Deepest Wishes Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Deepest Wishes

Today we are diving deep with inspiration from Tatiana, who has created an underwater scene complete with a kitty mermaid!

To create this card she started by coloring the kitty mermaid from our Purr-maid Newton Stamp Set. She colored the sweet image in gorgeous hues of purple and teal and added white gel pen accents. The image was cut out using the coordinating Purr-maid Newton Die Set. She also colored fish, seashells and seaweed to add to her scene using the Purr-maid Newton Stamp Set and Scuba Newton Stamp Set. Everything was cut out with the coordinating Purr-maid Newton Die Set and Scuba Newton Die Sets. 

To create the gorgeous background she used distress inks in purples and blues, adding lots of water splatters and colored and white splatters too. Then she created a "tunnel" pattern using our Oval Frames Die Set to cut the layers. She used dimensional adhesives in different thicknesses to achieve the fun 3D look without too much bulk. 

 

We hope you've enjoyed this trip under the sea today! To see more of her amazing work, you can visit Tatiana at her blog, Tatiana Trafimovich!

Let's be Mermaids Card by Amanda Wilcox

 

Dreaming of Being a Mermaid!

Do you ever dream of being a mermaid? This kitty does! This adorable card by Amanda is perfect for sending a summer smile to someone who loves mermaids, or kitties, or both! 

For this fun card she features the kitty mermaid from our  Purr-maid Newton Stamp Set. She colors the kitty in neutrals and gives the mermaid tail fun bright shades of green with added sparkle! She also stamped and colored several of the little fish, some from the same stamp set and from the Scuba Newton Stamp Set. Everything was cut out using the coordinating Purr-maid Newton Die Set and Scuba Newton Die Set.

Next, she created a fun undersea scene for them to swim in using our Sea Borders Die Set. She cut waves out in several colors of cardstock and layered them together. Then she cut the whole panel out using the rounded rectangle from our Frames & Flags Die Set. What a fun way to create a wavy backgroud.

She added the mermaid and all the fish into the sea scene and then added the sentiment "Let's be mermaids" from the Purr-maid Newton Stamp Set onto a bubble cut out using our Speech Bubbles Die Set, A couple bubbles bursting from the top add to the fun! 

To finish out the underwater theme, she used our Waves Stencil on a with light teal blue ink on the white card base. What a wonderful sea themed creation! 

To say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Amanda over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook! 

 

 

 

Seas the Day Slimline Card by July Guest Designer Rachel Alvarado

Hello crafty friends! It's Rachel here with one last card to share for you for the month! Thank you again to Newton's Nook for inviting me to be this month's guest. I have greatly enjoyed the privilege of working with these amazing products!

I created a triple porthole slimline shaker card featuring some cute images from the Tides of Love Stamp Set. I also added some fish and my sentiment from the Scuba Newton Stamp Set. I stamped all of my images onto a piece of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb Card Stock, colored them with Copic alcohol markers (colors listed below), and used the coordinating Tides of Love and Scuba Newton Die Sets to cut them out.

For the base of my card, I trimmed some teal card stock with my paper trimmer and used the gorgeous Slimline Frames & Porthole Die Set to cut my stitched scalloped rectangle piece and my triple porthole piece from white card stock.  I blended some Distress Inks (Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, and Chipped Sapphire) onto another piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb Card Stock to place behind my circular windows.  Once this blending dried, I used the Waves Stencil to add some wavy ripples with white ink.

I stamped my sentiment onto the front of my card with black ink and added both some clear acetate as well as 3D foam adhesive tape behind my top piece of card stock to create some room for my shaker embellishments.  Lastly, I adhered my images to the front of my card with more 3D foam adhesive tape for lots of added dimension.

Copic Colors Used: Teals: G000, BG11, BG23, BG13; Pinks: RV00, RV52, RV17; Greens: G40, G43, G46, G99, Browns: E41, E43, E44; Oranges: YR02, YR07, YR18; Yellows: Y11, Y13, Y15, V12

Thank you all so much for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed my card today!  Wishing you all a wonderful day!

- Rachel

You're Manatee-rific Card by Samantha Mann

Mantee-rific!

Want to send a card to let someone know how awesome they are? This cute manatee card by Samantha would be perfect for just that! She created this awesome underwater scene featuring the manatees from our Manatee-rific Stamp Set. She stamped the two underwater friends and colored them using Zig Clean Color watercolor brush markers. She added fun pink cheeks and then some white accents with a white gel pen too. The cute friends were cut out using the coordinating Manatee-rific Die Set. 

For the scene, she used our Hills & Grass Stencil to create layers of soft hill like waves with distress inks and then used the Waves & Splashes Stencil to add a wave shaped layer on the top. 

She finished the underwater scene by adding seaweed and bubbles from our Scuba Newton Stamp Set, cut out with the coordinating Scuba Newton Die Set.

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

What an amazing underwater scene! This card is sure to make someone smile!

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

Deepest Wishes of Thanks Card by Samantha Mann

Deepest Thanks!

This underwater card by Samantha is such a cute and clever way to say thank you! She features the image of the scuba diving kitty from our Scuba Newton Stamp Set. She stamped the kitty along with some fish and coral from the set and colored them with gorgeous colors! The shading on that kitty image is gorgeous! She cut all the images out using the Scuba Newton Die Set. For the gorgeous underwater background she used our Hills & Grass Stencil with distress inks. This stencil was designed to create hills but just by changing the colors used to blues, it works perfectly for soft layers of water! What a great idea to stretch your supplies! To finish off the card, she embossed the sentiment "deepest wishes of thanks" with white embossing powder on black cardstock and hand cut around it.

Here is a close up so you can see her gorgeous coloring. She also added white gel pen and glossy details:

This vibrant underwater scene is the perfect way to to say thank you!

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

Seas the Day! Card by Amanda Wilcox

SEAS the day!!

Today we are enchanted by this incredible card by Amanda! She has combined several fun sea themed sets to create a tall above and underwater scene that is filled with fun details!

For the underwater portion of her card, Amanda combines the fun kitty mermaid from our Purr-maid Newton Stamp Set and the scuba kitty from our Scuba Newton Stamp Set. They go so perfectly together. She also added coral, seashells and little fish from the same sets. She colored the images and used the coordinating Purr-maid Newton Die Set and Scuba Newton Die Set to cut them out. She added all these fun underwater images to a long card panel that was inked up to look like water. The wave on the top edge was die cut using our Sea Borders Die Set. On the top of the card she added in the duo of seagulls from our Gull Friends Stamp Set overlooking the underwater scene. The image was cut out using the coordinating Gull Friends Die Set. The yellow cloudy sky behind the gulls was created using our Clouds Stencil and some yellow ink. How cute!

Here are a couple of close ups so you can all the amazing details. She added white gel pen accents, glossy effects and sparkles on tail for the mermaid kitty!

We hope you enjoyed by this project by Amanda today! To say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Amanda over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

I Wuf You Pirate Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Pirate Puppy by the Sea!

Today Ellen has created a fun nautical scene featuring the dog wearing a  pirate costume from our Dress Up Doxies Stamp Set! She colored the dog with copics, adding cute little speckled details and cut him out using the coordinating Dress Up Doxies Die Set. Then she used a bunch of other NND stamps and dies to created the fun tall scene! For the layers of sky, sand and sea, she used our Sky Borders Die Set, Land Borders Die Set and our Sea Borders Die Set to create layers of clouds, waves and sand!

She added stenciled waves onto the die cut waves using our Waves Stencil. That cute crab on the bottom is from our Tides of Love Stamp Set. She added in more little fish, seaweed and shells using the little images from our Narly Mermaids Stamp Set, Purr-Maid Newton Stamp Set, Scuba Newton Stamp Set and Manatee-rific Stamp Set. She colored all these tiny little sea themed images and cut them out with their coordinating die sets.

For the sentiment on the top, she combined the "Arrrrf" from the  Dress Up Doxies Stamp Set with the "I wuf you" from the Puppy Playtime Stamp Set.

Ellen is a genius at creating scenes! See her tips below on how she created this one!

Tips on creating this scene!

Below we have some tips from Ellen on how she created a fun tall scene!

1. I knew I wanted to have a sea Valentine's card with the captain dog from the Dress Up Doxies Stamp Set. For the rest of my scene I was looking out for stamps that could fit the scene in the sea and in the air. I choose a few images and colored them. It’s important also to not use  not too many different colors on a card, that’s why I use a few similar colors. This makes the whole card look more cohesive.
2. Then I did take out watercolor paper the largest frames from the Framework Die Set. I die cut the frame twice.
   
   
3. After cutting the frames,  I die cut out the borders from paper that was first cut using the same frames. I used the Land Borders Die Set and Sea Borders Die Set for that. I also took white paper to cut out the largest frames again from the framework die set. Later used the SSky Borders Die Set to make puffy clouds with that white paper.
4. I colored the layered borders with Distress Inks. For the sea I also used the Waves Stencil. The Cloudy Sky Stencil stencil where used for the clouds. Then I did put all die borders together. Some of them overlap, but that’s good to have no gaps inbetween.

There are so many fun ways to combine our products for creative scenes! We love hearing the process on how Ellen created this! If you love this project by Ellen you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen to see more of her beautiful creations!

July Reveals - Day 2 - Newton's Perfect Wave and Scuba Newton!

Today is the second reveal day for our July Release and we are headed to the beach with Newton! He's busy surfing and scuba diving in our two featured sets today! We are also giving away a $20 store credit each reveal day to one lucky winner so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Newton's Perfect Wave 

Newton is on the search for the "purr-fect" wave on this 4x6 Stamp Set. This adorable set features cute kitties wearing swimsuits and carrying surfboards that will make you smile! The three cat images will be so fun to color and use on beach themed projects. Pair them with any of the fun surfing sentiments for tons of summer fun!

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 10 stamps: 5 images and 5 sentiments
• Coordinating Newton's Perfect Wave purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 5 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, July 19th

Scuba Newton

Newton is so cute dressed in scuba gear on this adorable 4x4 Stamp Set. Use this set to create an underwater adventure, complete with tropical fish, seaweed and coral. The sentiments go perfectly with the image and are great for birthday, thank you and friendship cards too!

• 4 x 4 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 11 stamps: 7 images and 4 sentiments
• Coordinating Scuba Newton purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 7 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, July 19th

Head to the Beach  and Under the Sea with Newton and 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 - you will find a few extra cards on some of the DT blogs and you might even find a fun video or two along the way! Make sure to comment on all the blogs for a chance to win! Details on the giveaway are at the bottom of today's post.

This incredible under water scene was created by Tatiana. She used the kitty in scuba gear, fish and coral from our new Scuba Newton Stamp Set. She layered the images over a fun stenciled background that was created using the hill from our new Hills & Grass Stencil to create soft waves and sand.

The two kitties on this card by Larissa are having a great day of surfing! She used the boy and girl kitties from our Newton's Perfect Wave Stamp Set. She created that awesome beach background for them using our Land Borders Die Set for the beach and our Sea Borders Die Set for the waves. The clouds in the sky were created using our new Clouds Stencil.

Newton is having so much fun scuba diving and seeing all the fish on this card by Zsofia. She used the kitty and fish from our new Scuba Newton Stamp Set to create this adorable underwater scene. The  window looks in to the inside of the card. Head over to her blog to see more photos!

Newton is ready to head out surfing on this awesome beach card by Maria! She used the kitty and surfboard from our new Newton's Perfect Wave Stamp Set and created a tropical beach scene using our Sea Borders Die Set and our Sunscape Stencil. 

Newton is so cute in his scuba gear on this card by Samantha! She used our new Scuba Newton Stamp Setfor the scuba diving kitty and all of the fish and coral to create this beautiful underwater scene! 

Amanda created this delightful summer card featuring Newton and his surfboard from our new Newton's Perfect Wave Stamp Set. She aded in a sky full of minty clouds using our new Clouds Stencil. She also used our Framework Die Set for the scalloped frame. 

Andrea created a enchanting shaker card featuring the kitty and fish from our new Scuba Newton Stamp Set! She added sequins to the scene inside for extra fun when you shake it. The fun scalloped frame for the shaker was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. So adorable!

Hang ten! This beautiful tropical card by Holly features the sweet girl kitty with her surfboard from our new Newton's Perfect Wave Stamp Set. For her background she created a lovely tropical pattern using our Hibiscus Stencil Set. She also added some waves to the banner behind the kitty using our new Waves & Splashes Stencil. 

Newton is so adorable surfing on the colored waves on this card by Naki. She used the kitty on the surfboard from our new Newton's Perfect Wave Stamp Set and layered him over a background of waves that were created using our new Waves & Splashes Stencil. She also used the die cut word "Aloha" from our Aloha Newton Die Set.

Ellen created a fabulous diving scene featuring Newton in his scuba gear from our new Scuba Newton Stamp Set. The kitty is surrounded by fish and coral, also from the new set. She also used our Land Borders Die Set for the sand and the our Frames & Flags Die Set for the scalloped edge. The scuba kitty even slides across the card to add more fun! 

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 18th at 9pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, July 19th.

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

Zsofia Molnar

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Andrea Shell

Tatiana Trafimovich