Newton's Nook Designs 4 year Celebration Day 1

Hello, lovelies!

We are celebrating Newton's Nook Designs 4 year anniversary this week! Woo Hoo!

Happy Birthday to NND, and congratulations to Jen and Jeff! I am so honored to be a part of this big celebration!

Today is the first day of the new release, and we are revealing a whole bunch of new, fun stuff! All of the new products will be available for purchase this Friday the 14th over at the Newton's Nook Designs Shop ;-)

Are you ready to them!!?

YES! Stencils!!! {Woo Hoo!!!}

Stencils are so fun and versatile, especially when they're as fabulous as these!

I will show you individual images later...;-)

YAY!

Border dies are also fun and versatile, and this time, it's waves!

I just LOVE.LOVE.LOVE.this little stamp! 

The sentiment is so inspirational, and those little images are just fabulous!

And here's this awesome set!

Winston certainly knows how to have fun, doesn't he!?

Alright, here go my cards ;-)

First up is this cool summer design with the Lake Advice Set and the Waves Stencil ;-)

I sponged blue and yellow distress oxide ink on watercolor paper, splattered a lot of water, and added fun waves with the Muti Medium Matte. I love how it dries clear and shiny! 

Here is a bigger image of the Waves Stencil.

Aren't these waves just so much fun!?

Stencils are definitely one of my favorite tools ;-) 

I heat embossed the sentiment with Pool Party Embossing Powder on vellum and sewed onto my lake panel. I watercolored the little boat and fussy cut, then placed it as it was on the waves ;-) 

My second card of the day was created with the Winston's Lake House set and the Waves Borders Die set. I actually have never been to a lake house, the closest experience has to be my only camping trip when I was 12. I still remember the beautiful starry sky, and that was totally my inspiration for this card ;-) I created the night sky with Distress Oxide Ink, splatters of water, white and pewer ink sprays, and silver star sequins! Winston is just chilling by the die-cut-deep-blue-vellum-lakeside.

This cute Winston relaxing in his chair image was stamped with Black Soot Distress Ink, colored in with Spectrum Noir Markers, and die cut with the coordinating die. I borrowed the camp fire and s'more images from the retiring Campfire Trail Set, which were stamped with Vintage Photo Distress Ink, colored in with Spectrum Noir Markers, and fussy cut. I also added some sparkle with Wink of Stella Glitter Pen. 

Here's another card with the Winston's Lake House. 
This adorable image of Winston and his little chocolate lab pup friend are enjoying a nice, quiet time in the lake. THe background was sponged with Distress Oxide and some water and white ink were splattered all over. I also added light blue vellum that I die cut with one of the wave borders dies. 

The image was stamped with Vintage Photo Distress Ink, colored in with the colored pencils, then die cut it with the coordinating die. The lake house behind them was created the same way. The sentiment was heat embossed with copper embossing, I love this sentiment, don't you!? 

{Would you like to win a $20 store credit to Newton’s Nook Designs?}

ONE lucky comment will be chosen from each reveal day to win! 

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 July 15th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, July 16th. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Amanda Bodine

Holly Endress

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Juliana Michaels

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Jennifer Timko
Tatiana Trafimovich

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Make sure you come back tomorrow, we have many more awesome new sets to reveal! 

Whoops!

Hello, lovelies!

Today I have this cute little card that I made for my bestie since we were 16!

Her birthday is on St.Patrick's Day, and I am finally sending her a card with a little gift...I know! I am SO BAD!!! 

Hee Hee :-) Isn't this so very cute!!?

I did a little shopping when Lil' Inker Designs had their fabulous sale! {giggle}

This cute little kitty is from the Lovie Friends set, she was stamped with Black Soot Distress Ink on Neenah White Cardstock, colored in with Spectrum Noir Markers, and die cut with the coordinating die. She was placed over the repeatedly stamped sentiment "my bad!". Isn't she simply adorable!?

I am absolutely in LOVE with this sentiment die "whoops"! I die cut it from the patterned paper first, then Pool Party cardstock, and More Mustard cardstock. 
This little sentiment from the Whoops set in a speech bubble is just perfect for this super belated birthday card, which was heat embossed with white on Pool Party cardstock. 



Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hope my bestie will love this card as much as I do, and you as well!

Newton's Nook Designs

Hello lovelies! Happy Wednesday!

Have you gotten a chance to get your hands inky with new NND goodies yet!?

Today I am up on the Newton's Nook Designs Blog with this super fun, summer card!

Here it goes ;-)

I am absolutely in LOVE with all the new cactus stamps from the June release! 

For today's card, I used this lovely cactus image from the Cultivated Cacti set to create something simple but fun with my embellishments that I've been hoarding...{LOL} 

The cactus image was stamped with Versamark on Pool Party cardstock, I sprinkled a pinch of neon yellow embossing powder, applied Gumball Green embossing powder then heat set it. Doesn't that bit of the neon yellow add so much fun to an already-awesome image!? I also heat embossed that little flower with the same neon yellow, die cut with the coordinating die, and added that teeny tiny pearl in the center. I borrowed the sunglasses from the Newton's Summer Vacation set and stamped it with Antique Linen Distressed Ink on Pool Party cardstock, traced the frame with the Nuvo Crystal Drops Pale Gold, and filled the inside of them with the Glossy Accent. 



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hope you enjoyed it!

Sketch For You To Try!

Hello, my lovelies!

Happy first day of summer! Woo Hoo!!!

I hope you are having beautiful summer weather :-)

Today, I am playing along with a couple challenges! I know! It's been ages since I last played any challenge! 

My son's school is finally ending tomorrow and I needed a couple of thank you cards for his teachers. The Sketch For You To Try challenge over at Reverse Confetti had this cute sketch ;-)

I had wanted to play the CAS Watercolor Challenge ever since I found it (gosh, I don't even know how long ago!). Totally me, right!?

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

The last day of school means the beginning of summer! YAY! 
I am probably more excited about it than my son is because mornings and I do not get along! {LOL} 

I got this cute little worm guy from Reverse Confetti when they had their sale!
Isn't he just the most adorable wiggly guy ever!? I stamped his striped body with pink first, heat embossed the wormy with gold, die cut him with the coordinating die, and colored his little face with my Spectrum Noir Marker. Same process with the apple, and the sentiment was also heat embossed with gold. 

So where is my watercolor? The three strips of watercolor paper have the ruler and pencil images heat embossed, and they were water colored with blue and yellow ;-) 
I chose the vellum with tiny polka dots for my big circle because I didn't want to totally hide the 3 panels behind it, and this card had a lot of patterns and colors already! This green paper with striped dots may seem too much, but it actually ties everything together. I have stripes on the worm, pencils, and ruler. Polka dots can be found on the apple, the vellum, and my little Mr. Worm is made of circles as well ;-) And the green matches the worm's head and the leaf on the apple ;-) The pink base is unusual for me, but it is picking up the pink on the worm and apple. 



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Hope you enjoyed it!

Newton's Nook Designs June Release Day 4

Hello, my lovelies!

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

All the new goodies will be available for purchase tomorrow Friday the 16th over at the Newton's Nook Designs Shop! 

Today is the final day of the reveal, and we are showcasing the Newton Rides West set along with the coordinating die set! It is so cute, you will squeal! 

EEEEEEEEEEK!!!

I'm not really into Western stuff, but how can I NOT love this set!!? 

I wanted to use all of the images but unfortunately, I ran out of time...(because I am such a slow stamper!), but I did manage to make 2 cards! 

First up is this little calico playing a sheriff on his horse!

He is just sooooo stinkin' cute!

He was stamped with antique linen distressed ink on watercolor paper, colored with antique linen distressed ink, Zig Clean Color Real Brush set, and SU Reinkers, then die cut with the coordinating die set. I messed up the star on his hat, so I placed a gold star confetti and it was a perfect fit! Woo hoo! I love when things work out well!

He goes up and down riding his horse, isn't her just the cutest little sheriff!?

I thought stamping all these little images all over would look playful and cute like my sheriff ;-) More gold stars were sprinkled to add more fun ;-)

You probably know by now that I am pretty silly...:-D

When I hear Western, I think of "Buford Tannen AKA mad dog" from the Back to the Future 3 movie...{LOL} Well, this kitty on the wanted list isn't anything like Buford, but he was my inspiration for this design (I am cracking up laughing as I am typing this up!) LOL

All the images were heat embossed with espresso brown and dark brown colored pencil was used for shadowing. As you can see, I distressed this panel, REALLY distressed it! I even created a few bullet holes, too! It was fun! Distressing cardstock is always fun ;-) {giggle}

I have this pack of distressed look patterned paper, and there was this brick wall one! 
Wasn't it just perfect to slap on my wanted poster!? I added a couple of wooden stars and a feather, and skinny washi tape with gold stars, done!

{Would you like to win the “Newton Rides West” 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 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:

Newton's Nook Designs

Amanda Bodine
Holly Endress
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Juliana Michaels
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Jennifer Timko
Tatiana Trafimovich

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you all enjoyed this week's reveal, wasn't it absolutely fabulous!?

Everything we showcased will be available for purchase tomorrow Friday the 16th over at the Newton's Nook Designs Shop! Have your wish list ready ;-)