Hello and welcome to the final day of the Newton’s Nook Designs April release!
All the new April products will be available for purchase on Friday, April 12th at Newton’s Nook Designs online store and other craft retailers!
There would be no purr-fect release without new stamps with the sweet kitty Newton! Right?! So the last day of the NND April reveal has reserved us a super adorable Newton’s Birdhouse stamp set that as always comes with the coordinating dies! Plus two new mini, but not less amazing stamps for the upcoming Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
Giveaway alert!! NND is giving Newton’s Birdhouse stamp set away to a lucky winners so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!
Working with Newton’s Birdhouse stamp and die sets, as always I started with die cutting and then stamping using Strathmore Bristol paper and waterproof VersaFine Onyx Black ink as my intention was to use watercolor markers.
And here’re the complete list of all TOMBOW markers I used on this project: n.025, n.026, n.055, n.098, n.126, n.133, n.493 n.515, n.755, n.800, n.899, n.947, n.992, n.993.
A regular A2 size card base was made from a kraft cardstock and embellished with a tone on tone pattern applied through Hardwood stencil with Vintage Photo Distress ink. I also die cut for the layout a stitched rectangle from vellum using Frames & Flags Die Set along with a grass portion made from Land Borders Die Set and inked with Twisted Citron Distress ink. Finally assembling all the elements, I added a stamped sentiment on a cloud shaped Speech Bubble that matches purr-fectly the slipping kitty.
Don’t be deceived by the small size of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day stamp sets! You can easily make a full A2 size card with them!
Working on Mother’s Day project, I repeatedly stamp the sentiment with flowers on the scalloped rectangle die cut from Frames & Flags Die Set, creating a pattern that should look like some clothes. Then I filled the gaps with small leaves and flowers from Woodland Spring and Deer Friend stamp sets and colored everything with copic markers without making any shading.
Here are all the colors used: COPIC T1, RV02, RV04, YG01, Y17, Bg11.
I wanted to place the floral pattern on a colorful card base, but couldn’t find a perfect shade of pink in my stash. So I ink a plain white bard base with Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide ink and popped the scalloped rectangle on top with a foam tape.
The Father’s Day card turned out super simple and easy! First, I stamped and quickly colored the sentiment using copic markers: E31-E35; B21-B24-B26; BG10-BG-23.
Since I wanted to add more color to a 4 Bar card base, I inked it with Cracked Pistachio, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sets Distress inks and then again applying on top Tropical Fish stencil.
Finally I prepared another matching layer using Vintage Photo Distress ink and new Hardwood stencil before assembling all the elements and adding a few clear droplets.
Would you like to win the “Newton’s Birdhouse” Stamp Set? This stamp 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 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 April 11th at 9pm EST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 12th.
Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:
Newton’s Nook Designs
Amanda Bodine
Holly Endress
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Andrea Shell
Tatiana Trafimovich <— you’re here
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fantastic day!
Tatiana
