Newton's Nook Designs September Release - Day 1

Hello Newton's Nook fans and welcome to Day 1 of the September release.  This is always such an exciting time of the month for me, and especially now with Fall in the air!  Actually, fall is not in the air where I live, it's still super hot and muggy.  So to get in the right frame of mind, I lit a pumpkin scented candle and turned up the AC a little bit, lol.  I really did that!  So, onto the new reveals we're showing you today!

This first card was made with the stamp and die combo, Newton's Cornucopia.  Isn't this awesome?!?!  I'm seriously blown away by all the details Jen draws into her images. I'm pretty sure I had too much fun coloring all the tiny fruits and veg in that basket!  For the background, I just cut a frame using some circle dies and then distress inked the inner circle with weathered wood.  Samantha Mann told me it looks like a mirror, LOL, I think she's right!  I didn't really intend for that, but I thought it looked great behind Newton and his bounty!

For these next 2 cards, I used this super awesome stamp and die set, Newton's Thanksgiving! Can you get over that chubby Newton?  Gobble 'til you wobble!  Such a perfect sentiment after a big turkey dinner! These sweet images were so much fun to color, I ended up creating 2 scenes, the second one focusing on the dessert!  Make sure to save room for pie!  On both cards I also used dies from the Flags and Frames AND Framework die sets.

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Keep on scrolling and make sure to comment on all the blogs for your chance to win one of these great new stamp sets!

But wait!  We've got some new stencils to show you in this release!  I didn't use them on today's cards, but you can see a peek of them in the photos above!  Stay tuned, I'm using them on upcoming cards this week and they are AMAZING!!!

Would you like to win the “Newton’s Thanksgiving” or the “Newton’s Cornucopia” Stamp Set?
We 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 September 13th at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 14th. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Amanda Bodine -You are here!

Holly Endress

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Juliana Michaels

Zsofia Molnar

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Tatiana Trafimovich

Newton's Nook Designs and Xyron Collaboration!

This week Newton's Nook Designs and Xyron are partnering for a very awesome inspiration week! Each day there is fresh inspiration using Newton's Nook Designs products with Xyron adhesives on the NND blog and on the Xyron facebook page!

Hello everyone!  I started with the NND Winston's Lake House stamp and die set and die cut and Copic colored the images I wanted to use.  

I inked up my background using Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron distress inks on the bottom and Tumbled Glass and Chipped Sapphire on top for the night sky. I inked in some cloud shapes using a stencil and once dry, I added some sparkle using Nuvo mousse in silver and the Starfield Stencil by NND.

I cut 2 different waves from the Ocean Borders Die Set by NND and inked them up with the same blue colors in my night sky, only much lighter.  I laid down strips of tape using the Xyron Mega Runner Tape Gun on the back to adhere them to my circle that I had die cut and inked up with Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey.  

After the waves were glued down, I used my scissors to cut around the circle so the wave border would fall perfectly within the circle..creating the moon behind them.  Using my tape gun, I adhered my moon and waves to my inked background, then glued it all down on my card base.

Lastly, I stamped the sentiment in the moon using Night of Navy ink by SU.  Then I placed and glued down Newton, lily pads and cattails around the water.  Thank you so much for joining me today, keep reading..there are prizes!!

Would you like to win a Prize pack including a Mega Runner from Xyron and a $25 store credit to Newton’s Nook Designs?
Here's how to win:Leave a comment on the NND & Design Team blog posts using Xyron products all week (July 31-Aug 4th) to enter. One winner will be randomly chosen from blog posts throughout the week so the more posts you leave comments on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Friday August 4th at midnight CST to comment. The winner will be announced on the NND blog post on Monday, August 7th.

Xyron will also be giving away a prize pack! Make sure to visit their facebook page each day this week for inspiration and leave comments there for another chance to win!  

I wanted to give you a review of the Xyron Mega Runner as this was my first experience using it. I was really impressed by how balanced the gun was in my hand and the tape itself laid down perfectly on my project. No doubt I'll be keeping this tape gun handy in my work space.

I'm normally a liquid glue user, so I was also excited to try the Xyron Adhesive Eraser Cube (pictured above).  It's awful when glue ends up where it's not supposed to and this seems to happen to me often.  This little eraser does the trick!  Even with stubborn glue, it lifts off easily..such a wonderful little tool!  **As a sidenote, I was given these products to work with for this collaboration, but the opinions I've written here are my own.