Birthday Card by January Guest Designer Peggy Emmerink-Moonen

Hi crafty friends! This is already my last card as a January guest designer for Newton's Nook Designs and I've had a blast! I hope you were inspired too. Now without further ado, let's take a look at how it came together!

I started by cutting two mini slimline panels, one from a gray and white patterned paper and one from my regular sturdy white cardstock. I used Squeezed Lemonade, Kitsch Flamingo and Dried Marigold Distress Oxide Inks to create a fun background. Over top, I used the Cascading Stars Stencil to create some interest as well as stamped some of the small images from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set in gold colored ink.

I used some text dies from my stash, to get the words 'sending' and 'hugs' for my card. I lightly colored the letters with my copics (BG11-13) and embellished them with glitter. I combined the die cut words with the 'happy' and 'birthday' sentiment from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set to create a new sentiment to fit my card. I adhered the separate letters from the word hugs by positioning them on my card the way I wanted them and picking them up using a long strip of washi tape. Just flip it around, add liquid glue and attach it to your card. This is a great tip when you need to outline separate elements on cards.

Lastly, I colored up the kitty with the champagne glass, the party hat and some pieces of confetti with my copic markers (E50-E55 for the kitty, BG11-13 and RV04-06 for the hat and confetti, Y21 and Y00 for the champagne and B0000-000-00 for the glass). I attached my image using some foam tape and added some glossy accents and glitter to finish my card.

So long for now and hope to meet you again online!

Long distance hugs,
-Peggy

(Come say hi on Instagram @peggyemmerink)

Love You 2 Bits Tag by Ellen Haxelmans

Love You 2 Bits!

You will love this project by Ellen 2 bits! She created this adorable love themed bookmark featuring the cute robot from our fun new Love Bots Stamp Set. She colored that cutie in fun bright colors, adding gloss for a fun bit of shine. The image was cut out using the coordinating Love Bots Die Set to add to her project. 

Next, she created a used a piece of heart patterned paper from our new Love & Meows Paper Pad and cut it out using our Bookmark Die Set! She added a little hill on the bottom for the robot to stand on using our Land Borders Die Set. For the sentiments, she cut out the decorative rectangle and banner using our A7 Frames & Banners Die Set and embossed the sentiment in white. She also added the little eight bit heart on the top, from the  Love Bots Stamp Set. 

This adorable project would be great to give someone for Valentine's Day! You could even slide it inside a book for a gift!  To see more unique creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen!

Hoot for You Card by Samantha Mann

Hoot! Hoot!

Have you started creating Valentine cards yet? This adorable owl Samantha is sure to help get your creativity flowing!

This adorable card features two of the sweet owls from our Love Owl-ways Stamp Set. This set is truly a hoot! Those cute owls are perfect for sending wishes for love, anniversaries and more! For her card today, Sam colored the two owls in neutral browns but then added pink to their wings! What a fun look! the also added in some white details with a white gel pen. The images were cut out using the coordinating Love Owl-ways Die Set. 

For that amazing background she created layers of clouds using our Clouds Stencil with several colors of distress ink. Isn't the effect stunning!? Then she added the owls to the sky and simply stamped the sentiment in the lower corner. What a gorgeous card!

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

Donut Know Card by Amanda Wilcox

Donut Kitty!

This yummy donut card by Amanda is perfect for letting someone know you care, in the sweetest way! 

She created this fun card using the kitty hanging from a donut from our Newton's Donut Stamp Set. She colored the kitty in orange, adding fun spots to the fur for texture. The donut was colored in neutrals with chocolate frosting, of course! She added color and glitter onto the sprinkles too! The image was cut out using the coordinating Newton's Donut Die Set. 

For the card base she used prints from our new Love & Meows Paper Pad, choosing patterns in browns and blues to give it a bit of a masculine feeling. she cut the background paw print panel out with our Frames & Flags Die Set to give it the scalloped edge. Then she used our Circle Frames Die Set to cut out the blue polka dot paper. The sentiment was stamped into a banner that was cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set and she added tiny hearts, cut out using our Speech Bubbles Die Set. 

What a wonderful and yummy card! Does anyone else want a donut now!?

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

Loaf Life Card by Maria Russell

Loaf Life to the Fullest! 

Today we have a sweet kitty card created by Maria that is sure to make you smile! For this adorable card she features the kitty wearing a giant slice of bread from our Knead Kittens Stamp Set. She colored this adorable image using alcohol markers and used the coordinating Knead Kittens Die Set to cut the image out. 

For her card, she chose a paw print and heart patterned paper sheet from our Love & Meows Paper Pad, adding them onto her card in two panels. Then she cut out a stitched rectangle using our A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. The kitty fits perfectly inside the rectangle and she added the sentiment "loaf life to the fullest" above the kitties head. This funny sentiment with the bread pun is so perfect with this image! A few heart embellishments add the finishing touch! 

This sweet card would be perfect to send someone for Valentine's Day or just to send a loving smile any time of year! 

To see more projects by Maria you can visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs

Bookmark and Card by January Guest Designer Peggy Emmerink-Moonen

 

 

Hi crafty friends! Peggy here with a new card for my month as a guest designer at Newton's Nook Designs and today I'm showing you some inspiration with the lovely Newton's Book Club Stamp Set! As you may have read in my bio I am also a book-lover. Of course this set appealed to me big time!

I love making bookmarks, but had seen an idea somewhere integrating it on a card. This would be awesome to give someone when gifting them a book or just as a card in the mail for a bookish friend. But I still wanted the card to look cute on display, even after removing the bookmark. I started out by creating some masks from three of the stamps from the Newton's Book Club Stamp Set. Next, I cut a card base and a slightly smaller panel to layer on top from some white cardstock. You can use any dies you have to create a rectangle. It doesn't need to be this rounded edges one I used.

A fun trick you can do to stretch your supplies is the one I used to create this bookmark. I took the smaller rectangle from my die set, ran it through my die cutting machine once for the full panel and then again offsetting the panel on the die, to make the panel approximately the width of a bookmark.I used a simple hole punch to make a hole for my ribbon at the top.

I secured the panels in my stamp positioner. This way I was able to stamp the kitty and sentiment where I wanted them in the same position on both panels. Once they were stamped I placed the masks over top and used a large text stamp to stamp around the images. I removed the masks and colored the images with my alcohol markers (Kitty is in Copic cool greys, books in various colors, send me a message if you are curious about a color number).

I blended a background on my card base through a stencil using Distress Oxide Candied Apple and Aged Mahogany. The top panel and the bookmark I made to look old using Tea Dye Distress Ink. I finished the images using some white gel pen and glossy accents. Next I put everything together attaching the bookmark with a removable glue dot. Happy crafting and happy reading!

Long distance hugs,

- Peggy

(Come say hi on Instagram @peggyemmerink)

January 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

January 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 Knead Kittens Stamp Set from Donna's blog: Sherry

From Reveal Day 2 - Winner of the Orchids Stamp Set from the Zsofia's blog: Lynn S

From Reveal Day 3 - Winner of the Heartfelt Meows Stamp Set from the Newton's Nook Design's blog: Purrfect Paper Creations

From Reveal Day 3 - Winner of the Heartfelt Woofs Stamp Set from Farhana's blog: Teri

From Reveal Day 4 - Winner of the Love Bots Stamp Set from Maria's blog: Sue D

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.

January Reveal Day 4 - Love Bots Stamp Set

Today is the final reveal for our January Release and finishing the week up with love themed robots, just in time for Valentine's Day! Our new Love Bots Stamp Set even has a robot dog and cat! Plus, we are having a giveaway too, so make sure to read all the way to the bottom of today's post for details on how to enter. 

Love Bots

Send "Bots" of love with this 4x6 stamp set. This robot themed stamp set features three adorable robots plus a robot dog and cat, ready to send smiles! This set also includes fun sentiments with robot puns that are perfect for creating greetings for Valentine's Day, thank you cards and more!

Here's some info on the Love Bots Stamp Set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 13 stamps: 7 image and 6 sentiments
• Coordinating Love Bots purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 7 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, January 21st

Get ready for an Overload of cuteness with robot themed cards by 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.

Created by Larissa using the new Love Bots Stamp Set and A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. 

Created by Amanda using the new Love Bots Stamp Set, Petite Hearts Stencil and A7 Frames & Banners Die Set for the banners. Additional products used: Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set, Heart Frames Die Set, Bokeh Hearts Stencil Set

Created by Tina using the new Love Bots Stamp Set, Love & Meows Paper Pad and A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. 

Created by Farhana using the new Love Bots Stamp Set and Petite Hearts Stencil. 

Created by Maria using the new Love Bots Stamp Set. 

Created by Tatiana using the new Love Bots Stamp Set, Petite Hearts Stencil, Love & Meows Paper Pad and A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. 

Created by Donna using the new Love Bots Stamp Set, Love & Meows Paper Pad and Petite Hearts Stencil. Additional products used: Frames & Flags Die Set

Created by Ellen using the new Love Bots Stamp Set, Love & Meows Paper Pad and A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. Additional products used: Land Borders Die Set

Created by Samantha using the new Love Bots Stamp Set. Additional products used: Serene Stripes Stencil, Speech Bubbles Die Set

Created by Zsofia using the new Love Bots Stamp Set and Petite Hearts Stencil. Additional products used: Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set

Would you like to win the “Love Bots" 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 January 20th at 9pm ET to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, January 21st.  

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

Newton's Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Ellen Haxelmans
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox  

January Reveal Day 3 - Heartfelt Meows & Heartfelt Woofs Stamp Sets

Welcome to day 3 for our January Release! Today we are letting the dogs and cats out with two new awesome additions to our Heartfelt Stamp line! Perfect for any animal lover in your life! Plus, we are having a giveaway too, so make sure to read all the way to the bottom of today's post for details on how to enter. 

Heartfelt Meows

Cat lovers will adore this 4x6 Stamp Set! It features one large heart shaped stamp filled with cats! You can color the kitties in your choice of colors, or you can simply stamp or emboss the image with colored ink for a quick and easy greeting! It also includes seven cat themed sentiments for different occasions. This set is perfectly sized to fit with the scallop edged heart frame on the Heart Frames Die Set and is perfect for layering a heart onto any card! The sentiments on this set are all sized to fit on the die cut banners from our Banner Trio Die Set.

Here's some info on the Heartfelt Meows Stamp Set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 8 stamps: 1 image and 7 sentiments
• Works with the Heart Frames and Banner Trio die sets (show above, sold separately)
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 15th

Heartfelt Woofs

Dog owners will fall in love this 4x6 Stamp Set! It features one large heart shaped stamp filled with dogs! You can color the canines in your choice of colors, or you can simply stamp or emboss the image with colored ink for a quick and easy greeting! It also includes seven dog themed sentiments for different occasions. This set is perfectly sized to fit with the scallop edged heart frame on the Heart Frames Die Set and is perfect for layering a heart onto any card! The sentiments on this set are all sized to fit on the die cut banners from our Banner Trio Die Set.

Here's some info on the Heartfelt Woofs Stamp Set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 8 stamps: 1 image and 7 sentiments
• Works with the Heart Frames and Banner Trio die sets (show above, sold separately)
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, January 21st

Let the Dogs (and cats) Out with these adorable pet themed projects by 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.

Created by Tina using the new Heartfelt Meows Stamp Set and the Love & Meows Paper Pad. Additional products used: Heart Frames Die Set, Banner Trio Die Set

Created by Samantha using the new Heartfelt Woofs Stamp Set, Love & Meows Paper Pad and A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. Additional products used: Banner Trio Die Set, Heart Frames Die Set, Woof Stencil

Created by Amanda using the new Heartfelt Meows Stamp Set. Additional products used: Heart Frames Die Set, Banner Trio Die Set

Created by Maria using the new Heartfelt Woofs Stamp Set. Additional products used: Baby Bibs Die Set, Argyle Stencil Set, Heart Frames Die Set

Created by Tatiana using the new Heartfelt Meows Stamp Set and A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. Additional products used: Heart Frames Die Set

Created by Ellen using the new Heartfelt Woofs Stamp Set, Love & Meows Paper Pad and A7 Frames & Banners Die Set for the banner. Additional products used: Heart Frames Die Set, Frames Squared Die Set, Bookmark Die Set

Created by Donna using the new Heartfelt Meows Stamp Set, Love & Meows Paper Pad and A7 Frames & Banners Die Set for the banner. Additional products used: Heart Frames Die Set

Created by Larissa using the new Heartfelt Meows Stamp Set and the Love & Meows Paper Pad. Additional products used: Heart Frames Die Set, Banner Trio Die Set, Frames & Flags Die Set

Created by Zsofia using the new Heartfelt Meows Stamp Set, Heartfelt Woofs Stamp Set, Love & Meows Paper Pad and the A7 Frames & Banners Die Set for the small banner. Additional products used: Heart Frames Die Set, Banner Trio Die Set

Created by Farhana using the new Heartfelt Woofs Stamp Set, Love & Meows Paper Pad and the A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. Additional products used: Heart Frames Die Set, Banner Trio Die Set

Would you like to win the “Heartfelt Meows" or the "Heartfelt Woofs" 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 January 20th at 9pm ET to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, January 21st.  

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

Newton's Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Ellen Haxelmans
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox