Newton’s Nook Designs April Release – Day 4

April 18, 2024April 18, 2024 ~ safsafdesign ~ 14 Comments

Hello everyone,

It is always sad when we reach the final day of the reveals, but the good news is that all these adorable products in the Newton’s Nook Designs April Release will be available on Friday, 19/04! Today we are showcasing 2 new small stamp& die sets: Newton’s Bubble Tea and Puppy’s Bubble Tea. Aren’t they adorable?

CARD 1

For my first card I stamped and coloured the cute kitty from Newton’s Bubble Tea using Copic markers. I used the coordinating die to cut it out.

While I was die cutting I cut the base for my shaker with the Basic Frames die set: one banner from kraft and one from guava cardstock. On the latter I die cut a window with another die from the same set. I stamped a sentiment just under the die cut window. I backed it with clear acetate and added thick foam tape around it. I filled the shaker with some pastel confetti (Pretty Pink Posh) and adhered the backing carefully.

For the background I used the Bubbles stencil on a cream note card with Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide ink.

To make the scene more playful, I added some red twine to the top of the card and another sentiment, which I have stamped on a white Speech Bubble. As a finishing touch I used glossy accents on the straw and the bubbles.

CARD 2

For the puppy card I stamped, coloured and die cut the image from Puppy’s Bubble Tea. I used Copic markers and made the tea green. I used the Basic Frames die set to cut a cornflower blue background for the dog and a bigger rectangle from woodgrain cardstock which I ink blended and splattered with black and white acrylic paint before adhering the focal panel on it.

I stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set on the woodgrain cardstock using Stazon ink.

For the background I chose the Woof stencil and used it directly on the card base with Pine Needles, Lucky Clover and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide inks.

As a finishing touch I added a few lime green confetti and used glossy accents on the straw and bubbles.

GIVEAWAY

Enter to Win a $25 Prize! We will be choosing two lucky winners to win a $25 store credit for Newton’s Nook Designs online shop! The winners will be chosen at random from the collective blog posts featuring our new products this week. For a chance to win, leave comments on the Design Team Member Blog Posts (see list below) from Monday April 15 through Thursday April 18. 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 18th at 9 pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Friday, April 19th.

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs

Zsofia Molnar – you are here

I hope you enjoyed the whole week of the reveals and you got plenty of inspiration on how to use the new release. It is time to get ready to shop! If you like my cards, please make sure to follow me on Instagram, where I share more of my creations and also some tips and tricks.

See you soon,

Zsofi

Moo Birthday – Newton’s Nook Designs

April 9, 2024April 9, 2024 ~ safsafdesign ~ 1 Comment

Hello Everyone,

It is my turn on the Newton’s Nook Designs blog and as I am living in rural Australia now, my card for today was heavily inspired by the nature surrounding us. We see a lot of cows everywhere we go. So this cutie was born in my head, let me guide you through the process.

First I stamped and coloured the cow and hay from the Moo stamp set and the balloons from the Cycling friends stamp set using Copic markers and cut him out with its coordinating die.

Then I die cut a black banner with the new Basic Frames die set and added a bit of white pigment ink on the edges. I stamped a sentiment on a white Speech Bubble and assembled the scene on the banner.

For the background I chose a pretty gingham paper from the Bright Basics paper pad and cut it out with a die from Frames and Tags. Before mounting the focal panel on the background, I wrapped a natural twine around it and tied it in a little bow. I used 3D foam squares to adhere the images and embellished the scene with a few confetti from Pretty Pink Posh.

As a finishing touch I added an extra sentiment from the Birthday Essentials stamp set and used a clear shimmer pen on the balloons.

I hope you enjoyed my card and you will pop in again soon for more inspiration.

See you,

Zsofi

Newton’s Nook Designs Back to Basics – Day 3

March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 ~ safsafdesign ~ 6 Comments

Hello Everyone,

It is the last day of the Back to Basics release reveals, but I must admit that this die is my favourite: it is called A2 card layout die set and It is gorgeous! I love all the paper piecing options it gives, plus the stitching details always have my heart.

I started with cutting the die one from patterned paper from the Pastel Basics paper pad, once from peacock cardstock and the middle part from a matching light blue scrap. I paper pieced them on an A2 sized white notecard.

Then I stamped and coloured the Newton’s birthday balloons set with Copic markers and cut them out with their coordinating dies.

Before popping up the image in the middle with 3D foam squares, I stamped 2 sentiments on the horizontal panels in black.

I added a few mini clouds as embellishments, and used a clear shimmer pen on the balloons and present to make them festive.

GIVEAWAY

We will be choosing one lucky winner to win a $25 store credit for Newton’s Nook Designs online shop! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog posts featuring our new products this week. For a chance to win, leave comments on the Design Team Member Blog Posts (see list below) from Tuesday March 19 through Thursday March 21. 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, March 21st at 9 pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Friday, March 22nd.

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs

Zsofia Molnar – you are here

Diane Morales

Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and got inspired. See you tomorrow for a fun Instagram hop to celebrate the new release!

Zsofi

Newton’s Nook Designs Back to Basics – Day 2

March 20, 2024March 20, 2024 ~ safsafdesign ~ 9 Comments

Hello Everyone,

Welcome back, it is Day 2 of the new release reveals of Newton’s Nook Designs. This month we are featuring fun new die sets, 2 fantastic paper pads and a cute little stamp and die set. All sets were revealed on Monday on the NND blog and will be available for purchase in the store on Friday, 22nd March!

My card today focuses on the Basic Frames die set. I love that big banner, I had to use it on this clean and simple card!

I started with stamping the pretty floral from Dainty Daises, and quickly coloured it with Copic markers. I used the coordinating die to cut it out.

Then I die cut the big banner from a purple dots patterned paper from the new Bright Basics paper set. For the background I chose a light grey cardstock and die cut it with a die from Frames and Tags. I stamped a sentiment on the bottom and popped up the banner with 3D foam tape. I mounted the daisies with 3D foam squares too for extra dimension and added a little twine to the stems.

As a finishing touch I used glossy accents on the flower centers. I love this design with all the stitched details!

GIVEAWAY

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs

Zsofia Molnar – you are here

Diane Morales

Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and got inspired. See you tomorrow for another lovely set reveal!

Zsofi

Newton’s Nook Designs Back to Basics – Day 1

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 ~ safsafdesign ~ 10 Comments

Hello Everyone,

I am so happy to be part of the new release reveals of Newton’s Nook Designs! This month we are featuring fun new die sets, 2 fantastic paper pads and a cute little stamp and die set. All sets were revealed yesterday on the NND blog and will be available for purchase in the store on Friday, 22nd March!

For my card today I really wanted to showcase the Newton’s Bright Birthday set, so I stamped and coloured it with Copics, ad cut it out with its coordinating die.

I used the new Frames and Tag die set to create the background for the image: I cut the different dies from coloured cardstock and backed the frame with a piece of patterned paper from the Bright Basics paper pad. I also added a pink mat to it before adhering it to the green backdrop, just because I love layers.

I stamped the sentiment on the patterned paper directly. As the paper has a bit shiny finish and because my regular ink pad is drying out, I used black Staz-on ink for the sentiment. I love how crisp and bright black it turned out!

After adhering the die cut image, I added a bit of glossy accents to the cake and tray, and a bit of clear shimmer to the presents and candles. The sunglasses are so shiny black because I used black glaze pen over it. So cool!

GIVEAWAY

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and got inspired. The new dies are amazingly versatile, I cannot wait to show you more cards with them!

See you tomorrow for a new set feature!

Zsofi

Pretty Pink Posh Birthday Blog Hop

February 11, 2024February 10, 2024 ~ safsafdesign ~ 37 Comments

Hello Everyone,

Pretty Pink Posh is turning 10 this month and we celebrate with a gorgeous new release, a fun Blog Hop, freebies with purchase and more! I am so grateful to be part of this awesome party, I am a fan of all Pretty Pink Posh products ever since Paulina brought out her first sequins. But enough of being sentimental, let’s dive in the fun!

For today I created cute little treat boxes with the new Birthday Treat Box die set. I cut the base 2 times from aqua cardstock for each treat box, folded them at the scorelines and adhered them together with score-tape. It is ready super fast! I knew I wanted to put some candles in one and flowers in the other, so I adhered a piece of cardstock in the middle of each to have something to add my die cuts to. I also added green rice paper which I always save when I get a package. It makes the treat boxes so festive!

I used the candle die from the same set and cut it 3 times from white cardstock. I used Copic markers to colour the flames. I die cut some flowers from white cardstock and leaves from green cardstock using the Spring Foliage die set. I coloured the flower centers with Copics and assembled the bouquet.

I adhered both the candles and the flowers to that middle piece of cardstock with liquid glue. I could easily hide a gift card or small chocolate pieces behind them, isn’t it cool?

For the sentiments I chose the new Happy Birthday Shadow die and the Smile Shadow die from an older release. I cut the text from gold sparkle cardstock and the shadow from white, used liquid glue to adhere them together and secured them on the treat boxes.

As a finishing touch I used a clear shimmer pen on the flames and flower centers.

GIVEAWAY

Pretty Pink Posh has a freebie with purchase and a sale as part of the festivities.

Also if you leave a comment on each stop of the blog hop, you may be one of the lucky winners! They are giving away 5 $30 gift certificates to random comments (1 winner each day) left before February 16, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST. The winners will be announced on the PPP blog, so be sure to return and see if you are one of them! The last day blog hop list:

Blog Hop Day 5

Pretty Pink Posh blog

Tammy Stark

Barbara Tarayao

Jeannie Lieu

Zsofia Molnar – you are here

Melody Rupple

Heather Hoffman

I hope you enjoyed my project and got inspired. Please pop in again soon for more cuteness.

See you,

Zsofi

Butterfly wishes – Newton’s Nook Designs

June 28, 2023June 28, 2023 ~ safsafdesign ~ 1 Comment

Hello Everyone,

It is my second post today, it didn’t happen for long 🙂 I have a stenciled birthday card to share, which I made for my best friend using supplies from Newton’s Nook Designs.

I started with a white piece of cardstock and prepared the Butterflies stencil set, a couple of Distress Oxide inks and blending brushes. I used Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glass and Salvaged Patina inks with the first layer of the stencils. Then I used darker shades for the second layer: Villainous Potion, Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers. After removing the stencils I added a ton of splatters: black and pearlescent white for a subtle sparkle.

When it was all dry, I used a scalloped rectangle die from Frames and Flags to cut it down. I stamped a bold sentiment directly on the stenciled patterns from the Birthday Essentials stamp set.

I decided to heat emboss another one on blue violet cardstock, it is from the Birdhouse Greetings stamp set. I popped it up with 3D foam squares under the bold sentiment.

After giving a teal mat to the whole panel it was time to embellish. I wanted all the butterflies to be adorned, so I chose a few shimmer confetti from Pretty Pink Posh for the bodies: Aqua, Mint and Blue. I love that the colours coordinate perfectly, but it would have looked awesome with clear sequins too!

I hope you enjoyed my card and got inspired to ink your stencils up.

See you soon,

Zsofi

Patterned paper play! – Heffy Doodle

June 14, 2023June 9, 2023 ~ safsafdesign ~ Leave a comment

Hello Everyone,

I am back today with another edition of my Perfect Combos series for Heffy Doodle. My girl and all her friends are turning 12 this year, so I came up with an easy design which can be tailored to the recipient easily by changing up the colours/numbers. I mixed and matched a few sets from the latest release, let me guide you trough how I made it.

CARD 1

As this card is purely made with die cuts, I did that first so it was easy to assemble after. I chose patterned paper from the Greatest Show paper pad. Then I cut a piece of thick vellum with Showtime frame, and some banners from patterned paper.

For the sentiment I used the Happy Birthday Jumbo Die, it looks so good cut from patterned paper! For the numbers I used the Birthday Numbers die set and silver glitter cardstock to make it festive. I cut 2 more layers from each number using white cardstock and adhered them on top of each other to get dimension.

I assembled the front panel on the vellum and hid the adhesive behind the banner and sentiment when adhering it to a piece of patterned paper. It looks so cool!

CARD 2

I made the pair of this card using the same paper pad and dies, but created candles instead of the numbers. I used patterned paper stripes and gave them a slightly bigger white mat. The flames I cut with 2 little dies from the Birthday Numbers set. I used gold glitter cardstock for the outline and metallic gold for the backing. Isn’t it pretty?

For the sentiment I used the Just for you shadow die set, cut it once from silver glitter cardstock and another time from black. I adhered them on top of each other tiny offset so it looks like shadow. I also heat embossed and another sentiment on a thin black strip using the Classic sentiment stamp set.

I chose a starry patterned paper as background and muted it with vellum which I cut with a Showtime Frame die. I didn’t want the vellum to be too loose on the card base so I needed a Skinny Rectangle Frame to hide the adhesive behind it. I cut it from patterned paper and assembled the card. Perfect for all birthdays, all ages, both for girls and boys, right?

I wish you enjoyed my card today and share with us in our Facebook group if I inspired you. Follow me on Instagram if you like my cards, your support means so much to me! Thank you!

See you soon,

Zsofi

Have a girlie birthday! – Heffy Doodle

May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 ~ safsafdesign ~ Leave a comment

Hello Everyone,

I am back today with another edition of my Perfect Combos series for Heffy Doodle. May is a birthday heavy moth in my family and I needed a girlie birthday card for a 7 year-old princess. I mixed and matched a few sets and here is the result. Let me guide you trough how I made it.

First I stamped and coloured the images from Two by Two Zoo Animals and from Wrapped with Love stamp sets using Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers. I used girlish colours to match the recipient. I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out.

Then I die cut the Jumbo Happy Birthday sentiment from pink cardstock 3 times and stacked them together for a dimensional look. I cut the shadow from yellow cardstock.

For the background I chose patterned paper from The Great Show paper pad and gave it an orange mat. After assembling the card it was high time for finishing touches: clear shimmer on the sentiments for a subtle sparkle and glossy accents on the ribbons. It totally makes it special. And who doesn’t like a little glimmer and shine?

I wish you enjoyed my card today and share with us in our Facebook group if I inspired you. Follow me on Instagram if you like my cards, your support means so much to me! Thank you!

See you soon,

Zsofi

Newton’s Nook Designs May Release – Day 3

May 17, 2023May 16, 2023 ~ safsafdesign ~ 13 Comments

Hello Everyone,

We are halfway through the May Release reveals at Newton’s Nook Designs but we still have some super cute new sets to show. Today is all about birds: Birdhouse Greetings has the most adorable images and it comes with a coordinating die set, There is also a new Birdhouse Line Stencil which allows you to create stunning quick cards.

All new products will be available on 19/05/2023.

CARD 1

For my first card I stamped and coloured a bunch of birdhouses from Birdhouse Greetings using Copic markers. I really enjoyed just sitting and colouring, I can totally relax this way. I cut everything out with their coordinating dies.

Then I did a quick ink blending on a white card base with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink and added a to of splatters: water droplets, white and black paint and some diluted Tumbled Glass ink. I love the texture it gives. I also die cut grass from light green cardstock with a Land Border die and added a bit of shading with Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink.

The sentiments I white heat embossed on black cardstock and just fussy cut them out with my scissors. After assembling the scene, I simply adhered the sentiments on the die cut images.

I used the small birds and butterflies as embellishments to enrich the scene. I used a white gel pen to add highlights and a black glaze pen to emphasize the eyes. I also used a clear shimmer pen on the wings and a drop of glossy accents on the bodies of the butterflies.

CARD 2

For my second card I used the Birdhouse Line stencil with Gathered Twigs distress oxide ink first and then added a layer of Transparent gloss paste over it. I set it aside to dry. When it wasn’t sticky any more, I added the second layer with Peacock Feathers and Blueprint Sketch.

For the birds I used Picket Fence Studios Paper Glaze in Sapphire Macaw colour. I love the texture and pearlescent shine.

After it was all dry, I cut the panel down and added a blue violet mat to it. The sentiment I stamped with turquoise ink from the Cozy Camper stamp set.

GIVEAWAY

Would you like to win the “Birdhouse Greetings” 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 May 18th at 9pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, May 19th.

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs

Zsofia Molnar – you are here

Maria Russell

Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox

I wish you enjoyed today’s cards and will come back tomorrow for the last day of the fun!