Unicorn Sparkle Card by Nakaba Rager

Sweet Sparkly Unicorn!

Today we are sharing this beautiful unicorn card by Naki! She used that adorable unicorn image from our Believe in Unicorns Stamp Set. She colored the unicorn in a rainbow of colors, adding little highlights along the mane. She cut the image out using the coordinating Believe in Unicorns Die Set to add to her card. For the card background she used our new Clouds Stencil to create layers of  clouds and made each layer a different color for a fun rainbow sky effect! She also used our new Hills & Grass Stencil to create a hill along the bottom. She finished the card off by embossing some sparkles under the unicorn and adding the sentiment above it. Both the sentiment and sparkles are also from the Believe in Unicorns Stamp Set. This lovely card would be perfect for sending to a friend to let them know you care!

Thank you for the fun beautiful summer 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!

Tropical Card by Holly Endress

Aloha Friend

Is it hot where you live? We are definitely having some warmer weather this week at NND headquarters! This gorgeous card by Holly is perfect for a hot summer day! She used the beautiful tropical square frame from our Tropical Fringe Stamp Set, coloring it in gorgeous vibrant colors! She added the "aloha friend" sentiment, also from the same set, inside the frame. This set has several different sentiments and they all fit inside the frame, giving you a bunch of different options for your cards. After coloring the image, Holly cut it out  just along the edge of the square and mounted it over some fun tropical patterned papers to create a cheerful summer greeting!

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

Thank You Card Duo by July Guest Designer Ildi Imrefalvi

Thank you. Twice.

Preparing for my guest designing I've made a bunch of sketches for the cards I planned to

create for Newton's Nook in July. Almost a dozen. As I realized that the end of the month is

near and there's only one blogpost to go, I tried to narrow and pick my favorite sketch to

make, but somehow I couldn't decide between two, so here they are :)

For my first card I stamped the floral elements of the set ‘Peony Blooms’ onto masking paper

and cut them out. After stamping the first flower I covered it with masking paper then went

for the next one. I stamped the images repeatedly making sure that the surrounding flowers

are covered with masking paper. 

I created a diagonal shape with the peonies leaving the bottom right area white. I coloured everything with Tombow markers and splattered white acrylic paint all over when it dried. To finish my card I stamped my sentiment with black ink and adhered the finished panel onto a deep blue card base.

For my monochromatic card I picked this adorable dog duo from the Puppy Pals stamp set as the center image and stamped it onto a card sized Copic friendly paper. The rest was just coloring with warm greys. 

Creating monochromatic cards is really relaxing as there's no need to think about which colors to pick. This card just needed six markers and a white gel pen. I usually use a bunch of tools to create my cards so it's fun to make something interesting with supplies fit my pocket :)

Thank you for inviting me, it's been wonderful to be a guest designer for Newton's Nook and I have had so much fun creating cards with these adorable products.

Thank you for reading my posts, I hope you liked my creations!

Hugs,

Ildi

Product used:

Peony Blooms

Puppy Pals

Kids Toy DIY Tutorial by Ellen Haxelmans

Creating Kids toys using NND Stamps!

Today we are sharing an adorable project created by Ellen! She created a set of adorable little games by taking a kids game and upgrading it so a special toy using NND images! She used the seagulls from our Gull Friends Stamp Set, the flip flops from our Flip Flop Life Stamp Set, and the shrimp from our Shrimp Cocktails Stamp Set. She also added in backgrounds using our Waves Stencil, Tumbling Hearts Stencil and Cascading Stars Stencil! How adorable! Read on for instructions on how she created this fun play set!

Tutorial on creating this project!
Below we have instruction from Ellen on how to create a fun set of play items like this!

Creating your backgrounds:

• Photo 1 (left): Cut out a circle that fit the toy and stamp a summer looking image on top of it. I used the Gull Friends Stamp Set, Cocktails Stamp Set and the Flip Flop Life Stamp Set.
• Photo 2 (center): Stamp the illustrations again on masking tape. Afterwards you cut them out and place them on the circles.
• Photo 3 (right): Give the circles some color. I used Distress ink and stencils (Waves Stencil, Tumbling Hearts Stencil and Cascading Stars Stencil) on them.

Assembling the toys:

• Photo 1 (left): Use your Crocodile Punch to put wholes in the paper. When the toy is completed, the wholes are the “goals” for the balls. I also colored the illustrations with Copic Markers as you can see on the picture.
• Photo 2 (center): Open the toy you bought. I bought some cheap plastic one that are easy to open. I also cleaned them a little bit.
• Photo 3 (right): Take out the paper piece and replace them with your little piece of art. I used a strong tape runner to stick it to the bottom of the toy.

What a fun and unique way to repurpose a toy and give it a specialized look!

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

You Make Me Smile Card by Samantha Mann

You Make me Smile!

Today we are sharing this adorable summer themed dog card by Samantha! She created this fun and cheerful scene featuring the dog playing with a water hose from our Dog Days of Summer Stamp Set! She colored this adorable image using watercolor markers and fussy cut it out by hand. For her card background she started out by stenciling a big sunburst in the background using our Sunscape Stencil with yellow ink. Then she added a layer of clouds over it using our Cloudy Sky Stencil with white embossing paste! It's so fun to layer stencils like this to create custom backgrounds! She layered the pup over the top and added a banner with the "you make me smile" sentiment, also from the Dog Days of Summer Stamp Set. What a perfect card for sending cheer on a hot summer day!

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!

Happy Birthday Dog Card by Jennifer Jackson

 

Happy Birthday Dog Card!

Hello! Jen here today with a fun birthday card for a dog lover! I have lots of friends with dogs so I like to keep a few dog themed birthday cards in my stash! For this card I chose the image of the Lab from our Fetching Friendship Stamp Set. I stamped him onto a stitched rectangle that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. I also stamped the little gift onto his nose. I colored him to look like a yellow lab using copic markers, adding on a red scarf and blue for the gift. Then I stamped the birthday hat, also from the Fetching Friendship Stamp Set onto another piece of paper. I colored the hat with copics and cut it out using the coordinating Fetching Friendship Die Set to add onto his head. For the sentiments, I used the "Happy Birthday" and "& many more" words from our Birthday Essentials Stamp Set. I mounted the image onto a card base, layering it with a scrap of patterned yellow paper over red cardstock. I also added on a stripe of black and white washi tape and a blue ribbon. I like that the colors and ribbon on this card could work for a masculine birthday too!  What do you think?

I hope you enjoyed this card today!

Have a fabulous day! 

The Purr-fect Wave Card & Video by Maria Russell

Catch the Purr-fect wave!

Today Maria created this adorable beach scene featuring that cute girl kitty from our new Newton's Perfect Wave Stamp Set. She colored the kitty and her surfboard in fun bright pinks and blues and give her cute little freckles on her cheeks! She used our coordinating Newton's Perfect Wave Die Set to cut out the image. She created a fun beach scene for the the background and added in seagulls from our new Gull Friends Stamp Set, cutting them out using the coordinating Gull Friends Die Set. She also added in seashells using the little images from the Corgi Beach Stamp Set, also cutting them out with the coordinating Corgi Beach Die Set

Here's a video by Maria showing you how she created this beautiful card:

Thank you for the fun card and video, Maria! I To see more beautiful projects by Maria you can visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs and don't forget to subscribe to her YouTube channel too!

Thinking of You Card by July Guest Designer Ildi Imrefalvi

Note: This is our second post today. To view our 6 year anniversary blog hop winners, scroll down or click here. 

Thinking of You

I really love stamp sets that remind me of my childhood storybooks and Garden Mice is definitely that type. It combines the cutest critters with floral elements which makes it a perfect scene building set.   

To start my card I Copic colored a bunch of images from this hilarious set and added elements from other two: Peony Blooms and Little Lilies. I usually colour and fussy cut more than I need, I found this very helpful while assembling the cards. 

For the background I trimmed a piece of watercolor paper to approx 5x5 inch and sprayed it with Oxide sprays. Watercolor cardstock has an uneven surface and special texture which I thought to be fun for my garden scene.

After white heat embossing the sentiment onto the middle of the background I started to build and arch shaped scene from the colored elements. I used foam dots of various thickness to make the dimensions more interesting. 

I planned to have splatter of white acrylic paint on all over the background, but I totally forgot about it, so I decided to put small dots with my gel pen here and there as a finishing touch.

Thank you for stopping by

Hugs,

Ildi 

NND products used: 

Garden Mice Stamp Set

Garden Mice Die Set

Peony Blooms Stamp Set

Peony Blooms Die Set

Little Lilies Stamp Set

Little Lilies Die Set

6 Year Anniversary Blog Hop Winners!

6 year Anniversary 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.

The following four winners each will receive a $25 store credit to newtonsnookdesigns.com

Winner 1 of a $25 store credit was chosen fromTatiana's blog: Kari S

Winner 2 of a $25 store credit was chosen from Maria's blog: Denaha J Doss

Winner 3 of a $25 store credit was chosen from Samantha's blog: DJ

Winner 4 of a $25 store credit was chosen from the Andrea's blog: Cindi F

Winner 5 of a $25 store credit was chosen from Holly's blog: Lyn Sheridan

Winner 6 of a $25 store credit was chosen from Larissa's blog: Krista D

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 email address to claim your prize (it's also easiest if you already have an account set up in our shop).

Newton's Nook Designs 6 YEAR Celebration Blog Hop!

Newton’s Nook Designs is so excited to be celebrating our SIX Year Anniversary
- WOW - That's six whole years of getting our paws inky!

I remember how excited I was when our first four sets came in the mail over six years ago! Now we have over XX products in our shop! It's been an Incredible journey so far- filled with happiness, stress, lots of excitement and very little sleep! Here are a few behind the scenes photos from this last year of Jeff and I and our little helpers, Newton and Hobbes!

We want to take a minute to say THANK YOU to all our fans, designers and customers who helped make it happen! We are so happy to be here and we can't wait to see what the next year brings!

To celebrate, we have a big blog hop today! Make sure to scroll down to the end of the post to see the whole list and leave them some sweet comments for a chance to win prizes (details at the end of this post)

Every stop on the hop is sharing cards made with our new products and I made a card to share today too! For my card I colored the image of Newton surfing from our new Newton's Perfect Wave Stamp Set. Isn't that kitty adorable in his bathing suit with fish on it!? I colored the image with copics and added fun little stripes to the kitty.

For the background I created layers of clouds using our new Clouds Stencil. Then I added a die cut wave across the bottom using our Sea Borders Die Set. I cut this whole panel out using the scalloped edge from our Framework Die Set. For the background I created a fun pattern of orange leaves using our Tropical Leaves Stencil. Last, I added the sentiment from the Newton's Perfect Wave Stamp Set, stamping it onto a circle that I cut out using our Frames Squared Die Set. I added some orange distress ink to the circle to make it look like a sun!

I hope you enjoyed this project. Make sure to visit all the blogs listed below for more fresh inspiration today! Don't forget to check out our new release too!

All the new items are available in our shop now! 

Plus, we're celebrating six years of NND with 15% off your order! 

Now through Monday with code: 6YEARS

Shop now at newtonsnookdesigns.com

Celebrate with us and enter to win!

To celebrate 6 years Newton's Nook Designs is giving away a $25 store credit to spend in their online shop to 6 lucky winners!

Here's how to win:
Comment on the NND Design Team and Special Guest blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog hop 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 Sunday, July 21 at 9pm EST to comment. Winners will be announced on NND blog post on Monday, July 22 and will need to contact us to claim their prize so make sure you check back to see if you've won!

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

July Release NOW AVAILABLE + Winners from July Reveal Days!

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

And don't forget to grab our NEW Decorative Edge Stencils too!

Plus we're having a sale to celebrate six years! 
Save 15% off your order now through Monday, July 22! 

only at newtonsnookdesigns.com

Happening Today - 
Check out our 6 Year Celebration BLOG HOP  
for a chance to win more prizes!  

Winners from the July Reveal blog days!

Thank you to everyone for participating in our new release reveal days! 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.

The following four winners each will receive a $20 store credit to newtonsnookdesigns.com

From Reveal Day 1 - the winner of the $20 store credit was chosen from the Newton's Nook Design's blog: Emma Rose

From Reveal Day 2 - the winner of the $20 store credit was chosen from Amanda's blog: Brian's Mom

From Reveal Day 3 - the Winner of the $20 store credit was chosen from Larissa's blog: Amanda Wilcox

From Reveal Day 4 - the Winner of the $20 store credit was chosen from Andrea's blog: Jana Gutsch

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 email address to claim your prize (it's also easiest if you already have an account set up in our shop)

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