Newton's Nook July Release & 2 Year Celebration - Day 2

I'm back for day two of the Newton's Nook Designs July release!   Today we have a set filled with sweet treats - "Summer Scoops"!

This card is super simple - there was just a lot of masking involved!   The sweet treats were all colored with Copics and I added some Glossy accents to the popsicles.   A strip of washi tape across the top and some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh were all that was needed to finish off this card!

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Would you like to win the “Summer Scoops” stamp set?

This 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 blog release 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, July 16th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, July 17th. 

We will also be having a giveaway on Facebook - so make sure to like our Facebook page and enter to win there! 

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

Lydia Evans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Jess Gerstner

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Nina-Marie Trapani

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

I'm linking this card up to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything Goes!

Newton's Nook Designs July Release & 2 Year Celebration - Day 1

DIES!   You guys!  

Oh my, I'm so excited!   NND now has DIES!    And how about this cute new Newton set....I just love this one!   Newton on all his pillows and blankets - couldn't be cuter, right?

  I thought I'd really use the new die to its full advantage for this one, so I did a bit of double partial die cutting! Partial die cutting is a really cool technique - just place your die cutting plates so they don't completely cover up the die and then run it through your die cutting machine - you're left with a section of die still attached to your paper.  That's what I did here with Newton - his blankets are still attached to the panel.   After I did that, I placed a circle die so that it cut just the top part of the circle....then all I had to do was use a craft knife to connect the circle and the blanket.   

The background is Distress Ink and the stars are stenciled on with metallic silver embossing paste.   I mounted the panel to some glittery white paper with foam tape so it pops up just a bit.  So now Newton is sitting by the moon, dreaming sweet dreams!

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Would you like to WIN the “Newton’s Naptime” stamp set?
This 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 blog release 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, July 16th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, July 17th. 

We will also be having a giveaway on Facebook - so make sure to like our Facebook page and enter to win there! 

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

Lydia Evans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Jess Gerstner

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Nina-Marie Trapani

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

I'm linking this card up at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything Goes!

Shark Week at Newton's Nook Designs!

How cool is the new "Shark Bites" stamp set from NND?!   It's such a unique stamp set!   I hope you've gotten a TON of inspiration from "Shark Week"!

The "Snappy Birthday" sentiment cracked me up, so I thought I'd give my new shark friend a birthday hat (from the In Slow Motion stamp set).   He's got sharp, shiny teeth and he's about to get the fish that are stamped on the reverse side of the vellum!  

Hope you've had fun checking out all of the shark projects this week - Shark Bites is unfortunately sold out already, but be sure to head over to Newton's Nook Designs for an awesome SALE!!!!  And don't forget, we'll be back next week with our July release and 2nd Birthday festivities!!

Newton's Nook Designs June Reveal - Fetching Friendship

It's day two of the June NND reveal!   Today's set is called Fetching Friendship.....and it's a must-have for dog lovers!!

The pink ombre heart background was created with a Tim Holtz stencil and embossing paste tinted with various Distress Ink refills.  The adorable lab was colored with Copics and fussy cut.   I'm calling this lab "Gracie" in honor of my best friend's dog....and trust, me, Gracie is a girlie-girl so she needed that paper pieced flower collar, lol!  This sentiment is one of my all-time favorites.....so perfect for us animal lovers!! 

The new sets will be for sale tomorrow!  How exciting!

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Would you like to win “Fetching Friendship”?

This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog release 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 Wednesday, June 17th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Thursday, June 18th. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Taheerah Atchia

Lydia Evans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Jess Moyer

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

Vera Yates - Guest Designer

Newton's Nook Designs June Release - In Slow Motion

Hello and welcome to Day 1 of the Newton's Nook Designs June release!  We have some super cute new sets for you this month....starting with "In Slow Motion"!

OMG!   That snail!  I couldn't wait to ink her up.   I started with a plain piece of cardstock and added a cute stamp-style sticker by SEI in the upper right corner (the polka dot border strips are from SEI too!).   The canceled mail stamp (snail mail!  how cute is that?!) was stamped with Staz-On so it didn't smear on the slick surface of the sticker.   I used my own handwriting for the to/from and then stamped some of the hearts included in the set.   The adorable little snail was colored with Copics and a HEAVY layer of Wink of Stella glitter pen on the shell.   A coating of Glossy Accents finished it off!

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Would you like to win “In Slow Motion”?

This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog release 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 Wednesday, June 17th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Thursday, June 18th. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Taheerah Atchia

Lydia Evans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Jess Moyer

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

Vera Yates - Guest Designer

Lunchbox Notes!

Hi guys!   I'm up on the Newton's Nook Designs blog today with these cute li'l lunchbox notes.   I was in the mood to create something smaller scale, so these notes were the perfect thing!   I'm sure my daughter will love finding them in her lunch bag.

For this first note I used the cute tiny hot air balloons and the cloud from Newton Dreams of Paris.    The embossed sentiment is from Delightful Doxies.  Of course there's some Wink of Stella on the hot air balloons for shimmer!!

This next note also features the Delightful Doxies stamp set for both the kite and the sentiment.

These were quick and easy to make....the only thing I did that took any time at all was masking the clouds so they'd appear in the background.   

Have a great day.....and I'll see you next week for the June NND sneaks and reveal!  Woo-hoo!

Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop!

Hello fellow coffee lovers!   I'm so excited that it's time for the SUMMER Coffee Lovers Bloghop!  It's always a ton of fun to participate in these hops and to check out everyone's awesome creations!   I'm super late getting my entry in - last I checked there were over 200 cards already!   That's a lot of coffee, peeps!

Here's my contribution....I went with Starbucks green....love it!   I stamped on kraft and colored with Inktense pencils.   The center stitched rectangle (from Lawn Fawn) is layered for dimension.  I wish I could tell you who made the stamps, but I have no clue!  I've had them in my stash for ages.   

Hmmm....now I'm thinking about Starbucks.   And a S'mores Frappuccino.   Oh man, could I go for one of those right now!   Have you seen the adorable mini size they have now?  It's perfect and I don't feel so guilty for having one, lol!   

Enjoy the rest of the weekend and have fun hopping along!!