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Newton’s Nook Designs January Release – Deer Friend

January 17, 2018 Jentimko 38 Comments

Welcome back for day 3 of the January Release from Newton’s Nook Designs. It is also Freshly Made Sketches day so I created a card featuring the sketch with today’s stamp set, Deer Friend.

These little deer images are darling and I love the coordinating sentiments, don’t you?! I colored my deer with Copic markers and then went a little crazy coloring leaves and flowers to go with it. I loved the layered shape option in the sketch so I chose stitched circles…one in white and one with vellum. To add a little more detail but still keep focus on the images, I embossed my white base with a woodgrain texture. I consider this time of year thank you note season so this sentiment was a natural.

On a Freshly Made Sketches note, I want to make sure you saw that the incredible Teresa Kline is joining us as a guest designer so make sure you stop in to welcome her. The whole team has done beautiful work with the lovely Kim Singdahlsen‘s sketch.

Now back to this Newton’s day… I hope you are enjoying this week of reveals as much as I am. Tomorrow is our last day and you know who will be coming!! Until then, here is your chance to win!!

Would you like to win the “Deer Friend” Stamp Set?

Each 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, January 18th at 9pm CST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, January 19th.

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

Newton’s Nook Designs
Holly Endress
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Juliana Michaels
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Jennifer Timko (you are here)
Tatiana Trafimovich

Thanks for stopping in today and during this whole week. Make sure you stop back in tomorrow for the last of the release.
Supplies:

Stamp: Deer Friend (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Vellum (SU); Accessories: Big Shot, Deer Friend Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Stitched Shapes Dies (SU), Woodgrain Embossing Folder (SU)

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Newton’s Nook Designs January Release – Sending Hugs

January 16, 2018 Jentimko 34 Comments

Welcome back for day 2 of the January Release from Newton’s Nook Designs. You are going to fall head over heels with today’s set called Sending Hugs. All of the options are perfect for pretty much anyone you could want to create a card for and wait until you see how the dies work.

I chose this cute owl and decided to color him in bright, happy and decidedly “not real owl” colors. I used my Chameleon Pens and Color Tops to create this fun shading. After much debate, I thought this envelope worked well for my sentiment choice. And now, you really need to take note…just look at how the owl is holding the letter. Yep, the dies do that! They cut the “hands” (feathers, paws) out so your little animal can hold the treat! Oh…brilliant!!! Just admit it, you want me to go stamp and cut more out right now, don’t you?? Thank goodness the team has done that and can show you more options!! As a way to accent my owl, I used the Tumbling Hearts stencil and some new Shimmery White Embossing Paste. The sparkle is awesome!

I tried to capture some of the glittery look here but there is so much more wow in person. To match, I added a little strip of shimmer washi tape down the side too. I hope you enjoy this card and now time to get to everyone’s favorite part of release week. A chance to win!!

Would you like to win the “Sending Hugs” Stamp Set?

Each set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here’s how to win:

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

Newton’s Nook Designs
Holly Endress
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Juliana Michaels
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Jennifer Timko (you are here)
Tatiana Trafimovich

Thanks for stopping in today and during this whole week. Make sure you stop back in tomorrow for Day 2 of the release.

Supplies:

Stamp: Sending Hugs (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Chameleon Pens and Color Tops; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Doll Pink (SSS); Accessories: Big Shot, Sending Hugs Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Tumbling Hearts Stencil (Newton’s Nook Designs), Shimmery White Embossing Paste (SU – Occasions), Shimmery White Washi Tape (SU SAB ret)

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Newton’s Nook Designs January Release – Love Bites + Tumbling Hearts

January 15, 2018 Jentimko 36 Comments

Welcome to day 1 of the January Release from Newton’s Nook Designs. Love is definitely in the air and you are going to enjoy this week’s fun and whimsical offerings! We are starting off today with a new stamp set called Love Bites and a stencil called Tumbling Hearts.

This adorable set features some creative pairings that you are sure to love! I’ll admit that the “totally my jam” sentiment called out to be used first. My youngest will often say that the radio is playing his jam when a favorite song comes on so this will be a perfect card for him. I stamped the images onto Bristol Smooth paper and colored using Tim Holtz Distress Inks. I thought this print (retired paper) was the perfect complement to the toast and allowed the jam to pop. When a set is this cute, I think that is all you need to created a fun clean and special (CAS) card. I can’t wait to play with the other images in this set…good for Valentine’s but also for all year long.

The new stencil is another must have for your repertoire. I will be showing it off later in the week but I’m sure the team has some examples to show you today. You can see it and all the images in the stamp set in the graphic below. Now on to everyone’s favorite part of release week. A chance to win!!

Would you like to win the “Love Bites” Stamp Set?

Each set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here’s how to win:

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

Newton’s Nook Designs
Holly Endress
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Juliana Michaels
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Jennifer Timko (you are here)
Tatiana Trafimovich

Thanks for stopping in today and during this whole week. Make sure you stop back in tomorrow for Day 2 of the release.

Supplies:

Stamp: Love Bites (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Mustard Seed, Scattered Straw, Picked Raspberry); Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Sweater Weather DSP (SU ret), Strathmore Bristol Smooth; Accessories: Big Shot, Love Bites Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS)

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Simply Lovely

January 11, 2018 Jentimko 2 Comments

Today is my day to share a project on the Newton’s Nook Designs Blog. With all the cold we have been having, something about flowers is calling my name. So Lovely Blooms was a fun choice that I hadn’t used in a while.

I recently got some Brusho Crystal Colours and this was a great time to give them a go. I played with all the colors in my 5 color pack (available from Stampin’ Up). On Arches Cold Press Watercolor Paper, I stamped the jar with Versafine Onyx Black Ink. I filled the jar with water using my paint brush and then sprinkled on the Prussian Blue Brusho. It is super cool to watch the color spread and move. I did the same with the flower and the leaves. The flower uses Gamboge, Brilliant Red and Yellow and the leaves use Moss Green and Yellow. Just put on the water and sprinkle…it is that easy. I had my 11 yo help on the leaves because he thought it was so interesting. Once everything was dry, I cut the flowers and the leaves with the coordinating dies. For the background wash, I sprinkled a little bit of powder into a palette and added water to create the paler version of the colors. I love that you can use this in multiple ways too. I pulled a sentiment from Simply Relative…such a must have set! You can’t see it from this picture but I actually attached the watercolor panel to a pale yellow card base for a sweet surprise when you open the card.

I hope you enjoy this floral burst of color today! Make sure to stop by the Newton’s Nook Designs blog for daily inspiration. Thanks so much for stopping in and I’ll see you soon!

Stamp: Lovely Blooms (Newton’s Nook Designs), Simply Relative (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Paper: Arches Cold Press Watercolor; Accessories: Big Shot, Lovely Blooms Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Misti, Silver Paint Brush, Brusho Crystal Colour (SU 5-pack)

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You Make Life Sweeter

December 14, 2017 Jentimko 12 Comments

Did you know that yesterday was National Cocoa Day?? I mean seriously, who can NOT be excited about a day devoted to cocoa?! So of course I needed to have some hot cocoa and today I get to share a card that is all about sharing it with those you love. I created this for my December post over at the Newton’s Nook Designs Blog.

You Make Life Sweeter by Jen Timko | Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set and Dies by Newton's Nook Designs, Love & Chocolate Stamp Set by Newton's Nook Designs, Softly Falling Embossing Folder by Stampin' Up, Stitched Shapes Dies by Stampin' Up

The little cups from the Cup of Cocoa stamp set are just so cute and I love all the variations. I chose two that seemed to work well together and colored them to match. Then I chose the little heart from the same set. All of them were colored with Copic markers and then cut using the coordinating dies. While a number of the sentiments from Cup of Cocoa would work nicely here, I thought this one from Love & Chocolate was just perfect for my sweet little pairing. I stamped it in Versafine Onyx Black and then cut out the oval with stitched dies. The cups and heart are popped up using Dimensionals and Mini Dimensionals (those minis are really the BEST). I added a little extra texture in the background with my Softly Falling embossing folder (and it helps keep it wintery). Because hey, there is still time to enter the 2017 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

Newton’s Nook Designs is one of the Super Sponsors for the Coffee Lovers Hop so make sure you go check out all the inspiration and enter for a chance to win!! I’m also linking this in to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Stitch It.

I hope you like this card! Don’t forget to stop by the Newton’s Nook Designs blog for daily inspiration!! Thanks so much for visiting today. Hope you have a great day….and it isn’t too late to get that cocoa!

Stamp: Cup of Cocoa (Newton’s Nook Designs), Love & Chocolate (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black, Copic Markers; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU); Accessories: Big Shot, Cup of Cocoa Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Stitched Shaped Dies (SU), Softly Falling Embossing Folder (SU), Dimensionals, Mini Dimensionals, Misti

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Deck the Halls with Inky Paws 2017 Blog Hop

December 8, 2017 Jentimko 37 Comments

I am so excited to be a part of a super fun blog hop today!! Deck the Halls with Inky Paws!! We have a fantastic line-up so make sure you hop through and see all the inspiration.

The hardest part of designing for this hop was narrowing down my choices! This year’s holiday stamps and dies from Newton’s Nook Designs have been just over the top great. But I kind of had to go “classic” so I pulled out Santa Paws Newton. I love this set! I stamped in Versafine Onyx Black and then colored Newton and his friends with my Winsor and Newton watercolor paints. Once everything was dry, I added some Clear Wink of Stella to Santa Newton’s list for some extra shine. Which brought me to choosing a sentiment. How could I resist this one from Sentiments of the Season?? I added a layer of gold washi tape and some gold sequins to add even more shimmer. Oh what fun!Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Special!

Newton’s Nook Designs is also releasing a NEW Exclusive Peppermint Die Set today! This fun new die set will only be available at Newton’s Nook Designs shop and you can get it for FREE this week with a $50 purchase! Offer is valid until Friday, December 15th, or while supplies last. This new die set is also available for purchase for $8.99.Enter to Win! Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Hop Prizes!

We will be choosing two lucky winners to win a $20 store credit for Newton’s Nook Designs online shop! To enter, just leave comments on the Design Team Member and Special 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 blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Sunday, December 10th at 9 pm EST to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, December 11th.

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop List:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Amy Tsuruta
Kay Miller
Yoonsun Hur
Michelle Short
Nina-Marie Trapani
Amanda Bodine
Holly Endress
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Juliana Michaels
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Jennifer Timko (you are here)
Tatiana Trafimovich

I am so glad you have joined in today and I hope you enjoy hopping as much as we enjoyed creating for you! Thanks for stopping in and see you again soon.

Supplies:

Stamps: Santa Paws Newton (Newton’s Nook Designs), Sentiments of the Season (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Paper: Strathmore Bristol, Thick Whisper White (SU), Be Merry DSP (SU), ; Accessories: Big Shot, Santa Paws Newton Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Winsor and Newton Watercolors, Clear Wink of Stella, Gold Washi Tape, Gold Sequins

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Newton’s Nook Designs November Release – Llama Delivery and Newton’s Candy Cane

November 22, 2017 Jentimko 36 Comments

Welcome to the last day of the November Release from Newton’s Nook Designs. This release week is a shortened a bit due to the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday but we get to share two new sets again today! And….there is a Black Friday sale on release day. Yay for sales!

I’m starting off today’s reveal with a card that doubles as my Freshly Made Sketches card this week. The queen of perfect layering, Narelle Farrugia, created this fun sketch that worked perfectly with this super new Llama Delivery stamp set. While this set can work great for the holidays, I chose to make it into a birthday card. I have some family members with December birthdays and it is always nice to have a card with nary a holiday color in sight. Using my Zig Clean Color Markers, I colored these images and then cut them out with the coordinating dies. I love, love, love this llama!! The sentiment from the set fit well with the sketch too.

I can hardly even contain my excitement over the last set for our reveals this month. As always, we have Newton. And this holiday version is simply adorable. I chose the striped paper with splatters for my layering tag and then colored the image to match. This little guy just steals my heart!! I even added some splatters to his hat and scarf to mimic the paper. What a great time I had coloring with my Copics on him The new Fancy Edges Tag Dies are great for quick take and I love how you can choose different ways to add interest with the accessories. It is simply a must have for holiday packaging!

This week of reveals seems to have flown by but that means you are really close to being ready to shop. As per normal, these will all be available on Friday with the advantage of a Black Friday sale to make shopping even more fun. And now on to one last chance to win!!

Would you like to win the “Llama Delivery” or the “Newton’s Candy Cane” Stamp Set?

Each 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 Wednesday, November 22nd at 9pm CST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, November 24th.

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

Newton’s Nook Designs
Amanda Bodine
Holly Endress
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Juliana Michaels
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Jennifer Timko (you are here)
Tatiana Trafimovich

Thanks for stopping in today and during this whole week. Make sure you stop back in tomorrow for Day 2 of the release.
Supplies:

Stamps: Llama Delivery (Newton’s Nook Designs), Newton’s Candy Cane (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black, Copic Markers, Zig Clean Color Markers; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Be Merry DSP (SU), Pop of Pink DSP (SU), Fabriano Extra White Watercolor, Bermuda Bay (SU), Vellum; Accessories: Big Shot, Llama Delivery Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Newton’s Candy Cane Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Fancy Edges Tag Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Stitched Shapes Dies (SU), White Cotton Ribbon (SU ret), Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine (SU ret)

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Newton’s Nook Designs November Release – Winter Woofs

November 21, 2017 Jentimko 33 Comments

Welcome to day 2 of the November Release from Newton’s Nook Designs. Our share for you today is sure to be a hit with all the dog people among us. Because our team loves ALL the critters!!

I know a few corgi fans that are going to love this fellow on the sled! To be honest, I went to my Facebook feed and looked at some of their sweet corgis to choose the colors for this guy. Isn’t he fun?! I used the Land Borders Dies for his snow slope. I sponged some ink onto watercolor paper and used these little snowflake dies from the Snow Globe Shaker Dies to add a few little flakes to the scene. The new Frames & Flags Dies create a great frame for it all.

Take a look at all the options on this awesome stamp set. That husky building a snow man is too cute!! I can’t wait to go see what the team created. Now on to everyone’s favorite part of release week. A chance to win!!

Would you like to win the “Winter Woofs” Stamp Set?

Each 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 Wednesday, November 22nd at 9pm CST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, November 24th.

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

Newton’s Nook Designs
Amanda Bodine
Holly Endress
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Juliana Michaels
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Jennifer Timko (you are here)
Tatiana Trafimovich

Thanks for stopping in today and during this whole week. Make sure you stop back in tomorrow for the last day of this month’s release. We have a shortened week due to the US Thanksgiving holiday but that also means there is a Black Friday sale on release day! Woohoo!!
Supplies:

Stamps: Winter Woofs (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, Lost Lagoon (SU); Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Lost Lagoon (SU), Strathmore Bristol Smooth; Accessories: Big Shot, Winter Woofs Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Frames & Flags Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Land Border Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Snow Globe Shaker Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs)

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Newton’s Nook Designs November Release – Cup of Cocoa and Frozen Fellowship

November 20, 2017 Jentimko 56 Comments

Welcome to day 1 of the November Release from Newton’s Nook Designs. We have such fun products to show you this week and we are starting today with lots to share. Two stamp sets and two new stand alone die sets….wow!

Our first set I’m showing you is called Cup of Cocoa! ** Warning: Triggers uncontrollable tendencies to run to the kitchen and make some cocoa immediately!! ** I used the Color Theory paper from Stampin’ Up and the Snowfall Stencil from Newton’ Nook as an embossing folder. This is a great way to stretch your stencils and add fun details to a background. I colored this adorable cup from the set to match the ombré paper. Fun, right?! The new Frames & Flags Dies create quick banners that layer wonderfully and all I had to do was add a sentiment from the stamp set.

For my second card, I get to show you Frozen Fellowship. This is perfect for holiday cards but it continues to work into the rest of winter too! The minute I saw this set, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I loved the idea of choosing one of the snowmen to stand out as unique and the used this fabulous sentiment. Using my Zig Clean Color Markers, I colored all the snowmen in shade of gray. Then chose this funny little guy at the bottom for full color (I confess that choosing which snowman to have color was the hard part, haha). I used the new Frames & Flags Dies again here and you can see how awesome they are to create layers.

Yes, indeed, this is another amazing day 1. And I did tell you there are two new stand alone dies. The other one (which I will use later this week) is called the Fancy Edges Tag Die set and you are going to love it! You can see all the features in the graphic below. Now on to everyone’s favorite part of release week. A chance to win!!

Would you like to win the “Cup of Cocoa” or the “Frozen Fellowship” Stamp Set?

Each 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 Wednesday, November 22nd at 9pm CST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, November 24th.

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

Newton’s Nook Designs
Amanda Bodine
Holly Endress
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Juliana Michaels
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Jennifer Timko (you are here)
Tatiana Trafimovich

Thanks for stopping in today and during this whole week. Make sure you stop back in tomorrow for Day 2 of the release.
Supplies:

Stamps: Cup of Cocoa (Newton’s Nook Designs), Frozen Fellowship (Newton’s Nook Designs); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black, Copic Markers, Zig Clean Color Markers, Versamark; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Be Merry DSP (SU), Color Theory DSP (SU), Fabriano Extra White Watercolor, Basic Black (SU); Accessories: Big Shot, Cup of Cocoa Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Frames & Flags Dies (Newton’s Nook Designs), Snowfall Stencil (Newton’s Nook Designs), Heat Tool, WOW! White Embossing Powder

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Freshly Made Sketches #312

November 8, 2017 Jentimko 7 Comments

Happy Wednesday! I get to share the latest sketch from Freshly Made Sketches with you today. This one comes courtesy of the lovely and talented Cécile Ribon. It is such fun and really unique…just like Cécile!

I pulled out this retired little ornament die (Merry Tags Thinlits). It is hard to tell from the picture but I used Shimmery White card stock there is a bit of extra sparkle. I used some gold washi tape to create the angled “panel” from the sketch and then pulled out a sentiment from the Snow Globe Scenes stamp set by Newton’s Nook. It is gold embossed for shine. Now as I’m posting this, I realize the sentiment is not placed per the sketch. Sigh…. Hopefully Cécile will be patient with my oversight. *smile* I added some gold twine to follow the monochromatic theme.

I hope you like this fun little card and will join us this week. The design team has created their usual plethora of inspiration and you are sure to fall in love with their cards! Hope you have an amazing day. See you soon!

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamp: Snow Globe Scenes (Newton’s Nook Designs); Paper: Shimmery White (SU); Ink: Versamark; Accessories: Misti, Heat Tool, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Big Shot, Merry Tags Thinlits (SU retired), Gold Twine, Mini Dimensionals, Gold Washi Tape (SU retired)

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