Birthday Card with Free Balloon Die by Jennifer Jackson

Happy Birthday!

Hello! Jen here today to share a quick and simple birthday card using some of our newest products! Plus, this card features the cute Mini Balloon Die that you can get free with any purchase in our shop (while supplies last). 

To start out creating this card I looked through our Birthday Time Paper Pad and chose couple of patterns to use. I used our new Card Layout 4 Die and cut it out 4 times, twice using the patterned papers, once using a white cardstock and once using a pink cardstock. I then chose which pieces to put where and assembled it onto a light blue card base. 

I added the sentiment using our Happy Birthday Die Set. I cut the words from white paper and the shadow layer from a slightly darker pink than the frame.

Next, I cut out three balloons using the Mini Balloon Die using cardstock colors that matched the patterned paper. 

To finish I adhered Happy Birthday Sentiment and the balloons to my card. This was such a quick and easy birthday card to create! The die cuts and papers make it a breeze! 

I hope you enjoyed this project today! And don't forget, you can get that  Mini Balloon Die for free with any purchase right now in our shop (while supplies last)! 

Christmas Cactus Card by Samantha Mann

Christmas Cactus!

Have you thought about making holiday cards yet? It's never too early to start and today we are sharing a Christmas card by Samantha featuring our Christmas Cactus Stamp Set and Lattice Die Set to get the inspiration started!

To create this card Samantha stamped the lovely cactus blooms from our Christmas Cactus Stamp Set multiple times. She colored all the blooms in shades of pink using watercolor markers. She added white highlights with a white gel pen to the petals and cut out all the blooms using the coordinating Christmas Cactus Die Set. 

For her card base she stenciled a white piece of cardstock using a light gray ink with our Tree Rings Stencil. Then she took that panel and cut it out using our Lattice Die Set. What a fun way to give the die cut texture! She stenciled another piece of white cardstock using our Petite Snow Stencil with white texture paste to give a subtle texture. She cut the snowy panel to fit her card front and then layered the die cut lattice over the top. She then layered all those cactus blooms along the right side, overlapping them to create a beautiful edge. 

Last she added the sentiment, stamped and embossed in white onto a black banner. The banner was die cut using our Banner Duo Die Set. She also added a few iridescent sequins around the blooms for a little bit of sparkle. 

What a gorgeous Christmas card! We hope this card gives you inspiration to get a jump start on holiday crafting!

To see more fun cards by Samantha you can visit her over on her blog, Sam' Scrap Candy!

Coffee + Holiday Cheer! Card by Donna Idlet

Coffee + Holiday Cheer!

Today we are sharing a Christmas card that is perfect for sending to a coffee lover! This card features our Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set, A2 Card Layout Die Set and Christmas Paper Pads. 

To start out, Donna created a beautiful holiday background using our A2 Card Layout Die Set. She chose several pretty patterns from our Christmas Time Paper Pad our and Meowy Christmas Paper Pad that she thought looked nice together. She used the die set multiple times with the papers so that she had all of the pieces in the different patterns. Then she assembled the pieces onto a red card base. 

Next she stamped the image of the kitty hugging a coffee from our Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set. She colored the mug in red and green to match the background patterns and give it a holiday feel. She also added to the holiday theme by adding a Santa hat using our Christmas Puppies Stamp Set. The images were cut out using the coordinating Newton Loves Coffee Die Set and Christmas Puppies Die Set. 

She chose a sentiment from our Ornamental Wishes Stamp Set for the holiday cheer message, stamping it onto an oval that was cut out using our Oval Frames Die Set.

This coffee themed holiday card is also perfect for the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! Newton's Nook Designs is featured on their challenge for the month of August and we hope you will join in the fun!

To see more beautiful creations by Donna, you can visit her blog, Creative Lady!

A Hug in a Mug Card by Diane Morales

A Hug in a Mug!

Need a little caffeine this morning? We hope this cheerful card by Diane is will help!

For this card Diane features our Coffee Delights Stamp Set and our A Hug in a Mug Die Set.

To create this card Diane started by cutting out a her card panel using the large scallop edged rectangle from our A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. Then she stamped the row of mugs from our Coffee Delights Stamp Set several times, embossing the images using white embossing powder. Next she added colorful inks over the rows of mugs, alternating colors over each row! She also added some ink splatters over the card panel and colored in a few areas using a white gel pen. 

Once her background was done she cut out a white stitched heart using our Heart Frames Die Set and the sentiment using our A Hug in a Mug Die Set. 

We hope this coffee themed card has perked up your day!

To see more creations by Diane, you can visit on her blog, 2sisters project.

Caffeinated Christmas Challenge!

Caffeinated Christmas!

This month Newton's Nook Designs will be featured over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge and we are super excited! I'm sharing a fun coffee themed Christmas Card today to help inspire you to play along! 

This card features our Christmas Coffees Stamp Set, Fractured Card Layout Die and Christmas Basics Paper Pad! 

To create this festive card I first stamped and colored the three coffee mugs from our Christmas Coffees Stamp Set. I used copic markers in fun bright holiday colors. The images where then cut out using the coordinating Christmas Coffees Die Set.

Next, I used our Fractured Card Layout Die to cut out the fun background. I picked the paper with green hearts and the paper with red stripes from our Christmas Basics Paper Pad and cut out both pieces. I used the die again on a pieces of green and kraft colored cardstock. 

TIP: Since I cut out a total of 4 different pieces of paper I have lots of extra pieces but now I will save those and use them for my next Christmas card! That's what's great about this die. You can easily mix and match the pieces that are cut out and that makes creating multiple cards easy! Perfect for the holiday season when you need a bunch of cards!

To finish the card I assembled all the pieces onto the card base and added the sentiment onto the center! 

I hope you liked this cheerful Christmas card! It's a perfect card to send to a coffee lover during the holidays! 

Don't forget to check out the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge for more inspiration! I hope you will play along with the challenge too!  

Birthday Postage Sampler Card by Larissa Heskett

Celebrate a Birthday!

Today we are sharing a cheerful birthday card by Larissa using our newest birthday themed products! 

She starts out by die cutting the fun background panel using our Card Layout 3 Die Set and Birthday Time Paper Pad. She used the die to cut out the same shape from several different pages of the patterned paper and then arranged them inside the outer frame to create a fun and colorful birthday themed background! 

Next she stamped and colored the cute little cupcake using the Birthday Postage Sampler Stamp Set. She layered the cupcake onto a postage stamp that was cut out using our Postage Stamp Layout Die Set. This die set creates a whole panel of postage stamps but you can cut them apart to use them as individual stamps and that is what Larissa did for her card today! She added the cupcake along with the word celebrate and the five cents from the Birthday Postage Sampler Stamp Set. 

Behind the cupcake stamp she created a cute little shaker shape using small rounded rectangles that were cut out from iridescent vellum using our Basic Frames Die Set. She created a pocket with the two rectangles, added sparkly shapes inside and stitched the edges. What a fun way to add a special touch to the birthday card! 

We hope this project has given you some ideas on how to add some fun and sparkle to make a birthday card feel special! 

To see more projects by Larissa you can visit her on her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Dog Birthday Party Tags by Diane Morales

Birthday Tags!! 

Make a birthday gift special by adding a custom gift tag! Today we are sharing a duo of tags by Diane using our our Dog Birthday Party Stamp Set and Birthday Time Paper Pad. 

She started by coloring those cute little puppies from the Dog Birthday Party Stamp Set, using colors that went with the Birthday Time Paper Pad. She cut the pups out using the coordinating Dog Birthday Party Die Set before creating her tags. 

Next, she chose papers from the Birthday Time Paper Pad and cut out two notched rectangles using the Basic Frames Die Set and two circles using the Circle Frames Die Set. She layered these shapes to create her tags, punching a small hole into the top of each rectangle and adding some baker's twine.

She added the cute pups onto the patterned circles using dimensional adhesive and added a couple of white epoxy dots for a finishing touch.

These sweet little tags would be perfect for adding onto a gift, especially if the recipient is a dog lover!

We hope this project inspires you to create some shaped tags with our cute little birthday images!

To see more creations by Diane, you can visit on her blog, 2sisters project.