Hey everyone! Happy Friday!
I have two great loves in life. Well, actually I do have a few more than that, but today I’m combining two of the loves that have been with me longest – space, and cats.
We’ve had cats in my family from before I was born, and I come from a family of great cat lovers. So I was destined, you could say. I’ve never met a cat I didn’t love.
As for space, I was fascinated about everything to do with it from a very young age. As I grew up, that fascination turned into actual academic study, and though I work in IT now, my heart belongs to the stars.
So imagine my absolute delight when I was asked to guest for one of my old DT companies today to help celebrate their birthday – Newton’s Nook (more on that later!) – and they had some cat-space themed products this month!
In. Heaven.
I couldn’t wait to put those goodies to work!
Fun, right?! That Newton in his spacesuit got me immediately!
I stamped Newton and coloured him with Copics, then carefully fussy cut him out. I used Nuvo Crystal Drops to add some glazing to his helmet and panel buttons, and some Wink of Stella to his collar and oxygen tube!
The starry background was created with a new product line for Newton’s Nook – stencils! I used the Starfield Stencil with some white ink over my Distress Ink background. I masked a circle to create a planet and inked that with a stencil from another company. Totally digging that retro space look!
The sentiment was heat embossed in white and then inked over with a bit of an ombre look. Totally delighted with the finished card!
Giveaway!
As I mentioned earlier, this post is part of a very special Blog Hop to celebrate Newton’s Nook’s 4th birthday! I absolutely loved my time on the team a few years back, and still love (and collect!) their stamps since then! They are definitely one of my favourites, and it totally helps that Jen and Jeff (Newton’s Nook’s owners) are huge cat lovers like myself *and* geeks to boot!
Celebrate with us and enter to win!
To celebrate 4 years Newton’s Nook Designs is giving away a $25 store credit to spend in their online shop to 4 lucky winners!
Here’s how to win:
Comment on the NND Design Team and Special Guest blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog hop 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 Sunday, July 16th at 9pm CDT to comment. Winners will be announced on NND blog post on Monday, July 17th and will need to contact us to claim their prize so make sure you check back to see if you’ve won!
Special Guests:
Taheerah Atchia
Crafty Math-Chick
Danielle Paneline
Stephanie Muzulin
Nina-Marie Trapani
Kimberly Rendino
Did you see the Special Guests I’m amongst? All past DT members! We got the band back together again! *smile*
Newton’s Nook Design Team:
Newton’s Nook Designs
Amanda Bodine
Holly Endress
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Juliana Michaels
Naki Rager
Jennifer Timko
Tatiana Trafimovich
Good luck, and thanks for stopping by!
Supplies
That planet is made so beautifully. I’m in L O V E with this scene ?
Superb! awesome bkgd.
Wow! This card looks fabulous! I love the scene you created for Space Newton!!!
Love your card! This set is adorkable!
Wow, wonderful card! Love your “space”!! It’s amazing. And the planet is awesome too. Such a rich colour. And that little space cat is adorable!!
I love Newton in space! You created such a lovely planet for him to explore 🙂
Super cute card. I agree, never met a cat I didnt love :).. Love your card, glad it has a cat 🙂
Awesome space scene and the cat is simply adorable!Thank you for the inspiration!
You did a spectacular card. It’s so bright like the sun! I can see that you really love cats and space.
Pretty amazing card! So bright and spectacular. I can see that you really love both cats and space! 🙂
Hugs from Slovenia
All my cats and dogs have stars or planets names ! So it seems we have similar interests and love – LOL !
Your card is really awesome. The new NND stencils are really great, I cannot wait to receive my order.
Beautiful card, Taheerah! I love the celestial background and the accents you added to Newton.
I love these stamps. They are so adorable for any type of card. Thanks for sharing.
Great card – love the colors and background – just adorable!
I love the stenciling background. Newton is just too cute in his little space suit.
Beautiful card! I love newton in space my 2 favorites, cats and space…I am in heavean the start stencil looks great too.
Gorgeous background!
Fun and interesting creations!
Awesome card!
Dit is super leuk en super cool! dank je wel voor het delen
Love the colors! Such a fun card!
Happy 4th birthday to Newton’s Nook! Enjoying the hop!
Awesome Newton in space card!
Fabulous card combining you two great loves.
Love your card! The background and coloring are gorgeous!
Such a fun card!
Great colors. That orange really pops against that background.
Cats in space. Love it!!
Taheerah, what a fun write up, I enjoyed reading about you and your loves of cats and space! What a beautiful and creative project you’ve made to celebrate!!
Pretty card, really bright! It is nice to see your name among the special guests. All the best from Hungary from another NND fan, Zsofi
Awesome card. Love how your colors pop. TFS
newton is so cute, and your cards is out of this world too, love the orange planet, or is it the sun?
This is super fun and super cool!
Such a FUN card! Your background looks fantastic and I love how you colored Newton.
This is amazing! I love the scene you created with Newton and the big orange planet matches newton so purr-fectly!!! Thank you so much for being our guest today and I’m so happy you enjoyed the new products!
-Jen {Newton’s Nook Designs}
that moon is fantastic.
great card.
thanks for helping with the celebration
WOW! Your card is absolutely gorgeous! I just love the planet you created and the way you coloured in Newton. The stencilled background sets off your scene so nicely! TFS
Amazing card! Love your planet!
This could not be cuter!! Love your background and that planet!!! Adorable!
Wow! What a cute space scene! All the orange really pops 🙂
woooow!
awesome card!
love it!
Fantastic card design! Loved to read about your two passions.
Super Spectacular!
I can’t wait to try this stamp set!! So Cute!
Wow! That’s gorgeous! Newton is so cute in his little space suit and I love the stenciling on the planet. I’d love to know whose stencil that is.
Hi there from another cat and space lover 😉
Your card looks great. I love how Newton, the planet and the sentiment all share a color.
Wonderful card. I too am a cat lover.
What a vivid card…fun stamp set.
SQUEAL!! Such a SWEET Card!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the FUN Scene!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)
Wow stunning card – thanks for sharing:)
I love the amazing color combination you’ve got going on here – -so bright and eye-catching! Beautiful card!