Summer Beach Cards by July Guest Designer Ildi Imrefalvi

Today we have our first post from our July Guest Designer, Ildi Imrefalvi. We fell in love with her beautiful cards on instagram and are excited to see what she creates this month using NND products! We hope you will enjoy her projects and she will inspire you each week! Keep reading to find out more about her today and to check out her first project below!

Hi everyone, my name is Ildi and I live in Budapest, Hungary with my wonderful and supportive husband. We share our home with three cats and three dogs.

My passion for cardmaking started many years ago and became an important part of my life. I love coloring, masking and scene building the most love and of course I love collecting the cutest stamp sets from all around the world.

When I’m not in my craft room I love clicker training my pets and hiking with my dogs.
My instagram is hellopilda and you can also find be on my blog, Hellopilda.

Newton and Friends on the Beach

Hello everyone, my name is Ildi and I’m super excited and feel honored to be guest designing for Newton’s Nook this month.

We’re having a really hot summer here in Europe, so I often find myself dreaming of a day off at the beach. It gave me the idea to create two similar cards which together make a larger beach scene where Newton and his friends are having fun.

For a start I took two pieces of cardstock and attached them together on the back with a piece of removable adhesive tape so that I could handle them as one while creating the background. I tore a larger piece of paper in half and placed it diagonally on the cardstock.

I applied different shades of yellow, orange and brown Distress Inks onto the bottom area to create sand then took the negative piece of my torn paper, covered the colored area to create sea with blue Oxide Inks. To add a little texture I used a white gel pen to draw sea foam here and there.

I colored and fussy cut a bunch of elements from my favorite summer themed Newton’s Nook stamp sets: Newton’s Summer Treats and Newton’s Summer Vacation.

I found some pretty seashells in the mini set Vitamin Sea, found them perfect to have interesting details.

I attached my colored elements with foam dots to add dimension to my cards.
Thank you for stopping by!
 - Ildi

Under the Sea Card Duo by Ellen Haxelmans

Under the Sea Cards

Today we have two amazing under the sea themed cards by Ellen using our some or our new summer products combined with our Message in a Bottle Stamp Set! She's created such clever combinations of products!

For her first card Ellen used the mermaid hugging the narwhal from our Narly Mermaids Stamp Set. She colored the image with vibrant colors (love the yellow tail) and cut it out using the coordinating
Narly Mermaids Die Set. Then she colored the scroll from our Message in a Bottle Stamp Set and combined it with the sentiment from the Narly Mermaids Stamp Set. She used the Message in a Bottle Die Set to trim it out.  For her background she created an awesome stenciled area of sparkly fish using our Tropical Fish Stencil with glittery paste. This panel was mounted onto a scallop edged teal colored panel that was cut out using our Framework Die Set.

For her second card Ellen used the big bottle image from our Message in a Bottle Stamp Set and stamped the image inside it from our new Vitamin Sea Stamp Set! So cute! She cut colored everything in fun ocean colors and cut out the bottle and cork using the Message in a Bottle Die Set. For her background on this card she use our Seashells Stencil to create a fun seashell pattern. Again, she mounted the stenciled panel onto a scallop edged orange colored panel that was cut out using our Framework Die Set.

Aren't these ocean themed cards so awesome? It is so neat how you can combine so many of our products together to create unique cards! I hope you are inspired to see what sets you have in your collection that you could use together!

To see more of Ellen's beautiful creations, you can visit Ellen over at her blog Crafty Ellen!

July Reveals - Day 4 - FIVE new mini stamp sets!

Today is day 4 and our Final reveal day for our new July product reveals! Today we are sharing a fun NEW SIZE for our stamp sets. Check out our new mini 2x3 sized stamps! These cute little stamps are so adorable you'll want to collect them all! Scroll down to see them! 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!

New Mini Sized Stamps

Our new mini 2x3 stamps are so cute you'll want to collect them all! We are starting this new collection with FIVE fun new summer themed sets and four coordinating die sets!  The designs are: Flip-Flop Life, Cat Treats, Vitamin Sea, Pina Koala, and Floaty Goat! 

Here's some info on the New mini stamp sets:

• 2 x 3 photopolymer stamp sets (each sold separately) 
• 4 of the sets have coordinating purr-fect die sets (sold separately)
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, July 20th

These adorable mini stamps pack a big punch! Check out what our Design Team created with these!

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.

Zsofia created a whole rainbow of flip flops using the new Flip-Flop Life Stamp Set! She cut them using the coordinating die set and arranged them in a circle around the sentiment! So cheerful and perfect for summer fun! 

Samantha used our new Floaty Goat Stamp Set for this fun summer card. She colored the goat and cut him out with the coordinating die set. Then she added him to her card with a fun watercolor background! So cute!

Larissa created this fun card using the new mini Cat Treats Stamp Set. She used the cat ice cream cone and colored it for her main image. She also used the ice cream and cherries to stamp a fun background pattern along the bottom and the Sunscape Stencil to create the light pink sun rays across the top!

Amanda created an adorable little scene using the new Pina Koala Stamp Set. She colored the Koala bear and added him inside the frame from the Framework Die Set. She also used our Land Borders Die Set to create layers of grass! How adorable! 

Naki created this adorable mini décor piece using our Vitamin Sea Stamp Set. She stamped the sentiment onto a mini canvas, embossed it in gold and colored it with soft pastels! She then added some rope and metal embellishments to finish off her decoration! So unique and pretty! 

Ellen created an amazing sea scene featuring the flip flops from our new Flip-Flop Life Stamp Set! She colored the flip-flops in fun bright colors, cut them out with the coordinating Flip-Flop Life Die Set and added them to a beach scene. She used our Land Borders Die Set to create the sand and our Sea Borders Die Set to create the waves. She added in the sun rays using the Sunscape Stencil. She also used the Scallop edged frame from the Framework Die Set. 

Tatiana created this yummy summer card featuring our new Pina Koala Stamp Set. She colored the sweet Koala bear and added him to her card along with two tropical drinks that were stamped using our Cocktail Mixer Stamp Set. Such a perfect pairing of stamps! 

This adorable card was created by Maria using our new Cat Treats Stamp Set. She stamped the kitty ice cream cone and donut in a cute pattern and colored them in shades of brown with pops of teal and pink! She added the sentiment, embossed in white on black in the center. She also used our Frames & Flags Die Set for the scallop edged panel. 

This gorgeous card was created by Juliana. She used our new Vitamin Sea Stamp set as the center focal point, embossing it in white and inking over it with blue tones. Then she used our Seashells Stencil with foil to create that amazing background. She also cut out the little scallop edged frame using our Framework Die Set. 

Holly used cute our new Pina Koala Stamp Set to create this sweet and simple card! She colored the Koala and cut him out with the coordinating Pina Koala Die Set. Then she added the image onto her watercolor panel for a fun and simple card. She used our Frames & Flags Die Set to cut out the stitched rectangle panel. 

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 19th at 9pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, July 20th.

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
Zsofia Molnar
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Tatiana Trafimovich