Something to Perk Up Your Day Card by Samantha VanArnhem

Perk up your Day with Cute Kitties!

Are you feeling tired today? We hope that this adorable card by Samantha will perk you up! Or at least get your creativity energized! This adorable card features the image of kitties playing in the big stack of mugs from the Caffeinated Cats Stamp Set. She colored the mugs with a minimal color palette, using only shades of blue. Then she added the neutral browns for the kitties and coffee! Doesn't this look beautiful!? Sometimes using less colors can achieve a stunning result! 

This image is sized just right to fill your whole card front and it also fits perfectly inside the scalloped frame from the Frames & Flags Die Set, which she cut out in dark blue to match her mugs. Then she added the sentiment, also from the Caffeinated Cats Stamp Set, stamped onto the banner that was also cut out using the  Frames & Flags Die Set. 

You could use this technique to create a whole series of cards in different color palettes. Then you can choose the favorite color of the recipient you will be sending the card to! How fun is that!? 

Thanks, Sam, for the fun idea today! To say hello to her and see more of her beautiful creations you can visit Samantha over on her blog, Sam Van Designs!

Fluttering By...Card by Farhana Rahman

Butterfly Slimline Birthday Card!

Today we are fluttering by with a fun birthday card by Farhana! This beautiful card features the pretty butterflies from our Monarchs Stamp Set. She stamped and embossed them with gold embossing powder and then added ink blends over the top. Aren't they so pretty!? She cut her images out by hand but if you don't like to fussy cut, you could use the coordinating Monarchs Die Set. 

For the slimline card base, she used the large scalloped edge die from our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set. Then she used our Slimline Masking Circles & Squares Stencil Set  to mask over her die cut and stenciled flowers over the masked areas using our Petite Flowers Stencil using a blend of yellow, orange and red to create that lovely ombré flower background!  In the center image she added the sentiment, also from the Monarchs Stamp Set. 

Over the top of this background she added shaker frame by die cut the trio of windows using our Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set. She popped up the frame, layering it with dimensionals and acetate and filled the inside of each window with sparkly embellishments that match the colors. 

The butterflies were added over the top of the windows to finish this amazing card. 

We hope that you enjoyed this beautiful card by Farhana! You can find more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered.

Thinking of You Card by March Guest Designer Jane Trivedi

Hi friends!  It’s Jane here, sharing my last card as guest designer for Newton’s Nook Designs. Today, I'm featuring the adorable critters from the Woodland Spring Stamp Set.  Modeling paste and Serene Stripes Stencil also used to create a textured background to frame my scene.

To create this card, I first stamped the floral image on a piece of Bristol cardstock. Next, I stamped the image on masking paper and cut the image using my scissors. The same process was repeated for all the images, stamping and then masking each image. Next, using a small blender brush, I blended the following Catherine Pooler Inks (left to right): chiffon, orange peel, coral cabana, be mine, pixie dust, and serenade.

After the blending was done, I colored the images using a fine water brush and Zig clean color brush markers.  Next, I used a black waterproof pen to go over the images adding thicker lines in some areas to create the illusion of shadow. Then, I added white gel pen highlights to the images and surrounding ink blended areas for a whimsical touch!

To create the textured background, I used the Serene Stripes Stencil  and white modeling paste on a piece of heavy weight watercolor paper. After the panel was dry, I cut the embossed panel to 5 inches by 3.75 inches. The ink blended panel was also cut and mounted on foam tape and adhered to the textured background.  Sentiment from the Woodland Spring Stamp Set was white heat embossed on black cardstock and adhered to the front of the card using foam tape.

The entire card front was mounted to a piece of light grey cardstock and then to an A2 white card base and that completes the card!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Big thanks to Newton’s Nook Designs for having me as a guest this month! 

Happy crafting everyone!

-Jane

Movie Night Card and Box by Ellen Haxelmans

How About a Movie Night?!

Do you love movies? Today Ellen had created a set of projects that is perfect for a movie night! She started out with a card featuring the trio of kitties in a movie theater from our Newton's Movie Night Stamp Set.

Isn't the coloring on those kitties amazing? She also colored a pair of 3D glasses and some popcorn kernels and cut the images out using the coordinating Newton's Movie Night Die Set. For the background she used our Popcorn Stencil with light colored ink to create a popcorn pattern on scalloped square that was cut out using our Frames Squared Die Set. She also cut out a red square with rounded corners using the same die set to frame it.

Inside the card, is the fun "movie night" sentiment, added onto a tag shape (cut out using our Framework Die Set). She also added more popcorn, cut out using the bonus shape on the coordinating Newton's Movie Night Die Set.

To make it even more fun, she created a decoration for a popcorn box! For this she cut out shapes using our  Circle Frame Die Set and Heart Frame Die Set. Then she used the same Popcorn Stencil for the background and added the sentiment, 3D glasses, popcorn and stars using our Newton's Movie Night Stamp Set. 

Instructions from Ellen:

Below we have some details from Ellen on how she colored and created the images for this set:

1. (left photo) The images from the Newton's Movie Night Stamp Set are colored with Zig Clear Color Brush Markers, listed below:
   1. Orange Cat: No.052 Bright Yellow, No.070 Orange, No. 72 Beige and No.222 Pink Flamingo
   2. Brown cat: No.064 Oatmeal No.068 Deep Brown and No 222 Pink Flamingo
   3. Seats: No.022 Carmine Red and No.095 Dark Grey
   4. Glasses: No.036 Light Blue, No.022 Carmine Red and No.095 Dark Grey
   5. Food: No260 Deep Red, No.049 Green Shadow, No067 Mustard, No050 Yellow, No.036 Light Blue and No.092 Blue Gray
   
   
2. (center photo) Cut out a square and heart shape. Use the Popcorn Stencil with Antique Linen Distress Ink. Afterwards you ink the sides with Vintage Photo Distress ink; this gives it a light burned look (yummy). As last step I sprinkled some drops on top. The same inks where used on the popcorn shapes.
   
   
3. (right photo) As last step I die cut out some colored paper. The colors I used were picked to match with the image and popcorn box: red, white and yellow.
   

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

Squeeze the Day Card by Samantha Mann

Squeeze the Day!

Today Samantha has created a lovely card and inspiring card featuring the lemons from our Lemon Twist Stamp Set. She stamped several lemons onto various yellow and green patterned papers and fussy cut them out by hand. Then she added shading to the images using distress inks and added splatters of yellow too. What a fun technique! 

For the card base, she inked up a background using distress inks in shades of purple. She added fun splatters with the distress ink colors and white acrylic ink!

Here is a close up so you can see all the fun splatters!

With everything going on in the world right now, I'm sure you know someone who could use a card with a sentiment like this!

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

Butterfly Mug Card by Amanda Wilcox

Decorate a Custom Mug!

Today Amanda shares how she combined two stamp sets to create a gorgeous butterfly mug! She started out with the image of the kitty in a mug from our Newton's Mug Stamp Set. This image has a big blank mug, designed to stamp sentiments on the front, but it also works great to stamp a custom image on it too! Amanda masked off the edges of the mug and then used the pretty butterfly from our Monarchs Stamp Set to decorate the front! So gorgeous! She colored the mug and kitty and cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Mug Die Set. 

For her card, she used dies from our Framework Die Set and Frames & Flags Die Set to create a frame. Behind the frame she used our Mugs Stencil with pale yellow ink to create a background that coordinates perfectly with the mug theme! 

For the sentiment she stamped "kit tea cat" from the Newton's Mug Stamp Set onto a circle that was cut out using our Frames Squared Die Set. Then she cut out a banner using our Banner Trio Die Set and stamped "you are loved" onto it using our Heartfelt Essentials Stamp Set. 

Here is a close-up of that beautiful mug:

Did you know it's also the Coffee Lover's Hop this week? This card would be a perfect addition to the to link up to the hop for a chance at a prize! We are sponsoring this fun event and would LOVE for you to link up your coffee or tea themed creation! Head over the Coffee Lovers Blog for details!

To say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Amanda over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Welcome Spring Lily Card by Maria Russell

Welcome Spring!

Are spring flowers in bloom where you live yet? Today we inspired by spring flowers on this gorgeous card by Maria! She has created a gorgeous lily card featuring our Lilies and a cheerful spring theme!

For the lilies, she stamped the bouquet from our Easter Lily Stamp Set twice and colored it in lovely tones of pink, adding speckles too! She cut the images out using the coordinating Easter Lily Die Set. 

To create the lovely slimline card, she cut out the scallop edged panel using the largest die from our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set. She masked the edges and then filled the inside of the shape with that lovely pattern using our Basketweave Stencil with light blue ink. Then she added a floral bouquet to each side. She also added some die cut green leaves using our Flower Trio Die Set, added behind each bunch of flowers. For the sentiment in the center, she stamped "Welcome Spring" from our Spring Roundabout Stamp Set and embossed it in white. The black banner was die cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set. 

Here is a close up so you can see the incredible coloring on those blooms!!

This card is perfect for sending a cheerful spring hello!

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!

Enjoy the Little Moments in Life Card by March Guest Designer Jane Trivedi

Hi crafty friends!  Jane here today sharing another card using these adorable mice from the Garden Mice Stamp Set by Newton’s Nook Designs. To create this card, I used a variety of art mediums on Bristol smooth cardstock. 

To start, I stamped the image of the mouse under the mushroom using Versafine clair ink in the color acorn. Then, I stamped the image on masking paper and cut it out using scissors. I stamped and masked all the images in a similar manner. Next, I used distress oxide inks in picked raspberry, spun sugar, milled lavender and broken china to blend the background. The background was then splattered with water using a thin paint brush. 

After dabbing off the excess water using a dry paper towel, I removed the masks.  The images were then colored using zig clean color brush pens and accented using Inktense pencils and a white gel pen.  The background grass was filled in by using flicks of my zig pens, Inktense pencils and a white gel pen.  Distress oxide ink in twisted citron was also used to fill in the white space at the bottom of the card, but I did leave a small area of white space for the sentiment.

The sentiment was stamped using the Garden Mice Sstamp Set in versamark black ink.  After the panel was dry, I cut the card down to 3.75 inches by 5 inches and mounted it on a white A2 card base.  And that completes the card!

I hope this card inspires you to pull out different art mediums from your stash and mix them together for a unique and fun look to your projects! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

-Jane

2021 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Today we are playing along with the 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 a fun coffee themed card featuring our Sips & Stories Stamp Set. This set has coffee and book lovers theme so it is perfect for celebrating a cozy day, complete with coffee! My favorite image from this set is the girl sitting in the comfy chair reading a book and drinking coffee with her kitty! Doesn't that sound like a wonderful way to spend an afternoon?

I wanted this card to have a spring feeling so I chose fun bright spring pastels to color this image and I also colored the image of a single mug to match. I used the coordinating Sips & Stories Die Set to cut the images out. I also cut out two pink hearts using our Heart Frames Die Set and stamped the sentiment into the larger heart. 

For the card background, I used our Mugs Stencil with teal ink on light teal paper to make a fun coffee mug background. I cut out this panel and the vellum panel that is layered over it using our Frames & Flags Die Set for the fun stitched and scalloped edges! 

What do you think? Doesn't this look like a wonderful day? This card would be perfect to send to a friend who loves, coffee, books or cats.... or all three! 

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

Sips & Stories Stamp Set and coordinating Die Set, Mugs Stencil

 Heart Frames Die Set and 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

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 young kitties, Toulouse and Marlowe that we adopted last fall! You can follow us on facebook or instagram to see lots of photos of them!

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. 

Piles of Springtime Smiles Card by Zsofia Molnar

Piles of Springtime Smiles!

This card by Zsofia  is perfect for spring! She combines our adorable Spring Pile Up Stamp Set with our new Baa Stamp Set for a perfect combination of fun spring images! 

The center image of the sheep stacked with the bunny and chick is from our Spring Pile Up Stamp Set. She colors this image with fun bright spring colors and uses the coordinating Spring Pile Up Die Set to cut it out. She adds an additional lamb on either side of the center image using stamps from the new Baa Stamp Set and adding a chick to each of their heads. She also colors a bunch of little flowers from our Hoppy Greetings Stamp Set  and cuts them out with the coordinating Hoppy Greetings Die Set add to the scene. 

The scalloped background panel was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set and she adds color to it with distress inks, adding fun black and blue paint splatters too! She also adds the sentiment from the Spring Pile Up Stamp Set, embossed in white onto a black banner that was also cut out using the Frames & Flags Die Set.

Isn't it cute how these two sets work perfectly together!?

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

Wishing You a Beautiful Day Card by Ellen Haxelmans

A Beautiful Butterfly Hello!

Today Ellen has created a lovely butterfly card that is perfect for sending a happy hello to a friend! She featured butterflies stamped from our Monarchs Stamp Set in bright pink ink. These fun bright butterflies are so pretty when they are layered over several layers of neutral colored patterned papers. She also used our Framework Die Set to to create some of the paper layers and added the "hi" for a touch of sparkle using letters from our Essential Alphabet Die Set. What a beautiful combination of elements!

How to create this card:

Below we have some instructions from Ellen on how to create this card.

I scraplifted a card from Shimelle Laine. Here is how I made it…

1. (left photo) I die cut out one rectangular piece and inked the sides of the paper. After that I die cut out two frames from old pattern paper using the Framework Die Set.
   
   
2. (center photo) Afterwards I stamped the sentiment on the label. For that I used gold embossing powder. The word “Hi” is cut out from glitter paper and the Essential Alphabet Die Set.
   
   
3. (right photo) As last step I stamped the butterflies from the Monarchs Stamp Set and die cut them with the Monarchs Die Set. The inner portion of the wing I colored with soft pink Copic Markers.
   

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

A Duo of Spring Bunny Cards by Amanda Wilcox

Hop Along with a Duo of Bunny Cards!

Today Amanda has created two adorable spring cards featuring some of our favorite bunny themed products! For her first card she features our Bunny Tails Stencil Set and our Hello Spring Stamp Set.

On this fun spring card she used white ink with the first stencil from our two piece Bunny Tails Stencil Set to create rows of white bunnies. Then she used the second stencil to add pink foil to their tails. This background panel was cut our with our Frames & Flags Die Set to give it a scalloped edge. Then she added a cute banner using the image from our Hello Spring Stamp Set and colored it in fun spring colors! 

For her second card she used the same Bunny Tails Stencil Set combined with our new Hoppy Greetings Stamp Set. 

This time she created rows of brown bunnies using the first stencil from the Bunny Tails Stencil Set and then added white fluffy tails using the second stencil with some flocking. So adorable! She used Frames & Flags Die Set again to give it a scalloped edge.

For the cute bunny scene she used the bunny and sign image from Hoppy Greetings Stamp Set. This set has a fun variety of sentiments that fit inside the sign and she used "Hoppy Easter" for her card. She also colored some flowers and eggs and cut all the images out using the coordinating Hoppy Greetings Die Set. To complete the scene she added a fun grass border that was cut out using our Land Borders Die Set. 

Please note: Our Bunny Tails Stencil Set has been extremely popular and sold out quickly but we should have more this week! If you'd like to be notified when it's back in stock and available to purchase, just sign up  by entering your email on the Bunny Tails Stencil Set product page here. 

To say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Amanda over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!