Life is Tough Card by Maria Russell

Life is tough - let someone know you care!

If you know someone in your life who could use some encouragement, this card by Maria is sure to inspire! She used the image of the sweet kitty holding an encouraging ribbon from our Newton's Support Stamp Set. The great thing about this set is that you can color the ribbon any color to help support the cause of your choice, or that represents the recipient! For her card today, Maria used a pink ribbon to represent breast cancer. She added a lovely pink circle behind the kitty to tie the color together. She also added some amazing details to the coloring with rosy pink cheeks and white gel pen freckles on the kitty too. She hand cut out the image and added a fun die cut circle with words around it (from another brand). Then she finished off this sweet and simple layout with the sentiment "life is tough but so are you" stamped from the  Newton's Support Stamp Set. 

Here is a close up so you can see all the details:

This card is sure to make the recipient know they are cared for and help support and encourage them too! To see more beautiful projects by Maria you can visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs and don't forget to subscribe to her YouTube channel too!

Here for You Card by Samantha Mann

Here for You Butterfly Card

Today we are sharing this lovely butterfly card by Samantha! She created those lovely butterflies using images from our Beautiful Wings Stamp Set and stamping them onto vellum with distress oxide inks. Then she embossed over them using clear embossing powder. Don't they look so delicate and pretty? For her card base she cut out a heart using our Darling Hearts Die Set and used it as a stencil to ink inside. Then she added lots of fun splatters using distress inks and water. She finished it off with the "I'm here for you" sentiment from the Newton's Support Stamp Set, embossed in white on a little black banner and some black and white washi tape.

This card would be perfect for sending to someone who needs a little support to let them know you care!

Thank you Samantha for the inspirational card today! To say hello to Samantha and see more of her awesome creations, you can visit Samantha's Blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

I'm Here for You Card by Samantha Mann

Soft and Sweet!

WOW! This card card by Samantha is so lovely! She created such a subtle and beautiful layout using the flower images from the Beautiful Blossoms stamp set to create a soft gray border of flowers around the edge of the card. For the center heart image, she used two hearts that she die cut using the Darling Hearts Die set and folded in half. The lovely colors on the heart were created by painting with acrylic paints! What a gorgeous card! 

Thank you Samantha for the inspratio  today! To say hello to Samantha and see more of her awesome creations, you can visit Samantha's Blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

Hop to Stop - Raising Awareness for Domestic Violence

Sponsoring the Hop to Stop Blog Hop!

Today we are a sponsor of the awesome Hop to Stop Blog hop! October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and this hop is designed to raise awareness about domestic violence, an issue that impacts 1 in 3 women, and the resources that are available to assist victims of domestic violence. 

To participate in this blog hop, you just have to create a project that features the color purple (which is the domestic violence awareness color).

Here's what I created:

I created a fun watercolor background with Tim Holtz distress inks in purples (a mixture of dusty concord and seedless preserves) on watercolor paper.  I stamped the kitty with the ribbon from our Newton's Support stamp set onto watercolor paper. The kitty and ribbon image is colored with distress markers and a water brush. I was experimenting with trying to get a multicolor fur and I think it turned out ok but I still need a bit of practice! I fussy-cut the cat out and added him to the watercolor background with some dimensional adhesive.  I added a couple of hearts, also from the Newton's Support stamp set, with purple ink and finished it off with the sentiment "life is tough but so are you" in black ink. 

I tried adding ribbon or washi tape to the side but decided it was too much and kept it simple. I just mounted the whole thing on a purple cardstock and then again onto a kraft colored card base. I hope this card will inspire someone who is going through tough times to know they can get through it!

Don't forget, you can play along with this hop and show your support until October 30 - to link up, head over to the Hop to Stop post at Beccas blog! Plus, there are a ton of sponsors donating prizes, including one from us at Newton's Nook Designs!

June Release - Reveal Day 4 - Newton's Support

Today is our LAST Reveal day for our June Release and we are featuring the new Newton's Support Stamp Set. We are giving the stamp 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!

In the past few years we have had several people in our lives touched with cancer and other illnesses. It's always so hard to find the right way to show your support so we wanted to created something to help make it easier! This little 3 x 4 stamp set features Newton holding a ribbon that can be colored in any color customize it for the cause you wish to represent! Use the image of the sweet kitty and an encouraging sentiment to send someone who is fighting cancer or create cards to support your favorite cause! This set will make it easy to show your support! 

Here's some info on the Newton's Support stamp set:

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 8 stamps: 3 images and 5 words and sentiments
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, June 17th

Check out the awesome support and encouragement from our Design Team!

Check out all the awesome projects below from our Design Team below - 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.

Stephanie created a pink ribbon on her card with accents of yellow! So pretty and sweet!

Nina-Marie shows how you can make the ribbon in different colors to represent different causes! 

Samantha used the small ribbon and added a lovely heart background! Such a fun idea for this set!

Yukari used a sweet pink ribbon for this lovely encouraging card! I love the pink polka dots too! 

Kimberly created a lovely card with shimmery purple ribbons inside a heart! Such a great way to say you care!

Jess created this sweet card with purple ribbons. This is sure to make some smile!

Crafty Math-Chick used this image to create a card to support US Military! The flag background works perfect with the yellow ribbon! 

Danielle was thinking pink on her card! I love the fun background she created and the gold glitter on the tag!

Larissa created this sweet kitty tag with a blue ribbon! She also used our Garden Starter die set and the Garden Window die set to cut out the layers! 

Lydia created this lovely and simple card using the little bold ribbon to create a beautiful background! 

Would you like to win the “Newton's Support” 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 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, June 16th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, June 17th. 

Newton's Nook Designs

Lydia Evans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Jess Gerstner

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Nina-Marie Trapani

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka