Tuesday, March 5, 2024

A Llama Birthday

 

 Hello Newton’s Nook Fans!

Diane Morales here sharing a Llama good Birthday card for Designer’s Nook.

  

So many birthdays this time of year for our family.

Today I am sharing a fun birthday card I created for a very special

 Birthday using a few of my favorite Newtons Nook Product.

 


For this card I used

Lovable Llamas

Birthday Mice (hat only)

Birthday Party 6x6 Paper Pad

A7 Frames and Banner

Bookmark Die (banner only)

 To start this card, I used the frame in the A7 Frames and Banner

To die cut 3 frames out of white cardstock.

Once cut, I glue the three frames together and place them aside with weight on to dry.

Thie idea for this card was to inset the printed cardstock into each window.

The pops of color coming from the windows and everything else to be neutral.

The hardest part of the card is choosing the paper that I wanted to use.

the Birthday Party 6x6 Paper Pad became the paper pad of choice.

But which color??



Thumbing through the pad I came across a slice of the confetti paper that you see in the middle.

I love the colors and that gave me the spark for the layout of the card.

I used the frame in the A7 Frames and Banner to die cut out the paper I chose.

I also created a card base that was slightly larger than the white frame what I created.

The first thing was to glue the frame that I created to the card base.

Next, I added the confetti pieces to the middle part of the frame.

The blue ballon on the left.

The yellow presents on the right.

These pieces are inset, so I glued the back and wiggled them in.

Stamping, coloring, and die cutting images from Lovable Llamas came next.


I used the colors from the cardstock to color the image.

I used black, gray, and white to color the Llama and the extras.

I attached all these pieces to the front of the card with foam tape.

The Llama needed a bit extra.

I started thumbing through my Newton’s stamps and decided on the party hat

 From Birthday Mice that fits so well on the Llamas Head.

For a final touch I used the banner from the Bookmark Die.

I die cut the banner first.

Stamped my sentiment



Then I ran the banner back through the die to shorten the banner to fit on the card.

I also added tiny gems in the confetti panel for a touch of sparkle.

That is my card!

 


 Thanks for stopping by

 Hope you have an awesome day

Stay crafty my friends!

Diane

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, March 4, 2024

Shaken Slimline Birthday Card

 

Hello Newton’s Nook Fans!

Diane Morales here sharing a shaken slimline Birthday Card !

 


For this card I used the following items

Birthday Barks

Birthday Woofs Paper Pad

Slimline Frames and Portholes Die

 

I had this idea for a patchwork background for a card for a while.

But I was not sure how to create it.

I decided I would pick out my paper first and then work on the logistics.

I used the Birthday Woof’s Paper Pad,

and chose these papers to work with.



To make the background, I went into the stash and grabbed my 1.2 square Paper Shapers Punch.

This made quick work to punch out all the Squares needed for this background.




After gluing the background to a piece of cardstock, I set the background aside to dry 

and worked on the shaker part of the card.

For my shakers I use this combo:

 2 pieces of die cut cardstock (front of the shaker)

 using the portholes die from Slimline Frames and Portholes Die

1 piece of plastic hand cut to fit the die cut piece

1 piece of fun foam die cut with the Portholes Die

I prefer to use the thinnest fun foam that I can find at the craft store, this still gives

 plenty of space to for the shaky pieces and die cuts well.



1.       I glued my cardstock pieces together first and let them set up.

2.       I glue my plastic to the back of the cardstock piece.

3.       I trimmed up my foam piece and carefully glued it to the plastic piece,

 avoiding the parts of the plastic that that you are going to see through.

It is important to let these pieces dry before you work with them so that the 

pieces don’t move around and ooze glue where you do not want it.

The next thing I did was stamp, color, and die cut my piece from Birthday Barks.

I used the colors in the background as a guide and added pops of red for fun.

I mocked up the card to see if everything was going to work together.

I wanted the background colors where my shakers are going to be 

(top and bottom circles) to be more diffused. 

I used Portholes Die to cut out vellum circles.



  Now we are ready to assemble

First, I used the scalloped edge slimline die

 from Slimline Frames and Portholes Die to die cut out the background.

 Second, I flipped my front panel over and added my shaker mix to the top and bottom circles.



I added my vellum die cut circle on top of the shaky bits and then glued the

 patchwork background piece on top.

After the glue was set up and dry, I turned the piece over

 and added my sentiment circle and image from Birthday Barks.



To complete this card, I created a card base with white card stock

 using the scalloped edge slimline die from Slimline Frames and Portholes Die.

 Hope you enjoyed my take on this fun birthday card

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Hope you have an awesome week

DIANE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, February 9, 2024

Newto's Nook Designs Lucky Release

 


Hello Everybody!

It is a delightful day here at Newton’s Nook Designs.

We have three fun new crafty goodies that are sure to get your paw’s Inky!

Shamrocks Hot Foil Plate

Newton’s Lucky Clover Stamp Set

Lucky Dog Stamp Set

First up the Shamrocks Hot Foil Plate.





I had a blast using this hot foil plate with

various kinds of foil and cardstock combinations.

My first foiling was gold shamrocks onto green cardstock.



This was my first pass on the new Hot foil Plate, so the shamrocks were not perfect.

I LOVED the look of the imperfection and embraced it by

creating a tag using the Fancy Edges Tag Die.

After the tag was die cut out, I inked the edges with Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink.

I used the small, stitched oval from Oval Frames Die Set for the itty-bitty

stamped images from Newton’s Lucky Clover Stamp Set.



The white cardstock breaks up all the green and shows off the images.

I finished this tag with a hand cut sentiment banner and gold ribbon.

Speaking of Newton’s Lucky Clover Stamp Set, I decided to be bold.

With my Hot Foil Machine warmed up.

I was able to foil white shamrocks on to GOLD cardstock.

This is the background of my next card




I stamped and colored the images from Newton’s Lucky Clover Stamp Set.

I created a banner using the Banner Duo Die Set.

Once I got the banner level at the bottom of my card, I added on Newton

and extra shamrocks for good luck.

The gold front on this card is just bold and blingy and I just love it so much.

For my final card, I brought things back to Spring.




The doggy in the Lucky Dog Stamp Set is just so cute!

I used paper from the Spring Blooms Cardstock that was

die cut out with rounded edge stitched die from Frames and Flags Die Set.

I glued this to a matching green card base.

The scalloped circle die cut from the Circle Frames Die Set

in white cardstock breaks everything up and I as a

great spot for the doggy from Lucky Dog Stamp Set.

I did a bold thing by stamping my sentiment directly on the printed paper.

A couple of white gems complete this card.

I hope you enjoyed my take on the fun latest items that we have on this release.

The best part is that everything is available NOW!!

Use the links in this blog post to grab your goodies!

 

Happy Shopping!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Stay craft everyone!

 

DIANE

Monday, February 5, 2024

Let Love Bloom

Hello and Welcome

I cannot believe that it is February already.

I have a fun and versatile card to share with you today.

This card could be Valentine with a change in the sentiment.

Or just leave the sentiment as is to create a fun friendship card with LOTS of love!


For this card I used 

Birdhouse Greetings

Love and Meow’s 6x6 Paper Pad

Oval Frames Die Set.

Heartfelt Roses (sentiment at the bottom)


To start this card, I used the envelope background paper from

 the Love and Meow’s 6x6 Paper Pad. 

I cut a 3 ½ x 5 ½ slice of the paper, I wanted the card front to be slim 

and long to fit the dimensions of the stamp I was using.

To add a bit of color I used my Prawn (R24) Copic marker and 

added a red edge all around the cut edge of the paper.


I created a card base out of white card stock to fit the card front card front 

 I just created and glued the two pieces together.

While the card base was drying, I stamped out the image that I wanted to use.

I decided on the heat shape topiary and birdhouse from Birdhouse Greetings.

I colored my image with Copic markers in bright colors to stand out against the background

I also used the Oval Frames Die Set and die cut an oval out of velum.

To attach my image to the card, I used foam tape and attached the image to the velum first.

I hid my glue behind my stamped image and glued everything to the front of the card.


Using foam tape, I glued on a couple extra purple butterflies.

To finish this card, I stamped a sentiment from Heartfelt Roses onto red card stock.

This is heat embossed with white embossing powder.

After banner cutting both edges, I attached the sentiment to the front with foam tape.

I hope that you enjoyed my card and I hope that you try out a card like this for fun.

Links to the product are above.


Have an awesome day


Stay crafty my friends!

Diane

 

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Love and Woofs

 

First card of 2024

 Let us start the year off right with this fun and easy card for Valentine.

For this card I used

Puppy Heart

Love and Woofs 6x6 paper pad

Oval Frames Die Set. 

To start this card, I used the cute strip paper from the Love and Woofs 6x6 paper pad.


This paper has 6 rows of puppies, I used three rows

I cut the strips at the top and bottom of the image.

The strips should be approximately 1 ¼ inches to fit on a 4 ¼ x 5 ½ card.

Next, I spaced my strips on the front of my pre-made card base.

I made sure to stagger my strips so that the same image did not appear above or below.

I snipped the edges of the strips to fit on the front of the card and glued them down.

 Die cutting the scalloped oval from the Oval Frames Die Set is next.

To add sparkle, I coated the oval with a clear glitter pen and placed the oval aside to dry.

I Stamped and colored the image from Puppy Heart is my final part of this card.

I wanted this card to be matchy-matchy to the background and colored it accordingly.

The oval was now dry, so I added it to the front of the card.



My stamped image to the oval with foam tape.

I also added sparkle pen to the heart on the image and a couple of gems for bling.

That completes my first card of the year.

Here is to 2024!

 

Stay crafty my friends!

Diane

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

All that gold!

 Hello Newton’s Nook Fans!

sharing this fun golden card with you today!


For this card I used 

Heartfelt Holidays

Heart Frames Die Set

Holiday Greeting Hot Foil Plate

Banner Duo Die Set.

 

To start this card, I used the Heart Frames Die Set and created a card base.

I decided to make this card bold, so I grabbed some gold card stock that I had in my stash.

I used the gold card stock to create the card front and

 later using the Banner Duo Die Set a banner for a sentiment.



I stamped and colored the Heartfelt Holidays.

I die cut this out using the Scalloped Heart from Heart Frames Die Set.

I assembled the card using foam tape to pop up the scalloped part of the heart.

I was careful not to smudge the gold cardstock as I placed to onto the card front.

Next, I used Holiday Greeting Hot Foil Plate with white foil to create my sentiment.

As I mentioned above, I used the same gold cardstock to create my banner.

To finish this card, I used gold stickles on the berries that are on the card front.

  

Stay crafty my friends!

Diane