notes from Naki

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DOGtor Who???

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Hi, there!

Can you believe January is almost over!? Where does time go!?

Maybe today's card that is up on the Newton's Nook Designs Blog can tell me a bit about time...

Newton's Nook Designs Woof Pack Set - Naki Rager

Okay, some of you may be thinking, what's funny about this card?

So let me tell you how I ended up with this design first to make sense.

I decided to make a birthday card for my aunt who rescues dogs (mainly boxers) so the Woof Pack set seemed very appropriate. But if you know me, I like to accessorize the cute NND critters with stuff like little hats and glasses, which is a really easy way to jazz up your favorite NND images!

This is the 10th doctor from the BBC show Doctor Who, and my aunt and I both LOVED him! So this is why those sunglasses became 3D glasses ;-)

The image was stamped right on the basecard then colored with colored pencils. I actually stamped it on Kraft cardstock first and wasn't planning on coloring the image at all, but you know I LOVE to color 🎨 I just couldn't help myself...{LOL} Can I tell you something crazy? I use an eraser (Prismacolor Magic Rub to be exact) to blend, it works so much better than the colorless pencil! Just don't rub too hard!

My 3D glasses were die cut using the little sunglasses die from the Loveable Llamas Die Set, I just colored in the blue and red lenses with my chameleon markers. I also added some shimmer using the Stella Glitter Pen. Aren't these pups just adorable with their glasses on!?

I was going to find a couple of sentiments to create "I'm the", then die cut "doctor" (when the doctor says this line, that usually means he's about to save everyone) so I pulled out my favorite Essential Alphabet Die Set and suddenly hit me... A bunch of dog doctors => DOGTOR!!! (I crack myself up! LOL 😆). I die cut the "sentiment" from the Tardis blue (the doctor is an alien who travels through time in his time machine named Tardis, which is this little blue police box) and added starry shimmer (Tardis can travel in the space as well so it made sense...) using the Stella Glitter Pen.

I know that not everyone appreciates this card but I had a BLAST making it for my awesome aunt! and that's what's important/fun, right!? ;-)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you liked it whether or not you're a whovian (that's what the doctor fans are called...LOL)

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:

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:

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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 February Release Day 4 - Woof Pack

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Hello, lovelies!
It is already the last day of the Newton's Nook Designs February Release today!
All the new products will be available tomorrow Friday the 16th in the Newton's Nook Designs Shop! We're revealing this adorable set, Woof Pack!

Did we save the best for the last as always!? We sure did ;-)
Look at all these different breeds of pups!!!
Here is my take...;-)

I guess a lot of love was in the air when I was working on this card {LOL}
My original design was to stamp the image on a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" acetate sheet and attach that as the cover, but I haven't had much luck with stamping on acetate (always smear it!), I settled with a window ;-) It was die cut out with the big heart from the Darling Hearts Die Set (if you don't own one, you really need to get on! I use it all the time!).

I heat embossed this pack of pups with Tan embossing powder on watercolor paper and watercolored them. Again, I couldn't help myself but to favor one...the poodle! Funny, because poodles aren't my favorite breed (I absolutely adore Shiba and Husky 💗) but Jen's poodle totally stole my heart 💗 I even colored her pink {EEEK!}

These guys took me even longer to color than the Company of Cats Set! I realized most dogs are brown, but I didn't want the same exact shade so I mixed colors. When I was done with all the pups, I colored the background light blue because blue really compliments brown!

I LOVE this sentiment!
It is absolutely true, and just so cute 💗

My second card with the Woof Pack Set (I am so loving this name!) is very different from my usual style! Where are colors!? {LOL} The look I tried to accomplish here is a vintage, sepia photo from the old west! I know, my poodle still had to be pink! I couldn't help it!!!

Believe it or not, this sentiment was my inspiration for this design ;-)
"Ruff" life made me think of the old west...I honestly don't know why...{LOL}
The sentiment was heat embossed with dark brown embossing powder on this already die-cut tag with the Tags Times Two Die Set, but I trimmed about 1/8" on each side and cut the corners so I'd have this skinny tag.

My pups were stamped with Vintage Photo Distress Ink (perfect, right!?) and colored in with colored pencils. It was meant to be "quick coloring" but you and I both know that there is no such thing as "quick coloring" with me {LOL} I'm really loving the Basset hound on this one 💛 When I was finally done, I tore the cardstock around the image, distressed the patterned paper a little bit and mounted them on the base, then added burlap twine and the tag. I picked up the dusty blue and orange from the patterned paper and added enamel dots in the same colors. It still needed wee more colors and this washi tape was just perfect ;-)

{Would you like to win the “Woof Pack” Stamp Set?}