STAMPtember® Exclusive: Newton’s Nook!

Hi crafty friends! Can you believe we’re into the last week of STAMPtember®?! We hope you love our Newton’s Nook exclusive called, “Bushels of Love“. If you click below you’ll see loads of inspiration with this new stamp set.

Newton’s Nook Designs is made up of a husband and wife team, Jeff and Jen, located in Southern Wisconsin (Go Packers!) Their goal is to provide you with unique and whimsical stamp designs that are fun to use and make you smile!

Newton is Jen and Jeff’s adorable sweet orange tabby cat and the inspiration for Newtons’ Nook name and logo. One of the first stamp designs that Jen sketched was a kitty – just like Newton – so they thought it was fitting that he be the namesake of the company. You can find out more about Newton on his page here.

Click here to see the many adorable Newton’s Nook products in our store!

Be inspired by Wanda Guess:

Be inspired by Yuki:

Be inspired by Samantha:

Be inspired by Naki:

Be inspired by Stephanie:

Be inspired by Jessica:

Be inspired by Newton’s Nook Mom (Jennifer):

Be inspired by Danielle:

Be inspired by Kimberly Rendino:

Thank you for joining us today as we celebrate an awesome company who also named their company after their furry friend. We named this company Simon Says Stamp after our beloved Boston Terrier, Simon. Do you have a pet? We would love to hear what type of pet and his/her name. Have an awesome week!!

STAMPtember® Feature: Winnie & Walter

Hi crafty friends! Welcome to our 2nd to last STAMPtember 2016 brand feature. Today we’re so happy to be spotlighting the sweet and talented Shay and team behind Winnie & Walter on the blog today! In keeping in line with our features, we’re also offering a special limited time discount on all in stock Winne & Walter branded products with the code mentioned above. Be sure to shop early for the best selection as always! I was so blown away by the blended beauties Heather Hoffman created below! Read on for more details and supplies, and enjoy!

I recently stumbled upon a technique that I have loved and had so much fun recreating – using dual layers of embossing and distress inking to create a fun, dimensional, and fairly flat card that is easy to mail!

I put this set together with a couple gorgeous Winnie and Walter sets – In Bloom: Renee’s Leaves (perfect for fall) and The Big, the Bold, and The Blessing (with Winnie and Walter’s signature font that made me and so many others fall in love with them from the start)!

I used my Mini MISTI to easily create the four by doing them all at once. The secret is to stamp all the foliage in Clear Embossing Ink, then stamp the words in Black Versafine ink, THEN all at once, sprinkle clear embossing powder over all of it. This way you have one layer of embossing, but the sentiment can stand out from the leaves behind it.

Here is a closer look at what you have – the leaves are almost invisible at first!

And then like magic, when you add the distress ink blended over the top – the leaves pop out white! I played with distress inks until I found a few combos I liked, then used my foam blenders to apply the ink. My favorite paper for this technique is SSS White 120 lb Cardstock – it is so super smooth that the distress inks blend over it beautifully, and it is thick enough to stand up to all the heat from the embossing without warping too bad.

Once that was done, splashed some water over each of them, as well as some white paint splatters by thinning down some white acrylic paint with water in a Mini Mister and flicking that on. I die cut them with the largest SSS Stitched Rectangle Die, and added a very thin black mat before mounting on white cardbases and adding a few Sparkling Clear Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

Here is a closer look at each of them – this first one uses Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, and Candied Apple:

This one uses Shabby Shutters, Stormy Sky, and Rusty Hinge:

Next up Spiced Marmalade, Twisted Citron, and Peacock Feathers:

And finally, Fossilized Amber, Fired Brick, and Seedless Preserves:

Supplies:

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Thanks for reading today and thanks again to Heather for providing this gorgeous inspiration! Stay tuned for tomorrow… we are revealing our exclusive with Newton’s Nook, and it is TOO cute!

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STAMPtember® Exclusive: Pretty Pink Posh!

Hi friends! Welcome to the reveal of our Pretty Pink Posh #STAMPtember exclusive, “Winter Bird Friend“. Isn’t it too tweet? ;) We proudly carry Pretty Pink Posh dies, sequins and stamps in our store. Their whimsical designs are very popular with card makers (like me ;) Be sure to scroll down for loads of fun inspiration using “Winter Bird Friend“. Click on the sneak peeks to visit the designers’ blogs.

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