Happy Fall Card by Amy Tsuruta

Happy Fall!

Today Amy is back with another gorgeous fall creation! Her card today features the circle of leaves from our Fall Roundabout Stamp Set. Many times when we think of fall we head for the dark reds, oranges and yellows but today, Amy colored her image in a pastel color theme! Isn't it gorgeous? These colors are still perfect for fall and have a soft and cozy feeling too!

For the circle frame around the image she used our Circle Frames Die Set, adhering it with foam dimensionals to add more interest to the overall card design.

The sentiment "Happy Fall" is also from the Fall Roundabout Stamp Set and was stamped onto a banner from our Banner Trio Die Set. This tucks perfectly inside the circle! 

For the card base, she created a base that is just shy of the regular A2 size. Making it a little smaller helps accommodate the overlapping circle frame. She also added a fun patterned panel on the bottom half of her card using our Houndstooth Stencil.

What a gorgeous creation! Are you inspired to expand your seasonal color palettes? If you create a card like this, make sure to share it with us on Instagram using #newtonsnook or in our Create & Share facebook group!

To say hello to Amy and see more of her amazing creations you can visit her blog, Tsuruta Designs!

National Coffee Day Blog Hop!

Today we are excited to be a super sponsor for the National Coffee Day Blog hop! 
To see the complete hop list of super sponsors head over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today! Many of the sponsors are giving away prizes too!

PLUS - We're doing a mini blog hop today too with our Design Team! Scroll down to the end of this post to see the hop list and leave comments on their blogs for a chance to win a prize!

Here's what I created:

If you are anything like me, a good day would include coffee, a good book, and cats (of course)! That's why this image from our new Sips & Stories Stamp Set is one of my favorites! For my card today I colored the image of the girl in her cozy reading space using copic markers. I used a fun bright color palette of teal, purple and red with a neutral gray chair. I also colored an extra mug and single book image from the same set. I cut these images out using the coordinating Sips & Stories Die Set. 

For the fun coffee cup background I used our Mugs Stencil with white texture paste over a piece of gray cardstock! I love how bold and striking this looks! I cut the background panel out using our Frames & Flags Die Set to give it the scalloped edge. Then I assembled the card together, matching the cardstock colors with my colored image and added a round rectangle of vellum, also cut out with our Frames & Flags Die Set to soften the background.  For a finishing touch I added a bit of purple ribbon to match the girls shirt.

I hope you enjoyed this fun coffee card today! 

If you haven't checked out these new designs yet, here's an image:

This set is one our newest ones but we have several more with a coffee theme!
You can find ALL of our designs that have coffee in them here: Coffee Sets

If you are new to us, you might not know that Newton, the kitty on our logo and stamps, was inspired by our real kitty! Although Newton passed away last year, we still love that he lives on in our designs. We now have two new kittens, Toulouse and Marlowe! You can follow us on facebook or instagram to see lots of photos of them!

Hope you enjoyed this coffee card today! Remember, you can find more super sponsor links over at the Coffee Lover's Blog.

National Coffee Day Blog Hop with Newton's Nook Designs!

Would you like to win a $25 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs online shop?
We will choose one lucky winner from our Hop!

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 Tuesday October 6th at 9pm EST to comment. Winners will be announced on an NND blog post on Friday, October 9th so please check back to see if you've won!

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:
Newton's Nook Designs
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Andrea Shell
Tina Smith
Tatiana Trafimovich
Amy Tsuruta
Amanda Wilcox

Naughty or Mice Card by September Guest Designer Kavya

Hi folks! 

I am back at Newton's Nook for my last guest design post for September. I cannot believe how quickly this month flew by! For my last card, I decided to share a technique or rather layout that I enjoy - using large words with stamped images! Newton's Nook makes so many standalone images that are perfect for this technique and I constantly find myself swapping the 'Os' in 'Love', 'OMG" etc with a cute Newton. Here is one that I made a while back:

For a Christmas card, I decided to use some cute christ-mouses from the Naughty or Mice Stamp set along with some large alphabets that read "Fa La La La...". I first started out with a plan to use three mice and the words 'Fa La La' but I quickly realized how big the mice were! So I cut it down to a single 'La' and decided to channel the inner math nerd in me and and add eighth power to 'La'! I think that fixed it? It definitely makes a super cute card for another math nerd! All of the alphabets were cut using my silhouette cameo in 'Rockwell' font. Any large alphabet die works too. The images were colored using alcohol markers and colored pencils. I then finished the card with a sentiment from the same set.

I hope you try this super easy and cute technique for some of your cards. You can use words like Joy, Jolly, Noel, Snow etc. and make the sentiment the focal point of your card along with an adorable stamped image from Newton's Nook!

Thank you so much for having me as your Guest Designer this month! I hope I inspired you in some way.. I definitely had so much fun!

Thanks and Happy Crafting,

-Kavya

Missing You Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Missing You...

Today Ellen has created a gorgeous fall card using a spring floral stamp! The wonderful thing about our Easter Lily Stamp Set, is that you can use it way beyond spring, just by changing the colors of the blooms. For this card Ellen colored the flowers in autumn shades of yellow and orange. She used the coordinating Easter Lily Die Set to cut the image out to layer onto her card.



For the card base she created a fun background pattern by using our Tree Rings Stencil and Banner Trio Die Set (see details below). She layered this over a scallop edged panel that was cut out with our Frames & Flags Die Set. The finishing touch is the sentiment "missing you" from our Heartfelt Essentials Stamp Set, added onto a lime green banner, also cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set. 

Tips on creating this card

Below we have some tips from Ellen on how this card was created:

1. (left photo) First I die cut out 5 banners using the Banner Trio Die Set and placed them evenly on purple tape. Next I blended brown distress ink on top. After that I placed the Tree Rings Stencil over the banners and blended the same colors through the stencil.
2. (center photo) It's easy to stretch flower stamps by using season themed colors. I colored the lily from the Easter Lily Stamp Set with Zig markers. Orange lilies are perfect for a fall card!
3. (right photo) As last step the text from the Heartfelt Essentials Stamp Set was white heat embossed on a banner from Banner Trio Die Set. 

We hope you enjoyed this fun project today and tips from Ellen! To see more unique creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen!

Life's a Picnic With You Card by Samantha Mann

Life's a Picnic!

Life may not be a picnic lately but I'm sure you know someone who makes your life easier! Today Samantha shares a card that would be perfect for letting someone know that they make your life better!She started out by coloring some of the cute critters from our Woodland Picnic Stamp Set. She colored them with beautiful neutral tones adding little pops of color and pink cheeks. She also added some interest by adding accents with a white gel pen. The critters were cut out using the coordinating Woodland Picnic Die Set.

Then she set the scene for these adorable critters using several die sets. She created a blue sky with distress inks and then layered grass over the top using our Land Borders Die Set. Birch trees were added to the background, cut out with our Forest Scene Builders Die Set. Then she used our Sky Borders Die Set to create a canopy of leaves above the trees! Such a fun effect! She also added a dimension to all the die cut pieces with distress inks! So pretty! 

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

A Slimline Card for Book Lovers by Amanda Wilcox

A Slimline Card for Book Lovers!

Today Amanda has created another beautiful tall slimline card, perfect for a book lover! She used the frame with three windows from our Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set to feature the three lovely ladies reading books from our Sips & Stories Stamp Set. The images were cut out using the coordinating Sips & Stores Die Set and layered onto the tall slim card!

Behind these adorable girls she added a scallop edged panel that was cut out using our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set. She also added a fun coffee mug pattern onto the panel using our Mugs Stencil. In  the center window she added the sentiment, embossed in white onto a banner from our Frames & Flags Die Set.

The bits of sparkle and glossy effects on the images really add a special touch. Plus, check out the dot details on that kitty! So cute!

We hope you enjoyed this fun book themed card 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!

Fall-ing For You Card by Maria Russell

Fall-ing for Autumn!

Autumn is in the air and today we have a beautiful fall card to share by Maria that is sure to inspire your fall creativity!

For her card today, Maria created a gorgeous one layer card featuring the beautiful bold leaves from our Shades of Autumn Stamp Set. She stamped the leaves around the edge of her card using shades of yellow, pink and green. These lovely bold images have a wonderful watercolor texture to them and work great with colored inks! Pink ink was added around the card to create a soft frame. In the center,  the big sentiment is from our Fall-ing for You Stamp Set.  The finishing touches include ink splatters and gold embellishments! So gorgeous!

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!

Floral Lace Card by September Guest Designer Kavya

Hi All,

I am excited to be back with another technique using some amazing Newton's Nook products! Let's change things up a bit and play with stencils this time, shall we? Stencils are super fun and can be used to create dramatic cards in a few simple steps. Here is how I created mine:

• I decided to use some Kraft cardstock instead of my usual white for this card. I attached the card to the Floral Lace Stencil using washi tape.
• I first ink blended using white hybrid ink. I then moved the stencil a bit and then ink blended using 4 colors to create a rainbow. I used pink, yellow, lime green, and teal hybrid inks. Adding a white layer first creates a dramatic shadow and really makes the color pop when you are using a colored cardstock! 
• To add some extra glimmer, keeping the stencil in place from the last step, I used Tim Holtz's Nebula stickles glitter gel. I didn't like the stars so I manually removed them later on using a picking tool. 
• I then used some outline letter dies for my sentiment. As I really liked the ink blended panel and didn't want to cover much of it, I used vellum for the center of the alphabets so that you can still see some of the rainbow gorgeousness. 
• I then attached the panel to a larger panel using some foam. 
• And that's about it!

I hope you liked this quick stencil card using this amazing Newton's Nook stencil. I can't believe next week is my last week already! I had so much fun sharing some cool ways to use NN's products! 

Thanks for reading, 
- Kavya

STAMPtember Exclusive: Pocket Full of Happy Stamp Set

Today we are featured on the Simon Says Stamp with an EXCLUSIVE stamp set that we designed for the 2020 STAMPtember celebration! How cool is that? I know many of you LOVE shopping over at Simon Says Stamp so make sure you head over there today and check out our exclusive Pocket Full of Happy Stamp Set. This design is only available through Simon Says Stamp, while supplies last!

Here are some awesome cards created by our team
using the Pocket Full of Happy Stamp Set:

Created by Amanda. Additional products used: Raindrops Stencil, Frames & Flags Die Set

Created by Ellen. Additional products used: Plaid Stencil Set, Argyle Stencil Set, Frames & Flags Die Set

Created by Tatiana. Additional products used: Cloudy Sky Stencil

Created by Andrea. Additional products used: Pawprints Stencil, Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set, Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set

Created by Samantha. Additional products used: Pawprints Stencil, Sunscape Stencil

Created by Zsofia. Additional products used: Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set, Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set

Created by Tina. Additional products used: Speech Bubbles Die Set

I hope you liked these projects today and using this new exclusive set. Remember, you can only get this design at Simon Says Stamp while supplies last! 

Feline Batty Card by Amy Tsuruta

Feline Batty!

Today we are getting in the mood for Halloween with this card by Amy! She combined several of our newest Halloween products to create this adorable card!

The sweet kitty in the bat costume from our Batty Newton Stamp Set takes center stage. She colored the image in neutral tones with fun purple bat wings! This image was cut out using the coordinating Batty Newton Die Set to layer onto her card. Behind the batty kitty, she used the big circle of Halloween creatures from our Spooky Roundabout Stamp Set. She colored this image using a palette of soft Halloween colors and a minty green background! So lovely! The image and the scalloped circle frame were cut out using the  Circle Frames Die Set. 

For a final, spooky finishing touch, she added a soft spiderweb to the background using our Spiderweb Stencil and the sentiment "feline batty" onto the ticket shape from our Framework Die Set. All these elements combine perfectly for a fun and spooky Halloween creation! 

What Halloween sets will you mix and match together? Find all of our cute and spooky products in our Halloween Category here!  

To say hello to Amy and see more of her amazing creations you can visit her blog, Tsuruta Designs!

Grateful Fall Roundabout Card by Zsofia Molnar

Grateful Fall Card

Today we are sharing a lovely fall card by Zsofia, perfect for the changing of season. This card features the big round image of flowers from our Fall Roundabout Stamp Set.  The image was colored with copic markers in a gorgeous fall color palette. The purple scalloped circle behind the image was cut out using the Circle Frames Die Set. For the sentiment, she chose the "Grateful for you" sentiment, also from the Fall Roundabout Stamp Set, and embossed it using metallic embossing powder. She layered it over the center of the image on a white stripe and added a yellow stripe behind it. For a bit of texture, she added white texture paste to the background of the card using our Hardwood Stencil. 

Here is a close-up so you can see the lovely coloring and texture:

We hope you enjoyed this lovely fall card by Zsofia! You can find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

New Job Card by Ellen Haxelmans

New Job Card!

Today Ellen has created a beautiful card for someone who just started a new job, complete with a little treat too!  

She started by coloring the kitty with the globe from our Newton's Graduation Stamp Set. Along with this image she added the stack s of books from the Classy Teachers Stamp Set and the single book and mug from the Sips & Stories Stamp Set. These images were all cut out using their coordinating die sets and added over a circle that was created using our Circle Frames Die Set. 

For the custom sentiment, she used the word "new" from our Loveable Laundry Stamp Set and paired with with letters cut out using our Essential Alphabet Die Set to spell "job". These words were added onto a blue banner that was cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set. 

For a bit of sparkle she created a lovely background using our Houndstooth Stencil with sparkly texture gel. 

Tips on creating this card

Below we have some tips from Ellen on how this card was created:

1. (left photo) I know someone who just got a job in a university, so searched for all things that could fit the theme of the card (Books, coffee…). Then I colored it with my Copic markers.
2. (center photo) When you want a specific sentiment it’s so easy to use the alphabet dies. Suddenly I remembered the word ‘new’ was in the Loveable Laundry baby set and that made a perfect match with the word ‘job’, which was cut out using the Essential Alphabet Die Set.
3. (right photo) The card base was created with the Houndstooth Stencil and Red Velvet Glitz Glitter Gel. For the circle I blended blue distress ink and splattered water on top.

Bonus treat!

To go with this card, Ellen also embellished a cute little apple shaped treat container! She used the same sheet that was patterned with our Houndstooth Stencil and red glitter paste and cut out a tiny tag using our Tags Times Two Die Set. She added "mew did it" from the Newton's Graduation Stamp Set and a little apple from the Classy Teachers Stamp Set! How adorable!!

We hope you enjoyed this fun project today and tips from Ellen! To see more unique creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen!