Coffee is Always a Good Idea Card by Tina Smith

Coffee is Always a Good Idea!

Today we are sharing an adorable kitty and coffee card by Tina. She created this yummy card using the image of the kitty peeking over the table edge at the coffee from our Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set. She colored the image in neutral browns and then added red and teal onto the coffee cup. The image was cut out into a tag using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. This die set has different border edges so you can customize your tag edges and on this project Tina used the scalloped edge along the bottom. She also added the sentiment onto a speech bubble from our Speech Bubble Die Set. So cute!

For her card background she created two panels of custom coffee themed patterns by repeatedly stamping some of the smaller images from the Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set onto teal and brown papers. A red ribbon and bow creates the perfect finishing touch!

Here is a close-up image so you can see the details:

 And check out the video by Tina showing you how she created this adorable card:

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This card would be a great entry on the 2020 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop too. Today is the last day to link up so head over the the Coffee Lovers Blog post here to link up your project for a chance to win!

We hope you enjoyed this card today by Tina! If you would like to see more of Tina's work you can visit her blog, Cards and Coffee Time. She also has a ton of inspiration on her Cards and Coffee Time YouTube Channel too so make sure to subscribe over there too!

Floral Roundabout Shaker Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

You are Amazing!

Today Tatiana has created a wonderful floral shaker card today featuring our Floral Roundabout Stamp Set. She stamped the big circular image of flowers and colored it using copic markers. Then she made a shaker frame for the image by using the scalloped circle with stitching from the Circle Frames Die Set. Then she cut the large circle (from the same die set) out from the center to create a frame. These circle dies were designed to work with our circle stamps so they are the perfect size for stamping the images onto or for creating layering frames.

Inside her shaker Tatiana added some pretty iridescent sequins. Then she finished her card by embossing the sentiment "You are amazing," also from the Floral Roundabout Stamp Set onto a rounded stitched banner that was cut out using the Banner Trio Die Set.

Here's a close up so you can see all the beautiful details:

We hope are inspired to try to make a shaker card like this beautiful one by Tatiana today! If you like this project you can see more of Tatiana's work over on her blog, Tatiana Craft and Art.

Paw-some Puppy Card by Nakaba Rager

You are Paw-some!

Today we are sharing a cute superhero card by Naki! She features the cute image of the dachshund wearing a superhero cape from our Dress Up Doxies Stamp Set. This set features several cute images of dachshunds wearing costumes that are perfect for Halloween but they also work great for creating cute cards like this one just for fun any time of year!

She colored the image using soft watercolors and the no-line coloring technique. Then she cut the image out using the coordinating Dress Up Doxies Die Set. She layered the pup over a vellum circle cut out using our new Circle Frames Die Set. She added the sentiment "you are paw-some" and some paw prints from out Say Woof Stamp Set onto the vellum circle. In the background she created lime green diagonal patterned background, adding stars using our Cascading Stars Stencil with sparkly texture paste.
 

We hope this card by Naki has inspired you to use your seasonal stamps to create cards for other times of year! 

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!

Blue Skies Ahead Card by Samantha Mann

Blue Skies Ahead!

If you are feeling down or having a lot of rainy days, don't forget there are always blue skies ahead! Samantha created this cheerful card featuring umbrellas from our Umbrella Pals Stamp Set. She colored these cute critter themed umbrellas in a rainbow of fun bright colors using distress inks. She cut the images out using the coordinating Umbrella Pals Die Set and layered them over a bright blue sky panel that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. Clouds were added on using our Cloudy Sky Stencil with texture paste to give a fun bit of dimension too too. The final touch is the sentiment "forecast: blue skies ahead," which was embossed in white and fussy cut out to add to the card.

This colorful and inspiring card is sure to send smiles and cheer!

To say hello to Sam and see more of her amazing creations you can visit Sam over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

Happy Father's Day Card by May Guest Designer Jeannean Marshall

For the last week of my guest designer series, I'm flying in with Winston Takes Flight stamp set, making a fun Father's day card with a hidden sentiment. Additional sentiments on the card come from Papa Bear stamp set.

Interest is added by stenciling white pigment ink clouds onto the blue cover panel. After die cutting the slider track and plane banner into the sky panel, it is easy to stamp the banner outline and sentiment through it onto the card base. The image is colored with Copic markers, and Glossy accents on Winston's goggles adds an amusing touch.

This plane is the perfect size to hide the banner sentiment, giving Dad a fun surprise note!

It has been my absolute pleasure to play with Newton's Nook Designs' sweet images, and I hope I am able to inspire you to play also!

Thanks for having me and Happy Crafting!!

Crafty Hugs!!
-Jeannean

2020 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Note: This is our second post today. To see the winners from our May Release reveal days, scroll down or click here. 

Today we are playing along with the 2020 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog hop!

There are going to be TONS of fun prizes too - 

including a $25 store credit from us at Newton's Nook Designs! 

You can head over to the Coffee Lovers Blog for more details on how to play along! 

Here's what I created:

Today I decided to create an uplifting kitty card using our Caffeinated Cats Stamp Set. I stamped the image using waterproof black ink and then watercolored it using Zig watercolor markers. This image in this set is so fun to color because you can created kitty fun patterns in a variety of ways and I love experimenting with that! I left some kitties solid colors and others I added on stripes or two tone patterns. It is a fun way to try different things on the same image. Then I used bright pastels on the mugs to make the card feel cheerful!

The image was cut out with a scalloped edge using our Frames & Flags Die Set. I also used the same die set to cut the little black banner that holds the sentiment. Then I just layered the panel over a light teal blue card base and the card is done! 

If you like coloring, our big images like this make an easy card because once the coloring is done, they fill the card front and the work is done! You can find more images like this in our Full Card Front category on our website. 

If you haven't seen these products yet, here are images of what I used today:

Caffeinated Cats Stamp Set and coordinating Frames & Flags Die Set

We also have a BUNCH of designs that have coffee or tea in them. 

You can find them all here: Coffee Sets

Hope you enjoyed this coffee card today! Make sure you head over to the Coffee Lovers Blog to find out how you can link up your card to play along -- There are a TON of prizes, including one from us at Newton's Nook Designs!

May 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

May 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 Floral Roundabout Stamp Stamp Set from the Naki's blog: Daria Z.

From Reveal Day 1 - Winner of the Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set from Samantha's blog: Cat Craig

From Reveal Day 2 - Winner of the Monarchs Stamp Set from Zsofia's blog: Ann Marie Sharratt

From Reveal Day 3 - Winner of the Hummingbird Stamp Set from Amanda's blog: Sunshine HoneyBee

From Reveal Day 4 - Winner of the Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set from Tatiana's blog: Sandy G

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, 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!

May Reveal - Day 4 - Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set

Today is our final reveal day for our May Release and we are finishing things out with two favorites: kitties and flowers! The new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set is filled with so much to love! Our favorite kitty will steal your heart as he plays in the flowers! 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!

Newton's Flower Garden

Newton is enjoying a day in the flower garden on this 4x6 stamp set! Our favorite feline is having so much fun chasing butterflies and playing in the floral blooms. This set will become a favorite for creating fun summer scenes and uplifting cards! The sentiments are perfect for sending cheerful cards to friends!

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 10 stamps: 7 images and 3 sentiments
• Coordinating Newton's Flower Garden purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 7 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, May 22nd

Play in the Garden with Newton and 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.

Maria created a sunny summer scene for the kitty from our Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set to play in! She used our Sunscape Stencil to add sun rays to the sky and then added in clouds using our Sky Scene Builder Die Set. She added hills using our Hills & Grass Stencil and grass using our Land Borders Die Set.

Amanda created this beautiful card featuring the kitty from our new NNewton's Flower Garden Stamp Set, enjoying a day filled with butterflies and flowers! She added a whole sky of two toned butterflies using our new Butterflies Stencil Set. Then she added clouds along the top with our Sky Borders Die Set and grass along the bottom with our Land Borders Die Set.

This cheerful card by Tina is perfect for sending smiles! She created a square card using our Frames Squared Die Set. That kitty from our new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set is so adorable playing with the butterflies and flowers! She used our Sky Scene Builder Die Set and Clouds Stencil to surround the kitty with a sunny setting and framed it all with a circle from the new Circle Frames Die Set.   

Samantha creates a playful kitty scene that is sure to make you smile! She features the kitty frolicking win the garden with butterflies and flowers from the new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set. Then she creates a gorgeous setting for the scene by stenciling sun rays in the background using our Sunscape Stencil and grass along the bottom using our Land Borders Die Set.

This duo of playful kitties couldn't be cuter! Andrea created this card with two of the kitties chasing butterflies from our new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set. She colored the kitties with fun bold colors and created a picturesque scene for them to play in, adding grass with our Land Borders Die Set and clouds with our Sky Borders Die Set. She also added some beautiful rays to the sky using our Sunscape Stencil. 

This whimsical kitty card was created by Zsofia. She colored two of the kitties from the new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set in matching hues. She created a sunny scene for them using our Sky Scene Builder Die Set for sun and clouds and added a layer of grass with our Land Borders Die Set. The scene was created onto a piece of vellum that was cut out with a postage edge using our Framework Die Set and layered over some cloudy patterned paper! So adorable! 

This delightful kitty card was created by Tatiana. She features the image of the kitty chasing a butterfly from the new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set. She adds the image to the top of a little polka dot hill, adding in more flowers and butterflies surrounding him! Subtle sun rays in the background added with our Sunscape Stencil complete the charming scene. 

Ellen wows us with her artistic skills by creating a hand drawn woodland scene for her card! She features two kitties from our new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set and colored them with amazing details and then creates an enchanted forest around them! Stunning! 

Larissa features created this adorable scene, that is sure to spread smiles! She features the adorable kitty chasing butterflies from our new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set. She adds in a charming backdrop, adding a fence and grass using our Fence Die Set and Land Borders Die Set. The scene is framed with a scalloped panel using our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

This adorable kitty card is collecting beautiful memories and butterflies! Naki created this sweet scene featuring the kitty and butterflies from our new Newton's Flower Garden Stamp Set. She colored the images with gorgeous no line coloring, giving the kitty pretty tiger stripes! She also used our Hills & Grass Stencil to create a grassy border along the bottom edge. 

Would you like to win the “Newton's Flower Garden” 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 May 21st at 9pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, May 22nd.

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Andrea Shell

Tina Smith

Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox

May Reveal - Day 3 - Hummingbird Stamp Set

Welcome to reveal day three for our May Release! Today we are humming along to share the lovely new Hummingbird Stamp Set! This set is filled with sweetness and is perfect for sending smiles! 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!

Hummingbird

The delightful hummingbird on this 4x4 stamp set is humming by to help you send sweet hellos. This set features a hummingbird and  flowers that combine together perfectly to create scenic summer cards. Add in one of the sweet sentiments and you have a card that is sure to help spread smiles!

• 4 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 6 stamps: 3 images and 3 sentiments
• Coordinating Hummingbird purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 3 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, May 22nd

Hum along with us and get inspired by 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.

Hum along with this sweet card created by Samantha. She features the bird and blooms from our new Hummingbird Stamp Set. In the background she adds a blue watercolor wash over white flowers added along the bottom using our Bold Blooms Stencil. 

Maria created a gorgeous and vibrant card. She colored the images from our new Hummingbird Stamp Set and in stunning colors and created a coordinating background using distress inks. The sentiment was stamped onto a black banner from our Banner Trio Die Set. 

Amanda created a lovely thinking of you card with our Hummingbird Stamp Set. She colored the bird and flowers in bright colors and then layered them over a cloudy background circle that was created using our Clouds Stencil and new Circle Frames Die Set. 

Andrea created a magnificent scene using our Hummingbird Stamp Set. She colored three sets of flowers and the bird using the no line coloring technique. The result is stunning! She added the images onto her card over a distress inked background, adding a postage edge to the panel using our Framework Die Set

Larissa created a whole field of flowers for the bird on her inspiring card! She repeatedly used the blooms from our new Hummingbird Stamp Set and colored them in shades of purple, layering them across the bottom of her card. She added in a beautifully colored hummingbird with lots of dot details added to the coloring. The whole scene was framed with a scalloped edge using our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

Zsofia created a picturesque scene for her card today! The little bird from the Hummingbird Stamp Set is given a gorgeous cloud filled sky to fly through using our Cloudy Sky Stencil.  She adds a fence to the scene using our Fence Die Set and some grass along the bottom using our Land Borders Die Set. The whole beautiful panel was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

This delightful square card was created by Ellen. She created a field of flowers by overlapping the flowers from our new Hummingbird Stamp Set. She colored the images in vibrant hues with tons of delicate details. She added this scene to a square card that was created using our Frames Squared Die Set. 

Tatiana created this darling card featuring the new Hummingbird Stamp Set. She coloring the images with soft pastels using copics and added tons of details. Then she layered the flower onto a tag that was cut out using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. A bit of grass cut out using our Land Borders Die Set adds a perfect extra embellishment. The card background includes some texture that was created by embossing using our Floral Lace Stencil. 

Just wing it! This incredible card was created by Tina using the new Hummingbird Stamp Set. She embossed the images using metallic embossing powder and colored them with bright watercolors. Then she added a cluster of circles to her card using our new Circle Frames Die Set. Make sure to visit her blog today to see a video too! 

The vibrant colors on this little bird on this card by Naki are so gorgeous! She colored the image from our new Hummingbird Stamp Set in brilliant bright watercolors. Then she added a whole garden of flowers underneath by layering the flower image several times. What a delightful scene!

Would you like to win the “Hummingbird” 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 May 21st at 9pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, May 22nd.

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Andrea Shell

Tina Smith

Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox