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Thursday, October 22, 2020

Newton's Nook Designs October | Holiday Release - REVEAL DAY 4 - Holiday Post Stamp Set + coordinating dies + Christmas Roundabout Stamp Set + coordinating dies

It is the final day of the Newton's Nook Designs October | Holiday Release Reveals! I can't wait to show you how I was inspired by this release!

Today we're featuring:

Holiday Post stamp set + coordinating dies

Christmas Roundabout stamp set

Here's how I was inspired:

I combined the Christmas Roundabout with the:

Circle Frames Die Set

Banner Trio Die Set

I'm really loving the use of lavender and aqua for the holidays. I think it looks really fresh + fun. Have you picked up the Roundabout sets yet? I love them, the patterns are always fabulous and the coloring choices are endless.

Here are my copic colors:

R00 | R21

G40 | YG41

BG10 | BG32

BV0000

BV00 | BV11

YR0000 | E30

E40 | E41

Next up is the Holiday Post set:

This is definitely a dramatic color scene for this pastel loving girl. I used the Clouds stencil to add pops of vibrant colors to the background. Remember on Day One when I said that I was going to use the Birch Trees from the Forest Scene Builder Die set with Destination Christmas? I instead used the Evergreens in my design but squirreled away the Birch Trees...I used them in this design.

The sentiment was stamped and I used the smallest circle in the Circle Frames Die set made it into a circle tag. I used a coordinating ink pad to ink it up.

Here are the copics I used:

R00 | R21

G0000

BG10 | BG32

BV00 | BV11

YR0000 | E30

E40 | E41

W00 | W1

C0 | C1 | C2

Would you like to win the “Holiday Post” Stamp Set or the “Christmas Roundabout” Stamp Set? Newton's Nook Designs will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

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 October 22nd at 9pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 23rd.

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Amy Tsuruta 💚

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Keep Calm | Inspired by Challenge - Fall is Sweet

Welcome to another new Inspired by Challenge! There is also an optional sketch challenge:

Here's how I was inspired:

I know, I'm super surprised too. No coffee on this one. I saw the donut cookies and instantly thought of a box of donuts. The stamp set I used is Jane's Doodles DoNUTS which unfortunately looks like it is retired.

I used the following copics:

YR01 | E93

YR0000 |YG01

E41 | E51

I went a bit crazy with the shaker elements.

I can't wait to see how my other teamies were inspired, please check out the Inspired by Challenge Blog!

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Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Newton's Nook Designs October | Holiday Release - REVEAL DAY 3 - A Kitten Christmas Stamp Set + coordinating dies + Christmas Puppies Stamp Set + coordinating dies

It is Day Three of the Newton's Nook Designs October | Holiday Release Reveals! I can't wait to show you how I was inspired by this release!

Today we're featuring:

A Kitten Christmas stamp + coordinating die

Christmas Puppies stamp + coordinating die

Here's how I was inspired:

Today's cards use a Frozen color palette. I teamed up the Christmas Puppies with:

Framework Die

Frames & Flags Die

Houndstooth Stencil

I stamped the sentiment on a cropped Flags dies from the Frames & Flags die set. I love layering the panels and with the added smaller scallop frame, it makes the puppy the star of the show.

The copics I used:

BG10 | BG23

E50 | E21

Next up is A Kitten Christmas:

I used:

Framework Die

Frames & Flags Die

Banner Trio Die

Meow Stencil

I used the same color palette and overall design but switched out the colors and frames. I went with another non-traditional color palette:

R00

G000 | YG11

BV00 | BV11

E50 | E21

Would you like to win the “A Kitten Christmas” Stamp Set or the “Christmas Puppies” Stamp Set? Newton's Nook Designs will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Amy Tsuruta 💚

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Newton's Nook Designs October | Holiday Release - REVEAL DAY 2 - Dear Santa Stamp Set + coordinating dies + Nutcrackers Stamp Set

It is Day Two of the Newton's Nook Designs October | Holiday Release Reveals! I can't wait to show you how I was inspired by this release!

Today we're featuring:

Dear Santa stamp + coordinating die

Nutcrackers stamp + coordinating die

Here's how I was inspired, let's chat about the Nutcrackers set first:

This is a bit different for me but I decided to keep the images plain. Here's my thought process.. This card is actually going to our grandnieces. It's with the intention that they will each get to peel away a Nutcracker [on removable adhesive], color it and then adhere it back onto the card. They will get to write inside the card and send it to their Grandma and Grandpa [my sister-in-law and brother-in-law].

I also added the Circle Frames Die. The sentiment has been heat embossed in white on the black panel. The pink ring has been adhered with foam dimensional to add a bit more to the overall design.

Up next is Dear Santa:

I've combined the images with the Slimline Frames & Windows die along with the words from the Ornament Shaker die. You might not be able to tell but the colors aren't necessarily traditional. The Santa's suit is pink:

RV13 | RV15

BV00 | BV11

E50 | E21

W00 | W1 | W3

I combined pink + lavender, to match the designer paper I used.

Would you like to win the “Dear Santa” Stamp Set or the “Nutcrackers” Stamp Set? Newton's Nook Designs will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Amy Tsuruta 💚

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Fa La La | Reverse Confetti

I'm up on the Reverse Confetti blog today, sharing a holiday design. Check out all the details over there.

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Monday, October 19, 2020

Newton's Nook Designs October | Holiday Release - REVEAL DAY 1 - Destination Christmas Stamp Set + coordinating dies, Christmas Campers Stamp Set + coordinating dies and Tiny Trees & Reindeer Stencils

Today is the day! It is the start of the Newton's Nook Designs October | Holiday Release Reveals! I can't wait to show you how I was inspired by this release!

Today we're featuring:

Destination Christmas stamp + coordinating die

Christmas Campers stamp + coordinating die

Tiny Trees Stencil + Reindeer Stencil

Here's how I was inspired:

Let's chat about Christmas Campers first:

I teamed it up with the Tiny Trees Stencil along with the Land Border Die and Clouds stencil. I designed a Christmas Tree Farm. We're back to being a fresh tree family. We use to also have fresh trees but after the kids went to college I made the switch to artificial and then last year we went back to fresh.

Here are the copics I used:

R05 | R27 | R24

G000

G03 | G05

BG13 | BG15

C0 | C1 | C4 | C5

Next up is Destination Christmas:

For this card I also included:

Reindeer Stencil

Forest Scene Builder Die

Framework Die

Land Border Die

Houndstooth Stencil

I did a bit of tone on tone stenciling with the reindeers...do you see them on the background panel? The hillside has been stenciled with Houndstooth. That VW from the Destination Christmas is fabulous. We use to have a VW and I managed to shove a pretty tall tree inside the car too.

I'm loving the silhouette of the black trees from the Forest Scene Builder set. Originally I had cut the birch trees and then thought that the evergreens would be a better match with the stamp.

Would you like to win the “Destination Christmas” Stamp Set or the “Christmas Campers” Stamp Set? Newton's Nook Designs will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Amy Tsuruta 💚

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Magical | Evelin T Designs

I'm so excited to be up on the Evelin T Designs blog today. Here's a bit of a sneak peek:

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Saturday, October 17, 2020

From My Neck of the Woods to Yours | My Favorite Things

Hey, it's just me, playing around with photography. I decided I'm not loving that darker wood panel and now I can't find my white wood panel...it's here, somewhere. It is definitely Fall in the pacific northwest. It's darker in the morning and since I finished this card super early this morning, I thought I'd try something different.

I just received the MFT Fox & Friends card kit in the mail and wanted to dive into it. I 'had' to pick it up since there were airplanes in the set.

The stitched panel has a Kristina Werner oxide combo:

Shabby Shutters

Peacock Feathers

Faded Jeans

I inked up a ton of the images from the Fox and Friends set! Here are the copic colors I used:

R00

YG0000 | YG01

YG23 | YG25

BG0000

BG13 | BG15

B21 | B34

E000 | E30

W00 | W1 | W3

N0 | N2

The cardstock is from the kit. Yes, I added the Fox and Friends Die-namics because it's just easier.

You can't necessarily tell from the photo but the clouds have BG0000 and loads of wink of stella. The mountain tops and trees also have tons of wink of stella.

I was inspired by the latest sketch challenge:

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Friday, October 16, 2020

Hello from Amy | Doodlebugswa.com

Happy Friday! I'm up on the Doodlebugswa.com blog sharing a couple shakers! Here's a bit of a sneak peek:

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Thursday, October 15, 2020

Hey Ghoul Friend | Inspired by Challenge - be my boo

Welcome to another new Inspired by Challenge! There is also an optional sketch challenge:

Here's how I was inspired:

I was inspired by the:

ghost

stripes

I combined Lawn Fawn's Happy Harvest + Booyah. For you Lawn Fawn fans, you might notice that I masked off the original scarecrow's face and added a face from the Booyah set. That particular expression cracks me up. It might make you think that the ghost was having second thoughts about their costume choice OR that the scarecrow is a bit leery of those ghosts.