Happy 4th Anniversary Newton's Nook Designs!!

Hello everyone!  Newton's Nook Designs is celebrating their 4th YEAR ANNIVERSARY (WOO HOO!) and Jen was kind enough to ask me to play along with the current Design Team members.  I was so honored and humbled.  

Earlier this week Jen debuted the new Winston's Lake House stamp set and its coordinating die:

Well the current Design Team members really knocked it out of the park showing off this new set with their beautiful creations.  When I first saw this stamp set I was really drawn to the loon bird (did Jen hit it out of the park with this illustration or what?!!  She even got the petite white stripes on the bird's neck!  Way to go Jen!)  and the goofy romantic sentiment 'I'm still looney for you' - it is just the kind of thing my hubby would love to get from me for our anniversary, Valentine's Day, or as a little love note (probably because he thinks I am a little looney, LOL!) so I made a card I thought would appeal to him on the masculine side:

I thought the black & white polka dot paper complemented the white dots on the loon's back nicely and created a little eyebrow for expression simply by not coloring that part of the head in black.  I added a little pop of color with the red flag and red rhinestone hearts.  

Jen also introduced a brand new line to the Newton's Nook Designs family this anniversary as well - FOUR new stencil designs!!  That's right - not one, FOUR!  Here is a graphic depicting all four of them:

I think they are all really terrific and the NND DT did such a terrific job showing them all off earlier this week, didn't they?!!  Since I love making dog-themed and cat-themed cards so much I decided to make a birthday card using NND's Pug Hugs stamp set and the brand new Paw Prints stencil :

I just secured the stencil in place with a piece of blue painter's tape and sponged the plum perfect ink over the open paw prints and VOILA!  Pretty neat huh?  My first time working with a stencil too!!  I also tried it with my new Crayola Airbrush kit I got back in December - worked nicely with that too!  And both times, all I had to do to clean the stencil off was run it under the faucet and the ink and marker just washed right off, good as new again - can't get much easier than that!  :)

Would you like to try NND's new stencils for yourself?  Well as part of Newton's Nook's 4th anniversary celebration, you can receive the Paw Prints stencil FREE with a $75 purchase from Newton's Nook Designs!  Cool no?  But the promotion only runs for one week so don't wait too long!

Celebrate with us and enter to win!

To celebrate 4 years Newton's Nook Designs is giving away a $25 store credit to spend in their online shop to 4 lucky winners! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND Design Team and Special Guest blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog hop 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 Sunday, July 16th at 9pm CDT to comment. Winners will be announced on NND blog post on Monday, July 17th and will need to contact us to claim their prize so make sure you check back to see if you've won!

Special Guests:

Taheerah Atchia
Crafty Math-Chick (<-- you are here)
Danielle Pandeline
Stephanie Muzulin
Nina-Marie Trapani
Kimberly Rendino

Newton's Nook Design Team:

Newton's Nook Designs
Amanda Bodine
Holly Endress
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Juliana Michaels
Naki Rager
Jennifer Timko
Tatiana Trafimovich

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and seeing my creations.  Danielle Pandeline is next on the hop, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see.  Enjoy!  And have a wonderful weekend!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Newton's Nook Designs' September Release ~ Fall-ing For You

Welcome back for Day 3 of Newton's Nook Design's September Release!   Today Jen has ceated a set sure to delight everyone who loves my favorite season - Autumn.  Introducing 'Fall-ing for You':

I can TOTALLY see folks using this list on Project Life Pocket Pages and in scrapbooking apple picking trips, pictures of people raking up leaving (or jumping in the piles), selfies of sharing pumpkin spiced beverages with friends...  It is also great for a card to tell that special someone how much you love them, which is what I did in my card here:

Those tiny little leaves were a challenge to cut out I tell you, LOL!  had a lot of fun with punches on this card too.  Hope my hubby likes it.  

Would you like to win a 'Fall-ing for You' 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, September 15th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 16th.  

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

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

Jess Gerstner is the next stop on the hop; I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see (she always does!).  Thanks so much for stopping by, hope to see you again tomorrow for the final day of September sneak peeks!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Newton's Nook Designs September Release ~ What a Hoot Stamp set & Coordinating Dies

Welcome back to the second day of Newton's Nook Designs' September Release!  Today Jen has a very versatile and adorable set featured some of the cutest owls you will ever see!  Introducing 'What a Hoot' and it has purr-fectly matching dies too!

As I mentioned before, I am dealing with some pretty severe back pain and my husband has really been amazing helping me AND doing everything around the house in addition to working full time, so this card was made with him in mind, to let him know how grateful I am for him and everything he does:

Would you like to win a 'What a Hoot' 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, September 15th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 16th.  

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

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

Jess Gerstner is the next stop on the hop; I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see (she always does!).  Thanks so much for stopping by - hope to see you again tomorrow for more fun sneak peeks from Newton's Nook Designs!  Have a great day!

~ Crafty Math Chick

A Card for Your 'Sweet-Tea'

Welcome!  Today it is my turn to be featured on the Newton's Nook Designs' Blog (YAAY!) so I decided to have a little fun with a play on words with this card using the newly released Freshly Squeezed stamp set and elements & sentiments from the previously released 'Sweet Summer' and 'Love a la Carte' stamp sets as well:

I have always loved lemons and lemon flavoring, I do not know why.  I even think lemons themselves look cute, so I had so much fun contently coloring up all these lemons.  I added some clear, yellow and red gloss using my Sakura Glaze gel pens to the lemon rinds, hearts and the mason jar, but I don't know if it shows up much in the picture.    This is a perfect card from my hubby who frequently calls me his 'Sweetie' and loves sweet tea and brewing his own sun tea in the backyard during the summer months.

Hope you like my card!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Newton's Nook Designs' 3 Year Celebration - July Release Freshly Squeezed & Dog Days of Summer

Can you believe it?!!  Newton's Nook is THREE YEARS OLD!  WOO HOO!  TO celebrate Jen is releasing a TON of new products this week that are sure to delight.  We begin today introducing some fun summer themed sets -- 'Freshly Squeezed':

and 'Dog Days of Summer' (SQUEEEEE!):

Here is my 'Freshly Squeezed' card I tried to create something with a country feel with some yellow & craft gingham paper from a DCVW stack and some yellow & white twine:

And here is my 'Dog Days of Summer' card where I did a little bit of reverse stamping to create TWO cute hounds sharing an ice cream treat (see the tiny eyelashes I added to the girl puppy?):

Would you like to win a $20 store credit?
ONE lucky comment will be chosen from each reveal day to win!

Here's how to win:

Comment on the NND blog and the Designs Team 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, July 14th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, July 15th.  

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

Newton's Nook Designs
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick (<-- you are here)
Jess Gerstner
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Naki Rager (Welcome Naki!!)
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Jess Gerstner is the next blog on the hop, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see!  Have a great day!

~ 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' Sweet Treats Blog Hop

Hello everyone!  Welcome to the 2016 Newton's Nook Designs' Sweet Treats Blog Hop!  Jen thought it would be fun to inspire you all with some homemade treat holders featuring her adorably illustrated stamps just in time to whip up some Valentine's Day Treats!  

I thought I would show you something a little different and make a few non-traditional Valentine treats.  I hope you like them!

Anyone who knows me knows I am a HUGE fan of EVERYTHING 'DOG' - so I couldn't miss out on the opportunity to make and show off a Valentine for your favorite canine (OOOH!  That rhymes!  Jen - note for future sentiments!  LOL!)

I took one of those clear acrylic card boxes designed to hold  a set of 4.25" x 5.5" cards & envelopes and filled it with mini Milk Bone Biscuits (yes, Ty was very attentive of his Mommy whilst I created this project, LOL!).  I used a Fiskars paw print border punch on both sides of a strip of Blushing Bride cardstock.  Then I took a strip of white cardstock and created a patterned background using the heart, outline paw print (which is stamped in pink and extremely light in this photo), and solid & outline bone images along with the 'LAB-Adore you!' sentiment, perfect for Valentine's Day!  Then I took the sweet Labrador image from 'Fetching Friendship' that had a tennis ball in his mouth and 'replaced' it with a red heart I punched out by gluing the heart in the appropriate place and paper piecing the top part of his head & upper jaw (which had been stamped separately, colored and fussy cut out) over it - TA DA!  Instant way to make this cute puppy hold anything in his mouth!  Adhered them together and wrapped them around the box as a decorative band - VOILA!  Canine Valentine complete!  :)

I purchased 'Campfire Tails' a long time ago and still had yet to give it any love, so I looked for a way to create a masculine valentine using it.  I have always found masculine valentines to be such a challenge - I know my husband doesn't like seeing pink on cards, so you have to get creative to come up with things to appeal to the men in our lives.  I saw the 'hooked on you' sentiment and thought 'How perfect would this be to pair with Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers or Swedish fish?!!'  Not too 'girly' right?  So that is what I did, and since I am a very indecisive person and couldn't decide which snack would appeal to my viewers most - I created toppers for both (plus - double snackage for us that way right?  LOL!)

So, which coloring of Winston do you like better?  Which treat is your favorite?  A little handy tip - if you buy the small box (designed for home movies for 98 cents at the time of this posting?) the fish come in a little sealed plastic bag already - I just took that (it measured 3.75" wide) and folded one end over and made a topper for it - no reason to simply empty it into an additional plastic baggie, right?  (and am I the only one surprised that is all the Swedish fish you get from such a big box?... just curious)

Would you like to win a $10 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs?

We're giving them out to TWO lucky winners!!

Here's how to win:

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)!  Two winners 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 blogs have been chosen, so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning!  You have until Sunday, February 7th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Monday, February 8th.

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

Well I hope you liked my projects, even if they were a little different.  Jess Gerstner is next on the hop, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see!  Enjoy!

~ Crafty Math Chick

In "Love' with Newton's Nook Designs

Hello!  We weathered the blizzard of 2016 here.  Over 2 feet of snow, drifts up to 5 feet in some areas and higher than that after plowing, but we were blessed and didn't lose power or have trouble with the roof (YAAY!) so I can just reap the benefits of all of my yarn organization efforts right before the storm!  (I envisioned the roof collapsing and soaking all of my precious yarn and ruining it - couldn't let that happen!  So almost all of it is in plastic bins now, neatly organized by brand and type, YAAY!  My husband teases me whenever he sees disasters like tornadoes or floods or hurricanes on the news 'There go your stamps Honey, allllll your designer papers just floooooating/blooooowing away... bye bye... neeeeever to be seen again...  Ooops - it's taking your yarn now too!  Oh no!  What will you do!')

I am helping out with a post on the Newton's Nook Blog again today.  I decided to keep it simple and play along with Newton's Inky Paws Challenge 28: Love Theme using Winged Wishes and the new Darling Hearts die set:

I was inspired by the delicate necklaces that are comprised of scripty words and knotted one of of some thin twine and threaded it through the loop of the 'l' and then repeated the process for the loop of the 'e' and let the cute little birdies be lifting the scripty love up that way.  I don't know if I will give this one to my husband for Valentine's Day yet, he already saw it and commented how much he liked it, and he tends to favor CAs style cards, but nothing ever seem special enough for my hubby, I mean he is my HUSBAND - you know?  Do you ever feel the same way about your family members?

Thanks so much for stopping by to see my card.  I hope you have a wonderful week!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Newton's Nook Designs August Release ~ Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of Newton's Nook Designs' August Release.  Today Jen has created some beautiful silhouette sea life images for you to create with - introducing 'Tranquil Tides':

Isn't that little seahorse just precious?!!  I decided to use as many images as I could to create this fun emboss resist card using lots of embossing powder in tropical neon colors:

I didn't know if embossing medium works well with negative stamping to reverse images like ink does (have you tried it?  Please let me know about your success or lack thereof in the comments!) so I simply turned the little seahorse upside down to be in position to kiss his angel fish sweetheart.

Would you like to win 'Tranquil Tides' stamp set?

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, August 13th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, August 14th. 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
Liz Munoz - Guest Designer

Thanks so much for stopping by, Jess Gerstner is next on the hop, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see!  Enjoy!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Newton's Nook Designs' August Release ~ Day 1

Welcome to the first day of sneak peeks from Newton's Nook Designs' August Release!  Jen starts the release off with a preview of the sweetest little mermaid set you have ever seen!  Introducing 'Mermaid Crossing':

I used the image of her giving a little seahorse a tender hug:

I decided to have a little fun and color her hair a non-traditional color (she's a mermaid after all - who knows what color their hair is?  It could be purple!) and paired the image with some patterned paper that reminded me of the scales on a mermaid's tail from a past Imaginisce collection I was delighted to find at Tuesday Morning years ago.  

Would you like to win 'Mermaid Crossing' stamp set?

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, August 13th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, August 14th. 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
Liz Munoz - Guest Designer

Thanks so much for stopping by, Jess Gerstner is next on the hop, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see!  Enjoy!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Newton's Nook Designs' July Release ~ Day 1

Welcome!  Newton's Nook's Designs July Release and TWO YEAR CELEBRATION (WOO HOO!  Congratulations Jen!) continues today with an entirely new product carried by Newton's Nook Designs - COORDINATING DIES!  Can you believe it?!!  YEAH BABY!  Introducing, the cat that started it all, and his coordinating DIE, Newton's Naptime:

I decided to use these exciting new products to create a window card, allowing the inside to be as pretty as the outside:

(Outside:)

(Inside:)

Cute idea right? Either of the sentiments in the set could have been used in there!  And the thought bubble dies offer even more options with sentiments from Newton's other sets!

Would you like to win 'Newton's Naptime' stamp set?

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, July 16th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, July 17th. Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest Blogs below to enter:

Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick (<-- you are here!)
Jess Gerstner
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Nina-Marie Trapani
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka

Thanks so much for stopping by, Jess Gerstner is next on the hop, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see!  Enjoy!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Newton's Nook Designs April Release ~ Final Day

Welcome back for the third and last day of Newton's Nook Designs' April Release.  Today we have a whimsical set for all you critter-loving garden enthusiasts out there, introducing "Garden Whimsy':

I was PSYCHED to see a fence-builder stamp, and touched by the 'the grass is greener wherever you are' sentiment, so I decided to them that along with the sweet birdie image (one of which is reverse stamped) to create this card:

I created a homemade cloud template and sponged some Pool party ink against it to make the soft cloud background and added a few petite clouds using a Fiskars cloud punch I spied at a Tuesday Morning over a year ago.  Popped one up and added a little heart rhinestone for a touch of bling.  Hope you like it!

Would you like to win 'Garden Whimsy'?
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, April 16th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 17th.

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

Newton's Nook Designs
Taheerah Atchia
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick (<-- you are here)
Jess Moyer
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka
Nicole Picadura (Guest Designer)

Thanks so much for stopping by - Jess is next on the hop, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see - Enjoy!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Newton's Nook Designs April Release - Day 1

Hello Everyone!  Today's is the first day of sneak peeks for the April release from Newton's Nook Designs.  Today is going to be a set to delight doxie & doggie lovers everywhere - introducing Delightful Doxies:

Aren't they SOOOO CUTE?!!  Anyone who knows me knows how much I LOVE dogs - and doxies hold a special place in my heart as my Ty baby is a doxie mix.  So you know I did a happy dance when Jen shared this set.  So many cute doxie images in this set - which to use?  I decided to make a love themed-support card:

I like it when characters are facing one another so I reverse stamped the doxie on the left, and made her a lady doxie with the additional of a petite bow accessory image form the set and had her beau face her.  I gotta tell ya - those black & red doxies are tricky to color!  I thought they looked cute with their little doxie butts in the air - heh heh heh!  Added some balloons punched from a Martha Stewart balloon punch for more pops of color, though part of me wishes that I just left it with the pink & red balloons, so the doxies had more of a spotlight without the distraction of the balloons - what do you think?

Would you like to win 'Delightful Doxies'?
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, April 16th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 17th.

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

Newton's Nook Designs
Taheerah Atchia
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick (<-- you are here)
Jess Moyer
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka
Nicole Picadura (Guest Designer)

Thanks so much for stopping by - Jess is next on the hop, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see - Enjoy!

~ Crafty Math Chick