Newton's Nook Designs June Release Day 3

Wednesday, June 14, 2017


Hello, lovelies!
Welcome back to the Newton's Nook Designs June Release!
All the new goodies will be available for purchase this Friday the 16th over at the Newton's Nook Designs Shop!
Today is day 3  and we are showcasing 2 fun sets, "Cuppa Cactus" and "Cultivated Cacti" set! I have aways LOVED cacti (but my black thumb killed several of them and now I stop myself from picking them up when I see them at the store...LOL), so I was so very happy to see these cute cactus stamps!



Ohhh my goodness!
This is called Cuppa Cactus ;-)
Isn't this the most adorable and unique set you've ever seen!?



And here's Cultivated Cacti set ;-)
I LOVE how you can mix and match different cacti and plant pots!
So many possibilities! 

Alright, I have made 4 cards (can you tell I really enjoyed these sets!?), here we go!


Newton's Nook Designs Cuppa Cactus Set - Naki Rager


EEEEEEEEK!!!
I am just so in LOVE with these little prickly guys in cups! I mean, how stinkin' cute and fun!!! I thought it might be fun to have "prickly" things like the triangle background and stars all over the card ;-)


Newton's Nook Designs Cuppa Cactus Set - Naki Rager


My little prickly was stamped with antique linen distressed ink on watercolor paper, watercolored, then fussy cut. Why did I fussy cut?  For some reason, I forgot that I had the coordinating die set...{LOL} I borrowed that pair of glasses from the Newton's Book Club set, only the glasses were inked up to stamp, then I traced the outline with a black gel pen and fussy cut. Doesn't she look sharp with her glasses!? ;-) The sentiment was heat embossed with black on watercolor paper after sponging with distressed oxide ink and splattered some water. 


Newton's Nook Designs Cuppa Cactus Set - Naki Rager


I am pretty excited about this second card with the Cuppa Cactus set!
As soon as I saw this set, I wanted to make these yellow caution tapes! Isn't it fun!? We put yellow tape on our front porch every Halloween, so I guess I have a thing for yellow tapes...{LOL} I placed a piece of painter's tape and used the flat paint brush and yellow ink to draw the tapes. After it was all dried, I heat embossed the sentiment with black. 


Newton's Nook Designs Cuppa Cactus Set - Naki Rager


"I'm a little prickly before my coffee!" is exactly how I am! Maybe more than just "a little"...{LOL} The cactus in a cup image was stamped with antique linen distressed ink on watercolor paper, watercolored, and fussy cut. I actually messed up the orange flower so I stamped and colored again then paper pieced it, and I liked that little bit of dimension so I did the yellow flower as well ;-) The lines on the cup was traced with the gold watercolor to give some sparkle, and I thought a little gold flower sequin would look really cute! 


Newton's Nook Designs Cultivated Cacti Set - Naki Rager


Now my first card with the Cultivated Cacti set!
I am sticking with the prickly/pointy theme here {LOL}
The background was embossed with triangle embossing folder on my favorite, linen cardstock ;-) I just LOVE the texture on them!


Newton's Nook Designs Cultivated Cacti Set - Naki Rager


How much do you love this sentiment!!? {LOL}
Oh man...it cracks me up every time I see it! :-D I love it so much, I had to heat emboss it separately with gold and pop it on! My beautiful cacti were both heat embossed with green and a little bit of gold, I thought dipping them in gold might be fun ;-) It's a pretty simply design but I love how it turned out!


Newton's Nook Designs Cultivated Cacti Set - Naki Rager


Last but not least, my second card with the Cultivated Cacti set ;-)
This one is also simple but very organic! I immediately grabbed the hexagon die because it looks like those pretty glass dome things that you plant pretty succulents in ;-) 


Newton's Nook Designs Cultivated Cacti Set - Naki Rager


After inking up the aloe stamp with antique linen distressed ink, I applied some water directly on it with a paint brush then stamped onto watercolor paper. I colored it with green, purple, and yellow. I did the same thing with the pot image but I used the orange. I applied a bit too much water on this one so the stamped image didn't show the beautiful details, but no worries! I traced it with red ink and ta-da! The background was colored with light blue, then some water splatters were applied. I love this little sentiment, so cute, isn't it!? It was heat embossed on vellum (I know, refreshing...LOL) and since I didn't have the right size speech bubble die, I drew the outline with white gel pen and made my own ;-) 



{Would you like to win the Cuppa Cactus or the Cultivated Cactus” stamp set?}
Each of these sets 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 June 15th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, June 16th

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



Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hope you enjoyed it!
We have one more set to reveal tomorrow so make sure to come back! ;-)



32 comments :

  1. Check out all of your FABulous inspiration!!!!!!!

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  2. The use of the caution tape is so cute!

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  3. OMG - I love your style! And the caution tape is adorable!

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  4. Wow! 4 cards! They're all fantastic! I especially love some of the cute details you added, like the glasses and caution tape :)

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  5. These are all LOVELY!! I love the giggles I got from the glasses on the cacti and the caution tape and skull & crossbones edge for the Prickly Before Coffee card!

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  6. I'm absolutely smitten with succulents of late and your showcases see me mega watt smiling! Cacti never looked so cute, so charming! LOVE!
    ~carol

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  7. That cactus with the glasses was hysterical! I love it!!!!

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  8. WOWEEEE, your cards are beautiful! I love that you put glasses on the one cacti. Your heat embossing is so lovely, and all your details just make everything even more interesting. :) The caution tape is SO CUTE!!!! Gorgeous cards

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  9. OMG the sunglasses killed me! The caution tape made me laugh out loud. Your cards are fantastic. Love this release.

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  10. Wow, love all four of your gorgeous cards. Love, love,
    LOVE the "caution" card - so hysterical and fun! And true!
    LOL

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  11. All of your cards are so cute!!! I especially love how you created the police looking crime tape on the caution tape.

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  12. The cactus with the glasses, omg so cute!!!!! And the caution tape! Prickly Awesomeness!!!

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  13. awesome cards!
    and great stamp set!

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  14. Fantastic cards.
    Sassy and cute.
    thanks for sharing.

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  15. So many cute projects! I love the glasses on the cactus and that caution tape - that would be me, I am accident prone - how original!

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  16. Very creative cactus cards. Love the glasses on the first one and the caution tape on the second.

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  17. Such cute cards - you have been a busy bee making all these beauties!!! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  18. All these cards are fantastic! I love how you can't resist putting sunglasses on stuff! So cute! And I love the caution tape idea! Genius! The bold cards are just beautiful! Thanks for all the fun inspiration!

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  19. Fabulous cards and so creative! The glasses, the caution tape, can't get enough.

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  20. Love your cards! These sets are so fun; can't wait to get my hands on them!

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  21. So much fun! Love your designs! The caution tape. Awesome! And love these sets!

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  22. Awesome cards! Love the glasses and the caution tape! Great details on your cards! Love the new sets!

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  23. oh my cuteness Naki! The glasses with the sharper sentiment! HOW clever and creative of you! yes, I'm lovin' this hop and all of you girls creative genius! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  24. Haha, that coffee sentiment cracks me up! The glasses are the perfect touch.

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  25. Wow! I love so much how you used and coloured these gorgeous cactus stamps!!! Awesome cards!!!

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  26. The caution tape on the one card is hillarious!!! Great sense of humor!!!

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  27. Wow! Great collection of cards, love all the variety! The glasses do look sharp on her :)

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