Plant-astic Kitty Card by Zsofia Molnar

Plant-astic Kitties!

Today Zsofia a fun plant themed card featuring our Newton's Hanging Basket Stamp Set! 

For this card she started by stamping the image of the kitty in the basket from our Newton's Hanging Basket Stamp Set. She stamped the image twice and colored the leaves and baskets the same but gave the kitties different colors. So cute! She cut the images out using the coordinating Newton's Hanging Basket Die Set. 

For her card she created a slimline card layout. She used the scallop edged die from our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set for the bright teal panel. Then she used the die with three windows from our Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set to cut a yellow-green frame and layered that over the top. She placed a kitty on each side, leaving the center for the sentiment. For the sentiment she chose to use the "you're Plant-astic" from our  Succulent Garden Stamp Set. What a great combination! 

Here are close-ups of both sides of the card so you can see the lovely coloring on those kitties:

We hope you have enjoyed this fun card by Zsofia today!

Find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

Orchids Card by Samantha Mann

Beautiful Orchids! 

Do you love orchids? We always have an orchid in our house as they are one of our favorite flowers! Today we are sharing a gorgeous card by Samantha featuring our beautiful Orchids Stamp Set. She stamped the blooms twice so that she could combine them to create a lovely tall orchid. She colored the blooms in stunning shades of pink and used the coordinating Orchids Die Set to cut them out. 

For her card base she created a beautiful leafy background using our Trailing Leaves Stencil with distress inks. She layered the flowers on top and then added white paint splatters to the whole card front for a fun bit of texture. She also added a fun black and white washi tape up the side for a fun detail. 

For the card message she chose a sentiment from our Floral Roundabout Stamp Set and embossed it in white onto a banner that was die cut using our Banner Trio Die Set. Isn't it fun how this banner pops the sentiment up? So cool. 

We hope this card bySamantha has brightened your day! To say hello to Sam and see more of her beautiful creations you can visit her over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!  

LAST DAY for our Summer Kick-off SALE!

Don't forget to grab some goodies during our Summer SALE! We don't discount this big very often so you won't want to miss out! No coupon code needed, just head over to www.newtonsnookdesigns.com

Sale ends midnight ET tonight (Monday May 29)

Bright Birthday Mouse Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Happy Birthday Mouse!

Today Ellen has created an adorable mouse themed birthday card!

This fun card features the mouse with the gifts and cheese above his head from our Birthday Mice Stamp Set. So cute! She colored the image, adding fun little speckles to the mouse for texture and cut the image out using the coordinating Birthday Mice Die Set. She also adds bits of candy using our Newton's Candy Cane Stamp Se. See below for full color breakdown and details on how to create this adorable scene!  

She also used our brand new Bright Sentiments Hot Foil Plates and our Banner Duo Die Set to create the lovely shiny birthday message in the banner! What a gorgeous bit of sparkle! 

Here are some tips from Ellen on how to create this adorable card:

• (Left photo above): First I die cut the largest frame of the Frames & Flags Die Set and used the Clouds Stencil to create a pretty background. I start inking the panel at the bottom (tip: start blending of the edge of the stencil for the best results and a smoother blend). Once you have inked the first cloud, move the stencil up and start inking again and keep repeating this until you have filled the panel.
  
  
• (center photo above): Here you can see I die cut the largest frame again and then cut it again using the Land Borders Die Set. Next I inked it so it looks like sand. Later I die cut 3 clouds with the Sky Scene Builder Die Set. I also foiled the sentiment with the new Bright Sentiments Hot Foil Plates!
  Turn on your hot foil machine and let it warm up. Lay your hot foil plate on the machine and trim your foil a little bigger than your hot foil plate. When the green button of the machine turns on, place the foil pretty side down on top of the plate. Than you place your cardstock on top. As the last step you place the shim and acrylic plate on top of the cardstock. After pressing the timer button, the light slowly will stop blinking, now you can roll the sandwich through a die cutting machine.
  
  
•  (right photo above): Here I colored the images. I used the Birthday Mice Stamp Set and Birthday Mice Die Set & Newton's Candy Cane Stamp Set for the candies.
  
  COPIC COLOR SWATCH:
  Violet: RV34, RV32, RV00
  Purple: V04, V01, V00
  Brown: E25, E23, E21
  Yellow: YR18, YR13, YR06, YR20
  Teal: BG49, BG15, BG32, BG11, BG10

To see more creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen

CatPURRccino Card by Amanda Wilcox

Cat PURR-ccino!

Love coffee and cats? Then you will love this card by Amanda!

This adorable kitty themed card features the image of Newton peeking out of a giant coffee mug from our Newton's Mug Stamp Set. This image has a blank mug but Amanda carefully masked off the edges and stamped the floral image from our Floral Roundabout Stamp Set to cover the mug in a flower pattern! Here's a closer look:

So cool! We love the idea of customizing this mug for any occasion by adding images to the front! She colored the image in fun soft colors and cut it out using the coordinating Newton's Mug Die Set. 

For her card base she used our Frames & Flags Die Set to cut out a piece of floral paper from our Spring Blooms Paper Pad and also a white scalloped frame. She layered these together to make a fun background for the mug. She also added that fun decorative square, cut from vellum, using our  Frames Squared Die Set. Love all the layers! 

To finish off this amazing card she adds the "cat PURR-ccino" sentiment from the Newton's Mug Stamp Set, adding it to the circle from the  Frames Squared Die Set. She also adds a cute clay heart embellishment and some lovely striped twine. 

We hope this project by Amanda has inspired you to look at ways to decorate your stamped images that  have large blank areas to customize your cards! Such a fun idea! 

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

Happy Hello Card by Maria Russell

A Happy Hello!

Today we are PAW-sing to share a happy greeting by Maria! 

This sweet creation combines our new Birdhouse Greetings Stamp Set with the adorable kitten from our Smitten Kitten Stamp Set. She stamped and colored both the images with alcohol markers, adding little dot patterns to the kitties fur and white gel pen accents to both images to give them beautiful details! She cut the images out with the coordinating Birdhouse Greetings Die Set and Smitten Kitten Die Set. Here's a close up so you can see the gorgeous coloring:

For the card background she ink blended the sky using distress inks in several colors and then added white and colored paint splatters for a fun bit of texture. The sentiment from the Smitten Kitten Stamp Set was stamped into the sky and is purr-fect for wishing someone a happy day! The finishing element to scene is an edge of grass that was cut out using our Land Borders Die Set from some green flocked paper for another bit of texture! So amazing!

We hope you enjoyed this fun and cheerful card by Maria today!  You can visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs to see more of her beautiful work!

May Products Available Now + 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

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 Fireflies Hot Foil Plates & Dies from Ellen's Blog: Von Marie

From Reveal Day 2 - Winner of the Succulent Garden Stamp Set from Donna's Blog: Helen

From Reveal Day 3 - Winner of the Birdhouse Greetings Stamp Set from the Newton's Nook Design's Blog: Avra

From Reveal Day 4 - Winner of the Newton's Hanging Basket Stamp Set from Tina's Blog: Becca Yahrling

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.

May Reveal Day 4 - Newton's Hanging Basket

Today is the last reveal day for our May Release! We are finishing the week up with an adorable set that features our favorite feline, Newton! Make sure to read all the way to the bottom of today's post for details on how to enter our giveaway for a chance to win today too. 

Newton's Hanging Basket

Newton is having fun hanging out on this sweet 3x4 stamp set. This set features the cute kitty in a hanging basket that is sure to make you smile. This design is perfect for sending wishes of encouragement and friendship. (Die sets sold separately.)

Here's some info on the Newton's Hanging Basket Stamp Set

• 3x4 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 5 stamps: 3 images and 2 sentiments
• Coordinating Newton's Hanging Basket purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 3 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, May19th 

Hang out with Newton and check out the fun 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.

Card by Samantha using the new Newton's Hanging Basket Stamp Set and Trailing Leaves Stencil. 

Card by Tatiana using the new Newton's Hanging Basket Stamp Set. Additional products used: Quatrefoil Stencil, Springtime Paper Pad

Card by Amanda using the new Newton's Hanging Basket Stamp Set and Trailing Leaves Stencil. Additional products used: Heart Frames Die Set

Card by Donna using the new Newton's Hanging Basket Stamp Set and Trailing Leaves Stencil. Additional products used: Frames Squared Die Set

Card by Maria using the new Newton's Hanging Basket Stamp Set. Additional products used: Tropical Leaves Stencil, Framework Die Set, Frames Squared Die Set

Card by Tina using the new Newton's Hanging Basket Stamp Set. Additional products used: Framework Die Set

Card by Zsofia using the new Newton's Hanging Basket Stamp Set. Additional products used: Frames & Flags Die Set, A Cat's Life Paper Pad

Card by Larissa using the new Newton's Hanging Basket Stamp Set. Additional products used: Framework Die Set, Meowy Christmas Paper Pad

Card by Ellen using the new Newton's Hanging Basket Stamp Set. Additional products used: Frames Squared Die Set, Spring Blooms Paper Pad, Frames & Flags Die Set

Would you like to win the “Newton's Hanging Basket" 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 18th at 9pm ET to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, May 19th.  

Newton's Nook Designs

Donna Idlet

Ellen Haxelmans

Tina Herbeck

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Maria Russell

Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox