so you can see the lovely details:

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!

Happy Mother's Day Card by Holly Endress

Happy Mother's Day!  

Did you create a card for your Mom yet? Mother's Day is just a few weeks away so today we're sharing some adorable inspiration by Holly! She started with by cutting out a cute tag using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. She added a cute pink reinforcement hole on the tag too, also from that die set. Then she stamped the fun flourished sentiment from our new Mother's Day Stamp Set on the tag. She added a blue watercolor wash behind the image and added a bit of color to the flowers and leaves. She added bow to the tag and layered it on her card with some fun pastel patterned papers! The stitched rectangle was also cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. What an adorable and sweet Mother's Day Card!

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!

Merci Card by April Guest Designer Candice Fisher

I can’t believe it is week three already!  We are in full Spring here and I am dreaming of Paris with Newton!

I can just image how awesome it is in Paris right now and will live through Newton as he travels there in this bright card!

Of course to create this fun scene I used the Newton Dreams of Paris Stamp Set. I started by using my cameo to create the three rectangles and then ran it through my die cutting machine to get the stitched frame.  For the background, I trimmed some watercolor paper to fit behind the frame and inked with squeezed lemonade, tumbled glass, and broken china. I then took the circle stencil #1 from the Bokeh Stencil Set and added white ink over for a faint circle impression. I lined up the Eiffel tower and stamped with versafine black ink and added a green stitched hill.  

I stamped the Paris Newtons, hot air balloon, and clouds, colored with copic markers, and fussy cut out, but you can get the coordinating dies to make your life easier! To create the scene, I added a die cut sun that I inked with squeezed lemonade to the top left. I lined up the frame and stamped the merci directly onto the frame and then pop dotted on the card base. Next, I added the cuties in Paris, gluing and pop dotting to get them secure.

For my embellishments, I added a variety of different sequins and added some white pen dots to the images.  

I hope you can each dream of your city that you would love to be in, or if you have any of the Newton's travel stamp sets share your creations on Newton's Nook Design Facebook page!

And you can always check out and join for your chance to win in the Inky Paws Challenge!

I’m off to now dream about England, or maybe Italy…

- Candice 

Find me at: Candicards blog  • Instagram

Birthday Clucks Card by Jennifer Jackson

Birthday Clucks!

Hello! Jen here today with a fun chicken themed birthday card using our Cluck Stamp Set! This new chicken stamp set has so many fun puns and is perfect for creating silly birthday cards! For this card I stamped the trio of chickens, the hen sitting on the nest and the little chick from the stamp set. I colored all the images with copics and then cut them out using the coordinating Cluck Die Set. I wanted to stack the chickens in the middle of the card so I added them over a dark brown piece of cardstock and cut out two speech bubbles using our Speech Bubbles Die Set. I added the sentiments "What the cluck?" and "The talk around the henhouse is..." into the speech bubbles and then stamped the "It's your Birthday" sentiment on the bottom of the panel. I love how you can mix and match the funny sentiments in this set together to create a custom message.  For the background I used our new Hardwood Stencil to create a fun woodgrain panel. 

I hope that this card today makes you smile!

Have a great Friday!

Ear-Resistable Sloth Card by Samantha Mann

Ear-resistable Sloth!

Today have an adorable sloth card by Samantha that is perfect for Spring! She started with the cute sloth from our In Slow Motion Stamp Set. She colored the image and added on some leaves from our Toucan Party Stamp Set and fussy cut the image out.  She also added some adorable bunny ears to the sloth by stamping the image of Newton wearing bunny ears from our Newton's Easter Basket Stamp Set and coloring and fussy cutting out just the ears! What a fun idea!

For the background she created an awesome background of leaves using our Tropical Leaves Stencil and distress inks. Then she added the sloth image over the top of the background. She also added the "you are ear-resistable" sentiment, stamped from our Bitty Bunnies Stamp Set, on a black banner.

Here's a close up:


If you loved this creative project by Sam today you can say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

Sweet Hello Card by Andrea Shell

A Sweet Hello!

Today Andrea created the cutest little scene for our kitty to hang out in! She started with the adorable image of the kitty and birdhouse from our new Newton's Birdhouse Stamp Set. She colored the image of the kitty using copics and added all kind of details! The stripes and white paws on the kitty are so lovely and she also accented the image by adding little highlights with a white gel pen. Then she cut the image out using the Newton's Birdhouse Die Set to add to her scene.



For her scene she used our Land Borders Die Set to create a layer of green grass. She colored the grass using distress ink and added some splashes of water for the fun speckled look. She added a really cool fence line using our Fence Border Die. It's so cool how she cut the fence out using the die set and then made it look dimensional by coloring it to add highlights and shadows! She also added the "hello" sentiment and heart inside the thought bubble from our new Speech Bubbles Die Set.  This adorable card would be perfect for sending a happy hello to any of your friends!

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

Duo of Farm Cards by Maria Russell

Cute Farm Cards!

Today we are sharing two adorable farm cards by Maria using our adorable new farm sets! For the first card she created a fun farm scene featuring the cow from our Moo Stamp Set and the rooster from our Cluck Stamp Set. She colored the cute farm friends using copic markers and cut them out using the coordinating Moo Die Set and Cluck Die Set. She also colored two bales of hay and the little barn from the Moo Stamp Set to add to her scene.

For the scene, she created a fun sky filled with clouds using our Cloudy Sky Stencil. Then she created a fun little hill for the barn to sit on and added some trees (dies from another brand). Along the bottom she also added a layer of grass using our Land Borders Die Set. The sentiment "You're moo-velous" was added into the sky. So fun!

For her second card she created two little mini scenes featuring the pigs from our new Oink Stamp Set! She colored those cuties and added in fun little details like extra speckles and dots on their cheeks! So cute! Then she added them onto two little scenes for her card. She added in hills and grass using our Land Borders Die Set and a fence using the new Fence Die. She also added in cute little chicks from our Newton's Peeps Stamp Set.

Isn't it fun how you can combine all these new products together!?

Thank you for the lovely Farm cards 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!

Believe In Your Dreams Card by April Guest Designer Candice Fisher

It’s Springtime and for me that means coming out of hibernation from being buried in snow here in Minnesota!

I think this card using Newton Makes Plans Stamp Set is perfect for all the activities I can now go out and do!

The inspiration for this card comes from my daughter in college and son who is about to graduate high school.  I look at all the different Newtons in this set and see all the dreams that my kids can do!

To begin my card, I trimmed watercolor paper to the size of my card and inked it with spun sugar oxide ink.  I then used the Bokeh Stencil Set to create the circles, first with worn lipstick and then second with abandoned coral. The awesome thing about this stencil set is that they have very faint lines of the circles from the other stencil for easy lining up! Genius! I felt that the eye wasn’t drawn in, so I added a light inking of abandoned coral around the edges. 

I die cut the frame and inked each square along the bottom with cracked pistachio.  I pop dotted the frame at an angle and glued the squares in the center of each and trimmed the bottom with scissors.  For the rectangle I stamped the sentiment from the Once upon a Princess Stamp Set.  Next, I stamped all the mini Newtons, colored with copic markers, and die cut them out with the coordinating dies.  I am in love with mini stamps and I definitely recommend the coordinating dies to make it easier, (I, of course, have to use all of them on one card)!

To finish this fun card, I simply added the die cut you layered along the top.  I tried sequins and other accents, but it seemed to take away from these cuties so I kept it simple.  A hard concept for me to not add sparkle or shine! 

Just an FYI, my daughter is currently either the Newton in the laundry basket sleeping or the one buried in the book, while my son is the one exercising or joining his sister in the laundry basket!

I am so glad that you swung by and wish you a happy week!

Remember, you can always join in the Inky Paws Challenge for your chance to win!

- Candice 

Find me at: Candicards blog  • Instagram

April Release 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

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.

From Reveal Day 1 - Winner of the Oink stamp set from Maria's blog: Nikki Chochran

From Reveal Day 2 - Winner of the Cluck stamp set from Samantha's blog: Beverly S

From Reveal Day 3 - Winner of the Moo stamp set from Naks's blog: Amy Seigler

From Reveal Day 4 - Winner of the Newton's Birdhouse stamp set from the Newton's Nook Designs' blog: Bunny

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!