Let's Be Mermaids Card by Amanda Wilcox

Purr-maids and Rainbows to brighten your day!

Today we enchanted by this gorgeous sea themed creation by Amanda! She has created a card that is filled with sparkles and shine and is perfect for sending smiles!

She started by stamped those two cute kitty mermaids from our Purr-maid Newton Stamp Set, along with some adorable little fish. She colored all the images in fun bright colors using alcohol markers and added some sparkle and glossy accents to them after they are colored. She cut the images out using the coordinating Purr-maid Newton Die Set and layered the images onto a rounded rectangle cut from vellum using our Frames & Flags Die Set. On this vellum panel she added white embossed bubbles and the sentiment "let's be mermaids" also embossed in white.

She adds even more sparkle and shine with an amazing rainbow background that was created using decofoil with our Seashells Stencil. She applied the rainbow foil using deco transfer gel and a laminator and then cut the panel out with ourFrames & Flags Die Set to give it a scalloped edge! What a magical scene!

Here is a close-up so you can see her lovely coloring and the sparkly and glossy accents she added:

We hope you are enchanted by this project by Amanda today! To say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Amanda over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Toucan Party by March Guest Designer Alberto Gava

Hello everybody!

I’m Alberto and I’m back again with my 4th post for the Newton's Nook blog!

A bit sad to tell you but this will be my last one…for now! ;)



Today I’ve colored these two cute toucans with my beloved copics. I’ve decided to draw a little background behind them and I think this jungle match perfectly with the scene I wanted to represent.



This stamp set is called “Toucan Party” and I loved playing with it!



I hope you liked my coloring and all the colorings I’ve made for you this month! Don’t forget to follow me on instagram if you’d like!

Have a creative day!


-Alberto

Sending Suggles Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Sending Snuggles!

Hello and Happy Friday! Today we are sharing a sweet bird themed card by Ellen that is sure to brighten up your day! She features the sweet duo of love birds shaped in a heart from our retiring Darling Duo Stamp Set. She  colors the birds in reds and purples using copic markers. She added some dot clusters too to give the image texture. The birds were then cut out using our Darling Hearts Die Set, which fits right around the image.

For her background she used our Frames Squared Die Set to cut a square with a scalloped edge and then added layers of clouds over it using our Clouds Stencil.

Here are a couple of close-ups so you can see her process:

Copic colors used: E58, E55, E53 and G03, YG05, YG00 and V09, V06, V04, V00 and RV69, R39, R46, R29, R24

To finish the card she assembles it together and adds the "sending snuggles" sentiment underneath the bird duo on a green banner. A purple polka dot ribbon adds a pretty finishing touch! 

Don't forget- if you like the Darling Duos Stamp Set, this design is retiring and only available while supplies last so make sure to get yours before they are gone for good! You can find this set and more retiring products on sale now in our Retiring Products Category!

To see more beautiful creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen to see more of her beautiful creations!

Heartfelt Wishes Card by Samantha Mann

Heartfelt Wishes!

Today we have a gorgeous card by Samantha that is filled with love! For her card today she is featuring the sweet duo of love birds from our retiring Darling Duos Stamp Set. She has coloring them in stunning bright colors and carefully fussy cut around the image by hand. She layered this sweet image over a vellum heart that was cut out using our Darling Hearts Die Set. Underneath the image she added the custom sentiment "heartfelt wishes" using words from the retiring Simply Sentimental Stamp Set, embossed in white. She cut around the sentiment by hand and added it to her card. She also added a gorgeous tropical background using our Tropical Leaves Stencil with distress inks.

The Darling Duos Stamp Set and Simply Sentimental Stamp Set are part of our retiring sale and will only be available while supplies so if you like these sets, make sure you get them while you can and don't forget to see what else is retiring in our retiring sale category!

We hope that you have enjoyed this creation by Samantha today! To say hello to her and see more of her amazing creations you can visit Sam over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

Movie Night Card by Amanda Wilcox

Movies + Popcorn = perfect night!

If you enjoy going to the movies or watching them at home, you will love today's card by Amanda! This card features that cute trio of kitties from our Newton's Movie Night Stamp Set. She colored the kitties along with some popcorn and 3D glasses in neutral tones, letting the bright colors on the 3D glasses, popcorn and candy pop! She cut all the images out using the Newton's Movie Night Die Set to add them to her card.  For the background of her card she used our Popcorn Stencil and used transfer gel and a laminator to add white flocking to the popcorn! For more fun detail, she used yellow chalk to add some butter onto the popcorn too! She used our Framework Die Set to add the postage edge to the popcorn background and also to the rectangle that holds the sentiment!

Here is a close-up so you can see her lovely coloring. The added white gel pen details really add some extra dimension too:

And check out that popcorn! It looks good enough to eat:

We hope you enjoyed this project by Amanda today! To say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Amanda over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Hoppy Spring Card by Maria Russell

Hoppy Spring!

Does it feel like Spring yet where you live? According to the calendar Spring is officially here and we are celebrating today with an adorable Spring card by Maria! This adorable card features a duo of sweet bunnies from two different stamp sets! The bunny holding the daffodil is from our new Hop into Spring Stamp Set and the bunny with the cupcake is from our Woodland Picnic Stamp Set. She paired them together, coloring the daffodil and cupcake with pretty pinks! She used the coordinating Hop into Spring Die Set and Woodland Picnic Die Set to cut the bunnies out.

For her card she created a beautiful pink background panel, giving it a postage edge using our Framework Die Set. She added a circle die cut in the center to hold a lovely little scene that was created using a grass border cut out using our Land Borders Die Set and clouds and a sunshine from our Sky Scene Builder Die Set. She made the cute scene into a shaker too, adding lovely transparent hearts inside.

To finish out the card she added the sentiment "hoppy Spring" by combing the word hoppy from the Hop into Spring Stamp Set with letters that spell out Spring, cut out with our Essential Alphabet Die Set.

This beautiful card has so many fun details!  Here is a close up:

This card is perfect for sending a cheerful Spring wish! 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!

Newton Dreams of Italy March Guest Designer Alberto Gava

Hello everybody! 

I'm back again with a new card for you today. As you may know Italy is in a tough period and we are all staying home due to the coronavirus. So for today's post I really wanted to make an Italy-inspired card with a little coloring of Venice. 

So I stamped Newton on the Gondola from the set "Newton Dreams of Italy" and started drawing a little background behind him. 

Then I colored everything with my beloved copic markers!

Hope you liked my card,

I wish you a creative day

-Alberto

Retiring Products Feature Week - Day 5 - Larissa & Tatiana

Last chance to get the retiring Stamp Sets!

It's time to make room for new products so they are retiring select designs! These designs are available at up to 40% off while supplies last so hurry to get your favorites before they're gone for good! Head over to the shop to see what's going away in the retiring sale category!

We hope you have  been enjoying the projects our Design Team has been featuring all week with our retiring products! Today is the last day and we are featuring projects by Larissa and Tatiana

First, we have a stunning card and envelope combo by Larissa:

This card and envelope set by Larissa is perfect for sending a special wish to a newlywed couple! She created this set using our retiring Wedding Frills Stamp Set. For the card she used the lacy floral images to create a cluster of elegant flowers, perfect for a wedding wish. She added the medallion shape with the sentiment stamped into the center, embossed in black with added sparkly accents. The images were all cut out using the retiring Wedding Frills Die Set. In the background she added some lovely blue ink and paint splatters and then framed the panel with a scalloped edge using our Frames & Flags Die Set. For the Envelope she added a gorgeous seal, again using the medallion image from the retiring Wedding Frills Stamp Set, this time adding a different sentiment into the center and added colors and sparkle to the image. This card is just right for a special couple on their wedding day but you could do something similar for an anniversary greeting with this set too!

Visit Larissa's blog: Larissa Heskett Designs to see more!

Next, we are celebrating Spring with this sweet floral basket card by Tatiana:

Tatiana created an adorable mini spring scene featuring the image of the basket of flowers from the retiring Basket of Wishes Stamp Set. She colored the image fun bright spring colors and fussy cut it out by hand. She also stamped the tiny bird from the set and colored and cut it out three times. To create the cute little scene she cut out a circle and added clouds to the top using our Clouds Stencil with blue ink. She added layers of grass to the bottom using our Land Borders Die Set. This sweet card is perfect for celebrating the upcoming season of Spring!

Visit Tatiana's blog: Tatiana Craft and Art to see more!

We hope you have enjoyed the inspiration featuring our retiring sets this week!

Head over to our Retiring Products Category to see everything that is discounted! These items will be available while supplies last! 

Retiring Products Feature Week - Day 4 - Nakaba & Ellen

Have you had a chance to shop our retiring products sale? 

It's time to make room for new products so they are retiring select designs! These designs are available at up to 40% off while supplies last so hurry to get your favorites before they're gone for good! Head over to the shop to see what's going away in the retiring sale category!

All week our design team is sharing inspiration using some of their favorite products from our retiring list and today we are featuring projects by Naki and Ellen!

Our first project today is this gorgeous sea themed card by Naki:

Naki created a gorgeous nautical project today that has so many fun details! She created that lovely bottle image using our retiring Message in a Bottle Die Set and filled it with sea colored beads. Inside the bottle she layered the image of the kraken from the retiring Message in a Bottle Stamp Set to layer over the top, coloring it in soft yellow. She also added the scroll from Message in a Bottle Stamp Set and added the sentiment onto the scroll. The little anchor in front completes the underwater scene and she even added a tiny chain for an extra fun detail! The waves in the background were created using our Waves Stencil

Visit Nakaba's blog: Notes from Naki to see more!

Next, we have a beautiful fairytale scene on this card by Ellen: 

If you love fairytales this gorgeous scene by Ellen will steal your heart! She created a scene full of adventure featuring the knight and dragon from our retiring Knight's Quest Stamp Set. She added more elements to her scene from other retiring sets. She use the the castle from the retiring Once Upon a Princess Stamp Set, the tree from the retiring Fox Hollow Stamp Set, and the scroll from the retiring Message in a Bottle Stamp Set. She did some gorgeous coloring on all these images with copic markers and then used the coordinating retiring die sets to cut them out (Knight's Quest Die Set, Once Upon a Princess Die Set, Message in a Bottle Die Set and Fox Hollow Die Set). 

The beautiful landscape was created but cutting out grass, land and water with our Land Borders Die Set and Sea Borders Die Set. In the background she added an orange sunny sky using our Sunscape Stencil. She also added that lovely postage edge around the whole long image by cutting out several panels with our Framework Die Set and lining them up for a long border. 

Visit Ellen's blog: Crafty Ellen to see more today!

Check back tomorrow for more fun projects!

Don't forget to check out the Retiring Products Category to see everything that is discounted and get your favorites before they are gone for good!

Retiring Products Feature Week - Day 3 - Tina & Andrea

Did you see that we are having a retiring products sale?

 It's time to make room for new products so they are retiring select designs! These designs are available at up to 40% off while supplies last so hurry to get your favorites before they're gone for good! Head over to the shop to see what's going away in the retiring sale category!

All week our design team is sharing inspiration using some of their favorite products from our retiring list and today we are featuring projects by Tina and Andrea!

Tina created this charming princess card using our retiring Once Upon a Princess Stamp Set:

Tina featured the images from our retiring Once Upon a Princess Stamp Set for this magical card! She stamped and colored the castle multiple times and layered it together to create the illusion of a larger castle! She also colored the princess, tree and frog from the set, adding white accents with a gel pen and some sparkle on the crowns too! She used the coordinating Once Upon a Princess Die Set (also retiring) to cut the images out. She layered the images onto her card over a softly inked blue sky background. She added the scalloped die cut edge to the panel using our Frames & Flags Die Set. To add more sparkle she adds sparkly stars to the sky using our Sky Scene Builder Die Set. The sentiment "if the crown fits..." is the perfect finishing touch!

Tina has a wonderful video on our YouTube Channel today with this card too! You can view the video here and don't forget to subscribe!

Visit Tina's blog: Cards and Coffee Time today to see more!

Next, we have a second magical themed card by Andrea featuring the retiring Once Upon a Princess Stamp Set and retiring Knight's Quest Stamp Set!

Andrea combines the princess and knight together on this stunning card! This card features the sweet princess from our retiring Once Upon a Princess Stamp Set looking out from the top of the castle. Below the castle wall stands the knight from our retiring Knight's Quest Stamp Set,  defending the princess from the dragon! She colored all the cute images using alcohol markers and cut them out using the coordinating Once Upon a Princess Die Set for the princess and the Knight's Quest Die Set for the knight and dragon. She also created a border of grass using our Land Borders Die Set. The beautiful blue clouds in the sky were created with our Clouds Stencil. In the sky she also added the birthday sentiment from the Knight's Quest Stamp Set, making this a birthday card that would be perfect for any fantasy fan!

Visit Andrea's blog: Blissfully Scrappy to see more today!

Check back tomorrow for more fun projects!

Don't forget to check out the Retiring Products Category to see everything that is discounted and get your favorites before they are gone for good!

Retiring Products Feature Week - Day 2 - Amanda & Zsofia

Did you see that we are having a retiring products sale? 

It's time to make room for new products so select designs are retiring! These designs are available at up to 40% off while supplies last so hurry to get your favorites before they're gone for good! Head over to the shop to see what's going away in the retiring sale category!

All week our design team will be sharing inspiration using some of their favorite products from our retiring list and today we are featuring projects by Amanda and Zsofia!

Amanda created this delightful raccoon card using our retiring Raccoon Rascals Stamp Set:

The two raccoons on this card by Amanda are so cute and playful together! She used the retiring Raccoon Rascals Stamp Set, stamping the images of the raccoon in a trash can and the one hanging from a tree branch.  She colored the image in lovely neutral tones, adding in white gel pen accents. The images were cut out using the Raccoon Rascals Die Set (also retiring) and added to her card. For the card, she used our Tree Rings Stencil to create a fun layer of textured wood. This panel was also cut out using our Framework Die Set to give it a fun postage edge. She also added the sentiment "Wanna grab lunch" from the Raccoon Rascals Stamp Set, embossed onto a purple banner that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

Visit Amanda's blog: Twiddler's Nook to see more!

  Zsofia couldn't choose which fun retiring product to feature today so she created two fun projects! 

For her first project, Zsofia created a sweet square card using the adorable hedgehog friends from our retiring Hedgehog Hollow Stamp Set. She stamped the two cute hedgehogs, mushroom and ladybug and colored them with alcohol markers. She used the Hedgehog Hollow Die Set, also retiring, to cut the images out and added them to a fun summer scene. For the scene, she used our Frames Squared Die Set to create a scallop edged square and added grass using our Land Borders Die Set along the bottom edge. In the sky she added the sun and clouds using our Sky Scene Builders Die Set. What a perfect card for sending a cherry hello!

Next, Zsofia used our retiring Wedding Frills Stamp Set to create a gorgeous wedding card! She embossed the lovely medallion image with rose gold embossing powder and added the "happily ever after" in the center. For the background, she embossed the lacy floral stamp from the same set, and added soft pink ink and splatters over the top! Don't forget to purchase the coordinating Wedding Frills Die Set too!

Visit Zsofia's blog to see more details!

Check back tomorrow for more fun projects!

Don't forget to check out the Retiring Products Category to see everything that is discounted and get your favorites before they are gone for good!