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Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Hellooooo, dearie, and happy Wednesday!

I don't know about you but the end of March is always so hard because you start to see and feel spring but it is not quite here yet!!! Well, at least I am up on the Newton's Nook Designs Blog today with this very springy card ;-)

Newton's Nook Designs Garden Mice Set - Naki Rager

The newly released Garden Mice Stamp Set is absolutely adorable 💛

These little mice are so sweet, and I am just loving all the springy images!

I stamped this sweet little guy on a tulip image on watercolor paper with Antique Linen Distress Ink, watercolored, then die cut him out using the coordinating die set along with a few blank ones. I then used the same image carefully inked up only the tulip part and blank die cuts as my masks to stamp several tulips on the front panel. My sweet mouse was mounted on the front of all the tulips with the extra die cuts that I used as masks for some dimension.

This sweet sentiment was heat embossed with copper EP on the lightly watercolored background.

My little mouse didn't need many embellishments because he is that adorable 💛

Just a few sparkling clear sequins and copper striped washi tape on the side finish up this sweet CAS design ;-)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

Have a lovely day!

Newton's Nook Designs March Release Day 4

Thursday, March 14, 2019

Hello, lovelies!

Welcome to the last day of the Newton's Nook Designs March Release!

All the new products will be available for purchase tomorrow Friday the 15th in the Newton's Nook Designs Shop! Today we're revealing this adorable set called Garden Mice Set, ready to see it!?

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK 💜💛💙

How stinkin' cute and sweet are these little guys!!?

Here is my take...;-)

These sweet mice are simply the sweetest 💛
They made me want spring even more!!!

I couldn't pick just one image so I colored them all ;-) Of course, I had to no-line watercolor these sweet, sweet images 💛 This little guy is hiding behind this funky mushroom, and the one behind him is playing with a pretty butterfly, how stinkin' cute 💜💛💙 They were all die cut using the coordinating die set.

This cutie is holding a dainty spring flower and looking so pretty 💗
Seriously, can it be any sweeter!!?
The background was sponged with Twisted Citron and Broken China distress Oxide Ink. The grass part was also sponged with the same colors and blended with water on a separate piece, then die cut using the Land Borders Die Set and popped on with foam tape.

The sweet sentiment was heat embossed with copper EP on vellum, then die cut using this fancy frame from the new Frames Squared Die Set (Revealed on Tuesday). The mice were all popped on different levels with foam tape. Sparkling Clear Droplets finish up this sweet spring scene ;-)

Would you like to win the “Garden Mice” 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 March 14th at 9pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, March 15th.

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

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Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed this reveal week ;-)

Don't forget to leave comments for a chance to win one of these fabulous new stamp sets!

Newton's Nook Designs March Release Day 3

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Hello, lovelies!

Welcome to the Newton's Nook Designs March Release!

All the new products will be available for purchase this Friday the 15th in the Newton's Nook Designs Shop!

Today is day 3 and we have this super duper adorable stamp set called Newton's Block Party ( I absolutely LOVE the name of this set 💛) Let's see it ;-)

OH.MY.GOODNESS.💙💛💜

Don't you want to go to this block party, too!!?

The new Frames Squared Die Set (revealed yesterday) goes with this stamp set just like the Floral Fringe Stamp Set (also revealed yesterday), isn't that awesome!!?

Here is my take...;-)

Newton's Nook Designs Newton's Block Party Set - Naki Rager

"Time to Pawty!"

Now this is one pawty you really want to be invited, right!!?

I paired this adorable image with the new Frames Squared Die Set and created another 4-1/4" x 4-1/4" card ;-)

Coloring all these kitties is always difficult (to decide what kind of marking I want to give each of them!) but so much fun! I've been a bit obsessing with adorable kitty photos on IG lately and I am totally in LOVE with those tuxedos with mustaches!!! They are so stinkin' cute 💛 I'm also loving the one behind my stash kitty, she has that funky pink mohawk, now how cute is that!!? 💗

Here's another one of my favorite kitties, look at this sweet Calico holding his cupcake with so much love 💛 Oh, and do you see another kitty with pink mohawk!? They're just killing me!!! Anyway, as you can see, this adorable image was watercolored, some parts such as the cupcake and party hats got some shimmer and shine from the glitter pen also.

After I was done coloring, I traced the square outline with the gold marker and a ruler to create a frame then trimmed it down with the paper trimmer. I die cut the scallop square using the new Frames Squared Die Set and mounted the fun pawty panel on it. I needed some confetti so I die cut some using the Balloon Shaker Die Set and gold glitter paper. The design is pretty simple but with such a fun image and bright colors, it really doesn't need much ;-)

Would you like to win the “Newton’s Block Party” 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 so do come back! ;-)

Newton's Nook Designs March Release Day 2

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Hello, lovelies!

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

All the new products will be available for purchase this Friday the 15th in the Newton's Nook Designs Shop!

Today is day 2 and we're revealing this gorgeous Floral Fringe Stamp Set and Frames Squared Die Set!

Let's take a look at them ;-)

I said, it is gorgeous, didn't I!?

Can we all say, WOOHOO! for another beautiful and versatile frame die set!?

I LOVE how Jen mixes in different shapes 💗

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

Newton's Nook Designs Floral Fringes Set - Naki Rager

Some of the square dies form the new Frames Squared Die Set fit this new framed floral image and a shaker seemed like a great idea with this beautiful stamp set ;-)

The new stamp immediately made me want to cut out the center of it but that's easier said than done when you don't own a digital die cutting machine 😞 So first, I used the smaller square die and scalloped squared die to create the frame. Then I heat embossed the image with white EP on acetate and trimmed it down to fit behind the scalloped frame. I filled the card with lots of pinks and greens and sparkling clear sequins and bead seeds ;-) The idea of using the acetate was so that all these different colors from the sequins would "color" the flowers, if that makes sense...;-)

Aside from the colorful sequins, this design is pretty simple so I thought a big 3D flower would look really lovely ;-) This adorable daisy was made using the Flower Trio Die Set, I told you last month that this die set was going to be used a lot! The sentiment was heat embossed with white EP on a yellow ticket, which was die cut using the Frameworks Die Set, another all-time-go-to-awesome die set ;-)

Would you like to win the “Floral Fringe” 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!

Newton's Nook Designs March Release Day 1

Monday, March 11, 2019

Hello, lovelies!

Today kicks off the Newton's Nook Designs March Release!

All the new products will be available for purchase this Friday the 15th in the Newton's Nook Designs Shop!

We are revealing a brand new stencil and 2 adorable stamp sets along with their coordinating die sets today...ready!?

This new Balloons Stencil will be your new go-to stencil ;-)

A party isn't a party until we have some balloons, right!?

I am loving this trio of cats ready to party!

This adorable set is called Newton's Birthday Trio 🎈

The Paw-some Birthday Set reminds of my kids getting all excited about opening their presents, it is simply adorable 💗

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

Newton's Nook Designs Newton's Birthday Trio Set - Naki Rager

With such an adorable image in a pretty good size as the new Newton's Birthday Trio Set, you really don't need to add too much to your design because the stamp does all the job for you! Also, it looked more balanced on a square card.

I stamped these cuties with Black Archival Ink on watercolor paper and watercolored 2 of the kitties just like my tuxedo boys. I colored the 3rd one a Siamese because my oldest child had wanted a Siamese cat for years! (We haven't been able to find one in our area, but he did get his own kitty from the shelter on his birthday though, and this kitty is the sweetest little lover and the whole family is in love 💗 except my tux boys...) Anyway, since the kitties are all gray and white, the rest were colored with fun pink and lime, plus some shimmer with the glitter pen ;-)

I stamped the sentiment part again and fussy cut it then popped them on with foam tape to add fun dimension. I also traced the sentiments and speech bubbles with the marker so that they really popped. The background was kept pretty simple in muted colors but a bit fun with patterns.

Newton's Nook Designs Paw-some Birthday Set - Naki Rager

This card with the Paw-some Birthday Set is more colorful ;-)

All these boxes of presents were colored in fun bright colors, plus a bit of shimmer with the glitter pen ;-)

This pup is actually a lab but this guy was colored to be a beagle, just because...😚

For the background, I used the new Balloons Stencil to add some fun!

I first sponged the background with Broken China Distress Oxide Ink then heat embossed the balloons with iridescent EP, then sponged it again with Twisted Citron Distress Oxide Ink this time. I applied some water all over the panel using my big paintbrush to mix the 2 colors, then removed the green ink from the balloons using a piece of paper towel.

This "paw-some" sentiment was heat embossed with Aqua Tinsel EP to match the blue balloons. Several Sparkling Clear sequins add a little more sparkle to my interesting background ;-)

Would you like to win the “Newton’s Birthday Trio” or the “Paw-some Birthday” Stamp Set? We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

Here's how to win:

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

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