Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Newton's Nook Designs August Release - Beautiful Leaves + Coordinating Dies

it's Tuesday, and that means it's day 2 of the Newton's Nook Designs August Release

today's release is going to a big favorite, i think!
today, the whole DT is showcasing the beautiful and versatile Beautiful Leaves Stamp and Coordinating Die set!
you can totally use this to scrapbook, create a project life type spread, gift tags and, of course, cards! all of the new sets will be available for purchase on August 19th, right here!

I just LOVE the style of this set, and I'm so happy to see it in the leaves!
my first project is a super pretty card!


i watercolored the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers, and then heat embossed them in gold! yeahhhhhh - gold! so pretty! then i die cut out the flowers and heat embossed the sentiment onto a strip of black cardstock!


i colored the leaves with rainbow-like colors and then in the background of the card, i used Peacock Feathers Distress Ink to add some soft blue! so pretty! Oh, and the leaves were all stitched on with my sewing machine!


for my second project, i made a scrapbook layout with those leaves!


so cool, right? i just stamped them in black ink and die cut them out! i made a scattered bed of leaves for my photo and title to rest on!
i knew these leaves would be perfect for this layout, because the leaves are so close to the design of my duvet cover! my littlest Mann and our fur baby Phoenix used to cuddle up in my bed after we came back from taking my oldest to school, in the winter! it was so sweet!


i used Distress Paints in Twisted Citron and Cracked Pistachio to create the background! once it was dry, i used a polka dotted stencil and some embossing paste for a little texture! then I did some embellishing, stitched the title on, and splattered with gold Heidi Swapp Color Shine! Love that gold! 


Would you like to win the “Beautiful Leaves” Stamp Set?
This 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 blog release 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, August 18th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, August 19th. 

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

26 comments:

  1. wonderful!
    leaves are so nice inked!

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  2. Gorgeous card and layout! I love the card and the colors you used! So pretty for fall!

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  3. Love the card! I am glad you used Zig markers, I am thinking of getting some.

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  4. The gold embossing makes the card really awesome.

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  5. Love the artistry in these cards and especially the "Cuddles" card!!!

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  6. ilike how you used the leaves in a lay out

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  7. Wow. Watercolors and heat embossing. Beautiful.

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  8. Beautiful leaf colors. The gold embossing is perfect. TFS

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  9. Oh wow, the stamps embossed in gold look AMAZINg and I thought that had to be my favorite design of the whole hop, but then I see the scrapbook page! I LOVE the contrast of the black and white leaves on the watercolored background. I love that these leaves don't have to just say "fall" used this way either. Such a fun and graphic texture in your layout design! Beautiful work!!!

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  10. Your projects are absolutely gorgeous--the colors you used are so pretty along with the pops of gold!

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  11. Lovely layout and
    I love the card!
    The leaves are so
    pretty watercolored
    and gold embossed.
    Carla from Utah

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  12. Beautiful cards Samantha! I love the colors! Tfs

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  13. You aren't kidding Samantha...Your card IS a super pretty card, your layout is pretty great too!

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  14. Lovely layout and card. I like the gold embossing on the card.

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  15. The colors on the card are wonderful.
    Love the layout. Everybody looks
    comfy.
    thanks for sharing.

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  16. Love your pretty card and scrapbook page.

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  17. Great projects, I especially love the gold embossing and coloring on your card!

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  18. These beautiful leaves look gorgeous in gold!! And I love your fab layout and wonderful kitty!!

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  19. Beautiful card. Love the colors you used. Great layout.

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  20. Beautiful card. Love the colors you used. Great layout.

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  21. Holy cow!!! Your card is so beautiful, it is breathtaking!!! And the scrapbook page is stunning! I love the black and white leaves!

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  22. WOW - your leaves are GORGEOUS Samantha!!!
    LOVE your ELEGANT card and SUPER CUTE layout, BOTH INSPIRE and DELIGHT!!!

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  23. Oh wow! Such a romantic set! I love fall leaves! Your projects are breathless!!!

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  24. Oh, wow! Love your amazing card! Beautiful colors! As for the layout...Phoenix is looking quite content! Great work!

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