Spring Hello Card by Naki Rager

Hello Spring! 

Do you have Spring weather where you live yet? Today Naki created this lovely spring themed card in hopes of bring some Spring cheer! She used the adorable floral wreath image from our Happy Little Thoughts Stamp Set to create a lovely frame for a shaker window. Isn't it cool how she cut it out from the white square with the coordinating Happy Little Thoughts Die Set and then set it back into the die cut area? What a fun look! She colored the flowers in bright spring colors and then she cut out a white deer using our Splendid Stags Die Set to go inside the window. She added that cute little trio of pretty flowers onto the deer from our Happy Little Thoughts Stamp Set and added in the "hello" sentiment from the Fanciful Florals Stamp Set, embossed in gold. She added this whole fun shaker frame layered over some pretty spring prints and a lace border! What a gorgeous creation!

To see more beautiful projects by Naki, you can head over to her blog, Notes from Naki and say hello!

Wonderful Friend Card by Stephanie Muzzulin

Wonderful Friend!

This thank you friend card by Stephanie is so pretty! She used our fun bold flowers from the Fanciful Florals stamp set and stamped them in pretty orange, yellow and pink hues! I love these colors - they remind me of a summer sherbet! I also love the adorable tiny little pattern paper flags in the corner. The "wonderful friend" sentiment is also from theFanciful Florals stamp set and she added on the "thank you."  Such a lovely card!  

Thanks for the inspiration today, Stephanie! To see more of Stephanie's work you can visit her blog, Handmade Creations by Stephanie!

There are just a FEW DAYS LEFT to Enter our Inky Paws Challenge #30 - SPRING THEME 

There's still time! Our challenge closes on Friday, April 8th at Midnight CST time. To enter, all you need to do is create a card or project inspired by theme SPRING using NND products! 

The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! 

This time we're going to pick RANDOM winners so everyone has an equal chance to win! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still play along - just download and use one of the digital freebies on our freebies page.

Best Wishes Card by Lydia Evans

Floral Wishes!

Today we have a beautiful floral card to share by Lydia! Lydia used our Fanciful Florals stamp set and inked it up with zig clean color markers to create a soft, watercolored edges! Then she added fun doodled lines over the edges. I love this fun look - and what a great way to get another look out of a solid bold stamp set! She added the "best wishes" sentiment too, also from the Fanciful Florals stamp set. I love that sentiment since it can work for nearly any occasion!

Head over to Lydia's blog today Lydia Evans Design to see more details on her project today and make sure to say hello!

Gorgeous Retirement card by Jess Gerstner

Congrats in gold and black! 

Today we are sharing this gorgeous retirement card by Jess! She used our fun bold floral blooms and flourishes from the Fanciful Florals stamp set and embossed them in gold on black paper! What a stunning look! She also created a custom retirement sentiment using our Simply Sentimental stamp set! The words "congrats" and "on your retirement" are part of all the mix and match options available in this set - it's a perfect set to have on hand to make cards for all the special occasions that you might need to make cards for!

Here's a video Jess created showing you how she made this card:

Thanks for the awesome card today, Jess! You can see more of her projects on her blog, Jess Crafts  - and you can also follow her Jess Crafts youtube channel to see more fun videos!

Watercolor Floral Card by Jess Gerstner

Gorgeous watercolor card by Jess! 

Today I'm sharing this beautiful floral card by Jess! She used our  a bunch of the fun flowers from our Beautiful Blossoms stamp set -and did some really cool watercolor effects! This is such a beautiful card! I love the minimal use of colors on this - you could easily switch it up and use the favorite color of the friend you're sending it to! The little "hello" sentiment is from the Fanciful Florals stamp set. 

Here's a video Jess created- check it out to see how to make this card:

Make sure to visit Jess at her blog, Jess Crafts  - and you can also follow her Jess Crafts youtube channel to see more fun videos!

Wonderful Friend Card by Stephanie Muzzulin

Wonderful Friend!

I love the bright colors on this card by Stephanie Muzzulin! She used bold blooms from the Fanciful Florals stamp set and stamped them in fun bright summer colors! I love the color combo she used - so bright and cheery! The fun little dots in the flower centers the perfect finishing touch! The "wonderful friend" sentiment is also from the Fanciful Florals stamp set. 

Head over to Stephanie's blog, Handmade Creations by Stephanie to see more of her awesome cards!

There's still time to enter our Inky Paws challenge #21 Color Challenge!

Have you checked out our latest challenge? You have until Friday, June 12th at Midnight CST time to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project based on this color combo of Coral, Peach, Mint and White and using & NND products! 

The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still play along - just download and use one of the digital freebies on our freebies page.

Inky Paws Challenge #21 - Color Challenge

This month's challenge is to a create a project using the colors below

The colors we are Coral, Peach, and Mint

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to our online store and a Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! If we get more than 15 participants, we will choose two winners so be sure to tell your friends to play along! 

We have a little bit of extra time this month to play along - We're going to run this challenge for three weeks instead of the usual two! Deadline to enter is Friday, June 12th, 2015 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, June 19th.

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky?

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item).

• Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp - check out our Freebies page).

• Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr, Pinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC21).

• Link back to this challenge (if posting in an online gallery copy the link into the photo description). 

• Submit your project to this challenge using the InLinkz widget below. You must submit a DIRECT link to your post page.

• Have more than one great idea? You can enter more than once! Just link up each card separately. 
• TIP: Please make sure your photo in focus  - We can't pick you as a winner if we can't see your card clearly because your photo is blurry! 

Here's some inspiration!

Several of our Design Team Members decided to play along - Remember the colors are just an inspiration - check out all the ways they used them! Read the description below each card to see who made it!

I love the pretty floral card by Lydia! She stamped the flowers from our Fanciful Florals stamp set in the coral, peach, and mint inks and added in the words from the Simply Sentimental stamp set!

Here's some fun inspiration from Samantha! I love how she used the colors to create a fun background and then added black and white roses using the Love Grows stamp set. 

  This card by Yuki also uses the bold flowers from our Fanciful Florals stamp set in the coral with minty colored leaves! I love the added sparkle with the silver letters too! She also used the "for everything" words from the Simply Sentimental stamp set!

Here's an adorable one layer card by Danielle! She used our Flirty Flamingos stamp set, coloring flamingos in shades of coral on a minty background! 

This lovely card by Jess uses our blooms from our Fanciful Florals stamp set in a fun bright bold design! 

This lovely card by Larissa uses our our lovely Beautiful Blossoms stamp set. Love all those pretty layers!

And here's one more card using Fanciful Florals by me - I tried to do color fade from the coral to the mint.  I'm not the best with color blending yet but I think it turned out ok - sort of a "dip died" type of look.

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Mother's Day Floral Card and Bracelet by Larissa Heskett

Fanciful Florals for Mother's Day!

Today I'm sharing this gorgeous card by Larissa using the new Fanciful Florals stamp set. Larissa stamped three flowers from our set with a two-tone ink effect and then fussy cut them out to create this beautiful floral trio. She also stamped and fussy cut out a bunch of leaves too! I love all the dimension it has! Then she added the "happy mother's day" sentiment from the Love Grows stamp set. Of course I also love that gorgeous watercolor background too!

And if that's not enough -she made this amazing bracelet too using the floral image from the Fanciful Florals stamp set as the focal point for the charm on the bracelet! This girl is talented, right? How awesome is that?

Thanks so much Larissa for inspiring us today! Please make sure to head over to Larissa's blog, Larissa Heskett Designs to see more details about her work and say hello to her today!

Today is the LAST DAY to enter our Inky Paws challenge #20 SKETCH Challenge!

Have you checked out our latest challenge? You have until TONIGHT - Friday, May 8th at Midnight CST time to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project based on this sketch and using & NND products! 

The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still play along - just download and use one of the digital freebies on our freebies page.

Bold Floral Ombré card by Lydia Evans

Bold Flowers & Ombré = Beautiful Together!

WOW! That's what I said when I first saw this card by Lydia. She used the pretty bold floral images from our Fanciful Florals stamp set and stamped them in bold black over a gorgeous hand painted watercolor ombré background. This is just SO COOL! The black really POPS out over the awesome blue and green background! I also love the added bit of white dots and the white card stock base. This is such a beautiful card. I think it would be fun to try it in reverse too with white flowers embossed over a colorful ombré background! I'm totally inspired - how about you?

Head over to Lydia's blog today Lydia Evans Design to see more details on her project today! Make sure to leave her a nice comment too!

Don't forget - Our deadline is Friday to enter our Inky Paws challenge #20 SKETCH Challenge!

Have you checked out our latest challenge? You have  just a couple more days - until  Friday, May 8th at Midnight CST time to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project based on this sketch and using & NND products! 

The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still play along - just download and use one of the digital freebies on our freebies page.

Hello Floral Card by Kimberly Rendino

Hello Flowers!

I LOVE the lush blue and green color combo on this card by Kimberly using our Fanciful Florals stamp set! It's so fun how she used that gorgeous minty teal color and then gave the edges a darker tone. It gives the whole card a lovely ombré effect!  She also used the fun "hello" and swirly flourishes from the same Fanciful Florals stamp set! So pretty! The sequins in the flower centers give it the final finishing touch!

To see more, head over to Kimberly's blog Kimplete Kreativity and say hello!

There's still time to enter our Inky Paws challenge #20 SKETCH Challenge!

Have you checked out our latest challenge? You have until Friday,  May 8th at Midnight CST time to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project based on this sketch and using & NND products! 

The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still play along - just download and use one of the digital freebies on our freebies page.

May Flowers Blog Hop!

Happy May Day + Blog Hop!

Hello! Hope you're having a great "May Day"! Since April Showers bring May flowers we decided it was a good excuse to have a May Flowers Blog Hop! You are at the first stop of the hop so make sure to click through all the Design Team Members posts - they are all featuring flower cards on their blogs today with Newton's Nook Designs stamps! And of course there will be prizes (scroll down to the end of the post to see how to win) YAY! 

I decided to make a Mothers Day card for the hop. I used the new bold flower set Fanciful Florals to create a bold floral image with hot magenta and lime. Then I added the "Happy Mother's Day" Sentiment from the Love Grows Stamp set. I love how simple this card was to make. To dress it up, I added on a few pearls, a slight peek of patterned paper and some white bakers twine. Then the whole thing was put on a gray card base. 

 

PLUS - Newton's Nook Designs is having a SALE!

Do you love our flower stamps? Grab them up and any of your other favorites this weekend with FREE SHIPPING* Now through May 3. Use Code: MAYDAY at newtonsnookdesigns.com

* Offer good on new retail orders of in-stock items only, while supplies last. 

Expires Midnight CST, May 3, 2015

 

AND a Giveaway!
Want a chance to win a $10 store credit? We're picking 2 lucky winners!

Here's how to win:
Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blog hop 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 Sunday, May 3rd at 9pm CDT to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Monday, May 4th.

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

Newton's Nook Designs
Taheerah Atchia
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Jess Moyer
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka

Rainbow Floral Thank You card by Nicole Picadura!

Floral Rainbow by Nicole Picadura 

Today I'm sharing another beautiful creation by our April Guest Designer, Nicole! I love the rainbow of flowers she created on this card using our new Fanciful Florals stamp set! Isn't it gorgeous? And the popped out "thanks" sentiment is super fun! 

Nicole also has a video over on her blog today so head over to Scraps n Stamps and to see her video and how she made it!

A Big thank you to Nicole for the fun inspiration today!

Thanks for Everything Card by Yukari Yoshioka

Sparkly Floral Thank You!

Do you love sparkle? Then you will love this card today by Yukari. She used the big bold blooms in our new Fanciful Florals with pretty peach, mint and grey inks - aren't those colors so yummy?  Then she added on those fun sparkly letters. I also love the bit of sparkle on the washi tape! The "for everything" sentiment is from the Simply Sentimental stamp set.  I also love the fun layout on this card - how she left white space on the bottom of the card. 

You can link over to Yukari's blog, Handmade by Yuki and see more details about her card today - Make sure you check out her other awesome work too! 

April Reveal Day 2 - Fanciful Florals

Today is our first reveal for our April Release and we are featuring the set Fanciful Florals! We are giving this set away to one lucky winner so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win! 

The big, bold blooms on this 4 x 6 stamp set will be the perfect addition to your flower collection. The solid image designs are perfect for creating quick cards. Just ink them up in your favorite colors and stamp away! The thick lines are great for techniques and embossing too! With the variety of blooms in this set, the possibilities are endless!

Here's some info on Fanciful Florals 

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 14 stamps: 11 images and 3 sentiments
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, April 17th

Let's get inspired...

Check out all the amazing projects below from our Design Team and Guest Designer Nicole Picadura  Then, make sure to click through to all their blogs for details on their cards - Some of the designers have extra cards on the blogs and you might even find a fun video or two along the way! Make sure to comment for a chance to win! Details on the giveaway are at the bottom of today's post. 

Our Guest Designer, Nicole Picadura created this set of cards using the big bold bloom. I love the simplicity of these and that you could to this in almost any color!

Samantha created this awesome card - I love how she repeated the hello stamp to create that fun background and then added the lovely flowers over it! 

This lovely card is by Taheerah! I just love the fun texture she added behind the bold black flower image! Gorgeous !

Jess created a fun set of clean and simple cards using the flower images - I love the ombre effect she gave them!!

The colors on this card by Kimberly really pop! I love how she embossed the big bloom in white and added color over the top! Beautiful!

Larissa used the floral stamps to create some jewelry! Isn't this bracelet amazing? Make sure to check out her blog to see more fun jewelry pieces! 

I love the softness the flowers have in this card by Danielle! It's almost like looking through a frosted window! 

The touch of gold on this card by Lydia is so gorgeous over the pretty colored floral base! 

This Mother's Day card by Crafty Math-Chick is so fun! I love how she used the leaves to create a pattern for the green base of the card! She used the Happy Mother's Day sentiment from the Love Grows stamp set. 

 This sweet and simple card is by Yukari. I love the soft spring colors she used! 

I love the bold colors and fun graphic feel on this card by Stephanie! 

Would you like to win “Fanciful Florals”?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog release 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, April 16th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 17th. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Taheerah Atchia

Lydia Evans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Jess Moyer

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

Nicole Picadura (Guest Designer)