Birthday Party Favors by Ellen Haxelmans

Kitty Themed Birthday Party!

Today Ellen has created a fun set of projects that are PURR-fect for kitty themed birthday party! 

First, she decorated two party hats using our cute birthday themed cat images.  The hat on the left uses the image of a kitty eating birthday cake from our Newton Loves Cake Stamp Set. The hat on the left uses the image of the kitty opening gifts from our Newton's Birthday Bash Stamp Set. She colored both images with alcohol markers, adding tiny spots for details and pink cheeks. Then she cut the images out using the coordinating Newton Loves Cake Die Set and Newton's Birthday Bash Die Set. She also added hats and bits of confetti from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set and Newton's New Year Stamp Set. 

She layered all the pieces over a circle that was cut out using our Circle Frames Die Set and adhered them to the fronts of the birthday hats!

Next, she created a fun birthday banner:

For the banner she used the cupcake with a bite cut out of it from the Bleat Stamp Set. Then she added the cupcakes to banners cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. For the center, she cut out another circle using our Circle Frames Die Set and added the "Did someone say CAKE?" message from our Newton Loves Cake Stamp Set, embossed in gold! 

Who needs to go to the party store when you can create your own custom party decorations!? So fun!

To see more creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen

Cinco de MEOW! Card by Donna Idlet

Happy Cinco de "Meow"!

Today is Cinco de Mayo and we are celebrating, with Cinco de "Meow!" greetings! This fun card was created today by Donna! 

For this fun celebratory card Donna stamped the image the kitty in a cocktail glass rom our Newton Celebrates Stamp Set for her main image. She colored image along with the image of the little birthday hat and cut them out using the coordinating Newton Celebrates Die Set. She used our new Newton Loves Tacos Stamp Set too, adding the image of the cat shaped taco into the kitties raised paw! So adorable! This little taco was cut out using the coordinating Newton Loves Tacos Die Set. She layered the kitty over a vellum oval that was cut out using our Oval Frames Die Set. 

For her card base she created a beautiful rainbow inked background using distress inks. She used our  Frames & Flags Die Set for the shape and masked off the edges so they would stay white while she inked inside the  stitched edge of the scalloped rectangle. What a great way to get more color without adding extra layers! 

She also added confetti to the background, stamped from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set. The finishing touch is the sentiment "Happy Cinco De MEOW" from the Newton Loves Tacos Stamp Set. She embossed the sentiment in white onto the little black banner that was die cut out using the banner from our A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. 

This card would be perfect to send for a celebration on Cinco de Mayo!

To see more beautiful cards by Donna, you can visit her blog, Creative Lady!

Birthday Card by January Guest Designer Peggy Emmerink-Moonen

Hi crafty friends! This is already my last card as a January guest designer for Newton's Nook Designs and I've had a blast! I hope you were inspired too. Now without further ado, let's take a look at how it came together!

I started by cutting two mini slimline panels, one from a gray and white patterned paper and one from my regular sturdy white cardstock. I used Squeezed Lemonade, Kitsch Flamingo and Dried Marigold Distress Oxide Inks to create a fun background. Over top, I used the Cascading Stars Stencil to create some interest as well as stamped some of the small images from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set in gold colored ink.

I used some text dies from my stash, to get the words 'sending' and 'hugs' for my card. I lightly colored the letters with my copics (BG11-13) and embellished them with glitter. I combined the die cut words with the 'happy' and 'birthday' sentiment from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set to create a new sentiment to fit my card. I adhered the separate letters from the word hugs by positioning them on my card the way I wanted them and picking them up using a long strip of washi tape. Just flip it around, add liquid glue and attach it to your card. This is a great tip when you need to outline separate elements on cards.

Lastly, I colored up the kitty with the champagne glass, the party hat and some pieces of confetti with my copic markers (E50-E55 for the kitty, BG11-13 and RV04-06 for the hat and confetti, Y21 and Y00 for the champagne and B0000-000-00 for the glass). I attached my image using some foam tape and added some glossy accents and glitter to finish my card.

So long for now and hope to meet you again online!

Long distance hugs,
-Peggy

(Come say hi on Instagram @peggyemmerink)

Let's Party Card by January Guest Designer Peggy Emmerink-Moonen

Today we are introducing our Guest Designer for January, Peggy Emmerink-Moonen! We fell in love with her gorgeous cards and beautiful coloring over on instagram and we are super excited to share what she creates for us this month! Peggy will be back each Monday for the month of January with a new project! Keep reading to find out more about her today and to check out her first project below.

My name is Peggy Emmerink-Moonen. I am 36 years old and live in the Netherlands with my husband and 3.5 year old son. I work as a youth policy maker for the municipality. I have been crafting all my life, but got into stamping and coloring in 2016. I mostly make greeting cards, with a little bit of scrapbooking on the side. I love cute images and making scene cards. Crafting really is my therapy and always brings me so much joy. Other hobbies include reading and watching films and series!

instagram: peggyemmerink

Happy New Year crafty friends! Peggy here with my first card guest designing for Newton’s Nook Designs. Instead of opting for Christmas cards only, I also decided to make some New Year’s cards this year. It’s a fun break from the red, gold and green color scheme and a great way to start the new year crafty!

I love making slimline cards and so my first guest card simply had to be one. You can use any slimline die set you own or simply cut a panel to size with a paper trimmer. I started by cutting two panels, a base (the one with the scallops) and a top panel. I used three shapes to make cut-outs in my top panel. These will make a nice place to highlight my colored images and stamped sentiment.

Next, I took some texture paste and mixed in some silver paint. I covered the top panel with the Cascading Stars Stencil and used a palette knife to spread the paste evenly over the surface. I set the panel aside to dry. Seriously, don’t touch it for a good while :) (No it's not dry yet!)

I stamped my images from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set using alcohol marker friendly ink. I used the E50 copic marker series for the kitty on the left, Cool Greys for the glass and the kitty on the right and the E30 series on the puppy. The green is YG91 through YG97, yellow accents are Y21, Y00 and Y000, and blue accents B14 and B93.

After my texture paste had dried I used a stamp positioning tool to stamp the 'Let's Party' sentiment from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set into the cut-out in the middle of the panel. I adhered the top panel to the base with foam tape to give some dimension. Lastly, I adhered my images with both foam tape and liquid glue and used a white gel pen and some glossy accents for the finishing touch!

Hope you are inspired by my card! Sending long distance hugs!

Peggy

(Come say hi on Instagram @peggyemmerink)

A Duo of Birthday Cards by April Guest Designer Mugdha Gujarathi

Hello Friends, Mugdha here. I can't believe that it's the fourth I monday of the month already. I really enjoyed making cards using Newton's nook products and sharing with you all. Today, I am going to share two cards, both of them are very different from each other!

I used Balloon shaker die for this card, you can use shaker dies in so many ways and not only for making shaker cards. I used a slimline panel of white cardstock and die cut out the big balloons from the Balloon Shaker Die Set, I also die cut the balloons of the vellum. I used polka dot pattern paper and adhered the white slimline panel on it, I then pasted the vellum balloons and stamped the sentiment "Happy Birthday" from Newton Celebrates stamp set. Lastly, adhered some sequins to finish off my card.

Here is my second card:

For this CAS masculine card, I used Birthday Roundabout stamp set. I stamped the beautiful image on black cardstock using versamark ink and heat embossed it with Ranger gold embossing powder and heat tool. I then die cut out the circle with the Circle Frames die set and adhered it on caramel brown cardstock using foam adhesive.

I stamped the sentiment "Happy birthday" on a strip of caramel brown paper and mounted it on the circle using foam adhesive. Lastly, I added some gold pearls to finish off my card.

I hope you like them.

Thank you so much for stopping by,
Mugdha

Happy Birthday Slimline Card by April Guest Designer Mugdha Gujarathi

It's the first Monday of April today and we are welcoming our April Guest Designer,  Mugdha Gujarathi! We have been enjoying Mugdha's cute and clever creations on instagram and can't wait to see what she creates this month using our products! She will be back each Monday for the month of April with a new project! Keep reading to find out more about her today and to check out her first project below.

Hello Everyone, I am Mugdha Gujarathi from India. I am a Teacher by profession and Crafter by passion. I love Stamping and coloring. I love to make Clean and simple and Slimline cards. Besides Crafting, I enjoy Reading books, cooking, and watching movies.

Blog - craftomania
Instagram - mugdhagujarathi
Facebook - mugdhagujarathi



Mugdha here. I am so happy and excited to be Guest Designer at Newton's Nook for the month of April. Today, I am going to share a cute slimline Birthday card which I made using the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set and the Slimline Masking Circles and Squares Stencil Set.
Let's have a look!

I started with Stamping the cute images from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set and colored them using Zigs real brush pens. I then fussy cut all the images.

I used Slimline Masking Square Stencils, Wilted violet and Picked Raspberry Distress Inks for background. I then adhered all the fussy cut images using foam adhesive tape.

I stamped the sentiments from the same stamp set on strips of paper and pasted them. I die cut out some confettis using a Balloon Shaker Die Set and adhered them to finish off my card.

 
Lastly, I adhered the entire slimline card panel on 8.5 inches to 3.5 inches folded card base.

Thank you!
Kind regards,
- Mugdha

Olive You Card by Samantha Mann

Olive You!

Today Samantha has combined two unexpected sets together to create a celebratory olive themed card! She used the adorable image of Newton in a martini glass from our Newton Celebrates Stamp Set. She colored in image in fun neutral colors, adding a pop of green on the olive and the liquid in the glass!  Then she paired the images of the olives from our Love Bites Stamp Set. She added adorable celebratory hats to the kitty and to the olives using the hat from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set. The images were cut out using the coordinating Newton Celebrates Die Set and Love Bites Die Set. 

For the sentiments she cut out two speech bubbles from black cardstock using our Speech Bubbles Die Set and added the "Let's Party" from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set and the "olive you" from the Love Bites Stamp Set. What a fun combination of sentiments! 

For the starry background on the card base she used our Cascading Stars Stencil, again in lime green to match the theme! 

Here's a close up image so you can see the amazing coloring and the dimension:

We hope this card has inspired you to look at your stamp sets and find unexpected ways to mix and match them together! If you find an unexpected pairing, make sure to share your creation with us in our Create & Share Group on facebook or tag us on instagram with #newtonsnook

To say hello to Sam and see more of her amazing creations you can visit Sam over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

Cheers for You Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Cheers For You!

Today Ellen is sharing a fun celebratory card using our Newton Celebrates Stamp Set. Although we shared many cards over New Year's Eve using this stamp set, she wanted to show how you can use this card for any celebration throughout the year!

For her card today, she colored the kitty in the martini glass from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set using copic markers. She added such fun patterns to the fur and sweet pink cheeks too! The image was cut out using the coordinating Newton Celebrates Die Set. She also colored a chocolate from the Love & Chocolate Stamp Set and some bubbles and confetti from the Newton's New Year Stamp Set. She used the coordinating Love & Chocolate Die Set and Newton's New Year Die Set to cut these out. 

For the card base, she created a slimline card using our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set to give the pink panel a fun scalloped edge. Then she added to the celebration theme by using our Bubbly Stencil with orange and yellow distress inks and layering that on top of the scalloped frame. 

To finish out the card, she used the word "cheers" on the top, cut out using our Cocktail Mixer Die Set from pink glitter paper. The "for you" was stamped from our Newton Celebrates Stamp Set and embossed in white. 

We hope you enjoyed this fun project today from Ellen! To see more unique creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen!

Celebrate Card by Samantha Mann

Celebrate!

Did you have a fun celebration for the New Year? Today the celebrating continues on this adorable card by Samantha. She features the kitty in the oversized martini glass from our Newton Celebrates Stamp Set. This stamp set is perfect for New Years cards but it also works great for any celebrations throughout the year! This card would be perfect for a Birthday card or to celebrate any fun event! She colored the kitty and martini glass, adding fun stripes to the fur. Then she cut the image out using the coordinating Newton Celebrates Die Set. She added to the fun celebratory feel by adding some balloons behind the glass, using our Fabulous Frenchies Stamp Set and Die Set. So fun!

We hope this project by Sam made you smile today! To  say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Sam over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

Happy New Year Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

The New Year is nearly here!

The holidays are fast approaching and before you know it we will be celebrating the start of the New Year! The duo of friends on this card by Tatiana are ready to help you celebrate! She used the adorable image of the cat and dog bursting open a bottle of champagne from our Newton Celebrates Stamp Set. The image was cut out using the coordinating Newton Celebrates Die Set. She added it to her card along with two champagne glasses stamped from our Newton’s New Year Stamp Set. The glasses were cut out using the coordinating Newton’s New Year Die Set. She also added some gold sequins and confetti the Happy New Year Sentiment to the top! Along the bottom is a strip of glittery confetti created using our Confetti Stencil too! So fun! 

Here's a close up so you can see all the gorgeous details:

Thank you for the celebratory greeting today, Tatiana! If you like this project you can see more of Tatiana's work over on her blog, Tatiana Craft and Art.

Oink Trio of Birthday Cards by Ellen Haxelmans

Squeal! You'll Love with These Piggy Cards by Ellen!

Today we have a trio of adorable piggy cards created by Ellen! She used the adorable pig images from our Oink Stamp Set to create three fun pig cards! For the first card (shown above) she used the piggy with the birthday cake. She colored the image and used the coordinating Oink Die Set to cut the image out. Then she layered it over a fun yellow splattered background that was cut out using our
Frames Squared Die Set.

If you like this splattered look on this little background piece, scroll to the end of this post for instructions on how to do this technique! 

For the background she used our  for the large scalloped border. She also cut out the stitched rectangle using our Frames & Flags Die Set and stenciled confetti on it using our Confetti Stencil.

For the second piggy card, Ellen used the image of the pig with the big bow from our Oink Stamp Set and paired him with a pie slice from our Newton's Thanksgiving Stamp Set. So cute! She cut the images out with the coordinating Oink Die Set and Newton's Thanksgiving Die Set. She used a similar layout as the last card, adding layers using our Frames & Flags Die Set and Frames Squared Die Set. This time she used the Hardwood Stencil for the background panel.

The third piggy card using the cute image of the pig from our Oink Stamp Set lying on the ground. This time she paired the pig with the champagne glass from the Newton's New Year Stamp Set  and party hat from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set. She used the coordinating dies to cut the pieces out and layered them again with shapes from our Frames & Flags Die Set and Frames Squared Die Set. On this card she also used our Bubbly Stencil for the background bubbles and added the "sip happens" sentiment from our Wine a Little Stamp Set.

Here's a little tutorial from Ellen on how to make the Splattered Backgrounds! 

• First apply your ink. It's best to use an ink that reacts with water like Distress ink or Oxide inks. I used Oxide inks. After that I used water. For this I use a mini mister with water. Take out the nozzle and tap with your finger on it. The water drops will fall on your paper. Wait till you see the ink reaction from the water and then dab wet areas away with a towel.
• You can do the same ‘tapping’ technique with white Dylusions White Linen ink. The only difference is that I heat it with my heat gun to dry.
• The last step is to apply a glimmer ink. For this I use Glitter Sprays are my favorite. After you sprinkled the ink, you dab the ink off with a towel.

If you love this project by Ellen you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen to see more of her beautiful creations!

Happy Birthday Floral Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Happy Birthday Flowers! 

Today we are sharing a gorgeous floral Birthday Card by Ellen! She cut out the fun layered flowers using  Flower Trio Die Set. She cut the flowers out in shades of pink, layering them together and adding a sequins in the centers for sparkle. For the leaves she cut them from cardstock and then added color to the die cut shapes.

Here's a tip from her on how they were colored:
"I used my Copic Markers: for the brown I followed the curves with the markers E34 and E31. For the leaves I followed the grooves that the dies make when you cut them. I colored over these grooves with green YG05 and YG01."

She layered the flowers onto a panel of brown cardstock that was cut out using our Framework Die Set to give it a fun scalloped edge. She also added a fun woodgrain pattern to this panel using our Hardwood Stencil. She created a custom sentiment by cutting the word "happy" out using our Holiday Greetings Die Set and combining it with the word "birthday" stamped from our Newton Celebrates Stamp Set.

What a gorgeous combination of die cut images for a special Birthday creation!

If you love this project by Ellen you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen to see more of her beautiful creations!