Newton’s Nook Designs April Release and Giveaway – Day 1 – Gnome Garden and Bleeding Heart

Hello and welcome to Day 1 of the Newton’s Nook April release! I’m so excited you’ve joined me today and can’t wait to share with you all the fabulous new products!

All the new April products will be available for purchase on Friday, April 23rd at Newton’s Nook Designs online store and other craft retailers!

The first day of the release has reserved us super adorable gnomes from Gnome Garden Stamp Set and a beautiful flower from Bleeding Heart Stamp Set! In case you’re interested, both new sets come with the coordinating Gnome Garden Die and Bleeding Heart Die sets! NND is also coming with a new fantastic stencil called Petite Clouds that will add some extra wonderful details to every scene on your projects.

Giveaway alert!! NND is giving away both new Gnome Garden and Bleeding Heart stamp sets to lucky winners so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Although I’m a BIG fan of cute critters, I totally felt in love with fabulous gnomes from Gnome Garden Stamp Set and enjoyed so much making the coloring and creating a cute spring scene. For both cards from this blog post, I opted for a small slimline size that measures 6″ x 3 1/2″. Love this format because it allows to fill the card front with lots of details and it’s much easy to photo than a regular slimline card.

Key Ingredients:

• Gnome Garden Stamp Set
• Gnome Garden Die Set
• Land Borders Die Set
• Petite Clouds Stencil

Step By Step Instructions:

• Die cut from Copic X-Press paper all the elements you need, using the coordinating Gnome Garden Die Set. I used on this project Sizzix Big Short Die Cutting machine. Save the negative parts of the dies.
• Stamp the outline illustrations from Gnome Garden Stamp Set sets with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Use the negative parts of the dies as a guide for a perfect alignment inside the stamping positioning tool.
• Color the stamps with COPIC MARKERS. I used on this card:
  • skin E50-E51-E53-E55
  • R20-R22-R24-R29
  • RV21-RV23-RV25
  • Y35-YR04-YR07
  • Y13
  • YG01-YG05-YG07
  • G20-G24-G94
  • B0000-B21-B24-B26-B28
  • E30-E31-E33
  • E40-E41-E42-E43-E44
  • C00-C1-C3-C4-C7
  • W00-W1-W3
• Trim and score a small slimline card base (6″ x 3 1/2″) from Neenah Solar White paper.
• Trim a slightly smaller rectangle (5 3/4″ x 3 1/4″) from the same Neenah Solar White paper and ink it with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink using a blending brush for a smooth result.
• Tape well Petite Clouds Stencil to the light blue background, using a removable tape, and apply a generous coat of a white embossing paste. Let the paste air dry.
• Die cut a hill and a grass pieces from Neenah Solar White paper, using Land Borders Die Set, and ink them with Twisted Citron and Moved Lawn Distress Inks.
• Arrange and pop all the elements on the card front using a foam tape for fun dimensional look.
• Finish with a few accents added with a white gel pen and some sequins adhered with Multi Medium Matte liquid adhesive.

Key Ingredients:

• Bleeding Heart Stamp Set
• Bleeding Heart Die Set

Step By Step Instructions:

• Die cut from Strathmore Bristol paper the beautiful flowers, using the coordinating Bleeding Heart Die Set. I used on this project Sizzix Big Short Die Cutting machine. Save the negative parts of the dies.
• Stamp the outline illustrations from Bleeding Heart Stamp Set with VersaFine Onyx Black ink, using the negative parts of the dies for a perfect alignment inside the stamping positioning tool.
• Color the stamps with water based markers. I used on this card:
  • TOMBOW DUAL BRUSH MARKERS
  • 177 – 195 – 277 – 665
  • 703 – 723 – 725 – 743 – 885
• Trim and score a small slimline card base (6″ x 3 1/2″) from Neenah Solar White paper.
• Stamp the first part of the sentiment with VersaFine Onyx Black ink.
• Heat emboss in white onto black the second part of the sentiment.
• Arrange and pop all the elements on the card front using a foam tape for fun dimensional look.
• Finish with some clear sparkling sequins adhered with Multi Medium Matte liquid adhesive.

Would you like to win the “Gnome Garden” or the “Bleeding Heart” 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 April 22nd at 9pm ET to comment – winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 23rd. 

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

Newton’s Nook Designs
Ellen Haxelmans
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich – you’re here
Samantha VanArnhem
Amanda Wilcox

That’s all for today! Hope you like these cute and sweet cards! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fabulous day!
Hugs,
Tatiana