2020 Cat Lovers Blog Hop!

2020 Cat Lovers Hop

This week is the 2020 Cat Lovers Hop! This hop is so fun and since the theme is CATS we knew we HAD to play along! To participate in this blog hop, you just have to create a project that features a cat theme  and upload it to the post on Her Peaceful Garden! We Hop you can play along since there are some really awesome sponsors and prizes, including one from us at Newton's Nook Designs! 

Here's what I created:

We JUST had our Holiday release last Friday and so I wanted to share a card I created using our brand new A Kitten Chistmas Stamp Set. 

If you are new to us you might not know that our business is a husband and wife team (Jeff and I) and I am also the illustrator of all of our designs. Our company was named after our orange kitty, Newton, who passed away last fall. This spring we adopted two new adorable kittens, Toulouse and Marlowe, who are now just six months old. This new kitten stamp set is inspired by them! 

I also colored the kittens on this card on our new little ones! I colored the image of the kitten in the oversized Santa hat to look like Toulouse and the kitten playing with the dangling Christmas ornament to look like Marlowe. I used Inktense watercolor pencils to color them. 

Here is a close-up so you can see the coloring. 

After they were colored, I cut the images out with the coordinating A Kitten Christmas Die Set so they could layer onto my card. For the card background I created more ornaments for those kitties to chase using our Ornaments Stencil. I carefully masked off the ornaments so that I could ink them in different colors. I'll admit, it took me a couple of tries to get it to look how I wanted but I'm happy with how it turned out! 

Then I added a couple of snowy hills, using our Land Borders Die Set across the bottom. The sentiment "Meowy Christmas" is also from the new A Kitten Chistmas Stamp Set. 

I know it's going to be an interesting Christmas this year with these two mischievous little ones around! I hope you enjoyed this project today! I had so much fun making it!  

Here's a photo of Toulouse and Marlowe, attempting to both fit in their favorite cozy perch. These little kittens are growing so fast! 

Below are links to the products I've used today. Click on the names to find them in our shop!

A Kitten Christmas

Ornaments Stencil

We also have LOTS of other cute kitty stamps too! 

Make sure to check them all out here in our Newton Category. 

I hope you will play along with the Cat Lovers Hop! You have until Oct 31st to link up at Her Peaceful Garden for a chance to win prizes, including one from us at Newton's Nook Designs! Hope you can play along! 

From Meow to You Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

From Meow to You! 

Today we are sharing an adorable kitty themed holiday card by Tatiana! She created this fabulous slimline layout using a trio of kittens from our new A Kitten Christmas Stamp Set. She colored all three kitties in a similar color palette but gave each one different fur markings! She also used matching colors to tie together their accessories so that they all coordinate together on this card! Aren't they adorable!? The images were cut out using the coordinating A Kitten Christmas Die Set. 

For the slimline card she created a white frame using our Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set. This die set cuts out the frame and adds stitching to the inside of the windows too. She added blue ink to the interior cuts to create a sky and also added little snow flurries using texture paste with our Petite Snow Stencil. 

Here are a couple of close-ups so you can see all the amazing details:

This card by Tatiana is perfect for the Cat Lover's Blog Hop, going on this week! Make sure you head over there and see more amazing kitty cards, and don't forget to play along for a chance to win prizes by October 31! You can find details at Her Peaceful Garden. 

Don't forget, you can always see more of Tatiana's beautiful work over on her blog, Tatiana Craft and Art.

Grateful for You Card by Amy Tsuruta

Grateful for You!

Although we've started sharing Christmas cards, there is still a bit of time left to celebrate fall too! Today we have an amazing Fall themed card by Amy! She combined several fun fall themed products to create this cozy Fall scene! First she colored the big image of sunflowers from our Sunflower Days Stamp Set.  Then she added pumpkins in front of the sunflowers, using images from our Fall-ing for You Stamp Set and our Pumpkin Latte Stamp Set. She also added the girl carrying her coffee from the Pumpkin Latte Stamp Set. The images were cut out using the coordinating Sunflower Days Die Set and  Pumpkin Latte Die Set.  She layered everything over a stitched circle to contain the scene (cut out with our Circle Frames Die Set). She also added a bit of grass along the bottom of the circle using our Land Borders Die Set.

Behind the circle, she added two fun layers with decorative edges that were cut out using our Framework Die Set. On the top layer she also added a soft argyle pattern using our Argyle Stencil Set. The finishing touch is the sentiment "Grateful for you" from our Fall Roundabout Stamp Set. It was added onto a banner that has a pop up dimension to it from our Banner Trio Die Set. 

This card is jam packed with cozy fall fun, don't you think!?

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

You Make Life Sweet Slimline Card by Samantha Mann

You Make Life Sweet!

This card by Samantha is sure to sweeten up your day! She created this tasty slimline card featuring the yummy images from our Cat Treats Stamp Set. This mini stamp set has images of an ice cream cone  and a donut with kitty faces! Too cute! Samantha stamped each image multiple times, colored them in yummy colors (think chocolate, vanilla, strawberry), and cut them out using the coordinating Cat Treats Die Set. 

For the background she created a panel of plaid using our Plaid Stencil Set with inks in oranges and pinks. Then, to cut the scalloped background for her slimline card she used our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set. She also added three windows of vellum, cut out with our Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set. A bit of confetti was embossed on top in white using our Confetti Stencil. 

The finishing touch is the sentiment "You make life sweet" from the Cat Treats Stamp Set.

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

Pretty in Pastel Birthday Cards by October Guest Designer Farhana S

Can you believe it’s the last Monday in October? I am so sad that this is my last post as Guest Designer. If you haven’t realized already, I love Newton’s Nook Design products, thankfully I will still have the Inky Paws Challenge to create for! For my last pair of cards, I made my favourite and most used cards! With all the little friend’s birthdays we get invited too, I always need to keep a few in hand!

I’ve been drawn towards pastel colors lately, so I used that as a starting point for these cards, I also wanted to make a slimline card for one of my posts, but since the Newton Nook Slimline Dies just got back into stock, I decided to play around with some older products to pull together a slim line card.

For my first card, I started by stamping and coloring the Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set using copic markers, I used ALL the lightest shades that I have! Then I die cut it with the largest circle from the Circle Frames Die Set. Then I trimmed down a piece of pattern paper that matched my coloring, added it to a card base, and adhered the colored image a little off set. Finally finished off with a sentiment from the Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set, embossed in black on to a strip of paper, which I trimmed into a banner before adhering it onto my card.

For my second card, I started by stamping and heat embossing the Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set three times in white ink of white cardstock. Then I added color by ink blending with distress oxides in a pastel rainbow. I buffed the images with a towel to let the white embossing pop, then I die cut 3 balloons using the Balloon Shaker Die Set and also some of the strings that I later colored yellow with some ink blending. So assemble the card I started ink blending a cloud background on to a slim line card front using some distress oxide ink. Then I mounted the balloons using some foam tape for added dimension, and liquid glue to tuck in the strings underneath. Finally I embossed a sentiment from the Uplifting Wishes Stamp Set on the bottom corner. And done!

Which one is more your style? Detailed coloring or easy ink blending? Let me know in the comments below and please follow me on Instagram to see my cards for Inky Paws Challenges to come!

Lastly, thanks again Jennifer and Samantha! You two made my card making dream come true! I can’t wait to add more Newton Nook products to my crafty stash!

-Farhana

October 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

October 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 Destination Christmas Stamp Set from Larissa's blog: Vankleeck6

From Reveal Day 1 - Winner of the Christmas Campers Stamp Set from Tatiana's blog: spoelhoh

From Reveal Day 2 - Winner of the Dear Santa Stamp Set from Zsoifa's blog: Donna Wakefield

From Reveal Day 2 - Winner of the Nutcrackers Stamp Set from Samantha's blog: Gail

From Reveal Day 3 - Winner of the A Kitten Christmas Stamp Set from Amy's blog: 

From Reveal Day 3 - Winner of the Christmas Puppies Stamp Set from Maria's blog: dorothyayotte

From Reveal Day 4 - Winner of the Holiday Post Stamp Set from the Newton's Nook Design's blog: Ashley Cortez

From Reveal Day 4 - Winner of the Christmas Roundabout Stamp Set from Amanda's blog: Debbie T

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!

Holiday Reveals Day 4 - Holiday Post and Christmas Roundabout Stamp Sets!

Today is our final reveal day for our new Holiday products! Today we are sharing an adorable cat and dog mailing a letter on the Holiday Post Stamp Set. Plus, we've added a Christmas themed circle stamp set to our Roundabout collection! Scroll down for details. Plus, we are having a giveaway today, so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Holiday Post

Don't forget to send out some happy mail this holiday season! This 4x4 Stamp Set features Newton standing on his dachshund friend to reach the mailbox and send out holiday cards! This duo of friends is so perfect for creating charming holiday notes to send to friends and family during the holidays! 

Holiday Post Stamp Set

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 6 stamps: 4 images and 2 sentiments
• Coordinating Holiday Post purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 4 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 23rd

Christmas Roundabout

Create beautiful Christmas cards with this 4x6 Stamp Set! It features one large circle stamp, filled with tons of Christmas themed images! Color the images in or emboss it for a quick and easy card! It also includes 5 versatile Christmas themed sentiments. This set is perfectly sized to fit with the scallop edged circle frame on the Circle Frames Die Set and is perfect for creating circle cards or layering a circle onto any card! The sentiments on this set are all sized to fit on the die cut banners from our Banner Trio Die Set.

Christmas Roundabout Stamp Set

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 6 stamps: 1 image and 5 sentiments
• Works with the Circle Frames and Banner Trio purr-fect die sets (shown above right, sold separately)
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 23rd

Fill your Christmas with Kittens and Puppies! Find Inspiration from our Design Team Below!

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.

Created by Andrea. Additional products used: Land Borders Die Set, Forest Scene Builder Die Set, Framework Die Set

  

Created by Amanda. Additional products used: Circle Frames Die Set, Banner Trio Die Set

Created by Maria. Additional products used: Forest Scene Builder Die Set, Land Borders Die Set, Sky Borders Die Set, Holiday Greetings Die Set

 

Created by Amy. Additional products used: Circle Frames Die Set, Banner Trio Die Set

Created by Zsofia. Additional products used: Framework Die Set, Land Borders Die Set, Frames & Flags Die Set 

  

Created by Samantha. Additional products used: Circle Frames Die Set, Banner Trio Die Set

Created by Larissa. Additional products used: Framework Die Set, Sea Borders Die Set, Main Street Christmas Stamp Set

 Created by Tatiana. Additional products used: Circle Frames Die Set, Ornament Shaker Die Set 

 

Created by Ellen. Additional products used: Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set, Land Borders Die Set, Main Street Christmas Die Set 

Would you like to win the “Holiday Post” Stamp Set or the “Christmas Roundabout” Stamp Set? 

We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

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 October 22nd at 9pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 23rd.

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Maria Russell

Andrea Shell

Tatiana Trafimovich 

Amy Tsuruta

Amanda Wilcox