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Newton's Nook Designs

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Hello, Newton lovers!

Today I am up on the Newton's Nook Designs Blog!

My kids' school is starting next week and I'm so sad to say bye to summer! but that also means my favorite holiday is getting closer...Halloween! So that's today's theme here ;-)

Newton's Nook Designs Newton's Boo-tiful Night Set - Naki Rager

I LOVE Halloween! 🎃

I make little treats for my kids' classmates and teachers, so cute little tags to go with them are a must for me! But blogging about one little tag is kind of sad {LOL} so I thought, hey! Let's use a stencil on a treat bag and show a cute packaging! For today's Halloween treat, I used the new Flying Bats Stencil to dress it up a bit ;-) Plus, this tag has a couple surprises, too ;-)

First I picked this fun striped paper for today's tag, and I borrowed this tag die with a peek-a-boo window. Then I die cut the "Trick or Treat" from the new Halloween Trio Die Set, placed it on the window and applied lots of sparkles using the Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen. The cute little witch kitty is from the Newton's Boo-Tiful Night Set, he's actually riding on a broom but I fussy cut it to just have his head and paws.

Here is surprise #1, you lift the window and you see these teeny bats saying BOO! but one of them is apparently mistaken its identity and thinks its an owl...LOL These bats are also from the Halloween Trio Die Set. The little speech bubbles from the new Boo Hoo Mini Set were heat embossed on vellum and fussy cut.

Here is surprise #2!

You flip the tag and there are this adorable Jack-O-Lantern and Newton's little bum hanging!

The Jack-O-Lantern was die cut from this fun chevron paper using the Pick A Pumpkin Die Set. I die cut his face out of it, and from black cardstock and pieced them in.

To create Newton's bum, I stamped the kitty on a broom image on watercolor paper and die cut using the new Newton's Boo-Tiful Night Die Set. I then fussy cut it right along the outlines so the back of his head would line up with the front of his face, and because there are no outlines on the back, I needed to see the exact shape. I flipped the kitty over and roughly colored to see what is where, then I started to add more details and when that looked all good, I drew the outlines with Sakura Micron 005 pen to give a more defined look.

For the finishing touch, I added a few gold star confetti ;-)

Hope you liked my little tag with lots of tiny details today because I had so much fun making it! ;-)

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Have a lovely day! ;-)

Newton's Nook Designs August Release Day 4

Thursday, August 16, 2018

Hello, lovelies!

It's already the final day of the Newton's Nook Designs August Release!

All the new products will be available for purchase tomorrow Friday the 17th in the Newton's Nook Designs Shop! On the last day, we're revealing 3 fabulous stamp sets along with their coordinating die sets!

Let's check them out!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! 💜💛💚

How stinkin' cute is this!?

I could hardly wait to color this fun image!!!

I simply ADORE these new mini sets and look at this super cute set!!!

The sentiment had me giggle, too 😆💛

Boo Hoo!?

Are you kidding me!?

What a fun and adorable mini set this is 💜💛💚

Alright, here is my take...;-)

Newton's Nook Designs Boo Hoo Set - Naki Rager

First up is this adorable pair from the Boo Hoo Set.

Again, I was my-unusual-self for this release and used these pretty "bold" colors with these small images. Not only that, NO COLORING! I wanted to have fun with funky patterned paper!

But I still kept some "Me-ness" by heat embossing this cute little ghost on vellum ;-) I used the same technique with these adorable little sentiments also to repeat the same look. I used the Xyron Sticker Maker to add adhesive, that mighty little machine is absolutely fabulous with adding adhesive to vellum!

This adorable owl is kind of responsible for all these different looks, actually. As soon as I saw him, I HAD TO paper piece using patterned paper! I chose this one with small patterns in purple and yellow, then added his eyes and tummy in purple, and his beak in yellow. I LOVE how he turned out!

My little wise bird is sitting on this black and white striped branch, which I borrowed from the What A Hoot Die Set ;-) I die cut a circle from this fun yellow with tiny stars paper as the moon ;-)

Newton's Nook Designs Candy Corn Set - Naki Rager

Next up is this adorable candy corn card ;-)

As you can see, I used the candy corn colors, it's such a sweet and warm color combo, it seemed perfect!

I die cut these cute little candy guys from off-white, yellow, and orange cardstock and paper pieced them and stamped their little smiley faces on them. Are they not the cutest little smiley candies ever!?

This super fun sentiment was heat embossed with copper EP on the front panel. I used the Fossilized Amber and Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide Inks to blend on watercolor paper and splattered some water and white ink all over. Yellow twine and a few copper star sequins finish up this super simple card ;-)

Newton's Nook Designs Halloween Trio Set - Naki Rager

And last but not least is this spooky cute card with the Halloween Trio Set!

I did the painted scenery background again, it was just screaming for it!!! {LOL}

I stamped this ADORABLE trio on my watercolor paper then had so much fun coloring!!!

I had this simple design of them standing in front of the big, creepy blue moon as soon as I saw this image!

(YES! it's the moon, not an earth!!! I guess I felt pretty ambitious but my watercolor skills weren't as good as I thought they were...LOL) Some grass and creepy purple sky were colored in around my MOON then I splattered a lot of copper ink all over!

I am totally addicted to sentiment dies so when Jen adds bonus sentiment dies to coordinating die sets, you have no idea how happy that makes! And this one comes with "Trick or treat" AND little bats! I did separate the words by snipping them apart so I could hug the moon with them.

I have to admit, I am really happy with how this one turned out (even with my earth looking moon...lol)!

To finish up this card, I traced the "BOO" with this shimmery purple marker.

{Would you like to win the “Halloween Trio” 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 August 16th at 9pm EST

to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, August 17th.

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed this reveal week!

I certainly had fun creating with this fun release! (well, I do every month though 😝)

Newton's Nook Designs August Release Day 3

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Hello, lovelies!

Welcome back to the Newton's Nook Designs August Release!

All the new products will be available for purchase this Friday the 17th in the Newton's Nook Designs Shop!

Today is day 3 of the reveal, I hope you're ready for some Halloween fun!
I LOVE Halloween, it is my favorite holiday of all! So I was super excited to play with the new Hoppy Halloween Set and Flying Bats Stencil! YES! Another stencil 😆💜

EEEEEEK 🐰🎃

"HOPPY" Halloween!?

The name itself was too much for me to handle, but look at these cute bunnies! 😍

And HELLOOOOO!!!
I do love cute Halloween stuff but we have to add some creepiness, right!?
Okay, this stencil isn't really creepy at all, but it's super fun for sure! 😉
Okay, here is my take...;-)

Newton's Nook Designs Hoppy Halloween Set - Naki Rager

I don't know what had gotten into me but this release was all about trying new/different styles/techniques!
I have always adored make-your-own-background-by-stamping-images-randomly and have tried many, many times, but they always turned out just looking messy!

With all these cute little candy images, I just HAD TO give it a try and HA! I was actually pretty happy with how this one turned out! I pretty much blindly stamped them all with Versamark on watercolor paper and surprised myself when I sprinkled white EP! {LOL} I did what I call "sloppy watercolor" on the whole panel and each candy and I simply love it!

I could have made a card without any bunnies, but how could I do that when they're this sweet!!?
I watercolored this mischievous guy digging into a Jack-O-Lantern filled with candies and fussy cut him out. I popped him on tilted with foam tape so it looks like he is tipping over the pumpkin!

I paired this cute bunny sitting in his Jack-O-Lantern with the Flying Bats Stencil ;-)
I foiled using this fun stencil on gray cardstock, aren't these shiny purple bats simply fabulous!?

Isn't her ADORABLE!?
He was stamped with Antique Linen Distress Ink on watercolor paper, watercolored, then die cut using the coordinating die set. I LOVE coloring pumpkins 💛 Is that kind of weird!? {LOL}

To finish up this card, I made my own sentiment using the Essential Alphabet Die Set, just LOVE this die set 💜 I die cut "BOO" from purple and black cardstock and layered them to give a bit of dimension.

{Would you like to win the “Hoppy Halloween” Stamp Set?}

This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here's how to win:

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

We have one more reveal day left and you really don't want to miss it! 😉

Newton's Nook Designs August Release Day 2

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Hello, lovelies!

Welcome back to the Newton's Nook Designs August Release!

All the new products will be available for purchase this Friday the 17th in the Newton's Nook Designs Shop!

Today is day 2 of the reveal and we're making dog lovers very happy with this new Fabulous Frenchie Set along with the coordinating die set 💗

I am a total crazy cat lady but that does not mean I don't like dogs!

We had 2 sister German Shepherds and loved them dearly, I just didn't care for the daily walk {LOL}

These little guys are absolutely adorable though!

Okay, here is my take...;-)

Newton's Nook Designs Fabulous Frenchies Set - Naki Rager

Ooh-La-La 💗

I have NO CLUE if French Bulldogs are from France or not, but I simply couldn't resist it! {Hee Hee}

I adore those cards with painted scenery backgrounds and thought this would be a good one to try it out myself!

Not only this little guy is super adorable in his cute outfit, but this sentiment is absolutely priceless! 😆💗

I watercolored him and die cut using the coordinating die, but because of the painted background, I didn't like the white outline so decided to fussy cut.

I have Half-French cousins and their families in Paris but have NEVER visited them there! So I googled the Eiffel Tower images and very roughly watercolored this very famous scenery. This lovely Eiffel Tower image from the Newton Dreams of Paris Set (one of my first NND sets to purchase and still love it 💗) was heat embossed with the Distress EP Vintage Photo Rust Effect, I wanted an aged look ;-)

My second card with these little cuties is more simple but a lot of fun!

One of my hubby's buddies had this black and white French Bulldog and she was just so cute! I would play with her as long as she wanted, and boy! she had so much energy, I always got tired before she did! {LOL}

I am always more attracted to black/black and white animals like my tuxedo brother cats 💗, but when I hear French Bulldogs, I always think of ones with markings just like this little guy here! He was stamped with light gray ink on watercolor paper, watercolored, and die cut using the coordinating die. He was popped on with foam tape next to this super cute sentiment 💗 Oh, my gosh, his face 💗💗💗

I must admit, I don't like any of the masking techniques...I pretty much suck at them! {LOL}

But I wanted to give him balloons, lots and lots of them too! So I die cut a couple of them from copy paper (cardstock is so thick, I'd have too much gap between each image!) for masking, and just started stamping a whole bunch of them! I purposely didn't ink up the string part after the front row because I thought they might look messy!

{Would you like to win the “fabulous Frenchies” Stamp Set?}

This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here's how to win:

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hope you enjoyed it!

If you're ready for the next big holiday (I won't say it but I think you know which one I'm talking about...) you don't want to miss tomorrow's reveal!

Newton's Nook Designs August Release Day 1

Monday, August 13, 2018

Hello, lovelies!

It is time for the Newton's Nook Designs August Release!

All the new products will be available for purchase this Friday the 17th in the Newton's Nook Designs Shop!

Today is day 1 of the reveal, and we have this adorable set perfect for going back to school! How is summer already almost over!!? 😱😭

Are you ready to check out the new Classy Teachers Set!?

Who else loved the Holding Happiness Set!?

I was so excited to see another set with these girls holding large objects!

And with 4 little kids, back to school sets are always appreciated 💗

Alright, here's my take...;-)

Newton's Nook Designs Classy Teachers Set - Naki Rager

I was going to make a trio of cards, but I do send my kids to school with little teacher gifts on their first day so tags made more sense to this mama!

All the tags were die cut using the Fancy Edges Tag Die Set.

All my teachers were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on white cardstock and colored in with chameleon markers. I heat embossed the sentiment with white EP and rubbed on perfect pearls all over the tag with my fingertip to give chalkboard effect with shimmer, sewed on the bunting, and my teacher was adhered.

This one also uses the chalkboard effect, but I used an actual chalk on this one.

I heat embossed the sentiment and those little images with white EP and adhered my teacher with huge books and a little apple on top 🍎

This one is very different from the other 2 tags.

I thought the chalkboard effect with this teacher holding a chalkboard was too much, so I stamped the little images from the set to create my own background. I debated on whether or not to color the images but I really liked it the way it was so here it is 😉