Welcome back!  Today is the third day of Newton's Nook Designs' June Release and you gardeners are going to love what Jen is revealing today, introducing -- Vegetable Garden stamp set:

Aren't Jen's illustrations gorgeous?  I really loved the font she used on this set too (is that weird?).  The peppers were my favorite image so I focused on them with this CAS card with a bit of masking:

I could totally see folks using these pretty images to label starter seed sets and gardens outside stamped with permanent ink on wooden stakes, creating pretty signs for farmer's markets, scrapbooking pages of your gardening efforts or farmer's market trips, making embellished recipe cards... 

Would you like to win a 'Vegetable Garden' stamp set?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here's how to win:

Comment on the NND blog and the Designs Team and Guest blogs (see list below)!  The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs' release posts.  Make sure you check out each of the 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, June 16th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, June 17th.  

Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Jess Gerstner
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Nina-Marie Trapani
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka

Jess Gerstnet is your next stop, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see!  Enjoy and be sure to come back tomorrow for more NND crafty goodness!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Newton's Nook Designs' Inky Paws Challenge #32 ~ Use an Arrow

Hello Everyone!  I hope you all enjoyed a relaxing Memorial Day Weekend and were able to reflect upon those who selflessly sacrificed their lives to help protect the freedoms with which we are all blessed.  It is my turn to be featured on the Newton's Nook Designs' Blog (yaay!) so I wanted to make a card to play along with the current Inky Paws Challenge - to use an arrow.   

I knew this challenge was the purr-fect opportunity to feature the new Points & Plumes die set.  

Originally I was going to have one of the owls 'riding' on the arrow, clenching it in its talons.  But I couldn't decide - do I use the feminine shy owl from Sweetheart Tails?  Or the adorable barn owl from Magical Dreams?  (which I purchased long ago and still had yet to use!)  I couldn't decide (big shock there) so I altered the design and used both - yaay!!  I masked them and had them perch on the branch from Hanging Around, which I extended with a ruler and a black gel ink pen.  I simply cut the arrow die cut in half and positioned it so it looked like it was piercing the heart above - VOILA!  Hope you like it!

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to look at my card.  Hope your May ends happily and your June was a wonderful beginning!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Newton's Nook Designs March Release - Day 2

Hello everyone!  Welcome to the second day of sneak peeks for the March release of Newton's Nook Designs!  Today's set will appeal to all you animal lovers out there, welcome 'Farmyard Friends:

This set is extremely versatile, with lots of great sentiments covering thank yous, belated & on time) birthdays and just a plain old 'hello.  I wanted to try to squeeze as many of the cute critters into a single card as possible, so I went for a 'selfie' look using the frame from NND's 'Around the House' which I heat embossed using brown EP:

A whole lotta masking went into this card, LOL!!  I thought the gingham paper gave it a county feel and decide to add the sentiments via little faux 'signs' created using stamped edges of the same picture frame from Around the House contained with a white picket fence I created using a Fiskars punch.  

I am also entering this card in Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Lions & Lambs Oh my! to feature animals (and I actually have a lamb in my card too!  WOOT!)  Just a reminder - Simon Says Stamp also carries NND sets, sweet right?  ;)

Would you like to win 'Farmyard Friends'?
This set will be given away to one lucky winner!!

Here's how to win:

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)!  The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs' release posts.  Make sure you 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, March 19th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, March 20th.

Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Jess Moyer
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Kimberly Rendino 
Yukari Yoshioka
Wanda Guess (Guest Designer)

Jess is the next stop on the hop - I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see!  Enjoy!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop by Newton's Nook Designs

Welcome to another stop on the Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop by Newton's Nook Designs!  I hope you have been enjoying the visual delights my fellow Teamies & special guests have created for you on this fun hop indented to inspire you for your holiday projects.  I decided to create a card using a set I begged Jennifer to illustrate because it had a SNOW PUPPY in it so I could customize it for my family (as you can for yours!) -- Flaky Family:

I depicted Ty, my hubby, and myself using the cute snow family images in this card:

I did a little bit of masking to get the family to huddle together like this and added some loose, sparkly, iridescent glittery touches to them with a glue pen.  I paired the cute snowman family with some whimsical smiling snowmen paper from Doodlebug's 'Northpole' collection (am I the only one who has trouble cutting into Doodlebug paper collections?  They are ALL SO CUTE and I just wanna hoard them!  LOL!) and tied the pennant with some rich green baker's twine by Martha Stewart, which I purchased years and years ago during an after-Christmas sale before using twine on cards was all the rage.  Fellow Teamie Tessa has used a similar layout on a few occasions with this BIG pennant die, I wanted to give it a try myself, I really like it!  Not too fussy, but not too simple either - what do you think?

ENTER TO WIN!

We will be choosing TWO lucky winners to win a $10 store credit for Newton's Nook Designs' online shop!  To enter, just leave comments on the Design Team Members & Guest blogs (see list below).  Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the blog hop.  Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win! You will not know which blogs have been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning!  You have until Sunday, December 7th at 9 pm CST to comment -- winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, December 8th.  Good luck!!

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop:

Newton's Nook Designs 
Nichol Magouirk
Jennifer McGuire
Amy Sheffer
Laura Bassen
Heather Hoffman

Taheerah Atchia

Lydia Brooke

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick (That's me!!)

Shellye McDaniel

Jess Moyer

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Tessa Wise

Since this card also has snowmen, I am entering it in Mod Squad's 'Snowmen' Challenge as well!  Shellye's blog is next on the hop - I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see!  Enjoy - and thanks for stopping by!

~ Crafty Math Chick

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Life's a Beach with Newton's Nook Designs

Welcome back!  Today I have a fun beachy scene that I created for you using not one, not two, but three Newton's Nook Designs sets: Newton's Summer Vacation, Beach Party and Newton's Day Dream to play along with the current Inky Paws Challenge #13: to create a beach scene ).  

A whole lotta masking went into this one I tell you!  And I haven't reverse-stamped in ages (see the alligators playing volleyball with the beach ball?).  I colored everything with Copics and then sponged some Crumb Cake ink over the sand to give it the appearance of some texture.  I was psyched when I unpacked those little shells too, knew they'd be perfect for the current Inky Paws Challenge.  Hope you will play along too - there is still time left for you to join us!  You could win a gift certificate to NND!!

Thanks so much for looking at my card!  Have a great day!

~ Crafty Math Chick