Combining Stamp Sets

Hello there, thanks so much for stopping by! I am sharing a card today using stamps from Newton’s Nook Designs, as part of a collaboration with one of my dearest friends, Ellen Haxelmans.

Ellen and I met back in December of 2014 in a design team that we were both part of at the time, and we quickly became great friends. Even though we live thousands of miles apart (her in Belgium, me in the United States), we make the most of the distance and have crafty meet ups on Skype! Online video chatting is a great way to be able to craft with your friends when you cannot be together in person.

During one of our recent Skype crafty dates, we decided to each make a card featuring the Newton Loves Coffee stamp set and see what we each came up with… I’m so excited to see what Ellen has created (we don’t know what each other made prior to posting today) and I hope you’ll go check out her blog with me to see her creation! Ellen is super talented and I encourage you to follow her blog if you don’t already. She is a true sweetheart and I love her!

So let me tell you about how I created my card…

I used the Newton Loves Coffee stamp set (by Newton’s Nook Designs) along with the super cute Newton Dreams of Paris set. I stamped the critters and other images onto white cardstock and colored them with Copics. I have the colors broken down below and also linked over to Simon Says Stamp in the products section of this post (scroll down to the end).

• Eiffel tower: C00, C1, C3, Y21, Y0000
• coffee cup: W00, W1, W3, C3, C5, C7, Y0000, Y21
• brown kitty: E35, E57, E47, E77, R20, E31, R05, R27, R59, B45, B95, B97
• gray and white kitty: C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, R05, R27, R59, RV10, RV13, RV85, R20
• grass: YG06, YG05, G07, G28

After coloring all the images, I added details with a white pen and fussy cut them all out using fine tip scissors.

For the card base, I wanted to have a coordinating coffee themed background, so I took a few images from the Newton Loves Coffee stamp set and some Altenew Dark Chocolate dye ink and stamped some custom paper; the card base is created from Neenah Desert Storm cardstock.

I layered my critters onto my card base with a couple colored cardstock and pattern paper pieces and stamped a sentiment from the Newton Loves Coffee set with Altenew Dark Chocolate and Hero Arts Navy dye inks.

Be sure to head on over to Ellen’s blog to see what she made as part of our crafty collaboration! Thanks for stopping by to visit… see you again soon!

MORE INSPIRATION

If you enjoyed today’s card, here are a couple more cards you might be interested in featuring the Newton’s Nook stamps and dies!  Click on the photos to be taken to the corresponding posts.

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PRODUCTS

If you are interested in any of the products used in this post, I have them all linked below to Simon Says Stamp. Affiliate links used when possible.

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SIMON SAYS STAMP

Newton’s Nook Designs NEWTON DREAMS OF PARIS Clear Stamp Set 20150101	Newton’s Nook Designs NEWTON LOVES COFFEE Clear Stamp Set 20150902	*Newton’s Nook Designs SWEETHEART TAILS Clear Stamp Set 20140102	Simon Says Stamp STITCHED RECTANGLES Wafer Dies	My Favorite Things GRASSY HILLS Die-Namics MFT812	Altenew DARK CHOCOLATE Crisp Dye Ink Pad AN196
Altenew RUBY RED Crisp Dye Ink Pad AN165	Simon Says Stamp Premium Ink Pad INTENSE BLACK	Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad NAVY Blue Mid-Tone af234	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SPUN SUGAR Ranger TIM27164	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MOWED LAWN Ranger Summer TIM35008	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad TWISTED CITRON Ranger TIM43294
*Copic Sketch Marker R59 CARDINAL Maroon Dark Red	Copic Sketch MARKER R27 CADMIUM RED Ladybug	Copic Sketch Marker R20 BLUSH Pink Flesh Skin	Copic Sketch Marker R85 ROSE RED Medium Pink	Copic Sketch Marker RV10 PALE PINK Pastel Light	Copic Sketch Marker RV13 TENDER PINK
Copic Sketch Marker W1 WARM GRAY No. 1	Copic Sketch MARKER W3 WARM GRAY Grey	Copic Sketch Marker C1 COOL GRAY Grey	Copic Sketch Marker C00 COOL GRAY	Copic Sketch MARKER C3 COOL GRAY Grey	Copic Sketch MARKER C5 COOL GRAY Grey
Copic Sketch MARKER C7 COOL GRAY Grey	Copic Sketch Marker E31 BRICK BEIGE Cream	Copic Sketch Marker E35 CHAMOIS Light Brown	*Copic Sketch Marker E57 LIGHT WALNUT Light Brown	Copic Sketch MARKER e47 DARK BROWN	Copic Sketch MARKER E49 DARK BARK Brown
*Copic Sketch Marker YG06 YELLOWISH GREEN Light Bold	*Copic Sketch Marker YG05 SALAD Green Bright Bold	Copic Sketch Marker G07 NILE GREEN	Copic Sketch MARKER G28 OCEAN GREEN	*Copic Sketch Marker Y00 BARIUM YELLOW Light Soft Pastel Subtle	*Copic Sketch Marker Y21 BUTTERCUP YELLOW Light Pastel
Copic Sketch Marker B45 SMOKY BLUE Smokey	Copic Sketch Marker B97 NIGHT BLUE	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White 660425	*Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# SCHOOLHOUSE RED SR1	*Neenah Environment 80 LB SMOOTH DESERT STORM Paper Pack 25 Sheets	*Neenah Classic Crest **110 LB** SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE
WHITE FUN FOAM 12 Pack 118711 9 x 12	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent	*3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4"" Adhesive Glue Gun	Uni-Ball Pen Signo Gel WHITE Two Pack 1919994	*ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker 025320	*Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Dimensional Adhesive

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